Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 519 The Eunuch's Struggle

Before the New Year's Eve, the entire northern part of Henan Province fell into a state of daggers drawn. Tang Jun's military operations put a lot of pressure on An Qingxu who was hiding in Xiangzhou.

Coming out of a cottage, if it was Yan Zhuang, he might not recognize this scruffy young man at this moment, he turned out to be the false emperor of Yan.

Ever since he killed his father and usurped the throne, An Qingxu's behavior has always been a standard stupid king.

An Qingxu was not raised as an heir.

The successor An Lushan has cultivated all along is An Qingxu's elder brother, An Qingzong.

An Qingzong did not live up to An Lushan's expectations. He was both civil and military since he was a child, and he didn't seem like An Lushan's breed.

An Qingzong was capable of both literature and martial arts. He went to the battlefield to assist An Lushan in the battle when he was a teenager, and he was also very prestigious in the army.

After Yang Guozhong came to power, he had been attacking An Lushan to rebel. The emperor ordered the master daughter Rong Yi to marry An Qingzong, and An Qingzong was detained in Chang'an City.

After An Lushan rebelled, the emperor immediately ordered the killing of An Qingzong and the princess couple. After An Lushan entered Chang'an, he also massacred Li Tang's clan in revenge.

All in all, An Qingxu has always had a low status in the eyes of his father and the Hedong Group.

After murdering his father and usurping the throne, An Qingxu quickly handed over the puppet Yan court to Yan Zhuang, entrusted the military affairs to An Shouzhong and Yin Ziqi, and played in the harem by himself every day.

Not only Tang Jun despised An Qingxu, but even the inside of Puppet Yan despised An Qingxu.

However, An Qingxu's appearance at this time was completely different from the decadent appearance of Chang'an City before.

After being defeated in the Shanxia Gorge, Cui Youqian, who fled northward, was intercepted by the Tang army, just in time to meet An Qingxu who fled from Luoyang.

An Qingxu took out the belongings brought out from Chang'an City, and rewarded the "concubine" accompanying him to the generals in the defeated army, thus grasping the morale of the defeated army.

Cui Youqian stood beside An Qingxu, looked at the icy mist in the morning and said, "Your Majesty, according to the news obtained by the spies today, the Shi family and his son really surrendered to the Tang Dynasty!"

Originally, Cui Youqian thought that An Qingxu would panic when he heard the news, but he didn't expect An Qingxu to be not surprised at all.

An Qingxu said calmly: "The historians and their sons are like grass on the wall. Now that my Dayan is weak, it is not surprising that they surrendered to Datang."

An Qingxu said viciously: "When I return to Hedong, I will kill the Shi family and his son!"

Cui Youqian was not surprised by An Qingxu's harsh words, but this time An Qingxu was able to control his emotions, which made Cui Youqian think highly of him.

There were quite a few soldiers from Hedong who were defeated and fled to Xiangzhou, but originally these soldiers didn't want to join An Qingxu.

An Qingxu had no prestige in the army. As the emperor of Dayan, he escaped from Luoyang before the battle in Luoyang.

Cui Youqian was defeated in Shanxia, ​​and there was also a reason why Luoyang lost first in the rear, which caused the army's morale to be shaken.

Cui Youqian didn't want to make peace with the emperor at first, but he just wanted to lead his troops back to Hedong to preserve his strength, find a local separatist regime, and then submit conditions to Datang.

But what people didn't expect was that An Qingxu, who used to only think about collecting money and having fun in the harem, suddenly changed after suffering such a big defeat.

He used all his money to buy people's hearts, and even the concubine beside him gave it to his generals without hesitation.

Now An Qingxu has pulled up a team of more than 2000 people in Xiangzhou, hiding in the countryside of Xiangzhou, and with the support of the people of Xiangzhou, his strength is getting stronger and stronger.

Cui Yougan said with a bitter face: "But Li Guangbi and Wang Sili, these two thieves, are guarding Anyang City to prevent His Majesty from returning north. What should we do?"

In fact, Cui Youqian also had thoughts, he was originally unruly, and he didn't deal with Shi Siming and his son who stayed behind in Hedong.

In several battles against the Tang army, Cui Youqian killed him again. He is in an embarrassing situation now. He can neither escape back to Hedong, nor surrender to Datang.

Moreover, Datang was so ruthless in killing the rebels who surrendered to the puppet Yan. Cui Youqian, a veteran rebel who had followed An Lushan since his early years, was even more unlikely to surrender to Datang.

Cui Youqian also looked down on An Qingxu in his heart, but An Qingxu had the status of Emperor Dayan, and now he was relying on him to gather the defeated army.

An Qingxu glanced at Cui Youqian, he also had his own plans.

Shi Siming and his son can surrender, Yan Zhuang can surrender, and even Cui Yougan can surrender, but An Qingxu has no possibility of surrender. How can there be any reason for Emperor Dayan to surrender?

Can't surrender, there is only one way to be a traitor to the end.

After An Qingxu escaped from Luoyang this time, he was finally sober.

In the past, relying on his father and brother's foundation, he could lie down and have fun in Luoyang's palace.

But now that Tang Jun has come, even his father's close comrade-in-arms, Shi Siming, has surrendered.

These days, I can only rely on myself.

After figuring this out, An Qingxu finally showed some tricks.

In fact, An Qingxu was despised by An Lushan and the Tang court, but he was An Lushan's son.

An Lushan, the son of a barbarian witch, was able to become the Jiedushi of the three towns east of the Tang Dynasty, which is a legend.

