Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 60
12. Discord between generals and prime ministers
After the noble concubine Yang Taizhen passed away from Anlu Mountain, she lived in the deep palace in silence and missed her from time to time. At this time, the Cochin Kingdom paid tribute to dipterocarp, fifty pieces in the shape of cicadas and silkworms. The Persians said that this can only be found on the old diptero tree festival. , very rare.Emperor Xuanzong gave Yang Guifei ten pieces, and Yang Guifei invented the camel envoy privately, and gave three pieces to Anlu Mountain.Ming camel is a kind of ostrich with hair under its belly, which glows at night and can travel five hundred miles a day. Only the emperor has the right to send envoys to invent camels if he has important military affairs.Now the noble concubine Yang Taizhen loves An Lushan so much that she even invented a camel envoy privately.

Here, An Lushan was eager to win the battle with Asbu, but counterattacked and failed, and the Khitan soldiers took advantage of the victory.At the critical moment, his son An Qingzong and adopted son Sun Xiaozhe escorted him to escape.He did not want another leader of the Khitan, Chief Ge Luolu, to capture the leader of the Khitan rebels, Asbu, and send him to the Anlu Mountain Camp. The chief got drunk with wine and cut off his head, which was regarded as physical evidence of his illustrious military exploits.Just when Xuanzong issued a decree to increase the reward, Yang Guozhong and Prince Li Xiang had found out the truth about An Lushan's expedition with troops, but Xuanzong refused to believe it.

As soon as An Lushan arrived in Beijing, Concubine Yang sent her confidants to tell him these things, so when An Lushan went to Huaqing Palace to see the emperor, she cried and kowtowed to the ground, saying: "This minister is a grassroots warrior in Changchang Fan. , was favored by His Majesty Long En, and sent his ministers to lead the troops outside; but Prime Minister Yang in the court wanted to put his ministers to death, begging Your Majesty to show mercy!" Xuanzong was really moved by his pitiful appearance, coupled with Concubine Yang On the sidelines, he tried his best to help and say good things, so An Lushan escaped safely again.

As soon as An Lushan returned to his Qinrenfang, he began to move the small and soft people in the mansion out of Beijing one after another, and sent them to the border for settlement.At this time, Anlushan had more than [-] soldiers stationed at the border, and then Anlushan went to the palace to persuade Concubine Yang to escape from the palace secretly, and to have a long-lasting relationship with him.When Concubine Yang heard this, she laughed and said, "Fool! If he can be the emperor, can't you be the emperor? I am the imperial concubine of the Tang Dynasty. How can I elope with others like a village woman?" One sentence stabbed An Lu The sore spot on the mountain, kowtowed his head and said: "The child has obeyed the mother's will. My son is gone, please take care of the mother, this time I can no longer be the emperor, and I will never see beautiful women again!"

At this time, Yang Guozhong had already noticed that An Lushan was acting differently, so he hurried into the palace to report to Xuanzong, saying that An Lushan's actions were undoubtedly rebellious.At this time, the imperial concubine Yang Taizhen was just on the side, and said to Xuanzong in a low voice: "The discord between the general and the prime minister is a serious problem for the court. May your majesty be arbitrary and see thousands of miles." Lushan was shot by the left servant of the Shangshu, protected the frontiers of the country, granted 500 households, and gave houses for slaves and maidservants; he was also worshiped as the general idle stable, and was in charge of the horses in Longyou.An Lushan entered the court to thank him, and recommended his confidant Ji Wen as his deputy general. In addition, 2000 of An Lushan's generals were named generals, and [-] worshiped Zhonglang.

When An Lushan came out of Beijing, Xuanzong personally went to see him at the Yuwang Pavilion, took off his royal robe, and put it on his shoulders for An Lushan himself.An Lushan was immediately moved to tears, and he couldn't help but waver again after his firm rebellion against the noble concubine Yang Yuhuan, but when he saw Yang Guozhong's hostile and penetrating eyes, he was frightened again and panicked. He led his soldiers and horses, said goodbye in a hurry, ran out of Qimen, and drove down the river with more than a hundred large ships;

Next, An Lushan traveled three hundred miles a day, arrived at Fanyang, captured Zhang Wenyan's horse herds, and occupied Fanyang City.The magistrates reported the situation of An Lushan's rebellion to the imperial court like snowflakes, but Xuanzong didn't believe it.

Yang Guozhong heard that An Lushan was recruiting troops and buying horses, and the momentum was growing day by day. Prince Li Heng also persuaded him several times, and Xuanzong finally came to his senses. The decree is to give An Qingzong, the second son of An Lushan, to marry the daughter of the clan, and Xuan An Lushan will go to Beijing to observe the ceremony.An Lushan had no choice but to lead [-] soldiers to station at the foot of Lishan Mountain, and then went to the palace to meet the emperor.

