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Volume 1: Who Rides the Star Chassis to Break through the Void Chapter 473: Seeking the Skin of a Tiger and Revealing the Ferocity

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    "Is there any movement over there at Anlu Mountain?" Li Heng stroked the armrest of the throne and asked Cheng Yuanzhen softly.  It was already the third day of the first lunar month of the fifteenth year of Tianbao - but Li Heng called it the first year of Zhide. Two days had passed since the palace coup. The commotion in Chang'an City was finally over, and news from other places was still there.  No feedback came back, so it was the rare calm before the storm.  Li Heng knew that under this calmness, there was an undercurrent of fear that could swallow people's lives at any time.  He has also been very busy these two days. He keeps drafting edicts, keeps conferring official titles, and keeps mobilizing financial, material and manpower. Oh, he also keeps raiding the homes of ministers who are still loyal to Li Longji, especially those who are still loyal to Li Longji.  It was to inspect the properties of Ye Chang and Yang Guozhong in Chang'an City.  The properties copied from the Yang family in Wuzhi made him curse the country as a moron, but the things copied from the Ye house made him stunned: except for some houses that could not be moved, the Ye family had almost no property for him to obtain.  Even at the headquarters of the three major chambers of commerce such as the Anton Chamber of Commerce and Anton Bank in Chang'an, apart from a bunch of account books, he didn't even catch a single clerk. ? Almost everyone who had a close relationship with Ye Chang ran away.  Yuan Gongdao, the imperial censor, and Dugu Ming, the prince's consort, asked Li Longji for leave and left Chang'an before New Year's Eve.  Even if there are no escapees, there are only three or two kittens. They can neither squeeze out any profit nor ask for valuable confessions.  Under such circumstances, no matter how stupid Li Heng was, he understood that Ye Chang had already prepared for this palace coup. He even deduced from An Lushan's movements that this coup would most likely happen on New Year's Eve.  Li Heng had a vague feeling that after Ye Chang speculated about this coup, he was not shocked, but was very happy and excited: For him, this is also a rare opportunity to think about the possibility of his carefully planned coup.  Li Heng felt particularly tired of taking advantage of this guy Ye Chang, as if he was facing Li Linfu again.  "There is no movement." Cheng Yuanzhen responded: "It seems that the injury is not serious. I also heard that An Lushan bought the best coffin in the city. His eldest son An Qingzong is afraid that he will not survive." "That's good, that's right.  Okay" Li Heng didn't have much sympathy for An Qingzong's death, and was even a little relieved. He had met An Lushan more than once, and he was considered to be shrewd and stronger than his second son An Qingxu.  It is not a bad thing for Li Heng that An Lushan loses a suitable heir.  "Send the imperial physician to deliver medicines again. Pick up the best and deliver them. Don't wait any longer." Li Heng said: "There have been fewer and fewer ministers coming to the court in the past two days. All of them are pretending to be sick at home. I intend to put things in order.  You see Before he could finish his words, he heard a eunuch outside saying in a sharp voice: "Mr. An has arrived." Then there were heavy footsteps. The footsteps were not announced until they reached the door of the main hall. Li Heng and Li Heng  Cheng Yuanzhen looked at each other, their expressions changing slightly. What made them even more troubled was that they had just received the news that An Lushan was still recovering from his injuries at home. Why did he turn around and come to the palace again?  They exchanged opinions, and An Lushan had already appeared in front of the main hall. His face was full of anger. Although the wound on his face had been bandaged, there was still blood on the cotton gauze. "What your Majesty is talking about, tell An Lushan."  Listen" An Lushan's voice was dull. His words were very rude and disrespectful. A warrior next to Li Heng wanted to come out and scold him, but Li Heng waved his hand slightly to indicate not to care, and then stood up with a smile: "An Qing's injury is serious.  Great?  " "I can't die What was your Majesty just talking about?"  " "An Qing has been recovering from his injuries these days. Some ministers in the court will not come to the court meeting. I am discussing with Cheng Yuanzhen how to deal with them.  " "Oh, who are they?  " Li Heng said the names of several people in succession. An Lushan sneered and ordered the warrior who followed him into the palace: "Go and bring the heads of these people" Li Heng was shocked when he heard:  "An Qing's intention?  " "Since you are disloyal, what else do you keep for Ye Chang?  An Lushan said with a ferocious smile: "I have been holding back for the past few days, just waiting for them to jump out. Now is the time to catch them all in one fell swoop, and they will be defeated." Li Heng's face changed slightly after hearing this, and he couldn't help but look at Cheng Yuanzhen. Cheng Yuanzhen  He also had a look of astonishment and a little bit of panic at the same time.  