Become a feudal king from today

Liang Mansion. Reading

Liang Kaizheng and the fifth prince Zhao She were strolling in the courtyard.

Liang Feng and Zhao She walked side by side, and the two of them laughed from time to time.

Coming to the pond and looking at the carp swimming in the water, Zhao She said: "Uncle, the eldest prince seems to have won now. I heard that the eunuch beside him secretly found someone to embroider the dragon robe."

One of his subordinates happened to be familiar with Gao Wei.

Seeing Gao Wei sneaking to the tailor shop, he followed him.

Pretending to meet by chance, he invited Gao Wei to drink some wine.

Gao Wei has always been a drunkard, and he told the truth when he was drunk.

Liang Kai heard this and sneered, "He thinks it's really beautiful, but it's just an empty dream after all."

As far as he knows, even if the third prince became a useless person, Dou Wei did not give up the plan to help him to the throne.

What's the reason?

Whoever the new emperor who ascended the throne leans towards will continue to prosper.

In the past, his Liang family gave up many opportunities for the right to maritime trade.

Now, he didn't want to be a bystander anymore, but wanted to be a chess player on the chessboard.

Moreover, there was another important factor for his Liang family to take the initiative to participate in the battle for the throne this time.

That was the King of Yan.

In the news from the north this time, he didn't care much about the King of Yan going south to attack the Yuan family.

What shocked him was another thing that seemed to have nothing to do with the King of Yan.

That was that Ulanba, the son of the Northern Di Khan, led more than 300 ships to the south, and all of them were destroyed on the beach of Leting County.

Although, the news said that it was just pirates.

But he was not like other powerful families who knew nothing about naval warfare.

If the 300 ships full of soldiers were not warships loaded with artillery, it would be impossible to defeat them so easily.

Even if this so-called pirate was not a force secretly developed by the King of Yan, he had a very deep friendship with the King of Yan.

And he didn't want to see any of these two points.

Therefore, if he could support the fifth prince to ascend the throne, he would make the fifth prince strictly implement the sea ban order.

Even private shipbuilding was not allowed.

In this way, the ambition of the King of Yan on the ocean can be controlled.

The benefits of maritime trade that his Liang family has always monopolized will not be cut off.

"Liang Feng, you go back to Zhejiang immediately and let my Liang family navy prepare. If there is turmoil in the capital, it will immediately arrive in Jinling from Jiujiang." Liang Kai said, "Even if the fifth prince cannot ascend the throne in this battle for the crown prince, the new king must see the strength of my Liang family and promise my Liang family many benefits, otherwise he will not be able to sit on the throne safely."

"Yes, Dad." Liang Feng responded and turned away.

Zhao She showed a smile at the corner of his mouth. Originally, he had basically no chance of becoming the emperor.

Now that the Liang family has pushed him, he has secretly rejoiced.

Of course, if he can really sit on the throne, it will be great.

Unlike the Liang family and the Dou family's secret preparations.

At this moment, Han Zheng was in the mansion in Jinling as if he had lost his parents.

If the second prince was in the capital at this moment, he would naturally fight for the throne.

But the second prince was afraid that he would never come back, just like the emperor.

Of course, there was another thing that bothered him, which was the King of Yan's southward march to Fanyang.

His younger brother Han Qi had sent someone to deliver the news.

Yuan Li fled without a fight, leading 60,000 elite troops of the Yuan family to join his Han family.

Although he had always hoped that the Yuan family would once again rely on the Han family and be controlled by his Han family.

But he never thought that the Yuan family would join the Han family in this way.

The Yuan family without the three southern counties is not the same as the Yuan family with the three southern counties.

"Brother Han, please say something, what should we do?" The prince sat opposite Han Zheng, drinking tea slowly.

Han Zheng said nothing after returning to the mansion from the palace.

He knew that the Han family had spent a lot of effort on the second prince over the years.

Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, this move became a useless move.

"After so many years of tossing, all the previous efforts were wasted." Han Zheng said, he hoped that Zhao Heng and the second prince would come back.

In this way, it won't be a waste of effort.

Wang Zian shook his head, "Don't worry about this matter, let's think about the present. If the emperor can't come back, who should we help?"

"Whoever wins, we will help." Han Zheng slammed the table.

Since they can't support the second prince to ascend the throne.

Then in this battle for the throne, they will just watch from the other side.

It's enough to give the loser a fatal blow at the last moment.

In the past succession of the throne, the powerful families who didn't support the prince did this.

Wang Zian agreed deeply, and this was what he thought.

"But compared to the battle for the throne, the King of Yan is what you and my family should be wary of now." Han Zheng said, "Yuan Li was expelled by the King of Yan, and my Han family will have to face the King of Yan's troops in the future."

Wang Zian nodded solemnly. This matter really needs to be discussed by the two families.

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Qinzhou.

Xiancheng.

In the Ma family mansion, crackling sounds continued to come from the yard.

Zhao Heng had disheveled hair and kept throwing wine and food on the ground.

"Is this how you serve me? Is this food? Even pigs won't eat these things." Zhao Heng was furious.

Liang Cheng almost bent his waist on the ground, wanting to cry but without tears, "Your Majesty, there is only rice and wheat left in the army now, and there are no vegetables in winter. It's already difficult to find a few radishes."

"No vegetables, is there no meat?" Zhao Heng's eyes were red.

These two days, he ate rice, steamed buns and boiled radishes.

How could he bear it when he was used to living a life of luxury.

"Your Majesty, when Ma Jin fled, he left behind an empty city, nothing." Liang Cheng said cautiously.

The emperor's temper is getting worse and worse.

Even he is often beaten and scolded, not to mention other eunuchs.

Some of them were dragged out and beaten to death for not serving well.

"Then kill the horse!" Zhao Heng shouted.

"But..." He was about to say that Yang Feng strictly prohibited killing horses for meat.

But seeing Zhao Heng's expression, he swallowed the words.

"Wow, when will this day end?" Xiao Shishi cried.

Zhao Heng was even more upset after hearing this.

As if possessed by a demon, he said, "Zhao Gang, this evil son, did not send troops to rescue me, nor did the powerful clans, nor did the King of Yan come. You all hope that I will die so that you can fight for the world, right?"

"Wait for me, I will kill you one by one when I return."

"..."

After shouting for a while, he saw the second prince coming in and asked anxiously, "What did the Beidi people say?"

The second prince looked dejected, "The Beidi people did not agree, and said they must capture my father."

Zhao Heng sat down on the ground after hearing this.

These days, he lived in fear all day long, and finally could not bear it.

So he ordered the second prince to send people to ask for peace with the Beidi.

At first, he said he was willing to cede Qinzhou and Yongzhou, and promised the Beidi a tribute of 5 million two years every year.

The Beidi people did not agree.

Later, he lowered his status again and became a vassal of the Beidi.

Now the second prince brought news, and Muller Hongzhen still did not agree.