It would be better to know your father if you follow someone else's secrets. How can you be a king if you betray your master's kindness and selfishness?
Adverse energy will eventually lead to adverse consequences, and the world is in chaos like clouds.
——"An Lu Mountain" Xu Jun [Song Dynasty]
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All is ready except for the opportunity.
After the eunuch Li Zhuer was whipped by An Lushan again, Yan Zhuang said to Li Zhuer: "You have been beaten before and after, would you rather have countless? If you don't do big things, you will die." Li Zhuer did not hesitate and nodded in agreement.
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After Yan Zhuang effortlessly persuaded Li Zhuer, the preparations for the regicide operation were completed. Yan Zhuang signaled that it was time to take action, and said to An Qingxu: "If you have to do something, you must not lose time."
An Qingxu had been waiting for this day for too long. He was nervous and excited, and said to Yan Zhuang: "Brother has something to do, don't you dare disrespect me!"
Since An Lushan was blind, Yan Zhuang suggested using dove poison to kill An Lushan, which was neither time consuming nor laborious. Li Zhuer made a mistake in this matter and was stubborn and refused, insisting on using a knife.
On the night of the fifth day of the first lunar month, the moon was dark and the wind was high, which was perfect weather for killing people.
At the third watch, An Qingxu and Yan Zhuang secretly entered the palace with their close soldiers and sharp swords in hand.
The soldiers on duty at night had long been replaced by solemn confidants. When they saw the two men leading the troops, they quickly opened the palace door and let them in.
Li Zhuer waited behind the palace gate for a long time, then personally led the way and led everyone into An Lushan's palace.
When the eunuch guarding the door saw Li Zhuer, he quickly opened the palace door. An Qingxu stayed at the door while the others entered the palace.
Li Zhuer quietly opened An Lushan's sleeping tent. An Lushan slept like a pig, snoring like thunder. Yan Zhuang nodded.
Li Zhuer raised the knife and stabbed An Lushan's round belly with the knife - this fat belly once danced a light whirling dance in the Daming Palace, causing Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan to burst into laughter.
"There's an assassin!"
An Lushan screamed and woke up from his dream.
He clutched his stomach and instinctively looked for the seven-star sword on his pillow. This knife was also a gift from Li Longji and cut iron like clay. An Lushan carried it day and night and never left it.
However, unable to see, An Lushan searched and searched but could not find the knife. An Lushan's stomach was bleeding, his internal organs were broken, and the pain was unbearable. He grabbed the tent pole and shook it wildly, calling desperately.
Someone comes to the rescue.
"Zhuer, come and save me!"
Li Zhuer held a sharp knife in his hand and stood in front of An Lushan's bed. Under the candlelight, his face was twisted and ferocious, revealing a strange smile. Yan Zhuang was horrified when he saw it.
An Lushan wailed for a while, and then his shouts gradually died down.
At the moment of death, An Lushan suddenly woke up and cursed angrily: "You must be a thief!" In despair, he screamed, his intestines flowed several times, and he died.
The entire assassination process was witnessed by the eunuchs and maids waiting in the palace, but no one said a word. Not only because An Qingxu led his troops to guard outside the palace, but also because in these days, he died tragically at the hands of An Lushan
There are hundreds of female officials and eunuchs, and everyone is in danger, hoping that this murderous devil will return to heaven as soon as possible.
Seeing that An Lushan was dead, Li Zhuer gave an order and ordered his close eunuchs to clean up the scene.
The eunuchs and maids in the palace tacitly cooperated with each other, moved the dragon bed, dug several feet into the ground, wrapped An Lushan's body in felt, and buried it on the spot.
Yan Zhuang and Li Zhuer had cold eyes and warned the people in the palace that the news should not be leaked. Everyone said nothing and understood.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month of the second year of Zhide, Yan Zhuang, the minister of Zhongshu, announced to the civil and military officials of the pseudo-Yan Dynasty in the morning: Emperor An Lushan of Yan was seriously ill, and King An Qingxu of Jin was immediately appointed as the crown prince.
Not long after, Yan Zhuang announced that An Lushan had died and An Qingxu ascended the throne as emperor.
An Qingxu had a cowardly character and a dim-witted mind. Coupled with his improper position and a guilty conscience, An Qingxu always felt nervous and at a loss when facing the civil and military officials of the court. He spoke incoherently and slurred his speech, causing the courtiers to shake their heads
sigh.
