Time soon came to the beginning of July in the thirteenth year of Tianbao.
Although Wei Jiansu tightly sealed Chang'an City and ordered the entire city to search for An Lushan's cronies, someone still secretly sent the news to Fanyang City.
An Lushan spends a lot of money in Chang'an every year.
After all, the money was not wasted, and it still played its due role.
After receiving the news, An Lushan immediately summoned his second son An Qingxu and two of his most trusted advisors for a secret discussion. One of An Lushan's two most trusted advisors was Kong Muguan Yanzhuang, and the other was Secretary Gao Shang.
By the way, both Yan Zhuang and Gao Shang were victims of the imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty.
Because they had neither background nor wealth, they were not qualified to take the scientific examination.
"Celestial Master? Immortal?" After watching the intensive reading, An Yingxu was stunned.
Yan Zhuang and Gao Shang also looked at each other in confusion, unable to believe their eyes. Yan Zhuang even subconsciously rubbed his eyes, wondering if he was seeing things, but in the end, he was convinced that he was not seeing things.
There really was a heavenly master who went down to the world and helped Feng Changqing destroy Tubo?
Speaking of which, Yan Zhuang's father, Yan Fu, was a warlock and could observe the sky at night.
Not long ago, Yan Fu told Yan Zhuang that there were four stars gathering in the sky, and the tail was Yanfen.
It was also said that this was a sign of a change of dynasty and the emperor changing his surname, and that the new emperor should be in Youyan.
Yan Zhuang didn't believe it at first, thinking that things like astrology and prophecies were made up by people.
But now, a Master Lu Tian actually pops up, but I don't know whether to believe it or not.
"This is really unexpected." An Lushan said sadly, "It took a lot of effort to survive Li Linfu, and finally waited until the idiot Yang Guozhong became the right minister, but he didn't expect that a Lu Tianshi would pop up? And this Lu Tianshi was a With one attack, we destroyed Tubo, which had been at odds with the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years, can we defeat it?"
"Yes, now we have no hope." An Qingxu also said.
At this time, Yan Zhuang and Gao Shang gradually came to their senses and made up their minds.
In a word, it is impossible for Datang to give any chance to children from poor families like them.
Therefore, they must overthrow Datang before they can truly have a chance to turn around.
It doesn't matter whether Lu Tianshi is true or false, they have no way out.
They don't believe that there is really an immortal who can destroy the hundreds of thousands of vassal soldiers in Anlu Mountain.
At that moment, Yan Zhuang said: "Jie Shuai, there are many doubts about this matter, so you must not believe it easily."
Gao Shang also agreed: "Yes, I heard that there are illusionists in Dashi who can create illusions and confuse people's souls, so the Lu Tianshi mentioned in the secret letter may not be the true Tianshi."
"What do you mean?" An Lushan said, "Fake?"
"Can't you?" An Qingxu said, "It was stated in the secret letter. Hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Chang'an City saw it, and Yang Guozhong was also captured by this Lu Tianshi. This can't be fake, right?"
"Yang Guozhong's capture doesn't mean anything." Yan Zhuang said.
Gao Shang also said: "Yes, Li Longji has actually intended to capture Yang Guozhong for a long time, but the time has not come yet."
An Lushan said: "But now that Yang Guozhong has been captured, we have no excuse to raise troops."
Although An Lushan's ultimate goal was to overthrow the Tang Dynasty and become the emperor of Yan Dynasty, he certainly could not make a fuss about this directly in the early stages of raising his army. Instead, he had to find an excuse.
An Lushan's excuse was to kill the treacherous minister Yang Guozhong and clear the emperor's side.
"What's wrong with making excuses?" Yan Zhuang said, "Just say that Wei Jiansu will be killed."
"Wei Jiansu?" An Qingxu asked, "Wei Jiansu's official reputation is not bad, but he seems unable to convince others."
Gao Shang said: "Let's just say that Wei Jiansu, the Right Prime Minister, colluded with the Great Demon Eater to confuse the Saint, and he can be punished!"
Under solemn and noble persuasion, An Lushan and his son regained their confidence.
Yan Zhuang still has Gao Shang and there is no way out, so how can Lu Lushan and his son have any way out?
At that moment, An Lushan ordered An Qingxu: "Erlang, still prepare according to the original plan."
"Here!" An Qingxu said, crossing his hands, "One more year is enough."
"No, I'll give you another six months at most." An Lushan said in a deep voice.
"After six months, the army must be raised."
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Chang'an, Leyouyuan.
During the recent period, Master Lu Tianshi "lived" in the Shangqing Palace in Leyouyuan.
