Tibet

Chapter 557
An Lushan's rebellion shocked Chang'an, and the city of Chang'an suddenly became trembling.

The first is that land prices, which have just stabilized, have plummeted again. There is a three-acre house in Pingkangfang. The asking price last year was still [-] guan. When the news came that An Lushan was about to rebel, the house was immediately reduced to [-] guan. But no one cared.

When news of An Lushan's rebellion came, the price of this house had dropped to [-] yuan, but no one was interested.

There are many houses like this, and the prices have dropped again and again, but no one is willing to pay for them.

At the same time, someone created a gold and silver panic in the city, causing gold and silver prices to skyrocket. The official gold and silver exchange price remained unchanged, but gold and silver could no longer be exchanged.

The price of silver on the black market has risen to three to one, and it takes three coins to exchange for one tael of silver.

The same goes for gold. Thirty guan of gold is exchanged for one tael of gold, and it has also tripled.

Everyone knows that gold and silver are easy to carry and can save lives in critical moments.

As the price of gold and silver skyrocketed, so did the price of goods. A bucket of rice rose from [-] yuan to [-] yuan, triggering a rice-grabbing trend in Chang'an.

After receiving the news of An Lushan's rebellion, the emperor Li Longji seemed to have been awakened by a blow. He was extremely angry. An Lushan, whom he trusted so much, actually rebelled. For the first time, Li Longji returned to the imperial study room after a long absence and summoned dozens of people. Important ministers discussed countermeasures.

Yang Guozhong stepped forward and said proudly: "Your Majesty, I have long said that Anlu Mountain will rebel."

Li Longji was really annoyed. He angrily yelled: "Is now the time to say such sarcastic words? If you have any countermeasures, just say it. If you don't, get out!"

Yang Guozhong couldn't say a word and had to retreat in embarrassment.

Wei Jiansu stepped forward and said: "An Lushan is just an ambitious local warlord, a simple-minded Hu people, leading a group of similarly ignorant Hu people to rebel. It is no longer the time for Wu Hu to disrupt China. We, the Tang Dynasty There are nearly 5000 million Han people, enough to drown this small group of rebels, so there is no need for your Majesty to panic."

Li Longji nodded. Wei Jiansu's words made him feel much better. He nodded and said, "Does Wei Xiangguo have any specific suggestions?"

Wei Jiansu bowed and said: "Your Majesty, An Lushan has been running Youzhou for a long time. He has a stable control over Youzhou. It is difficult for us to intervene for a while. But Hedong is different. He has just served as the governor of Hedong. It is impossible to control Hedong. It is a humble position. It is recommended that Taiyuan Yin Wang Chengye be immediately appointed as the Hedong Jiedushi to reorganize the Hedong army. He was originally the general of the Yulin Army and is naturally suitable for this position."

Li Longji nodded and immediately ordered: "According to my decree, Prince Chengye of Taiyuan Yin is appointed as the envoy of Hedong Festival, and Lu Fengyi is appointed as the supervisor of the army!"

Everyone was stunned, why there was another supervisory army. Li Longji sighed: "The thing I regret most is that I did not station the supervisory army in Youzhou, which caused these feudal towns to rebel. From today on, all foreign troops must There is a supervisory army, which is served by the chamberlain.”

Dugu Lie, the Minister of War, said worriedly: "Your Majesty, the supervisory army will restrict the general, which may be detrimental to the battle."

Li Longji said without comment: "The supervisory army does not interfere with normal military affairs and only monitors abnormal movements."

But there are no rules at all about what is abnormal and what is normal, and it is not up to the supervisors to decide independently. Just when Dugulie was about to persuade again, Li Longji waved his hand, "I have made up my mind, don't persuade anymore."

Dugu Lie had no choice but to retreat. Li Longji glanced at him and asked lightly: "Dugu Shangshu, where is Li Ye now?"

Dugu Lie's heart trembled, and he quickly said: "I don't know, your majesty has canceled the report. He should be in Anxi or Hezhong!"

Li Longji pondered for a while and said: "He is a pillar of the Tang Dynasty. Now that the Tang Dynasty is in civil strife, he is too unqualified to be in Anxi. Transfer him back! Inform me of my decree and immediately announce that Anxi Jiedushi Li Ye will return to the court and appoint Xi Yuanqing as temporary On behalf of the Jiedushi of Anxi, he appointed King Feng Li Gong as the Great Protector of Anxi, and the transfer envoy of Beiting in Anxi to control the military affairs of Anxi and Beiting. He appointed Shi Xiejin, the Governor of Hezhong, as the Governor of Hezhong, under the control of King Feng."

