As the old saying goes: "You can't have the heart to hurt others, and you can't have the heart to defend people." "For bad people and bad things, we must be vigilant, sinister people, jealousy and ability, most like to seize your handle and harm you in the dark, so we must be vigilant in this regard, rigorous work, prevention before it happens.

There is such a story in history that when Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, was seriously ill, he appointed his third son Zhao Heng as the crown prince.

At that time, Lu Duan succeeded Lu Mengzheng as the prime minister, he took care of the overall situation, was very capable of doing things, and was deeply appreciated by Taizong.

Taizong said about him

"Small things are confused, big things are not confused". Soon, he gave up his position to Kou Zhun and abdicated to participate in political affairs.

In 997, Taizong died. There are many disputes in the palace around the question of who will succeed to the throne. Moreover, the crown prince Zhao Hengnian was 29 years old, smart and capable, and resourceful, but he was the third son of Taizong and had no qualifications to succeed to the throne, which caused the jealousy and hatred of other princes and ministers.

But Lu Duan was on Zhao Heng's side. He was determined to follow the will of the first emperor and support Zhao Heng to succeed him. Of course, he also carefully observed some situations in the palace.

Just when Taizong died and the whole country was mourning, the eunuch Wang Jisi, the governor Li Changling, the palace commander Li Ji, the governor Hu Dan and others secretly conspired to prevent Zhao Heng from succeeding to the throne and establishing the king of Chu Yuanzuo.

Lu Duan was vigilant in his heart, but the specific situation was not clear. Empress Li originally did not agree to Zhao Heng's succession.

Therefore, when Empress Li ordered Jisi to summon Lu Duan, Lu Duan was stunned and knew that something had changed and something unexpected might happen.

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Duan decided to take the lead and seize the opportunity. On the one hand, he promised to go to see the queen, and on the other hand, he locked Wang Jisi in the cabinet, preventing him from coming out to collude with others, and sent people to guard the door to prevent someone from abducting and escaping.

After that, Lu Duan came to see the queen respectfully. Empress Li said to Lu Duan: "Taizong has been driven, and it stands to reason that the eldest son should be appointed as the heir, so that it is in accordance with the will of heaven, what do you think?" Lu Duan said: "The first emperor set Zhao Heng as the crown prince, it is for today, now, Taizong has just driven and left the country to us, his bones are not cold, how can we disobey the edict of the first emperor and set up something else?" Please think twice. Empress Li thought about it again and again, and felt that what Lu Duan said was reasonable, besides, all the ministers tried their best to support the crown prince Zhao Heng, and Empress Li must not disobey it, so she agreed with Lu Duan's opinion and decided that the crown prince Zhao Heng would inherit the throne and lead the Great Song Dynasty.

The ministers said yes one after another, and bowed their heads and left. Lu Duan is still not at ease at this point, afraid that he will be stolen and replaced by pillars at that time.

Zhao Heng ascended the throne as Zhenzong in 997 A.D., and the curtain was introduced to the ministers, and the ministers knelt down in front of the hall and shouted long live, but Lu Duan stood upright in His Royal Highness and did not worship, and everyone was busy asking why.

Lu Duan said: The crown prince is on the throne, and he should be above board, why do you sit on the side of the curtain and hide it? "Ask to roll up the curtains, walk up to the main hall, look carefully at the front, know that it is the crown prince Zhao Heng, and then walk down the steps, and lead the ministers to worship and shout long live.

At this point, Lu Duan really let go. Zhao Heng has been in power for 25 years. Nowadays, our times are different, we are in the environment of reform and opening up, fierce competition, it is in this environment, we need a rigorous attitude in everything, if we are not rigorous, then we can not do great things.