Chapter 147: The Great Seal of the Reign of the Dynasty

Just after the fourth update, before dawn, the dark night still enveloped Chang'an. Suddenly, the rumbling drum sounded throughout Chang'an. Today is the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the last courtship before the holiday of the Shangyuan Festival, and the first major courtship in the eighth year of Tianbao.

The lights in the streets and alleys were lit one after another, and endless carriages were walking around the streets.

As usual, Li Linfu set out from the mansion. He rode a wide carriage, with nearly a hundred guards guarding each side of the carriage, and an orange-red lantern was hung next to the carriage. The black words "Right Prime Minister" on the lantern were particularly obvious.

Li Linfu was in a bad mood today. Yesterday, the emperor did not allow Dong Yanguang to stay overnight in the case. He concluded the case in a powerful and domineering way. This is understandable. After all, the Longyou Award is related to encouraging the hearts of the army and the people. Dong Yanguang must not affect the major events he has planned for a long time.

But the affairs of the Yang family made him worried. Although the emperor punished the Yang family by expelling Yang Chi, the Yang family did not hurt him. On the contrary, Yang Zhao obtained the position of Jiannan Jiedu. The removal of Yang Chi was a means to remove his rotten leaves and cultivate the growth of the Yang family, which made Li Linfu sigh secretly, and Yang Zhao accelerated his position as prime minister with an irreversible trend.

How should I curb him? Li Linfu couldn't help but think of Li Qing'an. This seemed to be the only person who could compete with Yang Zhao, and he was also the one who could use him.

Thinking of the word "use", Li Linfu smiled bitterly again. He found that he had taken the wrong move. He also tried to win over, but Gao Lishi was much smarter than him. He firmly laid Li Qing'an by his side in a delicate and mellow way, but he regarded Li Qing'an as a kite. Now the kite is flying higher and higher, and the string is tighter and tighter. He already feels that Li Qing'an is about to break away from his control.

What methods does he have left? Jiang Wuyi, Li Linfu himself is not sure about it

Starting from Pingkangfang, the carriage turned around and went on the main road. In the distance, more than a dozen ministers' carriages were slowly walking. The lanterns on the carriage were particularly bright in the night. "Prime Minister!" A carriage was speeding, followed by more than twenty burly guards on both sides. There was also a lantern on the carriage, with the words "Fan Yang'an" written on it, which was An Lushan's carriage.

An Lushan also went to Beijing to report his work. Today he was going to participate in the morning court. An Lushan's carriage rushed forward and stopped in front of Li Linfu's carriage. He walked out of the carriage with difficulty and bowed and said, "Ji Lulang meets the Prime Minister."

Li Linfu opened a curtain of the car and smiled gently, "I don't know when An Shuai came to Beijing?"

"The Prime Minister, I went to Beijing three days ago with a low position and fell ill. I was unable to come to visit the Prime Minister. Please forgive me for your crime!"

"Oh! I'm sick, are you in better health?"

Li Linfu's smiling expression made An Lushan feel cold on his back. He forced and flatteredly said, "Reporting to the Prime Minister, Bei Zhi's health has improved a lot. Thank you for your concern."

"Maintaining your body well will mostly make contributions to the country. This time, Longyou made great contributions. I hope that the next time I will commend Fan Yang Army."

"The humble position must be mostly made contributions to the country."

"Okay, go to court!"

Li Linfu pulled the curtain on the carriage, and the carriage started, gradually moving away. An Lushan watched Li Linfu's carriage go away respectfully. Then he breathed a light sigh and waved his hand and said, "Get on the car!"

The reward ceremony was held in the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace. Before dawn, a bright star hung in the west. Li Qing'an and a group of meritorious soldiers lived in the Daming Palace last night. Before dawn, two eunuchs led them to Fengqi Pavilion next to Hanyuan Hall to wait. Unlike the last Xiaobolu Battle, this battle in Longyou was a mixed battle of troops of different systems. Therefore, the main commendation and rewards of the Hanyuan Hall were all meritorious generals. Low-level officers and ordinary soldiers were not allowed to go to the hall to be granted. This time, a total of 18 generals were awarded to the Hanyuan Hall. Except for the chief generals who went directly to the court, the other seventeen generals were waiting in Fengqi Pavilion.

Li Qingan changed into a new military uniform and stood at the entrance of the hall waiting for dawn quietly. This was his second time waiting for the reward in Fengqi Pavilion. In the last battle of Xiaobolu, he seized the opportunity and took his first step in the Tang Dynasty. In the battle of Longyou, he would also take his second step in the Tang Dynasty. Although he took this second step very difficult and even paid the price of his life, he had come out after all. He was silently looking forward to what his second step would be? How would he engrave his name in the long scroll of history?

