Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

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In the fourth year of Chunhua, the imperial court appointed Li Huan, the general of Jiaozhou, as the king of Jiaozhi County (in the fifth year of Taiping Xingguo, 980, the general of Jiaozhou, Li Huan, established the party and deposed the Ding family. Pay tribute to Fangwu, and ask the imperial court to decree that he should lead Jiezhen.)

In February, the imperial court set up the Court of Appeal and the Court of Examination.

In the early years, the land of Sichuan and Shu was rich and rich, and Shu brocade was the most famous, and it was widely sold throughout the Song Dynasty. In order to arbitrarily control the cloth trade, the imperial court specially bought and sold cloth and silk in Shu. Not to be purchased privately.In addition, the imperial court ordered tea to be sold. For this reason, the income of tea farmers in Sichuan and Shun dropped sharply. In the fourth year of Chunhua, there was a severe drought in Xichuan.

In March, Huang Mao, the order of Linjin, wrote a letter, arguing that there are many military pools in Hebei Prefecture, and it is very convenient to divert water for irrigation.Emperor Taizong granted He Chengju the envoy to set up farmland on the edge of Hebei, Huang Mao was the prime minister of Dali Temple, and acted as a judge. Dikes and dikes were built for six hundred miles, Doumen was installed, and water from the lake was diverted for irrigation. (Due to the early frost in Hebei, the rice was not ripe in the first year. In the next year, Huang Maoling planted the early rice in Jiangdong, which yielded a bumper harvest.)

In June, in the Nanqing Palace, Defang sat in the study frowning all the time after she came down to court. Nangong Wen walked in, "My lord, why are you so bothered?"

"Hey, there are a lot of things going on in the court recently." Defang shook his head, "In order to control Li Jiqian, the imperial court adopted the suggestion of Zheng Wenbao, deputy envoy of Shaanxi Transshipment, to prohibit border trading, prevent green salt from entering Han territory, and ban grain from entering Mobei, but there is no control. Living in Li Jiqian made him lead troops to repeatedly violate the border due to lack of food for the tribe, and the people in Guanlong couldn’t eat salt because of this, and they all wanted to join the rebellion. The imperial court had no choice but to revoke the ban.”

"The prohibition of buying and selling salt and food is not a long-term solution. It is a good thing to lift it early, otherwise it will lead to disaster."

"That's true, but Li Jiqian... Hey... He's really a headache for the court!"

"My lord, I am afraid that the matter of Li Jiqian will not be resolved in a short period of time, and a long-term plan is needed."

"Long? It's long enough." Defang took a sip of tea, "Did you know that Prime Minister Zhang was dismissed as Minister Zuo Cheng?"

"The villain has already heard that Prime Minister Zhang is a rare pillar of the imperial court. It is a sigh to be dismissed this time."

"Yes, Prime Minister Zhang proposed many new policies for the government, and the lonely king also benefited a lot, but" De Fang got up and knocked on the table "to make such a situation out of a trivial matter, so the lonely king couldn't figure it out."

"My lord, is it true that Prime Minister Zhang was dismissed as rumored?" Nangong Wen asked

"Yes," Defang said, "Wang Yande, the deputy envoy of the various divisions, wanted to make up for a foreign official, but he didn't dare to go to His Majesty himself, so he entrusted Zhu Yiye, the prime minister in the palace, to ask his in-laws, that is, Li Han, who was the official. Prime Minister Zhang, Minister of the Ministry, was the one who reported this matter to His Majesty, but Wang Yande used to work in the Jin Palace. He should have gone to His Majesty to pray for an official position for this kind of thing, but so many people were transferred, so His Majesty was very unhappy and summoned Several people inquired, but Wang Yande and Zhu Yiye never expected to deny that they had done this, Prime Minister Zhang did not want to confront Li Canzhi about this matter, so he took the blame and blamed himself, His Majesty actually agreed, and on the same day, he decreed that Prime Minister Zhang should be dismissed."