An Lushan rebelled and Yang Yuhuan left. Li Longji, who was in the age of Fengzhu, was actually disheartened.

The emperors of the Tang Dynasty have always been domineering the world and overwhelmingly. Even if there were two people who were not good at the time of the Martial Arts, the people in power in the court were extremely powerful, and no barbarians from all directions dared to refuse to obey. Never had an emperor who was beaten to the capital and ran away with his head in his arms.

Li Longji set a precedent, especially in his first half of his life, he was praised by the people of the world, praising him as a wise ruler of the prosperous era who had been far away from Emperor Taizong Gaozong.

As a result, the Mingjun looked back and lost half of the capital and the country, and the glorious prosperous era was in turmoil overnight.

How should we comment on him as the emperor in historical books a hundred years later?

Li Longji was already seventy years old and was destined to be unable to turn the tables in his life. The rebellion may be able to be quelled, but he was inevitably nailed to the pillar of shame for all emperors of the Tang Dynasty forever. When future generations talked about him, the prosperity of Kaiyuan is worth mentioning, but what is even more prominent is that he almost became the king of the destruction of the country.

When Li Longji heard the news that Prince Li Heng ascended the throne in Lingzhou, he was distracted. He was frightened and immediately wanted to issue an imperial edict to the world, telling the prince of the world that he was not in a proper position.

However, there was a mysterious voice in a corner of my heart saying repeatedly, "It's great that I took off my power and pressure."

Yes, it's great. I'll no longer be the emperor, and I don't have to bear the burden anymore.

Li Longji is already seventy years old, and his ambition has long been exhausted. His imperial aura is filled with dusk and depression. He is like a pet dog of noble blood. Although he has been frugal for a lifetime, he has no energy to please his master again.

"That's it..." Li Longji sat on the cushion and looked at the empty hall in a daze.

Gao Lishi bowed and stood in front of him, looking lonely and sad, and bowed his head without saying a word.

Li Longji's drooping eyelids slowly opened. When he learned that Li Heng ascended the throne, his entire energy seemed to have been discharged. At this moment, he was like a fucked and old skin.

"How many court officials support the prince ascended the throne in Lingzhou?" Li Longji asked slowly.

Gao Lishi whispered: "After the fall of Chang'an, the court officials wandered around. Some came to Shuzhong with Your Majesty, and some traveled thousands of miles to Lingzhou to serve the prince. According to the news received by the old slave, about 200 court officials participated in the ceremony on the day the prince ascended the throne..."

Li Longji nodded and said, "Where are people like Guo Ziyi, An Chongzhang, Gao Xianzhi, Gu Qing, etc. who hold military power? What are their attitudes?"

Gao Lishi hesitated for a moment and said with difficulty: "All the generals are willing to support the prince ascend the throne. An Chongzhang, Gu Qing and others who cannot participate in the ceremony also wrote memorials to support him and worship the prince from afar with the etiquette of the king and his ministers."

Li Longji's eyes widened, and a terrifying sharp light appeared in his eyes. Then the sharp light slowly faded away like a lamp with oil exhausted, gradually extinguishing in his pupils.

"I treat you all very well, why do you abandon me today?" Li Longji sighed sadly.

Gao Lishi knelt in front of Li Longji and cried, "Your Majesty, I will never abandon Your Majesty. I am only willing to be driven by Your Majesty in my life."

Li Longji also shed tears, stood up and helped Gao Lishi up, patted him on the shoulder hard, and said, "I'm lucky to know General Gao in this life. When I was in a state of poverty, only General Gao and I have the same good fortune and good fortune..."

The two cried for a while, Gao Lishi calmed down and said, "Your Majesty, things are still going on. Your Highness has not been ordered by the emperor and privately proclaimed himself emperor. This is a great rebellion. Your Majesty only needs an imperial edict to tell the world that the crown prince is incorrect. The subjects in the world will not recognize him as the orthodox throne, and then regard Your Majesty as the emperor."

Li Longji sighed desolately and shook his head and said, "You can't think of it. Can the prince not think of it? He must have been well prepared before ascending the throne. Otherwise, why would Guo Ziyi and Gu Qing support him? Of course, he had contact with them in advance. Now the power of the army and horses is in the hands of these generals. As long as they are willing to support him, the prince's throne will be firmly held."

Gao Lishi said anxiously: "How can these people eat the king's salary and do such unfaithful things on your back? Your Majesty should write a letter to question..."

Li Longji shook his head and sighed: "Forget it, the situation is over. Let me leave some decentness. Revising books is just a humiliation."

Gao Lishi stamped his feet in a hurry and said, "Your Majesty, this is the throne! How can one easily use the power granted by heaven?"