In the first half of his life, An Lushan was the famous King of Hedong County who was known as the Shuangbi of the Empire together with Ge Shuhan, a fierce general who beat the Hu people in the north so that they dared not go south to herd horses.

As the son of An Lushan, An Qingxu had received systematic military training even if he was not valued.

During the time in Xiangzhou, An Qingxu reawakened the general gene in his blood, and really gathered the remnant soldiers.

An Qingxu and Cui Yougan have their own ghosts, and An Qingxu needs Cui Yougan, a veteran, to lead the army and gather remnants to train the army.

Cui Youqian also needs the banner of An Qingxu, and needs to accumulate more bargaining chips to survive in troubled times.

The two sides hit it off immediately, but the relationship between the monarch and his ministers was closer than before.

Both sides are accumulating strength in Xiangzhou, and a storm is brewing in the northern part of Henan Province.

But at this time, the center of the empire, in Chang'an City, the aftermath of the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting has not dissipated.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, today is still a day for officials to rest and take a bath.

But the eunuchs in the palace are not so relaxed. They have to work every day 360 days a year.

"Xiao Muzi, what time is it and you're still sleeping!" Hearing a sharp cry, Mu Rong was so frightened that he jumped off the bed.

Cursing the dog plan again, it’s okay to make the cleansing so real. It’s harder to be a eunuch in the palace than a labor reform prisoner. This broken plan really doesn’t regard the labor law as the law.

Oh, Datang has no labor laws, so it's fine.

He quickly put on his clothes and rushed out of the room, seeing the ugly face of his master Eunuch Zhou, Mu Rong quickly said with a smile:
"Master, isn't this Zhengdan? I played leaf cards with some young eunuchs last night, so I went to bed late."

After saying this, Mu Rong stuffed a small package to Eunuch Zhou, and said with a smile: "This is Xiao Muzi who won yesterday, isn't this to honor the master?"

Eunuch Zhou didn't stop Mu Rong from stuffing things into his clothes, and said in a more relaxed tone: "Zhengdan has been away from court for a few days to rest, and there are indeed a lot of things missing in the Shangshu prison, but you can't do it because of this, little Muzi." Let up."

Eunuch Zhou led Mu Rong out of the small eunuch's collective dormitory area, and said as he walked: "If you want to get ahead in this palace, you must not make a wrong step. Do you know why you asked me to do it when you first entered the palace?" Godfather, do I disagree?"

Mu Rong shook his head quickly. Eunuch Zhou was the old eunuch who checked Mu Rong's identity during the cleansing process. After Mu Rong almost recovered from his injuries and entered the palace, he immediately found Eunuch Zhou and presented him with a "gem" from Longyou.

However, eunuch Zhou refused to be Mu Rong's godfather. He just managed a senior eunuch with his relationship and arranged Mu Rong to work in Shangshujian.

Compared with those eunuchs who went to Huanyi Bureau or Yeting, Mu Rong can be regarded as winning at the starting line!
Mu Rong can write and count, but now there is a shortage of Shangshujian, he got a job to look after the Chongwen Museum, which is a job with little work and good pay.

Mu Rong knew that he could be admitted to the Shangshujian, and Eunuch Zhou made great efforts. There is no love without a reason in this world. He gave Eunuch Zhou some small gifts every now and then, and his favorability increased.

Originally, Mu Rong thought that Eunuch Zhou's refusal to accept him as a godson was because he had not gained enough favorability.

Mu Rong still wanted to find something valuable to honor Eunuch Zhou, but he didn't expect Eunuch Zhou to ask this question suddenly.

"Master, little Muzi is dull and doesn't know what Master intends."

Eunuch Zhou looked at Mu Rong's young face and thought of the years he had been trapped inside the palace walls, sighed and said:

"The miscellaneous family said that being a eunuch is not an official. There is no chance of making a wrong step. If you don't climb up, you will be trampled to death. Little Muzi, master will ask you again, do you really want to climb?"

climb?Climb of course!

I play games alone, oh no!It's only after playing the game that they purify themselves, isn't it just to be able to stand out in the game!

Seeing Mu Rong's firm nod, Eunuch Zhou said: "Since this is the case, then this first step cannot be wrong. Every eunuch has only one chance to recognize his godfather. Although the miscellaneous family has some face in the palace, they are not the chief eunuchs. You don't have much room."

"I brought you here today because I want you to worship a godfather who can really help you!"

Now Mu Rong was slightly touched, the eunuch Zhou was really good to him, he has been taking care of him since he entered the palace, it is not in vain for him to show filial piety to his old man.

But as Mu Rong walked, he realized that he seemed to be leaving Daming Palace.

Could it be the eunuch living outside the palace?

Great eunuchs like Li Fuguo can buy real estate to live in Chang'an, which is even more prominent than the mansions of many officials.

Mu Rong looked forward to it even more, although following Eunuch Zhou out of the palace, the two of them got into the carriage, and after walking for a long time, they finally came to a big mansion.

Eunuch Zhou led Mu Rong into the house through the back door, and a young maid led them to the study.

Eunuch Zhou pulled Mu Rong to his knees: "Shangshu Supervisor Zhou Bingyi, I'm here to greet General Shenwu."

General Shenwu?Didn't you see the eunuch?

"come in."

An old voice came from the study, but the voice was very high-pitched, and it sounded like the voice of an eunuch.

Mu Rong followed Eunuch Zhou into the door, looked up at the old eunuch's face, and was stunned.

(End of this chapter)