As soon as Concubine Yang Guifei saw that An Lushan was really rebellious, she called him into the palace on the grounds of giving a banquet, and quietly and earnestly advised him not to rebel. You have to be patient with that kind of thinking, and when the emperor lives forever, even if you do whatever you want, I will never stop you again.As Concubine Yang Guifei said, she really shed tears.An Lushan's stubborn rebellion could not help being softened by the beauty's tears, and he was shaken again.

But as soon as An Lushan came out of the palace, he met Yang Guozhong. Yang Guozhong saw that An Lushan came into the palace with a full set of deacons, swords, halberds and banners. ?”

An Lushan sneered and said, "Old Yang! You said it's wrong for me to be presumptuous, but isn't it a crime for you to sell your official title?"

Yang Guozhong became angry from embarrassment, and when he got angry, he burst into anger: "You are right, I don't sell officials and nobles, how can you be as rich as you are today? Back then you were just a border crosser, frustrated and frustrated. Your appearance back then still made me Let the servants dress up to show today's Lord An."

As Yang Guozhong said, two of his followers brought over two chairs and asked Prime Minister Yang and Prince An to sit down.Then he walked past a follower of Prime Minister Yang. He pressed the brim of his hat between his eyebrows, made a look of frustration, stood there, and confessed: "Our family is from Anlu Mountain, from Liucheng, Yingzhou. My mother Shi De, begged for a son in Yaluo Mountain, and returned home to give birth to me, because he was named Lushan. Later, he remarried with his mother to An Yanyan, so he assumed the surname An. He joined the army under the tent of Jiedu envoy Zhang Shougui, and went to conquer Western Khitan. In, he was defeated and fled back after being killed, but fortunately Zhang Jiedu leniently refused to kill him, and Xie Jing asked for an order..."

At this time, Prime Minister Yang, who was sitting on it, continued to talk, and asked in a tone of voice: "An Lushan, your crime has been sentenced, and the old man has no power to recover." Lu Shan repeatedly kowtowed and begged, "If the Prime Minister is willing to save you, the prisoner will be able to live. Pity my dog's life, it's all up to the Prime Minister to decide!"

It turned out that Yang Guozhong had already mastered this set. Now that he heard that An Lushan had entered the palace to receive a banquet from Concubine Yang Guifei, he deliberately led his entourage and followed him into the palace, all in order to humiliate this proud Hu'er face to face.Sure enough, An Lushan was sitting on the sidelines, seeing their master and servant humiliating him everywhere in the corridor of the hall, he was so angry that he jumped off his seat, went over and grabbed Yang Guozhong's robe sleeve, and the two generals exchanged words. Twisting his belt, tearing and tearing, he rushed into the harem angrily, and asked Xuanzong to comment on right and wrong.

When Xuanzong saw that his majestic general and prime minister looked like this, he couldn't help feeling his face was hot. Without saying a word, he was very annoyed and ordered both of them to retreat outside the court gate to wait for the order.

Yang Guozhong and An Lushan retreated out of the palace one by one in dejection.At the door, the two were still standing with their faces turned away.

After a while, Gao Lishi handed down an imperial decree: "Yang Guozhong and An Lushan played against each other, and the generals were at odds, so it was difficult to govern in the same dynasty; An Lushan was specially appointed as Fan Yang's Jiedu envoy, and he went to town immediately." Lu Shan hurriedly knelt down facing the Chaomen, thanked the imperial decree, stood up and bowed his hands to Yang Guozhong and said: "Old Prime Minister, I am gone today, don't blame me for being arrogant! Inside the Chaomen, you can show your teeth and claws; outside the Chaomen , but let me be happy and carefree. The two of us, ride a donkey and read the libretto, just wait and see, it’s not certain who wins!"

13. The last glory of the Yang family
Here Yang Guozhong saw that Anlu Mountain was far away, and after a long while, he sighed and said: "It is obvious that the tiger is released back to the mountain, and the dragon enters the sea! I hope that when Anlu Mountain goes away, there will be troubles sooner, and then Long Live God will know my old age." Yang had the foresight."

At this time, Gao Lishi shouted again: "Yang Guozhong listens to the decree! Yang Guozhong's eldest son, Yang Xuan, was awarded the title of Yinqing Guanglu doctor Taichangqing, and also the household servant; he also gave Yang Xuan Shangyan and the princess, and Yang Guozhong's youngest son Yang Yushang. Princess Mengchun." This was what Yang Guozhong begged Xuanzong several times, and now Xuanzong appointed An Lushan as Fan Yang Jiedu envoy, fearing that Yang Guozhong would be unhappy, he immediately made this decree again.

