Since Kou Zhun submitted the report, Zhao Guangyi had decided to become a crown prince. So in August of the first year of Zhidao, Zhao Guangyi made King Shou Zhao Yuankan the crown prince and changed his name to Zhao Heng to pardon the world. Zhao Yuankan was Zhao Guangyi's third son, and the same mother as his elder brother King Chu Zhao Yuanzuo. When he was young, he was very handsome and had a special appearance. When he was playing with the kings, he liked to fight formations and called himself "marshal".

When Zhao Yuankan was young, he came to Wansui Hall and even sat directly on the throne of the emperor. Zhao Kuangyin was very surprised by this and touched his head and asked, "Is the emperor easy to do?" Zhao Heng replied, "Just obey God's will." As a result, Zhao Kuangyin loved him very much and kept him in the palace.

In the eighth year of Taiping Xingguo, he was appointed as the Taibao of the Procuratorate, and was appointed as the Taibao of the Central Secretariat, and was named King Han. In September of the fifth year of Chunhua, he was appointed as the Taifu of the Procuratorate, and the prefect of Kaifeng. He was neither Zhao Guangyi's eldest son nor the queen, and he was not the first to succeed him. However, because his elder brother Zhao Yuanzuo went crazy because of the death of his uncle Zhao Tingmei, and his second brother Zhao Yuanxi died suddenly, he was fortunate to become the crown prince.

After Zhao Guangyi established the prince, he took Zhao Heng to worship the Taimiao. On the way back to the palace, the scholars and people in the capital cheered and called him the young emperor. Zhao Guangyi was very unhappy when he heard this, so he summoned Kou Zhun to come in and said to him: "The hearts of the prince are all returned to me, where are I placed?" Kou Zhun congratulated: "This is the happiness of the country!" Zhao Guangyi didn't feel it. When he returned to the harem, the concubines all congratulated each other.

Zhao Guangyi was even happier and came out to give Kou Zhun the banquet. The king and his ministers all had fun and parted. Zhao Guangyi issued an edict to order Li Han, Li Zhi and the crown prince to be guests, and asked the crown prince to serve the two Lis with the master's courtesy. Whenever the crown prince saw the two people, he would give a greeting first. Li Han and Li Zhi expressed their gratitude. Zhao Guangyi refused to agree, so the two Lis came to thank him together.

Zhao Guangyi said: "The prince is wise, benevolent and filial, and he is sufficient to strengthen the foundation of the country. You can teach me with all your heart, be good at advice, and have rules for mistakes. As for rituals, music, poetry and books, it is your strength, and I will not bother me with my advice." The second Li kowtowed and retreated. Zhao Heng was smart. According to legend, his mother's wife Li used her skirt to carry the sun at night, so she became pregnant.

The next second year, Zhao Guangyi got sick and was about to die. So in order to establish a new emperor, the court launched an open and secret struggle. Empress Li liked Zhao Yuanzuo more and did not like Zhao Heng. Wang Ji'en was also afraid of Zhao Heng's wiseness and was difficult to control. So he took advantage of Zhao Guangyi's serious illness and secretly connected with Li Changling, the commander-in-chief of the palace, Li Jilong, the commander-in-chief of the palace, and Hu Dan, and others to plan to establish Yuanzuo with Empress Li.

Prime Minister Lu Duan entered the palace to ask for safety, but Zhao Guangyi was in danger at this time. Lu Duan saw that there were only Wang Jien and Empress Li on Zhao Guangyi, but the prince Zhao Heng was not seen. He was worried that Wang Jisi would play tricks, so he hurried back to the prime minister's mansion and wrote a secret letter, asking his confidant to give it to the prince, urging him to enter the palace as soon as possible to prevent any accidents.

At this moment, Zhao Guangyi had already passed away. Empress Li asked Wang Jien to come to the Secretariat to tell Lu Duan. Lu Duan knew that there was a change, so he stepped out of the cabinet and locked Wang Jien in the calligraphy and painting hall with his backhand, and sent someone to guard Wang Jien. Lu Duan came from the Secretariat to the Wansui Hall to meet Empress Li. Empress Li cried and said, "The palace has passed away!" Lu Duan also shed tears.

