Song Taizong who is helping him in time (Part 2)

Madoudou and Zhiguoguo were full of gratitude to the middle-aged woman. Because of the fire, the two brothers and sisters who were almost frozen were able to relieve themselves.

"Don't be polite to aunt, no one has any difficulties. I have also received the care of His Majesty today, so that my orphan and widowed mother can burn it this winter."

Seeing that the middle-aged woman's words were full of praise for the emperor, Ma Doudou, an emperor who cared about the poor, became interested in it.

"Aunt, we came from afar. I wonder what the name of the emperor you are talking about?"

Ma Doudou asked the middle-aged woman carefully, knowing that no matter which dynasty or generation, asking the king's name was a taboo, but now he really wanted to know the emperor who was in a timely manner.

After being asked by Ma Doudou, the middle-aged woman's eyes were a little dodged, which was a life-threatening question for her.

"Aunt, there is no one here. My brother means that if you get the favor of others, you must at least know who your benefactor is?"

Zhiguoguo saw Madou Dou's abrupt questioning and frightened the middle-aged woman. She hurriedly changed her words and expressed their intentions to the middle-aged woman in a tactful way.

Although Zhiguoguo is young, she still knows the truth about thinking about the source of water.

"Then come here, aunt will attach herself to your ears and say..."

The middle-aged woman was still a little timid. She waved to Madoudou and Zhiguoguo, and told the truth in the ears of the two brothers and sisters.

After a middle-aged woman told me, Ma Doudou realized that their current dynasty was during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the emperor who helped him in time was Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty Zhao Guangyi.

"This Majesty is really a benevolent king. I heard that when he saw himself living in the palace wearing a dragon robe made of fox skin, roasting charcoal and drinking fine wine, he still felt a chill. He remembered the poor people who were short of food and clothing, and could not even burn charcoal.

Your Majesty is afraid that poor people like us will not cover their bodies and eat in winter, and they will not know what they will freeze.

Therefore, His Majesty called the Kaifeng Prefecture Prime Minister to come and condolences. His Majesty not only brought us charcoal fires, but also brought us food for the winter."

Ma Doudou didn't expect that Emperor Taizong of Song was an emperor who loved the people as much as his son. He still remembered that when Zhi's mother talked about the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of Song seemed to be unlucky.

"We went from the south to the north to fight for wasteland, and I heard that His Majesty's reputation as the emperor was not very good. Many people said that he killed his brother and succeeded him as the emperor..."

Before Ma Doudou could finish her words, the middle-aged woman was so scared that she reached out to cover her mouth.

"You can't say this nonsense. I only know that our Majesty is a good emperor who loves the people as much as his son."

The middle-aged woman had tears in her eyes. She could not tolerate anyone slandering Emperor Taizong of Song who was kind to her family.

"Sentence-based help" originated from "History of the Song Dynasty·Book of the Chronicle, Taizong II" in the February 2nd year of Chunhua.

In order to show the peaceful atmosphere of Kaifeng, Song Taizong, and his image as a benevolent king, issued an edict to give those who were older in the capital to keep warm clothes, while the centenarians gave them gold belts.

Because the capital was snowing heavily and the weather was extremely cold, Emperor Taizong of Song sent a relic to give each of the lonely and poor people a thousand coins and several charcoal.

As the supreme ruler of the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of Song was able to care about the people of the world in the cold winter. In order to complain about his kindness, the allusion of "sentimental help" spread.

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【Sesame brother and sister have something to say】

Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi, whose courtesy name was Tingyi, was the second emperor of the Song Dynasty. His real name was Zhao Kuangyi. Later, he changed his name to Zhao Guangyi because he avoided the title of his brother Taizu of Song. After ascending the throne, he changed his name to Zhao Jiong.

In the ninth year of Kaibao (976 AD), Song Taizu died and Zhao Guangyi succeeded to the throne. After ascending the throne, he used political pressure to force King Qian Chu of Wuyue and Chen Hongjin of the two prefectures to surrender to Zhang and Quanzhou in the third year of Xingguo in Taiping (978 AD). The following year, he personally conquered Taiyuan and destroyed the Northern Han, ending the split and separatist situation of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. He attacked Liao twice, attempting to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun were all failed, and since then he adopted a defensive stance against Liao and further strengthened centralization. During his reign, he changed the national policy of emphasizing martial arts and neglecting literature since the end of the Tang Dynasty.

During the 21st year of Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty, he continued to carry out the cause of unification. He encouraged land reclamation, development of agricultural production, expansion of the scale of imperial examinations, compiled large-scale books, set up examination school, and judges' courts, strengthened the inspection and selection of officials, further restricted the power of the governor, and tried to change the situation of military rule, and established civil servants' politics. These measures followed the historical trend and made important contributions to the stability of the Song Dynasty.
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