Thinking of his son Qingzong, who was ordered to be executed by Li Longji, An Lushan felt dizzy again. That was the most outstanding one among his eleven sons, many times stronger than the other brothers. If Qingzong was still alive, Then he can go out to lead the army on his behalf and control the arrogant and powerful generals like Cui Qianyou, Sun Xiaozhe, and Ashina Chengqing. As the emperor of the Yan Kingdom, he would not be so tired and boring! Damn Li Longji. He actually killed him without even giving himself the chance to get him back by negotiating for peace! Although he had ordered all the relatives of the emperor who had stayed in Chang'an before they had time to escape, regardless of whether they were close or distant, to be executed together. However, he could not make Qing Qing Zong Zai returns to the world!
Yes, it was Sun Xiaozhe who did this! From this point of view, he knew better than Cui Qianyou. Because he drank a lot of wine, An Lushan's thoughts jumped very violently, and soon he changed from talking to his son My memories jumped to the lawsuit between Sun Xiaozhe and Cui Qianyou.
"What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you draft an edict? Go, draft an edict, reprimand Sun Xiaozhe, and ask him to examine his faults and raise the army to prepare for war. Then draft an edict to Cui Qianyou and ask him to give him 500 Yiluohe and 40,000 elite soldiers. Sun Xiaozhe, help Sun Xiaozhe to pacify Xijing and the two roads within the pass as soon as possible!"
No one dared to pick on him, not even his most trusted eunuch Li Zhuer. Everyone knows that because he was angered by Gao Lishi when he was the military governor, His Majesty the Emperor of the Yan Kingdom hated eunuchs for interfering in politics the most. .Today he is in the heat of the moment and gives random orders. When he wakes up tomorrow, he will beat to death any eunuch who dares to write an imperial edict for him.
"Draft an edict. Prepare an edict! What are you doing in a daze? Do you want me to write it myself? I draft an edict and order Sun Xiaozhe to march west as soon as possible after receiving reinforcements and capture the guy named Wang. I want to see it with my own eyes. Look, he has three heads and six pairs of arms!" After receiving no response from everyone, An Lushan's anger became more and more uncontrollable.
There is still no eunuch willing to take the initiative to take on this extremely glorious job. Cui Qianyou is the pillar minister of the Yan Kingdom. He has always been favored by His Majesty the Emperor and is extremely arrogant. Today, he wrote an edict for the Emperor and divided his troops. Even if His Majesty does not hold him accountable someday. , and there is no guarantee that Cui Qianyou will take revenge one day. And then, who will be willing to support a few powerless eunuchs.
Seeing that everyone was delaying again and again, An Lushan exploded completely. He pulled out the sword from his waist like crazy and waved it at everyone, "What's wrong? You are all deaf, or you still don't have me as the emperor in your eyes! Everyone on the left and right, give it to you!" I pushed them out and hit them with military sticks, forty times each. After the beating, they pushed them back to do my work for me."
"Your Majesty, spare your life, spare your life!" After hearing this, all the eunuchs, maids, and musicians hurriedly lay on the ground to apologize, "The slaves didn't mean to be negligent, the slaves just, just can't write!"
"Can't write?" An Lushan was stunned, with a bit of confusion in his scarlet eyes. "You can't even write? That's right. That old guy Li Longji didn't support you actors back then. Naturally, I cannot let you write my imperial edicts when dealing with government affairs. Li Zhuer, where is Li Zhuer, where are you dead? Why don't you get here quickly!"
"Coming, coming!" The confidant eunuch Li Zhuer, who had been hiding in the shadow of the pillars behind Anlu Mountain, ran forward with a jade seal in his hand and bowed in response, "I'm here, my servant." I just took the jade seal and wiped it, you see, it is intact!"
"I use you to show your courtesy!" An Lushan kicked Li Zhuer and staggered him. "It's not like the imperial seal from the Pseudo-Tang Dynasty. If it was broken, just find a stone and carve another one.
Yes! Prepare pen and ink, I will dictate and you will write!"
"Alas, alas!" Li Zhuer had good intentions, but he didn't dare to complain. He quickly called for people to clean up the imperial case, grind ink and lay paper, and quietly wiped away the blood on the corner of his mouth without anyone noticing.
He was the son of a tribal elder from the Goguryeo tribe in Liaodong. When he was ten years old, he went to the army with his father to deliver gifts to high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty. An Lushan saw him and forcibly stayed with him to work as a male prostitute. Later, An Lushan was afraid of him.
He seduced his wife and concubines and cut off his descendants with a knife. After this disaster, Li Zhuer was completely disappointed with his future. He simply accepted the situation and flattered him in every possible way, and soon became an irreplaceable important person around An Lushan.
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After An Lushan proclaimed himself emperor, he remembered that Li Zhuer had served him comfortably and considerately for many years, so he made him the general of the country and the commander of the right prison gate, and handed over the entire harem to him. However, the high official position belongs to the high official position. In fact,
An Lushan still treated him as a plaything. When he was happy, he would stay in the palace and sleep with his concubine. When he was unhappy, he would beat and kick him, regardless of the presence of other outsiders.
Today is obviously another unhappy moment for An Lushan. Li Zhuer suffered an unreasonable disaster, and he was filled with hatred and fear. But he put on a smile on his face and led several eunuchs to clean up the imperial concubine who was kicked over by An Lushan.
