Driving Ji Wen out of the capital was like stabbing An Lushan in one eye, so An Lushan couldn't sit idly by no matter what, and hurriedly wrote to Li Longji to avenge Ji Wen.

"Peacemaker" Li Longji has made peace with the mud again, let it pass in the past, and stop asking about right and wrong.

This is actually Li Longji's partiality and connivance with Yang Guozhong. Ji Wen's bad luck has actually just begun, but at this time, Ji Wen did not recognize the true face of Yang Guozhong, a ruthless and cruel opponent, so that he left the opponent with a mouth and a handle, of course, there is no excuse for the crime that he wants to add!

Soon, Ji Wen continued to be demoted to the county lieutenant of Duanxi County for taking bribes and robbing people's horses, and Ji Wen, who had been repeatedly hit hard by politics, did not seriously reflect on it, but was swayed by his own emotions.

Ji Wen and Luo Xizao are a pair of cool officials with the same smell, and they worked together to create the Yang Shen injustice case, so the two are known as "Luo Jianji Net". However, after Li Linfu's death, Luo Xizao, who fell out of favor, left Beijing to serve as the Taishou of Shi'an County.

A series of political blows left Giwen physically and mentally exhausted. The troublesome Jiwen didn't take office immediately, but ran to the Roshizao Mansion to live a comfortable and comfortable life, so Jiwen's death time has arrived!

After some instigation by Yang Guozhong, Li Longji sent an envoy to give Ji Wen to death, and said bitterly: "I have misused him!" ”

At this time, there were only five months before An Lushan launched a rebellion. After the rebellion broke out, An Lushan occupied half of the Tang Empire in an instant, and had the ability and energy to compensate for Ji Wen, an ally who died on the political altar.

An Lushan sent people to look for Jiwen's son. After some searching, his men led a boy who was only ten years old to An Lushan. See this scenario. An Lushan, who had mixed feelings in his heart, immediately appointed this child who did not understand the world to join the army in Henan, so as to comfort the soul of his old friend in the sky.

Since the relationship with An Lushan has fallen to the freezing point, Yang Guozhong has the sinister idea of forcing An Lushan to rebel.

Yang Guozhong instructed Jing Zhaoyin to surround An Lushan's residence in Chang'an. Vigorously collect evidence of An Lushan's rebellion. In fact, Yang Guozhong also knew that the cunning An Lushan would never be stupid enough to leave evidence of rebellion in the Chang'an mansion. He did this just hoping to get the effect of knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger. The investigators finally arrested Li Chao and others, who were the doormen of An Lushan, and sent them to Yushitai to be hanged.

Yang Guozhong's step-by-step attack undoubtedly greatly accelerated the process of An Lushan's rebellion. This undoubtedly made Yang Guozhong, who had been repeatedly frustrated in the confrontation with An Lushan, temporarily gain psychological comfort, but he did not expect that he would suffer the consequences of his own misfortune because of this.

In February of the 14th year of Tianbao (755 AD), An Lushan sent his deputy general He Qianqian to ask for 32 generals to replace the Han generals.

After Li Longji learned of this, he actually sent the eunuch Yuan Siyi directly to the door of the prime minister's office, and demanded that the appointment document be issued as soon as possible.

What will Yang Guozhong do about this?

There are two versions in history.

Version one

Prime Minister Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu looked at each other, and said in unison: "It has been rumored that An Lushan has the intention of rebellion, and now he has asked to replace the Han generals with Fan generals." An Lushan's rebellion is clearly revealed! ”

Given the gravity of the situation. The two asked to meet Li Longji immediately to report on the matter, but before the two could speak, Li Longji asked rhetorically: "Do you suspect An Lushan of rebellion?" ”

Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu hurriedly walked down the steps when they heard this. Fall to your knees. Yang Guozhong tearfully stated the signs of An Lushan's rebellion, but Li Longji remained unmoved.

Yang Guozhong had no choice but to leave An Lushan's recital and left helplessly.

Soon, Li Longji ordered Yuan Siyi to announce his will: "Temporarily appease him." I'll deal with him slowly. ”

Yang Guozhong knew that this was just Li Longji's excuse. Nevertheless. The only thing he can do is obey the order!

Version two

Yang Guozhong was very indifferent to An Lushan's request to replace the Han general with a general.

Yang Guozhong said inexplicably: "An Lushan, who came from a humble background, is now above everyone, which will naturally arouse the jealousy of others, so the rumors about his rebellion will be boiling!" ”

Wei Jiansu immediately retorted: "If you look at it like this, then Jiangshan Sheji is in danger. ”

Wei Jiansu persuaded Yang Guozhong to meet Li Longji together. The two originally agreed that Wei Jiansu would speak out first to persuade Li Longji. If things don't go well, Yang Guozhong will continue to advise. Although Yang Guozhong promised in advance, Yang Guozhong was always silent throughout the process of meeting the Son of Heaven.