Li Longji stared at a lonely lamp in the hall with a lonely expression and said softly: "The power granted by heaven was ruined by me. No matter how great the prince's move was, it was because he gathered the defeated army in Lingzhou and suppressed the rebellion and robbed the thieves. But I, however, ignored the matter of suppressing the rebellion and hid in Shu to escape the war. I was not as good as him."

Gao Li said angrily: "Your Majesty is the master of all chariots, so naturally he cannot stand under the dangerous wall, but the throne cannot be coveted by others. It should be Your Majesty's. Your Majesty said that he would abdicate and get the crown prince, otherwise he would be incorrect in his position."

Li Longji sighed: "General Gao, I am seventy years old, and my life is not far away. Even if this emperor continues, how many years can I be a member of the emperor? What did I do when the subjects of the world suppress the rebellion and kill the enemy? When the rebellion is pacified and I return to power in the capital, how do the subjects of the world view me?"

"Forget it, that's it..." Li Longji sighed, the king's intention was over at this moment.

Gao Lishi said anxiously: "Your Majesty, have you really admitted that the prince has been called emperor?"

Li Longji nodded: "Before the rebellion has been put to rest, the Tian family should not have any more twists and turns, otherwise this country will really not be preserved. The prince has been in charge for decades, and it is his turn. Will the prince ascend the throne be issued an edict?"

"Yes, Lingzhou ascended the throne, and immigrated the world, and respect Your Majesty as...the Supreme Emperor."

Li Longji closed his eyes and said, "What else?"

"The court officials were awarded the title of court officials, and several important officials were granted the title of title. Among them, Gu Qing was appointed Duke of Shu and was granted the title of Deputy Marshal of the World Military and Horses..."

Li Longji shook his head and sighed, "The son has no plans. Gu Qing is a fierce tiger. You must be guarded against it. You can only be imprisoned in a cage. How can you be enforced in the mountains and forests? Even if you have a title, you should also be given a title. How can you be awarded a title? If this title is given, who else can control him? Haven't the prince thought about what to do after quelling the rebellion?"

Gao Lishi whispered: "I believe the prince had discussed with his advisers."

Li Longji said slowly: "Gu Qing's Anxi Army has great power and its combat power is also among the elites of the Tang Dynasty. If he has a rebellion, his disaster will not be inferior to the rebellion of the Anthony. How can our Li family royal family be in the throne again?"

"General Gao ordered the shepherd to compile a letter and tell the prince that the Anxi army should be ordered to attack Guanzhong in the name of the emperor, and try to consume the Anxi army in the battle to suppress the rebellion. After suppressing the rebellion, Gu Qing can be appointed as prime minister, withdraw the military position as the situation, and split the Anxi army under his command, and the soldiers will be divided into various places. Only in this way can this problem be eliminated forever."

Gao Lishi responded respectfully.

Li Longji hesitated for a moment and said, "In addition, I issued an edict to promulgate the world in the name of the Supreme Emperor, and said that I am old and cannot overcome the responsibilities of prosperity. Therefore, I abdicated in the crown prince. I hope that the new king will live up to his ancestors and country, restrain himself and take up his new life, and restore the prosperous Tang Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty."

Gao Lishi responded sadly.

After Li Longji finished speaking, his expression was a little tired. He closed his eyes for a while and suddenly asked, "Is my wife... good at Gu Qing's place? Can someone ask..."

"yes."

"Forget it, you go back. I'm a little tired and want to take a break."

Gao Lishi bowed and retreated.

Li Longji sat alone in the hall and suddenly spread his hands. His hands were still as white as jade. He has been well maintained over the years and does not look like a pair of hands of a seventy-year-old man at all.

But his hands were empty.

Without power, without beloved woman, nothing is left.

Now he is just a lonely old man, like a planet that has lost its gravity. After the light fades, the people who should leave have left him one after another, and he is no longer attractive to anyone.

If history is a drama, the lights of his stage have gradually dimmed, and he quietly leaves the scene in the darkness.

There was no applause in the audience, and he was not very exciting in this scene.

Originally, it should have been very exciting.

…………

Tongguan.

Although Tongguan has been recovered, the Anxi Army has entered Tongguan and repaired many damaged city walls and towers. The generals and civil servants under the Anxi Army are nervously carrying out post-war cleaning work.

The food, grass and weapons left by the rebels should be counted, the surrendered rebels should be interrogated, and the materials for guarding the city should be replenished, etc.

Everyone is very busy, but Gu Qing is a little free.

He is the head coach of the first army and does not need to do these things himself. He just needs to listen to the final result.

Standing on the head of Tongguan City, Gu Qing looked west to Chang'an.

Outside the mountain streams with mountains, the city walls and palaces in Chang'an seem to be vaguely visible. The ancient city that has been changing for thousands of years has been around, still stands quietly on the Guanzhong Plain in the distance.

