Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Okay." Taizu looked at De Fang and smiled, "Let's go back."

"Your Majesty, please leave." De Fang was about to turn around and leave, when several ministers and generals suddenly ran over, "Your Majesty! I wait to greet Your Majesty."

Taizu looked at a few people, "What's the matter?"

"The ministers heard that His Majesty encountered an assassin on the way, but His Majesty did not arrest him. The ministers think that the assassin should be arrested as soon as possible!"

"No need" Taizu shook his hand

"Your Majesty! Assassins dare to shoot arrows and assassinate in broad daylight. This is treason! The final general thinks that he should be listed as wanted!"

"Enough! There is no need to mention this matter again! Everyone retreat!" Taizu turned and returned to the inner hall

The civil and military ministers looked at each other, stood up and walked to De Fang and asked, "Your Highness, what's going on? Why did Your Majesty let the assassin go?"

Defang cupped his hands, "My lords, there is nothing to be afraid of little assassins, my father is benevolent, let him live, now that this matter is over, and my father is not hurt, so there is no need to ask any more questions, just answer them all."

"Yes, Your Highness." Several ministers withdrew from the palace, and Defang also returned to his side hall, and told Mingzhi what happened just now, Mingzhi nodded, "Father is the son of the real dragon, and he is blessed by God."

"Well, father is wise and powerful, what is a mere assassin?" Defang smiled

"What's more?" Mingzhi patted Defang, "Your Highness was still very scared at that time, right?"

Defang nodded embarrassingly, "Yes... indeed... I was shocked"

"Father King" Wei Ling asked after listening to the story, "Did Grandpa Taizu never send anyone to catch the assassin?"

"Yes." Defang nodded, "Emperor Taizu promised everything, how could he go back on his word?"

"Grandfather Taizu is really brave," Wei Xu said

"Of course," Defang said, "at the beginning of Emperor Taizu's accession to the throne, many Jiedu envoys were powerful and arrogant. One day, Emperor Taizu summoned these envoys and gave each of them a Armed with a sword, a pair of bows and arrows, and a strong horse, and then got on the horse himself, without a guard, he rode out of the palace with these Jiedu envoys until they reached the dense forest outside the Guzi Gate. The emperor got off his horse and drank wine with the Jiedu envoys. After drinking for three rounds, the emperor suddenly said to them: "There is no one here. If you want to be emperor, you can do it now. You can become emperor when you return to Beijing!" The Jiedu envoys were so frightened that they knelt down on the ground and dared not even say so. The Emperor Taizu asked sharply twice. I am the Son of Heaven, I should fulfill my responsibilities as a minister, and I will definitely not run amok in the future! There is no court order! The Jiedu envoys all shouted long live to show their obedience. After returning to the city, they handed over military power to the Taizu. They have restrained a lot in their words and deeds.”

Wei Xian jumped up, "Father, Grandpa Taizu is really brave! If someone plots something wrong, it's not a trivial matter!"

"Yes." Defang nodded, "That will cause chaos in the world."

"Father!" Weixian said, "Is there any more? Is there any more? Let me tell you the story of Grandpa Taizu."

Defang nodded, "At the beginning of the Taizu's founding of the country, the old officials of the Later Zhou Dynasty were awarded high officials and generous salaries, but the general Li Yun who was guarding outside did not buy it. The envoy refused to come in, and he reluctantly received the envoy after many times of persuasion by his staff, but he hung a portrait of Zhou Shizong on the banquet for the envoy, and cried on the spot."