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Volume 2: Looking to Chang'an Chapter 61 Qingxu kills his father and patrols the country's border

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    Chapter 61: Qingxu kills his father and patrols the country's border

    In the next month, Li Zuoguo discussed with Chu Tianshu and Li Yi and came up with a plan to completely change the military system and official positions. In fact, for Li Zuoguo, it is not important how to change the military system and official positions. What is important is that the army will always be  It must be in the hands of the most powerful ruler.

    As a guarantee of the army's combat effectiveness, the entire army will not lose its combat effectiveness in decades or centuries. The idea Li Zuoguo came up with was the idea of ??a great power, encouraging military merit, encouraging the expansion of territory, raising the status of military personnel, and increasing military pensions.

    The separation of the titles of civilian officials and military attach¨¦s is equivalent to maintaining the system of separation of civil and military affairs. As for whether civil affairs govern military affairs or military affairs govern civil affairs when there is no war, Li Zuoguo cannot answer this question, and he cannot answer it. He can only ensure that the entire civil and military system will be maintained in his lifetime.  Normal operation, Li Zuoguo has no control over whether his descendants can control this situation, because Li Zuoguo knows very well that there is no absolutely advanced system in this world, nor is there an eternal dynasty.

    At the end of October, everyone under Li Zuoguo's rule ushered in a bumper harvest. The Guanzhong Three Roads he had just conquered. Although the war affected the grain output, Li Zuoguo's one-year grain tax exemption ensured that the people under his rule had sufficient food rations.  So after the autumn harvest, the people under the rule of Li Zuoguo were really smiling.

    For the people of Anxi, good times have passed for several years, so they don¡¯t care much about this year¡¯s harvest. They just feel that life is very good now, but the other three ways have completely different feelings. Datang is here  The time was originally at its peak, but food taxes and labor were unavoidable, and the burden on the people became increasingly heavy.

    But things are different now. Li Zuoguo's Anxi Army brought a completely different approach. Not only did it crack down on land annexation, allowing the people to be allocated fields again, but they also kept their word and exempted the first year of grain taxes. It's that simple for the people.  , whoever brings them benefits is a qualified ruler in their minds. The so-called people's aspirations are nothing more than this.

    The smart thing about Li Zuoguo is that he did not immediately touch the vested interests of the family members, because the Guanzhong family who fled the war made a large area of ??land ownerless, thus avoiding direct confrontation with the family members when dividing the fields, and the escaped  The aristocratic families were basically relatively strong, and those who stayed in Guanzhong were the weak ones. In this way, there would be less resistance to promoting Li Zuoguo's land-dividing policy.

    As for some of the remaining aristocratic families who want to jump out and attack, Li Zuoguo conquered Guanzhong with force. At this time, confronting Li Zuoguo is no different from seeking death. Of course, there are also people who don't understand the situation. That is, they can only end up with their families destroyed.  The end has happened. Whether it is Duan Tianhe or Li Hu, they have stayed in Anxi for a long time, and they are not good men and women.

    After the Autumn Harvest, basically all the generals and civil servants were rewarded. With the praise from the people, Li Zuoguo's rule had entered a stable period.

    Li Hu was not idle during this month, and still maintained pressure on Shi Siming. He constantly sent small groups of cavalry to attack Shi Siming. At the same time, he also treated An Lushan who was huddled in Luoyang. Li Hu was responsible for attacking Shi Siming.  And Asulu, this Turkic man who was named Zhongwu General, specially led the rangers to attack in turns, pressing Anlu Mountain to the point of being unable to move.

    There is another major event. In early October, Ariel successfully gave birth to a boy. This is Li Zuoguo¡¯s second son and the most important child of the Golden Family in the hearts of Turks. Ariel¡¯s father Ashina Hega  After getting the news, they drank happily all night and spent 10,000 gu to buy cattle, sheep and wine. The whole family celebrated for five days. The Turkic people in Anxi were cheering for this Hu-Han hybrid.