As expected, Yang Guozhong was very happy, thanked Sheng En, and went to recruit husbands and servants to build two son-in-law mansions, which were connected with the prime minister's mansion in front of the east gate of the palace.Emperor Xuanzong also decreed that Yang Guozhong's younger brother, Secretary Yang Jianshang, the young supervisor, should marry Princess Chengrong, and built a tall son-in-law mansion on the left side of the prime minister's mansion.Now, even the five sisters and brothers of South Korea, Guo State, and Qin State have ten mansions in total, with grand pavilions and grand pavilions, facing each other along the road;There are warriors with halberds guarding the gates, and the ordinary people are scared to escape far away.After the completion of the three mansions, Yang Guozhong sent his family members to Huaiyang, Suzhou and Hangzhou to purchase precious utensils.

On the day when one princess and two princesses got married, Emperor Xuanzong and Concubine Yang personally delivered the marriage. They were lucky enough to visit Prime Minister Yang's mansion, and all the civil and military ministers of the court came to the prime minister's mansion to congratulate him.

Inside the gate of He He Yang's Mansion, there are loud music and music, there is a long queue for a feast, and the noise of carriages and horses outside the gate is like a busy city.Xuanzong smiled and said to Concubine Yang: "Your Yang family has one concubine, two princesses, three princesses and three wives, and there are countless men with high officials and noble titles. Isn't it extremely honorable?" Concubine Yang hurriedly bowed to thank you Said: "The concubine entrusts the Holy Light to protect her, and she is afraid of dying. How can she be favored by a family? The concubine is so apprehensive and grateful!"

Xuanzong laughed loudly and said: "The concubine is so humble, why is she not blessed to take on it? I am now Jia Enqing's family." Then at the feast, Yang Guozhong was named Sikong, and Yang Yuanyan, the father of the noble concubine Yang Yuhuan, was given the title of Taiwei. Feng Qi Guogong, the mother of the noble concubine Yang Yuhuan is Mrs. Liang Guo;Pay homage to Yang Guozhong's uncle, Yang Yuangui, as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry; Cui Xun, the son-in-law of Mrs. Han Guo, as the Secretary and Shaojian; Liu Cheng, the son-in-law of Mrs. Qin Guo, as the Minister of Rites.

At this time, the three wives of South Korea, Guo State, and Qin State were sitting with their beautiful young children under their shoulders.Xuanzong saw Mrs. Han's daughter, Qin Gu, with bright eyes and white teeth, and a slender figure. She was very attractive, so he waved to her, and Mrs. Han hurriedly pushed her forward.

Xuanzong liked the little girl visiting Ruyi even more, he held her in his arms and asked how old she was?Mrs. Korea said: "12 years old."

Xuanzong said with a smile: "But it is the same age as my family's grandson. Today I will ask Mrs. Korea to give your daughter to my family as my grandson's wife." Then, he passed an order to the palace to take the eldest emperor's grandson. Come, meet Qin Gu.

Qin Gu, who knew a little bit about people, immediately understood, she ran shyly to her mother's arms to hide, and Xuanzong ordered the eldest grandson to visit Mrs. Han.When Mrs. Korea saw the grandson with handsome features and a handsome figure, she also liked it very much, and she was only 15 years old, so she worshiped him as the king of Guangping.Yang Guozhong hurriedly came to kowtow to thank him, and together with the ministers who were feasting in the mansion, he came to congratulate Emperor Xuanzong and Mrs. Han, and congratulated King Guangping.

In his excitement, Xuanzong saw that Mrs. Guo was leaning on a man and a woman on her knees, so he also delivered an edict to give Mrs. Guo's son Pei Hui to marry Princess Yanguang, and her daughter was appointed as the emperor's daughter-in-law.Mrs. Guo Guo hurriedly took her children to leave the table to thank her. Xuanzong saw Mrs. Guo Guo beaming with joy, adding to her charm, and the indescribable love in his heart, but it was in the way of everyone's eyes and ears, so he could only call Mrs. Guo Guo to die .

At this time, Mrs. Qin also brought her son Liu Jun and her brother-in-law Liu Tan to beg the emperor for a marriage. The handsome uncles and nephews were both 15 years old. Let's do it!" So the decree was sent to give Liu Junshang the marriage of Princess Changqing and Liu Chengshang the marriage of Princess Hezheng.

It was midnight, the singing and dancing stopped in the prime minister's mansion, and the guards of the five families were divided into five teams, each team wore the same color clothes. At this time, the three wives of South Korea, Guo State, and Qin State were all playing fine music and shining red lights. go back home.The five families work together, and the five colors complement each other, like the glow of a hundred flowers.At this time, there were tens of thousands of soldiers on the roadside, holding torches in their hands, illuminating several streets like daylight.

(End of this chapter)