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Yan Zhenqing agreed, turned around and found Qin Zhong, the leading general who was riding a horse slowly, stepped forward and grabbed Qin Zhong's horse reins and asked, "General Qin, why didn't the imperial court send someone to welcome the Emperor Taishang into the city?" The sun is about to set, is it possible to spend the night outside the city? ”

Qin Zhong jumped off the horse, stepped forward and arched his hand: "Yan Pingzhang, the last general is also waiting for news." The news of the arrival of the Emperor's car was reported to the imperial court this morning. But just now we got the news that we should stop outside the west gate and wait for the imperial court's decree. So, we had to pause here and wait for news. ”

Yan Zhenqing stomped his feet and said, "How can this be reasonable, how dare the imperial court be so lazy?" This is the emperor, even if an ordinary official enters the city, I am afraid that he should not be turned away. ”

Qin Zhong sighed and said, "Yan Pingzhang, don't be impatient, I can't help with this matter." After a while, the imperial court sent soldiers and horses to replace us to protect the emperor, and I will lead the soldiers and horses back to Chengdu overnight. Yan Pingzhang, my handsome family has explained to the last general, I advise you before leaving, it is better to go back to Chengdu. If you are willing, the end will prepare a horse for you, and we will return to Chengdu together. ”

Yan Zhenqing looked back at Xuanzong's expectant face in the carriage window in the distance, sighed and slowly shook his head: "Thank you Xiangguo for your kindness, but I can't go back." ”

Qin Zhong nodded and said, "That's good, the last general is not reluctant." I'll order someone to ask for the news, and I'll talk back to Yan Pingzhang again. ”

Yan Zhenqing slowly returned to Xuanzong's carriage and reported the news he had just gotten. Xuanzong sighed and was silent. Yan Zhenqing comforted and comforted Xuanzong's emotions by the side. The two didn't dare to talk about any sensitive topics in front of the escort cavalry, so they could only exchange a few words briefly, waiting for the final news.

Finally, after a meal, there was movement in the direction of the city gate in the east, and Yan Zhenqing climbed onto the wheel to look. But seeing the smoke and dust billowing in front of the team, the flag was waving. It seems that a team of soldiers and horses came from the direction of the city gate, and it should be the soldiers and horses in the capital.

Sure enough, a moment later, Qin Zhong rode his horse to report: "Emperor Taishang, Yan Pingzhang, Your Majesty has sent someone to announce the decree." ”

Yan Zhenqing hurriedly helped Xuanzong get out of the car, and the two stood in the open space in front of the car and waited quietly. Soon after, in a cloud of smoke and dust, a group of forbidden soldiers and horses arrived in front of the clearing. Several heavily armed generals strode over with a person dressed as a eunuch and went straight to where Xuanzong and Yan Zhenqing were standing.

Yan Zhenqing knew the eunuch, it was Yuan Mingyuan, the chief of internal supervision who had just returned to the capital on his way to Chengdu not long ago.

Yuan Mingyuan led several generals to Xuanzong, knelt on the ground and saluted, and shouted in his mouth: "Slave Yuan Mingyuan knocks to see the emperor." ”

Xuanzong snorted with his hands and said, "No courtesy." ”

Yuan Mingyuan smiled and thanked him, and said to Xuanzong: "Emperor Taishang, Your Majesty has a will, please accept the decree." ”

Xuanzong frowned and said, "Will? What about Li Mao? Didn't he come? Won't he come to meet his father? ”

Yuan Mingyuan said with a smile: "This slave doesn't know, the slave and maid are just ordered to come to announce the decree." ”

Xuanzong sighed and said, "Then you can say it." ”

Yuan Mingyuan saw Xuanzong standing still, his throat rolled, but he swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth. He wanted to ask Xuanzong why he didn't kneel down to listen to the order, but suddenly remembered that this was the Emperor Taishang in front of him, and only His Majesty knelt down to him, how could there be a reason for the Emperor Taishang to kneel to His Majesty.

"Why don't you kneel down and listen to the order?" Yuan Mingyuan pointed the finger at Yan Zhenqing, because he found that Yan Zhenqing was also standing upright, and he had no intention of kneeling at all.

Yan Zhenqing said in a deep voice: "How does Your Majesty declare the decree to the Emperor? You are preaching, not proclaiming. How can there be any reason in the world for His Majesty to declare his decree to the Emperor? Yuan Neijian, you read the will directly. ”

Where did Yuan Mingyuan know so many things, but he didn't plan to pursue it. This time he went to Chengdu to achieve nothing, and after returning to Beijing, he was scolded by Li Mao, and today he just wants to spread the word, and he doesn't want to cause trouble at all.