    Li Zuoguo named this nine-pound fat boy Li Zhongfei, whose nickname was Fei'er. When the second son was born, all the people under his rule, Hu Han, returned home, and the countries surrounding Anxi sent congratulatory gifts. Li Zuoguo's next day was different from the past.  , anyone with a discerning eye can know that Li Zuoguo, who has occupied the land in Guanzhong, has the strength to dominate the world.

    Different from the joy of preparing his son's full moon wine, a tragedy was taking place in the palace of Luoyang at this time. An Qingxu was standing sullenly outside the door of his father An Lushan's palace, wearing an ordinary suit.  The Yan Shenjun's armor and helmet were pushed down so low that they even covered his eyes. Unless An Qingxu's face was looked at closely, it would be impossible to tell that the person dressed as a soldier was the King of Jin, An Qingxu.

    There were two hundred people in An Qingxu's team. An Qingxu was in the middle. The soldiers on the left and right used their bodies to protect An Qingxu in the middle. The soldiers standing in a square formation were silent, while the soldiers standing at the door of the palace were silent.  The Forbidden Army soldiers also turned a blind eye to the phalanx of these two hundred people.

    An Qingxu raised his eyes and glanced at Yan Zhuang who was standing in front of the palace door. Yan Zhuang, who was the Prime Minister of the Yan Kingdom, could be said to be An Lushan's most trusted person. Since returning to Luoyang, An Lushan's eyes were basically blind.  Got it?He could no longer see anything, which also made An Lushan's character become more and more violent. In just one month, he killed more than a hundred palace maids and eunuchs who made minor mistakes, and even executed a dozen of the guards around him.  .

    This made everyone around An Lushan extremely frightened. They didn't know that one day they would turn into a tattered and cold corpse, be wrapped in white cloth and carried out of the palace gate, then be thrown into a carriage and taken to the funeral mound outside Luoyang City.  Once buried, the matter was over.

    An Lushan was furious after An Qingxu's defeat and immediately ordered An Qingxu to be executed. Fortunately, Yan Zhuang persuaded An Lushan to spare An Qingxu's life.  He made An Qingxu shut up in his own house and think about his mistakes. At the same time, he deprived An Qingxu of all his power and gave him a forty-ridged cane.

    An Qingxu only stayed in the mansion for three days. The more he thought about it, the more scared he became, so he quietly went to Yanzhuang's mansion to ask for an audience. It seemed that Yanzhuang had been waiting for An Qingxu for a long time. An Qingxu expressed his worries and then cried and worshiped Yan.  Zhuang begged him for help, and Yan Zhuang called out someone. An Qingxu saw that it was Li Zhuer, the palace manager next to An Lushan.

    After Li Zhuer's wife Zihuan was killed by An Lushan, Li Zhuer served An Lushan even more meticulously, which made An Lushan feel that Li Zhuer used it smoothly and executed so many palace maids.  The eunuchs and An Lushan did not kill Li Zhuer, but instead rewarded him with a lot of property.

    After Yan Zhuang invited Li Zhuer out, he stared at An Qingxu and said, "King Jin, if you want to save your life, the only way for you to save your life is for King Jin to ascend the throne and become the leader of the Yan Kingdom."

    An Qingxu was surprised, he was still guilty, how could he achieve such a great treasure?  An Qingxu, who had already had a premonition in his heart, said: "My father is still in good health, how can I achieve such a great treasure?"

    Yan Zhuang looked solemn: "I heard from Manager Li that the emperor's health has not been very good recently. If something happens to him, King Jin will have no choice but to ascend the throne to maintain the inheritance of the Yan Kingdom."

    An Qingxu understood what Yan Zhuang said, thought about it for a moment, raised his head with a ferocious look on his face and asked: "Then when will the father die?"

