It was in this year that Li Longji made a decision that had a profound impact on An Lushan's career. He decided to separate the Pinglu Army (stationed in Liucheng County, now Chaoyang City, Liaoning), the Lulong Army (stationed in Beiping County, now Lulong County, Hebei), the Yuguan Guard, and the Andong Protectorate, which were originally subordinate to the Fanyang Jiedu Envoy, and set up the Pinglu Jiedu Envoy separately.

An Lushan became the first envoy of Pinglu Jiedu and the Taishou of Liucheng as he wished, and the envoy of the four prefectures of Liangbo, Bohai and Heishui was envoys, and the number of troops under his command reached 37,500 people.

An Lushan, who had just been confused, had already become one of the commanders of the ten major military regions of the empire.

Li Longji set up a total of eight jiedu envoys in the northern border of the empire, from east to west, Pinglu, Fanyang, Hedong, Shuofang, Longyou and Hexi, in addition, the two towns of Beiting and Anxi in the Western Regions were roughly divided by the Tianshan Mountains; In the southwest region, the Jiannan section was set up; In the southern border, the Lingnan Five Prefectures were set up to make strategic envoys.

The state of the military region reflects the military pattern of the Tang Empire, which was "more important in the north than in the south", because the most dangerous enemies of the empire mainly came from the north.

With a hint of apprehension and excitement, An Lushan went to the capital Chang'an to meet Tang Li Longji and thank him. This was his first meeting with Li Longji.

It is better to be able to do things than to be able to do things, and to do a good job is not as good as the emperor's impression. An Lushan, who is well versed in this, has brought into full play the fine tradition of officialdom of "being superior, keeping in close contact with leaders, and combining praise with self-praise".

"In July last year, there was a rare locust plague in Nagada, Yingzhou. Locusts that obscure the sky and the sun eat the seedlings mercilessly. ”

Most local officials report good news but not bad news, and there are not many people like An Lushan who take the initiative to tell about the disaster. In fact, this is just An Lushan's political means of "wanting to promote and suppress first".

Li Longji looked at An Lushan intently, because the locust plague has always been a hidden worry in Li Longji's heart. Li Longji once launched a nationwide patriotic campaign to exterminate locusts.

An Lushan continued to say matter-of-factly. Seeing that the people had no harvest, Weichen burned incense and prayed to the sky. If Weichen's heart is not right, he will be loyal. The locusts that are willing to wreak havoc gnaw at the hearts of their ministers; If the minister does not live up to the heavens, ask the heavens to disperse the locusts quickly!

And guess what! A swarm of red-headed blackbirds devoured the locusts in an instant.

This absurd story was told vividly by An Lushan, but Li Longji was convinced of it, because I don't know how many officials had reported to him all kinds of strange and auspicious events.

The experience of this very happy conversation made An Lushan leave a good impression on Li Longji. Soon after this meeting, An Lushan ascended to the position of hussar general (from Yipin). The Hussar General was the highest rank among the military officers, similar to the current rank of general.

An Lushan, who "tried his hand at the knife" and tasted the sweetness, was determined to go on the road of flattery and sloppiness.

In the third year of Tianbao (744 AD), Li Longji changed "year" to "load" on a whim. Li Longji became more and more similar to Emperor Yang of Sui, because they were eager to change everything.

Fan Yang Jiedu made Pei Kuan enter Beijing to serve as the head of the household department and the imperial historian, and the successor he recommended to Li Longji was An Lushan!

An Lushan is also the envoy of the Pinglu Festival and the Fanyang Festival. Although Fan Yang Jiedu made the commander's soldiers and horses not necessarily the strongest. However, it has the largest number of troops among the major military regions.

In Li Longji's mind, the Tibetans, who were active on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the Xi and Khitan, who were active in the northeast, were the two most dangerous enemies. The soldiers of Hexi and Longyou, who had been fighting on the front line of the Tibetan invasion, and Fanyang Town, which was at the forefront of defending the northeast, were undoubtedly the most experienced troops in the Tang Empire.

An Lushan entered Beijing again with joy and St. Shane. This time, he received a higher courtesy from the imperial court.

On the occasion of parting, Li Longji deliberately ordered the governors of the three provinces of Shu, Menxia, and Shangshu and Yushi Zhongcheng to go to Honglu Pavilion to make a trip for An Lushan.

In the following year, the shape of the Tohoku region gradually eased. The Khitan chieftains and Xi chieftains were annexed to the Tang Empire.

In order to encircle these two enemies who had fought each other, Li Longji married his granddaughter Princess Jingle to Li Huaijie, the Khitan leader and governor of Songmo; Marry another granddaughter, Princess Yifang, to Li Tingzhong, the leader of the Xi clan and the governor of Raole.

Li Long basically figured out that Guò and his relatives would bring peace and tranquility to the northeast region, but this good wish was frustrated, because peace was exactly what An Lushan did not want to see.

An Lushan's promotion benefited from the war, and his favor benefited from the war. He cared for war as much as he cared for his own life, because war was the driving force behind his success.