At this time, Li Siye slowly walked to him and said, "Qilang, I heard a message yesterday, and I don't know if it's true or false?"

"What news do you say?"

"I heard that you may not stay in Anxi anymore and will be sealed somewhere else."

Li Qingan turned around and smiled, "Then have you heard that I was blocked?"

Li Siye shook his head, "I don't know. I heard that the emperor issued a ban on anyone's disclosure in advance, so no one was willing to say that, including myself, I would not have any result."

"You won't be bad, after all, you took down the Stone Castle City."

Li Qing'an smiled and said, "Originally you were the second-class meritorious, and I was the third-class meritorious. Now we are all ranked first. If you still stay in Anxi, I guess you are the original position of Gao Shuai, the deputy envoy of the Anxi Jiedushi and the military envoy of the four towns, and will be promoted to general in his position."

“Maybe!

Li Siye smiled, he looked around and asked in a low voice: "Qilang, wasn't Dong Yanguang really the one you killed?"

Li Qingan shook his head, "It's true that I didn't kill. I initially suspected that it was Ge Shuhan, but later I felt that it was unnecessary for him to kill Dong Yanguang, but instead he would cause trouble."

"Who do you think it would do it?"

Li Qingan pondered for a moment and said, "I was thinking, if Dong Yanguang dies, who will benefit the most? Of course, I have a grudge with him, so there is no way to benefit. Geshuhan seems to have benefited a lot, but in fact, even if Dong Yanguang does not die, the emperor will give him all the Longyou Army. I believe Geshuhan will think of this, so I repeated theories and thought that there are three people with the greatest possibility."

"Which three people?"

Li Qing'an glanced at him and no one was around them. He lowered his voice and said, "One is King Qing Li Cong, and Dong Yanguang is his person. Maybe he knows that he has many secrets, and he wants to kill someone to silence him; the second is the emperor himself."

‘Sage?’ Li Siye was shocked and said in surprise: “How is that possible?”

Li Qingan glanced at him disdainfully and said, "How is it impossible? Dong Yanguang's death will reduce him a lot of trouble. If it weren't for the Yang family, I would definitely have done it by the emperor, but now it seems that the possibility is not great."

"Who is the third person?"

"As for the third person, I suspect it was Abuth who did it."

Like Dong Yanguang, Abus also arrived in Chang'an the day before yesterday after receiving an order from the Ministry of War. In this Longyou battle, his mission was relatively simple, which was to attack Shenwei City, and he did not ask him to seize it. It was mainly to attract the Tubo army in Chiling to support Shenwei City.

From this perspective, he completed the task, and even the Tubo army lost the Shibao City. After withdrawing troops to Dafeichuan, he also gave up Shenwei City. Abus finally occupied Shenwei City, with no mistakes.

Therefore, his army also made certain contributions to Geshuhan's merits, and his general Besul also led 300 cavalrymen to follow Geshuhan into the capital.

But Abus was not happy, and even a little nervous. The reason was that Dong Yanguang decided to disobey the order and refused to obey it after being provoked by him, which eventually led to serious consequences, which made Li Longji angry. Dong Yanguang went to Beijing. If Dong Yanguang finally bit him out in order to escape from the crime.

He couldn't help but be worried. Did the Ministry of War order him to go to Beijing to cure his sins? The night before yesterday, Abus was so worried that he had not slept all night. He wanted to find Dong Yanguang and told him that he had committed a sin that had nothing to do with him. Unexpectedly, as soon as he woke up the next day, he heard the news that Dong Yanguang was killed. Abus was overjoyed. In this way, no one would know about his instigation. He was extremely grateful to the person who started and helped him get rid of his serious sin.

At this moment, Abus, like other ministers, stood in Danfengmen Square waiting to rise to the court. He did not have many acquaintances in Chang'an. He stood in a corner for a while, and no one talked to him.

At this moment, a low voice sounded behind him, "General Abus, don't be fine!"

When he turned around, he saw that it was An Lushan who came over. An Lushan was his old friend. When An Lushan was a border merchant when he was young, he often smuggled the forbidden goods of the Tang Dynasty to trade with him. Later, An Lushan gradually became prosperous and became the border commander of the Tang Dynasty and the governor of the two towns. However, Abus fell into trouble with the decline of the Turks and finally surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. The tribe was placed in the Shuofang area, and he became the deputy envoy of the Shuofang Jiedu, lowering An Lushan.

