Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Well, I also think so. In the second year of my ascension to the throne, I decreed to dismiss the old system of Jiedu envoys leading the branch counties, so that all state capitals will be housed in the capital. According to the system, people from this state should be the officials of the state and submit the official documents of the state. , and sent my edicts and official documents of the imperial court to this prefecture, but these years, the generals of the prefecture do not want to live in Beijing for a long time, but let their cronies or recruit people from the capital, and these people are not familiar with official duties at all After receiving the imperial imperial edict and the talismans of various divisions, the transmission was slowed down, and there were many leaks, and this drawback has already appeared."

"Your Majesty," Minister of the Ministry of War said, "I believe that all the officials in this state should be abolished immediately, and it is more appropriate to select capable officials from the court."

"All abolished?" Taizong thought for a while, "Prime Minister, what do you think?"

Song Qi cupped her hands and said, "Your Majesty, I don't think this should be the case. At present, most of the officials in the mansion in Beijing are trusted by the generals in this state. The large-scale layoffs may cause dissatisfaction with the state government. What's more, I am afraid that the court will target them. Necessary misunderstandings may lead to changes."

Emperor Taizong frowned when he heard about the change, "Now there are Liao bandits in the north and Dangxiang barbarians in the west. It has only been 25 years since the founding of our country in the Song Dynasty. Waiting for the imperial court's new policy to benefit the people, if there is a slight delay, the government will slow down the people and not benefit, and the big one will delay the war opportunity and harm the country. In short, if the matter of entering the court is not changed in time, sooner or later it will repeat the chaos of the late Tang Dynasty , dear friends, what should I do now?"

Several people were thinking of a way, Taizong looked at Defang who was beside him, "Nephew, come closer."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Defang walked to the imperial case, and Taizong said, "The envoys from Jiaozhou will arrive in Beijing tomorrow. I want your nephew to take full responsibility for this matter. Tomorrow, I will bring them to the court to worship. After that, the nephew will make arrangements. The imperial decree and rewards are all ready, and the emperor's nephew can follow the usual practice."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will take care of this matter and wait for His Majesty to convey the grace."

Taizong picked up a book and folded it, "This is the gift list sent by the envoy to Beijing first, take a look."

"Yes" Defang picked it up and looked at it. There are many local products and spices in Jiaozhou on the gift list. Except for the Jiuding made of gold, the others are not very fresh, so Defang said, "Your Majesty, the Jiuding that Jiaozhou paid tribute to this year is very different. .”

"Yes, I didn't expect Jiaozhou to know the allusion of the Nine Tripods in the Central Plains." Taizong nodded, "They are very caring."

"Yes, Your Majesty, in ancient times, when Yu was ordered to control the waters, he cast the nine tripods to rule the world. Later, his son Qi really inherited the fate and created Xia as the emperor. Now, in the land of Kyushu in the Central Plains of our Song Dynasty, Jiaozhou presents the nine tripods, which is a testament to Li Heng's respect. My Da Song's loyalty."

"Well, Jiaozhou has always been friendly with me, Da Song, and I am very pleased, so this time the reward is also very generous." Taizong pointed to the book fold, "Can you see the circled nephew here?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have seen it clearly, and dare to ask Your Majesty, do you want to take these out and submit them to Your Majesty for review?"

Taizong shook his head, "Look at these, dried fruit, spices, medicinal ginseng."

"Yes, Your Majesty, where is the minister going to take these?"

"Take half of it to Nanqing Palace"

"Nan... Your Majesty..."

"Well, it's for the imperial nephew...no...it should be said...for the nephew and the children."

"Sir... Thank you... Your Majesty..."