Chapter 70: Ascension?
The performance of the Son of Heaven made Gao Lishi extremely disappointed, and when he saw this emperor, who had admired him incomparably in the past few decades, turn around and fly back to Penglai Immortal Mountain on the Taiye Pool, the last trace of illusion in his heart was finally shattered.
Gao Lishi was stunned for a moment, and beckoned Yu Chaoen: "Guard here, no matter what changes in the palace, quickly send someone to report to me." ”
Yu Chaoen agreed and asked, "Or Xiudefang?"
Colliers nodded and left.
Xiudefang is located outside the North Palace Gate and is the location of the three yamen of the forbidden army.
Under the leadership of Wang Chengye, the Yulin Army has long been abolished, and it has been occupied by a group of Beijing-based gentlemen who occupy important positions of all sizes, not only eating half of the empty salary, but also spending money to buy the remaining half of the soldiers, just to avoid being bullied by the patrolmen of the Nanya soldiers and horses - the Nanya armies have not had the strength to fight many years ago, and have long been reduced to patrols guarding the city gates, patrolling the sentry squares, and arresting beggars.
Qianniuwei is strong one by one, but there are only more than 600 people, and this army is in the hands of King Qi, and it is absolutely unreliable when it comes to the critical moment.
In the huge Chang'an, there is only one soldier who can really be relied on, Chen Xuanli's Longwu Army, and Gao Lishi is Chen Xuanli's mansion.
Telling the words of the Son of Heaven to Chen Xuanli, Gao Lishi sighed: "Back then, everyone led us to punish the Empress Wei and remove the Taiping, what a wise and divine martial artist, and now everyone is old......
Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Chen Xuanli said decisively: "General, it's time to make up your mind." ”
Colliers nodded and asked, "Who do you like?"
Chen Xuanli asked rhetorically: "Who else can there be?" Could it be that the general still thinks about King Shou?"
After the Son of Heaven killed the late crown prince Li Ying, the king of Hubei Li Yao, and the king of light Li Ju, the imperial court planned to re-establish the prince, Li Linfu wanted to establish the king of Shou, but the Son of Heaven set up the current prince Zhongwang, and it was Gao Lishi who fought with Li Linfu behind his back. Therefore, Gao Lishi has the merit of supporting the crown prince, and he will never be able to support King Shou.
Seeing that Chen Xuanli and himself had the same opinion, Gao Lishi breathed a sigh of relief, with this consensus, there was a basis for future discussion, the two discussed for a long time, and they both felt that the most tricky thing was two people, one was of course Yang Guozhong, he and the prince were in the same situation, it was difficult to reconcile, and to help the prince ascend the throne, it was necessary to remove Yang Guozhong.
And the other one is the king of Dazong Zhengqi. King Qi has very high seniority and seniority in the royal family, and his influence is extremely great, and the most important thing is that he is also the only great cultivator in the imperial family, and no one can match him. And King Qi is in charge of the Vermilion Bird Array and Qianniu Guard, if the Long Wu Army makes a move, it is impossible to kill King Qi in Chang'an City, only by putting it in the field outside the city, with the military array to encircle and kill, there is a glimmer of hope.
Besides, even if King Qi is killed, who else can face the rebel army's three major refining voids?
Therefore, the best way to do this is to convince King Qi, but it is extremely risky and difficult to decide.
After thinking about it, the two of them asked together: "Can you receive a letter from Gu Zuo?"
Since An Lushan raised the flag in November last year, Gu Zuo has maintained correspondence with Gao Lishi and Chen Xuanli, and has repeatedly said that he wants to organize a Qinwang army to aid Chang'an, but he has not yet arrived.
At this time, it was the time when external forces were most needed, so the two decided to send a letter to Nanwu Prefecture again, urging Gu Zuo to enter Beijing immediately. In the days when the Chongxuan Department let go, they could only count on Gu Zuo.
