At the end of January in the sixteenth year of Tianbao (757).
The Anxi Army, Beiting Army, and Shuofang Army, after several months of recuperation, gathered in Lingwu and were ready to break camp at any time.
After Zhou Jun finished handling the official affairs in Liangzhou, he planned to say goodbye to Li Longji and rush to Lingwu to command the next battle against Shi Siming.
On this day, Zhou Jun took Yin Yu with him, and the couple entered the imperial palace. Under the guidance of the chamberlain, they went to the inner garden.
Before he reached the garden gate, Zhou Jun heard Li Longji's laughter from a long distance away: "Haha, the sky has eyes, die well, die well!"
After hearing this, Yin Yu wondered: "Who are you talking about, father?"
Zhou Jun knew it well and said, "Let's go and have a look."
Entering the inner garden, Li Longji, who was usually depressed, was dancing and drinking heavily in the courtyard for the first time today.
After Zhou Jun and Yin Yu paid their respects, Li Longji pulled them up and said with a big smile: "An thief is dead!"
Zhou Jun secretly thought that it was true, but pretended to be surprised on his face.
Since An Lushan became the Emperor of Yan, he overeated and became obese, and various complications followed. Not only was his body covered with malignant sores, he even became blind.
Suffering from illness, his temper became moody, and he would beat and scold his servants when they were angry, and sometimes even punished them with torture.
After An Lushan's adviser Yan Zhuang was beaten with a stick, he held a grudge and found An Lushan's son An Qingxu. After the two of them combined, they planned to kill An Lushan.
According to historical records, Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu persuaded several of the emperor's attendants, and they all worked together to kill An Lushan with daggers and other sharp weapons.
Afterwards, because An Lushan's body was in a mess, Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu were unable to make it public, so they could only hastily bury An Lushan and falsely claim that the emperor died suddenly.
In the new history, Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu made some calculations before taking action, fearing that if An Lushan died in the sword, the wounds on his body might cause unnecessary trouble.
So, while An Lushan was sleeping, Yan Zhuang ordered the guards to tie An Lushan's hands and feet to the bed with iron chains, and wrapped a hemp rope around An Lushan's neck. Several people pulled the two ends of the rope and pulled it towards An Lushan.
He was dragged hard in two directions, thus strangling the founding emperor of Dayan alive.
Later, Yan Zhuang falsely conveyed the imperial edict, saying that An Lushan passed the throne to Jin Wang An Qingxu, who regarded An Lushan as the Supreme Emperor.
In the imperial palace, after Li Longji finished saying this, he also sighed: "It's a pity that I didn't have the skills to kill the thief An Lushan... Speaking of which, this beast finally died in the hands of his own son. It was really a blessing.
That sentence - the way of heaven brings about reincarnation."
Zhou Jun chatted with Li Longji for a while, and Yang Yuhuan, who played the piano and nourished his heart, came out.
Seeing this, Zhou Jun quickly stood up and saluted Yang Yuhuan.
Yang Yuhuan smiled and shook his head and said: "You don't need to be polite, Mr. Zhou. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have been just a handful of dirt. You can be regarded as my benefactor."
When Li Longji heard this, he looked a little embarrassed and coughed lightly.
Yang Yuhuan glanced at Li Longji and said to Yin Yu on the side: "Mother, come with me to the back garden to relax, and let the man talk here."
Yin Yu stood up with a smile and said, "Okay."
After the two girls left the courtyard, Zhou Jun accompanied Li Longji and talked about An Lushan.
After a while, the chamberlain Fan Jinian suddenly ran over and said to Li Longji with a pale face: "Your Majesty, it's not good!"
Li Longji frowned and said, "What's wrong?"
Fan Jinian hesitated for a moment and replied: "The supervisory censor Wu Qi is back."
Li Longji asked curiously: "Fifth Qi? I asked him to go to Jiangnan to supervise the payment of taxes and tribute in the south. What is he doing back to Liangzhou?"
Fan Jinian looked troubled and suggested: "Your Majesty, Wu Qi is right outside the imperial palace gate. Why not summon him to ask for details?"
Li Longji: "Let him come in."
After Wu Qi entered the courtyard, both Li Longji and Zhou Jun were surprised.
When he set out, he was high-spirited and full of ambitions, but when he came back, he looked haggard and dusty.
Li Longji looked at Wu Qi and asked: "What are you...?"
When Wu Qi saw Li Longji, he could no longer hold back his emotions. He knelt down and said with a choked voice: "Your Majesty, I will almost never come back!"
