Just after the fourth watch, the sky is not yet bright, the dark and gloomy night is still shrouded in the sky over Chang'an, suddenly, the rumbling drum resounded through the Chang'an City, today is the thirteenth day of the first month, it is the last dynasty before the Shangyuan Festival holiday, and it is also the first dynasty of the eighth year of Tianbao.

The lights of the streets and alleys were lit up one after another, and the endless stream of horse-drawn carriages was walking through the streets.

Li Linfu, as usual, set off from Fuzhong in the fourth correction, he rode in a wide carriage, nearly 100 guards guarded both sides of the carriage, an orange-red lantern hung next to the carriage, and the black words 'Right Xiangguo' on the lantern were particularly obvious.

Li Linfu is not in a very good mood today, yesterday the saint did not allow Dong Yanguang's case to stay overnight, and in a strong and domineering way, he forcibly closed the case, this can be understood, after all, the Longyou award is related to inspiring the morale of the army and the people, and Dong Yanguang must not be allowed to affect the major event he has been planning for a long time.

But the matter of the Yang family made him worried, although the saint punished the Yang family by removing Yang Quan's position, but the Yang family did not hurt his muscles and bones, on the contrary, Yang Zhao obtained the position of Jiannan Jiedu, and the removal of Yang Quan's was a means to remove its rotten leaves and cultivate the Yang family's strength, which made Li Linfu sigh secretly, and Yang Zhao accelerated to the position of Xiangguo with an irreversible trend.

How can I contain him? Li Linfu couldn't help but think of Li Qing'an, who seemed to be the only person who could compete with Yang Zhao, and he was also the one he could use.

Thinking of the word 'utilization', the corners of Li Linfu's mouth flashed with a wry smile, he found that he had made a wrong move, which was also to win over, but Gao Lishi was much more clever than him, in a delicate way, he firmly pulled Li Qing'an by his side, but he regarded Li Qing'an as a kite, and now the kite flew higher and higher, and the line became tighter and tighter, and he already felt that Li Qing'an was about to get out of his control.

What means do he have left? Jiang Wuyi, Li Linfu himself is not sure.

Starting from Pingkangfang, the carriage turned around and went onto the road, and in the distance, more than a dozen ministers' carriages were slowly moving, and the lanterns on the carriages were exceptionally bright in the night, "Xiangguo!" "A carriage came galloping, followed by more than 20 burly guards on both sides, and there was also a lantern on the carriage, with the words 'Fan Yang'an' written on it, which was An Lushan's carriage.

An Lushan also went to Beijing to report on his work, and today he also wants to participate in the early dynasty, An Lushan's carriage galloped forward, stopped in front of Li Linfu's carriage, he walked out of the car with difficulty, bowed down and said: "Roll Lang see Xiangguo." ”

Li Linfu opened a curtain and said with a gentle smile: "When did An Shuai enter Beijing, I don't know?" ”

"Xiangguo, I went to Beijing for three days, I fell ill and couldn't come to see Xiangguo, please forgive Xiangguo!"

"Oh! Sick, is your body better? ”

Li Linfu's smiling expression made An Lushan's back chill for a while, and he forced a smile on his face: "If you go back to Xiangguo, your humble health has been much better, thank you Xiangguo for your concern." ”

"Raise your body well, mostly for the country, this time Longyou has made a great contribution, and I hope that the next time will be to commend Fan Yangjun."

"Most of the humble posts must be for the national merit."

"Okay, let's go to court!"

Li Linfu closed the curtain, the carriage started, and gradually walked away, An Lushan respectfully watched Li Linfu's carriage go away, only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, waved his hand and said: "Get in the car!" ”

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The reward ceremony was held in the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace, the sky was not yet bright, a bright star hung in the west sky, Li Qingan and a group of meritorious soldiers lived in the Daming Palace last night, the sky was not bright, there were two eunuchs who led them to the Fengqi Pavilion next to the Hanyuan Palace to wait, and the last Xiaobolu Battle is different, this battle of Longyou is a mixed battle of the army of different systems, so the main ones who will be commended and rewarded in the Hanyuan Palace are meritorious generals, low-level officers and ordinary soldiers have no chance to be awarded in the palace, this time in the Hanyuan Palace, a total of 18 generals were rewarded, Except for the main general Ge Shuhan, who went directly to the court, the remaining seventeen generals were waiting in Fengqi Pavilion.