At this time, Gu Zuo was in Wanbu Cliff, waiting for Tang Tingfeng to come back. Tang Tingfeng has been away from the mountain for more than a month, but no one knows where he went, Gu Zuo also sat and waited at the Tang Gate for half a month, until today he couldn't wait any longer, and came directly to Tang Shisan's mansion to mobilize this Yuanying Gao Xiu and himself to enter Beijing.
"It's a big trouble, without the approval of the eldest brother, how dare I enter Beijing with you?" Tang Shisan smiled bitterly.
"I believe that if the seniors are here, not only will they not stop you from entering Beijing, but they will even enter Beijing with us. Gu Zuo persuaded.
Tang 13 said: "An Lushan has been raising troops for two months, the Wangwu faction has not moved, the Huashan Xixuan faction has not moved, the Taiyuan Zongzhen sect has not moved, and so many sects in the south of the Yangtze River are also quietly watching the changes, not to mention that our southwest land is far away, why bother to set yourself on fire? Qingcheng faction, Chenshan faction, Luofu faction, which one do you see have the intention of sending troops? Gu Pavilion Master, Xiao Gu, what are you for?"
Gu Zuodao: "I heard that how much ability a person has, how much responsibility he has to bear, when I was in Huiji County, just to make a living, naturally I can't manage that much, but now I have two edicts and eight states, and I have millions of people under my jurisdiction, of course, I have to have the world in my heart." The so-called poor will be good alone, and the good will help the world. Moreover, An Lushan went all the way south and slaughtered Chen Liu and Xingyang successively, and the tyranny of his sex was shocking. If you let it go, the world will wither and starve for thousands of miles, can you bear it senior?"
Gu Zuo is talking about a kind of feelings, his expectations and nostalgia for the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, and his deep regret for the abrupt end of the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, which is incomprehensible to Tang Thirteen.
Tang Thirteen looked at Gu Zuo and didn't speak, Gu Zuo thought about it, so he could only start another and reveal his farewell: "I have had a lot of correspondence with the Prince of Beijing, General Gao and others, and I have asked them to inquire about some things, do you know that the Son of Heaven wants so much money for something?"
"What to do?" On this topic, Tang Thirteen was obviously more interested in feelings than feelings.
"The Son of Heaven is using a strange way to send money to the immortal gods, I heard that it was given to Zhao Gongming, the god of wealth. What does the Son of Heaven do to worship the God of Wealth? What does he want? Why did he do this? According to the crown prince, he can't even take care of the country, don't you think it's strange?"
Seeing Tang Thirteen frowning and pondering, Gu Zuo added another fire: "When the Chongxuan Department divided the princes of the Eighteen Roads, Li Mi said to me, there are not enough spirit stones, they can't afford it, and most of the two million monks in the world are waste, assuming that there are one and a half million monks who can only get one or two spirit stones every year, for them, it is actually useless for the improvement of cultivation, but it has caused a waste of one and a half million to three million spirit stones, so they leave it alone." Recently, I've been wondering, is there any connection between what Chongxuan did and what the Son of Heaven did?"
Tang 13 nodded: "So you want to enter Beijing." ”
Gu Zuo said: "Thirteen seniors, don't you want to? As long as we enter the Great Inner and occupy Penglai Immortal Mountain, we may be able to find the answer and know what the Chongxuan Department and the Son of Heaven are hiding from us." ”
Tang 13 asked, "What if you know?"
Gu Zuo was speechless for a while, and said angrily: "Thirteen seniors, this is very likely to be related to you and me becoming immortals, if I remember correctly, the last time Chongxuan Agency recommended a monk to become an immortal was almost twenty years ago, right?
Tang Shisan finally nodded slowly: "Is there anything else?"
Gu Zuo thought for a while, and then said: "Moreover, why is it not that the monk ascended after cultivating to the void, but the recommendation of Lao Shizi, the thirteenth senior, don't you think it's strange?"
Tang Thirteen thought for a long time and asked, "Flying Ascension?"
Gu Zuo: "......"