In the past two days, they have made many small moves. Moreover, An Lushan did not ask Li Heng for instructions, but directly ordered the soldiers to arrest people. This sounds domineering at best, but in fact it should be called a ruler without a master. However, Li Heng did not  There was nothing they could do. They also tried to contact An Lushan's generals in the past two days, but those generals didn't even bother to flatter him, the "emperor".  Li Heng did not reflect that it was because he usurped his father's throne that the generals looked down on him, but he only blamed An Lushan for running the army like an iron barrel.  "An Qing" Li Heng swallowed: "There seems to be something wrong with this, right?"   An Lushan rolled his eyes and said, "Why, Emperor, do you have any objections?" "Well, quite a few of these people just now are from the clan" "The clan is nothing" An Lushan shouted: "I  My son is going to die." Li Heng was stunned. He didn't expect An Lushan's thoughts to be so jumpy. He was about to comfort him, but he heard An Lushan say again: "If my son dies, I will definitely kill many members of the clan.  Hundreds of people were buried for him. "Mr. An, what do you mean?" Even if Li Heng held back, he was a little angry at this time.  "Your Majesty, do you still think those people are your relatives?" An Lushan sneered: "Their hearts only follow the Supreme Emperor and Ye Chang. Keeping them will only cause trouble, especially your brothers. Didn't you say that at the beginning?  , one by one wants your crown prince position If that's the case, why are you leaving them?" An Lushan loved his eldest son, An Qingzong, very much. Although he had a second son, a younger son, etc., he felt that his personality was the most similar to his.  The only one who is capable is the eldest son.  In the past two days, Anqingzong had been tossing and wailing on the bed. An Lushan chopped off the heads of more than a dozen imperial doctors and so-called famous doctors, but he could not save him, or even relieve Anqingzong's pain.  The hatred for Ye Chang in his heart reached the extreme, but Ye Chang got away with it and even blew up half of his house with flour, so that An Lushan could not retaliate.  So he transferred his hatred to the royal family - if it weren't for the Li family and his son, how could he have reached this point?  And in the past few days, whenever Yan Zhuang had an opportunity, he instigated him to establish his own position.  After all, Yan Zhuang was just a low-level person. Although he was quite resourceful, his eagerness for the power in front of him made him dissatisfied with the so-called "minister". What he wanted to be more was the prime minister.  Not only Yanzhuang, but also all the generals under Anlu Mountain, whether Han or Hu, wanted to be military envoys or military envoys, and wanted to open the treasury for rewards.  At this time, An Lushan had not lost his mind. He knew that he needed to rely on Li Heng to win more support.  However, he just needs to use Li Heng instead of respecting Li Heng. Hearing An Lushan say this, Li Heng's face turned green and white for a while, then he threw up his sleeves and said: "You are the prime minister and the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses. For national affairs,  It's all up to you to make the decision." Li Heng said this with some resentment. Before his voice fell, a person appeared from behind An Lushan, it was Yan Zhuang: "The emperor wants to rebel? How dare you say such rude words?"  The emperorconspired to rebel" Li Heng almost lost his temper. He glanced at Yan Zhuang, and then said to An Lushan: "I'm tired, I want to rest." "Your Majesty will go on your own, I will handle the affairs of the court.  I will do it for you." An Lushan said proudly: "The defense in your majesty's palace is weak. There are still Ye Chang's party in Chang'an City. I will allocate three thousand soldiers and horses to protect the palace. Your majesty, please don't panic." Li Heng's body trembled.  He stared at An Lushan deeply, then turned and left.  Cheng Yuanzhen blinked his eyes hard several times, and said to An Lushan with a smile: "Mr. An, Your Majesty learned that Mr. An's family is not in Chang'an City yet, and he wants to give a maid to serve Mr. An" "Whoever I like, I will go there."  Take it." An Lushan said with an expressionless face: "You are a bastard, just wait for His Majesty." Cheng Yuanzhen's face changed, and he did not dare to speak after all.  At this time, they were not the only ones present, there were also some courtiers who had taken refuge with Li Heng, but under An Lushan's domineering attitude, no one dared to speak out.  Everyone is vaguely aware that times have changed, and the previous situation where the imperial court controlled everything may be changed with this coup, and the generals who hold military power will have more power.  An Lushan glanced at the empty throne. He took a few steps forward and was almost at the throne. All the ministers looked at him blankly, wanting to see if he had the guts to sit on it now.  But An Lushan did not sit down after all. He turned around in front of the throne and showed a cruel smile to the ministers.  "Send the young men of Chang'an as soldiers to fight to the death with Ye Chang's rebels." He said sternly: "Where is Jingzhao Yin, and where are the magistrates of Chang'an and Wannian County? This matter will be done by the three of you. I don't care what you do.  I only want to have 100,000 more sergeants in Chang'an City within ten days. If there is one less person, your relatives will take over." Jing Zhaoyin, Chang'an, and Wannian Ling who were appointed by Li Heng all had pale faces and looked at each other.  