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	An Lushan had a counterpart within the imperial court's highest echelons of power; [[Yang Guozhong]], the head of the Golden Turtles, had become prime minister by 754. Together, the order wielded vast control over both the civil and military spheres of the Tang, but this produced frictions rather than foster cooperation. Lushan coveted Guozhong's leadership of their order, but Guozhong despised him for what he regarded as barbaric mannerisms. A convention had developed among the elders of the Golden Turtles that they would only support a member as their leader if the individual had managed to attain premiership in the Tang government.<ref name="Dynasty 7">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 7)]]</ref> Owing to the deep adoration that Lushan had curried with the Emperor, he was within reach of fulfilling this prerequisite.<ref name="Special 1">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Special)]]</ref>		An Lushan had a counterpart within the imperial court's highest echelons of power; [[Yang Guozhong]], the head of the Golden Turtles, had become prime minister by 754. Together, the order wielded vast control over both the civil and military spheres of the Tang, but this produced frictions rather than foster cooperation. Lushan coveted Guozhong's leadership of their order, but Guozhong despised him for what he regarded as barbaric mannerisms. A convention had developed among the elders of the Golden Turtles that they would only support a member as their leader if the individual had managed to attain premiership in the Tang government.<ref name="Dynasty 7">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 7)]]</ref> Owing to the deep adoration that Lushan had curried with the Emperor, he was within reach of fulfilling this prerequisite.<ref name="Special 1">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Special)]]</ref>

	As recorded in the ''{{~~wiki~~\|Zizhi Tongjian}}'', the Emperor was prepared to append to Lushan's titles the status of "Equal to Those who Order Affairs" (同平章事),<ref name="Special 1"/> an accolade which would have certified him to attend the meetings of chancellors and be regarded as one among their ranks.<ref name="宰相">{{WP\|zh:宰相\|宰相}}</ref><ref name="參知政事">{{WP\|zh:參知政事\|參知政事}}</ref><ref name="同平章事">{{WP\|zh:同平章事\|同平章事}}</ref><ref name="同中书门下平章事 Baidu">{{Cite web\|url=https://baike.baidu.com/item/同中书门下平章事/69762\|title=同中书门下平章事 (中国古代官职)\|transtitle=\|archiveurl=\|archivedate=\|author=\|date=\|publisher=''Baidu Baike''\|accessdate=9 June 2021\|language=Chinese}}</ref> Upon instructing the scribe [[Zhang Ji]] (張垍) to draw up the document, he was met with Guozhong's remonstrance: ''"Though Lushan has military prowess, his eyes cannot know books... how can he become a chancellor?"''<ref name="Special 1"/> These exact words, heard by Lushan's spies at court,<ref name="Dynasty 7"/> caused the Emperor to waver and to later confer upon Lushan the promotion of Left Deputy to the Secretary of State Affairs (尚書左僕射) instead.<ref name="Special 1"/> Though this office had once been the ''de facto'' head of the {{Wiki\|Department of State Affairs}} (尚書省), effectively being one of the three original chancellorships, it had been stripped of this honour during the earlier reign of {{Wiki\|Emperor Zhongzong of Tang\|Emperor Zhongzong}} and so it came out to a weaker title that could not have satisfied Lushan's goal.<ref name="尚書僕射">{{WP\|zh:尚書僕射\|尚書僕射}}</ref>		As recorded in the ''{{Wiki\|Zizhi Tongjian}}'', the Emperor was prepared to append to Lushan's titles the status of "Equal to Those who Order Affairs" (同平章事),<ref name="Special 1"/> an accolade which would have certified him to attend the meetings of chancellors and be regarded as one among their ranks.