"Okay. So stand and listen. Yuan Mingyuan unfolded the holy decree and read it aloud: "When the son heard that his father was coming, he was very happy. Erchen originally planned to lead hundreds of civil and military officials to welcome a hundred miles, but he had no choice but to have complicated affairs in the DPRK and China, and he could not get out. Today, there is a major military matter that needs to be dealt with in time, so I ask my father to forgive my son for the crime of disgrace. The return of my father is a blessing for all the people in the world. The father is in the capital, the people are stable, and everything will be on the right track, which is exactly what the sons and daughters are looking forward to. However, the father may not know that Chang'an has fallen into the hands of thieves for more than a year, and the city has been trampled and damaged by thieves. The Xingqing Palace, where his father lived, was not spared. Knowing that his father had returned to Beijing, his sons had allocated manpower and property to repair properly, but it was difficult to prepare them in a hurry, and it was difficult to move in with bricks, stones, and wood everywhere. In order to let his father return to Beijing and return to the former residence of Xingqing Palace to recuperate, the sons did not dare to slack off in the slightest, so they could only urge the Ministry of Industry to step up repair and supervision. However, before the renovation of Xingqing Palace was completed, Erchen suggested that his father temporarily live in Lishan Palace. After the renovation of Xingqing Palace was completed, Erchen led hundreds of civil and military officials to Lishan Palace to personally pick up the holy driver. Before that, he asked his father to tolerate it a little and live in Lishan Palace for a while. I beg my father's permission. ”

Xuanzong and Yan Zhenqing stood there stunned, and really refused to let the car drive into Beijing, and the reason given was that Xingqing Palace was under great repair, and the emperor could not move in for the time being. It sounds like a piece of filial piety, His Majesty spent money and manpower on filial piety in order for the emperor to return to his former residence to live, but in fact, this reason is actually extremely rotten. Could it be that when Xuanzong returned to Beijing, only Xingqing Palace could live? There are dozens of palaces in Chang'an City, and any one is enough to settle Xuanzong for a long time, why do you want Xuanzong to live in Xingqing Palace, in the final analysis, you still refuse Xuanzong to enter Chang'an.

"Hehehe, good son. I, Li Longji, have accumulated virtue and given birth to such a good son who is filial. Listen, he is repairing my dwelling for me, so that I can live in a brand new palace for the rest of my life. Think a lot. Xuanzong's body trembled, and he pointed to the people around him.

"Emperor Taishang, Your Majesty's filial piety to the Emperor Taishang, there is nothing to say. There is a saying: what is as clear as the moon. Hehe, the slave is not good, I forgot that sentence. Yuan Mingyuan said with a smile.

Xuanzong sneered, raised his hand and said to Zhang Dequan: "Help me get into the carriage." I'm tired. ”

Zhang Dequan hurriedly stepped forward to help Xuanzong walk to the carriage. Yuan Mingyuan said: "Emperor Taishang, your old man is not gracious, but give a reply, and the slave and maid should go back to report it." ”

Xuanzong's body trembled, turned around and sneered: "Go back and report to your master, just say that his filial piety I understand, how dare I disobey his will, let him rest assured." ”

Yuan Mingyuan said happily: "Okay, that's good, the slave will tell Your Majesty the same words when she goes back." ”

Xuanzong's footsteps were vain, and he returned to the carriage with the support of Zhang Dequan, got into the carriage with one head, closed the door and put the curtain on it, and never showed up again.

Yan Zhenqing's face turned pale, and he forcibly held back the anger in his heart and said to Yuan Mingyuan: "Yuan Neijian, does Your Majesty have any other wills?" ”

Yuan Mingyuan said with a smile: "Yes, Your Majesty still has an oracle." His Majesty said that all the officials who accompanied the Emperor Taishang back to Beijing went to Lishan Palace to accompany the Emperor Taishang. In the future, I will enter the city with the emperor. From this moment on, the Supreme Emperor's holy chariot guard was taken over by the forbidden army Dragon Tiger Guard. General Niu, General Ma, you will handle the handover immediately. There are still dozens of miles to go to Lishan, so hurry up and hurry up to get rid of the trouble. ”

The two heavily armed generals of the forbidden army agreed in unison, and with a wave of their hands, they took the rest of the generals and began to hand over the escort matter with the escort cavalry of the Shence Army. Qin Zhong and the others were eager to hurry up and hand over, and the cavalry of the Shence Army withdrew from the team one after another, lining up in the rear to prepare to leave.

