Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Your Majesty is brilliant! Really clever!" Wang Jien flattered

"You also have a lot of things to do in Beijing, so be cautious in everything and don't make too much publicity."

"The servant understands."

"My biggest obstacle right now is Dezhao. After all, he is the eldest son of the late emperor. The late emperor asked him to do a lot of things in front of his officials. Moreover, there have been rumors since I took the throne. Tingmei seems to have to make use of it."

"Your Majesty, even so, they can't do anything. You are the emperor now, and you have the power of the imperial army. No matter how many people there are, they will not be as good as Your Majesty."

"Everything must be guarded against. When I ascended the throne, many ministers gossiped about the orthodoxy of my throne, and the rumors among the people were even more unbearable. When I ascended the throne, it was announced to the world that I would inherit the state affairs on behalf of the previous emperor. It can be done, after a hundred years, won't the throne be returned to Dezhao?"

"Your Majesty, the Prince of Wugong County has a strong temperament, and he is not a person who can sit on the throne. It is because of this that the first emperor decided to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones."

"That was when the first emperor was there. Whether he can sit on the throne now has nothing to do with his temperament. As long as he has this heart, it will be a serious problem."

"Your Majesty, so to speak, His Majesty's obstacles are more than one person. King Qi and King Wugong are both threats to the throne."

"That's right, but people have priorities and priorities. My imperial brother Tingmei is not orthodox, so it is not difficult to deal with him, but Dezhao is different. He is the eldest son of the first emperor, famous and powerful. I am most worried about him."

"What about Xing Yuanyin?"

"Defang? Hehehe" Taizong smiled, "He is the concubine son of the first emperor, and the officials don't know the affairs of the palace, and this child has a noble weakness."

"Noble weakness?"

"He is very filial and values ​​ethics." Taizong looked at Wang Ji'en, "Everyone knows that he treats Empress Song as his biological mother, and Empress Song treats him as if she had been born. As long as I take good care of Empress Song, he will not do anything wrong. , and I am his uncle, he will never kill his relatives and seize the throne, and bear the infamy."

Wang Jien nodded, "What your Majesty said is that Xing Yuanyin is indeed easily trapped by family affection, and his temperament is very restrained. Compared with King Qi and King Wugong, he is really not a threat."

"Yeah, fortunately he has such a temperament, otherwise it would be tricky."

"Your Majesty, what does this mean?"

"A month ago when I called him into the palace on an errand, I casually said that Yang Jiye of the Northern Han Dynasty was really difficult to deal with. I didn't know how to defeat him. Do you know what he said? A few words gave me a countermeasure in my mind."