<ref name="宰相">{{WP\|zh:宰相\|宰相}}</ref><ref name="參知政事">{{WP\|zh:參知政事\|參知政事}}</ref><ref name="同平章事">{{WP\|zh:同平章事\|同平章事}}</ref><ref name="同中书门下平章事 Baidu">{{Cite web\|url=https://baike.baidu.com/item/同中书门下平章事/69762\|title=同中书门下平章事 (中国古代官职)\|transtitle=\|archiveurl=\|archivedate=\|author=\|date=\|publisher=''Baidu Baike''\|accessdate=9 June 2021\|language=Chinese}}</ref> Upon instructing the scribe [[Zhang Ji]] (張垍) to draw up the document, he was met with Guozhong's remonstrance: ''"Though Lushan has military prowess, his eyes cannot know books... how can he become a chancellor?"''<ref name="Special 1"/> These exact words, heard by Lushan's spies at court,<ref name="Dynasty 7"/> caused the Emperor to waver and to later confer upon Lushan the promotion of Left Deputy to the Secretary of State Affairs (尚書左僕射) instead.<ref name="Special 1"/> Though this office had once been the ''de facto'' head of the {{Wiki\|Department of State Affairs}} (尚書省), effectively being one of the three original chancellorships, it had been stripped of this honour during the earlier reign of {{Wiki\|Emperor Zhongzong of Tang\|Emperor Zhongzong}} and so it came out to a weaker title that could not have satisfied Lushan's goal.<ref name="尚書僕射">{{WP\|zh:尚書僕射\|尚書僕射}}</ref>
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	Lushan's discontent hardened upon receiving the news from his spies. Realizing that he could never succeed as the order's head so long as Guozhong was alive, he resolved to establish a new group of Golden Turtles loyal to him which would forcibly wrest power away from Guozhong and supplant the old Golden Turtles.<ref name="Dynasty 7"/> Simultaneously, Guozhong began to incessantly warn the Emperor that Lushan was plotting treason, eventually claiming that should the Emperor summon Lushan to the capital, he certainly would not come.<ref name="Dynasty 2"/><ref name="Special 1"/> The Emperor agreed to the test and issued the summons for Lushan,<ref name="Dynasty 2"/><ref name="Special 1"/> in accordance with the logic that should Lushan be a traitor, he would fear that his plot had been discovered and that he was being lured to the capital to be arrested and executed. By this junction, the feud between Lushan and Guozhong had leaked to the public, becoming the topic of popular gossip, and even the nature of this test itself was known to the commoners of Chang'an.<ref name="Dynasty 2"/>		Lushan's discontent hardened upon receiving the news from his spies. Realizing that he could never succeed as the order's head so long as Guozhong was alive, he resolved to establish a new group of Golden Turtles loyal to him which would forcibly wrest power away from Guozhong and supplant the old Golden Turtles.<ref name="Dynasty 7"/> Simultaneously, Guozhong began to incessantly warn the Emperor that Lushan was plotting treason, eventually claiming that should the Emperor summon Lushan to the capital, he certainly would not come.<ref name="Dynasty 2"/><ref name="Special 1"/> The Emperor agreed to the test and issued the summons for Lushan,<ref name="Dynasty 2"/><ref name="Special 1"/> in accordance with the logic that should Lushan be a traitor, he would fear that his plot had been discovered and that he was being lured to the capital to be arrested and executed. By this junction, the feud between Lushan and Guozhong had leaked to the public, becoming the topic of popular gossip, and even the nature of this test itself was known to the commoners of Chang'an.<ref name="Dynasty 2"/>
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	According to the ''Zizhi Tongjian'', Lushan met the Emperor at [[Huaqing Palace]] the following day in tears, pleading ''"I was originally a barbarian, yet your majesty affectionately promoted me to where I am now, causing Guozhong to loathe me. I have no more days left unto death!"'' Thereupon the Emperor pitied him, piled heaps of rewards onto him, and trusted him even more as though he were family. As a result, Guozhong's words could no longer sway the Emperor and neither could those of Crown Prince [[Li Heng]], who had also come to suspect Lushan of plotting treason.