Wei Jiansu couldn't help but cry bitterly after returning to Zhongshumen, because he felt that the catastrophe of the empire was not far off.

Regarding Yang Guozhong's abnormal performance, the history books give this explanation: "This is not him. (Yang) Guozhong wants Lushan to rebel first, and to see his own seer. ”

Version 2 is nothing more than to expose Yang Guozhong's sinister intentions of conniving at and even forcing An Lushan to rebel. However, it is very different from Yang Guozhong's usual style of acting. Yang Guozhong should not let go of this precious opportunity to expose the crimes of An Lushan's rebellion, so the first version is undoubtedly more credible.

After this incident, Yang Guozhong came up with another trick.

"The minister has a plan to eliminate the possible suffering. Appointed An Lushan as the prime minister, took the opportunity to summon him into the capital, and appointed Jia Xun as the envoy of the Fanyang Festival, Lu Zhizhi as the envoy of the Pinglu Festival, and Yang Guanghui as the envoy of the Hedong Festival. ”

Li Longji nodded, and then ordered his subordinates to draft the edict, but when the drafted edict was handed to Li Longji for review, the hesitant Li Longji stared at it for a long time. At a critical moment when the survival of the empire was at stake, the supreme ruler of the empire was unexpectedly difficult to make up his mind for a while.

Last year, because he was very embarrassed by listening to Yang Guozhong's words and blindly recruiting An Lushan into the court, Li Longji was extremely cautious this time.

The days of peace have passed for a long time, and there is naturally a lack of sufficient vigilance against potential dangers. This edict was not issued in the end, but Li Longji still decided to reconnoiter An Lushan's movements.

Li Longji sent his henchman eunuch Fu Xuanlin to Fanyang in the name of rewarding the big orange. An Lushan once again showed his ability to bribe, and Fu Xuanlin forgot his mission for his own selfish interests.

After Fu Xuanlin returned to Beijing, everything was normal in An Lushan. Li Longji naturally dispelled the idea of recruiting An Lushan again.

In June, An Lushan's eldest son, An Qingzong, and the wedding of the lord of Rongyi County will be held grandly. Li Longji specially ordered An Lushan to come to Beijing to watch the ceremony.

An Lushan once again excused himself on the grounds of illness. At this point, the countdown to the rebellion began.

A month later. An Lushan suddenly offered 3,000 horses, and 22 generals led thousands of horsemen to escort them to the capital. Henan Yin Da Xi Xun immediately saw through An Lushan's trick of attacking the Beijing division in the name of sacrificing horses. This is clearly a "decapitation operation"!

Da Xixun wrote to Li Longji that the sacrifice of horses should be postponed until winter, and that the government should provide grooms.

No one would have thought that the current Da Xixun, who showed himself as a loyal minister, would defect after only a few months, because the environment can completely change a person!

At this time. An Lushan's bribery of Fu Xuanlin was leaked. Annoyed and angry, Li Longji found another crime to kill Fu Xuanlin, and since then he has become suspicious of An Lushan.

At this time, there were still a few months before An Lushan launched a rebellion. Although it is too late to reorganize the armament at this time, after all, it can be repaired and the losses of the empire can be minimized. Li Longji actually gave up this last chance left to him by God.

Fu Xuanlin's sudden killing immediately aroused An Lushan's vigilance. Fearing that the imperial court would send envoys to murder him, An Lushan refused to receive any envoys sent by the imperial court on the grounds that he was sick.

When the deposed envoy Pei Shiyan inspected Fanyang. An Lushan did not receive this envoy of the imperial court for more than ten days, because he had already made up his mind to completely break with this empire.

Under the strict defense of An Lushan's guards, Pei Shiyan finally saw An Lushan, who had not appeared for a long time.

The cold light that glittered on the blade made him feel infinite fear. What frightened him even more was An Lushan's hideous face.

Facing An Lushan, who no longer looked like a courtier, Pei Shiyan actually chose to swallow his anger. The majesty of the imperial court was trampled to nothing by An Lushan at this time.

What's even more incredible is that after Pei Shiyan returned to Beijing, he didn't dare to play the cold reception he suffered in Fanyang. This is undoubtedly reflected from the side in the Tianbao period of the world's declining Tianbao period, the prevailing wind of self-preservation. It was this top-down indifference that made that protracted catastrophe inevitable.

Li Longji is still trying to politically pacify An Lushan in order to save the situation. At this time, he did not know that all these efforts were doomed to be in vain!

Li Longji sent the lieutenant envoy Feng Shenwei to take his own edict and tell An Lushan: "I specially dug a hot spring pool for Aiqing. In October this year, I was waiting for Aiqing in Huaqing Palace! ”

When Feng Shenwei came to Fan Yang to announce the decree. An Lushan not only did not bow down, but sat on the bed and moved his fat body slightly.