Li Longji was stunned and said in a deep voice: "Tell me carefully!"
Wu Qi began to tell his own experience.
He started from Lingwu and went all the way south. After many hardships, he finally arrived at Yuzhang County (now Nanchang City), the seat of Jiangnan West Road.
After telling the officials about his intention to come, Wuqi took out the imperial edict, originally thinking that the governor of Yuzhang County would come out to listen to the edict in person.
Unexpectedly, after waiting and waiting, none of the county officials showed up.
Moreover, the officials in the mansion were whispering when they looked at Wu Qi, as if they were looking at exotic animals in a zoo.
When Wu Qi saw this, he naturally couldn't bear it. He stood in the hall and shouted angrily: "The imperial edict has arrived, and you have no superiors. How can you rebel?!"
After hearing this, Sima from Yuzhang County finally couldn't hide anymore and walked out with a solemn expression.
He first glanced at the imperial edict in Wu Qi's hand, then raised his hand and asked: "Shangguan calls himself the envoy of Jianghuai Rent, and wants to transfer the tax tribute from Jiangnan to Shuofang. Where did this edict come from?"
Wu Qi said angrily: "Of course it is the will of the imperial court!"
Yuzhang Sima gritted his teeth and asked: "Where is the court?"
When Wu Qi heard this, he was so angry that his facial features were deformed, and he shouted: "How many courts are there in the Tang Dynasty? Is it possible that there are two kings in one country?!"
Yuzhang Sima looked at Wu Qi, without any fear, and asked another question very seriously: "May I ask Shangguan, what is the name of this year's reign?"
Wuqi heard the words and glanced at the officials around him. There was no joke on everyone's face, and he felt something was wrong in his heart, so he replied: "Tianbao is fifteen years old."
Sima Yuzhang: "That's wrong. This year is the first year of Zhide. The prince proclaimed himself emperor in Xiangyang and changed his title to Zhide."
When Wu Qi heard this, there was a bang in his head, and he unconsciously asked: "Say it again!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Yuzhang Sima repeated it again.
Wuqi's eyes widened and his mouth trembled for a long time before he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence: "This is usurping the throne!"
Sima Yuzhang said solemnly: "When the Tang Dynasty was in crisis, the Supreme Emperor pretended to be the imperial commander and went on a personal expedition, but in fact he ignored the people of Chang'an and fled to Shu, ignoring the country. As the prince, Your Majesty vowed to fight the rebels to the death, and led them personally.
The two thousand imperial troops first relieved the siege of Nanyang. Without resting, they moved eastward via the Huaihe River, passed through Shouchun and Fengyang, and finally defeated the rebel general Linghu Chao in Yongqiu, and finally ensured the peace of Jiangnan.
Merit is the sign of a wise king, not to mention usurping the throne!"
Wu Qi's forehead had a bulging vein: "The prince and the imperial army general Chen Xuanli launched a mutiny in Maweipo, killing the right prime minister and the Yang family, and also intended to harm the saint. Later, Zhou Jun, the governor of Anxi, came to the rescue in time.
, and then the siege of the mutiny was resolved. Seeing that the rebellion failed, the prince led two thousand forbidden troops, so he had no choice but to go south...Don't you all know this?!"
Yuzhang Sima and many officials were stunned when they heard this.
Fifth Qi: "For the prince to kill the king, this is disloyal; to refuse to return after receiving the order is unjust! How could your majesty pass the throne to such a person?!"
Yuzhang Sima hesitated for a long time, and finally said to Wu Qi: "One-sided words cannot be trusted."
Wu Qi was stunned on the spot. Seeing that the officials around him had the same attitude, he trembled and said, "Where is the prince? Where is the prince? Does he dare to confront me?!"
Yuzhang Sima: "Your Majesty has designated Jiankang (today's Nanjing) as the new capital. Now he is training his soldiers and plans to recover the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible. How can he pay attention to you?"
After saying that, Yuzhang Sima winked to the left and right, and said: "Here comes! Please invite this Shangguan to the mansion first, so that he can be entertained!"
Wuqi was grabbed by his hands and feet and dragged to the rear. He shouted in horror: "What are you doing?!"
Wu Qi burst into tears when he said this, and said to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, I was imprisoned in a cabin by them. I could only pretend to beg for mercy, which made them paralyzed, and then I found an opportunity and escaped.
We slept and ate in the open and in fear all the way, and finally came back here..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Longji, who was furious, twitched several times and shouted: "Thief!"
After shouting, Li Longji staggered and fell to the ground unconscious.