<ref name="Special 1"/><ref name="Zizhi Tongjian 217">{{Cite web\|url=https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=233207\|title=資治通鑑: 卷二百十七·唐纪三十三玄宗天宝十三载至十四载肃宗至德元载\|transtitle=Zizhi Tongjian, Scroll 217\|archiveurl=\|archivedate=\|author={{Wiki\|Sima Guang}}, et al\|date=1084\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|Chinese Text Project}}''\|accessdate=22 June 2021\|language=Chinese}}</ref>		According to the ''Zizhi Tongjian'', Lushan met the Emperor at [[Huaqing Palace]] the following day in tears, pleading ''"I was originally a barbarian, yet your majesty affectionately promoted me to where I am now, causing Guozhong to loathe me. I have no more days left unto death!"'' Thereupon the Emperor pitied him, piled heaps of rewards onto him, and trusted him even more as though he were family. As a result, Guozhong's words could no longer sway the Emperor and neither could those of Crown Prince [[Li Heng]], who had also come to suspect Lushan of plotting treason.<ref name="Special 1"/><ref name="Zizhi Tongjian 217">{{Cite web\|url=https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=233207\|title=資治通鑑: 卷二百十七·唐纪三十三玄宗天宝十三载至十四载肃宗至德元载\|transtitle=Zizhi Tongjian, Scroll 217\|archiveurl=\|archivedate=\|author={{Wiki\|Sima Guang}}, et al\|date=1084\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|Chinese Text Project}}''\|accessdate=22 June 2021\|language=Chinese}}</ref>

	The earlier ''{{~~wiki~~\|Old Book of Tang}}'' gives a near identical account of the meeting at Huaqing Palace, but his words are recorded differently: "''I am a foreigner who does not know characters. Your majesty promoted me without following the order of things, for which Guozhong yearns to kill me''".<ref name="Special 1"/> The text suggests that it is around this moment instead that the Emperor made Lushan Left Deputy to State Affairs out of an intimate trust for him<ref name="Special 1"/><ref name="Old Book of Tang 213">{{Cite web\|url=https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=944936#p11\|title=舊唐書: 卷二百上安祿山 (子慶緒) 高尚孫孝哲史思明 (子朝義)\|transtitle=Old Book of Tang: "An Lushan (& his son Qingxu), Gao Shang, Sun Xiaozhe, Shi Siming (& his son Chaoyi)", Scroll 213\|archiveurl=\|archivedate=\|author={{Wiki\|Liu Xu}}\|date=945\|publisher=''Chinese Text Project''\|accessdate=22 June 2021\|language=Chinese}}</ref> while the ''Zizhi Tongjian'' precisely states that this occurred five days after the meeting.<ref name="Zizhi Tongjian 217"/>		The earlier ''{{Wiki\|Old Book of Tang}}'' gives a near identical account of the meeting at Huaqing Palace, but his words are recorded differently: "''I am a foreigner who does not know characters. Your majesty promoted me without following the order of things, for which Guozhong yearns to kill me''".<ref name="Special 1"/> The text suggests that it is around this moment instead that the Emperor made Lushan Left Deputy to State Affairs out of an intimate trust for him<ref name="Special 1"/><ref name="Old Book of Tang 213">{{Cite web\|url=https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=944936#p11\|title=舊唐書: 卷二百上安祿山 (子慶緒) 高尚孫孝哲史思明 (子朝義)\|transtitle=Old Book of Tang: "An Lushan (& his son Qingxu), Gao Shang, Sun Xiaozhe, Shi Siming (& his son Chaoyi)", Scroll 213\|archiveurl=\|archivedate=\|author={{Wiki\|Liu Xu}}\|date=945\|publisher=''Chinese Text Project''\|accessdate=22 June 2021\|language=Chinese}}</ref> while the ''Zizhi Tongjian'' precisely states that this occurred five days after the meeting.<ref name="Zizhi Tongjian 217"/>

