Chapter 215 I Don’t Accept

【At this time, because of An Lushan's long-term management and Zhang Shougui's previous good record, An Lushan had already brushed enough impression points with Xuanzong.

And Xuanzong's interpretation of Zhang Shougui's behavior was: If An Lushan was really guilty of capital crime, he could be executed on the spot in Youzhou, why send him all the way to Chang'an?

But the famous prime minister Zhang Jiuling disagreed, believing that the law cannot be violated, and not killing him would definitely be a disaster.

Here, in order to refute, Xuanzong gave an extremely appropriate example:

"Don't think that Wang Yifu knows the story of Shi Le and mistakenly harm the loyal and good."

The allusion used here is the magic Jin Book Catalog, which says that Wang Yan had seen Shi Le when he was young, and he saw at a glance that this was a rebel, and wanted to kill Shi Le but failed to catch up.

Xuanzong used this allusion with two meanings. One is that you, Zhang Jiuling, should not think that you are like Wang Yan who was born with wisdom.

The other is that he doesn't believe it: In our great and prosperous Tang Dynasty, who rebels for no reason?

But we all know that Wang Yan was a complete waste, and later he even fawned on Shi Le. This story was probably made up by the descendants of the Wang family because they thought it was too ugly.

But using this story here is relatively black humor:

Zhang Jiuling's judgment was correct; An Lushan would really rebel.

But Xuanzong had already made the judgment, and An Lushan returned to Youzhou without any punishment.

After this incident, An Lushan relied on his ability to observe words and expressions to sum up the way of life in the capital: the emperor is the sky!

So later he spent more money to bribe the officials in the capital in order to speak well of Xuanzong, and this investment soon saw the return.

In 742, An Lushan was appointed as the governor of Pinglu, and he was promoted in just ten years, which was so fast that it was amazing.

In contrast, ten years later, An Sishun was still the governor of Taozhou. 】

Zhang Fei also smacked his lips: "If Lu Bu could have half the skill of An Lushan..."

Then Zhang Fei looked at Liu Bei and said:

"I have remembered the most suitable sentence to persuade Xuanzong."

"?" Liu Bei gave a puzzled look.

Zhang Fei cleared his throat and imitated Liu Bei's tone and rhythm:

"Didn't you see what happened to Ding Jianyang and Dong Zhuo?"

Everyone in the hall laughed.

Liu Bei pinched the end of his beard and laughed helplessly.

Don't say more about the cunning people. Liu Bei felt a little sorry:

"Xuanzong has a famous prime minister but doesn't use it himself. Isn't it a mistake?"

If Liu Bei remembered correctly, this was the first time in later generations that the title of famous prime minister was used. It should still be quite high.

But...Liu Bei looked at Kong Ming. Compared with Kong Ming, I don't know how he compares?

Kong Ming was unaware of this, and just felt a headache watching the story of Wang Yan and Shi Le:

"The Wang family is so proud."

He understood that the descendants of King Taiyuan passed on this story to say that Wang Yan had foresight.

But...he saw himself being buried by the earth wall first? It was incomprehensible, and he deserved the name of the Magic Book of Jin.

So Kong Ming stopped worrying:

"Zhang Shougui and An Sishun were both appointed as commoners, and even An Lushan was able to enter Zhang Shougui's eyes as a commoner, which was also a military merit."

"If the system of military merit had not been corrupted, how could An Lushan be so high in position?"

Fa Zheng understood what the military advisor meant: Who destroyed the system of military merit? Emperor Xuanzong himself.

Fa Zheng was always harsh in his words: "Now I know why the later generations hate him for dying so late."

...

Li Jing was relatively restrained about An Lushan's experience, and simply said:

"Zhang Shougui should be executed together!"

Hou Junji was not so polite:

"There has never been a deserter who was not executed, or a defeated soldier who was not blamed."

"How can you play with military law like this? Where are the lives of the soldiers?"

For the two generals, this kind of reversal of right and wrong in military law is the most unbearable.

Moreover, the two also believe that His Majesty has the same view. After all, His Majesty's ability to rule the world depends not only on his unparalleled grasp of the opportunity, but more importantly, he has a brave army under his command.

Rewards and punishments are clear, and they do not violate the military system, so that the soldiers can fight to the death.

As expected, Li Shimin's face was not surprised, and there was even some gnashing of teeth in his tone:

"I should send these good descendants to fight on the battlefield twice, so that they can experience the friendship between brothers!"

He thought that An Lushan was a buried talent in the battlefield, but the result was unexpected, but also expected, he was a person who didn't know how to fight!

Such a person could command tens of thousands of Tang troops, and for a while he was full of sadness.

The military laws and prestige that were thrown away by this descendant were painstakingly established and accumulated by Li Shimin when he conquered the world.

In the end, Li Shimin could only clench his fists and sigh helplessly:

"What a son who doesn't feel bad about selling his father's land."

Wei Zheng wanted to say something, but Li Shimin waved his hand and said:

"Xuancheng doesn't need to say more, I know... Commanding the army is like commanding the world, the army is like water, and the general is like a boat, which can be carried or overturned."

Li Shimin stared at the picture on the screen in a daze, watching the man dressed as a foreigner patting his belly and dancing, while the emperor at the top, who was extremely luxurious, laughed and watched happily.

It was obviously the same Tang Dynasty, but Li Shimin felt so unfamiliar.

[The ten years from 742 to 751 were the golden ten years of An Lushan.

These ten years were the ten years when he rose to prominence, and also the ten years when he flattered and fawned on the emperor.

