Chapter 18 The G-spot of a man's soul is touched

In the first month of the second year of Tianbao (743 A.D.), An Lushan was summoned by Emperor Xuanzong to make a pilgrimage. This is the first time An Lushan came to Chang'an in his life. Qinzhong has been an imperial state since ancient times.The nobility, prosperity and wealth of the Tang imperial capital left a deep impression on this Northland barbarian, especially the towering and magnificent Daming Palace on Longshouyuan, and the majestic and majestic imperial aura condensed above the Daming Palace, It made An Lushan inexplicably excited and amazed, and touched a hidden corner of his heart like never before, causing the blood in his body to involuntarily start a kind of silent boiling...

In the Hanyuan Hall of Daming Palace, An Lushan met Xuanzong for the second time, the master of his career and the noble person in his life.In order to express his gratitude and loyalty to the emperor, An Lushan told a story to Xuanzong. He said: "Last autumn, there was a plague of locusts in Yingzhou. The locusts covered the sky and ate up all the seedlings. I burned incense and prayed, and said to the sky: "If your mind is not right and you are not loyal to the king, let the locusts kill you." Eat up your heart; if you live up to the gods of heaven and earth, please let the locusts disappear as soon as possible." Just after the minister said this, a group of big birds flew from the north and ate up the locusts in an instant. The minister was overjoyed and moved. Your Majesty, this is a rare auspicious auspicious auspicious auspiciousness. Please announce it to the historian and record it in the annals." Xuanzong was overjoyed and immediately ordered the historian to record it.In the days that followed, Xuanzong "favoured An Lushan very much, and had no time to see him". (215) Immediately afterwards, he was named General Hussars.

On the day of leaving Chang'an, An Lushan, who returned home full of the emperor's favor, walked a long way, and suddenly looked back again. He looked at the gorgeous cornices in the corner of the Daming Palace, and there was something subtle and unspeakable flickering in his eyes. It will take twelve years for the emperor and ministers of the Tang Dynasty to understand the amorous feelings of this glance—to understand slowly with a heart soaked in blood and tears. Undoubtedly, this trip to Chang'an has accurately touched An Lushan's heart, and opened up a new space for his life—a space full of imagination that allows desire to dance and ambition to fly.

In the next few years, An Lushan frequently attacked Xi and Khitan, and won many times, so his prestige in the court and the opposition soared.At the same time, his bribery of senior officials in the DPRK and China has never stopped.Later, not only the imperial envoys spoke well of him, but even the Chief Prime Minister Li Linfu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Pei Kuan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites Xi Jianhou and others all praised An Lushan with one word. In Xuanzong's view, this is what everyone expects. At this time, Anlu Mountain has been regarded by Xuanzong as the "Great Wall" of "Zhenqing border descendants". ("An Lushan Deeds" Volume 1)

Since it is the Great Wall, of course he must be given greater power and mission. In the third year of Tianbao (744 A.D.), Xuanzong asked An Lushan to serve as Fan Yang Jiedu envoy. Among the top ten feudal towns at that time, Fanyang Town was definitely the best one.Because, whether it is the army it controls, the state it governs, or the number of troops it has, it is the most among the ten feudal towns. "Fan Yang Jiedu Lin Zhixi, Khitan, Tongjinglue, Weiwu, Qingyi, Jingsai, Hengyang, Beiping, Gaoyang, Tang Xing, Henghai Nine Armies, Tunyou, Ji, Gui, Tan, Yi, Heng, In the territory of Ding, Mo, and Cang Jiuzhou, governing Youzhou, there are 91,400 soldiers." (215)

At that time, the total military strength of the top ten feudal towns was 490,000, and Anlu Mountain, which also governed the two towns, had a combined strength of nearly 130,000, accounting for a quarter. However, Xuanzong's favor for An Lushan was far from over. Rather, this is just the beginning. In the sixth year of Tianbao (747 A.D.), An Lushan used Pinglu and Fan Yang as Jiedu envoys and also took pictures of the imperial historians of the imperial court.With the rise of his power and status, he was summoned to court more and more times, and his fawning and flattery to Xuanzong also escalated day by day, and he even expressed his loyalty to Xuanzong in a winding way at the cost of offending the prince.