Abus knew An Lushan very well and knew that he was loyal and helpful on the surface, but in fact he was evil on the inside. Therefore, An Lushan sent people to invite him to Youzhou several times, but he refused on the excuse. Now seeing An Lushan coming towards him with a smile on his face, he felt a little alert in his heart and bowed to An Lushan and said, "Mr. An, long time no see."

"Yes! We haven't met for more than three years! The last time we met, I remember it was at the ceremony of the fourth year of Tianbao's enthronement of the imperial concubine. At that time, General Abus was full of confidence. Why did he look a little worried now? Could it be that he was worried about Dong Yanguang's affairs?"

On An Lushan's pumpkin face, a pair of eyes narrowed into thin slits, looking at him with a smile.

Abus was shocked. How could An Lushan know? Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and finally told himself that Dong Yanguang was dead and there was no evidence of this matter. Then he suppressed the panic in his heart and said lightly: "What is An Shuai saying? I can't understand a word!"

"You understand better than anyone else."

An Lushan sighed and said sincerely: "General Abus, we have been in love for decades. I, An Lushan, have always been nostalgic. When my old friend is in trouble, I will never stand by and watch. I might as well tell you the truth! Dong Yanguang was killed by me."

"What!" Abus was stunned and he stuttered: "Ship An, you are not kidding me!"

"Am I a joke?"

An Lushan glanced at both sides and whispered: "Old friend, I know you are in a difficult situation. Tang Ting does not trust you. This time the Ministry of War summoned you to Beijing, but in fact he wanted to confront you Dong Yanguang's disobedience. I have friends in the Ministry of War. Geshuhan has secretly written a memorial to sell you, so I helped you."

Speaking of this, An Lushan patted his shoulder and smiled, "Old friend! Only at critical moments can you see who your true friend is, think about it yourself!"

An Lushan left, and Abus was in a mess. He never expected that An Lushan killed Dong Yanguang. An Lushan had nothing to do with Dong Yanguang. He knew that An Lushan was telling the truth, and killed Dong Yanguang to escape from his crimes. He took a risk. Now he owed An Lushan a great favor. According to their Turkic habits, he had to repay him with a drop of water.

Yang Zhao was also very happy today. He was named the Jiannan Jiedushi yesterday and officially became one of the officials of the Tang Dynasty. Although he still had a little regret, his position as the governor was not as enthroned in the great court today, which made him lose a lot of glory, but he was still satisfied. In the words of his aide Linghu Fei, becoming the Jiannan Jiedushi gave him backup support and confidence, and took the most solid step for his future appearance.

As soon as Yang Zhao entered Danfeng Gate, he was stopped by his clan brother, Yang Qi, the Minister of the Siong Temple. Yang Zhao couldn't help feeling uneasy. In the case of Dong Yanguang, he stepped on another clan brother Yang Qi. Yang Qi was dismissed from his official position due to Dong Yanguang's death. He did not expect that Yang Qi came to him to question him now, and he didn't know how to answer.

"Lao Lao, go to our mansion after going to court today."

Although Yang Zhao has been named the governor of Jiannan, Yang Qi still does not take him much. Among the Yang family clan, Yang Qi is the eldest of the clan and the five Yangs in the capital, so he is the leader. He is also very awesome. Not only is he appointed as the Minister of the Simin Temple, he also married Princess Taihua, the daughter of Concubine Wu Hui. It is a bit funny here. He is Yang Yuhuan's subordinate brother, but he married the daughter of his brother-in-law. What's even more funny in history is that Yang Zhao's second son Yang Tsui is also Princess Wanchun, the daughter of Li Longji. After Yang Tsui was killed by An Lushan, his wife, Princess Wanchun, became a widow, and soon he was married to Yang Qi, the uncle who also died of his wife.

There are many such jokes from the Tang Dynasty, and I won’t say that the famous Li Longji married his daughter-in-law. For example, the sister of the former Minister of Justice Wei Jian married Li Longji’s younger brother, King Xue, Li Ye, and was Princess Xue, while Wei Jian’s sister married Li Longji’s son, Li Heng, and was the Crown Princess.

After going too far, I turned back first. Although Yang Qi was unhappy, his tone was good to Yang Zhao, which was a tone of negotiation. Seeing that Yang Qi did not attack him, Yang Zhao suddenly had a sense of enlightenment in his heart. Could it be that the emperor covered up the fact that he stepped on Yang Ji for him?

This must be the case. Since the Master appointed him as the governor of Jiannan after he captured the evidence, he also did not want chaos within the Yang family. Understanding this, Yang Zhao smiled and said, "But for the second brother?"

Yang Qi nodded, "No matter what, our Yang family must not let our second brother's official position be removed for nothing!"

