Tianbao finally did not survive to the sixteenth year in the fifteenth year.

The Son of Heaven who feels that all the major events in his life have been done, just like his ancestors, began to want to enjoy the fruits of the glory of the Tang Dynasty, the name of Kaiyuan because of the death of his blood brother made the Son of Heaven unhappy, since he has succeeded in renewing his life against the sky, in order to disperse that bit of bad luck, and the local officials gave him an auspicious treasure, so he changed the year of Kaiyuan, enabled the load of Tianbao, looking forward to enjoying the year, enjoying the bliss of the world, and being the real lord of long live.

Elysium was destined to not be able to live forever, and in the fifteenth year, it was cut off by someone.

Zhang Xun and Mo Sheng in the broken grass house are no longer in the age of Tianbao at this moment, but in the Zhide Yuanzai. Mo Sheng carefully explained the causes and consequences of the battle of Tongguan to Zhang Xunting, and he did not hide any details he could say, as for those inconveniences, it was still that sentence, immortals are different, and it is useless to say more.

The story of Tongguan is like this, and the story of Chang'an has just begun.

On the night of the tenth day of the first month of June, a day and night have passed since the Tongguan city was broken, and the peace fire that had been burning for more than six months at the head of Tongguan City had been extinguished for a day, and it was estimated that it would be extinguished tonight.

On 9 June, Tongguan was gone, Geshuhan was captured, and three or four hundred thousand defenders died. This shocking battle report does not need to go through the beacon tower, Xuanzong already knows, after all, Tongguan is far from Kyoto, and it will be half a day to ride a fast horse. Since the An Lushan rebellion, from Tongguan to Chang'an's peak fire platform was re-lit, every night, Tongguan City lit the first fire, the halfway post point was lit in turn, until the last stop outside Chang'an City. Seeing the billowing wolf smoke, Kyoto knows that today is safe and sound, the emperor is at ease, the officials are at ease, and the people are at ease!

But on the evening of June 9, no one lit a fire at the head peak of Tongguan City. The people looked eastward, and could no longer see the familiar smoke, and all of a sudden, no matter how high or low, they were in a hurry! Could it be that Tongguan is lost? Are the rebels really coming in? What should I do now? Can the defenders in Chang'an City stop those barbarians? I heard that those barbarians are all savages who eat meat and drink blood, and they are invulnerable with three heads and six arms, do the emperor and those officials have a countermeasure?

The people naturally do not deserve to know the affairs of the official family, this night's court, the Lord Yang, who is the ruler of the dynasty who is strategizing and winning thousands of miles away on weekdays, is blushing at the moment, facing the more and more irrepressible panic and anger in the court, he has fallen from the initial accusation and blame to the current crying.

"Ladies and gentlemen, be calm and listen to me. In the past ten years, some people among the hundreds of officials have constantly reported An Lushan for rebellion, and the contemptible people have reminded them to be vigilant from time to time, but you have always refused to believe it, and accused me of being jealous and loyal. An Lushan's thief was even more disregarding the grace of heaven, His Majesty was deceived and did not notice it for a while, and our courtiers were also powerless and intransgressive, coupled with General Geshu's command mistakes, the result was like today. It's not all my Yang's fault. ”

When the emperor on the dragon chair heard this, his eyes were cold, and he snorted lightly. Gao Lishi, who was waiting beside him, felt this murderous aura, and immediately stepped forward, staring at Yang Guozhong and shouting:

"Bold!"

When Yang Guozhong heard the reprimand, he immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowing like pounding garlic, and begging for mercy. Yang Guozhong's words are a big crime of killing his head, and daring to criticize the emperor's decision-making is already a sin of the sky, but he still has to gamble, gamble with his life, and put his life to death!

