Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Your Majesty!" The concubine was so frightened that she quickly knelt on the bed and supported Taizong's arm. "I made a mistake! Your Majesty forgive me!"

"Hmph!" Taizong threw off the concubine's hand and got out of the bed, and went out of the bedroom very angrily. The servant quickly took a thick cloak and put it on Taizong. Taizong looked up at Piaoxue, shook his hands and sighed Said, "Tianhan is not as cold as heartbroken..."

On the second day, the courtiers' sedan chair team came to the gate of the palace one by one. Several ministers wanted to go over to persuade Defang, but they were stopped by Zhao Pu, and the officials had to go to the court room to wait. He didn't know how Taizong would punish Defang, so several ministers asked Zhao Pu, "Prime Minister, do you think His Majesty will punish the prince or reward him?"

Zhao Pu closed his eyes and said, "How can we speculate on the Holy Will, and everyone in the court will know in a while."

The ministers looked at each other and stopped talking. After a while, the servants came to call all the ministers into the palace, and the ministers saluted. Taizong asked, "Do you have an official performance?"

"Ministers have their own roots" Xia Hui, Shaofu supervisor, holds the wat board and walks forward

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"Reporting to Your Majesty, this time His Majesty issued an amnesty. Guo Mian and others in our department were officials of the Beijing Dynasty in their early years. Now that they have received an amnesty, Your Majesty is requested to use it again."

Taizong thought for a while and asked, "Prime Minister, what do you think? Should Guo Mian and others be mentioned again?"

Zhao Pu went forward and said, "Return to Your Majesty, Guo Mian and others were all convicted of accepting bribes. I think that people who ignore the court's laws for money are no longer suitable for court officials. It is a blessing from heaven to be spared the punishment of prison."

Taizong nodded when he heard this, "Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, I have always treated literati kindly, and the salary is more generous than that of previous dynasties, but there are still some people who try their best. If I forgive them and give them official positions, I am afraid that more people will be lucky in the future. Follow the example of others, this matter must not be done, and the decree will continue, and officials who accept bribes and dereliction of duty will not be appointed officials after being pardoned."

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Well, dear friends, I have something to ask you at the court meeting today." Taizong said, "In the first battle of Tanghe, our army won the battle with few and many, and severely injured the [-] elite soldiers of the Liao people, making them stop their southward invasion. The difficulty was solved, do you think this is a great achievement?"

"Yes, Your Majesty," the ministers replied

Taizong continued, "Now all the camps and towns are making preparations for the battle, and I have also issued a decree to reward Li Jilong and Yuan Jizhong, the camps in Dingzhou, but there is one more thing. Today I want to discuss with all my lovers."

At this time, the officials knew what Taizong was going to say. Taizong looked at the officials and said, "I have issued an edict to the border, ordering all camps, towns and cities to fortify the walls and clear the fields, and not to fight without authorization. For this reason, I also sent five people from the Zhonghuangmen Lin Yanshou to go there." To announce the imperial decree, in order to prevent any generals from disobeying the decree, I also sent the eight sage kings to the border to supervise, but I never thought that the eight sage kings would go against the order and go to war against the enemy, so that my decree was in vain. Kongwen, do you think this is a serious crime?"

The officials looked at each other, all lowered their heads and remained silent. Taizong asked, "Just now you didn't hesitate when you asked whether repelling the Liao invaders was a great achievement. Why don't you answer now?"

The officials still remained silent, and Taizong said again, "You should have seen it when you went to court, the Eighth Sage King was still kneeling in front of the palace gate, but you may not know that he has already knelt in the cold and snow all night. "

There were some murmurs among the ministers, but Zhao Pu didn't say a word, Taizong was silent for a while, and then said, "Xuanba Xianwang enters the palace."