An Lushan seemed to wake up from his confusion, raised his hand to wipe his chubby face, nodded and said: "No wonder when I passed by Huaiyuanfang just now, I saw the Zoroastrian Temple inside with lights, and the congregations lit torches to celebrate, it turned out to be a celebration of this event." ”

Yan Zhuang also said: "This matter also has a history, saying that after Li Siye occupied the river, he expelled the Great Food Sect, demolished the Great Food Temple, vigorously supported Zoroastrianism, and personally went to the Holy Fire Temple to worship the Zoroastrian god Mazda, and the Zoroastrians thought that this was an opportunity for the revival of Zoroastrianism. Some Persians in exile in the Tang Dynasty also went to the west to serve as soldiers, saying that they wanted to restore their homeland. ”

"Uh," An Lushan said dryly, grinding his teeth with a squeak, "not only will he snatch my holy family, but also the hearts of the Sogdians will go to him." ”

"Doctor, as the saying goes, the higher you fly, the heavier you fall." Yan Zhuang said with relief: "Let them hold him high, it is best to lift him up to the altar and let him get carried away." Such a person will not be able to defeat the battle in the future, and once he loses the battle, it will be tantamount to falling off the altar. Think about Gai Jiayun, isn't that what it is? ”

An Lushan smacked carefully, touched the braid on his head and said, "It seems to make some sense." ”

"The doctor does not have to be presumptuous, your strength is not in war, but in your loyalty, you will please the saint, even if it cannot be measured by merit at the moment, but by virtue of the saint's favor, it is enough to share the victory with him. It's a long time coming, it's a long time coming. ”

"It's still a long time coming, I'm almost fifty years old this year, and I've killed a Li Siye in the air, so what's the matter?"

"The advice of the subordinates is to take one step at a time, take a step and see how far he can go."

An Lushan suddenly closed his eyes and was silent, and suddenly raised his head and instructed the steward beside him: "Go, call two handsome ladies to wash someone's feet and warm the bed." ”

Two small hands like soft wattles entered the door with wooden barrels, took off An Lushan's black boots, endured the stench of the sky, and the circles under his eyes were red, and he rubbed his feet carefully in the hot soup with spices.

Yan pretended to feel that it was not appropriate to stay here, bowed his head to An Lushan and said, "In this case, my subordinates will retire." ”

"Hmm."

An Lushan continued to close his eyes and recuperate, Yan Zhuang had not yet walked out of the door, he suddenly sat upright, raised his hand and pressed the head of the foot-washing maid and said, "Come back!" ”

Yan Zhuang turned around and asked, "What else does the doctor have to say?" ”

He made a bet and said, "I don't want to stay in this fucking place for a moment, I'll go back tomorrow." ”

"Where are you going?"

"Nonsense, of course it's back to Fan Yang!"

……

After fasting for seven days with incense in the ashram, the saint Li Longji finally ended his days at home. Under the service of the palace maids, they changed their clothes, put on the royal sacrificial dress and crown, and hung 12 white beads in front of the crown, draped in a black robe, and wore a silk dress under it, with a green collar and a jade leather belt, and a total of 12 chapters of upper and lower patterns. It takes dozens of parts to wear such a gift, and it takes half an hour to waste time before and after.

Last year and this year were quite unsmooth for him, and the mood was not high for a long time, Tianbao was in April for ten years, Xian Yu Zhongtong crusaded against Nanzhao, gathered 70,000 Lingnan soldiers to go deep into the miasma, and was wiped out by the king of Nanzhao, Pi Geluo. In August, An Lushan led 60,000 soldiers and horses to attack the Khitan, led by 2,000 cavalry from the Xi Department, and was defeated and retreated by the Khitan. Xi took the opportunity to rebel, and only 800 people were left in An Lushan to flee. It wasn't until December, when the news of Li Siye's defeat of the Great Eclipse reached Chang'an, that the emperor's frowning brow relaxed slightly.

