readx; "You are Wang Wei who wrote the light of the moon and the pine, and the upper class of the Qingquan Stone?"

Li Qingan looked up and down at this dark-skinned, thin middle-aged man, he felt a little incredible, in his impression, Wang Wei should be a suave and suave person, even if he is middle-aged, he should have an elegant and clear, white-faced and long-bearded demeanor, how can he be black and thin, so his appearance is not good. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Li Qingan is not judging people by their appearance, but the gap between Wang Wei's image and his imagination is too big, which makes it difficult for him to accept it for a while.

Wang Wei offended Yang Guozhong, since the eleventh year of Tianbao, he has been in a state of semi-hidden and half-official, he wanted to resign several times, but he couldn't let go of the officialdom that had been hard for nearly 20 years, he was well versed in Buddhism, and regarded Buddhism as a kind of learning, but he was not the kind of person who was tired of the world and saw through the red dust.

To a large extent, he was unhappy because of his officialdom, and now that Yang Guozhong has gone south, and the Qingliu reformers Pei Min, Li Yan and others have seized power, Wang Wei has a trace of thought, so he wrote to Lu Huan, who has a very good relationship with him, and wants to return to officialdom and do another career.

Today Lu Huan took him to Pei Kuan's birthday, he wanted to find a quiet place, but he happened to meet Li Qing'an, although Li Qing'an didn't know Wang Wei, Wang Wei knew Li Qing'an, as early as the eighth year of Tianbao, Wang Wei saw him in the Hanyuan Palace.

Every poet in the Tang Dynasty has a dream of the Western Regions in his heart, Wang Wei is no exception, in the twenty-fifth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Zhang Jiuling was demoted, Wang Wei was also deposed as the judge of the Liangzhou Hexi Festival, spent two years in Hexi, in Hexi, he wrote countless popular poems, such as the desert is lonely and straight, the long river falls and so on.

When he accidentally met Li Qing'an, it triggered his nostalgia for the Western Regions, and his heart felt a little more touchy.

Of course, he understood that Li Qing'an had special arrangements in this small courtyard, so he bowed down and saluted: "Xia Guan really didn't know that the general was here, so I disturbed him, and Xia Guan said goodbye!" ”

"Won't the king go in and sit down?" Li Qingan said with a smile.

"No, go somewhere else."

Wang Wei respectfully saluted Li Qing'an, then turned around and left, Li Qing'an looked at his back and walked away, and his heart was quite emotional, these famous poets in the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Wei, Wang Changling, Cen Shen, Gao Shi, except for Du Fu, he has not yet seen, the rest of him have come into contact one by one, Du Fu was appointed as the right guard to lead the government Cao Cao to join the army in the tenth year of Tianbao, after Li Yu ascended the throne, he was appointed by the Ministry of Officials as the county of Suicheng County, Yizhou, Hebei Province.

However, at this time, Du Fu could not be compared with Li Bai, Wang Wei and other famous poets all over the world, he was still just an unknown second-rate poet, if there was no Anshi Rebellion, would Du Fu still be Du Fu?

Li Qing'an sighed, at this time, the bell of Pei's Mansion rang, which was urging the guests to enter the lobby, Li Qingan saw that the time was almost up, so he no longer went back to the courtyard, and went directly to the lobby.

．．．．．．． In the afternoon, almost all the powerful ministers of Chang'an went to Pei's mansion, and the entire Chang'an public security defense was also concentrated in the area of Jingshanfang, especially the Jinwuwei of Wannian County, which was densely scattered around Jingshanfang, and the Jinwuwei of other squares was significantly reduced. The weather is still very hot, in the afternoon, there are few pedestrians on the road, the streets in Qinglongfang are deserted, at this time, Wei Jiansu Mansion drove out of a carriage, the carriage looks very ordinary, and the common rental carriage on the streets of Chang'an is no different, but the speed is extremely fast, out of the house, it galloped towards the south of the city. As soon as he left, a figure flashed out of the alley opposite Wei Jiansu's mansion, and he turned on his horse and chased after the carriage at a faster speed.

In a few moments, the carriage rushed to the front of the Fuxia Gate, and the soldiers guarding the city immediately stopped the carriage for a routine inspection.

"Stop!"

Several soldiers rushed up, generally speaking, there was no need to check, but after a large number of officials fled south, Chang'an City gradually strengthened the inspection of vehicles, especially carriages, almost all of which were stopped and interrogated.

