Although Yang Guozhong had told Li Longji many times that An Lushan would definitely rebel in the future, Tang Xuanzong did not show on the surface that he was suspicious of An Lushan.
In fact, tang Xuanzong, who was scheming and calculating, was not without the slightest suspicion.
However, in the later period, An Lushan held heavy power, and he had to have multiple considerations for An Lushan. Despite the doubts in his heart, there was no substantial evidence of rebellion. Moreover, An Lushan knew how to observe the color of speech, and was very good at pleasing Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei,
In this way, they felt that An Lushan was a person who could be trusted.
At first, Tang Xuanzong became curious about An Lushan from the mouth of others, and then stepped into An Lushan's routine step by step, thus treating him
Trust is added.
1. Deeply favored
An Lushan was originally a Hu person, who ate white and fat and was strong and powerful, and looked like a thick "big fat boy". At that time, The Youzhou Festival made Zhang Shoujue see that An Lushan was very fond of him and sent him to capture the prisoners.
An Lushan did everything properly and grasped one accurately, so that Zhang Shoujue was even more appreciative of him and accepted him as a righteous son.
An Lushan was usually quite popular when he spoke, plus he was proficient in human feelings and sophistication, and often sent some valuable things to win people's hearts, so he bribed the ministers in the imperial court, and these officials accepted the gift and began to say good things about An Lushan in front of Tang Xuanzong.
Seeing that so many people were full of praise for An Lushan, Tang Xuanzong felt that An Lushan was honest and he also liked him even more. Not long after arriving in Chang'an, Tang Xuanzong made An Lushan an official.
After that, An Lushan could go up to the court to discuss
。 After a few days in office, something happened that increased Tang Xuanzong's trust in An Lushan.
On that day, An Lushan was ordered to go to the city, Li Longji hosted a banquet for him, and during the banquet, Li Longji introduced The crown prince Li Heng to An Lushan, but An Lushan pretended not to know what a prince was and asked what the prince was.
And claimed that the master in his heart was only Tang Xuanzong.
At this time, Tang Xuanzong heard An Lushan knowingly ask not only did not get angry, but instead smiled and explained to An Lushan that the prince was his successor. This "farce" made Tang Xuanzong feel that An Lushan only regarded himself as a master in his heart, loyal and very happy.
Thereafter, regardless of any reasonable request made by An Lushan, Tang Xuanzong approved it.
If it is said that the "farce" that occurred at the dust washing banquet made Tang Xuanzong have 70% trust in An Lushan, then After An Lushan "recognized his mother", he made trust
From 70% to 90%.
In order to sit firmly in the official position, An Lushan proposed to Tang Xuanzong that he recognized Yang Guifei as his mother, and at first Tang and Yang were both shocked and amused, after all, An Lushan was more than ten years older than Yang Guifei.
After some thought, Tang Xuanzong agreed to An Lushan's request to "recognize his mother", and Yang Guifei had one more son. This dry son did not tease Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei and became a living treasure for both of them.
From then on, whoever said that An Lushan would rebel, Tang Xuanzong could not listen to it.
2. Planning rebellion
After An Lushan became Yang Guifei's son, Tang Xuanzong used it very much.
He was even made the King of Dongping County. Being able to be used so heavily by Li Longji, why would An Lushan rebel? A series of "favors" were too dazzling, causing the chancellor Yang Guozhong to have a great opinion of Tang Xuanzong's "dry son", and he always whispered in Tang Xuanzong's ear that An Lushan wanted to rebel.
Although Tang Xuanzong did not pay much attention to Yang Guozhong's letter, he also had a trace of doubt in his heart. But he never made any moves, nor did he intervene between An Lushan and Yang Guozhong.
The contradiction between the two is also getting bigger and bigger.
In fact, An Lushan already had a rebellious heart in his heart, and at this time, he was holding a heavy army in his hand, and he wondered in his heart: "Since you Yang Guozhong always said that I want to rebel and rebel, then why don't I go along with your wishes?" ”
So An Lushan built a city wall under the pretext of defense, and began to store weapons and grain in preparation for the rebellion.
Although Li Longji ignored Yang Guozhong's statement that An Lushan would definitely rebel, he could not stand Yang Guozhong's insistence. Finally, in the twelfth year of Tianbao, Tang Xuanzong sent a man to inquire about An Lushan.
What people did not expect was that An Lushan got the people sent out and let him say good things in front of Tang Xuanzong.
Tang Xuanzong nodded with satisfaction.
Seeing this situation, Yang Guozhong immediately asked Li Longji to summon An Lushan, and vowed that he would definitely not come. This time, An Lushan surprised Yang Guozhong again, and An Lushan not only came, but also took the opportunity to be promoted again, and added his own subordinates to the official.
He used his official position to secretly select the best horses for inclusion in the army to further prepare for the rebellion.
3. The Anshi Rebellion broke out
Two years later, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang ordered someone to call An Lushan back to Chang'an, but he was refused twice, and An Lushan said that he was ill and could not come to Beijing.
In November, An Lushan finally revealed his true face, and in Fanyang, An Lushan led his generals to rebel under the banner of dealing with the rebellious Minister Yang Guozhong.
An Lushan led 150,000 brave and good soldiers to kill all the way to Taiyuan, Hebei Province, almost without stopping.
But even at this time, Tang Xuanzong couldn't believe how he could rebel by his son with kindness and cuteness.
Until the An Shi Rebellion broke out completely, and An Lushan commanded the main force of the rebel army to directly take Chang'an, Tang Xuanzong did not directly counterattack.
At this time, Tang Xuanzong was no longer as wise and decisive as when he was young, and he was sure that An Lushan would rebel.
Although he had heard countless times, he still chose not to pay attention to it.
Perhaps the doubt in his heart was getting weaker and weaker under An Lushan's repeated flattery, and even when An Lushan raised Fan Yang, he only thought that people who were jealous of An Lushan were lying, which led to such an ending.
In the fifteen years of Tianbao, An Lushan was called emperor, and the country name was called YanGuo. Li Longji began to panic when he saw that his army was completely destroyed, and after the loss of Tongguan, he quickly ran away. In November of the same year, Yingchuan was defeated again, and An Lushan won a great victory.
At this time, even if Tang Xuanzong believed Yang Guozhong's words, it would not help.
IV. Summary
An Lushan looked "honest and honest", and the ministers around Li Longji also praised An Lushan, which made him more at ease with An Lushan. From a sorcerer to a courtier, and finally became the founding emperor of the country, with supreme power,
All this was inseparable from Tang Xuanzong's trust in An Lushan.
Yang Guozhong's lips were almost worn out, saying that An Lushan would definitely rebel, and Tang Xuanzong's heart only rose a little doubt, but
Thinking that An Lushan held heavy power in his hands, and if he moved him, it would have bad consequences for the imperial court, and there was no further action against An Lushan.
Perhaps from the initial reception banquet, When An Lushan deliberately asked the prince what it was, he had the intention of rebellion in his heart.
Tang Xuanzong never believed that an An Lushan Hu person would pose any threat to Tang, and underestimated An Lushan's ambition and strength, which led to the complete outbreak of the An Shi Rebellion and led to tragedy.