Don't dare to agree, don't dare to refuse.  It is true that there are more than a million people in Chang'an City, but it is not easy to gather 100,000 young people. Almost one out of ten people is selected as a soldier. The pressure involved can be imagined.  They were also very surprised that An Lushan had nearly 100,000 soldiers in his hands. Although he was defeated by Ye Chang in two battles, he was actually frightened and the real losses were not much. At this time, he was still eager to conquer ten soldiers.  Thousands of people, but they don¡¯t know why.  Of course they didn¡¯t know An Lushan¡¯s plan.  ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????In addition to recuperating from his injuries and spying on the movements of the DPRK, An Lushan also had one more important thing to do, which was to gather his generals and staff to brainstorm how to deal with Ye Chang's "magic weapon."  After two days of discussion, they gradually?Concluded that although Ye Chang's explosive weapons are powerful, they are not without weaknesses.  The biggest weakness is its reliance on logistics.  That kind of weapon is expendable, not even like an arrow. You can find a way to recover it after being shot.  And it is obvious that Ye Chang did not manufacture that kind of weapons in the Central Plains, so the only source of his weapons is Liaodong, not even Anxi.  According to the speculations of Yan Zhuang and others, Ye Chang did not store many such weapons in Chang'an.  "Now that Chang'an has fallen into my hands, the connection between Liaodong and Ye Chang has been severed. Therefore, the only things he can use are the ones he has saved before. As long as we drive more soldiers and continue to consume his magical weapons, it won't take long for him to come back again."  Unavailable. Naturally, this is only a temporary solution. The fundamental solution is to seize Liaodong. We also need to seize that magic weapon, and preferably the craftsmen who made it. If we can do this, the world will be united.  It's under control." An Lushan recalled Yan Zhuang's advice again. He glanced at Jing Zhaoyin and the others, and then said sternly: "If you don't hurry up and do it, how long will it take? Are you still waiting for me to treat you to dinner?  "Isn't it possible?" The three of them, Jing Zhaoyin, were so frightened that they crawled out of the hall. After exiting the door, the three of them looked at each other and saw only despair.  "In such a hurry, where can we recruit hundreds of thousands of young people?" Wan Nianling said with a sad smile: "We just took office the day before yesterday, and now we have not even appointed all the subordinates The servants in the yamen have fled to no one knows where.  "Do you have any good advice for me?" "It's just a rope." Chang'an Ling also smiled sadly: "Originally, I succumbed to being a thief just for the sake of wealth. In this situation, I have nothing. What else can I do?"  ? " "That's the only way Sigh" Jing Zhaoyin also cried sadly. He had a good relationship with Ji Wen, so he got this position. He originally thought it was a good job, but he never thought it would be a dead end.  However, thinking about his relationship with Ji Wen, An Lushan had great trust in Ji Wen and might be able to ask Ji Wen to intercede.  He felt that he still had a chance to survive, so he waved his hands to the two county magistrates, pretending to be a majestic official: "Since Mr. An has given instructions, you two should go and get it done quickly. If it can be done, I will be the second one."  "Please give me credit." His face became furious, and he left before Wannian and Chang'an could react.  The two orders looked at each other for a long time, and Wannian Ling said: "Why is he like this? He was worried about life and death at first, but why is he acting like this in the next moment?" "He has a good relationship with Jiwen, so he must go to Jiwen to intercede. Now Jiwen  But the imperial censor is very important to Anlu Mountain, and with Ji Wen helping him, he will not be in any danger It¡¯s just that the two of us are in a miserable situation, and we will definitely die." The two of them were sighing at each other, but they heard someone greeting:  "Why are you still here?" They looked back and saw that it was Wang Jin.  "Prince" As soon as he said hello, before he could answer seriously, he saw a burst of chaos on the street, but a group of An Lushan's men came over.  The horses that were ridden by more than a hundred people all had their first achievements hanging on their necks. When the two of them took a closer look, their expressions changed.  Wang Jin said quietly: "The people who have revealed their bad intentions in the past few daysare the names of the people that your Majesty just named. The two orders were so excited that they had a cold war. It didn't take long for Li Heng to name the names, and the heads of these people were already chopped off.  They came over, and some of them were not on the list at all. This only proves one thing. An Lushan had already decided to kill people to establish his authority. He didn't take Li Heng's intention to heart at all. "Thisthis."  " Wannian Ling's voice trembled. Instead of being humiliated like this, it would be better to go back and settle things on his own. "If you two want to live, I have some concerns But this is not a place for conversation. Are you willing to go with me?  A secluded place?  Wang Jin said again.
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