The first thousand and fifty-three chapters favor one over the other
An Lushan and Du Shiyi returned on the same day. Du Shiyi left the palace for half an hour after facing the saint, while An Lushan was left by the emperor until the evening. Such details will not be missed by those who are interested. Li Linfu, who has been in a state of anxiety for more than half a year, naturally would not miss it, and immediately ordered people to exaggerate it. When he learned that there were many unpleasant voices among the court officials, he was not angry but happy, and the smile on his face was actually more than usual.
However, when he learned that An Lushan entered the palace again the next day, Li Longji not only gave him a banquet, but also attended with Yang Yuyao. During the banquet, An Lushan even performed a Hu Xuan dance, he couldn't laugh. What made him even more shocked was that the Hu'er shamelessly claimed that he lost his mother in his early years and wanted to worship Yang Yuyao as his adopted mother.
Who is Yang Yuyao? The former Princess of Shou, the sister of the late Taizhen lady Yang, and once married to Pei's widow, was already outrageous for Shuyi to be able to be in the palace. She dared to accept a Bianzhen Jieshuai as her adopted son? When she thought that Yang Zhao had been to the position that was enough to threaten her by trialing the case of Wang and Yang Shenjin, Li Linfu was as if he was thorny in his heart. Therefore, when An Lushan came to Pingkangfang Mansion to pay homage to him that night, even though he seemed very respectful to the prime minister, although he smiled as usual, his words were like a knife.
An Lushan governs Fan Yang and Pinglu Towns have been in the past few years, and often reported military achievements several times a year. He bribed the central officials and the censors in countless ways, and no one ever revealed the hidden tricks of these so-called victories. Therefore, when Li Linfu quietly revealed the article behind Fan Yang's several victories this year, An Lushan couldn't help but feel a little sweaty on his vest. Li Linfu broke through the window paper and his attitude of speaking became gentler.
"I know, you are just because Wang Yang Shenjin was arrested this year, and the situation in the court is not so clear, so you think of finding another way out and intend to put some effort into the harem, but you don't think about it. You and Yang Zhao had had a conflict. After his sudden rebate, Wuchen could accommodate you? Hum?" Speaking of this, seeing An Lushan's face full of smiles, but his forehead was already greasy, Li Linfu said meaningfully, "I heard that you always wanted to take over Hedong. It's just that you didn't return to Beijing last year, and only let your brother Shi Siming come. Otherwise, how could the position of Hedong Jiedu fall into Du Shiyi's hands?"
An Lushan was speechless and said after a while: "What the Prime Minister said is, what if I ask the Hedong Jiedushi now?"
"You met Du Shiyi at the same time, but Your Majesty kept you for a while. Why do you think? It was because Ji Wen was back from Fan Yang and was trying to find a handle to frame Du Shiyi, but he was counter-attacked by him. Seeing that he had been away from Hedong for many years, his Majesty was still very loving and respectful to the military and civilians, he felt a knot in his heart. Now the deputy envoy of Hedong Jiedu is the Dou family. As long as you look back, people should not take too many Jiedu as an excuse. If you want to take the Hedong Jiedu both, it will be easy."
An Lushan didn't expect that Li Linfu would agree so readily, and was overjoyed. But he suddenly thought that with the ability of Wang Zhongsi and Du Shiyi, who had only been in Jiedu before, he couldn't help but ask this carefully. What surprised him even more was that Li Linfu sneered: "Du Shiyi has always been cautious and careful. Except for the time he was in Yunzhou, he was probably really angry by Ji Wen, so he reacted too aggressively, and there were almost no flaws in other things. But Wang Zhongsi was different. He had been in Hedong for many years and was transferred to Helong people for many years, but he was not the one who knew the military service and horse envoy back then. He always valued his identity and refused to start the war easily. Shibao City has not yet been put in. Some generals and soldiers in Helong even secretly said that he was not as good as Huangfu Weiming. Why? Because of his Wang Zhongsi, he blocked others' chances of making military achievements."
"But just this alone can't be said that Wang Zhongsi is incompetent..."
"You don't need to worry about this matter, I have my own means."
The Li family's secrets are incomparable to the third party. With the incidents in the family several times before, Li Linfu's precautions for the people around him have reached an extreme level. In addition, he did not reveal too many details to An Lushan, so he was not worried about the leakage at all.
On this day, Wang Zhongsi, the governor of Longyou, Hexi, and Gao Xianzhi, the governor of the four towns of Anxi, also arrived in Chang'an at the same time. However, the latter also escorted Xiao Bolu to a large number of prisoners of the monarch and his ministers.
After the Jiedu Helong, Wang Zhongsi did not start a war with Tubo immediately. He abandoned the stone fort city that was seized during the Gai Jiayun period and Huangfu Weiming could not take it down. Instead, he built layers of small forts along the border line of Chiling. He adopted the strategy of surrounding and eroding, which made the natural danger, which was known as a place that must be fought for by military strategists, a waste of money for Tubo to eat without taste and abandon it.
As for Gao Xianzhi, it is not to mention that the victory over Xiao Bolu was a feat that several military governors of the four towns of Anxi were unable to achieve.