Lu Duan asked again, "Where is the crown prince?" Empress Li said, "The establishment of a king should be orderly, and it is called smoothness. What should we do now?" Lu Duan closed his tears and said seriously: "The former emperor appointed the crown prince, and it is today, how dare he have another objection?" Empress Li silently

Yet speechless. Lu Duan ordered the eunuch to welcome the prince, and when the prince arrived, he ascended the throne in front of the coffin.

The next day, Lu Duan took the prince to the Funing Hall and introduced the ministers to the curtain. Lu Duan stood on the steps of the hall and did not rush down to bow down, but asked the ministers to roll the curtains. Then he stepped down from the steps of the hall and led the ministers to kneel down and pray long live. Zhao Heng honored his mother, Li, the Empress Dowager, and appointed his younger brother, Zhao Yuanfen, the King of Yue, Zhao Yuanjie, the King of Wu, and the Prince of Yan, and the Prince of Pengcheng. He posthumously named Fu King Zhao Tingmei as King Qin, and his brother, Wei, Zhao Dezhao as the Prince of Wei, and his brother, King of Wei, Zhao Dezhao as the Prince of the Grand Tutor, and his brother, Zhao Yuanzuo as the King of Chu, and was also awarded Tongpingzhangshi.

Lu Duan was the right Pushe, Li Han, and Li Zhi also served as the chief political affairs, and he was appointed as the queen of the followers. Zhao Hengyuan was the daughter of Pan Mei and died of illness very early. He was subsequently recruited Guo, the second daughter of Guo Shouwen, the envoy of the Southern Court of Xuanhui. Guo was the queen, and the Yuan mate Pan, and he also followed the queen. Zhao Heng also posthumously named his biological mother Li as the virtuous concubine, and was promoted to the honorary title of Empress Dowager Yuande. He was buried first in the Daxing Emperor in Yongxi Mausoleum, with the temple name Taizong, and the next year was the first year of Xianping.

When Zhao Heng ascended the throne, all the reward ceremony was held one by one. Only Wang Ji'en, Li Changling and others planned to establish the King of Chu, and they should be punished. So Zhao Heng demoted Li Changling to the Sima of the Army, and Wang Ji'en was the general of the right guard, and was placed in the position of General Junzhou. Hu Dan was expelled and exiled to Xunzhou. Lu Duan requested retirement because of his old age and illness. Li Zhi also requested to resign due to his eye disease, so both of them were dismissed. Zhao Heng specially promoted Zhang Qixian, Li Han and Pingzhang were in charge of the affairs of Xiang Minzhong.

The following year, the Privy Councilor and the Minister of Attorney Cao Bin died of illness. Cao Bin never violated the imperial edict in the court, nor did he say bad things about others. Cao Bin conquered the two countries without taking any rank, and became a general and prime minister, and did not attack or be greedy. Most of the salary income was paid to the poor and weak, and his family had no spare money. When Cao Bin was seriously ill, Zhao Heng went to visit him in person and inquire about the Khitan matters.

Cao Bin replied: "Taizu pacified the world and still stopped fighting with them. Please ask Your Majesty to inherit the ambition of the late emperor." Zhao Heng said: "I should make peace for the people of the world. Qu Jie said, but who is capable of being a border defense?" Cao Bin replied: "My ministers Cao Can and Cao Wei are worthy of being a general." Zhao Heng asked about his two sons' pros and cons again, Cao Bin was not as good as Cao Wei.

Seeing that he was panting, Zhao Heng did not say much to him. He only comforted him for a few words and came out. After Cao Bin died, Zhao Heng mourned him very much, and gave him the title of the Secretariat and posthumously titled King of Jiyang. The following year, the prince's Taibao Lu Duan died. When Lu Duan was seriously ill, Zhao Heng also gave him a personal condolence and worked hard to relieve him. After his death, Lu Duan was given a gift of Sikong. In the second year of Xianping, the Khitan master Yelu Longxu invaded again. He calmed down the deployment of Fu Qian in Gaoyang Pass. Although he had more than 80,000 elite soldiers, he was afraid to advance and just closed the camp and held him. Many generals and schools asked him to send troops to fight, and Fu Qian was furious and said, "Do you want to go and seek death? A good head was chopped off by someone. What's the fun?"

The general said, "The enemy cavalry will definitely come to attack us when they enter the border. How do the commander treat it?" Fu Qian simply cursed: "It's such a group of confused insects. I don't know my painstaking efforts at all. I just want to save your lives, so the master guards and not the master war. Since you are determined to seek death and die at the hands of the barbarians, it's better to die under my knife. If you say half of the word "war", behead them immediately!" The generals and the generals were irritated and angrily came out.