An Lushan wants to rebel, although the emperor does not notice, but it is more his instigation, is it not that I Yang Guozhong is not persecuted, An Lushan really does not rebel? And then there is the false murder of Feng Changqing Gao Xianzhi, which is also the emperor's order! In the end, there was the pus-filled Ge Shuhan, hundreds of thousands of people were cheated like this, and they all lived to be dogs. Now these sanctimonious officials in the court are scrambling to take the benefits of An Lushan on weekdays, and at this moment, they are also unwilling to fall into the well for me Yang, and they want to take me under the knife, trying to splash all the dirty water on me. Tens of millions of people in Datang, I am not so stupid, this is a reputation that has been left behind for thousands of years, I can't carry it, I can't afford it! I've got to figure out a way to pull a guy into the water. No matter how much grass is pulled on those walls, it is useless, you can only find the backbone of the emperor, after all, in the final analysis, it is you who make the decision, the main responsibility is yours, and we are all minions of things. He was also afraid that the emperor would click him immediately after saying this, but he still had to gamble, and it was useful for the emperor to keep him in such a situation. Second, there is also the sister who is loved by thousands of people, he hesitated to mediate this method thousands of times in his mind, and finally decided to live to death and gamble!

However, in the current situation, it is useless to just shirk responsibility in words, and how the imperial court should deal with the threat of rebels next, and how Your Majesty will make decisions is the key! The trick of finding death still has to have a backhand to crack it, which Yang Guozhong has already thought about. He kowtowed. While replying:

"Your Majesty's anger, Your Majesty's anger! The sinner still has something to say......"

The emperor was speechless, and Gao Lishi observed his words and said coldly:

"Tell me!"

At this moment, the court can hear the needle dropping, the Son of Heaven is angry, and millions of corpses are ambushed!

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the guilty minister is terrified! In the eyes of the criminals, the current situation has reached such a situation. Tongguan has lost Chang'an and is in danger, in order to prevent traitors from encroaching on His Majesty's Tianyan, and the current Chang'an City has been in a scorching heat, the criminal ministers are bold, please move to Shu. Although Shu is remote and barren as Kyoto, the people of Shu have longed for the grace of heaven for a long time, the scenery over there is pleasant, the golden breeze is cool, and the criminal ministers also have some old things over there, the army is arranged, and the palace attendants are also complete, I believe that Your Majesty and the concubine will be happy. As for the rebels, the criminal minister will cooperate with the lords of the palace to lead all the soldiers and civilians in Kyoto to defend the dignity of the Tang Dynasty to the death. ”

Yang Guozhong's words were sincere and sincere, and he was full of anger, not to mention those civil and military officials, even the emperor was comfortable when he heard it, which not only solved the current situation but also touted the face of the heavenly family. Not to mention that someone can be the prime minister, he is obviously a dog who runs away from the wilderness, but he swallows thousands of miles like a tiger, he is really another Li Linfu with a honey-bellied sword!

The emperor shifted his body, leaned back in his chair, waved his hand, and said in a hot and cold voice:

"Get up and talk!"

Yang Guozhong, who was lying on the ground, let out a sigh of relief, he won the bet this game, thank God. stood up again, and sure enough, no one dared to say that he was not! This level is over, as for what happens in the future, he still has to think about how to make his head more stable!

The emperor understood very well, and also listened to Yang Guozhong's advice, and he was worthy of being the person who understood his mind the most, and he never thought of giving up Chang'an for the time being and going out to avoid the limelight. It's just that the identity of the emperor is like this, and he is a person with lofty ambitions, so the words of running for his life can't come out of his mouth. Although Yang Guozhong dared to criticize me tonight, he also opened his mouth for me, as for why he went to Shudi, the emperor who knows the general trend of the world well, he knows it very well, because he understands, so he understands Yang Guozhong's strategy is feasible. After all, not just anyone can guess the thoughts of the Heavenly Family, Yang Guozhong, a minion, is really easy to use!

