Become a feudal king from today

"Yeah?"

The light smoke of sandalwood lingers in the Yanghe Hall.

Zhao Heng's tone suddenly changed from harsh to gentle.

After staring at Dou Wei for a while, he said, "What Prime Minister Dou said makes some sense. You...go back."

Hearing this, Dou Wei breathed a sigh of relief and was secretly happy.

But now he hated Ma Jin thoroughly.

Unexpectedly, I have been hunting eagles all day long, but today I was pecked by an eagle.

"Your Majesty, Ma Jin's words cannot be trusted." Dou Wei bowed and retreated to the entrance of the hall, Dou Wei said again.

Zhao Heng waved his hand and remained silent.

Dou Wei's figure disappeared, and Concubine Mi said: "Your Majesty, the content in this document may not be that Ma Jin deliberately set up a trap. Why did he let Dou Wei off so lightly?"

Zhao Heng stood up, smiled and said to Concubine Mi: "This is government affairs, and you are not a woman who can understand it."

Concubine Mi shook her head helplessly.

Zhao Heng sighed, "Of course I know that this is probably true, but Ma Jin is a traitor at the moment. Even if this matter was done by Dou Wei, Dou Wei cannot be punished for the words of a traitor. This will only arouse the dissatisfaction of the powerful clans. Praising the country will only add to chaos.”

After a pause, he said: "So I can only endure this matter, but now I gradually understand that these powerful people are unreliable. It is enough to tolerate them a little and prevent them from causing chaos."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Mi nodded slightly.

Zhao Heng smiled at this time and said to Concubine Mi: "You guys go back, I still have to clean up the mess in the northwest."

Concubine Mi was a person who knew how to advance and retreat. She bowed and left the hall.

"Call Mi Yan." Zhao Heng said to Liang Cheng as the two left.

After a few breaths, Mi Yan walked in quickly.

After bowing, he said: "Is the Emperor's dragon body still in good health?"

"It's okay, it's just anger." Zhao Heng said, and then he also showed the memorial to Mi Yan.

"I didn't expect that Dou Wei was the instigator behind the chaos in Dasong Northwest. Your Majesty, Dou Wei's actions are collaborating with the enemy and treason, and should be punished by death." Mi Yan said sternly.

Just thinking of something, he sighed again, "It's a pity that this is what Ma Jin said, but there is no evidence. Dou Wei cannot be compared. Moreover, Ma Jin defected to Xiliang, and Yizhou and Jingzhou adjacent to Qinzhou became It is not appropriate to act rashly on the border at this time.”

Zhao Heng smiled bitterly. It was with this in mind that he suppressed his anger and let Dou Wei go.

Otherwise, he would take the opportunity to seize Dou Wei's position as prime minister.

In addition to Xiaoguan, which is an important pass to resist Xiliang, Qinzhou also has three other important passes.

One of them is Qinguan, which is known as the second most powerful pass in the world.

Through this Qinguan you can enter the hinterland of Dasong.

The second is the sword pass leading to Yizhou, which is in the hands of the Xiao family.

The third is to enter Wuguan in Jingzhou, which is in the hands of the Dou family.

Originally, these passes were all internal passes to Da Song and were not that important.

But now that Ma Jin has defected to Xiliang, these passes have suddenly become border passes.

In this way, he will have to count on the Xiao family and the Dou family to guard the border in the future.

Of course, this also has a beneficial side to the court.

The energy of the Xiao family and the Dou family will be partially involved.

"Of course I thought about it, so I chose to be patient. But in my opinion, relying on the Xiao Dou family is not a long-term solution. If Ma Jin can produce the first one, he can produce the second one." Zhao Heng said thoughtfully.

"What does the emperor mean?" Mi Yan could sense Zhao Heng's disappointment in the powerful clans from his tone.

"At the moment, I can only look at the firearms of King Yan." Zhao Heng said: "So, as Ma Yuan said in the excerpt, purchase artillery from King Yan, learn the method of King Yan's army training, and purge the imperial army of Dasong. That’s the right way.”

After a pause, he continued: "In this way, with a heroic army, we no longer have to fear Xiliang and Beidi in the future, and we can also subdue powerful people."

Of course, it could also shock King Yan, but he couldn't say this in front of Mi Yan.

"Your Majesty is wise, but I believe that even so, we should not be too alienated from powerful people. Everything just needs to be changed subtly."

Zhao Hengshen thought so, just as Mi Yan said, he would pretend that nothing happened.

Just do whatever needs to be done.

Then, he remembered King Yan's memorial and frowned again.

This is a long-term plan, and the current chaos in the northwest still needs to be resolved.

He asked Mi Yan: "What do you think should happen now that Ma Jin defected to Xiliang? Is it war or peace?"

"If we fight, we must combine the power of the clan and the royal family to fight, but the emperor knows them." Mi Yan said: "So it is better to order Ma Han to guard Qin Pass first, and then order King Yan to assist, and wait until everyone in the court is united. , it’s not too late to send troops again.”

Zhao Heng nodded lightly.

Mi Yan's words touched his heart.

He is a little scared now and does not want to start a fight with Xiliang and Beidi.

After all, once a war starts, it is not so easy to control.

Moreover, if the powerful clan does not contribute, the power accumulated by the royal family will be exhausted again in this battle.

Thinking of this, he said to Liang Cheng: "Get the pen and ink."

Liang Cheng turned around and left, and after a while he brought the pen and ink.

After thinking about it, he drafted an imperial edict and sent it to Yanzhou.

…

Dou Mansion.

When Dou Wei returned to the mansion, he was already soaked.

When he was in Yanghe Hall, he really felt Zhao Heng's murderous intention.

This made him feel fear for the first time.

"From today on, just say I'm sick and I won't see anyone." He said to the housekeeper after wiping the cold sweat on his head.