Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Dezhao Defang, who had just learned the news of Taizu's death, rushed to the inner palace and cried bitterly in front of Taizu. Rest in the apse.

Only then did De Fang know that Empress Song had called him into the palace after Taizu's death, but for some reason, King Jin arrived first, and had already presided over the overall situation as the heir to the throne.

"Emperor, you are the only queen mother." Empress Song sobbed softly, stroking Defang's head kneeling in front of her.

"Queen Mother, I will always be with you, please don't worry, Uncle Wang will definitely take care of us." Defang looked up at Mrs. Song.

"Son, when the first emperor passed away, I invited you into the palace, but your uncle Wang arrived in the inner hall early, and now he knows about it, if he really ascended the throne as the emperor, I wonder if he will treat our mother and son... .” Empress Song shed tears when she said this.

Defang looked at Mrs. Song, not knowing what to say, and her heart was flustered. Thinking of the power of King Jin, if he cares about this matter after he ascended the throne, it would be detrimental to their mother and son. heart of.

"What should I do..." Defang kept searching for the answer in her mind, but in the end she couldn't find any results. "Mother...Father Emperor...Is it really going to be passed on to Uncle Wang?"

"My mother doesn't know... everything... I don't know..."

"Mother, then you urgently called the son into the palace. Did the emperor have something to tell the son before his death?"

Empress Song looked at Defang with tears in her eyes, "Defang, before your father died, you couldn't speak anymore. Whether your father really wants to pass on the throne to King Jin, it's a foregone conclusion now. The queen mother is just worried about you..."

"Don't worry about the queen mother." De Fang seemed to be a little firmer, "We are the uncle Wang's close relatives, and my elder brother and I are not in the name of the prince, and we have no military power in our hands, so there is no threat to the uncle Wang. It is also reasonable to look for children in the middle, I believe Uncle Wang will not blame him." Defang comforted Song Shi by holding her hand.

"As long as the emperor's son is safe, the queen mother's wish is enough." Song said softly, holding De Fang's head with both hands, but she didn't reveal any more inside information, she knew that saying one more word at this time would bring them death.

An hour later, the sky was getting brighter, and the officials and officials knew that Taizu had passed away, so they all came to the court hall, but they were surprised to see Jin Wang Guangyi wearing a dragon robe and sitting on the dragon chair. Wang Jien said to the officials: , Emperor Taizu passed on to the throne of King Jin, and the country cannot live without a king for a day. King Guangyi of Jin came to the throne immediately, and was called Taizong in history. Official, amnesty to the world, Taizong did not want Defang to change his name, so that the two brothers Dezhao and Defang were still called princes, and the favor remained unchanged. Pingzhangshi, Xingyuanyin, and Defang were 17 years old at the time.

Emperor Taizong renamed Empress Song as Empress Kaibao, moved her to the West Palace, and then moved to the East Palace, and suffered a cold reception from then on.

In late October, Emperor Taizong stayed on as a civil servant when he was Taizu, and made Lu Duoxun pay homage to the Prime Minister, and together with Xue Juzheng and Shen Lun (to avoid Taizong's name taboo, Shen Yilun changed his name to Shen Lun) to assist in state affairs.However, the generals Xiang Gong, Gao Huaide, Feng Jiye, Zhang Mei and others were reappointed, moved to take up idle positions near Gyeonggi, and sent their own soldiers to guard them.

In the second year of Taiping Xingguo, Taizong Guangyi changed his name to Jiong, and other people who had not avoided changing their names no longer changed their names.