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Chapter 482 Shi Siming Please Surrender
In Taiyuan Mansion, Shi Siming received a report from Fan Yang that Xu Guidao, the military governor of Pinglu, died suddenly.

Shi Siming pinched his forehead, something happened to Pinglu, but Shi Siming doesn't have the energy to take care of Pinglu's affairs now.

Shi Siming is a native of Shiguo in the Western Regions. He followed An Lushan to attack the Xi people and Turkic people in the north and made many military exploits. He was the number two figure in the puppet Yan court.

Shi Siming had accumulated meritorious service in the position of envoy of the Pinglu Army, and of course he knew what kind of virtue the Pinglu Army was.

Shi Siming didn't care much about this internal change of the local military leaders. As long as Wang Xuanzhi didn't rebel, Shi Siming didn't have the idea of ​​interfering.

After An Qingxu killed his father, he sent Shi Siming to the post in Taiyuan.

When Shi Siming received the news that An Lushan was dead and An Qingxu succeeded him, he had already been kicked back to his hometown by An Qingxu.

In order to enjoy the prosperity of the two capitals, An Qingxu kicked his "uncle" back to his hometown. Shi Siming secretly hated him.

However, the changes in the world's situation caught people off guard, and the puppet Yan court's fortunes took a turn for the worse in the second year of Zhide.

An Qingxu lost Chang'an and Luoyang one after another, lost three consecutive battles at Xiangji Temple, Shanxia, ​​and Luoyang, and ruined hundreds of thousands of elites.

Shi Siming was also secretly glad that An Qingxu kicked him back to his hometown, so his direct troops did not suffer any losses.

Now An Qingxu is trapped in Xiangzhou, and his retreat has been cut off by Tang General Li Siye.

His eldest son, Shi Chaoyi, was assigned to Fanyang to control Fanyang Town. Historians now occupy the second place in the three towns of Hedong, and Shi Siming also has other ideas.

At this time, a handsome and feminine young man rushed into Shi Siming's study.

"Father commander! An Qingxu issued another edict, asking us to cooperate with him to break through. This is the third edict issued this month!"

This young man is Shi Chaoqing, Shi Siming's second son, and Shi Siming's favorite son now.

Shi Siming didn't look at An Qingxu's request for help at all. He looked at the map and said, "The two capitals and Henan have already fallen into the hands of the Tang family. We still have to guard against the Tang army's attack from the Guannei Road. There is no spare force to support An Qingxu."

"Find a reason to send the messenger away."

"Obey! Dad!"

Shi Chaoqing strode out, looking at this son who was very similar to his own, Shi Siming loved him even more.

Although the eldest son Shi Chaoyi has long been able to lead the army alone, he is a good helper for Shi Siming.

But the older a person is, the more he prefers younger sons. Shi Siming kept Shi Chaoqing by his side just to train him well.

For Shi Siming today, the Three Towns of Hedong are already in his hands.

Shi Siming naturally ignored An Qingxu's "unreasonable demands".

At present, Shi Siming's biggest entanglement is whether to surrender to Datang.

After waiting for the news of Cui Youqian and Yin Ziqi's successive defeats, Shi Siming sent his confidants to contact Datang.

Shi Siming's condition was that he would continue to let Shi Siming control the military power of the three towns in Hedong, and serve as the governor of Hedong just like An Lushan before the rebellion.

As long as Tang Ting agrees to this condition, he, Shi Siming, can immediately announce the change of flag and end the two-year rebellion started by An Lushan.

After occupying the two capitals, Shi Siming was transferred back to Taiyuan by An Qingxu.

Shi Siming and Tang Jun have never had a bloody battle, nor have they had a blood feud.

Although the Tang army has achieved fruitful results, if they want to counterattack Hedong, they must wait until next spring and summer.

If this war drags on, even the wealthy Tang Dynasty cannot afford it.

Anyway, in the first few years of the Anlushan rebellion, the imperial court failed to control Hedong.

If Hedong is granted to Shi Siming, then Shi Siming is also willing to maintain the nominal unity of the Tang Dynasty.

The news that Shi Siming was going to surrender was naturally sent to the emperor's case.

Li Heng was very pleasantly surprised after receiving the news that Shi Siming was going to negotiate surrender. Now that it is December, is it possible that the second year of Zhide can really bring peace to the world?
Li Heng thought of Wang Chengwei's sentence when he presented the reign title, "Great Qianyuan, the beginning of all things". This year once again unified the world, wouldn't it be "the beginning of all things" next year?
However, for such a major event, the emperor would also call the prime ministers to discuss it.

Prime Minister Pei Mian, who had already changed into clothes and was about to go to sleep, was suddenly knocked on the door by the Yellow Gate Envoy of Daming Palace, saying that the emperor had summoned Prime Minister overnight.

Entering the palace late at night to discuss matters must be a big deal!

Pei Mian immediately changed into court clothes and followed Huang Menling into Daming Palace.

The emperor did not summon the prime ministers in the Hanyuan Hall, but summoned the prime ministers in the Xiaoyanying Hall near the bedroom.

Now there are six prime ministers in the court.

Pei Mian, Cui Yuan, Cui Huan, Li Lin, Miao Jinqing and Zhang Hao.

Among the six prime ministers, although the emperor has abolished the position of the prime minister holding the pen, all the prime ministers took turns to hold the pen.

But there are still high and low status among the six prime ministers.

Pei Mian, who had just presided over the imperial examination, was the most popular, vaguely the head of all the prime ministers.