After all, Li Longji spent huge sums of money to build the dojo, so Lu Tianshi did not refuse.
"Here, Li Longji pays homage to Master Lu Tianshi." Li Longji greeted him respectfully.
Yang Taizhen, who came to Shangqing Palace with Li Longji, also hurriedly paid tribute.
Lu Tianshi, who was wandering around Chang'an City, heard Li Longji's singing, and immediately pushed the camera back to the Shangqing Palace in Leyouyuan.
"Li Longji, what are you doing in Shangqing Palace?"
"Celestial Master, Yang Taizhen wants to worship you as his teacher. From now on, he will stay under the Celestial Master's seat to serve you tea and water, and serve you in the morning and evening."
Li Longji was also willing to give up his most beloved woman as a honey trap, but then again, compared with his appearance, a mere woman is really nothing.
But this time, Li Longji made the wrong calculation.
If Master Lu Tian could come in person, he might still consider it.
But now, at best, she can only come to consciousness, and beautiful women really have no allure.
There is something to look at but not something to eat. The more beautiful the person is, the more torture it is. After all, Lu Xiaoning in the real world does not have a girlfriend yet, so he has to rely on the fifth girl to solve his physical needs.
At that moment, Lu Tianshi said angrily: "Li Longji, are you free? Are you using this crooked idea?"
"Uh..." Li Longji's expression froze for a moment, and he hurriedly said, "Master Tian, Yang Taizhen voluntarily worships you out of respect for you."
"Put away your petty thoughts." Lu Tianshi muttered.
"I have made it very clear to you that it is impossible for you to live forever. No emperor has ever lived forever. How could Li Longji be so virtuous that he can live forever alone?"
Hearing this, Li Longji did not dare to be angry, but just sighed.
There is no hope of immortality, so we can only settle for the next best thing and prolong the Tang Dynasty as much as possible.
At that moment, Li Longji said again: "A few days ago in the main hall of Xingqing Palace, Master Lu Tianshi once said that the system of three provinces and six ministries also has flaws, which is that it will constrain promising monarchs. In fact, I am more worried about other people than constraining promising monarchs. One thing is that the mediocre saints of later generations wanted to get rid of the constraints of the three provinces and six ministries."
"Yes, no one can resist the temptation of power." Lu Tianshi nodded.
"Let's just say that the current prince, although his ability to govern is mediocre, his desire for power is not inferior to yours at all. He can't play politics with the prime ministers of the three provinces, so he repeated the mistakes of the emperors of the two Han Dynasties and divided the country by supporting eunuchs such as Li Fuguo. The power of the prime minister laid the foundation for the eunuchs to cause chaos in the Tang Dynasty."
"What a shame, Li Heng is such a arrogant man. I must deprive him of his position as crown prince."
"What's the use of abolishing Li Heng? It's the same as replacing Li Heng as the prince. Maybe it's not as good as that."
"So, doesn't this matter still have no solution? Doesn't the Tang Dynasty still have no choice but to decline?"
"People have life and death, how can a dynasty prosper forever? The decline of the Tang Dynasty is inevitable. The only thing you can do is to slow down the process and speed of its decline."
"Please Master Lu Tian teach me."
"There is no other way. We can only establish the ancestral precepts. Eunuchs and the harem are not allowed to interfere in politics. Your harem in Li Tang is powerful enough. Your grandma directly became the empress. Your aunt and Empress Wei almost became the emperor, so Rules must be set, and eunuchs and harems will never be allowed to interfere in politics. Violators will be punished by the whole world!"
The harem's non-interference in political affairs was only established in the Ming Dynasty.
It was not until the Qing Dynasty that eunuchs refrained from political affairs.
But history has proven that these two measures can be implemented very well.
Lu Tianshi added: "Also, you, Li Tang, have always had a tradition of palace coups. This is not acceptable. It can easily cause chaos and disorder in the transfer of power, so we must change back to the eldest son inheritance system."
"The eldest son of the previous dynasty will inherit the throne?" Li Longji said thoughtfully.
"To be precise, there are direct heirs and no direct chiefs." Lu Tianshi said, "With the system of three provinces and six ministries, plus the system that the prime minister must originate from the prefecture and county, it does not matter whether the emperor is talented or not. It may even matter if the emperor is incompetent. It will be more advantageous, and then the primogeniture system can ensure an orderly exchange of power."
Li Longji said: "In this case, it must be Li Heng."
Li Heng was not only the eldest of the more than twenty living sons of Li Longji, but he also recognized Queen Wang as his legitimate mother, so he was the real eldest son.
