Chapter 994: The Old Emperor and the Unworthy Prime Minister

Battle map, Luoyang.

Dichen and others led their troops to the outside of Luoyang City, and learned that Tongguan had been captured by Cui Qianyou's troops. Di Chen smiled and said to Chun Shenjun and others: "Even Gaia is on our side this time, let's see what the old fox is doing!" Bounce."

"Haha~~~"

Jun Shenjun and the others laughed, their expressions were incomparably joyful. To win against Ouyang Shuo once on the battle map meant a lot to them, and it was enough to feel elated.

Dichen said: "When we see Anlu Mountain, we will lead our troops to go directly to Chang'an, without giving the old fox a chance."

"That's right!" Xiong Ba nodded.

With an army of 300,000 at their back, Di Chen and the others didn't pay much attention to An Lushan. From the moment the [Yanhuang League] army arrived in Luoyang, it was up to them to decide how the Anlushan camp should make decisions.

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Chang'an, the eastern suburbs.

Ouyang Shuo didn't need to pass through the entire Chang'an City to enter the city to meet Tang Xuanzong. In fact, when entering the city from the Chunming Gate in the east, the Xingqing Palace is the largest building complex on the right.

Xingqing Palace was the residence of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty when he was a vassal king. After Emperor Xuanzong ascended the throne, he expanded on a large scale and became one of the three palaces in Chang'an City. The other two palaces are Taiji Palace and Daming Palace.

During the Kaiyuan and Tianbao years, Xingqing Palace was not only the political center of the Tang Dynasty, but also the place where Tang Xuanzong and his concubine Yang Yuhuan lived for a long time. After the Anshi Rebellion, Xingqing Palace lost its status as the political center and became the residence of the Supreme Emperor or the Empress Dowager. Most of the time it was the permanent residence of the Empress Dowager and other harem.

In Xingqing Hall, Ouyang Shuo saw Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji and Prime Minister Yang Guozhong.

As the longest reigning emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji was seventy-two years old at this time. His hair was white, his skin was sagging, his body was not as good as before, and he was mentally exhausted. He was no longer the glory of his youth.

Time is a whetstone, silent and unhurried.

When Li Longji was young, his great ambition of reorganizing the country, working hard, conquering the world, and looking down on the world has been polished clean in the past few decades.

As the supreme emperor of a large country, Li Longji was able to work tirelessly during the 20 years after he ascended the throne, governing with diligence, appointing talents and talents, renewing the old and reforming the old, and turning a country with a weak government and difficult people's livelihood into a new one. Which monarch under three generations can manage to govern the country peacefully and peacefully, the government is smooth and the people are harmonious, the singing and dancing in the country is peaceful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the kingdoms of all directions come to the dynasty?

Rao Qinhuang Xiongcai, Hanwu Weilue, and Taizong's peerless hero, could not create such a prosperous scene. Therefore, at the peak of his life, Li Longji felt great satisfaction when looking at the long list of more than 70 countries who came to worship.

At the same time, Li Longji felt deeply tired again.

As the saying goes, it has been rare since ancient times to live to be seventy, and it is even rarer for an emperor to live to be over seventy. After all, state affairs consume one's mind during the day, and the beauties consume one's strength at night, and it would be a miracle if one survived decades.

Li Longji created a miracle. Before the age of fifty, although he worked day and night on state affairs and worked hard to govern, he still took time out of his busy schedule and gave birth to thirty sons and twenty-nine daughters.

This An Lushan rebellion made Li Longji very hurt and mentally exhausted.

For An Lushan, Li Longji can be said to be the best of grace. He wants officials to give officials, money to money, face to face, and more scenery.

Give a few examples.

An Lushan moved to a new residence in Chang'an, and held a banquet to celebrate. Li Longji originally invited several prime ministers to play football in the palace, but in order to make An Lushan happy, he deliberately ordered the game to be rescheduled, ordering all the prime ministers to go to An Lushan's house to dinner.

When An Lushan was in Chang'an, whenever Li Longji ate a delicious food or caught rare game while hunting, he immediately sent someone to send it to An Lushan on a flying horse.

To put it harshly, Li Longji has never cared so much about his father in his life.

What's even more incredible is that because An Lushan recognized Concubine Yang as his godmother, An Lushan could enter and leave the inner palace at will, have intimate contact with the concubine, have dinner face to face, and sometimes even stay out of the palace all night.

It was rumored that the godson was having an affair with the godmother, but the godfather didn't care about it. With such favor and kind treatment, no matter how ambitious a beast is, it should develop feelings.

However, An Lushan is still the opposite.

The fall of Tongguan this time has completely defeated Li Longji's psychological defense. Now he just wants to escape from Chang'an, go to Shu to avoid the limelight, and spend the rest of his life with fine wine and beauties.

Yang Guozhong was only in his forties at this time, and he was in the prime of life. His younger sister Yang Yuhuan was all over the country, and Yang Guozhong's appearance was not bad, but his face was full of panic at this time.

According to history, this chancellor with relatives who stepped on Li Linfu's position will soon come to the end of his life.

Objectively speaking, no matter how powerful Li Linfu is to harm the country, but because his skills are not ordinary, no matter whether it is the court or the local government, no matter whether it is a civil servant or a general, he can at least be able to cover it, and he is obedient from top to bottom.

This point is somewhat similar to Yan Song who had just joined the Great Xia.

An Lushan was greatly favored by the emperor, and he didn't pay much attention to the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, but he was respectful to Li Linfu, and he was both obedient and fearful.