	Fifteen days later, Lushan officially received his appointment as Commissary Herdsman of the Imperial Stables and {{Wiki\|zh:隴右\|Longyou}},<ref name="Zizhi Tongjian 217"/> yet he pressed on with yet another request. This time, he asked that an official he trusted, [[Ji Wen]], be appointed as the vice minister of the War Ministry (武部侍郎) and vice imperial censor (御史中丞), so that Ji Wen would be in the capacity to serve as his lieutenant. With his newfound control over the imperial pastures, Lushan secretly stole away the government's most athletic horses for his own forces.<ref name="Special 1"/><ref name="Old Book of Tang 213"/>		Fifteen days later, Lushan officially received his appointment as Commissary Herdsman of the Imperial Stables and {{Wiki\|zh:隴右\|Longyou}},<ref name="Zizhi Tongjian 217"/> yet he pressed on with yet another request. This time, he asked that an official he trusted, [[Ji Wen]], be appointed as the vice minister of the War Ministry (武部侍郎) and vice imperial censor (御史中丞), so that Ji Wen would be in the capacity to serve as his lieutenant. With his newfound control over the imperial pastures, Lushan secretly stole away the government's most athletic horses for his own forces.<ref name="Special 1"/><ref name="Old Book of Tang 213"/>

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	[[File:ACD - An Lushan at Pei Min's retirement party.png\|thumb\|250px\|An Lushan at Pei Min's retirement party]]		[[File:ACD - An Lushan at Pei Min's retirement party.png\|thumb\|250px\|An Lushan at Pei Min's retirement party]]
	Many years later<ref name="Dynasty 14"/> in 732,<ref name="Wikipedia"/> Lushan was recruited into the military as a ''zhuōshēngjiàng'' (捉生將, lit. 'officer who captures lives') by the ''jiedushi'' of Youzhou.<ref name="Dynasty 14"/> This was a reconnaissance officer in charge of infiltrating enemy territory and capturing enemies.<ref name="Dynasty 14"/><ref name="捉生将">[https://baike.baidu.com/item/捉生将捉生将]. ''Baidu Baike''. Accessed 4 June 2021.</ref> Because of this new position, Lushan was an attendee at Pei Min's retirement party held at a [[military camp]]. There, he socialized with other officers of various linguistic backgrounds, ingratiating himself with them through humour and all around enjoying himself. Despite his attempts to blend in, his odour and physique was unmistakable to Pei Min, who recognized him as the very shadow he had encountered in the forest all those years ago.<ref name="Dynasty 14"/>		Many years later<ref name="Dynasty 14"/> in 732,<ref name="Wikipedia"/> Lushan was recruited into the military as a ''zhuōshēngjiàng'' (捉生將, lit. 'officer who captures lives') by the ''jiedushi'' of Youzhou.<ref name="Dynasty 14"/> This was a reconnaissance officer in charge of infiltrating enemy territory and capturing enemies.<ref name="Dynasty 14"/><ref name="捉生将">[https://baike.baidu.com/item/捉生将捉生将]. ''Baidu Baike''. Accessed 4 June 2021.</ref> Because of this new position, Lushan was an attendee at Pei Min's retirement party held at a military camp. There, he socialized with other officers of various linguistic backgrounds, ingratiating himself with them through humour and all around enjoying himself. Despite his attempts to blend in, his odour and physique was unmistakable to Pei Min, who recognized him as the very shadow he had encountered in the forest all those years ago.<ref name="Dynasty 14"/>

	Over the years, Lushan rose through the ranks in the Tang military and became a fearsome general.<ref name="Dynasty 2">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 2)]]</ref> He boasted excellent rapport with [[Li Longji\|Emperor Xuanzong]], eventually becoming a ''jiedushi'' in his own right. By 754, he held the military governorship of three commands simultaneously: [[Pinglu]]; Youzhou, which was renamed Fanyang after the empire's [[Beijing\|capital]]; and [[Hedong]].<ref name="Dynasty 2"/> Together, they spanned a wide swathe of territory in northeast China.<ref name="Tang administrative divisions">{{WP\|Administrative divisions of the Tang dynasty}}</ref> Apart from this, he also wielded the title of Imperial Censor (御史大夫).<ref name="Dynasty 2"/>		Over the years, Lushan rose through the ranks in the Tang military and became a fearsome general.<ref name="Dynasty 2">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 2)]]</ref> He boasted excellent rapport with [[Li Longji\|Emperor Xuanzong]], eventually becoming a ''jiedushi'' in his own right. By 754, he held the military governorship of three commands simultaneously: [[Pinglu]]; Youzhou, which was renamed Fanyang after the empire's [[Beijing\|capital]]; and [[Hedong]].<ref name="Dynasty 2"/> Together, they spanned a wide swathe of territory in northeast China.<ref name="Tang administrative divisions">{{WP\|Administrative divisions of the Tang dynasty}}</ref> Apart from this, he also wielded the title of Imperial Censor (御史大夫).<ref name="Dynasty 2"/>