The principle pursued by An Lushan is "there is something to do, and nothing to look for". If there is a rebellion, it is necessary to suppress the rebellion and make meritorious service, and if there is no rebellion, it is necessary to make meritorious service to quell the rebellion.

Xi and Khitan's continued military harassment of An Lushan finally made the two chiefs angry. There is no need to endure it.

Annoyed and angry, Li Huaijie and Li Tingzhong killed the princess of the Tang Dynasty. Again stood on the opposite side of the Tang Empire.

Li Longji, who "lost his granddaughter and lost his army", was also carried away by anger, because he felt that the Tang Empire had no face at the moment!

This is exactly what An Lushan is looking forward to! An Lushan, who is a fierce soldier, can finally launch an attack blatantly!

Xi and Khitan, whose strength is not what it used to be, naturally found it difficult to resist the sharp attack of the Tang army.

When Li Longji was most eager for victory, An Lushan, who had been planning for a long time, naturally dedicated a hearty victory!

It's so long for me! Sure enough, it's a good general!

Li Longji's appreciation of An Lushan has risen to a higher level.

An Lushan later rarely led troops directly into battle because of his obesity. However, he still did not forget to present the head of the Hu people to the imperial court.

The sinister and cunning An Lushan regarded the wine table as a new battlefield. The staggered banquet is full of wind and water! The talk and laughter of pushing the cup and changing the lamp are full of murderous opportunities.

The simple-minded chieftains of the Khitan tribes would never have imagined that danger was coming towards them step by step!

An Lushan sent people to secretly put poison in the wine. The aroma of the wine smells of blood.

When the wine was hot, the chiefs who had been poisoned fainted to the ground.

An Lushan waved his hand. The soldiers who were lying in ambush swarmed around. Quickly cut off their heads, then throw their corpses into a large pit dug in advance.

An Lushan sent the heads of these people as trophies to the capital city of Chang'an.

Li Longji, who was kept in the dark, was so much so that he had the illusion that the Khitan and Xi were threatening the northeastern frontier of the empire. And only An Lushan can guarantee the safety of the borders of the empire.

Li Longji's great joy and merit, and the generals and commanders of the border towns did not hesitate to use military force and even deceive themselves in order to gain the merits of the border. This undoubtedly had a great negative impact on the empire.

In the sixth year of Tianbao (747 AD), An Lushan concurrently served as the imperial historian. In the Tang Dynasty. Although the official who also holds the title of constitutional officer does not actually preside over the affairs of the Imperial Historical Observatory of the Supervision Organ, it is undoubtedly a very honorable thing to bear the title of Minister of Supervision.

Li Longji personally presided over the construction of a residence for An Lushan in the capital city of Chang'an. He said to the eunuch who oversaw the work, "Do this work properly." An Lushan's vision is very high. Don't let him underestimate the court. ”

Li Longji's mansion carefully built for An Lushan was luxurious, not only did not hesitate to spend a lot of money, but even went beyond the etiquette system. The Tang Dynasty didn't just do anything if you had money.

The curtains are all embroidered.

The baskets were all gold and silver.

The claw hedges are of silver and gold.

The luxury of Cheng dù even surpasses the royal one.

In the ninth year of Tianbao (750 AD), An Lushan concurrently served as the envoy of Hebei Province. Li Longji divided the world into fifteen provinces. Hebei Province includes a vast area north of the Yellow River and east of the Taihang Mountains.

There has been controversy in the historiographical circles about whether the Jiedu envoy had administrative power before the Anshi Rebellion. Because after the Anshi Rebellion, Jiedu made the military, political, and financial power in one, so when the Song Dynasty people wrote the history of the Tang Dynasty, they often speculated on the situation before the Anshi Rebellion according to the situation in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

In fact, before the Anshi Rebellion, the Jiedu envoy was only responsible for military command and foreign warfare, and the reason why he left the illusion that he had administrative power for future generations was mainly due to two reasons.

First, the assassins of many states concurrently serve as the head of the army stationed in their jurisdiction, that is, the military envoy of so-and-so. For example, Cangzhou Thorn Shi also served as a horizontal naval envoy. He participated in the military meeting convened by the envoy of Fan Yang Jiedu in the capacity of the Henghai Navy. The Jiedu envoy can command the military envoy to carry out military deployments, but it does not mean that he has the right to interfere with the administrative power of the assassin.

Second, some of the Jiedu envoys also serve as the reporting envoys of the Dao, so that they can supervise the performance of the duties of the assassins in the prefectures within their jurisdiction, but not every Jiedu envoy also serves as an interview envoy. This is very different from the situation in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, when the military and political power were combined.

An Lushan concurrently served as the envoy of Hebei Province, and could undoubtedly meddle in the local administrative affairs of Hebei Province, install cronies, and exclude dissidents, so as to make strategic arrangements for future rebellions.

This is also an important reason why the counties and counties of Hebei surrendered after An Lushan launched a rebellion.

In May of this year, An Lushan was named the king of Dongping County. It is the first case since the founding of the Tang Dynasty that the king was crowned.

