"Is there any movement over there in An Lushan?"

Li Heng stroked the armrest of the throne and asked Cheng Yuanzhen softly.

At this time, it was already the third day of the first month of Tianbao's fifteenth year - but Li Heng called it the first year of Zhide, and two days had passed since the palace coup, and the commotion in Chang'an City had finally ended, and the news from outside the city had not yet been fed back, so it was a rare calm before the storm.

Li Heng knew that under this calm, there was an undercurrent of fear, which could devour people's lives at any time. In the past two days, he has also been very busy, constantly drafting edicts, constantly conferring official titles, constantly mobilizing financial, material and human resources, oh, and constantly raiding the homes of those ministers who are still loyal to Li Longji, especially the properties of Ye Chang and Yang Guozhong in Chang'an City. The property copied out in the five branches of the Yang family made him scold the country for being a moth, but what he copied out in the Ye Mansion made him stunned: except for some houses that could not be moved, the Ye family had almost no property for him to obtain, and even the three major chambers of commerce such as the Anton Chamber of Commerce and the headquarters of the Anton Bank in Chang'an, in addition to checking a bunch of account books, he didn't even catch a guy.

Almost all the people who were close to Ye Chang ran away. Yushi Dafu Yuan Highway, Horse Dugu Ming, etc., left Chang'an before Chinese New Year's Eve to Li Longji on leave. Even if they didn't run, they were only three or two kittens, and they couldn't squeeze any oil and water, and they couldn't ask for valuable confessions.

Under such circumstances, Li Heng understood that Ye Chang had long been prepared for this palace coup, and even deduced from An Lushan's movements that this coup was most likely to occur on Chinese New Year's Eve.

Li Heng had a vague feeling that Ye Chang was not shocked after speculating about this coup, but was very happy and excited: for him, this is also a rare opportunity! Thinking that the coup d'état he had carefully planned might be cheap for Ye Chang, Li Heng felt very tired in his heart, as if he was facing Li Linfu again.

"There was no movement." Cheng Yuanzhen responded: "It seems that the injury is not light, and I heard that An Lushan bought the best coffin in the city, and his eldest son An Qingzong is afraid that it will not work." ”

"It's good, it's good......"

Li Heng didn't have much sympathy for An Qingzong's death, and was even a little relieved, An Lushan, the eldest son, he had seen more than once, and he could be regarded as shrewd and capable, much stronger than his second son An Qingxu. An Lushan's loss of a suitable heir is not a bad thing for Li Heng.

"Send the imperial doctor to send the medicine over, pick up the best and send it, don't wait for it." Li Heng said: "In the past two days, there have been fewer and fewer ministers who have come to the court, and they are all pretending to be sick at home, and I intend to have a good life and rectification, you see......"

Before his words fell, he heard a eunuch outside shouting: "An Xianggong has arrived!" ”

Then there was the sound of heavy footsteps, and the footsteps were all in front of the main hall before anyone could pass it, Li Heng and Cheng Yuanzhen glanced at each other, and they all changed color slightly.

What made them even more troubled was that they had just gotten the news that An Lushan was still recuperating at home, so how could he turn his face around, and he ran to the palace again.

Before they could exchange opinions, An Lushan had already appeared in front of the main hall, his face was full of anger, although the wound on his face had been bandaged, but there were still faint traces of blood oozing from the cotton yarn.

"What is Your Majesty saying, tell An Mou......" An Lushan's voice was dull.

His words were very abrupt and rude, and a samurai next to Li Heng was about to come out to reprimand, but Li Heng waved his hand slightly to signal not to care, and then got up with a smile: "An Qing's injury is very good?" ”

"Can't die...... What was Your Majesty talking about? ”

"An Qing has been recuperating from his injuries in the past few days, and some ministers in the DPRK will not come to the court, and I am discussing with Cheng Yuanzhen how to deal with them."

"Oh, who are they?"

Li Heng said the names of several people in a row, An Lushan sneered, and instructed the warriors who entered the temple with him behind him: "Go, bring the heads of these people to ......"

Li Heng was taken aback when he heard it: "What does An Qing mean? ”

"Since you are disloyal, what are you keeping for, do you want to keep it for Ye Chang?" An Lushan said with a cruel smile: "I have endured it for the past few days, endured it, just waiting for them to jump out, and now it is just right, I will catch it all in one go, and I will end up simply!" ”

Li Heng's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he couldn't help but look at Cheng Yuanzhen, who was also stunned, and at the same time a little frightened.

In the past two days, they have not made any small moves!

Moreover, An Lushan did not ask Li Heng for instructions, so he directly ordered the soldiers to arrest people, which sounds good and is arrogant, but in fact, it should be called the Lord of the Eyes!

