Yang Guozhong had been standing aside anxiously for a long time, but he did not dare to interrupt the emperor and the empress from thinking about the dance. This was the moment when the artist was brewing inspiration. Once interrupted, the novel ideas floating in his head would float away like clouds, and they would continue to float away.
I don't remember what it looked like.
At that time, the saint will be furious. Although he will not be killed, he will be driven to the palace, and he will never have the chance to speak out the complaint he wants to make.
Yang Yuhuan noticed his cousin standing aside, raised his long sleeves and wiped the sweat and said softly: "Sanlang, take a rest."
The emperor took off his jacket and sat on the bed before noticing Yang Guozhong. He nodded and asked, "Guozhong, what brings you here?"
Yang Guozhong stepped forward to report: "Rumors are now spreading in Chang'an City. Some say that An Lushan intends to rebel, while others say that Li Siye, who is entrenched in Hexi, intends to rebel."
The old emperor's eyelids twitched, and he stroked his pale beard and asked Yang Guozhong: "What do you think?"
Yang Guozhong moved forward and his tone became much more cautious: "In my humble opinion, An Lushan has always been rebellious. These rumors may not be all false. As for Li Siye, I don't know much about it. I guess it's not true."
Fake."
"These are all fake." Li Longji stood up with his hands on the bed: "An Lushan is loyal to me. Every time he comes to the capital, he is humble and respectful. Since he was stationed in the border town, he personally sent people to send people to Chang'an whenever he seized anything.
, He never behaved recklessly and frivolously. Li Siye made outstanding achievements. He went on an expedition to Dashe, recovered Hezhong and Tochara, and also went on an expedition to Dabolu and Northern India. He is considered the number one general in the Kaiyuan Dynasty. However, he never took credit for himself and was arrogant.
There are no words or deeds that are arrogant. He founded the Western Regions Chamber of Commerce, imported sandalwood from India to build an alchemy hall for me, and built a sandalwood soup pool for Huan'er in Huaqing Palace. How can such a dedicated minister have the intention to rebel?"
"Of course," he stood up with his hands on his knees and said: "The rumors in Chang'an City are not groundless. I just asked them to go to Beijing to reconcile, but before they even left Chang'an City, they started plotting against each other again. This
It's just the conflict between the two of them, don't make too much of a fuss."
Yang Guozhong shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, even if they have no intention of rebellion, but they hold too much military power? Is it harmful to the country after all? We can try to eliminate them."
The emperor was a little unhappy: "I have set up border towns since the early years of Kaiyuan. How many people have held the position of Jiedushi? What if I eliminate all suspicion? Can the border troubles of the Tang Dynasty be stabilized? How can my country be stable?
Who will defend it? Hebei and Longyou need strong generals to provide unified command before they can demonstrate combat effectiveness? You have never set foot in the military, so naturally you won’t understand."
Yang Guozhong's eloquence was not very good to begin with. Even the old and dim Li Longji couldn't argue with him? He had to cross his hands angrily and said: "In this case, I will resign."
When he walked out of the palace gate, the eunuch Yuan Siyi persuaded him in a low voice: "Prime Minister Zuo, was the saint able to ascend to the throne of God back then? Relying on the soldiers of the Yulin Army with ten thousand cavalry? So he has always had great trust in the generals."
As soon as Yang Guozhong walked out of the gate of Jiaotai Hall, Xianyu Zhongtong walked in under the leadership of another eunuch, his face solemn as if something big had happened.
Yang Guozhong stopped and asked him: "What's going on? Didn't I ask you to pay attention to whether the two of them left Chang'an? Why did they suddenly come into the palace again?"
Xianyu Zhongtong hurriedly crossed his hands and saluted Yang Guozhong and said: "Right Prime Minister, Li Siye left Chang'an two hours ago? An Lushan also left the capital one hour ago. My subordinates entered the palace because they have more important things to report to the saint.
"
"How long have I been in the palace just now? What could have happened?"
"When a brick kiln on the outskirts of Chang'an City was digging out soil to bake bricks, a stone tablet was dug out of the soil. There was a prophecy of rebellion on the stone tablet. My subordinates had already carved it out with white silk."
