Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"The hat on the fairy's head is shining with starlight, and he is wearing a red robe." Shinzong continued, "The fairy told me that a yellow seal dojo will be built in front of the main hall, and three chapters of the heavenly book "Dazhong Xiangfu" will be lowered in the dojo in the first month of the next year." .”

"Dazhong Xiangfu?" Defang asked, "Your Majesty, did the immortal say what the heavenly script is for?"

"I don't know. After the fairy finished speaking, he disappeared. I dare not be careless. I wrote down the words of the fairy. The next day, I ordered people to build a nine-level colorful altar in Chaoyuan Hall, and held a yellow seal dojo. Then from December Start fasting."

"So that's the case." Defang nodded and said, "It turns out that His Majesty fasted for this reason. Why didn't His Majesty inform the ministers?"

"Brother Huang, the so-called heavenly secrets must not be leaked."

"Then dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the reason for summoning the ministers and others to say these things today?"

"Indeed, I have been fasting for a whole month and still dare not go to the dojo. Although the immortal said that the scriptures will come down in the first month, there is no report from the dojo, so I have been waiting. However, just this morning, the Imperial City Secretary came Someone reported that there was a piece of yellow silk hanging on the owl at the south corner of the gate tower of Zuochengtian Gate, so I sent someone to check it, and reported that the yellow silk was two feet long, and there was something like a picture scroll tied on it. The text, if I think about it carefully, this should be the heavenly book that the immortal said."

Defang felt a little unbelievable when he heard that, at this time, the prime minister Wang Dan said, "Your Majesty, this must be a miracle from heaven. I hope that your majesty will serve the heaven and the earth with sincerity, and the ancestors with benevolence and filial piety. , Now that the four barbarians have surrendered, the neighbors have made alliances, and the grain has been harvested year after year, all these are His Majesty's great achievements, so God sent an immortal to inform in advance that today's book will indeed come down today, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live my emperor." When the minister saw Wang Dan kneeling, he bowed down and shouted long live. Defang froze, wondering if this was what Wang Dan said?Only Wang Qinruo would say such things, right?But seeing this scene, he couldn't say anything, after all, he didn't understand what was going on, so he asked, "Your Majesty, have you retrieved the heavenly book from the dojo?"

"Not yet," Shinzong said, "I called everyone here just to go to the dojo together."

Wang Qinruo said, "Your Majesty, if there is a heavenly book, the emperor should read it in person, so as not to reveal the heavenly secret."

"No" Zhenzong shook his head, "If it is written in the heavenly book that I made a mistake, I should discuss the reason with my loved ones, and I will make a correction. How can I hide this content from everyone? Let's go to Chengtian Gate together."

Zhenzong led his ministers to Chengtianmen on foot, and saw that there was indeed yellow silk on the kisses on the gate tower, so Zhenzong burned incense and kowtowed in front of the dojo, and ordered his servant Zhou Huaizheng to command Huangfu Jiming to go up the gate tower, and the two respectfully greeted each other. Put down the yellow silk and the tied scroll, Wang Dan stepped forward to take it, knelt down and presented it to Zhenzong, Zhenzong bowed to the book of heaven before taking it, and put it on Longyu, and then Zhenzong and Wang Dan walked in front of Longyu When he came to the Huangzhuan Daochang, Zhenzong took down the heavenly script and the yellow silk and handed it over to Chen Yaosou, a member of the Privy Council, to read it out. Keep it upright. The world is seven hundred, and ninety-nine will be settled." Then he opened the heavenly book and read it out. There are three heavenly books, written in yellow, to the effect that Zhenzong can govern the country with benevolence and filial piety, but he must be diligent and thrifty.After Chen Yaosou read the heavenly scriptures, he put them in the golden box.

Zhenzong turned around and said, "Everyone, tomorrow I will tell the ministers about this heavenly book, so that all people in the world will know."