Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Your Highness calm down." Qian Chu hurriedly apologized again, "Your Highness, please don't blame your subordinates for being impolite."

Defang looked at Qian Chu, and said calmly, "My lord, this hall has always treated the lord with courtesy, but the lord's servants seem to be too ignorant of the rules."

"Shut up!" the general shouted, "Zhao Defang, don't provoke our monarchs and ministers!"

"Bold!" Defang looked at this person and shouted, "You can call me the name of this hall! How dare you, a little general, be so rampant, and return to the territory without becoming a disaster! This hall can't let you go back!"

The general was still unconvinced, "My subjects of Wu and Yue are united and will never accept your rule!"

"Subjects are united as one? Hahahaha" Defang laughed loudly at this, and then pointed to everyone and said, "Although this palace seldom goes out of Beijing, it knows very well about your Wuyue affairs. Wuyue is a small land but has a large population. The heavy tributes of my Song Dynasty all come from the common people, and you officials and nobles are greedy for pleasure and live a luxurious life. For this reason, you increase taxes, even tax on meat, eggs and vegetables, such as the tax owed for a bucket of rice Money will be whipped, ranging from a few tens to five hundred, the people have already suffered unspeakably, if I send troops in the Song Dynasty, I am afraid that before the army arrives, your Wuyue people will open the city gate and cheer to welcome you!"

Qian Chu and several ministers were speechless because the situation in Wuyue was indeed the same, but this military general seemed to be mad, "Nonsense! Lord! Don't listen to him! We can't accept it!"

"Shut up!" Cui Renji stood up and said sharply, "Now we are all under the control of others, and we are as far away as thousands of miles away from Wuyue. We can only go back if we have wings. The king, the king of Song, already understands the meaning of the song. If we don't sacrifice If you leave Wuyue, disaster will be imminent!"

The general was furious, "Shut up, Cui Renji! You traitor! Zhao Defang! This general will kill you first!" Young practicing martial arts, inheriting the true teachings of Taizu, he stepped back to the side, held his knife-holding wrist with his left hand, put his right elbow against his armpit, swung his backhand with his right fist and hit the general in the face, turned around and kicked, the general knelt down, Defang backhanded the knife to the general's own neck. Unexpectedly, the general freed his hand and pulled out the small knife from his waist to stab Defang's abdomen. Defang raised his leg, put his knee on his wrist, and pulled out the The short knife bestowed by Taizu pierced into the general's neck, and everyone was dumbfounded. Defang pulled out the knife, and the general was bleeding profusely, and died. Defang looked at everyone with the knife and said, "This man dares Assassinating this hall, my lord, your crime is not small!"

"No no! Your Highness! This person is crazy and has nothing to do with my lord." Cui Renji said quickly

Defang looked at Qian Chu, "Then what is the decision of the country's lord? Do you want to accept the land and surrender, or do you want to be like this person?"