Chapter 527 Everyone has their own thoughts

Even Nan Jiyun himself could not have imagined that his action to capture the imperial city would bring such unimaginable results. At the fourth update, a eunuch hurried over under the leadership of Hu Peiyun. He brought unbelievable news. Li Heng fled from the Daming Palace at the first update. Along with his sons and concubines in the Empress Palace, the Daming Palace was empty at this time.

Hu Peiyun also told Nan Jiyun that his subordinates had discovered signs of large-scale mobilization of Jinwu Guards two hours ago, and it was very likely that they had left the city, but Nan Jiyun was very cautious. He immediately sent people to Wannian County to check the situation and soon received the news that the various yards in Wannian County were still closed, but the Jinwu Guards were missing. They found several veterans guarding the city, and then they got the exact news that all 20,000 Jinwu Guards left the city at the first update.

Nan Jiyun was both surprised and happy. He immediately made an emergency report to Li Qing'an and ordered Changsun Quanxu's Yulin Army to take over the palace city, close the palace gate, and not allow anyone to enter and exit at will. At the same time, he ordered Qianniuwei to take over Wannian County, maintain the order of Wannian County, and block the news that Li Heng had fled. Just when Nan Jiyun was hesitating whether to close Chang'an City, Yan Zhuang, who had been manipulating behind the scenes, found him.

Yan Zhuang almost didn't sleep all night last night, and he was busy and exhausted these days. This time, Li Qing'an's three moves in Chang'an: evacuating the family of ministers, occupying Tongguan, and occupying the imperial city were all planned by Yan Zhuang. These three moves were not that simple. They included a large number of details, such as occupying Tongguan, if they were not discovered by Li Heng's other troops, if they could accidentally occupy Tongguan, there were a lot of details that needed to be implemented. Yan Zhuang also knew that these moves were the final conclusion of Li Qingan, and whether they could successfully occupy Guanzhong would be here.

His hard work was finally rewarded, and he successfully made all three moves. He had just received the news from Hu Peiyun that Li Heng had fled Chang'an. Although he was so tired that he could not support it, Yan Zhuang was still worried and hurried to find Nan Jiyun.

At the dawn of night, Yan Zhuang rushed to the imperial city. When he saw Nan Jiyun, he asked anxiously: "General Nan, what's wrong with Wannian County?"

Nan Jiyun was about to go to Wannian County to inspect the situation. When he saw Yan Zhuang coming, he turned over and got off the horse and smiled and said, "Sir, have you not rest yet?"

"Hey! I can't rest assured, come and ask about the situation."

"Sir, don't worry, I have sent troops to take over Wannian County. The situation in Wannian County is still calm now. I think there should be no major problems."

Yan Zhuang shook his head, looked at the white sky in the east and said, "It may still be calm now, but Wannian County will probably be in chaos after dawn. The general must be prepared."

"I am going to continue martial law, close the city gates and yard gates, and not allow people to go to the streets to cause trouble."

Seeing that Nan Jiyun did not understand what he meant, Yan Zhuang sighed secretly and said slowly: "This is why I came to look for the general. The general cannot be martial law. On the contrary, he should open the gate and the city gate so that all those who want to leave the city can leave the city, and let the officials who want to go to Chengdu leave as long as they go. This is also the general's intention."

Seeing Nan Jiyun lowered his head and said nothing, Yan Zhuang continued: "Li Longji also caused chaos when he fled south. Did you see the general's order to intercept? At that time, he escaped so many important officials and powerful people, so that Pei Min and other backbone ministers who supported the general rose. This time, the same is true. Only by allowing those who support Li Heng to follow him as much as possible can the general's long-term strategy be realized. The general hopes that Li Heng can replace Li Longji, and can induce internal struggles between them, and give the general time to resolve An Lushan. General Nan must not miss the general's strategy."

Nan Jiyun was just a soldier and knew to implement Li Qing'an's orders without fail. Although Li Qing'an had not ordered Li Heng's supporters to leave the city, he was trusting Yan Zhuang, so he finally accepted Yan Zhuang's advice and turned around and ordered: "Transfer my order, the gate of the yard is wide open and the city gate is wide open, so he cannot stop anyone from leaving the city."

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The sky gradually became bright, and Wannian County, which had been silent, finally had chaos. When the people of Wannian County discovered that the army patrolling on the streets was no longer the Jinwu Guard holding golden rods, but the Qianniu Guard with long silver swords on his waist, almost everyone realized that the Tang Dynasty had changed, and various rumors spread rapidly in Chang'an. Many people expanded the incident that happened in the imperial city last night, saying that it was the Anxi army that captured the Daming Palace, and the Emperor and the Queen were both locked in the small room!