First of all, Shu is thousands of miles away from Chang'an City, and it is Yang Guozhong's sphere of influence, Yang Guozhong was given the Jingjie of the Jiannan Festival by the emperor, and later because of the conquest of Nanzhao, there have been some military forces, Shu is also his old territory, whether it is the military or the people, it has been invaded for decades, everything is under his control. Secondly, the location of Shu is safe, and the basin is surrounded by mountains, which is a natural and independent geographical environment, which has been easy to defend and difficult to attack since ancient times. In addition, the Jiannan Jiedu envoy is also one of the more powerful Jiedu envoys in the hands of Xuanzong, there are more than 30,000 soldiers stationed all year round, if the edict is issued, more than 100,000 horses can be gathered in a short time, although there is a shortage of troops to quell the rebellion, but it is not a problem to keep one side safe. Finally, Shu has been known as the country of abundance since ancient times, and there has been no war in the past few decades, and it has been rich and bloated under the management of Yang Guozhong and others, and it is more than enough to feed a fleeing emperor group. Moreover, since An Lushan raised troops to play the banner of "Qingjun's side", Yang Guozhong sent people to repair the city in Jiannan, reserve materials, and plan to run here to take refuge and survive if he can't stand it one day. I never thought that not only did he need to flee for his life, but even the emperor who was powerful in the world also needed to flee for his life, and tonight's proposal made his own previous diligent management even more framing the unfathomable planning of the rainy day! It was so prescient! As for the beautiful mountains and rivers that hide people's ears, it is better to take advantage of the emperor's taste than the little lady's skin in Shudi!

As soon as Yang Guozhong's almost perfect "summer vacation plan" was proposed, what about the ministers who were still clamoring just now, most of the officials began to be submissive, and they couldn't make a fart for a long time. Yang Guozhong not only paved the way for the emperor to retreat, but also pointed out the direction for these wall grasses by the way, these people began to think in their hearts at the moment, and hurried home to pack up their belongings, ready to flee with the emperor at any time. Yang Xiangguo is really a benefactor, was my words too abrupt and fierce just now, this is the case, I must prepare a generous gift to personally come to the door to ask for the guilt, I hope that Lord Xiangguo has a lot, and it will not be difficult for me to wait.

At this moment, the court, from Zaifu to the clerk, is eager to disperse the court immediately and go home to operate. However, at this time, there was someone who would not come, so he interjected without confidence:

"Please also ask Your Majesty to recruit the people who dare to die in the city on the same day, and the court officials will lead their servants and children to go out to defend against it!"

Alas, what kind of nonsense is this? Who is speaking? Stand up, how did you get into this hall? The civil and military ministers couldn't help but curse in their hearts, and immediately followed the sound to see a person wearing a green robe standing behind a group of purple and red robes with his head raised.

Xuanzong was in a good mood at the moment, Yang Guozhong had planned a retreat for him, and he didn't have to think about that in case, at this time, His Royal Highness actually had someone who proposed to hold on, and a stone startled a thousand waves, and the emperor suddenly became very interested in this person, although he may not really stick to it, but when he heard His Highness say such a backbone of words, his heart couldn't help but feel hot. Okay, my Tang Erlang is not all a bad seed!

"Who is Your Highness talking about?"

After listening to the emperor's golden words, the civil and military officials automatically gave up the space and exposed the small green-robed sesame official on the main hall. The eyes swept over him, as if the man was about to be burned to death!

"Your Majesty, the subordinate is Gao Shi, the grandson of Gao Kan, the protector of Anton Capital, temporarily representing the position of supervising the imperial history, and what he said just now is indeed the subordinate Qiyue!"

Gao shi? Who is this man? Gao Kan had vaguely heard it, when did a little supervising imperial history become so tough? Is this really ignorant or is it a deliberate shame that we and the others are not guts? At the moment, His Royal Highness's civil and military officials have a strong hostility towards this nameless person who appeared out of nowhere!

The Emperor was pleased, and although he had never heard of this man, it did not prevent him from being happy from the bottom of his heart. At the moment of the great enemy, this young scholar who supervises the imperial history has dared to invite the monarchs and ministers to gather together and swear to defend the city to the death, which really adds color to the world's scholars! Long face for the Tang Empire! This person has written it down, and it will be of great use in the future!

Escape or defend the city, that's the question.