    Li Zhuer's eyes flashed with anger, and he said: "The emperor's eyesight is not good for the past few days. Prince Jin must be prepared."

    The three of them looked at each other and discussed in a low voice with tacit understanding, so An Qingxu put on the clothes of a soldier of the Yan Shenjun tonight and entered the palace with the 10,000 Yan Shenjun who followed him back to Luoyang.  It was Zeng Pei. Zeng Pei was almost killed when he returned to Luoyang. In the end, it was Yan Zhuang who saved Zeng Pei. Zeng Pei, who had his military power taken away, returned home to think about his mistakes. However, this Yan Shenjun has been in Zeng Pei's hands for six years.  The generals of the upper and lower armies were all disciples and relatives, and the generals sent by An Lushan to lead the army had already lost their heads.

    An Qingxu clenched his fists and found that his hands were covered with cold sweat, and his back was also covered with cold sweat. It was extremely wet and uncomfortable. Looking at the calm and solemn expression on the steps, An Qingxu couldn't help but admire him secretly. Prime Minister Yan was really not surprised at all changes.

    Zeng Pei has already led people to guard the palace gate and the surrounding area, and the chamberlains and the imperial guards in the palace are basically Li Zhuer's people. Logically speaking, An Qingxu is guaranteed to win, but the feeling of patricide is like a black hand, and it is tight.  He gripped An Qingxu's heart so tightly that it was difficult for him to breathe.

    In the palace, An Lushan had already fallen asleep. An Lushan, who had drunk a few more glasses of wine, began to snore as soon as he lay on the couch. Li Zhuer carefully checked the surroundings and then waved to the eight palace maids and eunuchs waiting inside.  They all retreated quietly, and Li Zhuer stood silently in front of An Lushan's couch.

    There was no one else in front of him at this time, Li Zhuer's eyes showed hatred, as if he felt something, An Lushan's fat body turned, An Lushan raised his head slightly and shouted: "Why is there wind? Li  Pig."

    Li Zhuer took a step forward, his voice was respectful, but the sneer at the corner of his mouth was invisible to An Lushan: "Your Majesty, the window in the room is not closed, Zhu'er will close it immediately."

    Li Zhuer hurriedly closed the open window and walked back to the couch. An Lushan had already fallen asleep again. Li Zhuer stared at An Lushan for a long time. Feeling that An Lushan was already asleep, he turned around and walked to a hanging table.  In front of the wall with a horizontal knife, he gently pulled out An Lushan's favorite sword.

    Li Zhuer held the knife in both hands and raised it slowly. His hands were shaking slightly. After all, he had been under An Lushan's power for so long. It was only a heart of hatred that supported Li Zhuer. He was afraid. That was for sure. Li Zhuer  After Er maintained the posture of raising the knife for a long time, An Lushan suddenly turned over and fell asleep on his back, snoring louder.

    Li Zhuer softly called out: "Purple Huan." The horizontal knife in his hand slashed hard, and with a "pounce" sound, it hit An Lushan's protruding belly. This knife used up all the strength of Li Zhuer's body.  The horizontal knife was a fine gift given to An Lushan by Emperor Li Longji. The blade was very sharp, and the blade almost completely penetrated into An Lushan's belly.

    Li Zhuer drew the knife, and An Lushan's blood immediately splashed onto Li Zhuer's face, and even his mouthIt also splashed a little. An Lushan was seriously injured. He screamed and raised his upper body. At this time, all the fear in Li Zhuer's heart suddenly surged into his heart. He felt that his feet were as soft as noodles, and the knife fell on him with a single stroke.  On the ground, people also collapsed to the ground.

    "Who dares to hurt me? Li Zhu'er, where is Li Zhu'er?" An Lushan roared and touched his abdomen with both hands. His hands were full of warmth and touched directly into the abdominal cavity. An Lushan collapsed with these words.  Li Zhuer, who was on the ground, woke up with a start. Li Zhuer screamed and rolled and crawled towards the door.