Yan Zhenqing didn't know what to say, he didn't expect that His Majesty would really refuse to welcome the Emperor Taishang into Chang'an, but would arrange the Emperor Taishang to live in the Lishan Palace. The Lishan Palace is on the Lishan Mountain, which is more than ten miles east of Chang'an, and the poor Emperor Taishang is afraid that he will live there for the rest of his life.

"Eunuch Yuan, can you allow me to go into the city to see the driver?" Yan Zhenqing frowned and asked.

"See the driver? Yan Pingzhang, it's not that our family won't help you, Your Majesty told everyone to go to Lishan Palace to settle down, you don't know. Yuan Ming said from afar.

Yan Zhenqing nodded and said: "I know, but I have to go to the minister to see Your Majesty, I have a major military plane to see Your Majesty, Yuan Neijian must take me into the city, otherwise the big thing will be delayed, and the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"Military aircraft events?" Yuan Mingyuan was surprised.

"Exactly, I might as well tell you a little bit, it's about Wang Yuan...... Material Confidentiality. Yan Zhenqing said in a low voice.

Yuan Mingyuan suddenly became nervous, everything about Wang Yuan is a big deal, and His Majesty is sparing no effort to collect this information. This Yan Zhenqing has been by Wang Yuan's side for a long time, and he must have some earth-shattering secret, which is exactly what His Majesty wants to hear. If he rejects him, he will really get annoyed.

"Is there really an important secret about Wang Yuan?"

"Of course, I, Yan Zhenqing, am not a person who speaks."

"Okay, I'll take you into the city in a moment. Don't fool me, or you and I won't have any good fruit to eat. Yuan Ming said from afar.

Yan Zhenqing's face was flat, and he said softly: "Don't worry, you are making a meritorious move, don't worry." Yuan Neijian waited, and I went to say goodbye to the Emperor Taishang. ”

Yan Zhenqing came to Xuanzong's carriage and gently lifted the curtain. Xuanzong sat weakly in the carriage with his eyes closed, tears on his face. Seeing that there was movement, Xuanzong opened his eyes and looked at Yan Zhenqing outside the car window in a daze, and tears flowed down again.

Yan Zhenqing arched his hand and said in a low voice: "Don't be sad about the Emperor, the minister is about to enter the capital, so I have come to bid farewell to the Emperor." ”

Xuanzong looked at Yan Zhenqing in a daze, his eyes were empty, and he said in a low voice: "Are you going to abandon me too?" ”

Yan Zhenqing shook his head and said, "How could a minister do that." The minister wants to go into the city to see His Majesty, and the minister asks His Majesty why he did this, and the minister asks him to give an explanation in person. How could he treat the Emperor Taishang like this. ”

Xuanzong sighed and said, "Zhenqing, the great Tang Dynasty, you are the only one who can be truly loyal to me. I don't know whether to be happy or sad. But it has come to this, and you will not be able to see him. With what he's doing now, maybe you're still worried about your life. You'd better come with me to Lishan. Although the palace is dilapidated, it is still a quiet place. There's also Huaqing Pond, which I haven't had in a hot spring for a long time. ”

Yan Zhenqing shook his head and said, "Emperor Taishang, it's not a question of where you live. The Emperor Taishang has also endured hardships, even if he lives in a cowshed and a stable, he can endure it, but the reason doesn't make sense. The minister must consult His Majesty in person and seek justice for the Emperor. ”

Xuanzong shook his head and said: "I have received your mind, don't go, there is no result." ”

"No, the minister is going. Emperor Taishang, the minister has already decided. The minister knew that he might never come back, but the minister did not regret it. Emperor Taishang, the minister will kowtow to you a few more times in the end. Yan Zhenqing spoke, lying on the ground and kowtowing a few times towards Xuanzong in the carriage.

Xuanzong's eyes were filled with tears, and his lips trembled and he couldn't speak.

"The minister is gone."

Yan Zhenqing got up, turned around and left. Xuanzong shouted later: "Zhenqing, I ...... Thank you. ”

Yan Zhenqing didn't look back, and strode away.