There are two choices in front of Tang Xuanzong, which one will the emperor choose? You must know that it takes great courage to defend the city, and if it were twenty or thirty years or even ten years ago, this unwilling emperor still had this determination. But at this time, it has been 15 years since Tianbao, and the ferocity and ruthlessness in the bones of this Tang emperor have long been exhausted by the years. Hot springs are like silk that can melt ice for thousands of years, and beautiful colors like water can wear the steel of a thousand hammers! The desperate Saburo back then was already a seventy-one-year-old dying old man. What's even worse is that Taishi Ling Li Xianshi's criticism bombarded the Zhengrong that he had finally squeezed out into powder, and the criticism showed that Chang'an City was destined to be lost in his hands. As for the negotiation of the monarchs and ministers in the palace tonight, the emperor was decadent at the beginning, but he didn't think of a way out for a while, and the so-called advice between the monarchs and ministers was just a formality.

Full of joy to appease the one named Gao Shi, the emperor seemed extremely happy, his spirit was flying, and he exhorted the ministers to take Gao Shi as an example, and immediately decided to issue an edict to stick to it, with a posture of driving a personal expedition. He even instructed Gao Lishi to invite a few people in the palace, the music saint Li Guinian, and immediately arrange manpower, I will feast the ministers tonight, make an exception to play the "Neon Clothes and Feather Song", and wish the Chang'an defenders a victory and a big break!

The ministers above the court were puzzled by the emperor's mysterious operation arrangement, didn't they basically reach a consensus just now? Is the monarch and the minister strategically abandoning Chang'an to avoid trouble? Why did a guy named Gao Shi suddenly appear and make the peak turn around? Could it be that everyone has the wrong mind for His Majesty? The emperor was ready to hold on from the beginning? Do you really want me to wait and fight those lowly barbarians to the death? How good is that? As for the famous "Neon Dress Divine Comedy", it has always been a great opportunity not to appreciate, and there are only a few of the hundred or so people in the palace who are really destined to appreciate it, just the current form, who has the heart to put it on singing and dancing! It's all about saving your life!

Although in the court at this moment, the ministers and hundreds of officials are like arrows, but the emperor has an order, and no one dares to disobey it, I didn't see that even Yang Xiangguo obediently entered the table, and the rest of the people didn't dare to show the slightest bit of unhappiness, they all bent down and bowed to thank Jun'en. Not long after, the banquet was properly arranged by the eunuchs and palace maids, and the delicacies and delicious jade liquid elixir were saved, and the court officials also sat down in order, but the supervising imperial history who had just been in the limelight was arranged to the emperor's position at this moment, and sat opposite the first person in the dynasty! Facing the mighty imperial grace that was close at hand, Gao Shi also wanted to be as indifferent as his former friend Li Bai, but he was not Li Bai in the end. He tried his best to remain calm, it turned out that the emperor's favor was far less wonderful than he imagined!

It was the ninth night of the first month of June, and the moonlight was like silver, and it was blue. Xuanzong feasted the ministers in the palace, Li Guinian, Li Pengnian, Li Henian, and several brothers were also ordered to enter the palace, each performing their duties and showing their abilities, for a time the sound of the court above the court rippled around the beams, and the fairy danced, the sound of the whole hall of silk and bamboo was endless, and the banquet was staggered, and the monarchs and ministers spoke happily, and they were happy. A peaceful and peaceful world.

The royal wine is really fragrant, the dance music is really wonderful, and the snow white on the singer's chest is really dazzling, red, green, and green. However, everyone here has their own ghosts, and their minds have already flown to their own private goods, and they are only perfunctory to each other, singing and dancing are not fake, and their calculations are true. It's not uncommon, but it's not surprising. An Lushan's hundreds of thousands of butcher knives are not something that this graceful and luxurious dance music can dissolve!

At this moment, Emperor Xuanzong, while inquiring about the situation of His Royal Highness's name Gao Shi, knew that he was the eighth year of Tianbao Jinshi and the first, and was awarded a Fengqiu County Lieutenant. Later, he went to the border pass, followed and took refuge in Ge Shuhan, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, and served as the secretary. It was also last year that he returned to Beijing with Ge Shuhan, who was originally assisting Ge Shuhan to guard Tongguan, and did not want Ge Shuhan to make a mistake in command, Gao Shi and others, who were behind the scenes, saw that the general trend had gone, and fled in all directions, Gao Shi also fled back to Chang'an City for the first time, and heard that the Son of Heaven summoned hundreds of officials to the court to discuss matters, and Gao Shi, who had too much information in his heart, immediately went to the court. He is a hot-blooded man with a heart for the world, and he has also cultivated a sword heart and sword courage in the border army for many years, although he is already one in fifty, his heart is still hot. It's just that others speak lightly and have a shallow foundation, and they don't have much right to speak in this court, and that earth-shattering adherence to the remark was shouted out after thinking about it and thinking about it!