    An Lushan heard Li Zhuer's sound, and An Lushan got out of bed with his hand on the injured area. He immediately understood that Li Zhuer had hurt him. As soon as An Lushan got out of bed, all the knotted internal organs and intestines in his stomach rolled away.  He came out and fell on his feet. After all, An Lushan was a military commander who had been in battle, and he immediately knew that he was fatally injured.

    An Lushan shouted: "Come here, where is Li Zhu'er?" No one answered. An Lushan remembered that Yan Zhuang proposed to him during the day, saying that a new group of palace maids and chambermaids had been hired, and they would all be able to serve people.  But An Lushan agreed to replace the original batch. Now that he thought about it, Yan Zhuang was definitely involved in this assassination. An Lushan covered the wound and got out of bed, filled with resentment in his heart. Yan Zhuang trusted him so much, and he actually  Want to kill me?

    An Lushan took a step forward with difficulty. The large amount of blood loss had made An Lushan unconscious. He shouted: "The thief is from Yanzhuang!" He immediately fell down into a pool of his own internal organs and blood, and followed by  The slight twitching of An Lushan's body slowly subsided. The horizontal sword given by Li Longji not far from An Lushan was emitting a cold light, as if it was mocking this rebellious minister who had brought disaster to the country.

    On the second day of November in the fifteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan was killed by Li Zhuer in Luoyang. Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu, who were waiting outside, entered the palace and dug a hole under the bed to bury An Lushan's body. Yan Zhuang and An Lushan were buried the next day.  Li Zhuer teamed up to announce that An Lushan was critically ill. Li Zhuer followed An Lushan's imperial edict and made An Qingxu the prince and supervise the country. Yan Zhuang subsequently agreed.

    Zeng Pei went to the Jin Palace to ask An Qingxu to go to the palace to supervise the country, but the officials did not dare to disobey. Ten days later, An Qingxu announced An Lushan's death and proclaimed himself emperor.  The mountain's favorite concubine, Duan, strangled his brother An Qing'en to death.

    An Qingxu then continued to recruit troops in Luoyang and took civilian food for military use in preparation for a decisive battle with Li Zuoguo next year. Luoyang's ten houses and nine empty houses were in dire straits, and the coldest winter ushered in.

    Shule City is like a huge beast entrenched by the Red River. Rows of waterwheels are like huge guards by the Red River. The light snow has cleared, the sky is cloudy, and the blue sky is disappearing and appearing. Shule City  The snow on the four gates of the city has been cleared by dedicated personnel. Although it has snowed once, the open doorway is clean. This snowfall is the first snow in Anxi. The amount of snow is not heavy, and there is only a thin layer of snow on the houses.  Thin layer.

    Shule is now different from what it used to be. The city has formed another urban area along the city wall. An outer wall has been built in this urban area. The current city size of Shule has been expanded four times compared to the original one. It is close to the west city wall.  It has been built to the edge of the Red River. At this time, there is a row of generals with helmets on their heads standing at the east gate of Shule. Duan Heng, the guard of Shule, is standing at the second one. He has been awarded the title of General Pingxi. This is a general with a miscellaneous title.  , but has the power to lead an army alone, commanding the Shule garrison. Standing behind him are all officers of the Shule garrison and above. Standing in front of Duan Heng is Li Hu's father, Li Zuoguo's cousin.  Uncle Li Yuexing.

    Li Yuexing surrendered his military power and returned to Shule to retire. At the same time, he took care of Li Hu's two sons. He usually took his soldiers out of the city to hunt and lived a very happy life. Li Zuoguo named Li Yuexing the Marquis of Xiwu. This was Li Zuoguo's title.  The first Wuhou born.

    Li Yuexing looked eastward from time to time, looking a little anxious. He turned to ask Duan Heng: "Why did it snow last night? I don't know if it affected Sikong's schedule. Did you send someone to greet it?"