After the handover of the guards and horses, Qin Zhong immediately galloped away with a thousand cavalry. A thousand Praetorian Dragon and Tiger Guards took over the entire car. When the news spread that Li Mao asked the car to continue to go around the city to the east and rush to Lishan Palace, several princesses and dozens of ministers who were driving with him immediately exploded. After all the hardships and hardships to arrive in the capital, I thought that I had finally come to the end, but I didn't expect that even Chang'an City would not be able to enter at all. Your Majesty decreed, everyone must go to Lishan Palace.

Especially those ministers who came to Chang'an with great expectations, when they learned that they were going to Lishan Palace with the emperor, they immediately understood that they had actually been abandoned by His Majesty. His Majesty has put them on the list of allegiance to the Emperor, and once they are labeled, they will never be able to turn over. For a while, regret and loss filled my heart. Many people wept bitterly. They regretted that they had taken another wrong step, they knew that this was the case, it was better to stay in Chengdu and hug Wang Yuan's thighs, and now they can't advance or retreat, stuck in the middle, what could be more frustrating than this.

Under this mood, the forbidden army's dragon and tiger guards and horses were still urging them to get on the car and hurry, and the ministers expressed their dissatisfaction and quarreled with the forbidden army, unwilling to leave the road and noisily wanted to enter the city. However, the next scene shocked everyone. The leading general of the forbidden army gave an order, and more than a dozen forbidden soldiers rushed into the ministers with leather whips, and the leather whips crackled like rain. It was only then that the ministers understood that they no longer had any status, and that they were inferior even to the common people. The forbidden army dared to do so, apparently with permission. In other words, those who came with me did not even have basic rights, and I am afraid that they will be prisoners who have lost their freedom when they arrive in Lishan.

The relentless whip suppression had an effect, and the entire convoy had no more incidents, and they began to slowly move south around the city to the east. The sun is setting, and the remnant sun is like blood. It was originally a team of holy drivers, and it should be majestic and majestic, but in the sunset, this convoy was like a funeral procession, and everyone was crying and mournful.

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Yan Zhenqing didn't see this scene, when the emperor's car set off, he had already entered the Jinguang Gate of Chang'an West City with Yuan Mingyuan. The group rode horses and galloped on the wide street, looking at the feeling of high walls and strong walls on both sides of the street, Yan Zhenqing felt a little uncomfortable. Originally, all this should be quite familiar, after all, Yan Zhenqing has lived in Chang'an for more than ten years. But now it seems to feel very strange.

Maybe I'm used to staying in Chengdu, accustomed to the fact that the streets of Chengdu look deep into the alleys at a glance, and there are many shops and restaurants on both sides, and now I suddenly see the huge fence encircled by the people's square, which is no longer very adaptable.

In my ears, the drums rumbled, and as the drums sounded, the people in the street began to trot up as if by magic, and hurried back to the people's houses. Looking at all this, Yan Zhenqing had mixed feelings in her heart. He remembered that he had discussed with Wang Yuan about the night ban in Minfang and other matters, that was because Wang Yuan was unwilling to implement the night ban system in Chengdu at all, and there were indeed a lot of cases and things at night, so Yan Zhenqing found Wang Yuan to discuss a solution with him. Wang Yuan said at that time: "The high walls of the people's square keep the people in captivity like animals." The policy of night ban deprives the people of their rare freedom, and is greatly detrimental to people's livelihood and commerce. Both of these are fallacies and should be scrapped. The responsibility for law and order in the city is not for the people, but for the officials. If the people are not happy, thieves are rampant, and even if they are all kept in captivity, they will break out sooner or later. If the people's livelihood is happy and the family is prosperous, supplemented by strong public security punishments, you can get to the end of the road and the night without closing the house. ”

At that time, Yan Zhenqing was very unimpressed, but along the way, because there was too much time, it was inevitable to think about it, and Yan Zhenqing also thought about Wang Yuan's previous actions. I have to say that many of Wang Yuan's ideas are actually very reasonable. Especially now walking on the streets, listening to the rumbling of drums, and the way the people rushed back to the people's square in a panic, Yan Zhenqing felt more and more that Wang Yuan's words were reasonable. What a sight it would be if the walls of these houses were torn down? If Chang'an at night can also have a night market like Chengdu, then how beautiful the city should be.

In the East Pavilion of Wanshou Palace, Li Mao and Li Guangbi were sitting in front of the desk waiting for news. Although Yuan Mingyuan was sent to spread the word, Xuanzong's prestige was still difficult to eliminate in Li Mao's heart, and that reason was too bad, so Li Mao was uneasy in his heart.

Finally, footsteps came from the door, and Yuan Mingyuan's voice came in through the curtain