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"Your Majesty, no!"

In the Jinluan Palace, Liang Kai's face turned red. ReadМ

This morning, Zhao Heng proposed two things.

The first was to grant the Yanjun merchant house the status of royal merchant, and the second was to allow the King of Yan to conduct maritime trade.

Dou Wei's face was gloomy.

That day at the banquet, he had just joined forces with the powerful clans to wear shoes for King Yan in business.

Now King Yan is ready to fight back. After all, these two points are aimed at trade.

However, given King Yan's imperial merchant status, they could not stop Zhao Heng.

Huangshang, Huangshang, is a matter of just one word from the royal family.

But regarding the sea trade, he couldn't let King Yan get his wish.

So he said: "Your Majesty, pirates are rampant at sea and have repeatedly invaded the coast. I am worried that not only is it useless for King Yan to go to sea, but it will also attract pirate attacks. Yanzhou is already facing the threat of Xiliang and Beidi, and another pirate is added." , wouldn’t it be of no use?”

"Exactly, the forbidden sea is the ancestral motto of the royal family. The ancestral motto cannot be violated, Your Majesty." Han Zheng came out.

Regarding the matter of containing King Yan, except for the Ma family, which currently has a vague attitude, the other seven families are all united.

Naturally, he also wanted to help Liang.

Dou Wei and Han Zheng spoke for him one after another, and Liang Kai breathed a sigh of relief.

Sea trade is the lifeblood of the Liang family, how could he allow King Yan to interfere.

Zhao Heng looked calm. He had long expected that the powerful people would object.

In fact.

As long as it involves King Yan, it is impossible for them not to object.

"No, the sea can be closed, but it can be opened naturally. Did the royal ancestral precepts never say that the sea should never be opened?" At this time, an official came out.

Dou Wei looked at the official and frowned.

He is none other than the uncle of King Yan and the uncle of the state, Mi Heng.

Now, he is the popular man in front of the emperor.

Glancing at Liang Kai, he continued: "Moreover, King Yan can defeat the Beidi people, but he can't defeat the pirates? In my opinion, it is your Liang family who wants to monopolize sea trade and is harming the public and enriching private interests."

"That's nonsense. What evidence do you have? Don't spit on others." Liang Kai was furious when he heard this.

Looking at Zhao Heng, he looked aggrieved and said, "Your Majesty, the Liang family has been loyal to the Emperor over the years. They have never had second thoughts and donated countless rare treasures. Please understand carefully."

After Zhao Heng heard this, his heart suddenly softened.

Among the eight powerful families in recent years, it seems that the Liang family has treated me the best.

"Your Majesty, after the chaos in Yanzhou, everything was in ruins. His Highness, King Yan, only wants to earn some money from trade to maintain the operation of Yanzhou." Ma Yuan noticed that Zhao Heng's expression was wrong and immediately reminded him.

Zhao Heng nodded slightly, his expression firm again.

Relatively speaking, Yanzhou is the most important.

Furthermore, the Liang family has monopolized sea trade for so many years, so they really thought that the sea of ​​​​Dasong belonged to the Liang family.

Why can't King Yan be allowed to go to sea?

But the Liang family treated him well after all, and he didn't want to completely offend the Liang family.

So he said: "Well, King Yan is going to send a batch of artillery here soon. Zhezhou has been invaded by pirates all year round, so I will send two to your Liang family to defend against the enemy. How about it?"

"Ah?" Liang Kai was suddenly stunned.

Not only Liang Kai, but also Dou Wei, Han Zheng and others were stunned.

The most discussed topic in the DPRK and China right now is artillery.

Hearing various rumors about artillery, he had already felt itchy in his heart.

These days, he even proposed to Zhao Heng in court to send craftsmen to Yanzhou to learn the art of artillery casting, but Zhao Heng ignored him.

"How is it?" Zhao Xu was very satisfied with Liang Kai's reaction.

To him, this artillery is undoubtedly a unique treasure of the royal family.

Liang Kai frowned and said nothing.

Dou Wei glanced at Liang Kai, thoughtfully.

He had always suspected that Liang Kai knew about artillery.

He deliberately tested Liang that day, but to no avail. This time he will take the opportunity to force Liang to open his door.