Cui Yuan is proficient in military affairs, and now he is planning the military work of countering the rebellion, his status is second only to Pei Mian.

Cui Huan was recommended by Fang Guan as chancellor. After Fang Guan was dismissed, his career in Zhengshitang was coming to an end. Now he is cautious and doesn’t express opinions on almost everything. The court ministers think that he will be kicked out soon. Out of the political hall.

Li Lin has just completed the task of welcoming the emperor back to Chang'an, and is being reused by the emperor.

Miao Jinqing and Zhang Hao, the two humble prime ministers, have a low sense of presence in the political affairs hall, and they belong to the role of superficial.

The Little Yanying Hall is equivalent to the emperor's study. After the prime ministers entered the Little Yanying Hall, they felt extremely warm.

An exquisite bronzing heater stood beside the desk in the Little Yanying Hall. Steel pipes led to the roof. Gold silk charcoal was burning in the heater, heating the kettle above the heater.

The heated steam passes through the pipes and transmits the hot air to several corners of Yanying Hall.

Such a novelty must have been presented by King Jianning and King Buyue.

After a while, Li Heng appeared in front of the prime ministers wearing glasses with tortoiseshell frames.

Li Fuguo followed Li Heng, and after the emperor sat down, he said to the prime ministers:
"Shi Siming, please surrender."

After saying this, the faces of the five prime ministers showed joy, only Zhang Hao's face became gloomy.

All the prime ministers present knew that Shi Siming was the actual controller of Hedong today.

The puppet Yan Emperor An Qingxu was trapped in Xiangzhou by Li Siye. If Shi Siming surrendered, then the Anlushan Rebellion could be said to have been put down!
It's no wonder that the prime ministers looked happy. The An Lushan rebellion almost wiped out Tang Jun's family fortune. It would be good news if the rebellion could be put down without bloodshed.

But the people present were all good people, Cui Yuan first asked: "Then I dare to ask Your Majesty, what are the conditions for Shi Siming's request to surrender?"

The emperor said: "Shi Siming wants me to give him the festivals of the three towns in the east of the river."

Hearing this condition, the expressions of the two prime ministers Pei Mian and Miao Jinqing changed, and Pei Mian even said directly: "Your Majesty, no!"

"If you agree to Shi Siming's conditions, wouldn't it be the same as before the An Lushan rebellion? I'm afraid this is Shi's plan to delay the army. They will rebel after the rebels recuperate!"

Miao Jinqing also bowed and said: "The minister seconded the proposal!"

And Prime Minister Zhang Hao even said directly: "Your Majesty, Shi Siming is ambitious, negotiating with him is seeking skin from a tiger!"

The emperor's face also sank.

The prime ministers were right. Shi Siming was An Lushan's close deputy. He was called "An Shi" in the three towns of Hedong, and his prestige was higher than that of the current pseudo-Yan Emperor An Qingxu.

If he is returned to the Jiedushi of the three towns in Hedong, it will be tantamount to returning to the situation in Tianbao's thirteenth year, and the court must be on guard against him rebelling again at any time.

Seeing the emperor's hesitation, Cui Yuan said, "Your Majesty, An Lushan's rebellion was caused by Yang Guozhong's repeated admonitions and slanders, and finally forced Anlushan to rebel. Anlushan was the governor of the three towns when Li Xiang was in power. Forbidden, at that time he never had the heart of rebellion!"

Li Xiang was Li Linfu. When he said this name, Li Heng had a look of disgust on his face.

Li Linfu suppressed the then prince Li Heng many times, and killed his concubine Webster. When Li Linfu was in power, it was also when Li Heng, the prince, was in danger.

The shadow cast by Li Linfu is still there, but Li Heng also admits that Li Linfu, who has a sweet heart and a sword, really makes An Lushan very obedient.

After Cui Yuan said this, Li Heng couldn't help but want to accept Shi Siming's surrender, so that the Anlu Mountain Rebellion could be put down!

The past few years have been fighting too much!

From Lingwu's hasty ascension to the throne, to Fengxiang Mansion's day and night planning to suppress the rebellion, Datang almost crippled Guanzhong, and the elite soldiers drawn from Longyou and Shuofang were also exhausted.

Draining the wealth of Jiangnan and Zhejiang, almost destroying the two imperial pearls of Chang'an and Luoyang.

Seeing the embarrassment of the emperor, Cui Yuan continued: "I am willing to go to Hedong to accept Shi Siming as an envoy anyway! If Shi Siming is a plan to slow down the army, I am willing to die for Sheji!"

When Cui Yuan, the current prime minister, said this, the other prime ministers also shut their mouths.

Cui Yuan is willing to be an emissary to Hedong, what else can others say?

The result of this Xiao Yanying Hall performance was that Pei Mian and Miao Jinqing had reservations, and Zhang Hao strongly opposed Shi Chaoyi's surrender.

Cui Yuan, Cui Huan and Li Lin supported Shi Siming's surrender.

The emperor immediately decreed to appoint Cui Yuan, a member of Pingzhang under Tongzhong Shumen, as the ambassador of Guiyi, and immediately went to Taiyuan Mansion to check Shi Siming's sincerity in surrendering.

The emperor had already handed over the canonization documents of the three towns of Hedong to Cui Yuan. If Shi Siming was really willing to surrender to the court, the emperor would not hesitate to give the three towns of Hedong to the historian.

At the same time, the emperor ordered Li Siye, who guarded Anyang City, to step up the siege and suppression of the remnants of An Qingxu.

(End of this chapter)