But in March of this year, there was a rebellion against the Tang Dynasty by the deputy envoy of Hedong Jiedu, and in April, in the imperial history, Wang Ji fell into the rebellion case of his brother Wang Weld, Xuanzong ordered Yang Guozhong to interrogate Wang Jie, and Li Linfu interceded for him, but in the end he was given death. Li Linfu was gradually snubbed by Xuanzong because of Absi's rebellion against the Tang Dynasty and Wang Jie's conspiracy, and Yang Guozhong began to be equal to Li Linfu, and even had the momentum of suppressing Li Linfu.

This year is the biggest political turmoil in the Tianbao year, there are three people who did not expect, the first is that I did not expect Wang Ji to get out of the political arena in this way, although this person is powerful and his family is arrogant to the extreme, but he has the double guarantee of the emperor and Li Linfu. The second is that I didn't expect that it was Yang Guozhong who defeated Prime Minister Li Linfu to divide the power equally, and those who are familiar with the two know that they are not a heavyweight opponent at all, even if there is really such a thing as beating the master to death, Yang Guozhong has no ability to punch indiscriminately. Another thing is that I didn't expect that Li Siye, an ordinary border general, had just taken office as the envoy of the Anxi Festival, and he successfully completed five consecutive victories in his professional war career, personally defeated superweight opponents, and represented the ceiling of Datang's military ability.

The last one surprised the emperor the most and made him worry about it. When Li Siye repelled the Great Cannibal at Thirsty City last year, it was the only victory in the defeat of the Tang army in all directions. But when he heard that Li Siye was going to continue to attack westward, he began to worry in his heart, hoping that he could accept it when he saw it, and not let Tianbao ten years become the emperor's dark years. As a result, the news came from Anxi the next year, saying that Li Siye had captured Kangju City, but before he could be excited, there was news that made him nervous. said that Li Siye was going to fight west.

Tang Xuanzong's mood was like a dealer on the gambling table at the moment, while happily looking forward to a greater harvest, he was a little worried, worried that Li Siye's victory would become the gambler's last carnival, and after gaining everything, he would lose everything. Therefore, his holy decree to Li Siye seems to mention that he will accept it when he sees it, and he doesn't seem to mention it.

But when the final news came, the gambler's became real. The old emperor wanted victory after victory to fill the emptiness of his old age, and he waited for the best gift. He sat in the calyx tower and saw Bian Lingcheng return with good news, saw the envoy of the Great Food lowered his noble head and presented a white camel and white horse, and also saw the boundary line of the empire extend again to the most frontier during the reign of Gaozong Longshuo.

My Tang Dynasty is the most complete here.

The dream has finally become a reality.

"Sage, the temple has arrived."

Li Longji sat on the chariot and opened his eyes, Gao Lishi hunched his back and stepped forward to support him, but he reached out and broke away.

He stubbornly stepped down, with a heavy crown on his head, and the civil and military officials knelt on the stone bricks on both sides, and raised their heads to see the old emperor walking tremblingly and majestically alone.

He stepped on the triple stone steps of the Taimiao Temple and entered the main hall, which enshrined the Nine Chambers Ancestor Sect.

Only in the worship of ancestors, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty broke the rules of the past dynasties. In Confucian orthodoxy, the original was the Five Temples of the Son of Heaven, except for the ancestors and the founding emperor, the rest of the emperors had to give out the ancestors according to the hereditary age. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty also worshipped the five temples, but when Li Shimin started to think carefully, he expanded the Taimiao sacrifice into seven temples, and retained Li Tianci and Li Xi before Li Hu.

In fact, Li Longji still had a different kind of careful thinking, thinking that after a hundred years, he would inevitably be taken out of the temple by his descendants. Gaozu can not be the founder of the country, Taizu Li Hu is the lord of the first seal can not be Ao, Emperor Taizong Gonggai Sheji was recommended by the ministers to never be observed, which is to imitate the rules set by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He also wants to enjoy this honor after death, and receive incense from his descendants forever, if there are four ancestors, there must be nine temples to be able to accommodate them.

Today, he stood in front of the god card of Taizong Gaozong, and bowed to the ground with excitement on his face: "Longji adheres to the will of Gaozong Taizong and Gaozong, and today pays tribute to the spirit of the ancestors and ancestors in the sky. ”

With such feats, will it be like Taizong, but also like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the past, to be able to live forever and receive incense from his descendants.

Li Siye is my Wei Qing and Huo Quai.