Li Qing'an changed into a new military uniform, stood at the door of the hall and waited quietly for dawn, this is the second time he is waiting for a reward in Fengqi Pavilion, the last time in the battle of Xiaobolu, he seized the opportunity and walked out of his first step in Datang, and the battle of Longyou, he will also walk out of his second step in Datang, although this second step is extremely difficult for him, and even almost paid the price of his life, but he has come out after all, he is silently looking forward to it in his heart at the moment, what will his second step be? How will he inscribe his name in the long scroll of history?

At this time, Li Siye slowly walked to his side and said, "Qilang, I heard a piece of news yesterday, and I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

"You say, what's the news?"

"I heard that you may not stay in Anxi anymore, and will be sealed elsewhere."

Li Qingan turned around and smiled slightly: "Then have you heard where I was sealed?" ”

Li Siye shook his head, "I don't know, I heard that the saint has issued a gag order, and it is strictly forbidden for anyone to leak it in advance, so no one is willing to say, including myself, I will not have any kind of result." ”

"You won't be bad, after all, you took Stone Castle City."

Li Qingan said with a smile: "Originally, you were the second merit, I was the third merit, and now we are all tied for the first merit, if you still stay in Anxi, I estimate that you are the original position of Gao Shuai, the deputy envoy of Anxi Jiedu and the envoy of the soldiers and horses of the four towns, and then promoted to general in his position." ”

"Perhaps!

Li Siye smiled, he looked around, and asked in a low voice, "Qilang, didn't you really kill Dong Yanguang?" ”、

Li Qingan shook his head, "It's true that I didn't kill it, I began to suspect that Ge Shuhan did it, but then I felt that it was unnecessary for him to kill Dong Yanguang, but he would get into trouble." ”

"And who do you think would have done it?"

Li Qingan groaned and said: "I'm thinking, if Dong Yanguang dies, then who will benefit the most, of course, I am an enemy with him, and I can't talk about benefits, Ge Shuhan seems to have benefited greatly, but in fact, even if Dong Yanguang does not die, the saint will give him all the Longyou Army, I believe Ge Shuhan will also think of this, so I have repeatedly deliberated, I think there are three people who may have the greatest surname." ”

"Which three?"

Li Qing'an's eyes swept away, and no one was around them, so he lowered his voice and said: "One is Li Cong, the king of Qing, Dong Yanguang is his person, maybe he knows a lot of secrets, he wants to kill people; The second is to sanctify Yourself. ”

'Holy? Li Siye was taken aback and said in surprise: "How is it possible? ”

Li Qingan glanced at him disdainfully and said: "How is it impossible, Dong Yanguang's death will save him a lot of trouble, if it weren't for the involvement of the Yang family, I would definitely be the saint's doing, but now it seems that the surname may not be big." ”

"And who's the third man?"

"As for the third person, I suspect it was Abs."

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Like Dong Yanguang, Absi also received an order from the Ministry of War the day before yesterday to arrive in Chang'an, and his task in this Longyou Battle was relatively simple, that is, to attack Shenwei City, and he was not required to take it, mainly to attract the Tubo army in Chiling to support Shenwei City.

From this point of view, he completed the task, and even the Tibetan army lost Shibao City, and after withdrawing its troops to Dafeichuan, he also abandoned Shenwei City, and Absi finally occupied Shenwei City, which was without fault.

Therefore, on Geshuhan's merit list, his army also has a certain amount of merit, and his subordinate general Besul also led 300 iron cavalry to follow Geshuhan into Beijing together.

But Absi was not pleased, and even a little nervous, the reason was that Dong Yanguang was provoked by him to decide to disobey the order, and finally caused serious consequences, which made Li Longji angry, Dong Yanguang entered Beijing, if Dong Yanguang wanted to get rid of the crime, he finally bit him out.....