But how can we explain the disappearance of all the Jinwu Guards? It is obviously not that they were annihilated by the Anxi Army and not even left a blood bead. It can only mean that they ran away. The Jinwu Guards ran away. Will the emperor run away?

Some interested people began to focus on Li Heng, soon.

The surging escape wave in Wannian County confirmed the speculation of these interested people, and the emperor did run away.

The streets and city gates were full of carriages of fugitive officials, carrying fine property, their children, and charming wives and concubines. Although Li Fuguo himself ran away at the fourth hour, he was afraid that Li Heng would notify all officials in the future, so he sent two capable confidants to inform these Li Heng of their best friends from door to door at dawn. However, he was smooth and did not say that Li Heng ran first, but that the Anxi army attacked the Daming Palace, and the emperor was forced to retreat from the back door.

No matter what the reason was, the news of Li Heng's escape from the south blew up among his confidant ministers, and the whole Wannian County was in chaos. Wang Gong, Li Qiu, Li Lin, Da Xixun and other Li Heng's confidant ministers also knew that Li Qing'an would not tolerate them, just like people who boarded a pirate ship. The boss changed the ship, and they also wanted to change the ship.

Wang Gong was the first minister to leave Chang'an with his family and he had known that today would be there. As early as two months ago, he sent his two sons to Sichuan with some of his property to buy land and land. A month ago, he began to clean up his family's wealth, and even the five-acre Yongye field under his name was sold quietly last month. Therefore, Wang Gong ran away the most quickly. More than 80 confidant servants surrounded five carriages and left the city as soon as it dawned.

In the carriage, Wang Gong looked at the situation on the street through the curtain. At this time, his mood was very complicated. A few years ago, he formed an alliance with Li Qing'an and became his support in the court. I don’t know when he gradually parted ways with Li Qing'an, and he became Li Qing'an’s opponent.

‘Odd?’ Wang Gong smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth. He looked down on himself too highly. He is not worthy of being Li Qing'an’s opponent now. Even Li Heng is not worthy of Li Qing'an. There is only one opponent in Li Qing'an, and that is himself.

In fact, it was because of Li Heng. Wasn’t Li Qingan also Li Heng’s confidant at the time? It’s just that he came from Li Shantou later, but he still looked at Li Heng’s face and had a meal.

At this time, the six-year-old son beside Wang Gong asked crisply: "Dad, why can't we stay in Chang'an?"

Wang Gong caressed his son's little head lovingly and said softly: "Although Chang'an is big, there is no place for his father to live in. Dad has to go to Chengdu. You are still young now, and you will understand when you grow up."

"The boy understands that there are no bad people in Chengdu, Dad, is that true?"

"That's right, let's go quickly."

Wang Gong immediately ordered: "Start up, don't stay at all."

The coachman accelerated his speed and five carriages rushed towards the Ziwu Valley in the south.

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In the evening, Li Qing'an's army arrived ten miles west of Mei County. At this time, he received news that Guo Ziyi also led an army of 60,000 to advance to Guanzhong, less than a hundred miles away from his army. Li Qing'an immediately ordered the army to station on the spot and maintain combat readiness.

At this time, a team of cavalry from Guo Ziyi's army rushed over, and the leader was a general in his thirties. He was Guo Ziyi's confidant Li Guoliang. He came to explain the situation to Li Qing'an on the order of Guo Ziyi.

This is also Guo Ziyi's first statement since Li Shi's death. Since Li Shi's death, Guo Ziyi's army, which has already had 100,000 Shuofang Army, has remained silent. He was neither loyal to Li Heng, nor did he participate in the attack on the pseudo-official cursed by the royal guards. This really made many ministers who supported Li Shi feel dissatisfied with him. In fact, Li Heng only had 80,000 troops in Guanzhong, while Guo Ziyi had 100,000 troops and 30,000 Dangxiang mercenaries, whose strength was far greater than Li Heng. If he came to Chang'an to question the crime, then the situation in the Tang Dynasty would be a different scene. Guo Ziyi would control the Tang Dynasty's affairs, and it would not be Li Qing'an's turn.

But Li Qingan knew that Guo Ziyi, the old fox, had other considerations. He was the only minister of Zhongchang who could end well and could not be done with a low-key attitude.

"I am Li Guoliang, Shuofang Army. I come to see His Highness Zhao on the order of my old general!"