While taking the case, he said in a low voice: "I have little education, and I don't know how to express His Majesty's intention clearly without causing General Cui to misunderstand. Otherwise, if General Cui thinks that I help General Sun suppress him, I'm afraid he will
It chilled the hearts of the Tongguan soldiers!"
"I have already said it, I will dictate it and you will write it!" An Lushan glared at Li Zhuer fiercely and repeated it again. Immediately, he raised his foot again and gave Li Zhuer a big kick with force.
, "How do I handle government affairs and I need to ask you, a guy with no balls, to teach me? Get out and find me that old man Yan Zhuang. If he has fallen asleep, pour cold water on him to wake him up!"
"Yes, yes, slave, let's go now!" Li Zhuer ran away crawling on the ground as if he had received an amnesty. Looking at the imperial case, which had been lifted up again and cleaned up, An Lushan's face showed a little more.
With an appreciative smile, he said, "This boy is quite thoughtful. Yes, Cui Qianyou and Sun Xiaozhe have a dispute. I can't let outsiders think that I only favor one of them... Well, that's troublesome."
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After walking slowly for a few steps, he sat back on the dragon's roof. He raised his eyes and yelled at the bottom, "Get up, don't lie there like a bunch of wild dogs. Get out, I'm upset watching you."
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"Yes!" The maids and musicians wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads and filed out. In an instant, they were all gone.
"Pour me a cup of hot wine and get some pieces of beef. Tell the imperial kitchen not to play with anything fancy. Just a big piece of beef, add minced garlic, and bring it directly!" An Lushan frowned, while
While thinking about it, he gave orders to the little eunuchs who were hiding at the door, neither daring to go far nor too close to him.
This was a habit he had developed when he was a general. He ate meat while thinking about problems. After he was full of wine and food, he also came up with some clues to the problem. After becoming emperor, this habit could not be changed.
Then the imperial doctors captured from Chang'an City once earnestly advised him that strong wine and beef were not nourishing foods, and eating too much would not be beneficial to his dragon body.
We cannot simply transfer troops from Cui Qianyou to Sun Xiaozhe, although Sun Xiaozhe does need support now. But if this hole is opened, Sun Xiaozhe will take the opportunity to climb on Cui Qianyou's head and break the balance between the two. As a local town where the rebellion started, An Lushan certainly did not want his subordinates to regard him as a role model and follow suit. In line with this principle, in many personnel arrangements, he deliberately brought together generals who had grievances with each other, so that They monitor each other and restrict each other. In the end, no one has the chance to support themselves.
'So far, this employment strategy is quite successful, although sometimes the price paid is a bit high. What happened to me just now? Why did I forget about this problem as soon as I got angry? I only realized it after Li Zhuer reminded me?!' Suddenly, realizing that he had almost made a mistake, An Lushan frowned and his face began to darken again.
This is not the first time that he has given orders indiscriminately due to impulse. In essence, An Lushan is not a reckless man, otherwise he would not have grown from an ordinary general to become the most powerful man in the Tang Dynasty in just twenty years. The powerful Jiedushi envoy, and then took over half of the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop. However, after he ascended the throne and became the emperor of the Yan Kingdom, he found that his judgment and decision-making ability were not as good as before, and there were faint signs of deterioration. If he It’s okay to be unaware of this all the time, but at least he can feel at ease. However, every time he makes a wrong decision, he slowly wakes up and becomes extremely upset.
'Could it be that I really don't have the destiny to be the emperor? But since I don't have the destiny to be the emperor, why did I prepare so calmly for the rebellion? No one from the top to the bottom of the Tang Empire noticed it? Let me be pregnant with this. I went to the capital with a desire to die, and how could I escape safely?!'
'No, we have to quickly send someone to ask a shaman outside the Great Wall to ask whether there is something wrong with his body, or whether Changshengtian drank too much recently and fell asleep. After thinking about it for a while, An Lushan Make a decision in your heart. If it's the latter, you can also offer sacrifices to Changshengtian to ask him to bless you again. If it's the former, you'll be in big trouble. If your sons don't live up to expectations, what if your body collapses? Now, who will suppress Shi Siming, Sun Xiaozhe, Cui Qianyou and other old thieves?!
Qingzong, you fool! Don’t you know you are running away? You rebellious and unfilial son, if you are gone, even if I can conquer the entire country in the future, who can I leave it to?
Unconsciously, An Lushan's thoughts took a big circle and returned to the original starting point. His breathing began to become heavy again, and there were a few tears in the corners of his eyes. This was a sign that he was going to have an attack. Waiting for the drink The carnivorous little eunuchs were so frightened that they leaned down one by one and shivered. Unexpectedly, the storm that was so close did not arrive. After a long while, they heard His Majesty the Emperor of the Yan Kingdom sighing and saying quietly: "Get up and go out. Well, I want to be alone. When Zhu'er and Prime Minister Yan arrive, let them come in directly without informing them in advance. Go ahead and close the doors and windows by the way. The wind is strong and I feel a little cold!"
"Yes!" the eunuchs agreed, stood up, and walked backwards. Occasionally, someone boldly looked up and suddenly discovered that His Majesty the Emperor, who was usually as powerful as a tiger, at this moment, looked like a widowed old man who had entered his twilight years. Sitting crookedly on the hard dragon platform, decadent and lonely.