Once, An Lushan had an audience with Xuanzong in the upper hall, and the prince was also there at that time, but An Lushan turned a blind eye and only worshiped the emperor, not the prince.Others reminded him, but he pretended to be confused and said: "I am a barbarian. I don't know court etiquette. I don't know who the crown prince is?" Xuanzong smiled and explained to him: "This is the prince. After I live forever, I will come to the world on behalf of my lord." An Lushan seemed to understand and said: "I am stupid, I only know that there is a majesty, I don't know that there is a prince." After speaking, he reluctantly saluted the prince.

In fact, anyone could see that An Lushan was acting.But no one wants to break the drama.Because it is impossible for An Lushan not to know who the prince is, but he just wanted to pretend to be stupid, and the purpose was to show his loyalty to Xuanzong by turning a corner.Most of the people present had received benefits from An Lushan, and of course they would help him act together.As for Xuanzong, An Lushan did not hesitate to offend the future emperor in order to please him. Of course, this kind of loyalty is unmatched. Xuanzong was doting on Concubine Yang's family at that time, and now he dotes on An Lushan, so he simply brought them together. The two elder brothers and three sisters named Concubine Yang and An Lushan became sworn brothers and sisters.From then on, An Lushan entered and exited the palace more frequently, and his relationship with Concubine Yang became increasingly close.Soon after, he made another request to Xuanzong-to recognize Concubine Yang as his godmother.

Xuanzong of course agreed with a smile. Afterwards, every time An Lushan entered the palace, he first worshiped the imperial concubine and then the emperor.Xuanzong was puzzled and asked him why.An Lushan said respectfully: "It is the custom of our Hu people to worship our mother first and then our father." Xuanzong felt relieved, and he had a better impression of An Lushan's honesty and simplicity. It is said in history that An Lushan "became fat and strong in his later years, with his belly hanging down to his knees and weighing three hundred and thirty catties", and he had to be supported by two people on the left and right even when he walked.However, whenever he danced Hu Xuanwu in front of Xuanzong, An Lushan could always be "as fast as the wind". ("Old Tang Book · An Lushan Biography") As for the best Hu Xuanwu dancers at that time, there were only two people in the world-An Lushan and Yang Guifei.

"There is Taizhen Wailu Mountain among them, and the two of them are the most capable of Hu Xuan." (Bai Juyi's "Hu Xuan Nu") Why can a person who seems to have difficulty even walking can dance Hu Xuanwu as perfectly as Concubine Yang? Because he danced for the emperor. In the tenth year of Tianbao (751 A.D.), Xuanzong ordered the relevant departments to build a mansion for him in Qinrenfang in order to facilitate Anlushan's pilgrimage.After the mansion was completed, all the furniture and utensils inside were gifted by the emperor, and they were extremely high-end and luxurious. Even the pots and pans in the kitchen and the sieves and baskets in the stables were all made of gold and silver.From the first day of construction of the mansion to the purchase of various appliances after completion, Xuanzong himself followed closely, and often said to the eunuch who supervised the construction: "Hu people have high eyes, don't let him laugh at me for being stingy."