Several soldiers stopped the carriage, and a captain on duty stepped forward and asked the coachman, "Who is it?" Where to go? ”

A crack in the car window opened, and a fat middle-aged man handed out a silver medal, at this time, a temporary pass, which can be exempted from inspection, only officials above the fourth grade have it, the captain saw this, and immediately stood in awe, waved his hand and said: "Release!" ”

More than a dozen soldiers got out of the way, the coachman vibrated the long whip, the carriage passed through the city hole, and quickly drove out of the city, the carriage went about a mile away, more than a dozen black-clothed knights chased up, the soldiers guarding the city were just about to come forward to interrogate, but the head knight shook the token in his palm, which was the token of the senior official of the Guanzhong Army, so frightened that the soldiers guarding the city did not dare to ask more, and quickly dodged away.

When the knight saw that the carriage was indeed heading south, he whispered an order to his subordinates, "Inform the army ahead!" ”

A pigeon took to the air, flapped its wings and flew south, and a dozen soldiers urged the horse again, and the Ouroboros caught up with the carriage.

After leaving Chang'an, the carriage sped up again, and galloped south along the official road, and after about an hour, the carriage entered the road to the Meridian Valley, and the road began to bump, and the coachman slowed down.

"Steward Liu, the horses can't hold on to this gallop, we have to let them rest."

The fat middle-aged man in the carriage couldn't help but feel a little worried when he saw the dense forests on both sides, so he ordered: "Hurry up and leave these forests, leave first, and then slowly stop and rest." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a gong, and a large number of cavalry rushed out of the forest on both sides, front and back, left and right, surrounded the carriages, they held spears and crossbows and arrows, murderous, there were as many as a thousand people, all of them were Guanzhong army, the coachman was so frightened that even the horsewhip fell to the ground.

"What are you going to do?"

He said in a trembling voice, "We are the carriage of Wei Shilang's mansion. ”

A lieutenant general urged the horse forward and said coldly: "It is precisely because you are the carriage of the Wei Mansion that I intercepted you." ”

The car window opened, and the fat middle-aged man came out with a smile: "It must be a misunderstanding, my lord is Wei Shilang of the military department, and the lord is still attending the banquet in Pei's mansion!" ”

As he spoke, he handed a silver medal to General Zhonglang, and said with a smile: "It's all your own people, just look at this silver medal." ”

Zhonglang General was unmoved, didn't look at the silver medal, and said: "We were ordered to search the southbound carriage, no matter who it is, it will be inspected, get off!" ”

The fat middle-aged man's face changed, and he shouted: "Are you bold, even Wei Shilang's carriage dares to search?" ”

Zhonglang will turn around and wave his hand, "Search for me, those who dare to resist will be killed on the spot!" ”

Hundreds of wolf-like soldiers swarmed up, they pulled the coachman out of the carriage, pulled the door and rushed in, the fat butler did not dare to resist, only a muffled snort, was knocked over by the soldiers, tied up, and then threw down the carriage, only to search for a moment, only to hear the soldiers in the carriage shouting: "Found a suspicious item!" ”

Several soldiers carried a heavy wooden box off the carriage and placed it on the official road, and Zhonglang pointed his sword and said, "Open it!" ”

A soldier stepped forward and pried open the wooden box with a knife, only to see that the box was full of documents, Zhonglang General took a copy and flipped through it, these documents turned out to be the information of the Guanzhong Army, including the number of people, equipment, training, and the records of each army left in the military department, all officers above the rank of captain have, a detailed record of their place of origin, family population, life background, etc., very detailed, that is to say, to get these information, it is easy to rebel against any officer, at this time, a soldier found a letter, It was handed to General Zhonglang.

General Zhonglang looked at it and sneered, and said: "It's just that the dignified Wei Shilang wants to surrender to the enemy, and he actually betrayed Guan Zhongjun, the evidence is conclusive, see how he explains." ”

The fat butler shouted at the top of his voice: "We don't want to join the enemy, we just want to put these materials in the Grange." ”

"Fart! There is obviously a handwritten letter from Wei Jiansu here, and your carriage is on the official road leading to Meridian Valley, and you still want to quibble? ”

Zhonglang will shout: "Take it away for me!" ”

The soldiers tied the fat butler and the coachman like rice dumplings, gagged them, threw them into the carriage, and drove the carriage to Chang'an.

．．．．．． Pei's birthday banquet has been going on for more than two hours at this time, and it has gradually arrived, the lobby is very lively, in the middle of the open space, a team of invited Hu people dance with the accompaniment of dance music to dance the enthusiastic Hu Xuan dance, dozens of dancers wearing bright red dresses hovering in the drums, dance skirts flying, like blooming gorgeous flowers.

