Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 176
"It turns out that the Nanman is so calm, it's really insulting to the gentleman!"

"Now I see that the king of Tianshui County is hopeless, at best, the merits and demerits will be balanced."

"That's all for killing soldiers. Why do you want to kill scholar-officials? What the southern barbarians lack is enlightenment. Wouldn't it be more barbaric to kill scholar-bureaucrats!"

All of a sudden, there was a lot of voices and discussions in the court hall, which was not much different from the elementary school church in the village fair.

Zhao Dezhao said, "The southern barbarians repeatedly violated the border and refused to change after being taught. Many of our border people in the Song Dynasty were tortured. If we don't kill him this time and be more ruthless, we won't be able to do anything..."

Unfortunately, no one was willing to listen to his voice of defense, and he was instantly drowned in the wave of crusade.

Headed by Yushi Zhongcheng Tang Jixian, many people strongly demanded that the king of Tianshui County be lowered as a punishment.

The people on Zhao Dezhao's side had no choice but to settle for the next best thing. They no longer insisted on being promoted to the rank, but only demanded that their merits and demerits should be balanced, at least not to be demoted.

At this time, Zhao Guangyi took a step slowly and coughed.Means I have to speak.

King Jin's prestige is not exaggerated. Everyone knew that he had something to say when they saw his posture, and no one dared to lose face, so they temporarily stopped discussing.

Zhao Dezhao thought to himself, in this comparison, I am still far behind. No one will listen to my defense. When King Jin gave a signal, everyone was silent.

The road to self-improvement has a long way to go.

Zhao Guangyi was very satisfied, and looked at Dali Temple Minister Zhou Ziming with a smile and said, "I don't know what the Dali Temple Minister thinks of what the king of Tianshui County has done in Lingnan?"

Zhou Ziming raised his face and said loudly, "It is my Song Dynasty's extraordinary achievement that the king of Tianshui County can calm Lingnan this time. The barbarian troubles in the south will be subsided. The court can concentrate on fighting the northern chieftains and save a lot of troops. The capital expenditure is also very helpful in border policy!"

Zhao Guangyi raised his eyebrows, feeling displeased. I asked you to pick on Zhao Dezhao, but you actually gave him credit.

"This king is asking you what you think of Tianshui County King's killing of butchers!"

Zhou Ziming raised his hand and bowed, "His Royal Highness King Jin! The barbarians in Lingnan have always been stubborn. The king of Tianshui County is just trying to scare chickens and monkeys. However, it is wrong to kill butchers. I have heard about this before I went to court. I think that the title is not promoted or demoted. Just now I have opposed the promotion of the county king."

Zhao Guangyi wished he could spit all over his face, but he remained calm, smiling and nodding back to his original position.

Zhao Kuangyin laughed secretly in his heart, glanced at Zhou Ziming, thinking that this fat man knows how to suppress first and then raise, and his son's ability to keep him is considered a skill.

Zhao Dezhao even nodded his approval at Zhou Ziming without any concealment.

Zhao Guangyi looked left and right, and his confidantes immediately understood where his eyes met, and jumped out to speak out one after another.

The censors Zhongcheng jumped the most. They knew that Zhao Dezhao was tough and eloquent, so they were not easy to deal with.

So they all ran in front of Zhao Kuangyin, blaming Zhao Dezhao for his inhumanity and lack of kindness.

When it comes to later, everyone is talking about it, saying that Zhao Dezhao is a heinous villain, and he must be demoted to serve as a warning.

Zhao Kuangyin's complexion is getting worse and worse.His fists were clenched tightly, and the veins on his forehead popped out.

But it was helpless.

After all, at the beginning of the founding of the country, I swore an oath in front of all civil and military officials, and encouraged the censors to speak freely, saying what they had to say.

Now suddenly violently hurting people, not to mention breaching the contract and breaking promises, it will also damage your own image and cause extremely bad effects.

"Zhao Dezhao! I'm here to ask you, can you admit the accusations Tang Jixian made against you?"

Zhao Dezhao nodded, "It's true! But..."

"It really is true! The king of Tianshui's move is very inappropriate!"

"Hey! Acting cruelly, it hurts my holiness..."

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't listen anymore, got up angrily, and walked away.

Seeing this, the court officials had no choice but to call out to withdraw from the court. Zhao Dezhao had no choice but to let it go when he discussed the matter of being promoted to a noble.

The next day, Zhao Dezhao entered the palace for an audience, but was stopped outside Funing Palace.

Wang Jien laughed and said, "Your Highness! The Holy Majesty seems to be still angry and refuses to see you. You should come back another day."

Zhao Dezhao returned without success. When he left the palace, he happened to meet Zhao Defang, the king of martial arts.

Zhao Defang also went to the palace to have an audience.As soon as he saw Zhao Dezhao, he shouted happily, "Second brother! Have you met my father? Come with me for a walk again!"

Zhao Dezhao smiled bitterly and said, "Go ahead. Father may be happy when he sees you, and I won't dare to make him angry."

Zhao Defang said, "Yesterday, the emperor's anger has not dissipated? He refuses to see you?"

Zhao Dezhao nodded, very distressed.

"Second brother! Don't worry, I'll take care of it!" Zhao Defang said, leaning into his ear and whispering a few words.

Zhao Dezhao's eyes lit up and he nodded.

So the brothers broke up, and Zhao Defang went to the palace to see his father.

Although Zhao Kuangyin was still angry, he would not take it out on his younger son, so he let Zhao Defang enter the palace. The father and son chatted for a while.

"Father! My son hasn't been out of the city for a long time. The weather is fine today. Take me out of the city to have fun!"

Zhao Defang is more homely and doesn't like to go out of the city easily. Normally, Zhao Kuangyin would definitely agree, but today he was in a bad mood and shook his head.

"Another day! I usually tell you to go out of the city more, but you just don't listen, and you want to go out of the city today."

"If you don't agree, I'll go find the queen mother."

Zhao Defang went to the harem to intercede with Empress Song, but Empress Song didn't know what happened in court yesterday, seeing that the little prince was very interested, she agreed.

As soon as she came forward, it was difficult for Zhao Kuangyin to refuse.

If it had been before, with Zhao Kuangyin's iron-blooded style, it wouldn't have been easy for Queen Song to come.

But the shocking changes in the palace a few days ago, the affection and loyalty between Empress Song and Zhao Dezhao moved him.

Especially during this period of time when I offended the Queen, I have not coaxed her well. It is rare for the Queen to take the initiative to find me today. Even though I knew it was Zhao Defang's idea, I still agreed.

So Zhao Kuangyin took his mother and son to the Jinfeng Pond in the south of the city to have fun in the lake.

The Jinfeng Pond has a radius of several miles, although it is not big, it is enough to play. Zhao Kuangyin personally paddled in the lake for a while, sweating a little, feeling really refreshed.

At this time, Zhao Defang suddenly pointed to the shore and shouted, "It's the second brother! The second brother is fishing there!"

Empress Song covered her forehead and took a few glances, "Sure enough, it's Erlang. If Majesty is tired, stop the boat and have a rest. Let Sanlang go fishing with his brother."

Zhao Kuangyin snorted, and he saw through it at a glance. This was obviously a plan set by the two brothers.

Judging from the time when Zhao Defang entered the palace, he must have met Zhao Dezhao who was out of the palace, and the two discussed to "meet by chance" here.

But he didn't want to expose it, brotherly love is better than brotherly discord.

What's more, Queen Song, who is not a biological mother, can get along well with her two sons, which is something worthy of praise in itself.

(End of this chapter)