An Lushan seemed to wake up from his confusion, raised his hand and wiped his chubby face, nodded and said: "No wonder when I was passing by Huaiyuanfang just now, I saw the Zoroastrian Temple inside was decorated with lanterns and the congregants were lighting up
Celebrating with torches turns out to be a celebration."
Yan Zhuang added: "This matter also has an origin. It is said that after Li Siye occupied the river, he expelled the Dashi cultists, demolished the Dashi Temple, vigorously supported Zoroastrianism, and personally went to the Holy Fire Temple to worship Mazda, the Zoroastrian God.
The Zoroastrian believers believed that this was an opportunity for the revival of Zoroastrianism. Some Persians who were exiled in the Tang Dynasty even went to Qixi to serve as soldiers, saying they wanted to restore their homeland."
"Well," An Lushan swallowed his Adam's apple and gritted his teeth and said, "Not only does he want to steal my holy family, but he also wants to steal the hearts of the Sogdians."
"Doctor, as the saying goes, the higher you fly, the harder you fall." Yan Zhuang said comfortingly: "Let them hold him up high, it's better to hold him up on the altar and let him get carried away. Such a person
You can no longer lose a battle in the future. Once you lose a battle, it will be equivalent to falling from the altar. Think about Gai Jiayun, isn't that the case?"
An Lushan smacked his fingers carefully, touched the braid on his head and said, "It seems to make sense."
"Doctor, you don't have to belittle yourself. Your strength is not in fighting, but in your loyalty, which will please the saint. Even if you can't measure it with merits now, with the saint's favor, it is enough to share the victory with him. The days ahead are long, and the days ahead are long."
"There's still a long way to go. I'm almost fifty this year, and Li Siye suddenly appears out of nowhere. What can I do?"
"My subordinate's advice is to take one step and see how far he can go."
An Lushan suddenly closed his eyes and fell silent. He suddenly raised his head and told the steward next to him: "Go and ask two pretty ladies to wash someone's feet and warm his bed."
Two small, catkin-like hands carried the wooden bucket through the door, took off An Lushan's black boots, endured the redness of his eyes due to the overwhelming stench, and carefully rubbed the pole feet in the hot soup with spices.
Yan Zhuang felt that it was not appropriate to stay here, so he bowed his head to An Lushan and crossed his hands and said, "In that case, I will leave."
"Um."
An Lushan continued to close his eyes and meditate. Before Yan Zhuang walked out of the door, he suddenly sat upright, raised his hand and pressed the head of the foot-washing maid and said: "Come back!"
Yan Zhuang turned back and asked, "Do you have any other instructions, doctor?"
He said as if making a bet: "I don't want to stay here any longer. I will go back tomorrow."
"Go back to where?"
"Nonsense, of course I'm going back to Fan Yang!"
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After seven days of incense burning and fasting in a quiet room, the saint Li Longji finally ended his stay at home. Under the service of the palace maidens, he changed his clothes and put on the royal sacrificial dress and crown. There were twelve white beads hanging from the front of the crown, and it was covered with Xuan.
There are twelve chapters in total, including a heather jacket underneath, a green jacket with a velvet collar, and a jade-inlaid leather belt, with patterns on the upper and lower parts. Wearing such a gift requires dozens of parts, and half an hour of time was wasted before and after.
Last year and this year were quite unsatisfactory for him, and he was not in a high mood for a long time. In April of the tenth year of Tianbao, Xianyu Zhongtong attacked Nanzhao and summoned 70,000 Lingnan soldiers to go deep into the scourge. He was captured by Nanzhao King Pi Geluo.
The whole army was wiped out. In August, Anlushan led three groups of 60,000 troops to attack the Khitan, with 2,000 cavalry from the Xi tribe as the forerunner, but was defeated by the Khitan. The Xi tribe took the opportunity to rebel, and Anlushan only had 800 troops left.
Fleeing. It was not until December that the news of Li Siye's defeat of Dashi reached Chang'an, and the emperor's frown relaxed a little.
But in March of this year, another incident occurred when the deputy envoy of Hedong Jiedu, Abu Si, rebelled against the Tang Dynasty. In April, the imperial censor Zhongcheng Wang He was involved in the rebellion case of his younger brother Wang He. Xuanzong ordered Yang Guozhong to interrogate Wang He, and Li Linfu was involved.
