Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Lord" Cui Renji said, "For the sake of the lord and clan, and for the sake of saving the people of Wu and Yue from the suffering of war, you should make a decision, lord."

Qian Chu was already dripping with sweat on his forehead. He looked at Cui Renji, then at the general who fell on the ground, sighed deeply, knelt down and said, "I would like to accept the soil as a minister, and please forgive me for my madness." All the ministers also knelt down.

Defang looked at Qian Chu and the others, and the big stone in his heart was finally relieved, so he put the knife back into the sheath, helped Qian Chu and said, "The Lord's servants are indeed crazy, but the Lord killed this madman in order to save the palace and destroy his relatives. This hall is extremely grateful, and this hall will definitely report this matter to His Majesty."

Qian Chu and Cui Renji understood as soon as they heard it, that their subjects dared to assassinate the Zhao royal family, which was a serious crime to exterminate the family. Taizong could use this as an excuse to send troops. Now Defang reversed the matter and turned it into an act of sincere return to the Song Dynasty , not only exonerated from major crimes, but also received praise, so Qian Chu kowtowed again, "Your Highness is so kind, Qian Chu has nothing to repay."

"My lord, please get up quickly." Defang helped Qian Chu up again, "If the lord can donate Wu and Yue, you and I can become friends in the future, live next to each other in Beijing, and enjoy peace with our children and grandchildren."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Defang looked at the crowd, "Let's make preparations, too. The hall will return to the mansion first. After three days, the hall will be on the main hall. I hope the king will fulfill his promise."

"Yes, Your Highness" Qian Chu and the others bowed

Defang opened the hall door, and Jiajun ran over, "Your Highness, are you alright?"

"Nothing, let's go home." Defang stepped out of Qian Chu's place, returned to Nanqing Palace in a sedan chair, got off the sedan chair and went directly to the bedroom, "Baili, go and get a pot of wine!"

"Yes, Your Highness." Baili ran out, and after a while Mingzhi came in with wine, "Your Highness, why do you drink as soon as you come back? Don't you need to order food?"

Defang closed the door, took the wine in Mingzhi's hand and drank it all in one gulp, then took a deep breath, "Ma'am, I was really scared to death just now!"

"Did something happen?"

Defang recounted what happened just now, and Mingzhi smiled and said, "This is Your Highness, who is courageous and resourceful, and shows both kindness and power. I think Qian Chu was frightened a long time ago."

"Madam is still laughing! It's a good thing I know how to punch, otherwise I won't be able to come back."

"Didn't your highness come back well? I really didn't expect that Qian Chu would have such a general under his command. It's a pity that he followed the wrong person."

Defang nodded, "Now I just hope that Qian Chu can really sacrifice Wu Yue."

"Yes." Mingzhi patted Defang, "Your Highness has done a good job, and you have made great achievements this time."

"What a great achievement?" Defang said holding the flagon, "Anyway, it's a matter of time before Wu Yue dedicates the land. I just moved my mouth to see if I can make him make up his mind early. I didn't expect to kill a rash general halfway. If It's really not worth dying for."

"Okay, His Highness is almost fulfilling the imperial order now." Ming Zhi smiled, "Do you want me to have a drink with His Highness?"

"Ma'am!" Defang pointed to Ming Zhi's stomach, "I'm still drinking while pregnant, no way."

"Okay, okay, don't drink." Ming Zhi smiled and rubbed his belly, "Look how much your father loves you, and you must be filial to your father when you come out."

Three days later, Qian Chu voluntarily donated the thirteen prefectures and one army under his command.Taizong accepted the court congratulations from the officials in the Qianyuan Hall, and the etiquette was very grand.After the meeting with Qian Chu, his subordinates knew that he had belonged to the Song Dynasty, and they all cried out in great grief: "Our king will not come back again!" So the Song Dynasty got a total of 86 counties, 55 Hachinohe, 11 soldiers. (The Wuyue Kingdom was founded in 36, died in 907, existed for 978 years, and experienced five kings.)

Emperor Taizong gave Defang Shiyi and a piece of imperial order, which can enter the Chongwen Academy and the imperial treasury at any time.

He also ordered Qian Chu to be renamed the king of Huaihai; his eldest son Qian Weijun was appointed as the military governor of Huainan; Cui Renji, the minister who persuaded the surrender, was the deputy envoy of Huainan Army Jiedu.

Emperor Taizong adopted Lu Duoxun's suggestion and sent Fan Min to the land of Wuyue, which had surrendered, as Zhizhou. After Fan Min took office, he reported the situation of Wuyue in detail to the imperial court, requesting the abolition of local tyranny, and the imperial court ordered approval.

[After Wuyue offered the land to the Song Dynasty, a Confucian scholar in Qiantang collected 410 surnames known at that time, and the book became "Hundred Surnames". Because it was formed in the Song Dynasty, the Zhao family was the first surname. Qiantang was originally the old land of Wuyue, so the king of Wuyue Qian’s surname Qian ranks second, Princess Sun of Wu Yue ranks third, and Li family of Southern Tang Dynasty ranks fourth, so the top four in "Hundred Surnames" are: Zhao Qian, Sun Li]