In the next few days, Wang Sizhong was not idle. Instead, before An Lushan returned to Youzhou, and when the three officials took office, he began to make large-scale adjustments to the officials appointed by An Lushan, and also It took a lot of effort to make sufficient preparations for him, and dispatched nearly a hundred people from Shuofang, Hedong and the imperial court to support him. Only then could he complete the entire change of Fan Yang's officials in three days resolutely.
Some officials did not come to Youzhou, but were escorted by the Shence Army and went directly to take office. When An Lushan came to Youzhou three days later, the officials he bribed with gold, silver, wine and meat were already on their way to Chang'an. Gao Buyi plans to re-evaluate them before using them according to their capacity.
Originally it didn't take three days to get from Chongzhou to Youzhou, but An Lushan has been actively provoking wars with the Turks in recent years in order to ask Emperor Xuanzong for military pay and troops. He has tried repeatedly and it has always worked. How could he let it go when he has tasted the benefits? Let go.
Since returning from Chang'an, he has been in a state of unease, so he thought of repeating his old tricks, making some noise at the border, and then asking Xuanzong to summon him so that he could go to Chang'an again.
Unexpectedly, his subordinates suddenly reported that his position as the Jiedushi of Fan Yang had been taken away. He was immediately furious and wanted to raise troops to punish him. But how could the Turks who were provoked by him do as he wished? When they found out that he wanted to withdraw, they immediately The whole army attacked and gave An Lushan a blow in the head. This was just shooting himself in the foot.
After a great battle, neither side took advantage, and the delay lasted for two days.
The father-in-law had not won the battle and his morale was low, so it was impossible to raise troops to hold him accountable. Moreover, after finding out who Wang Sizhong was to replace him, he did not dare to raise troops casually. If he was labeled as a rebel, Wang Sizhong could kill him. After all, among the top ten military governors in the world, Wang Sizhong was the strongest, and he himself was a handsome man with both civil and military skills.
But he lost Fan Yang inexplicably, and suddenly lost 60% of his troops. He couldn't swallow this breath, so he wrote a book for Yang Guozhong, told him how powerful he was, and asked him to find a way to find a way to achieve great things. Fan Yang couldn't After the other side calmed down the soldiers and horses of his subordinates, he set off for Youzhou.
He met many deserters along the way. After careful questioning, he found out that Wang Sizhong had used these two days to replace all his people. An Lushan was furious: "This is too much!"
When An Lushan came to Youzhou, Gao Shi did not let anyone stop him. He came all the way to the Jiedushi Mansion. There was an incense table in the main hall, and the emperor's golden dragon token and imperial edict were enshrined on it. Seeing this, An Lushan's eyes flashed. Green light, the back molars were crunched by his bite.
What does this old emperor mean? Wang Sizhong's child bullied others too much. Is this showing off to himself?
"Who is it? It turns out to be General An Lushan. You came just in time. The emperor's order was very urgent two days ago, and you were not here. I could only follow the emperor's order to take over Fanyang's defense. Now that you are here, we can finally take over. Just a moment."
An Lushan narrowed his small eyes, and gave Wang Sizhong a clasped fist and a salute with a smile on his face. He couldn't help it, this guy was already of a higher rank than himself, and now he was still the Minister of the Ministry of War, holding a golden order in his hand, so he couldn't do anything but salute.
"Hahaha! General An is such a polite man, come on, come on! Let's talk in the second hall." Wang Sizhong sat in the main hall and accepted the great gift from An Lushan.
Seeing Wang Sizhong smiling boldly and pulling his arm to invite him to the second hall, An Lushan felt extremely unhappy. Back then, he pretended to be drunk and even refused to be polite to the prince. Now, who are you, Wang Sizhong? You really think you are a green onion. .
After being unhappy, I still have to make superficial remarks: "I don't dare to work General. Since General Wang has taken full control of the situation, Lushan will leave. Pinglu was attacked by Turks. The situation is tense, so I will leave."
"Oh? These Turks really don't know good from good. His Majesty ordered a truce at the border. They don't understand the emperor's grace and dare to make mistakes. How about it? Do you need me to send some troops to help?"
"No! No need!" An Lushan said in his heart: "If I let you go again, I'm afraid Pinglu won't be safe either."
"Really, you don't have to worry, I will provide the food and grass myself."
"Thank you, General Wang, for your kindness. It's really not necessary. It's just a small group of cavalry. It's nothing to worry about."
"In this case, I won't keep you, take care!"
"Farewell!"
After leaving the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, An Lushan climbed on his horse and left Youzhou without looking back. He wanted to make some noise, but unfortunately Wang Sizhong did too much. At this time, none of the leading generals was his own. people.
"Commander, we are going all the way south. We should go north when we return to Pinglu."
"Go back to Pinglu and go to Chang'an. You go and notify Military Advisor Yan and ask him to come to Chang'an to meet me."
"yes!"
"Let's go! Drive!——"
In Youzhou, the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, a scout came in hurriedly: "Report! General! After An Lushan left Youzhou, he headed straight for Chang'an."
"knew."
He waved the sentry to retreat, and then Wang Sizhong wrote a letter and sent a message to Gao Buyi, reporting to him the news of An Lushan's entry into the capital. It was also a serious crime for the border town general to enter the capital without purpose; at the same time, he also informed Gao Buyi about the situation on Fan Yang's side. Detailed report.
After receiving Wang Sizhong's report, Gao Buyi was very satisfied. Everything was done perfectly and neatly. However, he didn't say anything about An Lushan's coming to Chang'an and looked at it and threw it aside.
Wang Sizhong took over Fan Yang Jiedushi, so the immediate worries are gone for the time being. As long as An Lushan does not seek death and takes the initiative to launch a large-scale war against the Turks, the border should be stable for some time.
Nowadays, the country is slowly changing because of his clear edict. It is not appropriate to make any big noise at this time. After the thunder, there must be gentle rain, otherwise the people will not be able to bear it. So what should we do next?
Gao Buyi had the entire map of the Tang Dynasty fixed in the Xuanzheng Hall, his imperial study room. He kept staring at the map when he had nothing to do. Many systems of the Tang Dynasty needed to be changed, but now was not the time.
If you want to stabilize yourself at this time and detoxify yourself, you must stop with silence, because the basis of the rule of the feudal dynasty is the so-called nobles, scholar-officials, and big landowners, and if you want to completely change the downward trend of the Tang Dynasty, you must move. Their interests are something that affects the whole body. Gao Buyi doesn't have much confidence that they can succeed.
If not, he might become the second Yang Guang.
Of course, we can't wait passively if we stop quietly. We must implement some measures to win over the hearts of the people and scholars all over the world.
To win the hearts of the people, one must feed and clothe them, take care of their children, and take care of their old. In today's Tang Dynasty, due to years of war, the northwest region is full of hunger, and the south of the Yangtze River is not rich at all.
As for the majority of scholars, what they pursue is to serve the country and display their ambitions. This is easy to handle. Officials in many places need to be replaced urgently, and they can be used to make up for it.