Among the founding heroes of the Tang Dynasty. Qin Qiong (Zi Shubao) and Wei Chigong (Zi Jingde) are undoubtedly the two most well-known generals.

They are revered as door gods by the people. The two were born and died to create the Tang Empire, but they were only named the princes of the country one level lower than the county king.

An Lushan was actually crowned the king of the county by virtue of his record of mixing water with Yan zhòng, which is really surprising!

An astonishing scandal with different opinions

An Lushan, who was soaring, actually had a scandal, and the heroine of the scandal turned out to be the famous Yang Yuhuan.

Yang Yuhuan is an enigmatic legend. Many people know that the end of her life is confusing. But his life experience is also foggy.

The Book of the Two Tang Dynasty and the "Zizhi Tongjian" clearly record that Yang Yuhuan's biological father is Yang Xuanyan. What is there to argue about this?

"The Tablet of Concubine Yang in Puning County, Rongzhou" broke an explosive news: the record of the official history is not historically true!

Where is Puning County, Rongzhou? Puning County is located in Rong County, Yulin City, Guangxi Province.

Yang Yuhuan was originally the daughter of Yang Wei, a commoner in Rongzhou. This handsome little girl from a poor background attracted the attention of a petty officer named Yang Kang. Yang Kang forcibly bought her into the house with his belongings and acted as an adopted daughter.

Under Yang Kang's careful training, Yang Yuhuan became a talented and good-looking little girl, but she aroused the coveting of her adoptive father's boss Yang Xuanyan. begging for a daughter, Yang Xuanyan forcibly adopted her as his adopted daughter.

But when Yang Yuhuan was about ten years old. Adoptive father Yang Xuanyan died of illness. Yang Yuhuan was raised by Yang Xuanyan's younger brother, Yang Xuanjian. Yang Yuhuan's life experience can be described as twists and turns!

Is such a bizarre account credible? It can't be fake news deliberately concocted by some paparazzi to attract attention, right?

"The Tablet of Concubine Yang in Puning County, Rongzhou" was written by Xu Zizhen, an assistant teacher of the four sects of the Tang Empire. Xu Zizhen is not an entertainer, but a national civil servant who works in Guozijian, the country's highest scientific research and education department. As an academic authority, it is impossible for him to fabricate Yang Yuhuan's life story out of thin air.

What's more critical is that Yang Yuhuan is not an ordinary person, but a noble member of the royal family. If Yang Yuhuan fabricated her false life experience without authorization, it would be a head-off thing! Xu Zizhen shouldn't have taken such a big risk to do such a pointless thing.

Case. Why did Yang Yuhuan never mention his biological father?

It's because she has her own struggles. Although the power of the clan gradually declined, the Tang Dynasty was still a dynasty that paid much attention to the family.

Although Yang Xuanyan, who served as the Sihu of Shuzhou, was just a petty official who descended from the seventh rank, Yang Xuanyan was born in the famous Hongnong Yang family. Although the family has fallen into the middle of the road, the Yang family can still enjoy a higher social status with the glory of their ancestors.

It is as a descendant of Hongnong Yang that Yang Yuhuan is qualified to accept the selection of the royal family. If it weren't for such a family background, I'm afraid Yang Yuhuan wouldn't even be qualified to participate in the audition. Naturally, she was reluctant to admit that she was a descendant of Yamano Murafu.

It can be said that "The Tablet of Concubine Yang in Puning County, Rongzhou" is the earliest historical material about Yang Yuhuan's life history found so far, which is one or two hundred years earlier than the Two Tang Dynasty Books and "Zizhi Tongjian".

It is a pity that the stele has not been preserved, but there are many historical documents that describe the contents of this stele. "Yuan Yi Tongzhi" clearly recorded: "Yang Concubine Rongzhou inscription, one hundred and twenty steps east of Puning County". This stele has indeed been real!

Although the inscriptions of the stele are all included in the "Quantang Wen" and the "Yongle Canon", the stele is a lone evidence of Yang Yuhuan's life experience, so it is necessary to wait for the appearance of other relevant historical materials to corroborate each other!

Yang Yuhuan, who was unfortunate in her childhood, was fortunate to become Princess Shou as an adult, but the sudden death of her mother-in-law, Concubine Wu Hui, shattered her peaceful life as a princess.

Yang Yuhuan's father-in-law, Li Longji, experienced the emptiness and loneliness that he had never experienced and could never get rid of because of Concubine Wu Hui's death.

At this time, someone recommended Yang Yuhuan to him.

The history books do not leave the name of this person, but only say "or play" and "or say".

Who would make such a person who fell into the well for King Shou?

Colliers is the most likely, because he has been searching for beauties for Li Longji!

In the winter of the twenty-eighth year of Kaiyuan (740 AD), the twenty-two-year-old Princess Shou Yang Yuhuan went to the Lishan Hot Spring Palace with complicated feelings, and the person who summoned her was her father-in-law Li Longji, who was already fifty-six, (to be continued...... to be continued)