Yan Zhuang was afraid that the old ministers would not obey and cause chaos, so he suggested that An Qingxu stay in the palace and participate less in the government affairs. An Qingxu was happy to eat, drink and have fun in the harem, so he named Yan Zhuang the imperial censor and King Feng Yi.
Enter the nobility, win over and please.
Yan Zhuang took the opportunity to take the military and political power of the puppet Yan into his own hands. No matter how big or small, everything depended on him.
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An Lushan, the rebellious traitor who turned the Tang Dynasty upside down, finally died in the hands of his own people and became infamous throughout the ages. For Li Longji, he was not a family thief!
A few years ago, the prophecy of "killing the wolf" prophesied by the head of Qingxuan came true.
From Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, to Anlu Mountain, the three of them pushed the majestic palace of the Tang Dynasty into the cliff step by step, causing millions of people of the Tang Dynasty to be displaced and die in the war.
In the final analysis, it was not the prophecy that caused all this, but the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty! Li Longji was the culprit!
Xuanzong relied on his peace and did not think about future troubles. He wasted on playing with his ears and eyes, wasted on the skills of his vocal skills, indulged in wine and sex, wasted people and money, blocked the way of speech, used the words of treacherous sycophants, and ignored the ambitions of thieves and wolves.
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After An Lushan's death, the people of the Tang Dynasty rushed to tell each other, thinking that peace was coming, but they did not know that the situation would change and disputes would arise again.
Although An Lushan died, Fan Yang's rebellion opened the seal of the devil's cave and released thousands of demons and monsters into the world. The prosperous Tang Dynasty, which was full of flowers, brilliant, and prosperous with singing and dancing, came to an abrupt end. It plummeted from its peak and was inevitable.
The world has entered a chaotic world of decline, killing, and darkness.
This chaos lasted for one hundred and forty-two years!
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Shi Siming saw the military report and found out that An Lushan was dead.
The urgent military report Shi Siming received was an edict from the new emperor of the Yan Dynasty, An Qingxu, who appointed Shi Siming as the military governor of Fanyang and granted the title of King of Guichuan.
An Qingxu ordered Shi Siming to lead his troops back to Fanyang to guard, leaving Cai Xide and others to continue the siege of Taiyuan.
An Lushan's sudden death made Shi Siming suspicious, and his desires grew like weeds.
"An Qingxu is stupid and incompetent, how can he control the Yan Dynasty? In troubled times, there is no such thing as a son inheriting his father's legacy. Whoever has a strong fist will own the world!"
Shi Siming had always despised An Qingxu and never bought his fault, let alone said that An Qingxu's position was unfair.
Shi Siming quickly emerged from the shadow of defeat on the battlefield and carefully planned his next move:
Taiyuan is like chicken ribs, tasteless to eat, and a pity to throw away. Borrowing a donkey from the slope, if you don’t leave now, when will you wait?
If you leave, where will you go?
Going south to Luoyang, in the name of An Qingxu's "rebellion and immorality, killing the emperor and his father", wipe out him and seize his throne?
Inappropriate, the time has not come yet!
Follow An Qingxu's will and go north to Fanyang?
Since An Lushan raised troops, all the wealth that the Yan army plundered from Chang'an and Luoyang was transported back to Fan Yang. Fan Yang was as wealthy as the enemy, just like Chang'an in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Becoming the Lord of Fan Yang can not only control the most elite cavalry of the Yan Army, but also sit on the wealth of the world!
With such a huge profit, why not return it?
Shi Siming made up his mind and followed the imperial edict, withdrawing his troops overnight and taking away all the elite Yan troops besieging Taiyuan.
After withdrawing from Fan Yang, "Si Ming supported strong troops, seized wealth, and became arrogant and arrogant. He did not need Qingxu's order; Qingxu could not control it."
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After Shi Siming took the elite troops away, Cai Xide and other generals who stayed in Taiyuan were no match for Li Guangbi.
In late February of the second year of Zhide, the Yan army was unable to attack Taiyuan for a long time. It lost all its energy and the morale of the army was shaken. Li Guangbi saw the fighter opportunity and personally led the vanguard. He braved the falling stones and arrows and went out of the city to attack. He defeated the Yan army and beheaded more than 70,000 people.