Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Defang didn't have the courage to go on, but hearing what Concubine Di said, he completely dismissed what he wanted to say. He slowly hugged Concubine Di, "Madam, promise me that you will talk to me every day."

"Okay, say it every day." Concubine Di patted Defang on the back, "If the concubine says something wrong, don't be angry, my lord."

"As long as my wife says, I like to listen to it, and I'm not angry." Defang hugged Concubine Di, and the two talked softly, as affectionate as ever.

At the end of October, Prime Minister Xiang Minzhong was dismissed as Minister of the Household Department and a member of the Yongxing Army, and Zhang Qixian was dismissed as Taichangqing and assigned to Xijing.The cause of this incident was that General Xue Weiji, the left leader of the army, died of illness. His widow, Chai, wanted to marry Zhang Qixian, and secretly agreed on the marriage. The brothers were very dissatisfied and filed a complaint with the Kaifeng government, saying that the stepmother, Chai, wanted to monopolize the large family property left by his grandfather and father. Secret officials were sent to interrogate Chai. Unexpectedly, Chai's statement was quite different from Xue Anshang's pleadings. Zhenzong had no choice but to order Yushitai to investigate. Came to beat the drum, and countered that Xiang Minzhong, who was also the prime minister, bought the Xue family mansion at a low price, and even proposed to himself, but because he didn't agree, Xiang Minzhong ordered Xue An to make a false accusation. Coincidentally, before that, Zhenzong once issued an edict to the Xue family brothers, strictly ordering them not to sell the ancestral house. When the matter came to this, Zhenzong had to intervene in person. He admitted to Minzhong that he had spent 5000 taels to buy the Xue family's ancestral house, and his wife had just died of illness, but he He never thought of renewing his strings, nor did he propose to Chai. Although the purchase of the ancestral house violated the imperial edict, Zhenzong did not want to pursue it. Unexpectedly, Chai refused to give up and appealed with drums. After the trial in Taiwan, the case became more and more complicated. Yantie Shi Wang Sizong had always been at odds with Xiang Minzhong, and at this time he also jumped out to expose that Xiang Minzhong planned to marry Wang Shi, the younger sister of the late consort Wang Chengyan, and that the secret agreement had been made. It's just that he hasn't accepted it yet. After asking Wang, he found out that there was indeed such a thing. Zhenzong was very dissatisfied with Xiang Minzhong. .But Zhang Qixian was also uneasy. Yushitai found out that Chai's statement was actually written by Zhang Zongjiao, Zhang Qixian's son and the then prince Zhongshe. Her close attendant discovered that she had buried nearly 2 taels of treasure in private.The case was finally settled. Apart from the dismissal of the two prime ministers, the other persons involved were also punished. Let them redeem their ancestral house, and also ordered Yushitai and Kaifeng Mansion to supervise at any time in the future.Chai also failed to marry Zhang Qixian as she wished, and she was fined 8000 taels, and Xue's ancestral house was redeemed with 2 taels in her private possession.On the other hand, the letter on the dismissal of the prime minister should be written in the name of Zhenzong. What's more coincidental is that Song Bai, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy who drafted the letter, also had some personal grievances with Xiang Minzhong (Song Bai was very poor in his early years, and he had a relationship with Xiang Minzhong. Zhongzhong borrowed ten ingots of silver, but Xiang Minzhong did not borrow any) Therefore, Song Bai was very strict in drafting and writing, with the words "break your promise to me, and be ignorant of yourself as a minister", and Xiang Minzhong burst into tears after reading the text.

In November, Li Shiheng, a member of the Duzhi branch, wrote to the imperial court, saying that Shaanxi's monopoly wine industry still has surplus profits, which can be used to fund border defense expenses. This tax increases the income of the imperial court by 25 yuan every year.