    Duan Heng smiled slightly and said: "Dingxihou, you have asked this question for the fourth time. The general has sent people to greet him. I believe he will not miss Sikong and his party."

    Li Yuexing said: "We should go up to them. What's the point of waiting here? It's really worrying."

    Duan Heng¡¯s lips became even wider: ¡°This is the fifth time that Marquis Dingxi has said this. Sikong has ordered that Marquis Dingxi not be allowed to go out of the city to greet him. Marquis Dingxi is Sikong¡¯s elder, and this was specifically ordered by Sikong.¡±

    Li Yuexing was speechless and glared at Duan Heng: "You kid, you still dare to make fun of me."

    The juniors Duan Heng, Li Hu and Li Zuoguo all grew up under Li Yuexing's watch, so Duan Heng and Li Yuexing talked more casually. Li Zuoguo took advantage of the winter to start touring Anxi. As the place where Li Zuoguo started, Shule was the first place to inspect.  .

    Two war horses galloped in the distance, bringing up a piece of snow, as if they were dragging out a white dragon behind the two knights. The knights were the cavalry sent by Duan Heng to greet Li Zuoguo. The two knights dismounted at the city gate and walked quickly to kneel in front of Li Yuexing.  Report: "ReportDingxihou, Sikong's cavalry was only five miles away from Shule and arrived a quarter of an hour later.  "

    Li Yuexing laughed loudly: "Okay, Sikong will be here soon. Let's go prepare the banquet immediately. I want to have a good drink with Sikong."

    The following words were said to Duan Heng. Li Zuoguo¡¯s residence in Shule is still there, and Li Yuexing¡¯s residence is right next to Li Zuoguo¡¯s residence.

    The dark shadow of a large group of cavalry advancing has appeared in the distance. Rows of cavalry are like black and red waves, rolling towards Shule. Flags are like clouds and iron hooves are shaking the ground. Li Yuexing, the first cavalryman, looks at it from a distance.  Who is Li Zuoguo and Li Sikong?

    Li Zuoguo has not returned to Shule for more than a year. Looking at the huge city, Li Zuoguo couldn't help but feel proud. He came and changed many things, making Anxi truly a powerful border town and clearing the grassland.  The victory over all the countries, the great victory of Talos, the great victory of Anchisuguan, and basically all the grassland tribes in the northwest were wiped out. This sense of accomplishment fills Li Zuoguo's chest with pride whenever he thinks of it.

    Looking at Li Yuexing greeting him at the city gate, he felt sincere gratitude to his cousin Li Zuoguo, not only for Li Yuexing's loyalty to his father and son, nor for training Li Hu, a general, but because of Li Yuexing's knowledge of advancement and retreat.  The act of sending troops became an example.

    Anxi veteran generals whose children were in the army all proposed to hand over their military power. This was the role Li Yuexing played. Duan Heng's father, Duan Yuntian, also proposed to hand over his military power and return home for retirement. Duan Yuntian was also one of the first veterans to follow Li Siye. Li Zuoguo  At this time, it was time to advance or retreat. Li Zuoguo rejected Duan Yuntian's resignation and allowed him to continue to guard Dalun Pass.

    Li Zuoguo's soldiers stopped their horses together a hundred meters away from the city gate. Li Zuoguo rode forward alone to the city gate. Li Zuoguo dismounted his horse and took a few steps forward to support Li Yuexing who was about to bow down and salute: "The Marquis of Dingxi is free.  present."

    Li Yuexing stood up straight and looked at Li Zuoguo's resolute face. He couldn't hold back the smile on his face. Li Zuoguo could feel that his uncle was really happy for him. Li Zuoguo let go of the arm holding Li Yuexing and stepped back.  He bowed to Li Yuexing in two steps and said, "Dalang has sent his greetings to my cousin. My mother is very concerned about my uncle and asked when I would like to stay in Qiuci for a few days."
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