He couldn't help but be worried, could it be that the military department ordered him to enter Beijing to punish him for his crimes? The night before yesterday, Absi was so worried that he didn't sleep all night, he couldn't wait to find Dong Yanguang and tell him that he had committed a crime that had nothing to do with him, but when he woke up the next day, he heard the news that Dong Yanguang had been killed, and Absi was overjoyed, so that no one would know about his instigation, and he was extremely grateful to the person who did it, and he helped him get rid of the big sin.

At this moment, Absi, like other ministers, was standing on Danfengmen Square waiting for his ascension to the dynasty, he did not have many acquaintances in Chang'an, he stood in a corner for a long time, and no one spoke to him,

At this moment, a deep voice sounded behind him, "General Arbus, don't come unharmed!" ”

As soon as he turned around, he saw that An Lushan came over, An Lushan was his old friend, An Lushan was a border merchant when he was young, so he often smuggled the contraband of the Tang Dynasty and traded with him, and then An Lushan gradually made his fortune, and became the border commander of the Tang Dynasty, and the two towns were envoys, but he Absi fell with the decline of the Turks, and finally went to the Tang Dynasty, and the tribe was placed in the Shuofang area, and he became the deputy envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, which was a level lower than An Lushan.

Absi knows An Lushan very well, knowing that he is righteous and helpful on the surface, but in fact he is vicious in his heart, so An Lushan sent people to invite him to Youzhou as a guest several times, but he excused himself, and now seeing An Lushan walking towards him with a smile on his face, a trace of vigilance rose in his heart, and he arched his hand to An Lushan and said: "An Dashuai, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"Yes! We haven't seen each other in over three years! The last time we met, I remember it was at the ceremony of Tianbao's four-year canonization of concubines, when General Absi was full of ambition, why is he a little worried now, is he worried about Dong Yanguang's affairs? ”

On An Lushan's pumpkin face, a pair of eyes narrowed into thin slits, looking at him with a smile.

Abs was taken aback, how could An Lushan know? Countless thoughts flashed in his heart, and finally told himself that Dong Yanguang was dead, and there was no proof that the matter was dead, so he suppressed the panic in his heart and said lightly: "What is An Shuai talking about?" I can't understand a word! ”

"What you understand, you know better than anyone else."

An Lushan sighed and said sincerely: "General Absi, we have been friends for decades, I, An Lushan, have always been nostalgic for the old, old friends are in trouble, I will never stand idly by, I might as well tell you the truth!" Dong Yanguang was killed by me. ”

"What!" Abs was stunned, and he stammered, "An Shuai, you're not joking with me!" ”

"Am I the one kidding?"

An Lushan glanced at both sides and said in a low voice: "Old friend, I know that you are in a difficult situation, Tang Ting does not trust you, this time the military department summoned you to Beijing, in fact, it is to confront you about Dong Yanguang's disobedience, I have a friend in the military department, Ge Shuhan has secretly written a note to sell you, so I came to help you." ”

Speaking of this, An Lushan patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Old friend! Only at the critical moment can you see who your true friends are, think for yourself! ”

An Lushan left, Absi was in a mess in his heart, he never thought that it was An Lushan who killed Dong Yanguang, An Lushan and Dong Yanguang had nothing to do with it, he knew that An Lushan was telling the truth, that is, in order to exonerate him, he killed Dong Yanguang and took a risk, and now he owes An Lushan a great favor, according to the habits of their Turkic people, they must be repaid by the grace of dripping water.

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Yang Zhao is also in a very happy mood today, he was named the Jiannan Festival Envoy yesterday, and officially became a member of the Tang Dynasty Feudal Officials, although there is still a little regret, his Jie Du envoy is not canonized in today's Dynasty, so that he has a lot less scenery, but he is still satisfied, in the words of his staff Ling Hu Fei, becoming the Jiannan Festival Envoy, he has backup support in his hands, has confidence, and has embarked on the most solid step for him to enter the prime minister in the future.