The 20th day of the first lunar month of this year is An Lushan's birthday.As godfathers and godmothers, Xuanzong and Concubine Yang were of course rewarded with many treasures, clothes, wine and food.Three days later, Concubine Yang ordered someone to sew an extra-large swaddle with embroidered silk and satin, and then called An Lushan into the palace, and asked the maids and eunuchs to wrap him in swaddle and carry him away in a colorful sedan chair.Xuanzong heard the sudden commotion in the harem, and hurriedly asked what was going on, and said from left to right: "This is the third day that the imperial concubine gave birth, so I am bathing Lu'er (the folk custom of "washing three")." Xuanzong hurried over to see It was lively, seeing that An Lushan, who weighed more than 300 kilograms, was tightly wrapped in swaddling clothes, only showing a simple and honest fat face, he couldn't help laughing. The godson has been washed for three times, so of course he, the godfather, has to show something.Xuanzong immediately gave Concubine Yang Guifei "money for laundering children" and generously gave Anlu Mountain. The "family of three" played around for a long time before they had fun. From the day when Concubine Yang "washed" An Lushan, An Lushan had the right to enter and leave the palace freely. Afterwards, he often ate with Concubine Yang, and sometimes he didn't return all night and stayed in the palace.As the days went by, scandals naturally spread in the palace.People in the ruling and opposition circles were discussing in private, all suspecting that the emperor was cuckolded by that big fat man.However, for some reason, Xuanzong never had the slightest suspicion from the beginning to the end. (Volume 216: "Lushan can't help but go in and out of the palace, or eat with the imperial concubine, or stay out all night, there are quite scandals outside, and the superiors don't doubt it.") In February of the tenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan made another request to Xuanzong to serve as the Jiedu envoy of Hedong.In the eyes of others, this is definitely an unreasonable request, which can only be described as aggressive and insatiable. Unexpectedly, Xuanzong agreed without hesitation, and immediately transferred the then Hedong Jiedu envoy back to the court as General Zuo Yulin, and then immediately handed over the post to An Lushan. Hedong Township is in charge of mutual defense with Shuofang Township, jointly defending the Turks, governing the four armies of Tianbing, Datong, Hengye, Kelan and Yunzhong Garrison Area, stationed in Xin, Dai, and Lanzhou, headquartered in Taiyuan, There are fifty-five thousand troops. So far, An Lushan has served as the Jiedushi of the three towns of Hedong, Fanyang, and Pinglu, and the total force under his jurisdiction has reached 185,000, accounting for more than one-third of the total force of the country's feudal towns. In addition to the Jiedu envoy of the three towns, An Lushan also served as the interview envoy of Hebei, and was granted the title of Shangzhu Kingdom and Dongping County King. In the more than one hundred years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there have been generals with foreign surnames who have been crowned kings, but An Lushan is the only one. An Lushan not only has the most power in the world and is an extremely human minister, but also the whole family followed him to heaven.His mother and grandmother were all given to Mrs. Xuanzong, and all eleven sons were named by Xuanzong. The eldest son, Anqingzong, was appointed as the imperial servant, and the second son, Anqingxuguan, was appointed as Hongluqing. Anqingzong later married the royal princess Rongyi... Looking at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty at that time, the An family can be said to be unparalleled and honored and favored! Who would have expected that at this time, An Lushan had "had evil intentions and would be born against the festival"?It is said in history that every time An Lushan entered the palace, he "often passed through the Longwei Road, looking at the north and the south, and progressed over time." Standing on the Longwei Road in front of the Daming Palace, this former sheep thief is looking at the world with a kind of contempt Looking north and south, and standing for a long time, reluctant to leave... what is he looking atWhat was he thinking about? The answer in the history books is - "The cuteness of fierce rebellion is always in the heart." (Volume of "An Lushan Deeds") Who stirred up An Lushan's ambition? There is only one answer - Tang Xuanzong Li Longji. It was his unprincipled favor and endless connivance to An Lushan that gave birth to An Lushan's ambition to covet the throne and fueled An Lushan's desire to look down on the world. At this time, the pointer of history is pointing to the ten years of Tianbao, and there are still four years before the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion... Around this time, another courtier, who was also increasingly favored by Xuanzong, was running towards the pinnacle of imperial power. The arrival of this person will have a decisive impact on the political situation of the empire in Tianbao's last years.Moreover, it was precisely because of his actions that objectively provided An Lushan with an excuse to raise troops and accelerated the pace of An Lushan's rebellion. This person is Yang Guozhong.