An Lushan asked, "Your Majesty is okay?" ”

There is no record in the history books of how Feng Shenwei answered An Lushan's question. He was probably too scared to speak.

An Lushan let out a sneer and thought, "The horse can not be sacrificed." For the October date, I will definitely go! ”

After this meeting, Feng Shenwei, as an envoy of the imperial court, received a cold reception that he had never received before. He was forced to stay alone in the building. And An Lushan seemed to have completely forgotten him.

This deathly tranquility made him feel infinitely terrified and uneasy. Because he didn't know if he would be able to see the morning glow the next day.

After some soul-shaking torment, Feng Shenwei finally escaped from the murderous Fan Yang. After seeing Li Longji, he couldn't help but feel like a world away, and cried and said, "The slave will almost never see His Majesty again!" ”

Until this time, Li Longji still had the last trace of unrealistic illusions about An Lushan, and still imagined that all this was just a misunderstanding.

He didn't even take any substantive precautions, because he felt that this would deepen the estrangement between An Lushan and the imperial court, so that An Lushan, who might not have had the heart of rebellion, was forced to embark on the road of rebellion.

Li Longji used the last trace of ethereal self-confidence to dispel the suspicion and uneasiness in his heart. This is tantamount to a dangerous political gamble, and the stakes are on himself and his beloved empire.

Chapter 2: The Stone Breaks the Sky and Shocks

Yu Yang came agitatedly

The Tang Empire, the most magnificent wonder in the garden of history, is destined to wither away in this cold winter. Although he was lucky enough to escape the cold winter, he was never as glamorous as before. It's fascinating.

In October of the fourteenth year of Tianbao, Li Longji, who had nothing to do, led Yang Guifei to Lishan to escape the cold as usual. They enjoyed their last happy moments in the warm hot springs.

Yang Yuhuan is moderately plump, slightly plump, with a face like a hibiscus and thin eyebrows like willows, containing natural beauty; combed with a high bun, decorated with beads and emeralds, wearing a finch feather at the back, and shaking the sideburns, highlighting the beauty of modification; Wearing a yellow veil and a batch of purple silk, the beauty of the delicate keys is more and more delicate. She has a generous demeanor, a dignified demeanor, a graceful beauty, and a collection of thousands of favors, which eclipses the three thousand fandels.

Accompanied by melodious and tactful music, Yang Yuhuan danced in a neon dress and feather dance surrounded by singers. The jade ring is like a fairy, the dress is like a floating cloud, the slow shot is like a hibiscus slowly coming out of the water, and the fast shot is like a Luan phoenix flying in a hurry, which makes people feel like a dream and drunk, and the feeling is both real and illusory.

At the end of the song, everything will change, because "Yu Yangfeng came agitatedly and broke the song of neon clothes and feathers".

Li Longji, who has been a peaceful prince for more than 40 years, is about to usher in a period of not peace, and Yang Guifei, who has enjoyed ten years of glory and wealth, is forced to bid farewell to the "beautiful era of daughter-in-law".

Although the rebellion has entered the countdown, only Yan Zhuang, Gao Shang, and Ashina Chengqing really know the truth, and even Shi Siming doesn't know, because An Lushan always has an inexplicable distrust of him.

Loyalty depends on two factors, one is dependency and the other is vicariousness.

Shi Siming's personal dependence on An Lushan is not high. In the early days of his military career, Shi Siming and An Lushan have always been on an equal footing. Although An Lushan later became Shi Siming's leader and spared no effort to promote Shi Siming, Shi Siming could mix in the officialdom when he left An Lushan, because he was brave and good at fighting, and he was also appreciated by Li Longji.

Shi Siming has the potential to replace An Lushan. Before the outbreak of the rebellion, Shi Siming, who was the envoy of the Pinglu Prefecture, was the "third-in-command" second only to An Lushan, the envoy of Jiedu, and Lu Zhizhi, the deputy envoy of Jiedu. Because An Lushan has been in Fanyang for a long time, and the influence of Lu Zhizhi, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, in Pinglu Town is quite limited, Shi Siming actually controls Pinglu Town. Shi Siming, whether from experience or qualifications, can succeed An Lushan as the envoy of the Pinglu Festival.

Low dependence and high substitution determine the subtlety of the relationship between the two, and an incident that occurred in the autumn of the tenth year of Tianbao (751 AD) is undoubtedly the best explanation of this subtlety.

At that time, An Lushan led an army to defeat the Khitan and suffered a heavy defeat. An Lushan, who escaped death, was full of anger and threw his anger on his generals, and brutally beheaded Zuoxian, Wang Ge Jie, Hedong soldiers and horses Yu Chengxian and other senior generals.

Shi Siming, who was the Pinglu soldier and horse envoy at the time, fled into the valley and stayed in the valley for 20 days before mustering up the courage to come out of the mountain to meet An Lushan. (To be continued......)