Li Qing'an urged the horse to leave the line and asked Li Guoliang sternly: "How dare the Shuofang army enter Guanzhong without my permission? Why didn't Guo Ziyi come to see me?"

Li Guoliang felt awe-inspiringly and hurriedly bowed: "Shuofang Army is still on the line of Danzheng Gorge and has not yet officially entered Guanzhong. Old General Guo sent the last general to come. First, he hoped that the general would agree to the Shuofang Army enter Guanzhong, and second, he wanted to discuss with the general about building a tomb for the young emperor."

It was just an excuse to give the young emperor a glory. Guo Ziyi obviously wanted to participate in the support of the new emperor, or to supervise Li Qing'an, and not to do anything that violated the ministers. Li Qing'an knew all this well, and he also knew that Guo Ziyi had given him a concession. He never entered Chang'an and did not want to offend him to some extent.

Li Qing'anluo pondered and said, "The Uighurs will not be trapped. They will invade the inner road of Guan at any time. The main force of the Shuofang army cannot enter Guanzhong. Please tell the old general Guo that our 100,000 Anxi army is enough to expel the pseudo emperor, and there is no need for the Shuofang army to come to help in the war. If the old general Guo wants to build a tomb for the young emperor, then he only needs to bring three thousand people to come. I can guarantee his safety."

"Three thousand people?"

Li Guoliang felt a little embarrassed: "General, is there a little less than three thousand people?"

Li Qingan said coldly: "If Shuofang Army wants to fight with the Anxi Army, you can, he can bring any army to Guanzhong, and I, Li Qingan, will accompany you!"

Li Qing'an's unmodified threat made Li Guoliang sweat on his forehead. He quickly clasped his fists and said, "The General of Mo understands, and the General of Mo immediately repays the old general."

Li Guoliang didn't dare to stay too long and immediately went back to report to Guo Ziyi. Li Qing'an looked at his back and walked away. He couldn't help but sneer and ordered: "The army is stationed in Mei County for the night!"

After the order was passed, the army immediately accelerated its pace. At this time, Li Qing'an said to his personal soldiers: "Go to Wugong County quickly and invite me to the ministers such as Pei Min, Zhang Yun, Cui Huan, Wei Tao, Zhang Hao, Lu Huan, etc."

After pausing, he said to another personal soldier: "Go to Qiyang County again and find the Yang brothers for me."

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The sky gradually became dark, and raindrops floated up in the sky. A hundred thousand troops set up camp outside the town of Mei County. Li Qing'an did not live in the county, but waited for Pei Min and others in the central army tent in the camp. He stood in front of the curtain with his hands behind his back and stared at the dense raindrops in the night. It had been ten years since he entered the Tang Dynasty. In these ten years, he had gone from a small fortress to reach today and became the most powerful figure in the Tang Dynasty. His words and deeds must be carefully studied and experienced by countless people. His every move would change the general trend of the world. This made him taste the sweetness of power and also made him taste the loneliness of power. No one could communicate with him spiritually, including himself, and even he himself did not know what his ultimate goal was.

Is it the world? But what after taking over the world? Maybe he has changed history, but who can guarantee that after walking a fork in the Tang Dynasty, will the Tang Dynasty return to the original trajectory of history? Who can guarantee that his descendants will definitely do better than Li Longji's descendants?

Confused, for ten years, the prophet of history has been deeply confused by him. Until today, he still cannot find a lighthouse that guides him forward. Perhaps the mist of power blocked his vision for finding the lighthouse. Li Qingan sighed deeply. Perhaps twenty years later, when the Tang Dynasty's strength pushes him out of the vicious circle of power, he can find another new path that will not return the Tang Dynasty to the historical trajectory.

And now, he needs to step by step to reach the highest peak of power: the world.

At this time, a personal soldier hesitated in front of the tent interrupted Li Qing'an's important ideas.

"What's up?"

"Report to the general, a Taoist priest asked for a visit, and he said he was the general's old friend."

"A Taoist priest and old friend?"

Li Qingan thought for a moment and said, "Take him to my tent."

He temporarily put away his thoughts and turned back to the tent. After a moment, several personal soldiers led a tall Taoist priest into the tent.

"Amitabha Buddha, the general has always been safe?"

The Taoist priest wore a bamboo crown, a tattered Taoist robe, and a whisk with only a few hairs left in his hand. At first glance, he looked like a sloppy Taoist priest who came to the military camp to beg for food, but his expression was different. His extremely bright eyes were filled with a look of expectation. He was Li Mi who had been missing in the imperial village tragedy for nearly a year.

"So it's Mr. Li!"