Generally speaking, after the Pei family sent out the invitation, they did not know the number of specific guests, whether they came with their wives and daughters, or only their sons, these are not clear, and the seats are difficult to arrange, so they can only estimate a total number, so except for some important people who have fixed seats, most of the other guests sit at will, and the distinction between male and female guests is not so strict, you can sit with your own family, or you can share the table with familiar friends.

Because men and women sit together, the atmosphere is particularly warm, full of laughter and noise, men talk about funny topics, make the ladies keep laughing, and many young men and women take advantage of this opportunity to look for their favorite other half.

Li Qing'an was originally sitting next to Pei Kuan's main seat, but he resolutely gave up his seat to a senior elder of the Pei family who came from Hedong, and his seat was transferred to the guest seat, and he sat with several Xiangguo.

Zhang Hao drank a few more glasses of wine, looking full of interest, he held the wine glass and said to Li Qingan: "I have a suggestion for the general, I don't know if to talk about it or not?" ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "If there is anything to say at the wine table, Zhang Shilang can say it." ”

Zhang Hao sighed and said: "I want to say An Lushan, I have been in Taiyuan for many years, I know this person very well, everyone who has been to Youzhou, all say that An Lushan will be the opposite, he privately sold iron and grain to the Hui and Khitans, all in exchange for war horses, the horses obtained are used to recruit the army, now in addition to the hundreds of thousands of people in his quota, he has at least secretly recruited no less than 100,000 people, since he sent troops to occupy Hedong, his ambition to rebel is undoubtedly revealed, although the general defeated him this time, but his foundation is still there, He is now like a wolf with his claws retracted, if the court ignores him and allows him to recover, he will inevitably invade Hedong again, and when that time comes, he will hold high the banner of rebellion, but it will be bitter to the people of Hedong and Hebei. ”

Li Qingan nodded and said: "I also know the ambition of An Lushan's wolf, so I am ready to deploy heavy troops in the northeast of Hedong to take precautions, at least half of the troops recruited in Guanzhong and Guannei Dao this time will be deployed in Hedong, and the elite troops I transferred from Anxi will also arrange a part in Hedong to strictly prevent An Lushan from attacking Hedong again." ”

"I also heard that the general will deploy troops in Hedong, but I don't think this is enough, I suggest that the general train the militia and hide the troops in the people, if An Lushan invades Hedong on a large scale, the people can also spontaneously organize to resist, I mean, temporarily release weapon control in Hedong, and allow civilians to use crossbows and long weapons."

"I think it's a bit inappropriate to liberalize arms control among the people!"

Wang Heng, who was sitting next to him, suddenly interjected, he had been eavesdropping on the conversation between Li Qingan and Zhang Hao, and finally couldn't help but say: "If the weapon control is released in Hedong, what about Guanzhong, Guannei, Henan and Longyou?" I dare to say that in less than half a year, all parts of the Tang Dynasty will follow suit, in that way, if the people rebel, it will be difficult for the officers and soldiers to exterminate, even if they are exterminated, it will be costly, in the past few years, there have been landless peasant rebellions in various places, which is already a headache for the imperial court, and then relax the restrictions on weapons, the people will be difficult to control! ”

Zhang Hao frowned, objected to him: "Wang Xiangguo said this is a bit of a cart before the horse, since ancient times, the people rebel are forced to be helpless, they will rebel if they can't survive, if the court treats the people well, reduces taxes, strictly controls land annexation, and gives the people a way to live, even if there are more weapons piled up in front of them, they will not rebel, on the contrary, those powerful landlords who want to rebel, even if you restrict weapons, they will also hide weapons, which has nothing to do with whether to control weapons, if the people have the ability to defend themselves, Then whether it is the invasion of the Hu people or the invasion of the thieves, the people can defend themselves and resist, so as not to be slaughtered like sheep. ”

Li Qingan nodded secretly when he heard this, 'Hiding soldiers in the people', what Zhang Hao said was exactly what Anxi had always done, but it reminded him that the Central Plains can actually be promoted.

