Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Hearing that the ministers were very surprised, they all looked at Defang. Defang didn't care about the gazes of the ministers. He looked at Wang Dan, and Wang Dan also looked at Defang with a complicated expression. It's hard to say, it's hard to ride a tiger. In the current situation, it's useless to block the car with your arms. De Fang paused for a moment, stood up and thought to the ministers, "The lonely king had a drink with His Majesty in the Chongzheng Hall last night. I wanted to open the door to breathe. When I opened the door, I saw a colorful light passing by in the distance. The lonely king was very surprised. His Majesty wanted to go to check it out, but the lonely king was afraid of accidents, so he took people to look for the light. The place where the colorful light fell was the Gongde Pavilion. The lonely king entered the pavilion and found that there was a two-foot-long yellow silk in the main hall, with a scroll tied on it, which was very similar to the heavenly scriptures that had been sent down before. Seeing this situation, he burned incense and kowtowed, and then opened the scroll, and found that its contents were the same as the previous heavenly book."

Hearing this, Wang Dan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty! It is God's will that God sent down two heavenly books!"

Defang thought to himself, this has come to this point, and there is no room for the lonely king to retreat, whether the good or the bad lonely king has gone to the end, so she turned and cupped her hands and said, "Your Majesty, the heavenly book is a gift from God, and it is a sign of auspiciousness. Governing the country has made the country peaceful and the people of the Great Song Dynasty peaceful, and now the world is peaceful, there is no war, the neighbors are united, the border trade is prosperous, and the people are rich and happy. , At the request of all officials and all people, I enshrined Chan Taishan to thank God, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Wang Dan and Wang Qinruo knew in their hearts that Zhenzong had already discussed this matter with Defang after hearing Defang's words, so Defang's words fell, and the two quickly kowtowed and shouted long live, and sat down. Yuan Xie, Yuan Cheng, and Yuan Yan, who were in the top ranks of the officials, were surprised by Defang's words, but they also reacted quickly. They knelt down and worshiped. , So the officials knelt down and bowed, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Seeing this, Zhenzong took a reassurance in his heart, but still said, "This... If I decide to enshrine Zen, will it be too hasty?"

Defang looked at Zhenzong and thought, what else do you want?Okay, the lonely king will fulfill you, and then find an excuse not to blame the lonely king for not helping you, so he said, "Your Majesty, the heavenly scriptures show that my Great Song Dynasty will be prosperous and prosperous in your majesty's dynasty, and I will teach you what you should do in detail. God's will is manifest. Your Majesty should personally thank God." Having said this, Defang put the golden mace on the chair, lifted his robe and knelt down on his knees, "I ask Your Majesty to enshrine Zen Taishan!" Then he bowed his head and said, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Zhenzong was also taken aback when he saw this, but he didn't expect Defang to kneel down to ask for Zen. In the Song Dynasty, kneeling was usually on one knee, and only when it was very grand etiquette would kneel on both knees, not to mention that Defang had a golden mace in his hand. , and was once exempted from kneeling before being granted by the first emperor, but now he actually performed this great gift for the enshrining of Zen, which shocked Zhenzong, thinking, brother emperor, you really did your best to help me. Surprised, they hurriedly bowed their heads and kowtowed, "I beg Your Majesty to enshrine Zen! Long live my emperor!"

Zhenzong got up, went to Defang to help him up, nodded with a smile, and said, "Okay! Today, at the request of all officials and people, I will go to Mount Tai to hold a Zen ceremony on an auspicious day."

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The ministers kowtowed again