Li Qingan laughed, "As a matter of fact, I guessed that the sir became a monk for the sake of the Tao."

"I have wisdom and become a monk as a Taoist is my long-cherished wish for many years."

Li Qingan smiled and said, "Then why did you go back to the world today? It's not like passing by by chance!"

"No! No."

Li Mi confessed very much, "I came to persuade the general, and for the fate of the 50 million people in the Tang Dynasty."

Li Qingan glanced at him deeply and said lightly: "Seep down and talk!"

Li Qing'an asked Li Mi to sit down, and ordered his personal soldiers to serve Li Mi. He smiled and said, "Where did you become a monk this year?"

"I became a monk in Hengshan and have recently traveled in the Central Plains. When I heard that Tubo was defeated, I came to see the general."

"It turns out that Master Li is in the Taoist sect, but his heart is in the court, which is rare."

Li Qingan sarcastically said indifferently that although Li Mi was a famous minister of revival in history and a master of governing the country, Li Qingan was not interested in him. Just like Li Bai, he admired his name but did not value him. In contrast, Li Qingan admired Li Mi's nephew Zhang Zhihe, the young county magistrate who was down-to-earth in Anxi to benefit the people, and Liu Yan, who was also a famous historical minister, but diligent in managing finances in Anxi. Li Qingan liked people who were more down-to-earth in doing things. He was not interested in Li Mi's common prime minister who often escaped from trouble.

Li Mi heard Li Qingan's sarcastic tone, and he smiled awkwardly and said, "I don't want to ask about the world when entering the Taoist sect. I am not seeking wealth and honor, I just want to do my best for the people of the world."

"The people of the world? Master Li was very angry!"

"No, it's not that I'm so proud of myself, but that every decision of the general is related to the people of the world. If it's a trivial matter, why should I come to the general?"

Li Qingan smiled. This time he did not sarcastically and said, "Continue talking."

Li Mi suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to Li Qing'an, saying, "I knew that the general was determined to be the world in Anxi, but I have never mentioned it to Emperor Jingzong. I also deeply agree with the general's actions to restrict fields and slaves in Anxi. It is not impossible for the general to enter the Daming Palace after the prince is built, but if the general enters the Daming Palace this time, it will be the most unwise decision of the General."

"Continue to talk about it!"

Li Qing'an's face had no expression at all, and he couldn't tell what he was thinking. Li Mi couldn't help but sigh secretly, and he found that Li Qing'an's cunning was deeper.

But at this point, he had to bite the bullet and continue, "I remember the general once told me that the person the general admired most in his life was Emperor Wu of Wei Cao Cao, but Cao Cao did not dare to call him Wei Wu throughout his life. Even his burial was posthumously named "King Wu of Han". Why is that? He refused to be the name of usurpation, and the general was a member of the Li Tang royal family, but the general had thought that if the general ascended the throne, would the people in the world think that the Southern Tang Dynasty was orthodox or the general was orthodox? The general came in the name of Emperor Jingzong's Shaoxue, but in the end he ascended the throne himself. How could the general fulfill this name? If the reputation is not right, the words would be unsatisfactory, so I advise the general to endure the power of the moment, first sweep the world, and then erect the famous monument."

Li Qing'an's face finally eased a little bit. It was this little change in his face that made Li Mi feel a little warmth. Li Qing'an was not as unfathomable as he imagined.

"Sir, you don't need to tell me!" Li Qing'an looked at Li Mi and said.

"No, I said, I came for the people of the world, not selfish."

"Then I will thank you sir."

Li Qing'an bowed to Li Mi and turned around and ordered: "Come on, prepare five hundred taels of gold for sir."

He smiled at Li Mi again and said, "Although A Du is vulgar, you can build a Taoist temple for you. Don't refuse!"

Li Mi smiled at the sky, "I can't hold five hundred taels of gold!"

He whisked the dust and left, and he could hear his clear singing from afar: "So what about building it? So what about the people? They are both Muzili, and the people enjoy peace...."

Li Qingan smiled and shook his head. This bull-nosed wise man has something to offer.

At this time, a personal soldier who had been waiting beside him reported: "General, the Yang brothers have arrived."

The Yang brothers are Yang Guozhong's two sons, Yang Xuan and Yang Feng. The two brothers are hostages secretly placed by Yang Guozhong in Chang'an. They had always lived in Chang'an. Because Li Heng ascended the throne, the two brothers were afraid of Li Heng's revenge and ran to Qiyang County to hide. This time, Li Qing'an returned to Guanzhong, and the first thing he did was to indicate that he and his brothers would come to see him.
Chapter completed!