The two of them returned to Beijing together and were summoned by the emperor. Geshu Han was accompanying Wang Zhongsi back to Beijing, and when they were waiting for the commander at the palace gate with Du Guangyuan, who came back with Gao Xianzhi, they inevitably had a conversation. Geshu Han could be Du Guangyuan's grandfather in terms of age. In addition, they were born in the Shi Geshu tribe of the Tuqin, and were quite familiar with the situation in the Western Regions. They gave Du Guangyuan a lot of tips, but at the same time they also slandered An Sishun, who was under Wang Zhongsi's command, and kept saying that he was birds of a feather with An Lushan, who often took advantage of his achievements.
Du Guangyuan experienced the battle between Gao Xianzhi and his husband Meng Lingcha in the Western Regions, and was no longer so young. He also heard about Geshuhan's reputation, and knew that this was a newly promoted general by Wang Zhongsi. Therefore, he spoke respectfully, but most of the time he was just a listener, and he was even more inconsistent with his criticism of An Sishun. The two chatted for a long time, and Du Guangyuan suddenly saw Wang Zhongsi leaving the palace from afar and was immediately shocked. Not only him, Geshuhan also changed his expression suddenly.
Wang Zhongsi, known as the adopted son of the emperor, actually left the palace earlier than Gao Xianzhi. And depending on the situation, the process of meeting the saint was obviously not easy.
As the leader of the Geshu tribe, Geshu Han was still unknown in his early years and was only shining under Wang Zhongsi's hands. He was very convinced by the coach who was younger than him. At this moment, he met in just a few steps. But before he could speak, Wang Zhongsi stopped him with his eyes and then shook his head gently. At this time, Du Guangyuan also came forward. After he gave his deep salute, he was waiting for more condolences, but now he was in front of the palace gate, and his head boss was still in the palace, so he could only call Wang Dashu respectfully.
Du Guangyuan and Duan Xiushi can be said to have inherited Wang Zhongsi's martial arts and strategy, but now they are in Anxi and the other are in Beiting, not only not under his command, but not even under Du Shiyi. Thinking of this and thinking about the experience of entering the palace today, Wang Zhongsi couldn't help but feel heavy. In such a public public, even if he had thousands of words to say to Du Guangyuan, he finally nodded slightly and said, "The Gao Damao highly praised you. You should encourage yourself with this, and don't be arrogant."
After paying a visit to Wang Zhongsi to leave, Du Guangyuan patiently continued to wait. As a result, more than half an hour later, Gao Xianzhi left the palace with pride. Although in the days when Hu Meng Lingcha had not left the Western Regions, he had made a good attitude in front of others and was respectful to Hu Meng Lingcha at all times. Sure enough, with Hu Meng Lingcha's temperament, he felt fearful and terrified, and left in a hurry within a few days. As for his subordinates, he cursed and punished, and instead gathered people's hearts as quickly as possible. He had been in the four towns of Anxi for more than ten years, and was very familiar with him from top to bottom. By the time he entered the capital, he had already mastered the situation.
The only thing he felt regretful was that there was not a single person around him who could entrust his funeral to stay, that is, he was always in charge of the overall situation when he was not here. Du Guangyuan was too young and had too much hindrance. Du Anzhi had a good personal relationship with him, but the problem was that he was now in Beiting... and that was Du Shiyi's cousin. As for his generals, even his breasted brother Zheng Dequan, who had been with him for many years, all lacked the awareness of leading the overall situation. As a last resort, he had to stay Zheng Dequan in Kucha Town this time when he went to Chang'an.
Of course, Gao Xianzhi, who was feeling emotion, wouldn't know that if Gao Shi and Wang Changling had not kidnapped Feng Changqing from Kucha Town, he would never have had such an idea at this moment. After talking to Du Guangyuan for a few words, he patted the other party's shoulder affectionately and said, "I praised your bravery in front of His Majesty. If you look back, your Majesty will summon you. There will be nothing wrong now, and you should go home."
Du Guangyuan asked hesitantly: "But when I go home, what should Dashuai do? Where is the Dashuai going to Chang'an this time? He has been living in Dutingyi?"
Gao Xianzhi was just the deputy governor of Anxi, and the master of military commanders, not Zhengyinjie, so there was no need to leave his family in Chang'an. This time he returned to Beijing, the main purpose was to escort Xiao Bolu, his wife, Princess Tubo, and many ministers who were inclined to Tubo, where did the family members have time to send them back. Therefore, when Du Guangyuan asked, his face slightly stopped, and he thought that he had forgotten to show in front of the emperor that he had no mansion in Chang'an. But then he thought that he, the great hero who seized Xiao Bolu, lived in Duting Post, and the emperor would definitely give him another title after he spread it out, so he had no worries.
"Live in Dutingyi. Okay, you are young, don't worry so much. Go back quickly. Your parents should be anxious."
Du Guangyuan said nothing at the moment and thanked him before leaving. Gao Xianzhi was very satisfied with this young man with a noble background but good temperament. After all the followers came, he smiled and said, "Let's go, let's go back to Dutingyi."
He didn't expect that he would have a day to overcome Wang Zhongsi, the governor of Longyou, Hexi.
Chapter completed!