Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

In the same month, Zhenzong ordered Wang Qinruo, a scholar of Zizhengdian, and Zhizhigao Yang Yi to edit the anecdotes of successive monarchs and ministers, and ten people including Zhimige Qian Weiyan edited them together. (Yang Yi, Liu Yun, and Qian Weiyan all had literary names, and they were in the pavilion together. After writing books, they invited other literati to write poems and sing together. They wrote more than 240 poems in five-character and seven-character modern style, and compiled them into " Xikun Reward Singing Collection. Its content mainly reflects the leisurely life of dignitaries and dignitaries, and mostly writes about the court, love affairs and chanting things. They deliberately imitated Li Shangyin, a poet in the late Tang Dynasty, but did not have the sincere feelings in Li Shangyin's poems. Skillful confrontation and harmonious rhythm are the inheritance of the superfluous style of writing in the late Tang and Five Dynasties. However, due to the prominent status of Yang Yi and Liu Yun, they can be popular in the poetry world for decades. By the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu and Mei Yaochen had played in the plain The diction force corrected the loss of Xikun style, Su Shi and Huang Tingjian succeeded, and the style of poetry changed.)

Zhenzong and Defang came to the imperial garden to drink tea and talk, when suddenly Zhou Huaizheng, the chief servant, came running, "Your Majesty, I just heard the news that a few days ago King Yong suddenly fell ill, and now he is in a coma and is in a very serious condition."

"What!" Zhenzong stood up, "Do you know what disease you are suffering from?"

"I don't know yet"

"Send the imperial doctor to Prince Yong's Mansion immediately!"

"Yes!" Zhou Huaizheng hurried to do it.

"Your Majesty," Defang said, "I'm going to visit Prince Yong's Mansion right now to see how Yuanfen's condition is."

"No, I want to go together, let's go." Zhenzong and Defang came to Yongwang's Mansion together in a sedan chair, and before they stepped into the gate, they heard the sound of crying from a distant room, and the two hurried to the door , Yuanfen's family members and children all knelt on the ground and cried loudly. Zhenzong asked, "What's the matter!"

When everyone saw that it was Zhenzong, they turned around and cried, "Your Majesty! Your lord... just passed away..."

"What!" Zhenzong was very surprised. Defang walked quickly to King Yong's bed and held his hand, "Yuanfen! Yuanfen! Open your eyes and look at Brother Wang!"

But King Yong's Yuanfen remained silent at this time, Defang tested his breath in front of King Yong's nose with his hand, and pressed his neck, Zhenzong asked, "Brother Emperor, how is it?"

Defang closed her eyes and shook her head, "Your Majesty... the original... has already gone..."

"Yuanfen!" Zhenzong ran over and looked at Yuanfen, who had no breath at this time, "How could this be! How could this be!"

Yong Wang Yuanfen was 37 years old when he died of illness. Emperor Zhenzong issued an imperial edict that Yong Wang Yuanfen was bestowed on the Taishi and Shangshuling, and he was named Yunwang after him. (his grandson is Song Yingzong)

In October, it was the birthday of the Lord of the Liao Kingdom. Zhenzong said to the ministers in the court hall, "At the beginning of the year, my Song Dynasty sent an envoy to the Liao Kingdom on the birthday. This month, it is the birthday of the Lord of the Liao Kingdom. Let the Eight Sage Kings go there, but the emperor has a minor illness recently, and the injury may recur, so he needs to rest for a long time.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En," De Fang said, "Our dynasty has established an alliance agreement with the Liao Kingdom, and my ministers have communicated with Liao several times, and now they are more frequent, so the envoy's gifts are extremely cumbersome. Improper congratulatory gifts may damage the friendship between the two countries."

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