As soon as Yang Zhao entered the Danfeng Gate, he was stopped by his brother, Yang Qi, the secretary of Sinong Temple, Yang Zhao couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart, in the matter of Dong Yanguang, he stepped on another brother Yang Quan, because of Dong Yanguang's death, Yang Cheng was removed from his official position, he didn't expect this consequence, and now Yang Qi came to him to ask for the guilt, he didn't know how to answer.

"The third child, go to my house today."

Although Yang Zhao has been named the envoy of the Jiannan Festival, but Yang Qi still does not take him too seriously, in the Yang family clan, Yang Qi is the eldest of the clan, the capital of the five Yang, headed by him, he himself is also very bullish, not only the official worship Sinong Siqing, but he also married Li Longji and Wu Huifei's daughter Princess Taihua as his wife, which is a bit funny, he is Yang Yuhuan's brother, but married the daughter of his brother-in-law, what is even more funny in history is that the wife of Yang Zhao's second son Yang Fei is also the daughter of Li Longji Princess Wanchun, after Yang Fei was killed by An Lushan, His wife, Princess Wanchun, became a widow and was soon married to his uncle Yang Qi, who also died of his wife.

There are still many such jokes in the Tang Dynasty, not to mention the famous Li Longji marrying a daughter-in-law, for example, the sister of Wei Jian, the former secretary of the Criminal Department, married Li Longji's younger brother Xue Wang Li Ye and became the princess of Xue, while Wei Jian's sister married Li Longji's son Li Heng and became the crown princess.

It's far away, turn back first, although Yang Qi's expression is displeased, but Yang Zhao's tone is okay, it is a tone of discussion, Yang Zhao saw that Yang Qi did not attack himself, he suddenly had a trace of realization in his heart, could it be that the saint covered up his stepping on Yang Cheng for him?

It must be the case, since the saint still named him the envoy of the Jiannan Festival when he caught the evidence, he also didn't want the Yang family to have turmoil, thinking about this, Yang Zhao smiled and said: "But for the second brother?" ”

Yang Qi nodded, "No matter what, our Yang family must not let the second brother's official position be removed in vain!" ”

At this moment, the thick bell on the Hanyuan Hall rang, and a palace supervisor official came out and preached loudly: "The hour has come, ascend to the dynasty!" ”

Thousands of officials on Danfeng Square have sorted out their clothes, according to the rank of the long two columns, as usual, the first two are still the right minister Li Linfu and the left minister Chen Xilie, today's protagonist Ge Shuhan is behind the left minister Chen Xilie, he is full of ambition to step on the dragon tail road, towards the magnificent Hanyuan Palace.

The two captains of the official team walked into the Hanyuan Palace, each returned to his place, Li Linfu walked to his seat and sat down, but saw that the crown prince Li Heng had already taken the first step in the reign, Li Linfu smiled and nodded to him, a few months ago he took the initiative to copy a copy of the edict issued by the Zhongshu Province to Li Heng, this is a kind of show of favor to Li Heng, although the two of them are as deep as the sea, but Li Linfu's initiative to show goodwill, so that Li Heng also secretly relieved, for several years, he was forced to die by Li Linfu, although I don't know what the purpose of Li Linfu's initiative is to show goodwill, But at least it made his situation a little better, and let him understand the trivial things that happened in Datang every day, and based on this alone, Li Heng was also willing to ease the hatred between them.

He nodded slightly, which was a response to Li Linfu, Li Linfu quickly glanced at Yang Zhao who was sitting in the middle, and he secretly sneered in his heart, it was time to plant.

"His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!"

Outside the hall, a shout from the young eunuch in the hall sounded, and the Hanyuan Hall was quiet for a moment, and the officials stood up one after another, and the hall was quiet.

A bell rang, forty eunuchs entered in two columns, followed by nearly 100 guards with knives in front of the palace, carrying silver knives on their waists, holding jade hammers and gold ge, on both sides of the jade steps, and finally sixteen palace laves, holding palace fans and Luo Gai, surrounded by Li Longji, the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, who was wearing an embroidered dragon and a crown of the Son of Heaven, walked into the hall.