However, Li Heng had nothing to do about it, and they also tried to contact An Lushan's generals in the past two days, but those generals didn't even bother to flatter him, the "emperor".

Li Heng did not reflect on the fact that this was because he usurped his father's throne and made the generals look down on him, but he only blamed An Lushan for running like an iron bucket in the army.

"An Qing ......" Li Heng swallowed: "So...... Seems wrong, right? ”

An Lushan rolled his eyes: "What, emperor, do you have an opinion?" ”

"This, among these people, quite a few of them are clan ......"

"The clan is a fart!" An Lushan roared: "My son is going to die!" ”

Li Heng was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect An Lushan's thoughts to jump so much, he just wanted to comfort him, but he heard An Lushan say again: "If my son dies, I will definitely want the clan to die dozens or hundreds of people to be martyred for him!" ”

"An Xianggong, what do you mean by this?" Even if Li Heng endured it again, he was a little angry at this time.

"Your Majesty, do you still think those people are your relatives?" An Lushan sneered: "Their hearts only follow the Emperor Taishang, follow Ye Chang, and keep them, it will only be trouble!" Especially your brothers, didn't you say that they want your crown prince one by one...... Even so, what is left for them to do! ”

An Lushan loves his eldest son An Qingzong very much, although he still has a second son, a young son, etc., but he feels that the only one who is most similar to his character and ability is the eldest son. In the past two days, An Qingzong has been tossing and wailing on the sickbed, An Lushan has cut off the heads of more than a dozen imperial doctors and so-called famous doctors, but he has not been able to save him, and he has not even been able to alleviate An Qingzong's pain. The hatred for Ye Chang in his heart reached the extreme, but Ye Chang walked cleanly, and even blew up half of his house with flour, so that An Lushan could not retaliate. So he transferred his hatred to the royal family - if it weren't for the Lee father and son, where would he have gotten to this point?

And in the past few days, Yan Zhuang has instigated him to establish himself as soon as he has the opportunity. After all, Yan Zhuang is only a low-level person, although he is quite wise, but his eagerness for the power in front of him makes him dissatisfied with the so-called "squire", and what he wants to be more is the prime minister.

Not only Yan Zhuang, but also all the generals under An Lushan's curtain, regardless of Han Hu, all hope to be envoys, soldiers and horses, and want to open the treasury as rewards. At this time, An Lushan had not lost his mind, and he knew that he needed to rely on Li Heng to win more support. However, he just needs to take advantage of Lee Hyung, not respect Lee Hyung.

Hearing An Lushan say this, Li Heng's face turned blue for a while, white for a while, and then shook his sleeves and said: "Qing is the prime minister and the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and all major national affairs are decided by the secretary!" ”

Li Heng said this very resentfully, his voice had not yet fallen, and a person flashed behind An Lushan, it was Yan Zhuang: "The emperor wants to rebel?" How dare you say such rude words! ”

"The Emperor...... Rebellion ......"

Li Heng almost lost his breath, he glanced at Yan Zhuang, and then said to An Lushan: "I'm tired, I want to rest." ”

"Your Majesty will go by himself, and I will do the affairs of the DPRK and China for you." An Lushan said proudly: "Your Majesty's defense in the palace is weak, there is still Ye Changyu's party in Chang'an City, I will allocate 3,000 soldiers and horses to guard the palace ban, Your Majesty should not panic." ”

Li Heng's body trembled, stared at An Lushan deeply, and then turned to leave.

Cheng Yuanzhen's eyes blinked vigorously a few times, and said to An Lushan with a smile: "An Xianggong, Your Majesty learned that Xianggong's family is not in Chang'an City, and wants to give the palace maid to serve An Xianggong......"

"Whoever I fancies, I'll pick it up." An Lushan said expressionlessly: "You eunuch, just wait for Your Majesty." ”

Cheng Yuanzhen's face changed, and he didn't dare to speak after all.

At this time, there were not only the two of them, but also some courtiers who had taken refuge in Li Heng, but under An Lushan's dominance, no one dared to speak. Everyone is faintly aware in their hearts that the times have changed, and the original situation in which the imperial court controlled everything is only afraid that it will be rewritten with this coup, and the generals who hold military power will have more power.

An Lushan glanced at the empty throne, he took a few steps forward, and was almost about to come to the throne, and all the ministers looked at him in a daze, wanting to see if he had the courage to sit on it now.

However, An Lushan did not sit down after all, he turned around in front of the throne, and showed a cruel smile to the ministers.

"Send Chang'an Qingzhuang as a soldier, and fight to the death with Ye Chang's rebel thief." He said sharply: "Where is Jingzhao Yin, where is Chang'an, where is the county order of Wannian, this matter will be done by the three of you, I don't care what you do, I only need to have 100,000 more soldiers in Chang'an City within ten days, if there is one less, it will be filled by your relatives!" ”

Jing Zhaoyin, Chang'an, and Wannian Ling, who were appointed by Li Heng, were all pale and looked at each other, neither daring to respond nor refuse.

