Become a feudal king from today

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The news that Princess Changle and her husband were robbed on their way arrived here after eight hundred miles of expedited travel.

Dou Wei immediately gathered seven powerful families into the palace to ask for an audience.

"Your Majesty, King Yan is sabotaging the peace talks. If this move angers Beidi, how will it end?" Dou Wei was filled with anger in the imperial study room.

The others' faces were full of anger, this King Yan was simply lawless.

Although they forced Zhao Heng to issue an edict, each family was now divided into separate kingdoms.

But for them, Dasong Jiangshan was shared by the powerful clan and the royal family.

They just got back what was theirs.

From now on, the Zhao family will no longer have the final say in Dasong Chaotang.

The seven of them want to truly co-govern Dasong with Zhao Heng.

Therefore, King Yan's move seriously harmed their interests.

If Beidi tears up the peace agreement and strikes again, they will also suffer losses.

This is something they don't want to see as they are currently building strength.

"The King of Yan is indeed angry about this matter." Zhao Heng frowned, extremely angry.

What's even more irritating is that King Yan actually allowed his troops to openly carry the flag of King Yan.

This is simply a deliberate attempt to humiliate Beidi.

It would be strange not to anger Beidi!

"How can the word Meng Lang be used to describe it? It's simply rebellious. Your Majesty, if you don't punish King Yan this time, what dignity will the imperial court have?" Liang Kai said loudly.

Han Zheng echoed: "What Liang Shangshu said is very true. If he dares to rob his relatives this time, he will dare to raise troops to rebel next time."

After saying that, he and Liang Kai looked at each other.

The news that the Wufeng Island pirates had been completely wiped out had reached the two of them.

Han Zheng even knew that Laijun Pier was attacked by black shark pirates.

There is no doubt that King Yan did not give him any face to the Han family and slapped him hard on the face.

Liang Kai looked at Han Zheng with affirmative eyes.

Although Wufeng Island was annihilated by the Black Shark pirates, the Liang family had no enemies in the southeastern sea.

However, in his opinion, a black shark pirate who can annihilate Wufeng Island is more terrifying than Wufeng Island.

He must do everything possible to weaken King Yan.

On this issue, Han Zheng reached an agreement with him.

"Your Majesty, we cannot spare King Yan lightly."

"He is not only humiliating Beidi, but also humiliating the emperor."

"..."

Wang Zi'an, Fan Xinglun, Xiao Cheng and others denounced one after another.

Seeing the excitement among the powerful tribesmen, Zhao Heng was angry and a little flustered at the same time.

He was angry because he was worried that King Yan would anger Beidi by rescuing Princess Changle, causing him to tear up the peace treaty and go south again.

He was extremely unwilling to do this, and neither were the powerful people.

The imperial court could not afford to fight, and the powerful people did not want to fight.

"How do you think we should handle this matter?" Zhao Heng asked.

King Yan's behavior made him doubt whether it was appropriate to fully support King Yan?

In Yanzhou, he had already seen the toughness of King Yan.

Whether it is for Beidi or the powerful clan.

If you don't give him a chain, who can suppress him in the future!

"First, please ask the emperor to issue an imperial edict immediately, asking King Yan to hand over the princess of Changle County. Second, how can King Yan govern Yanzhou with such a character? I think that the three southern counties of Yanzhou should be cut off and put in charge by other officials. ." Dou Wei said solemnly.

Han Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this and cast an appreciative look at Dou Wei.

In the past, the Yuan family was in charge of the three counties in the south. Qizhou and King Yan's territory were not bordering each other, so he did not feel the crisis.

But now, to the north of Qizhou is Yanzhou.

Black Shark pirates attacked Laijun Pier again.

King Yan's threat to the Han family has become obvious.

"What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true. The character of King Yan is no longer qualified to rule the seven counties of Yanzhou." Han Zheng immediately agreed.

Zhao Heng's brows furrowed even deeper.

Although King Yan did this extremely inappropriately.

But there is still a glimmer of clarity in his mind, that is, even if he cannot completely trust King Yan.

Nor can they cooperate with the powerful clans to weaken King Yan.

After all, the imperial edict has been issued, and the powerful clans in front of him are no longer just ministers of powerful clans, but are equivalent to princes.

This situation is similar to the separatist regime in the late Liang Dynasty.

Furthermore, King Yan is not a prince now.

If he cuts off the three counties in the south, will King Yan agree?

If you don't agree, what will happen next?

Thinking of this, he said to Dou Wei and others: "You go back, I will think about it and give you an answer later."

Dou Wei nodded, just bent slightly towards Zhao Heng, and led the others to turn around and leave.

His attitude was no longer as submissive as before.

Zhao Heng and the imperial court, for him, the only meaning of existence is to maintain the current struggle of Da Song without breaking through.

The declining Zhao royal family no longer deserves to be regarded as a royal family by them and should return to their original position.

Like them, he should be one of the powerful clans.

Of course, he kept these thoughts only in his own mind.

He also needs to use the court to seek benefits for the Dou family while suppressing his opponents.

Wait for Dou Wei and others to leave.

Zhao Heng asked Liang Chengxuan Miyan to enter the palace.

Half an hour later, Mi Yan arrived at the imperial study room.

"Mi Yushi, you have done a good thing. How should we deal with this matter now? In my opinion, we should let the powerful clan and the King of Yan restrain each other. No one can be favored." Zhao Heng kidnapped the Princess of Changle from the King of Yan. After talking about the matter, he began to reprimand Mi Yan.

"Hahaha..." Mi Yan laughed, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that King Yan and Beidi are still at war, and the Northern Expedition has not really ended yet. In this case, why can't King Yan rob Changle County? Lord, besides, King Yan did not move his hands on the land of Dasong, but on the land of Beidi at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. What's wrong with that?"

After a pause, Mi Yan continued: "This can only mean that Beidi is incompetent and lost to King Yan in this matter. If they are not convinced, they can ask King Yan for an explanation. What does it have to do with the court?"

"This..." Zhao Heng was suddenly speechless.

Indeed, King Yan and Beidi were at war.

What was wrong with King Yan robbing Princess Changle on Beidi's territory?

"It's just that the court officials are worried that the Northern Di will be angry and violate the contract and go south again." Zhao Heng said, "So they asked me to deal with the King of Yan."

"It's ridiculous." Mi Yan sneered, "Your Majesty, they are just taking the opportunity to attack and want to weaken the King of Yan."

With a snort, he said, "Besides, the Northern Di agreed to the peace talks this time, which was a helpless move. They wanted to destroy the King of Yan and then turn around to destroy Da Song. How could they start a war again because of the marriage?"

"That makes sense, but even so, there is still a possibility that the Northern Di must be appeased." Zhao Heng's heart was slightly relieved, "Besides, since Dou Wei and the others have launched an attack, how can they be willing to give up? If they are not given a satisfactory answer, they will definitely make trouble."

"Your Majesty wants to sacrifice the interests of the King of Yan in exchange for temporary peace again?" Mi Yan's eyes widened.

At this moment, he suddenly felt cold from head to toe.

Last time, he thought he had persuaded Zhao Heng.

But obviously, he underestimated his fickleness.

"The Prince of Yan is easier to talk to than Dou Wei and the others. You know, the court can't control them anymore." Zhao Heng sighed, as if he had aged a lot.

The last time he issued the imperial edict, he knew that the royal family was no longer the royal family, but only the Zhao family.

The powerful families still called him Your Majesty because they didn't want to tear their faces apart.

He, the emperor of Dasong, could no longer rule the world.

From now on, he only wanted to live a leisurely and wealthy life, nothing else.