Thousands of years have passed, and the hero finally turned into a handful of loess, but Chang'an is still Chang'an. It tells the world with a silent and cold attitude that there is no eternal country or immortal foundation in the world, and the only thing that can conquer this ancient city is time.

Duan Wuji quietly walked behind Gu Qing and saluted: "Mr. Master, the second batch of taxes in the south has been sent, and the civil servants of the rear army are counting."

Gu Qing turned around and looked at him: "How much is the second batch of taxes?"

"The total grain is 10,000 stones, and there are 8,000 kilograms of pig iron, 5,000 kilograms of jerky meat, 800 jin of war horses in the prime of life, and 20,000 jin of money."

Gu Qing nodded: "It's available for a while now. You can urge the third and fourth batches of taxes. You can collect them before the rebels withdraw from Guanzhong. The logistics of the Anxi Army cannot be cut off, otherwise the trouble will be great."

"yes."

Duan Wuji stood up straight, stood on Tongguan and looked at the distant Chang'an, and whispered: "Master, Tongguan has been recovered, Chang'an City is soon, right?"

"It's almost there. Tongguan west is a plain, which is suitable for the decisive battle of the plain. Our Anxi army is all cavalry. We have the advantage in this regard. It's only a matter of time before we drive the rebels back north of the Yellow River..."

"Will the soldiers in Guanzhong fight the rebels in a few days?"

Gu Qing shook his head: "No hurry, the army will rest for a few days, and then check the movements of the Shuofang Army."

Duan Wuji said in confusion: "Shuofang Army..."

"To be precise, it is to look at the movements of the new emperor. The rebels were driven back to the north of the Yellow River, which was equivalent to being defeated by half. The new emperor would not know if he would have the idea of ​​a rabbit and a dog cooking. If he really had the idea, then everyone would not be too happy."

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said, "Mr. Master, the student thought that the Anxi army should recover Chang'an as soon as possible. If the emperor had an imperial edict, he could sweep away the rebels in Guanzhong, and refused to go north to eliminate the rebellion and let the Shuofang army take the lead. The Anxi army only needs to occupy Guanzhong and Chang'an and take over the palace guards and defense, and the world is in the hands of the grandfather."

Gu Qing smiled: "He is the emperor, not a fool. Do you think he will watch my military power and control the palace? If it were you, would you put yourself in the palm of a person with a different ambition? Wait, he will definitely make moves next. Compared with the rebel pseudo-emperor An Qingxu, I am the emperor's confidant. If he does not get rid of me, the emperor will be uneasy."

"The prince has a solution?"

Gu Qing confessed: "No, he didn't move, what can I do? The enemy doesn't move, I don't move, if the enemy moves, I'll move..."

Footsteps came from behind, and Gu Qing suddenly realized that Song Gensheng, who had not seen him for many days, had arrived.

Song Gensheng has been working under Xianyu Zhongtong's command. He is the Sima of the Shu army. In theory, he has to worry about the food, drink, defecation and urination of the 30,000 Shu army. Although the Shu army has been incorporated into the Anxi Army camp for a long time, the two camps are far apart, and Song Gensheng is very busy with official duties, so it is difficult for Gu Qing to meet him these days.

Seeing Song Gensheng coming, Duan Wuji hurriedly saluted him.

Everyone came from Shiqiao Village. Song Gensheng is the most exemplary existence in the village except Gu Qing. He became the child of countless parents in Shiqiao Village. In front of Song Gensheng, Duan Wuji could only perform student rituals.

Song Gensheng was wearing a commoner and nodded to Duan Wuji in a hurry, saying, "This is Xianyu Jieshuai's list of meritorious service, let me report it to you."

Gu Qing did not take his roster, but looked him up and down with a smile, saying, "No, it's like an official in business. You can smell a strong official smell from afar, tsk."

Song Gensheng was amused and crying: "You have been named Duke, why are you still not in a formal position?"

"If I get up seriously in front of you, you have to kneel down for me. A guy who is unlucky. When we were still in Shiqiao Village, you stole three kilograms of rabbit meat and two dried fish in my house. I thought I didn't know? You are talking to me about the correctness now..."

Gu Qing sneered and turned to Duan Wuji and said, "You Brother Song, don't look at his hypocritical appearance, eating my meat is really not vague. After several times, I turned around to serve the rice, and a plate of meat disappeared. I held a bowl of white rice and looked at the empty plate on the table, which made me hungry several times. Later, I secretly urinated in the dish. After eating, he felt that the taste was not right, and gradually became humble when he came to my house to have a meal."

Duan Wuji turned his head to look at the sky and laughed silently.

Song Gensheng's face turned blue and he said in surprise: "Did you pee in the dish?"
To be continued...