Yang Guozhong stretched out his hand recklessly and said, "Bring it to me."
Xianyu Zhongtong narrowed his eyes and then reluctantly took out the silk from his sleeve. Yang Guozhong took it and fluffed the silk out of his palm. He saw seven characters "Dayan Sheng" printed on it.
Emperor Wu'an".
"Okay! Great!" Yang Guozhong's eyebrows flashed into a smile, as if he had caught the enemy's tail: "How dare you come up with such a prophecy! Let's see how An Lushan can escape this disaster."
He rolled up the silk again and stuffed it into his sleeve and said, "Let's go, follow me to see the saint again."
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Yang Guozhong's return made Li Longji very annoyed, and he wondered whether he could play music in peace for a while. He kept saying that he was suspected of rebelling, couldn't he find out the result at once?
"Yang Guozhong, what's the matter with you? It's best to finish it at once and don't go back and forth in the Jiaotai Palace. I'm heartbroken after seeing it."
"Your Majesty, this matter is not trivial. I will show you something first." After saying that, he took out the white silk from his sleeve and held it to the saint like a hada with both hands.
Li Longji took the white silk, his expression suddenly changed, and he turned to ask Yang Guozhong: "Where is An Lushan now?"
"Your Majesty, he is already on his way back to Hebei Road."
The emperor walked back and forth holding the white silk in his hand, turned around and asked Xianyu Zhongtong: "How many people have seen this stone tablet? Where is the stone tablet now?"
Xianyu Zhongtong knelt on one knee and replied: "Your Majesty, a dozen people from the brick kiln have seen this monument. I took them and the monument to the warehouse of Jingzhao Mansion and imprisoned them. Other than that, no one else knows anything about it."
"Very good," Li Longji approvingly praised Xian Yuzhongtong: "You did a good job. You are worthy of being my Jing Zhaoyin. There is no leakage. Immediately go down and send people to smash the stone tablet into pieces. All those who know about it will find a way to seal their mouths."
No one is allowed to spread the news."
Yang Guozhong took the opportunity to step forward and said: "Even the prophecy stone tablet has been buried, which shows that An Lushan is truly rebellious! Your Majesty, why not send a Longwu army to chase An Lushan back. He has not left Tongguan yet."
The emperor raised his eyelids and looked at Yang Guozhong with slight disappointment: "Since ancient times, prophecies have been used to start troubles, just to tell the soldiers who follow that they are destined by fate. An Lushan's garrison is in Youzhou and Yingzhou, why doesn't he
Burying this stone tablet in Yingzhou but outside Chang'an City, apart from letting people know that he intends to rebel, what else does it do?"
"But what if this stone tablet was not buried by man, but really was God's will?"
After Yang Guozhong said this, even the imperial concubine standing in the door of the Red Sandalwood Moon Cave became anxious after hearing this. The emperor reprimanded angrily: "The so-called prophecies are just pretending to be gods and ghosts! They are used to practice heresy, how can there be any theory of divine will? The brain is a person.
Good stuff, but it’s a pity you don’t have it. Go down.”
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An Lushan's carriage convoy had just left Tongguan. Fan Yang stayed in the backyard to join the army and Liu Luogu followed closely and sent someone on a fast horse to deliver the letter. An Lushan stopped the carriage convoy, opened the curtain of the carriage and took the letter.
Letter, he tore open the envelope in front of the noble and solemn military advisor. He took out the paper and simply browsed it once. His face suddenly turned purple and his eyesight went dark. He stretched out his hand to hold on to the carriage to steady himself.
"Lord!"
Gao Shang and Yan Zhuang quickly stepped forward to hold his shoulders and saw that An Lushan's face had turned purple.
What a Li Siye! This move is really too cruel and shocking.
This kind of behavior is not too surprising to him. What is really exciting is the seven words on the stone tablet mentioned in the letter: "Emperor Sheng Wu'an of Great Yan." Because the name of the country Yan has been thought of in his sleep many times, and now suddenly