Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Father, the child wants to go with the father to visit the grandmother and the queen tomorrow," Wei Xu said

"Baby too" Wei Xian, Wei Neng and Wei Ling also said

"Okay, let's go together, so that the queen mother can feel better too." Defang nodded, looked at the children, and touched the face of the eldest son, "You have all grown up, the father and the queen are really happy."

Before Empress Song died, Princess Jin, the daughter of the Taizu, also went to visit. Empress Song said to her, "I have nothing to worry about now, but I worry that the family members will not be harmonious and make people laugh."

In April, Prime Minister Lu Mengzheng was dismissed as You Servant, and Su Yijian was dismissed as Minister of Rites. Zhang Ji, a scholar in the Imperial Academy, was promoted to be Minister of Political Affairs. Hand letter: From now on, the affairs of Zhongshu must be considered by Lu Xiang, and then heard.

This month, the Liao Kingdom sent more than ten thousand cavalry to attack Xiongzhou in the Song Dynasty at night.

In the same month, Empress Song died of a serious illness at the age of 44.There is a posthumous title of "Queen Xiaozhang".

However, Emperor Taizong did not wear white clothes for the emperor's wife, Empress Song, to express his condolences, nor did he order all the officials to attend the funeral, and the stone statues in the tomb were not started within the time limit. .

At that time, Wang Yucheng, a Hanlin scholar, said to his guests, "After you taste the mother's rites, you should follow the old rites."

But this remark was slandered and reported to Emperor Taizong. Wang Yucheng was demoted and went out to know Chuzhou.

Song Empress Zigong moved to the mansion of the late Taizu's sister, Princess Yan, and had the right to be buried in Puji Buddhist House. She was neither buried with Taizu nor entered the Taimiao.

Defang met Taizong several times for this reason, but was prevaricated. Defang knew that Taizong still held a grudge against Song Empress who talked about setting up a prince when Taizu was in power, and summoned him after Taizu died. He used this to humiliate him. Empress Song, but she was dead, but she couldn't be buried according to the rituals. What a shame that she couldn't enter the Taimiao as an empress.

Defang knew that he was powerless, so he could only go to the Buddhist house to worship every few days, and symbolically sprinkled a handful of soil on the coffin, kneeling and weeping. In the deserted Buddhist house, Defang faced Queen Song The coffin, my heart is full of sadness.

In the same year, Kou Zhun, who participated in political affairs and gave affairs, asked Taizong to establish a prince. This proposal was exactly what Taizong wanted, so he summoned Kou Zhun to discuss, and finally determined Taizong's third son Shou Wang Yuankan as the candidate for the prince.

In August, Emperor Taizong summoned Defang and Yuan Kan in the Chongzheng Hall. Defang and Yuan Kan came to the gate of the Chongzheng Hall at the same time. Yuan Kan was very happy to see Defang, "Brother Wang, the father also asked you to come here? "

Defang nodded, "Yes, maybe there is something to explain and deal with."

"Well, it seems so, otherwise I wouldn't have summoned Brother Wang to come with me, it might be something important"

"Don't keep Your Majesty waiting, let's go in." Defang and Yuan Kan entered the Chongzheng Hall.

After the two entered, the door was closed. Defang and Yuan Kan glanced back. They were very surprised when they heard that the guards outside had all withdrawn. Come"

The two walked over to "See Your Majesty"

"Well." Taizong looked at the two and said, "As far as I know, King Xian and King Shou have a very good relationship, but is that so?"

Yuan Kan replied as soon as he heard it, "Father, yes, I have a good relationship with Brother Wang, and Brother Wang takes good care of me."

Defang bowed his head and said nothing, Taizong looked at Defang and nodded, "Well, very good."