Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Defang and Concubine Di didn't speak after listening, Baili looked at the two of them, "My lord, my lord, little... are you doing right?"

"Baili..." Defang looked at Baili, "You... you really don't want your life, if someone sees... your head will move."

"My lord, the young one is not afraid of death... The young one was worried at the time... The worry was not replaced. In the future, the lord... If something happens to the lord...then the young one will regret it..."

"Baili, will you become more courageous if you become the chief executive?"

"It hasn't gotten bigger, the small ones are still afraid... But... for the sake of the prince, the small ones are not afraid."

Defang looked at Concubine Di and smiled, "Ma'am, although this matter cannot be judged right or wrong, but this imperial calendar was bought back with Baili's life. If it wasn't for him today, something serious would have happened."

Concubine Di nodded, "Thank you, Baili, but there won't be a next time."

"No, no, Mrs. Wang is auspicious."

Defang patted Baili, "Okay, my chief manager of Baili, hahaha"

The next day, in the early court, Taizong told about the inspection of the imperial calendars of the various prefectures yesterday. It turned out that Taizong was reading the scriptures in the Chongde Hall, and suddenly heard a creaking sound. Emperor Taizong gnawed the emperor's calendar in the palace, which made Taizong very angry. He beat all the people who cleaned the Chongde Hall [-] boards, and then thought of all the officials, so he immediately sent people from the palace to various government offices for a sudden inspection. More than [-]% of the imperial calendars were severely damaged, and some had been burned. Taizong was very unhappy and fined all officials with half a year's salary, saying that in the future, the imperial calendars of previous years should not be called old calendars, and if they were lost or damaged, they would be severely punished.

After coming down to court, all the officials said as they walked, "Several, what do you think is going on? Your Majesty's imperial calendar is broken and we will check ours. This check is good, and half a year's salary is gone."

"It's a trivial matter that the salary is gone. If this happens again in the future, it is estimated that the official title will not be kept."

"That's true." The official nodded, "But... His Majesty said that the previous year's imperial calendar cannot be called the old calendar, so why not call it the old calendar?"

A group of officials were discussing in front of the palace gate, and Prime Minister Xue Juzheng walked by, "Everyone, the imperial calendar in previous years was also a gift from His Majesty. If so, we should honor it. Don't we always say that the old is respected, why not call it the old imperial calendar."

"Old Huangli?" Everyone looked at each other, then nodded and cupped their hands, "What the prime minister said is, it's called Old Huangli"

[The term "old imperial calendar" originated from the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty. Taizong would give ministers a new year's imperial calendar at the end of each year, so that officials should not forget the four seasons of farming when they are in the court, because the imperial calendar can only be printed by the imperial court, and it is given by the emperor. Therefore, the imperial calendar of the previous year should also be stored well, which was originally a commendatory word. 】

Defang pulled Baili into the sedan chair and returned to the palace. When he came to the main hall, he said, "Baili, did you hear me? , Officials are fined for half a year."

"My lord, then... the little one did something wrong?"

"This... But if you don't change it, maybe someday something will happen to my king."

"Then... the little one did it right?"

"This...it's really hard to say..." Defang sat on the chair and shook her head, "Baili, forget about it, remember, the previous year's calendar will be called the old calendar, but it should be stored well, and there will be another one." This time, even the Chongde Hall didn’t have to be replaced.”

"Yes, yes, the small one must be put away." Baili smiled.

In July, Long Qiongju, the lord of the Southwest Fan, sent his son Luo Ruocong and 730 people from Zhuzhou Man to pay tribute to the Song Dynasty with horses named after local objects.In the same month, Jeju reported to the imperial court that Li Yan’s family in Jinxiang County had lived together since the early years of Li Yuanwude, the great ancestor of the Tang Dynasty. The family rewarded rice, grain and silk.

This month, Zhao Pu’s sister-in-law, Hou Renbao, the magistrate of Yongzhou, has not been transferred for nine years. Hou Renbao was worried that he would die of old age and die in another place, so he went to Emperor Taizong, using the excuse of Chen’s cochin strategy to enter Beijing. Taizong ordered Hou Renbao to lead the army without entering Beijing, and Taizong agreed, and ordered Hou Renbao to lead the army together with Sun Quanxing, the Lanzhou regiment trainer who was demoted for fear of the enemy and not fighting the month before.

In August, Emperor Taizong visited Qian Chu's mansion and gave him ten thousand taels of silver, ten thousand pieces of silk, millions of dollars, gold utensils, etc., and his sons Wei Jun and Wei Zhi ten thousand taels of silver each.