When meeting Li Linfu, even in the severe cold season, An Lushan would sweat profusely and drenched his clothes.

An Lushan's eyeliner in Beijing, every time he reports to Fan Yang, he is most concerned about what instructions Li Linfu has. If the eyeliner brought back good words from Li Linfu, An Lushan would dance with joy. If Li Linfu expressed dissatisfaction, An Lushan would pat the bed angrily and shout, "Oops! I'm going to die!"

If Li Linfu hadn't died at this time, An Lushan would never have the courage to rebel.

Moreover, as a prime minister who values ​​the system and is more pragmatic, Li Linfu has more or less done some serious work in addition to cheating people, and implemented some beneficial measures, which is not without political achievements.

But Prime Minister Yang, who succeeded Li Linfu in power, was not only far behind in his skills, but he was basically unwilling to do any serious business except for sycophancy, deception, intrigue, and misuse of power abroad.

Therefore, although he is also the prime minister who has been in power for many years, in the history books, Li Linfu is honorably among the ranks of "treacherous ministers", while Yang Guozhong can only be regarded as a "foreign relative" at best.

Not to mention, the current Anshi Rebellion can develop to such a bad state, of course, there is a reason for Li Longji's insensitivity, and the intriguing Prime Minister Yang is even more to blame.

It was not without reason that Yang Guozhong was killed by angry soldiers at Mawei Post.

What Ouyang Shuo is facing now is such an old emperor and a prime minister who can't stand on the stage. He was received by Li Longji this time, most likely because of the 150,000 soldiers and horses outside the city.

Li Longji's first sentence made Ouyang Shuo angry enough, "You came just in time, I have already planned to go to Shu to avoid the edge, so you can take the troops with you all the way."

"..."

Ouyang Shuo was speechless, can we not be so cowardly? !

"Your Majesty, the 150,000 troops I brought are all elites, and they are still capable of fighting." Of course, Ouyang Shuo didn't want to just withdraw from Chang'an just like that. Doesn't it mean surrendering voluntarily.

"Bold!"

Suddenly there was a shout in the hall, Yang Guozhong stood up, pointed at Ouyang Shuo and said, "Your Majesty's safety is the most important thing in everything, do you dare to resist the order?"

Ouyang Shuo's eyes were fixed, and he glanced at Yang Guozhong lightly.

As the supreme king of the Great Xia, it would be difficult for a historical figure like Yang Guozhong to see Ouyang Shuo at ordinary times, so how would he dare to act presumptuously in front of him. Even on the battle map, Ouyang Shuo doesn't have to compromise.

"you......"

After being glanced at by Ouyang Shuo, although he didn't want to admit it, Yang Guozhong still felt a palpitation. Yang Guozhong had never felt that invisible imperial aura just in front of His Majesty.

"Cough cough!!" Li Longji saw that the loyal prime minister was a bit reluctant to step down, and said aloud: "You don't have to argue, if Chang'an can't be kept, you should retreat to Shu for the time being, and then make a long-term plan."

If it were ten years ago, twenty years ago, there were 150,000 alien troops in the battle. Li Longji also had the courage to fight the rebels with Chang'an City as a natural danger.

It's a pity that time is not forgiving, and now he just wants to leave this place of right and wrong.

Seeing this, Ouyang Shuo knew that Li Longji had made up his mind, and there was no point in being stubborn, so he said instead, "Since His Majesty insists on this, I can only accept orders. I just have a small request, and I hope His Majesty will fulfill it."

"you say!"

Li Longji was very happy to get Ouyang Shuo's promise. With the 150,000 troops accompanying him, he no longer needed to worry about anything. Now it is Ouyang Shuo who wants concubines in his palace, except Concubine Yang Gui, Li Longji can agree.

Ouyang Shuo said: "In order to prevent people from being unstable and cause riots in the city, His Majesty must allow me to bring a team of personal soldiers into the city to help defend and protect His Majesty's safety."

In the battle of Tongguan, Ge Shuhan lost all the troops stationed in Chang'an City, the troops in the Longyou theater, and the troops temporarily recruited from Chang'an and Luoyang.

The 200,000 troops that the empire managed to gather were all in vain.

Right now, there are only three thousand guards guarding the palace in Chang'an, so it's no wonder that Li Longji was thinking of running away, and if he didn't run away, An Lushan would capture him alive.

Hearing that Ouyang Shuo wanted to lead troops into the city to help defend, Li Longji agreed without thinking about it.

Seeing that Ouyang Shuo was so caring, Li Longji naturally knew how to reciprocate. He directly granted Ouyang Shuo a temporary title, and then gave Ouyang Shuo a token. Holding this token, Ouyang Shuo can lead troops into the city at any time, no one dares to stop him.

Seeing this, Yang Guozhong originally wanted to play some tricks, but he was overwhelmed by Ouyang Shuo just now, and now he has not recovered, and he can watch this strange man suddenly become a celebrity in front of His Majesty.

Instinctively, Yang Guozhong felt threatened, and his eyes were full of jealousy.

What about Ouyang Shuo? He didn't look at Yang Guozhong from the beginning to the end, got the token, took his leave and left.

"Did Your Majesty favor that stranger too much?" After Ouyang Shuo left, Yang Guozhong dared to sow discord.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you can return to Sichuan smoothly, it's not a matter of one sentence to deal with that foreigner."

"Your Majesty is holy!"

Seeing that the holy family was still there, Yang Guozhong was in a hurry to flatter him.

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After leaving Xingqing Palace, Ouyang Shuo did not return to the camp, but turned around and walked towards the Prince's Mansion.