After winning the emperor's appreciation, he sat in the most prominent position, and the emperor was not in a hurry to inquire about the Tongguan war, but followed the habit of the literati and exchanged poems and articles. Gao Shi is an extremely intelligent person, I will say whatever the emperor asks, and I will never say a word if I don't ask. When the emperor heard that the song "Yan Ge Xing" that came out a few years ago was from the person in front of him, he was even more shocked. It's just that those two sentences "The soldiers are half dead in front of the army, and the beauties are still singing and dancing", but it happens to be just like the scene in the palace at this moment. Both of them were thousand-year-old foxes, and they didn't feel embarrassed, and continued to chat with peaceful expressions.

"Oh? Aiqing turned out to be an old acquaintance with Li Twelve, who killed a thousand knives, and he was tricked into doing the wonderful thing of seeking immortals and seeking immortality! Hahaha, it's fun, it's fun! ”

When he heard that Gao Shi had traveled with Li Bai in his early years, traveled to the land of the Liang and Song dynasties, drank and watched prostitutes, shot hunting and discussed poetry, and later traveled through mountains and rivers to find fairy grass, refine elixir, and visit immortals, the emperor couldn't help but be quite interested, and recalled that old man, and he also felt a lot of emotion. That crazy person is so crazy that people really love and hate!

"Back to Your Majesty, after years of experience, I am really ashamed to think about it now!"

Gao Shi knew that his friendship with the emperor was not to that extent, whether it was praise or sarcasm, Li Baiqi was not something he could evaluate now. After all, in the whole world, the emperor and Li Bai love and kill each other, but everyone knows it!

"I wonder if Aiqing visited the immortal at the end?"

The emperor took a shallow drink and continued to ask with interest.

"Back to Your Majesty, the subordinates are stupid, a line of three, not as chic as Brother Li, not as talented as Brother Du, looking for months, although the last unkempt and embarrassed, but the subordinates thought that this line was really the first pleasure in their lives. Although the boat and car were hard, it opened my eyes, and I recalled that I had lived in one side in the past, which was really a waste of glory. As for the immortals who come and go, they can't see it or haven't seen it, they are really ordinary people, and they don't know if they have a chance! ”

Speaking of that trip to find immortals, Gao Shi rarely forgot his restraints, as if the people in the palace were no longer the ninety-five honors, but more like an ordinary old man who gossiped about home.

"Oh? Seeing is seeing, not seeing is not seeing, why does Aiqing feel uncertain? ”

The emperor was also intrigued by these words. Gao Shi didn't dare to sell Guanzi, let alone deceive, so he quickly answered.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's not that the subordinates are deliberately deceiving, it's just that there are a lot of strange things in that line, and now I think back on it is really unconventional. But if you have to say that it is the demeanor of immortals, it is very different from the immortals who are praised on weekdays. Those immortals who are like a frightening flood and graceful like a dragon have never been met in the wind, but strange and grotesque encounters do happen occasionally! ”

"Interesting, interesting, Aiqing might as well talk about how weird it is, I'm curious!"

The emperor seems to be very interested in these ethereal fairy things, and today when he heard Gao Shi's story, he was also attracted by its content, first, he wanted to hear more about the story of the madman, and secondly, he was also eager to learn about the fairy things. For a while, not only did he forget the songs and dances of those warblers and swallows in the palace, but even An Lushan, who was ready to come to the city at any time, was left behind!

At this time, in the Daming Palace, on the throne of the golden lacquer carved dragon in the hall, there was a king who looked down on the world. Below, singing and dancing are leveling, and the sleeves are fluttering; The bell rings and the chime is struck, and the music is melodious. The civil and military officials smiled happily and pushed the cup to change the lamp. The sandalwood lit on the pedestal was smoky. Deep palace, shallow pleasure.

It's really a Tang Dynasty song!