Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 169 Tang Xuanzong's Choice
To say who the two people Tang Xuanzong trusted the most were Yang Guozhong and An Lushan. For Yang Guozhong, Tang Xuanzong was able to entrust almost all government affairs to him, and he would consult Yang Guozhong first for almost all matters.Regarding An Lushan, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty assured An Lushan to serve as a dual envoy, commanding more than [-] elite soldiers for more than ten years, and now he has accepted Anlushan as his adopted son.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, when did the emperor accept Hu people as adopted sons, An Lushan was the first one.

In the eyes of Tang Xuanzong, Li Fei is just an interesting kid, and he is quite trustworthy, but that trust cannot be compared with either of Yang Guozhong and An Lushan.

You said Tang Xuanzong was more willing to believe in Li Fei or Yang Guozhong and An Lushan, the answer is self-evident.

After pretending to investigate for ten days, Yang Guozhong entered the palace and returned to Tang Xuanzong.

"Your Majesty, the conquest of the Xi Clan and the Khitan Clan required a large amount of weapons and food. According to the generals under the command of Dongping County King, Dongping County King secretly prepared so many weapons and food for the purpose of reducing the burden on the court for His Majesty. As for taking the initiative Provoking the Xi and Khitan tribes, "raising the enemy's self-respect", although the minister has not yet investigated the details, but the Xi and Khitan tribes were enemies of the Central Plains repeatedly in the Sui Dynasty, and they were repeatedly sentenced in the Tang Dynasty. For a hundred years, they want to betray the Tang Dynasty, so why should the King of Dongping County provoke them, so the minister is incompetent and has not found any signs of rebellion by the King of Dongping County." Yang Guozhong's words are all excuses for An Lushan, of course, Yang Guozhong still has a future buried Foreshadowing the downfall of An Lushan, it is impossible to help An Lushan completely.

Tang Xuanzong obviously relaxed. Obviously, as long as there is a reason, he does not want to suspect that An Lushan will rebel.

But Yang Guozhong's blow was not the only one.

One day later, An Lushan also entered the palace the next day, and he came to bid farewell to Tang Xuanzong.

"Your Majesty, although the Xi Clan has been conquered, the Khitan Clan is still stubbornly resisting. Lushan has received news that the Khitan Clan wants to unite with Wuluo, Pugu and other tribes to form a coalition to counterattack Datang. The front line of Fanyang must be guarded by no one. I bid farewell to Your Majesty. Lu Shan's biological parents have passed away, and His Majesty is Lu Shan's father. Lu Shan only hopes that one day he can die for His Majesty at the front line, and not conquer the Khitan people in this life, so that they will sincerely submit to His Majesty from now on. Don’t dare to judge again, Lushan swears not to be a human being!” An Lushan’s face was full of righteousness, from beginning to end, he didn’t mention the matter of Hedong Jiedushi, as if he really wanted to return to the front line and defend the Tang Dynasty against the Khitan’s counterattack. .

When Tang Xuanzong heard An Lushan's words, he was so moved. How could An Lushan have any intention of rebellion? He was so loyal that he couldn't be more loyal.If An Lushan like this has the intention of treason, how can anyone in the world trust him.

"My son, let's go, I'm waiting for the news of your victory." Tang Xuanzong revealed his true feelings. He didn't even call him "Lushan" and called him "my son". This not only strengthened his trust in Anlushan, but even He trusted An Lushan more than before.

An Lushan's tiger eyes seemed to be filled with tears, and he knelt down directly to Tang Xuanzong: "Oh father, Lushan is about to go. Lushan guards the frontier for His Majesty. He knows that he has two roles and holds great power. Now I am also honored to be adopted by His Majesty as the son of Dongping County, who will have more glory. I am afraid that in the future, someone will be jealous of Lushan and gossip about Lushan. At that time, father, you must understand clearly, and don't listen to the villain's nonsense. what."

After An Lushan finished speaking, he kowtowed his head three times respectfully. With this appearance, he was as loyal as he wanted. Would a person with such a temperament rebel?Tang Xuanzong never believed it.

Thinking of the words behind Anlu Mountain, Tang Xuanzong really felt a little ashamed.

Lu Shan has not been with him for a year or two. Since the 24th year of Kaiyuan, Lu Shan has followed him and worked for him. Now it has been 18 years. His loyalty is obvious, and it is not invisible.Lu Shan is so loyal, but because of Li Fei's nonsense, he even doubted Lu Shan.

That boy Li Fei also said with certainty that Lu Shan would ask him for the post of Hedong Jiedu envoy. Look at Lu Shan now, he is bidding him farewell and is about to leave. Where did he mention half a thing about Hedong Jiedu? Li Fei is just talking nonsense about the position.

After bidding farewell to Tang Xuanzong, An Lushan took people out of Chang'an City the next day, which further confirmed Tang Xuanzong's thought that An Lushan was really a very loyal person, and it was that kid Li Fei who was talking nonsense. , almost caused him to wrong Lu Shan.

On the day An Lushan left Chang'an City, Yang Guozhong looked at the anger hidden in Tang Xuanzong's eyes, and he knew that the time had come to dig a hole for Li Fei.

"Your Majesty, at the beginning, the King of Dongping County proposed to be the adoptive son of the imperial concubine, but the imperial concubine had already accepted Li Fei, and she was pregnant with his majesty's flesh and blood, so she let his majesty accept him personally. The King of Dongping County is the adopted son. In this way, the King of Dongping County and Li Fei are the adopted sons of His Majesty and the Imperial Concubine respectively. Counting that the King of Dongping County and Li Fei are brothers and sisters, they should support each other. Li Fei is still too young Young people are always full of jealousy, maybe he is jealous of the achievements of the Dongping County King and His Majesty's trust in Dongping County King, so I don't know where I heard some rumors, so I came here to talk nonsense. Said that the king of Dongping County wanted to rebel, young man, hey——" Yang Guozhong shook his head with a sigh, hating that iron could not be made into steel, and calmly put the shit basin on Li Fei's head.

boom!
Tang Xuanzong slapped the desk in front of him angrily.

"Jealous? He, Li Fei, is a little hairy kid who hasn't even grown hair yet. What right does he have to be jealous? Lushan has guarded the frontier and fought on the battlefield for 20 years. Is he, Li Fei, able to understand? He dared to frame Lu Shan just because of jealousy, I think he wants to turn the world upside down——"

After scolding, Tang Xuanzong's trust in Li Fei was almost completely dissipated, and he suddenly became extremely disgusted with Li Fei.

Anyway, Tang Xuanzong didn't trust Li Fei at all, and believed that Li Fei was framing An Lushan.That being the case, there must be no punishment.

Tang Xuanzong had a gloomy face, thinking about how to punish Li Fei and teach Li Fei a harsh lesson.

"I actually overlooked that in just two or three years, because of the relationship between Li Fei's concubine, Li Fei has become a dignified prince from a white body. His status!" Tang Xuanzong sneered, feeling that Li Fei should never have done anything wrong, that he forgot his original identity in a moment of complacency, and dared to slander a minister like An Lushan casually because of jealousy, his heart is abominable!

"The way I see it, it's—"

"Sanlang?" Just as Tang Xuanzong was about to punish Li Fei, Concubine Yang Guifei suddenly walked in with the help of a court lady, her pair of graceful and beautiful eyes blinking. I don't know why Tang Xuanzong was so angry.
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