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	'''An Lushan''' (安祿山; c. 703 – 757) was a [[Sogdia]]n–{{Wiki\|Göktürk\|Turk}} ''[[jiedushi]]'' of the [[Tang dynasty]] who unleashed a [[An Lushan Rebellion\|devastating civil war]] during the reign of [[Li Longji\|Emperor Xuanzong]]. Originally a secret member of the [[Golden Turtles]], the [[China\|Chinese]] branch of the [[Order of the Ancients]], his bitter feud with [[Yang Guozhong]] over leadership of the Golden Turtles spilled out into court politics even while their conspiratorial allegiances continued to remain hidden.		'''An Lushan''' (安祿山; c. 703 – 757) was a [[Sogdia]]n–{{Wiki\|Göktürk\|Turk}} ''[[jiedushi]]'' of the [[Tang dynasty]] who unleashed a [[An Lushan Rebellion\|devastating civil war]] during the reign of [[Li Longji\|Emperor Xuanzong]]. Originally a secret member of the [[Golden Turtles]], the [[China\|Chinese]] branch of the [[Order of the Ancients]], his bitter feud with [[Yang Guozhong]] over leadership of the Golden Turtles spilled out into court politics even while their conspiratorial allegiances continued to remain hidden.
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	Denied any opportunity to succeed as prime minister, the infuriated Lushan became determined to wrest power by force, breaking from the Golden Turtles to found a splinter faction called the [[Yeluohe]] that became the public face of his elite forces. In late 755, he gathered his army in Fanyang and declared war under the fragile pretext that he was not a rebel but a loyal subject who was saving the Tang from Guozhong's corruption. This act dragged the entire nation into what had originally been a schism within his own secret society.		Denied any opportunity to succeed as prime minister, the infuriated Lushan became determined to wrest power by force, breaking from the Golden Turtles to found a splinter faction called the [[Yeluohe]] that became the public face of his elite forces. In late 755, he gathered his army in Fanyang and declared war under the fragile pretext that he was not a rebel but a loyal subject who was saving the Tang from Guozhong's corruption. This act dragged the entire nation into what had originally been a schism within his own secret society.

	His onslaught was catastrophic for the people of China from the outset, but after his eldest son [[An Qingzong]] was executed in the capital of [[Chang'an]], he magnified his atrocities, turning to a scorched-earth strategy out of pure vengeance and ordering entire cities to be put to the sword. Through meteorology disguised as witchcraft taught by his mother, he was able to lead his army across the [[Yellow River]] to threaten the eastern capital of [[Luoyang]], [[Fall of Luoyang\|seizing]] it in 756. Thereupon, he declared himself emperor of the new state of [[Yan]] in rival to the Tang.		His onslaught was catastrophic for the people of China from the outset, but after his eldest son [[An Qingzong]] was executed in the capital of [[Chang'an]], he magnified his atrocities, turning to a scorched-earth strategy out of pure vengeance and ordering entire cities to be put to the sword. Through meteorology disguised as witchcraft taught by his mother, he was able to lead his army across the [[Yellow River]] to threaten the eastern capital of [[Luoyang]], [[Fall of Luoyang\|seizing]] it in 756. Thereupon, he declared himself emperor of the new state of [[Yan]] in rival to the Tang. He ruled under the regnal title '''Emperor Xiongwu of Dayan'''.