Just then, the deputy general Fan Tingzhao arrived, and everyone talked about this matter to him and relayed Fu's words. Fan Tingzhao said, "Let me go in and meet him again."

"Fan Tingzhao went in, and Fu Qian estimated that he also came to ask for the battle. So he pretended to be serious and opposed Fan Tingzhao.

After Fan Tingzhao saluted, he said before he sat down, "The chief manager can still sit calmly when he comes. Perhaps the chief manager has already had a clever plan to retreat to the enemy." Fu Qian replied lightly: "Is my chief guarding or not fighting? What method should I use?" Fan Tingzhao asked, "Can I defend it?" Fu Qian said, "You are here again, the enemy is too powerful, so you should not underestimate the enemy. Oh, think it's better to stick to it."

Fan Tingzhao said, "According to Tingzhao, the public has tens of thousands of troops, which is enough to fight. Today, we should send troops to guard the dangers and fight against the hostile forces. As long as we work together, the soldiers will definitely win." Fu Qian just threw himself and refused to agree. Fan Tingzhao couldn't help but say angrily, "You are so afraid of the enemy, I'm afraid you are not as good as an old woman!" After that, he didn't say goodbye and came out on his own.

When Fan Tingzhao met Fu Qian's subordinate Zhang Zhaoyun, he said, "General Fu is so timid in the enemy, afraid that the border defense will be infringed, the court will condemn it, and even you will inevitably be punished!" Zhang Zhaoyun said, "Now the imperial decree has arrived and ordered the headquarters to send troops. I was about to report it, but I guess the general manager would not be able to rebel." Fan Tingzhao asked Zhaoyun to go in and wait outside.

When Zhang Zhaoyun came in to see Fu Qian, he handed over the imperial decree. After reading, Fu Qian said to Zhang Zhaoyun: "The court also came to urge me to go out. Could it be that the generals reported secretly? It is important to know that the enemy army is strong. If it is defeated in one battle, it will greatly dampen our army's spirit, so I will not send it." Zhang Zhaoyun said: "It is difficult to disobey the court's orders. Please let the commander do it." Fu Qian sneered: "Fan Tingzhao Zheng came to ask for battle. Since he was willing to serve the country, I assigned him 8,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry, and gathered up 10,000 people to resist the enemy."

Zhang Zhaoyun came out to report to Fan Tingzhao. Fan Tingzhao said, "I heard that there are more than 100,000 enemy soldiers and only 10,000 soldiers, so I use one to do ten, and I am afraid I will not be the opponent. This is clearly asking me to die." Speaking of the word "death", he actually stepped into it and said loudly to Fu Qian: "The general manager wants me to go first, I will eat my king's fortune and do my best. How dare I not go? But ten thousand people are not enough. I should add another 30,000 to make it useful."

Fu Qian smiled and said, "General is about planning, not courage, and military strength is about strength, not too much. Besides, you are just a pioneer, and I am your support, what are you afraid of?" Fan Tingzhao asked, "Will the general manager really come to reinforce?" Fu Qian said, "You know that you are loyal to the emperor, don't you know? Just go, I should do it for the support of the emperor." Fan Tingzhao then withdrew, thinking that Fu Qian could not believe what he said, so it would be better to ask other troops separately to avoid fighting alone. He immediately wrote a book and sent an envoy to go.

Fan Tingzhao sent the people who asked for help, and deployed Kang Baoyi on behalf of the capital. Kang Baoyi was from Henan. His grandfather was Kang Zhizhong and died in battle when he attacked Bianliang. His father was Kang Zaiyu. When he attacked Li Yun, he died on the battlefield. Kang Baoyi made many military achievements in the Zhou Dynasty. After Kang Zaiyu died in battle, the emperor issued an edict to let Kang Baoyi replace his father's position and conquered Zezhou with Shi Shouxin.

Later, he and several generals led their troops to defeat the Khitan army at Shiling Pass and became the governor of Dengzhou. Soon after he was transferred to Shenzhou, he also served as the Liangzhou Observer. After Zhao Heng ascended the throne, he was transferred to the position of the Daizhou, and the Daizhou was deployed. In addition, Daizhou was closest to Gaoyang, Fan Tingzhao asked him to send troops to support him.
Chapter completed!