Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

德芳44岁王妃45岁长子惟叙27岁次子惟宪25岁幼子惟能23岁

Wei Ling is 21 years old and Zhenzong (Zhao Heng) is 35 years old

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On the first month of the sixth year of Xianping, above the court hall of Bianliang Palace, the capital of the Song Dynasty, the Ministry of Households played "Report to Your Majesty. According to the Yizhou Zhizhou Zhangzhi Rhythm Report, the Shu area supplies [-] pieces of silk to the imperial court every year, but all of them are handed over to the servants. Transported to Beijing, however, the river from Jialing River to Jingjiang was turbulent, the conscripts’ ships were dilapidated, nearly half of them sank, and the conscripts almost went bankrupt due to the need to compensate for the loss of these silk silks, and became refugees.”

"Is there such a thing?" Zhenzong frowned and said, "Why should the silk silk from Gongjing in Shu be transported by slaves?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, officials from the Shu region have to go through several places to transport silk silk across the border, and they will be stripped halfway. To avoid trouble, the officials entrust the transportation to the servants."

"It's ridiculous!" Zhenzong slapped the dragon chair, "The matter of paying tribute to Beijing silk silk is the responsibility of officials in Shu, and they actually let poor conscripts do it in order to avoid trouble!"

"Your Majesty, please appease your anger," said Defang who was sitting on the side, "Shu has always been in turmoil, and the amount of silk tribute to Beijing is different every year, but the imperial court has not been able to control it due to continuous wars. Now all parties are a little more stable." , the minister thinks that at this time it can be rectified."

"What the emperor said is very true." Zhenzong nodded, "The household department, Zhang Zhijie is in charge of this matter, and you can send an envoy to pass it on."

"The minister obeys the order!"

(Later, Zhang Zhijie, the magistrate of Yizhou, personally selected [-] officials to lead the boats and ships to transport silk silk. The twelve ships were divided into one outline, and two officials were in charge of each outline, and they were rotated every three years. Assess its performance. Since then, the transportation of supply ships in Shu has been smooth.)

"The minister has his own play" Minister of the Ministry of War said

"Show it," Shinzong said

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the northern frontier town newspaper said that the Longyi tribe and the Moke tribe located north of the Yellow River often fought against Dangxiang Li Jiqian, and they won many times, restraining many of Li Jiqian's troops in the northwest of our Great Song Dynasty. Dangxiang is very concerned about this. exhausted."

"Okay! Hahaha" Zhenzong said with a smile, "It's unexpected that two tribes have such combat power."

"Your Majesty" Defang said, "Although the Longyi and Moke tribes belong to the Dangxiang tribe, they could not be bullied by Li Jiqian. They organized their troops to resist. Not only did they win many battles, but they also sent horses to the Tibetan tribe all the year round as tribute to our university. The Song Dynasty has improved the combat power of our cavalry, and the Longyi and Moke tribes have contributed greatly to the stability of the Northwest of our Song Dynasty."

"Really? It turns out that the Longyi tribe and the Moke tribe have done so many things to my Song Dynasty." Zhenzong said

"Yes, Your Majesty," Defang said, "the Longyi and Moke tribes pay tribute to more than a thousand horses every year. Although not all of them are mature horses, they submit the feeding book to the horse supervisor. The Longyi tribe and the Moke tribe can be called various tribes. example."

"En! Very good! I never thought that the Longyi clan and the Moke clan would be so loyal to Song Dynasty." Zhenzong nodded

"Your Majesty" Defang continued, "There are quite a few tribes in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty and in the border towns, but there are still few such as the Longyi tribe and the Mok tribe. I believe that the imperial court should reward the Longyi tribe and the Mok tribe. .”

"Yes, what the emperor said is very true. In this way, other tribes will follow suit. This is very beneficial to the stability of the border town."

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