	Despite the fall of Chang'an later in the year, Lushan's victory proved short-lived. In 757, he was [[Assassination\|assassinated]] by the [[Assassins\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] in Luoyang,<ref name="Dynasty 38"/> and he was succeeded by his son [[An Qingxu]].		Despite the fall of Chang'an later in the year, Lushan's victory proved short-lived. In 757, he was [[Assassination\|assassinated]] by the [[Assassins\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] in Luoyang,<ref name="Dynasty 38"/> and he was succeeded by his son [[An Qingxu]].
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	{{Dialogue\|Guozhong\|Hohoho... Even if you did not come, spring would still arrive... the festival would go on as usual.\|Lushan\|...Ha, Yang Guozhong. You play with flowers in Chang'an while I play with my life at the border! Without me, would you still be able to see the spring?"\|Yang Guozhong and An Lushan trading blows, 754\|Assassin's Creed: Dynasty\|The Flower Banquet (Part 3)}}		{{Dialogue\|Guozhong\|Hohoho... Even if you did not come, spring would still arrive... the festival would go on as usual.\|Lushan\|...Ha, Yang Guozhong. You play with flowers in Chang'an while I play with my life at the border! Without me, would you still be able to see the spring?"\|Yang Guozhong and An Lushan trading blows, 754\|Assassin's Creed: Dynasty\|The Flower Banquet (Part 3)}}
	It was only in the evening that Lushan marched into the [[Flower and Calyx Pavilion]] where the royal festivities were being held to greet the Emperor. While the Emperor was pleasantly surprised, Guozhong predictably was not and immediately scolded him for not {{Wiki\|kowtow\|kneeling}} before the Emperor. In a clever save, Lushan played it off by claiming that "barbarians first pay respects to the mother before paying respects to the father" then proceeding to bow to [[Yang Yuhuan\|Yang Guifei]] and the Emperor according to this sequence. Though this was a breach of court protocol, Yang Guifei gave a flattered chuckle and the Emperor guffawed, clearly having taken it as an amusing jest. When the Emperor informed him that he had missed the highlight of the festival, the ceremony where the winner of the flower context had been announced, Lushan went a step further by boldly teasing that he was the actual highlight of the event.<ref name="Dynasty 3">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 3)]]</ref>		It was only in the evening that Lushan marched into the [[Flower and Calyx Pavilion]] where the royal festivities were being held to greet the Emperor. While the Emperor was pleasantly surprised, Guozhong predictably was not and immediately scolded him for not {{Wiki\|kowtow\|kneeling}} before the Emperor. In a clever save, Lushan played it off by claiming that "barbarians first pay respects to the mother before paying respects to the father" then proceeding to bow to [[Yang Yuhuan\|Yang Guifei]] and the Emperor according to this sequence. Though this was a breach of court protocol, Yang Guifei gave a flattered chuckle and the Emperor guffawed, clearly having taken it as an amusing jest. When the Emperor informed him that he had missed the highlight of the festival, the ceremony where the winner of the flower context had been announced, Lushan went a step further by boldly teasing that he was the actual highlight of the event.<ref name="Dynasty 3">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 3)]]</ref>

	[[File:ACD - Golden Turtles tensions.png\|thumb\|250px\|An Lushan voices his displeasure of Yang Guozhong]]		[[File:ACD - Golden Turtles tensions.png\|thumb\|250px\|An Lushan voices his displeasure of Yang Guozhong]]
	This incited Guozhong's ire, leading to an exchange of taunts where the chancellor downplayed Lushan's importance, and Lushan fired back that Guozhong was only safe to engage in frivolities at court because he gambled his life to protect them at the borders. Much to the jolly agreement of the Emperor, the [[eunuch]] [[Gao Lishi]] interceded to de-escalate their argument and assured them both that they were indispensable. The Emperor was not only eager to change the topic, but he was also still in a festive mood, and he whipped out his ''[[jiegu]]'' to invite Lushan to perform a signature dance that he had not witnessed in a long while: the [[Sogdian Whirl]].