Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 166 Li Fei's Efforts

That night, Cao Xiaozhong came to Li Fei's house and brought back what Li Fei asked for from him a while ago.

"Will An Lushan rebel?" Cao Xiaozhong asked in a deep voice.

The things that Li Fei asked him to collect through Qiqing Chamber of Commerce's stores in various places were all directed at An Lushan. Cao Xiaozhong is not stupid. Judging from the things collected, it is very likely that An Lushan wants to rebel. This kind of thing It's too serious.

"Ninety percent." Li Fei didn't say for sure, let alone explain to Cao Xiaozhong why he knew An Lushan wanted to rebel. He believed that by now, Cao Xiaozhong and Xiao Ruoshui should have felt some of it.

Cao Xiaozhong didn't laugh like he used to when he saw Li Fei, mainly because he was frightened.

"I will try to stop An Lushan, but the possibility of success is unlikely. If you believe me, you and Xiao Ruoshui should make preparations in advance and move the Qiqing Chamber of Commerce out of Chang'an City. It will be here for a long time to come. It’s not a good place.” With Cao Xiaozhong as his brother, Li Fei reminded him so early that Chang’an City two years later is not only a good place, but also a region. Since An Lushan captured Chang’an City, Chang’an City has been recovered one after another. , to rotate between being ransacked.

Not to mention what An Lushan would do to the people of Chang'an City when they captured Chang'an City, but to say that Datang borrowed [-] soldiers from Huihe in order to recover Chang'an City. It was given to the Huihe soldiers to ravage, and all the property and beauties were looted by the Huihe soldiers. What the Tang Dynasty really recovered was nothing more than an empty city.

"I don't know what you plan to do brother. I, Cao Xiaozhong, am incompetent, and I can't help you brother."

"Actually, brother, I have already discussed with Ruoshui that the Qiqing Chamber of Commerce will gradually shift its focus out of Chang'an City." Marrying Xiao Ruoshui, Cao Xiaozhong has truly become the head of the Qiqing Chamber of Commerce, full of the air of a local tyrant.

"Let's go to Jiangnan, Jiangning, Suhangyang and Yang are all good places." Li Fei didn't continue to explain. He believed that Cao Xiaozhong and Xiao Ruoshui would make what they thought was the best decision.

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In order to catch up with An Lushan to get the post of Jiedu envoy of Hedong, Li Fei didn't dare to delay any longer, so he went to the palace to look for Tang Xuanzong early the next morning.

Today's Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty is becoming more and more lazy. Not only are government affairs almost all handled by Yang Guozhong, but even the previous daily morning court has been changed to three-day morning court.In addition, one month ago, Tang Xuanzong also decreed to change the county into a state!

Since Tang Gaozu Li Yuan established the country, Datang has changed states to counties and counties to prefectures several times. Tang Xuanzong succeeded to the throne for more than 40 years. Counting this time, it is the third change. It is not surprising. After all, states are still counties, almost Doesn't affect anything.

Li Fei handed over all the 'evidence' he collected to Tang Xuanzong.Due to time constraints, the evidence collected by Li Fei is not enough. There are mainly a few points. An Lushan built a Yan City more than ten miles away from Youzhou. The "weapon city" that mainly promotes Tibetan soldiers. In addition, a large number of warehouses were newly built in Youzhou City, storing a large amount of grain, and it was hidden from the court.The second is that An Lushan has repeatedly provoked the Xi and Khitan tribes behind the back of the court. In fact, the Xi and Khitan tribes originally did not want to oppose the court. An Lushan is raising his own self-esteem!For this reason, Li Fei also cited the examples of Sima Yi and Sima Zhao of the Wei State during the Three Kingdoms period.

"Your Majesty, An Lushan is also the envoy of Pinglu and Fanyang, and has more than [-] elite soldiers under his command. Now he has conquered the Xi clan. If he rebels, the consequences will be disastrous." Li Fei said to Tang with a serious face. Xuanzong said.

"An Lushan will rebel? I don't believe it!" Tang Xuanzong reacted greatly. He stared at Li Fei with gloomy eyes. The emperor was suspicious, and Tang Xuanzong was not without suspicion. Rebellion, the consequences are too serious.

But Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty accepted An Lushan as his adopted son two days ago and made him king of Dongping County.An Lushan has made continuous military achievements in these years, and now he has conquered the Xi clan for Datang. He is loyal to Datang, how could he rebel?

From the bottom of his heart, Tang Xuanzong obviously didn't want to believe such a thing, so he looked at Li Fei with deep anger in his gloomy eyes.

Li Fei sighed.

Historically, Yang Guozhong hated Anlu Mountain because of his conflict with Anlu Mountain, so he suggested to Tang Xuanzong several times that Anlu Mountain might rebel.Historically, Tang Xuanzong's trust in Yang Guozhong was obviously greater than his trust in Li Fei now, but he was still unwilling to trust Yang Guozhong several times.Not to mention that Li Fei and Yang Guozhong have a higher status in Tang Xuanzong's heart, even An Lushan has a higher status in Tang Xuanzong's heart than Li Fei. Tang Xuanzong trusts An Lushan more than Li Fei.

Therefore, at this moment Tang Xuanzong directly said 'I don't believe it'!Li Fei was not surprised at all, only helpless.

If it was not forced, Li Fei would never come to Tang Xuanzong and tell Tang Xuanzong that Anlu Mountain, which he trusted so much, and Anlu Mountain, which has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty after many military exploits, was happily accepted by him as righteousness two days ago An Lushan of his son wanted to rebel.

Because this is a shameful blow to Tang Xuanzong, it is equivalent to directly hitting Tang Xuanzong in the face.As Tang Xuanzong, who has always been confident that he has created an unprecedented prosperous age, and that he is the eternal sage, he values ​​his face more than ordinary emperors.

Don't say that Tang Xuanzong didn't believe that An Lushan wanted to rebel, even if An Lushan really wanted to rebel, how could you let Tang Xuanzong admit it, it would be a slap in the face of him.

"Your Majesty may not believe it, but An Lushan's visit to Chang'an City should be for two purposes. The first is to gain His Majesty's absolute trust, and the second is to further strengthen his own power. He should try every means to conspire to save the East River." In this way, An Lushan can hold the posts of Jiedu envoys in Fanyang, Pinglu, and Hedong towns, and almost all the north of the Yellow River will become his territory. At that time, if he rebels again, he will be able to approach Luoyang, the eastern capital. , and then directly kill Chang'an City!" Li Fei tried his best to convince Tang Xuanzong that An Lushan wanted to rebel, so he spared no effort to save Tang Xuanzong any face.He is not like Yang Guozhong in history who beat around the bush and let Tang Xuanzong still have a step down. Li Fei directly said that he was ruthless. Not only did Tang Xuanzong have no step down, but he could not avoid it.

"Li Fei, do you know what you are talking about!" Tang Xuanzong was very angry, he was almost cornered by Li Fei, his heart was full of anger, if this person was not Li Fei but just an ordinary official, Tang Xuanzong would definitely make an order Put people in prison first.

"Your Majesty, if there are no accidents, in the next few days, An Lushan will try to propose to His Majesty the position of concurrently serving as the Jiedu Envoy of Hedong. Your Majesty can wait quietly." Li Fei said with certainty.

Tang Xuanzong's face was gloomy and uncertain. Li Fei said so definitely, and Li Fei had no hatred with An Lushan, so he would not frame An Lushan for no reason. This made Tang Xuanzong angry, and finally planted doubts in his heart. seed.

"Li Fei, I will investigate the matter thoroughly. If I find out that you are deceiving me, I will not take it lightly!"
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