"Your Majesty, let Chen think about it." Liang Kai said.

Dou Wei and Han Zheng looked at each other, and Dou Wei said: "Your Majesty, I have also admired King Yan's artillery for a long time. I hope your Majesty will not favor one over another."

He deliberately showed that he wanted it, and the fact was that he really wanted it.

But if it can be obtained from Liang Kai, it is much better than obtaining it from Yanzhou.

"This..." Zhao Heng looked embarrassed.

He was not pretending to be generous, but the truth is that King Yan was very confident in his artillery casting method.

He asserted that even if other companies imitated it, they would not be able to reach the level of the artillery he sent.

Thinking of this, he came up with a plan to use this to block the mouths of the powerful people.

After all, it would be very annoying if they were obsessed with this matter.

Moreover, as long as King Yan's artillery is delivered to the capital.

They will definitely try to reach out.

There is not much difference whether you send it or not.

"Let's do this. I'll go back and think about it for a few days before we discuss it." Zhao Heng deliberately manipulated them.

After speaking, the officials were ordered to disperse.

After Zhao Heng left, Dou Wei came to Liang Kai and said, "Liang Shangshu, why did two artillery pieces make you lose your mind?"

Liang Kai had been thinking about things, and when he came back to his senses, he said: "I'm not lying about one thing. The dangers at sea are not inferior to those of Beidi's invasion from the south. Although my Liang family has gained a lot from maritime trade in these years, It also suffered a lot of losses in the battle with the pirates, and even encountered a warship equipped with artillery. "

"In the face of these threats, our Liang family did purchase some artillery from the sea to protect us, and also made a batch of imitation artillery. However, I don't know how the effect compares with King Yan's artillery."

"Hmph, you Liang family are so narrow-minded. You really have artillery." Dou Wei said angrily.

Seeing Dou Wei's displeasure, Liang Kaida said: "Prime Minister Dou, please don't be angry. I have thought a lot since that day and will share the art of artillery casting with you. However, I still hope you can help with this matter of maritime trade rights."

"Hahaha, that's easy to say." Han Zheng did not hide his joy, "If you can get the art of casting artillery, it will be a small matter."

The battle at Yanguan shocked everyone. No one wanted to get artillery.

But just like Dou Weiyi, he didn't expect the Liang family to hide it so deeply.

Dou Wei looked at Fan Xinglun and others again and saw that they were all excited and obviously very interested in Liang Kai's suggestion.

Moreover, they made a fuss about trade matters, originally intending to force King Yan to hand over the method of casting cannons.

Since the Liang family has artillery, this trading power can be used to blackmail King Yan in exchange for other things.

They benefit from both sides.

Thinking of this, he said: "In that case, next time we go to court, we will work together."

Liang Kai was overjoyed when he heard this. He said: "Since King Yan has artillery, I don't have to hide the artillery of the Liang family. I will let King Yan know openly. In this way, he will not regard his artillery as a treasure." Keep it secret, and when he takes it out, let's see who has the best artillery."

Everyone nodded, but they saw that Liang Kai seemed a little unsure of his imitation artillery.

In this case, I still want to see King Yan's artillery.

For them, he did not want King Yan to monopolize the artillery, and he also did not want the Liang family to monopolize the artillery.

Only when two companies compete can they make a profit.

Having settled the matter, they all left.

Another six or seven days passed, and on this day Zhao Heng once again ordered all officials to attend court early.

Since Yanguan was stabilized, Zhao Heng has returned to his previous behavior. He will go to court early when he remembers it, and he will not go to court early if he can't remember it.

All officials have long been used to it.

However, when they arrived at the court, they received news that shocked him.

The Beidi envoy arrived last night.

While they were shocked, three Beidi people walked up to the main hall and presented their credentials.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Zhao Heng looked gloomy.

Last night he learned about the purpose of the Beidi envoy and stayed up all night.

Obviously, Northern Xinjiang is in serious trouble this time.

At the bottom of the steps, Dou Weiyi's face was slumped.

Zhao Heng summoned him into the palace last night to discuss the matter.

Beidi came here with ulterior motives, and he didn't dare to mess around in this matter.

Otherwise, Dasong will be in danger of destroying the country if it is not done well.

He believed that all officials in the court had the same idea.