Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 234 Tang Xuanzong's Imagination
As one winter passed like this, the luxurious hot spring pool built by Tang Xuanzong in Huaqing Palace for Anlu Mountain failed to wait for Anlu Mountain after all.

Because he failed to wait for An Lushan, Tang Xuanzong seemed to be much more silent than before.

Few of the people who can play in the court are fools.Many officials have already seen that something is wrong with An Lushan.

An Lushan must have ambitions!Otherwise, any general with a heavy army in his hand would not come to the emperor's repeated summons.The so-called illness is a good excuse, but it is definitely not a reason for repeatedly refusing to come to Chang'an City to meet the emperor.

If you are really loyal, even if you die of illness on the way, there is no reason not to come.

What's more, An Lushan has been 'ill' for more than half a year now, if the 'illness' has been so serious, it won't get better.After such a long time, he fell ill and died early.

But Anlu Mountain is still doing well, but if you don't come to Chang'an City to meet the emperor, your ambitions are obvious!

Some officials thought that the time had come, so they directly participated in Anlushan's ambitions in the early court, saying that Anlushan wanted to rebel, and he should immediately issue an order to investigate and deal with it, cut his military power, and send three other generals to Hedong, Fanyang, and Pinglu. Daojiedushi.

However, their flattery was patted on the horse's leg, and the result was exactly the opposite of what they thought. Tang Xuanzong didn't appreciate it at all, but felt ashamed of being slapped in the face on the spot.

"Lushan is loyal to the Tang Dynasty. Why do you have any ambitions? I think you have ambitions. If you don't see Lushan being good, you will frame Lushan!" Several officials sharply reprimanded.

"Come here, dismiss these people and take them into custody!" Tang Xuanzong not only did not believe that these officials punished An Lushan, but directly dismissed several officials and imprisoned them on the charge of framing.

The moment they were dragged away by the rushing guards, several officials were stunned. They never expected such a result, otherwise they would never stand up and accuse An Lushan.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, have mercy—" No one paid any attention to the shouting of several officials who were dragged down.

Above, Tang Xuanzong's face was extremely gloomy.

But below, all civil and military officials were silent, not saying a word.No one dared to come out and accuse An Lushan of being ambitious and wanting to rebel.

idiot!Yang Guozhong cursed secretly, not sympathizing with the officials at all.In fact, these officials had no one to discuss with him beforehand, and they exposed An Lushan's ambitions to Tang Xuanzong on their own initiative, saying that An Lushan wanted to rebel, and now they ended up like this.

If Li Linfu was the person who understood Tang Xuanzong's thoughts best, then Yang Guozhong was the second person who understood Tang Xuanzong's thoughts.

Although the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty almost felt that there was a problem with Anlu Mountain, Yang Guozhong knew very well that others could only guide him. Except Tang Xuanzong himself, no one could directly accuse An Lushan of having ambitions and wanting to rebel, otherwise he would only Let Tang Xuanzong not come to power.

"Retire!" Tang Xuanzong snorted coldly, and left with a sullen face, shaking his sleeves.

In the corner of Huaqing Palace, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty was sitting in a gazebo playing music.

An Lushan did not come to Chang'an City for a long time. Even officials in the court felt that An Lushan had ambitions. As a suspicious emperor, Tang Xuanzong couldn't have no feeling in his heart. heart disease.

But An Lushan is his adoptive son, and he is the one he supported. If An Lushan has ambitions, he will betray Datang and him.Then his trust and support for An Lushan these years, isn't it just a blind eye?

Furthermore, An Lushan held 20 heavy soldiers, Tang Xuanzong could not imagine, if An Lushan really had ambitions, what would he do?
Because he didn't know what to do, unless An Lushan had really raised the flag to rebel, Tang Xuanzong would not believe it, and he couldn't believe that An Lushan would rebel.

Tang Xuanzong had an illusion in his heart, and also had a kind of luck, that is, An Lushan was always a loyal person of Tang Dynasty, and would not betray Datang, let alone his "foster father"!
-----
Yang Guozhong was definitely the civil and military man of the Manchu Dynasty, the only person who could guess Tang Xuanzong's mind.As the prime minister, Yang Guozhong has his own information, and he also knows whether An Lushan really has ambitions, but what does it matter to him, Yang Guozhong?

Did An Lushan want to rebel? When An Lushan really rebelled, he would just extinguish it, and An Lushan could be completely wiped out in an instant.

Tang Xuanzong's disbelief in An Lushan's ambitions is also Tang Xuanzong's business. Anyway, as long as no one can threaten his position as prime minister, he will always hold the power in his hands, and the others don't matter!
There is no doubt that Yang Guozhong is the same person as Li Linfu, who values ​​power as much, and everything is for the power in their own hands.

To say that the only thing Yang Guozhong worried about was the war between Jiannan Road and Nanzhao Kingdom.

Yang Guozhong was also in charge of the Jiedu Envoy of Jiannan Dao. From the day he became the prime minister, he reported to Tang Xuanzong aggressively and ordered Jiannan Dao to be the master, and gathered the power of the three ways to attack Nanzhao Kingdom.

However, the first time was a disastrous defeat, and the second time was also a disastrous defeat. Even the coach Li Mi was killed.Although the third time was delayed until today, due to various reasons, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and there was no progress, and there was no hope of destroying the Nanzhao Kingdom for a long time.

On the contrary, after coming down so many times, in order to attack Nanzhao Kingdom, Jiannan Road, Shannan Road, Henan Road and other places, the potential was exhausted. The casualties of soldiers alone exceeded 20, and the court allocated a lot of money and food. The consumption of national power in the war against Nanzhao was much greater than the war with Tubo presided over by Shu Han, the Daoist of Longyou.

Yang Guozhong was devastated, but he didn't dare to tell Tang Xuanzong to stop the war against Nanzhao.Because the war against Nanzhao was launched by Yang Guozhong since he became the prime minister, if he does not win the war, the blow to his prestige will be fatal, and it is likely that he will lose the position of prime minister directly, so No matter how much he consumes, he will survive anyway.

In March, a piece of 'good news' finally came, which made Yang Guozhong excited all of a sudden.

The Nanzhao Kingdom has sued for peace!

Nanzhao finally couldn't hold on anymore, Yang Guozhong was overjoyed, he waited for this day for more than three years.

In fact, under the order of Yang Guozhong, the Tang army continued to attack. Although they were all defeated by the Nanzhao Kingdom, they killed [-] enemies and lost [-]. The Nanzhao Kingdom only had a population of one million. Both the army and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and they were unable to continue to fight against Datang, so the King of Nanzhao asked Datang for peace.

As for the Tang Dynasty, Yang Guozhong exhausted the potential of Jiannan, Shannan, and Henan. Unless other forces were mobilized, he would no longer be able to continue to attack the Nanzhao Kingdom. In line with Yang Guozhong's wishes.

Of course, in order to increase his own prestige, Yang Guozhong described the Nanzhao Kingdom's peace request as a great victory of the Tang Dynasty, saying that Jiannan Dao had defeated the Nanzhao Kingdom, and reported it to Tang Xuanzong in this way.
-
(End of this chapter)