Li Longji sat down on the dragon seat, he held his head high, glanced at the hall, and all the ministers bowed down and said: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

The voice was neat and loud, Li Longji nodded, and waved his hand, "Zhong Aiqing is flat!" ”

"Your Majesty has a will, and all officials will return to their positions!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The hundreds of officials returned to their queues one after another, and the high-ranking officials also sat down.

At this time, Zheng Lunming, the young eunuch in the palace on duty, unfolded the agenda and read aloud in front of His Majesty Dan: "Today, the Great Dynasty only commends the heroes of the Longyou War, and other militaristic affairs will not be discussed for the time being, and the current court will begin!" ”

Li Longji said in a gentle tone: "Everyone knows that the victory of Longyou is not only the victory of the defeat of the Tubo army, but more importantly, it is to capture the Shibao City, so that my Tang Dynasty can make the best of the Hehuang Valley, so that the Tubo army can no longer enter the east of Longyou, Longyou Dening, Guanzhong is quiet, it is related to the safety of the Tang Dynasty Sheji, the well-being of thousands of Li people, this battle can be called the most since Tianbao, and it is also the result that I have dreamed of since the loss of Shibao City in the 29th year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty." ”

Li Longji's voice was not loud, but the interior of the Hanyuan Hall where he was located had an echo effect, so half of the officials in the hall could basically hear it.

"This battle is the victory of the joint operation of the four towns of Longyou, Hexi, Shuofang, and Anxi, and it is the victory of countless Tang Dynasty soldiers in exchange for their lives.

He stood up, and all the ministers also stood up, "Your Majesty has a decree to mourn for the fallen soldiers of Longyou!" ”

Everyone was silent for a moment, and Zheng Lunming, the young eunuch in the palace, said loudly: "The ceremony is over! ”

The ministers sat down one after another, and at this time, Li Longji said in a loud voice: "Xuanlong's right eighteenth general will enter the palace!" ”

"Your Majesty has a decree, Xuanlong will enter the palace on the right!"

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"Your Majesty has a decree, Xuanlong will enter the palace on the right!"

The shouts came out one after another, and in a moment, a group of generals with bright armor appeared at the door of Hanyuan Palace, and they strode into Hanyuan Hall with their heads held high, everyone had excitement and anticipation on their faces, and when they walked to the middle, Ge Shuhan walked out of the courtiers and joined their team, he walked in the front, with his head held high and his steps vigorous.

The eighteenth general walked up to His Majesty Dan, lifted his armor robe and knelt down on one knee, and said in unison: "See Your Majesty, I wish Your Majesty long live, long live!" ”

Li Longji waved his hand and smiled: "Generals are flat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The eighteen generals stood up and lined up, and at this time, Li Lin, the squire of the military department, came out of the ranks, bowed to Li Longji and said: "The minister wants to read out the rewards of the army, please ask Your Majesty for permission!" ”

"Quasi-play!"

Li Lin walked up two steps, facing the main hall and opened the edict, which was signed by Li Longji and stamped with the official reward decree of the big seal under the door of the Zhongshu, only for the army, not for the eighteen generals, he read loudly: "In June of the seventh year of Tianbao, the imperial court transferred the four towns of Longyou, Hexi, Shuofang, and Anxi to fight against Hehuang, after half a year, the occupation of Shibao City ended on the morning of December 28 in the seventh year of Tianbao, and the army of the four towns lost a total of 14,367 people and wounded 5,580 people, and achieved a brilliant victory in the Battle of Hehuang. At the request of Ge Shuhan, the commander of the battle commander Longyoujiedu, the Ministry of War approved and reported, and the official reward is as follows: Longyou soldiers will be rewarded with 400,000 yuan, 250,000 horses of silk, and 10,000 hectares of Longyou's Shangtian, and the military merits of the officers and men of all armies will be promoted separately, and the compensation for the dead will not be included, and the details of each army are now distributed as follows......."