<ref name="Dynasty 3"/>		This incited Guozhong's ire, leading to an exchange of taunts where the chancellor downplayed Lushan's importance, and Lushan fired back that Guozhong was only safe to engage in frivolities at court because he gambled his life to protect them at the borders. Much to the jolly agreement of the Emperor, the [[eunuch]] [[Gao Lishi]] interceded to de-escalate their argument and assured them both that they were indispensable. The Emperor was not only eager to change the topic, but he was also still in a festive mood, and he whipped out his ''[[jiegu]]'' to invite Lushan to perform a signature dance that he had not witnessed in a long while: the [[Sogdian Whirl]].<ref name="Dynasty 3"/>

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	====Schism declared====		====Schism declared====
	Late that night, Lushan met with an elder member of the Golden Turtles at the [[Gazebo ~~of Submerged Fragrance~~]]—none other than the eunuch Gao Lishi himself. He threw aside all discretion and openly asserted to Lishi that he knew that Guozhong was plotting his demise and that what he truly desired was to be the head of the Golden Turtles not the trifling rewards of the Emperor. For that, he boldly asked that Lishi elect him, but the elder was unimpressed and reminded him that "only a prime minister can command the Golden Turtles". He tried to assure him that the Emperor had the intention of elevating him to a chancellorship, so that he need only stifle his impatience.<ref name="Dynasty 7"/>		Late that night, Lushan met with an elder member of the Golden Turtles at the [[Agarwood Gazebo]]—none other than the eunuch Gao Lishi himself. He threw aside all discretion and openly asserted to Lishi that he knew that Guozhong was plotting his demise and that what he truly desired was to be the head of the Golden Turtles not the trifling rewards of the Emperor. For that, he boldly asked that Lishi elect him, but the elder was unimpressed and reminded him that "only a prime minister can command the Golden Turtles". He tried to assure him that the Emperor had the intention of elevating him to a chancellorship, so that he need only stifle his impatience.<ref name="Dynasty 7"/>
	[[File:ACD - An Lushan speaking to Gao Lishi.png\|thumb\|250px\|An Lushan reveals his intentions to Gao Lishi]]		[[File:ACD - An Lushan speaking to Gao Lishi.png\|thumb\|250px\|An Lushan reveals his intentions to Gao Lishi]]
	It was here that Lushan repeated the words of Guozhong which had obstructed this very promotion, ''"Though Lushan has military prowess, his eyes cannot know books... how can he become a chancellor?"'' Revealing that he had his "ears and eyes" at court, he exposed that Lishi's assurance was all a farce. As long as Guozhong stood, he knew he would never have any chance at fulfilling his ambitions, and Lishi's refusal to support him dissolved the last chance of overturning his resolve. He pronounced that he would found his own group of Golden Turtles and that Guozhong would be dead the next time he returned to Chang'an. Though there should have been no more pretense with such a declaration, Lushan still denied that he was plotting rebellion when Lishi probed the motives behind his earlier requests to the Emperor. Instead, he answered that he was merely doing the duty of a loyal Tang official: "slay Guozhong, purge the lords".<ref name="Dynasty 7"/>		It was here that Lushan repeated the words of Guozhong which had obstructed this very promotion, ''"Though Lushan has military prowess, his eyes cannot know books... how can he become a chancellor?"'' Revealing that he had his "ears and eyes" at court, he exposed that Lishi's assurance was all a farce. As long as Guozhong stood, he knew he would never have any chance at fulfilling his ambitions, and Lishi's refusal to support him dissolved the last chance of overturning his resolve. He pronounced that he would found his own group of Golden Turtles and that Guozhong would be dead the next time he returned to Chang'an. Though there should have been no more pretense with such a declaration, Lushan still denied that he was plotting rebellion when Lishi probed the motives behind his earlier requests to the Emperor. Instead, he answered that he was merely doing the duty of a loyal Tang official: "slay Guozhong, purge the lords".<ref name="Dynasty 7"/>