Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Several other people also said that, Defang was very annoyed when he heard this, and shouted loudly, "Enough! You are important ministers of the court, but because of these small matters of self-interest, you hinder Mr. Xie from carrying out the emperor's order. Don't tell me you can't resist the order!"

"I dare not wait," the ministers were taken aback, and hurriedly saluted and said

"Don't dare? The lonely king sees that you are very courageous! Your Majesty's decree to expand the alleys is for the prosperity of the country and the peace of the people, but you actually wrote a letter to force His Majesty to withdraw the decree and damage the holy prestige. What crime should you deserve! "

"Minister, etc.. Minister..." Several ministers faltered and hawed

Defang looked at several people and continued to say, "Is it the king's land in the whole world, is it the king's minister on the shore of the land, and the noble mansions are all bestowed by His Majesty's holy grace, but they don't want to share the worries of the king and strive for the interests of the people. But in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the imperial court, they are arguing and arguing for self-interest, reprimanding the ministers ordered by the emperor, and the lonely king is here to warn you, if there are any people who obstruct the expansion of the lanes, the golden mace of the lonely king will definitely let him know the majesty of the imperial power!" After finishing speaking At this sentence, Defang swung his golden mace and hit the wooden chairs in the hall, and the wooden chairs broke and scattered on the ground.

Seeing this, several ministers were terrified, and they all cupped their hands and said, "The ministers are convicted! Please calm down, my lord!"

"Gu Wang sees that Mr. Xie still has a lot of things to do, do you still want to have tea here?" Defang looked at several people

"I still have something to do at home, I will leave first." Several ministers hurried away.

"Thank you, my lord!" Xie Dequan bowed

"Your Majesty Xie doesn't need to be like this. I heard that Sir Xie is not afraid of power. After this incident, I realized that what I said was true. You have the emperor's life this time, so don't disappoint His Majesty's expectations."

"The minister must fulfill the emperor's order in order to repay the grace!"

When Xie Dequan expanded Quxiang, he also drafted the regulations on the width of Kaifeng City's roads and lanes and the regulations on banning drums in the morning and evening, and announced them in Bianjing City, and no one should violate them.Zhenzong learned that Xie Dequan was very satisfied with what he had done, and ordered Xie Dequan to be appointed as the Chongban of the inner palace and the three divisions under the jurisdiction.

In April 1002, the fifth year of Xianping, due to the loss of books and books, the Ministry of Households could not report the household registration and financial profit and loss of various places. Branches and school accounts.

In the Nanqing Palace, Defang and Concubine Di came to drink tea in the pavilion by the pool in the mansion. Concubine Di got up and wanted to feed the fish, Defang said, "Baili, bring some fish food."

Defang also went to Concubine Di and looked at the fish in the pond, "It seems that the fish have grown a lot."

"Yeah, feed them all the time, can't they grow up?" Concubine Di smiled.

"My lord, the fish food is here," Baili said

Defang watched the fish reach out to the side to get the fish food, but after touching it for a long time, they didn't touch the fish food in Baili's hand. Holding the fish food, Defang saw this and said, "Baili, what are you doing? Standing so far away, the lonely king can't get it."

Baili rubbed forward a little bit, with his head tilted back a little, Defang looked at him puzzled, "Baili! What do you look like! Don't let the lonely king come near you!"

Baili walked over with her head down, and Concubine Di asked, "Baili, what's wrong with you?"

"Small... the small one is afraid of the water... the last time I accidentally fell into the pond and disturbed His Majesty... the small one is afraid of falling again"

Defang was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "So that's the case, hahahaha" and then told what happened that day, Concubine Di covered her mouth and smiled and said, "My lord, it's your fault, why didn't you tell Baili when you came back?" , look at scaring him like this."

"Ma'am, I also wanted to give Mr. Xie a chance to do something, but I couldn't tell His Majesty not to go fishing, so I can only wrong Baili." The king made an apology to you."

"The little ones don't dare," Baili said, "As long as they can help the prince, the little ones can die."

"Who made you die?" Defang patted Baili. "You are indispensable to the lonely king. You are not allowed to say such things in the future."

Concubine Di also nodded, "Yes, Baili, you are an indispensable person for the prince."

"Thank you, my lord, for your kindness. Without the orders of my lord and my lord, Baili will never die!"

Defang and Concubine Di nodded and smiled, and Baili patted his head and smiled innocently.