Li Lin read for a quarter of an hour, and finally said: "The eighteen generals of the Battle of Longyou, with outstanding merits, are now called the Great Dynasty and the Imperial Palace, and they will be rewarded by His Majesty himself." ”

Li Lin took the edict away, turned around and saluted: "Your Majesty, the minister is over!" ”

Li Longji smiled slightly and said, "Then it is up to me to announce the reward of the meritorious hero." ”

He glanced at Ge Shuhan and said, "Where is Ge Shuhan?" ”

Ge Shuhan stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "The minister is here!" ”

"Aiqing, as the commander, is the first, I will crown you as the Duke of Shanguo, Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, check the book of the Ministry of Engineering, reward 10,000 taels of silver, and 10,000 horses of silk."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Ge Shuhan was extremely proud, after the First World War, he actually became the prince of the country, if he took the river meander and Dafeichuan again, wouldn't it be the king of the county? Although the Tang Dynasty has no precedent for being crowned a general and a county king, maybe it will start with him.

He stood back in his position, and at this time, Li Longji smiled at Li Siye again: "Modao General Li Siye listens to the seal." ”

This time, in addition to the commander Ge Shuhan, the first general set a total of three people, Li Siye who took Shibao City, Li Qing'an, who intercepted the main force of Tubo, and Gao Xiuyan, who suffered the heaviest casualties.

Li Siye stepped forward, knelt down on one knee and said, "Minister Li Siye is here!" ”

"Anxi Zhonglang will Li Siye, personally lead the army of Modao to capture Shibao City, set it as the first merit, and crowned it as General Jin Wuwei, General Yunlu, Cisanguan Yunlu, promoted to the deputy envoy of Anxi Jiedu, led the soldiers and horses of the four towns of Anxi, rewarded 5,000 taels of silver, and 3,000 horses of silk."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Siye returned to the throne, followed by Gao Xiuyan, he was Ge Shuhan's confidant, although he attacked Shibao City and suffered heavy casualties, but many people did not recognize his merits, when discussing in the political hall, Pei Kuan and Yang Shenjin also opposed him to list the first merit, but because of the balance of the Longyou army, in the end he was listed as the first merit, Gao Xiuyan was named the deputy envoy of Hedong Jiedu, and he was also given to the general Yunlu, and the gold and silver rewards were the same.

At this time, Li Longji glanced at Li Qing'an and said with a slight smile: "Divine Arrow General Li Qing'an listens to the seal." ”

Li Qingan stepped forward, lifted his robe and half-knelt down: "The minister is here!" ”

"Anxi Zhonglang General Li Qing'an led the Anxi scout battalion of 3,000 soldiers, intercepted 80,000 reinforcements from Tubo, and made an immortal contribution to the capture of Shibao City, 3,000 soldiers were almost wiped out, not a single person, fought to the end, can be a model for my Tang Dynasty soldiers, I am not sad, but also sigh, for the sake of ambition, Li Qing'an is specially named the general of Qianniuwei, and the general Yunlu of the scattered officials, and the imperial history of Zhongcheng, the governor of Tingzhou and the governor of the Beiting Jiedu Prefecture, the deputy envoy of the Beiting Jiedu, the reward of 5,000 taels of silver, 3,000 horses of silk."

As soon as this reward came out, there was a whisper in the hall, the Beiting Jiedu envoy was concurrently served by Li Linfu, so that although Li Qing'an was the deputy position, he actually took the real power of the Beiting Jiedu envoy, especially when he was crowned the imperial historian Zhongcheng, and he was the governor of Tingzhou, which strongly explained that he actually led the power of the Beiting Jiedu.

Yesterday was Yang Zhao's envoy to the southern section of the Jiannanjie, and today it was Li Qing'an who was in charge of the North Court.

At this time, Yang Zhao was also stunned, his pride in being named the envoy of the Jiannan Festival was swept away, and he suddenly had a feeling that it was precisely because he was promoted to the envoy of the Jiannan Festival that Li Qing'an had to take charge of the North Court, and the saint seemed to be deliberately balancing the relationship between the two.

"Minister Li Qing'an, thank Your Majesty Longen!"

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(To be continued)