Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Several people from Defang rested in Caizhou City for a day, and turned back to the capital the next day. The car drove quickly and approached Bianjing three days later. Welcome, the Wangfu army cleared the way, a group of dozens of people entered the capital from the south gate, and the surrounding people saluted to the sedan chair team. Defang and Concubine Di sat in the warm sedan chair and talked, but Ling looked out from the sedan window, and then turned back He asked, "Father, you see a very strange sign on the city gate."

"Brand?" Defang didn't understand. "What strange brand?"

"The sign says [Baby Class], Father, is there a school here?"

Hearing this, Defang laughed and said, "Why is the children's class a school, hehehe"

"Why is it called the baby class if it's not a school? Aren't the children here?"

Defang patted Weiling's head, "It's not a child, but a loyal man."

"Loyal men? Did they die in battle?"

Defang shook her head, "There is no war, Ling'er, this baby class is bought by two loyal men with their lives."

"There was no war? Then how did they die?"

"Death by suicide."

"Father, why did they commit suicide? Why did they become a baby class?"

Defang sighed, "Ling'er, the two people who committed suicide were not my Song soldiers, they were the gate guard officials of the Later Zhou Dynasty."

"Soldier of the Hou Zhou? Then this baby class was also named by the Emperor of the Hou Zhou?"

"No, it's the name given by Emperor Taizu."

"Grandpa Taizu gave it a name? Why did Grandpa Taizu give a name to the general who committed suicide in the next week?"

Defang hugged Weiling and said slowly, "It was the first month of the seventh year of Zhou Xiande, and there should have been a New Year's celebration in the capital, but at this time an urgent report came from the border. Incapable of state affairs and worried, the Liao Kingdom took advantage of this to invade the south. At this time, the only six-year-old Emperor Gong Chai Zongxun had only been on the throne for half a year, and he was totally ignorant of military and political affairs. The military general intends to become king on his own. There are not many family members in the Chai family. The sons of Sejong are all young children. No one can control the overall situation except the empress dowager and the prime minister Fan Zhi. There was nothing he could do about it, and Emperor Taizu was at the inspection point in front of the palace at that time, and he was also the life and death brother of Chai Shizong. He joined the army and fought hundreds of battles without defeat. Zhi was the first to think of Emperor Taizu, so he ordered Emperor Taizu to be the general who conquered the Liao army and lead the army to march north."

"Grandpa Taizu went to war, did the father cry?"

Hearing this, Defang laughed and said, "Of course my father cried, because my father was still a baby at that time."

Weiling raised her head and thought, Defang patted her head, "What is the father's birthday?"

"In the seventh month of the sixth year of Zhou Xiande, Mr. Nangong said that on the day your father was born, Grandpa Taizu was just appointed as the Governor of Guide in Songzhou."

"Well, that's right." Defang nodded with a smile, "It has been 36 years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, and the next seven years of Zhou Xiande will be the first year of Jianlong, the founding of the Great Song Dynasty. Do the math, how old was the father at that time?"

"Father, you are only five months old?"

"Yes," Defang said, "At that time, not only was the father young, but your uncle Wang and the three princesses and aunts were also young children. Empress Xiaoming took care of the whole family by herself. Hard."