At this moment, the thick bell in Hanyuan Hall rang, and an official in the hall in charge walked out and whispered loudly: "The hour of Mao has arrived, and the court has risen!"

Thousands of officials in Danfeng Square sorted out their clothes and lined up two long lines according to their grades. Just like usual, the two in the front were still right prime minister Li Linfu and left prime minister Chen Xilie. Today's protagonist Ge Shu Han stepped on the Dragon Tail Road with confidence and walked towards the magnificent Hanyuan Hall after left prime minister Chen Xilie.

The two teams of chief officials walked into Hanyuan Hall and returned to their respective positions. Li Linfu walked to his seat and sat down. However, he saw that the prince Li Heng had already taken office first. Li Linfu nodded to him with a smile. A few months ago, he took the initiative to copy a copy of the order issued by the Secretariat to Li Heng. This was his kindness to Li Heng. Although the two of them were as deep as the sea, Li Linfu's active show of kindness made Li Heng secretly relieved. Over the past few years, he was forced to die by Li Linfu. Although he did not know what the purpose of Li Linfu's active show of kindness was, at least he improved his situation a little, allowing him to understand the trivial things that happened in the Tang Dynasty every day. With this alone, Li Heng was also willing to ease the hatred between them.

He nodded slightly, as a response to Li Linfu. Li Linfu quickly glanced at Yang Zhao sitting in the middle, and he sneered in his heart. It was time to plant himself.

"His Majesty the Emperor is here!"

A loud shout from the young prison in the hall sounded outside the hall. Hanyuan Hall suddenly became quiet. The officials stood up one after another, and the hall was quiet.

With a bell, forty eunuchs entered in two rows, followed by nearly a hundred imperial guards with swords, wearing silver ceremonial swords, holding jade hammers and golden swords in their hands, and arranged on both sides of the jade steps. Finally, there were sixteen palace maids, holding palace fans and veiling covers, surrounded by the Tang Dynasty emperor Li Longji, who was wearing embroidered dragon fur and crowned emperor, walked into the hall.

Li Longji sat down on the dragon throne. He raised his head and chest, glanced at the hall, and all the ministers bowed and said, "Long live my emperor!"

The voice was neat and loud, Li Longji nodded and waved his hand, "All my beloveds are flat!"

"Your Majesty has an order, and all officials will return to their posts!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" All the officials returned to their queues one after another, and the senior officials also sat down.

At this time, Zheng Lunming, the young supervisor of the hall, opened the agenda in front of Dan, and read it loudly: "Today's great dynasty will only commend the heroes of Longyou. Other military and national affairs will not be discussed for the time being. The current dynasty meeting will begin!"

Li Longji said in a gentle tone: "All my dear friends know that the victory of Longyou is not only the victory of the Tubo army, but also the victory of Shibao City, so that our Tang Dynasty can gain all the Hehuang Valley, and the Tubo army can no longer advance eastward, Longyou can gain peace and stability in Guanzhong, which is related to the safety of the Tang Dynasty and the welfare of the people. This battle is the best since Tianbao, and it is also the result I have dreamed of since the loss of Shibao City in Kaiyuan in the 29th year of Kaiyuan."

Li Longji's voice was not loud, but the Hanyuan Hall where he was located had an echo effect, so half of the officials in the hall could basically hear it.

"This battle was a victory in the joint battle between Longyou, Hexi, Shuofang and Anxi towns. It was a victory obtained by countless soldiers of the Tang Dynasty with their lives. Before the reward is given, I suggest that the fallen soldiers be silent."

He stood up, and all the ministers also stood up, "Your Majesty has an order to pay silence for the fallen soldiers in Longyou!"

Everyone was silent for a moment, and Zheng Lunming, the young supervisor in the hall, whispered loudly: "The ceremony is over!"

The ministers sat down one after another. At this time, Li Longji said, "The eighteen generals on Xuanlong's right enter the hall!"

"Your Majesty has an order to announce the eighteen generals from Longyou to enter the hall!"

"Your Majesty has an order to announce the eighteen generals from Longyou to enter the hall!"

He shouted loudly, and for a moment, a group of generals with bright armor appeared at the gate of Hanyuan Palace. They walked into Hanyuan Palace with great stances and looked excited and expectant on their faces. When they reached the middle, Geshuhan walked out of the court officials and joined their team. He walked in the front, held his head and held his chest, and walked vigorously.

The eighteen generals walked to the Dan You, lifted their armor and knelt down on one knee, and said in unison: "See Your Majesty My Emperor, I wish you a long live your Majesty!"
To be continued...