After writing a reply to Liu Zai, Zhou Jun got the map of Anxi. After looking at it for a while, Sun Aying came to the door and announced: "Master, the Youshi time has arrived."
Zhou Jun was stunned: "It's so late, have all the guests arrived?"
Sun Aying: "Everyone is here. They are in the banquet hall of the mansion."
Zhou Jun stood up, adjusted his clothes, picked up the reply letter to Liu Zai, walked out and said to Sun Aying: "Send someone to send this letter to Dunhuang as soon as possible, and then deliver it to the hands of Governor Liu."
Sun Aying took the letter and answered.
Zhou Jun walked along the corridor and towards the banquet hall in front of the mansion.
Anxi is different from the Central Plains. Once summer comes, it gets dark very late. Even though it is now Youshi, it is still bright outside.
Walking into the hall, important officials from the Duhu Mansion, such as Feng Changqing, Duan Xiushi and others, were all present.
Everyone saluted and praised him for meeting the Protector.
Zhou Jun walked to the upper seat, sat down, and then asked everyone to sit down.
Feng Changqing and others entered the banquet, looked around, and found that there were no musicians or dancers. It was clearly said to be a banquet, but they always felt that it was different from ordinary ones.
Zhou Jun first looked around, and then said: "Before the banquet begins, I would like to introduce two guests to you."
After saying that, Zhou Jun clapped his hands, and a man walked into the door, with a strong figure and a majestic appearance.
Zhou Jun pointed at the man and said: "The first guest is Li Guangbi, a native of the Li family in Liucheng. He was originally a military envoy of Chishui. He was wronged in the battle of Shibao City and was imprisoned for three years. After he was released from prison, he
When the Tubo invaded Shazhou, Li Guangbi felt loyal and righteous, organized a rebel army, defeated the Tubo army of 5,000 troops, and captured the enemy camp in Ziting Town, making great contributions to the pacification of Shazhou."
Many of you here have heard of Li Guangbi's reputation.
When Wang Zhongsi took control of the Four Directions Commandery Seal, he once said to others, "The one who will win my soldiers in the future will be Guangbi."
This incident spread widely among the military and became a good talk for a while.
Zhou Jun: "The rebel army organized by Li Guangbi is called the Guiyi Army. They are all loyal people. From now on, they will establish a military branch and return it to Anxi."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the palace understood that Zhou Jun was going to reuse Li Guangbi.
The officials congratulated Li Guangbi one after another, and the latter thanked them one by one.
When Li Guangbi sat down at the table, Zhou Jun asked him: "You come from Shazhou, which is an important town on the Daqi Commercial Road. The merchants who come and go are well-informed, and there is an official post to the memorial hall... Have you ever heard anything?
A major national event?"
Li Guangbi first held up his hands, and then said: "There are indeed a few, wait for Guangbi to come one by one."
"The first thing is that last year, An Lushan reported that he was asking for the relocation of his subordinates. There were more than hundreds of generals under his command and more than 2,000 generals of Zhonglang. Someone in the court reported that Lushan was planning a rebellion and wanted to use this to recruit the generals.
Heart, His Majesty rebuked."
"Secondly, Zhang Sikong from Zhongshu Province, Xu Shilang from the Ministry of War and others came to the palace and told An Lushan to replace the Han generals with vassal generals, exclude dissidents, and cultivate confidants, which seemed to have evil intentions. The saint did not believe it and issued an edict.
Declare that anyone who accuses Lushan of rebelling will be sent to Fan Yang. From then on, no one dares to complain."
Feng Changqing, Duan Xiushi and others frowned when they heard this.
Li Guangbi continued: "The third thing is that last month, His Majesty ordered Lushan to go to the capital to observe the ceremony on the grounds that he was marrying An Lushan's son, but Lushan did not come because he was ill. His Majesty ordered Lushan to be summoned again.
Say no again."
After saying the three things, Feng Changqing said to Zhou Jun: "Protector, An Lushan will rebel. The most important thing at the moment is to alert the court and take more precautions."
Hearing this, Li Guangbi said: "Your Majesty is convinced that An Lushan has no doubts. What if he goes to the throne and is misunderstood by the palace as the Zhou Protector is jealous of the virtuous?"
Feng Changqing was speechless for a moment.
Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Zhou Jun waved his hand and said to Feng Changqing: "It is obvious that An Lushan is rebellious. As a minister, even if it offends His Majesty, he should speak up and speak out... Deputy envoy Feng, please report this matter.
, it’s up to you to write it.”
Feng Changqing replied.
Zhou Jun: "This is over now, please invite the second guest in quickly."
Not long after, a thin, middle-aged man with a tired face and a disheveled face entered the hall.
This man had an unattractive appearance and a weathered look on his face, and was unknown to everyone in the palace.
Zhou Jun stood up, walked to the middle-aged man, and introduced to everyone: "This is Du Fu, Du Xiaoshu, a great sage with outstanding literary talents."
When Feng Changqing heard the word Du Fu, he was startled for a moment, and then couldn't help but ask: "Farewell after a long journey, the green mountains are empty and the love returns. When will the cup be heavy, and we will walk together with the moon last night? Is this a poem written by Du Xiao?"
Du Fu nodded in agreement.
Feng Changqing asked again: "Dali Fu" written in Tianbao's ninth year was also written by Du Xiaoshu?"
Du Fu cupped his hands and said he was ashamed.
Feng Changqing took a long breath and said with a smile: "I wanted to see you many years ago, and today I finally got my wish."
After Du Fu sat down at the table, Feng Changqing saw that his face was sallow and thin, and his brows were worried. He couldn't help asking: "Du Fu is not working in Chang'an, why did he come to Anxi?"
Du Fu sighed: "It's a long story..."
So Du Fu started by recording the disaster in Kan, then went on to talk about the danger in Hedong and almost lost his life, and then wrote a book in Kan, which was presented to the palace by Ren Shaojian, and then talked about Yang Guozhong's deception, deliberately concealing the disaster, and framing Ren Can.
More and more people gathered around Du Fu. When everyone heard that Ren Can had suffered an unfair injustice and had no choice but to die to prove his innocence, some were furious and cursed, while others sighed and had no choice.
Feng Changqing fell into great sadness as he listened to Du Fu's narration. He shook his head and said, "The right prime minister is acting in such a way that is actually harming the country..."
As Du Fu talked about it, his emotions fluctuated, but he was still under control.
When he talked about escaping from Chang'an and what he saw along the way, he couldn't hold it in any longer, burst into tears, and couldn't help crying.
Du Fu: "In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, the disaster gradually subsided, but the people not only failed to breathe a sigh of relief, but lived a life worse than death... As soon as Fengxian came from Fengxian, he passed through various prefectures. In order to survive, the people sold everything they had.
Private property has long been reduced to nothing, and we no longer have the money to buy grain, seeds, farm tools and other items. Even if we have fields, no one goes to the fields."
"So, in the prefectures and counties, in remote places, there was a vegetable market. Wives asked for a living for their husbands, and parents asked for a living for their children. They recommended themselves to the market and were ready to be killed. Every time a vegetable came into the slaughterhouse, he asked himself to be killed.
The fat part of the meat, cry out to the butcher to peel off the skin and remove the bones, don’t be greedy and skimp, and use human flesh to feed the young and old of the clan!”
At this point, Du Fu burst into tears and couldn't speak in tune.
For a moment, everyone in the palace was stunned and no one spoke.
After a long time, Li Guangbi drank by himself, took a large gulp of strong wine, and said in a deep voice: "The vassal generals have gained power, the traitor has gained power, and the people are in dire straits. What is going on in the Tang Dynasty..."