The records of An Lushan flattering Emperor Xuanzong of Tang are too numerous to mention:

For example, when he went to court to worship the emperor but not the prince, he was reminded that he only knew the emperor but not the prince, which made Li Longji burst out laughing and said that the prince would be the one who would succeed him as emperor in a hundred years. An Lushan could cry on the spot. While crying, how could an emperor like you die?

For example, he recognized Yang Yuhuan, who was sixteen years younger than him, as his godmother, and worshiped Yang Yuhuan first every time he entered the palace. He also plausibly said that it was the custom of the Hu people to worship their mother first. Li Longji felt that he was naive and straightforward.

In fact, An Lushan has been an intermediary for more than ten years, and he has come to Beijing to bribe. He can know which door opens in which direction. He is a standard human spirit. No matter how you look at it, he has the standard to play with Li Longji. .

It can only be said that it is a pity that An Lushan is not a girl. Otherwise, if he entered the palace and competed for favor, what would happen to Yang Yuhuan?

And the rewards of this kind of pretending to be stupid are of course huge.

Li Longji prepared an extremely luxurious mansion for An Lushan, and even the most unnoticed kitchen utensils were decorated with gold and silver.

Yang Yuhuan held a "washing ceremony" for his eldest son, which was exclusive for three-year-old children at that time, that is, to wash away the dirt of naked young children. For this purpose, he also prepared a bathrobe for An Lushan, who was nearly fifty years old. Huge swaddle.

Imagine a middle-aged fat man with a belly that hangs down to his knees, being surrounded by a group of harem concubines and calling him "Lu" for his birthday. It can only be said that in a sense, he is worthy of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

As a result, An Lushan could enter and exit the palace at will without notice, and even often stayed overnight in the harem. Some people suggested that it was inappropriate, but Li Longji did not take it seriously, and instead reprimanded the person who suggested it.

That is to say, relying on this favor, An Lushan became the de facto leader under one person and above ten thousand people.

In 744, An Lushan concurrently served as the military governor of Fan Yang;

In 747, An Lushan was appointed imperial minister;

In 751, An Lushan asked for the position of Hedong Jiedushi, the last of the three towns in Heshuo, and Li Longji agreed.

In 754, Li Longji wanted to grant An Lushan the title of prime minister, but he was stopped by Yang Guozhong, the brother of Yang Yuhuan, who was the prime minister at the time.

But to be honest, it was too late to stop this. From the time An Lushan concurrently served as the Jiedushi of the three towns, what happened next was already doomed.

After all, no matter who has the strength of 183,900 men, they will inevitably make three exclamations:

I see that the throne is quite comfortable to sit on.

Why can't I just sit down alone?

I'm not convinced! 】

〖Master UP, you are too anxious with these three paragraphs of exclamation. You should go to the palace with swords and shoes, praise and worship Wuming, add nine gifts, become a great Sima general, and supervise all internal and external military affairs.

To be fair, Li Longji could be said to be mediocre in his early days, but in his later years, he was simply escaping from reality.

This is the truth that reality is far more exciting than fiction, because reality never follows logic, just like Li Longji’s early days of robbing his daughter-in-law openly, I have a clear conscience.

Zhu Di, who was usurped by eight hundred soldiers, would die of envy when he saw this? With such troops, why grab Zhu Yunzhen? He just opened the Yan Kingdom on the spot.

Zhao Kuangyin: The chaos in the feudal town has begun since then. The immortal king has given me the opportunity, and I should reflect on myself.

Li Shimin: How can a dog or rat become an emperor? ! ! ! ! ! 〗

Kong Ming had no time to pay attention to anything else for the time being, so he quickly took out a note and wrote down this new one with a name.

And judging by its phrasing and last name, a new audience? The emperor of the Song Dynasty? Why don't you test it out later?

As for His Majesty Erfeng's sigh, Kong Ming can only say that he understands the mood.

Even Kong Ming sighed in his heart again at this time: Compared with this, he has no complaints about Adou.

But what others were more surprised for the time being was the content of the light curtain.

"How much? How much?" Zhang Fei jumped up:

"With such a force, you only need to give me half of it. I, Lao Zhang, can't capture the Cao thieves alive. Come and see me with your head!"

Zhao Yun, who was emotionless and emotionless, also had a look of surprise on his face, and was also frightened by this number.

Liu Bei's first reaction when he saw this strength was that he was envious. His second reaction was that if I had such strength...

Then he wiped the non-existent saliva and sighed:

It’s not like we have never seen a foolish king before, but we have never seen such a arrogant and arrogant foolish king!

This number of soldiers and horses is mixed, which shows that it is a real force of 180,000 troops!

If there were no logistical problems, An Lushan would be enough to sweep through Sun Cao and Liu Sanfang by one person and bring peace to the troubled times!

The lines on Fazheng's forehead were all visible. He swallowed his envious saliva, but his words were unforgiving:

"If Xuanzong is not stopped by others, will the next step be to make An Lushan the crown prince?"

Moreover, my inner evaluation of Tang Xuanzong also dropped again and again:

Can you believe these flattering words and are you sure that there is nothing wrong with your intelligence?

And you have a prince?

Xu Shu shook his head, feeling that he was not as shocked as he was at this moment when he saw the map of the earth in the future.

He sighed softly in an inaudible voice:

"The emperor's authority is granted privately to others."

The encounters in troubled times and the experiences of Xu Shu made Xu Shu deeply understand: The emperor has no army, and his destiny is ruined.

Zhang Song, for the first time, was a little doubtful of what the light curtain said, with a dazed look on his face:

"This is the prosperous Tang Dynasty? How can this be called the prosperous Tang Dynasty?"