There are more than 100,000 people in Chang'an City, which is not wrong, but it is not easy for 100,000 young people to gather. They were also very strange in their hearts, An Lushan had nearly 100,000 soldiers in his hands, although he was defeated by Ye Chang twice, in fact, he was just frightened, and the real loss was not much, he was still in a hurry to recruit 100,000 people at this time, but he didn't know why.

Of course, they didn't know An Lushan's intentions.

Staying in the house for the past two days, in addition to recuperating from his injuries and spying on the movements of the DPRK and China, An Lushan also has an important matter, which is to gather his generals and staff members to brainstorm and discuss how to deal with Ye Chang's "magic weapon". After two days of discussion, they gradually came to the conclusion that although Ye Chang's explosive weapon was powerful, it was not without weaknesses.

One of the biggest weaknesses is that it relies too much on logistics. That weapon is expendable, not even like an arrow, and can be recycled after being fired. And it is obvious that Ye Chang did not make that kind of weapon in the Central Plains, so the source of his weapon is only Liaodong, and even Anxi is impossible. According to Yan Zhuang and others' speculation, the number of such weapons that Ye Chang stored in Chang'an was not much.

"Now that Chang'an has fallen into my hands, Liaodong and Ye Chang have severed their connection, so the only thing he can use is what he has existed before, as long as we drive more soldiers and continue to consume his kind of divine weapons, it won't be long before he will be useless. Naturally, this is only a way to treat the symptoms, a way to cure the root cause, but also to seize Liaodong, we also have to grab that kind of magic weapon, it is best to grab the craftsman who made it, if so, then the world is in the hands of the minister! ”

An Lushan recalled Yan Zhuang's words again, he glanced at Jing Zhaoyin and the others, and then said sharply: "If you don't hurry up and do it, when will you wait, why don't you wait for me to invite you to dinner?" ”

Jing Zhaoyin and the three of them were so frightened that they crawled out of the main hall, and after they got out, the three of them looked at each other, and they only saw despair.

"In a hurry, where to recruit 100,000 young people!" Wan Nian Ling smiled miserably and said: "We only took office the day before yesterday, and now none of the subordinates below have been cleared...... The servants in the yamen don't know where to flee, can the second prince have a good plan to teach me? ”

"It's just a rope." Chang'an Ling also laughed miserably: "Originally, I succumbed to the thief, just for a rich and noble, in this case, there is nothing, what else?" ”

"That's all...... Alas...... "Jing Zhaoyin is also crying with a sad face, he has a good relationship with Ji Wen, so he got this position, I originally thought it was a beautiful job, but I never thought it would be a dead end." However, thinking about his relationship with Ji Wen, An Lushan has great trust in Ji Wen, and may be able to ask Ji Wen to intercede. He felt that he still had a chance to survive, so he waved his hand to the two county commanders, and made the appearance of a majestic chief: "Since Duke An has an explanation, you two will quickly handle it, if it can be done, I will ask for credit for the two of you!" ”

His face became fast, and before Wan Nian and Chang'an Erling could react, he left. Erling looked at each other, and after a while, Wan Nian Ling said: "Why is he like this, he was worried about life and death at first, why did he blink an eye and have this face?" ”

"He has a good relationship with Ji Wen, he must go to Ji Wen to intercede, now Ji Wen is the imperial doctor, and he is very important to An Lushan, with Ji Wen's help, where will he be in any danger...... It's just that the two of us are miserable, and we will definitely die! ”

The two of them were sighing at each other, but they heard someone greet them, "Why is the second prince still here?" ”

When they looked back, it was Wang Jin.

"Princely ......"

As soon as he said hello, before he could answer seriously, he saw a chaos on the street, but it was a team of An Lushan's subordinates who drove over. Under the necks of the more than 100 horses ridden, all of them hung their first results, and the two of them looked at it intently, and couldn't help but change color.

Wang Jin said quietly: "The people who have shown their hearts in the past few days...... It's the names of those people that Your Majesty just ordered. ”

Erling Ji Ling had a cold war, and it didn't take long for Li Heng to name them, and the heads of these people had already been cut off, and some of them were not on the list at all, which only proved one thing.

An Lushan had already decided to kill Liwei, and he didn't take Li Heng's intentions to heart at all!

"This ...... This ...... "ten thousand years make the voice tremble, rather than being so humiliated, it is better to go back to self-calculation."

"If you two want to live, you have some care...... It's just that this is not a place to talk, would you like to go to a secluded place with me? Wang Jin said again.