Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Defang shook her head, and Concubine Di asked, "What did Your Majesty do to make you so unspeakable?"

"I..." Defang sighed, "Jinyang City is gone..."

"It's gone?" Concubine Di was puzzled, "Could it be that the Liao people invaded the city again?"

"It's not from Liao... it's... Your Majesty..."

"The concubine didn't understand."

"Your Majesty has issued an edict ordering the army to burn Jinyang City. Report back to Beijing today and say that ten thousand torches will be sent out in a radius of [-] miles, and all official temples and private houses will be destroyed in one day." Defang sighed again, "Later, Your Majesty He also ordered people to block the Fen River and the Jinci River and pour them into the city, and now...Jinyang is in ruins, with no debris left..."

Concubine Di was very surprised when she heard this, "Then... what about the common people?"

"The people were moved out of the city. The Ministry of Industry has made plans to build a new county in the east, renamed Pingjin County. After the new city is built, the people will move back, but... the order to burn Jinyang is very urgent, and there are still old people who have no time to move out. ...there are also hundreds of casualties..."

"Why does Your Majesty burn a good city of Jinyang?"

"Because your majesty has been attacking Jinyang city for a long time, and he is very angry about it, and... Jinyang has produced many emperors. Si Tianjian said that there is a dragon vein that can produce the emperor, so your majesty ordered the Ministry of Industry, the streets of Xincheng All the lanes will be built into T-shaped characters, and the top of Xizhoushan Mountain will be cut off, which is said to be called Balongjiao, so as to crucify and destroy this dragon vein." Defang shook his head, "There used to be the Daming Palace and Jinyang Palace of the Tang Dynasty. , Uprising Hall, Shourui Altar, the Chengkong Buddha cast by countless craftsmen...now...all of them are gone..."

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. This is already a matter of destiny. How can it be changed by the preservation of a city?"

"It's like this now, so what can I do...just... those people who died because of this are too innocent..."

"Your Highness, stop thinking about these things."

"How can you ignore such a big event, hey, I don't know how the history books will record it like this, and how future generations will comment." Defang shook her head, "Our Great Song Dynasty founded the country with benevolence. Except for the casualties in battle, I never killed a single person in vain. Now it's... sad..."

"Your Highness's heart and concubines understand, but worrying about it will only hurt your body, let the past go."

"What madam said is that I don't want to do that either... madam, did you know that General Cao Han was also demoted today."

"General Cao Han? He was a hero who conquered the Northern Han Dynasty. How could he be demoted?"

"Because... Uncle Wang has a personal grievance with General Cao Han, so... so it is disrespectful to the royal family to say that General Cao Han insulted him, so His Majesty demoted General Cao Han to be an envoy of gratitude. "

"How could Uncle Wang have a personal grudge with General Cao Han?"

"After the surrender of the Northern Han Dynasty, His Majesty ordered General Cao Han, who was the Marquis of Yu in front of the palace at that time and the Jiedu envoy of the Wutai Army, to enter the city first to appease the people. General Cao Han led troops to stop him from going out of the city by force, so... Uncle Wang felt unhappy, so he said that His Majesty would demote him."

"I didn't expect Uncle Wang to be like this..."

"It's common for people to have happiness and anger. However, it is a pity that the hero will suffer injustice."

"Your Highness," Concubine Di looked at Defang and said, "There are so many disturbances in the court, and it is hard to tell right from wrong. In the past two years, His Highness has become more and more preoccupied. I really don't want to see His Highness like this."