Dugu Lie knew in his heart that the emperor was depriving Li Ye of his military power. He had already had this idea, but under the influence of Mrs. Guo Guo and Gao Lishi, he had been hesitant. It was not until An Lushan rebelled that he got rid of the influence of the outside world and finally Made up my mind.

At this time, Yang Guozhong saw the clues that the emperor no longer trusted foreign ministers. He also knew that as the right prime minister, he must express his position, otherwise his position as the right prime minister would not be guaranteed.

Yang Guozhong came out and said: "Your Majesty made up for the situation and dealt with it decisively. I deeply agree with it. I suggest that the prince sit in the local area and guide the various places to fight against Anlu Mountain, unite the army and the people to overcome the difficulties together!"

Yang Guozhong's statement touched the heart of Emperor Li Longji. He nodded, "What Ai Qing said is absolutely true. I will consider it. Now I am very concerned about the defense of Luoyang. What do Yang Xiangguo think?" Yang Guozhong bowed and said: "Micro I recommend Xianyu Zhongtong, the Minister of Hubu, to stay in Luoyang and lead the army and people of Luoyang to defend Luoyang."

Li Longji nodded, Xian Yu Zhongtong was also a general who could lead troops and could be reused, which was enough to deal with the rabble in An Lushan.

He immediately issued an edict: "Confess Xian Yu Zhongtong as General of Hussars, and serve as a garrison in Luoyang. Recruit [-] troops in Guanzhong and rush to Luoyang for defense."

History is like this. Feng Changqing was originally supposed to go to Luoyang to defend. Because of Li Ye's presence, Feng Changqing escaped the disaster, and Xianyu Zhongtong rushed to Luoyang to defend instead.

At this time, Feng Changqing was down in Chang'an. It was his misfortune, but it was also his great fortune.

The emperor Li Longji immediately issued an order to transfer [-] shi of rice from Changpingcang and sell it to the market at a price of [-] Wen per bucket. The skyrocketing rice price was immediately suppressed and stabilized at around [-] Wen per bucket.

In Qiaoling, Feilong and three hundred of his men were carrying belongings from a secret room. Feilong wore a purple gold crown and a purple robe. Applicant stared at the large wooden boxes solemnly. He felt a little uneasy because they were all big wooden boxes. Although there is no mark on his wooden box, he not only has a large wooden box, but also has thirty barrels of gunpowder packed in large wooden barrels.

But he didn't see the powder keg. What happened?

After two hundred large boxes were moved out, a warrior leader came forward and said: "Master Qi, we have finished moving them all."

"Bullshit!"

Feilong was furious, "Where are the barrels?"

The leader said tremblingly: "I didn't see the barrels, they are all here."

Feilong secretly screamed something bad, and immediately ordered: "Open the box!"

Several warriors pried open a large wooden box and shouted: "Master, there are stones inside!"

Feilong rushed forward and saw ugly cobblestones inside. He was angry and anxious and shouted: "Open all the boxes!"

In a moment, all the boxes were opened.

"Master, the box is full of stones!"

"Our place is full of rocks too!"

The responses came one after another, hitting Fei Long on the head like a hammer, and the blood in his chest swelled. He could no longer bear the blow, his vision went black, and he fainted immediately.

The men immediately panicked, yelled desperately, and pinched people. Feilong slowly woke up, his eyes filled with deep hatred. He listened to Liefeng's words and regarded Li Ye as his successor, but he didn't expect that he would eat them all. A wolf that doesn’t spit out bones!

Only a little of the wealth he had accumulated over the past 30 years was taken away by him in advance, and the rest was swallowed up by the thief Li Ye.

At this moment, Feilong gritted his teeth. He would rather give up his career than cut Li Ye into pieces.

In fact, his career has been ruined. He made trouble in Chang'an, created panic, and pushed up the price of gold and silver. He then sold gold and silver at high prices to earn copper coins to recruit troops.

Now that the money is gone, how can he maintain the [-] troops he recruited?
Feilong's eyes spurted out hatred. He wanted to take revenge. He would kill Li Ye's parents first and let him feel the pain of losing a relative.

(End of this chapter)