He begged for mercy, but was eventually sentenced to death. Li Linfu was gradually ignored by Xuanzong because of his involvement in Absi's rebellion against Tang Dynasty and Wang's rebellion. Yang Guozhong began to be on par with Li Linfu, and even had the momentum to overpower Li Linfu.
This year was the biggest political turmoil in the Tianbao period. Three things happened that people did not expect. First, they did not expect that Wang Xian would get out of the political arena in this way. Although this man was extremely powerful and his family was extremely arrogant, he still had the emperor and Li Linfu.
The second is that I didn’t expect that it was Yang Guozhong who defeated Prime Minister Li Linfu to share the power equally. Anyone familiar with the two knew that they were not heavyweight opponents at all. Even if there was such a thing as beating the old master to death with random punches, Yang Guozhong
He also has no ability to throw random punches. Another thing is that he didn't expect that Li Siye, an ordinary side general, just took office as the governor of Anxi, and successfully completed five consecutive victories in his professional war career, personally defeating the super heavyweight.
The opponent represents the ceiling of Datang's military capabilities.
The last unexpected thing surprised the emperor the most and made him worried. When Li Siye defeated the cannibals in Kesai City last year, it was the only victory in the Tang army's defeat in all directions. But when he heard that Li Siye was going to continue to
When Anxi attacked, his heart began to tighten, hoping that he would stop as soon as possible, and not let Tianbao become the emperor in the dark years. As a result, the next year, news came from Anxi, saying that Li Siye had captured Kangju City, but not yet
When he was excited and ecstatic, there was news that made him anxious. It was said that Li Siye was going to fight westward.
Tang Xuanzong's mood was like that of a banker at a gambling table. While he was happily looking forward to greater gains, he was also a little worried, worried that Li Siye's victory would become the gambler's last carnival and lose everything after gaining everything. So he gave Li Siye
The imperial edict seems to mention that we should accept it as soon as possible, but it doesn't seem to be mentioned at all.
But when the final news came, the gamblers' carnival became a reality. The old emperor wanted a victory to fill his empty old age, and he waited for the best gift. He sat in the calyx building and saw it with his own eyes
I saw Bian Lingcheng returning with good news, I saw the food envoy bowing his noble head and presenting a white camel and a white horse, and I also saw with my own eyes that the empire's territorial boundary line was re-extended to the very frontier during the Longshuo reign of Emperor Gaozong.
The prosperous age of my Tang Dynasty has reached its most complete state.
The dream finally became reality.
"Sage, the Ancestral Temple has arrived."
Li Longji sat on the chariot and opened his eyes. Gao Lishi bent his back and tried to help him, but he stretched out his hand to pull away.
He stubbornly stepped off the chariot, holding a heavy crown on his head. Civil and military officials knelt on the stone bricks on both sides. They raised their heads and watched the old emperor tremblingly walking forward alone.
He stepped onto the three stone steps of the Imperial Ancestral Temple and entered the main hall, where nine rooms of ancestors were enshrined.
In terms of ancestor worship alone, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty broke the rules of the past dynasties. In Confucian orthodoxy, there were originally five temples for the emperor. Except for the ancestors who were not related to the founding emperor, the other emperors had to worship their ancestors based on the long-term hereditary tradition.
In the early Tang Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty continued to worship five temples. However, when Li Shimin came to think of it, he expanded the sacrifices in the Imperial Ancestral Temple to seven temples, retaining both Li Tianci and Li Xi before Li Hu.
During the reign of Li Longji, due to the succession of Zhongzong and Ruizong brothers, the seven temples were not enough, so he shamelessly added nine temples.
In fact, Li Longji also had other small thoughts, thinking that a hundred years later, he would inevitably be expelled from the Taimiao by his descendants. The great ancestor who founded the country could not be expelled, and the great ancestor Li Hu could not be expelled as the first lord.
They suggested that they should remain immortal forever. This was imitating the rules established by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He also wanted to enjoy this honor after his death and receive incense from his descendants forever. If there were four ancestors who were immortal, there must be nine temples to accommodate them.
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Today he stood in front of the sacred tablet of Taizong and Gaozong, and fell to the ground with excitement on his face: "Longji, adhering to the legacy of our great ancestor Taizong and Gaozong, today offers sacrifices to the spirits of our ancestors in heaven. The Tang Dynasty expanded thousands of miles and conquered nine countries in the middle of the river.
The sixteen states of Tochar are restored to their former glory."
With such meritorious deeds, will he be like Taizong, or even more like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the past, who can live forever and be loved by his descendants?