Li Qingan smiled and said, "Let me tell you about the situation in Anxi!" As early as three years ago, Anxi released the restrictions on civil weapons, especially Han immigrants, Anxi is mandatory that every family must have a spear, a pair of armor, if there are two Ding men in the family, there must also be a crossbow, a war horse, every three months to concentrate on training for a month, this is Anxi's militia system, I think it can be promoted in the Central Plains. ”

Wang Heng was dissatisfied: "Anxi is feasible, but the Central Plains may not be feasible, raising tigers can hurt people, but it can also devour already, although the Tibetan soldiers in the people are good, but if they are used by An Lushan, our hard work to train the militia has become his weapon to attack the imperial court, I am afraid that at that time, the general will not be able to cry." ”

Li Qing'an snorted and said loudly: "Wang Xiangguo is too underestimating my people of the Tang Dynasty, who is right and which is wrong, who is right and which is evil, the people know better than us, if the people support An Lushan and are willing to help him overthrow the imperial court, it means that our tyranny has made the people unbearable, and the so-called harsh government is fiercer than the tiger!" Then An Lushan's overthrow of the imperial court is also our own fault. ”

Wang Heng was speechless, Tie Qing turned his head with a blushing face, but Zhang Hao secretly gave a thumbs up and praised in a low voice: "The general said well, the harsh government is fiercer than the tiger, and I Zhang Hao has been taught." ”

Li Qingxin moved slightly, because Zhang Hao has always been Li Heng's person, so he has never paid attention to this person, judging from today's situation, this Zhang Hao is very suitable for his surname, but he is an object that can be fought for.

At this time, a round of applause broke out in the lobby, and when Li Qingan turned around, he found that Pei Kuan came out of the back hall, wearing a gilded red robe, with oil paint on his face, looking radiant, but after all, his body was thin and weak, and he walked tremblingly, his two granddaughters, Pei Yu and Pei Wan'er, supported him left and right, carefully let him sit on the main seat, and stood behind him.

The music and dancing stopped, the dancers retreated, today's master of ceremonies is Pei Zhen, he stood up and said with a smile: "Today is my father's seventy-fifth birthday, thank you for coming to Pei's Mansion to celebrate my father's birthday, although His Royal Highness the Holy Lord and His Royal Highness the Prison Country were not able to attend for some reason, but they all sent congratulatory gifts and blessings, here I express my deep gratitude on behalf of my father and the Pei family, and secondly, I would like to thank Wang Xiangguo, Li Shangshu, Fang Shangshu, and Cui Shangshu..."

Pei Zhen was thanking the members of the political hall except Li Qing'an and Pei Min, these few were almost sitting together, and everyone's eyes were looking at this side, at this time, Li Qing'an glanced at it, and just saw Pei Wan'er standing behind Pei Kuan, her eyes like autumn water were looking at herself, Li Qing'an smiled at her slightly, Pei Wan'er's white porcelain-like face suddenly flew a touch of red, and quickly turned her head away to talk to Pei Yu in a low voice.

"In addition to thanking a few Xiangguo, I would like to thank all the distinguished guests who came to participate in the birthday ceremony, this first glass of wine represents Pei Jiajing to everyone."

Li Qingan picked up the wine glass and got up and said with a smile: "This first glass of wine should be given to our old birthday star, come!" Everyone drank this cup together, wishing Pei Ge old happiness such as the East China Sea, longevity than Nanshan! ”

Everyone stood up, raised their glasses and smiled: "I wish Pei Ge a long life!" ”

Pei Kuan's eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, and he wanted to get up and say a few words of thanks, but he couldn't stand up, so he had to pick up a small wine glass and drink a glass with everyone.

Everyone sat down one after another, and at this moment, a butler hurriedly ran in outside the hall, looking frightened, tripped on the steps, and almost fell, "Master, it's not good!" ”

The eyes of thousands of people in the lobby glanced at him, and Pei Zunqing was extremely unhappy: "What is it?" ”

"Master, there are officers and soldiers coming!"

As soon as the butler's voice fell, he saw more than 300 heavily armed Guanzhong soldiers appear outside the lobby, led by the fourth person of the Guanzhong Army, Yunlu General Lin Jian, who was about to break into the lobby in a murderous manner, but more than 60 Li Qing'an's personal soldiers standing guard outside the hall stopped them.

Captain Yang Yunfeng drew his sword and shouted: "This is Pei Ge's birthday gift, you must not be presumptuous!" ”

"We are ordered by His Royal Highness the Prison State, come to capture the enemy army, here is the warrant of His Royal Highness the Prison State, please get out of the way, do not hinder military affairs, otherwise, we will kill you!"

Lin Jian's voice was very loud, everyone in the hall could hear it clearly, and everyone's eyes showed great surprise, this is the Pei family's Shoutang, not to mention that he broke in fully armed, and he had to arrest people on the spot in front of thousands of guests, which obviously did not give the Pei family face, Li Qingan was also surprised, he found out that Wang Sili and Chen Xuanli did not come, and Li Heng did not come, he glanced at it, and saw that Wang Heng's face was colorful, and he couldn't help but understand a little in his heart, they came prepared!

Li Qingan slowly stood up and said coldly: "Who do you want to kill?" ”

(To be continued)