Become a feudal king from today

"Prince Yan, long time no see."

Entering the courtyard, King Chun laughed.

He is Zhao Xu's imperial uncle and has a higher status than him in the royal family, so there is no need to salute him.

Princess Chun did not speak, her eyes lingered on Zhao Xu's face for a moment, then glanced away.

Zhao Xu turned around and saluted King Chun, saying "Uncle Three Emperors."

Just like the first time they met, King Chun was still fat, naive, and looked like a harmless person.

But he no longer dared to despise this imperial uncle.

He is not a simple person who can take on the important task of rescuing Zhao Heng from Jinling in a crisis.

When he returns to Yancheng, he will definitely let Xu Hark keep an eye on King Chun and his wife.

If they make any move, he will kill them.

He is not a kindhearted person, especially in troubled times, this kind of kindness is even more undesirable.

After chatting for a while, they started talking about the incident in Jinling.

Zhao Xu said: "Dou Weiwei is very vicious, but I didn't expect him to be so vicious. This time, how will my father prepare to deal with this matter?"

Zhao Heng smiled bitterly and looked at Zhao Xu, "There is nothing I can do at the moment. Among the royal family, the only one who can deal with Dou Wei is you. You can make up your own mind on how to deal with it. I don't want to interfere anymore."

Zhao Xu nodded. Zhao Heng was undoubtedly fulfilling his promise not to interfere in government affairs.

fair enough.

Next, he just has to go at his own pace.

After scolding the Yi clan again and lamenting for a while about Jinling being destroyed by Xiao Cheng and Dou Wei, Zhao Xu left.

At the same time, he told Concubine Mi and Zhao Heng to set off for Yancheng tomorrow morning.

Immediately, he went to Mi Village and Mi Yan House.

"Your Highness."

Seeing Zhao Xu, Mi Yan stood up first, and Mi Zhuang also came forward to greet him.

The two of them lived far away and didn't know he was coming.

"No courtesy." Zhao Xu smiled and took Mi Zhuang and Mi Yan to sit down at the stone table in the yard.

After greeting each other for a while, he said bluntly: "This time when my uncle comes to Yanzhou, he will come to the palace to work. I have just won the Ningjin Dusi and I am missing someone to take charge of it."

"Thanks to His Highness for your kindness, but it seems that I need to ask the Emperor for instructions." Mi Yan was happy, and then he sighed again when he thought of something.

He is a court official and it is against the rules to pay homage to the palace.

Mi Zhuang stroked his beard, rolled his eyes, shook his head and said: "The world is in chaos now, and the emperor took refuge in Yanzhou. He did not come here to fight for power with the king of Yan, but to seek wealth and well-being. He should not care about worldly affairs and leave all government affairs to his own hands. King Yan is in charge.”

Zhao Xu nodded to Mi Zhuang. This ginger was still very spicy, and he could guess Zhao Heng's current thoughts at a glance.

Zhao Heng is the emperor. Wherever he goes, the court is there.

Now Zhao Heng seems to have no interest in world affairs. He only needs to report back to Zhao Heng.

Zhao Heng will agree to this.

After all, although he is the emperor, he is only a mere commander.

Except for the title of emperor, there is no majesty left.

"That's true." Mi Yan suddenly realized, and then he said: "But I still hope that His Highness will ask for the imperial edict in front of the Emperor."

Zhao Xu almost cursed him with the word pedantic.

But after thinking about it, I still held it back.

This cannot be blamed on Mi Yan. Officials from powerful clans have not respected the royal family enough for a long time, but officials from poor families like Mi Yan are respectful to the royal family.

Without the imperial edict, he would not feel at ease.

So he said: "When I return to Yancheng, I will ask the emperor for it."

After that, he told the two of them the information he had, and asked them for their opinions on the current chaos in Dasong.

Although Mi Zhuang refused to serve as an official in the court, he was very clear about the general trend of the world.

He said: "The Dou family and Xiao Cheng looted Jinling. They are determined to rebel. With Dou Wei's stubborn and vicious character, soon after returning to Xiangcheng, he is afraid that he will help the third prince to proclaim himself an emperor and establish a country."

"As the saying goes, the first bird will be shot. If he does this, he will become a target." Mi Yan said, he did not agree with his father's idea.

Mi Zhuang ignored him and continued: "If you are an ordinary person, you will naturally not claim to be an emperor and establish a country, but sinister people like Dou Wei will do this. Only if he is the first, other powerful people will dare to be the second. Third, in this way, the Dou family will not become the target of public criticism and be surrounded and suppressed by the powerful clan and the royal family. "

Mi Yan nodded slightly. Zhao Xu thought about it and felt that Mi Yan's analysis made sense.

Zhao Xu asked again: "Besides the Dou family, who does the head of state think will be the second emperor?"

"The Xie family." Mi Zhuang looked determined, "Your Highness said that before the emperor escaped from the palace, Xie Duan forced the emperor to make the eldest prince the prince. At this time, Xie Duan was afraid that he would have rebellious intentions. If the emperor and the Xie family I'm afraid the emperor may die suddenly at any time."

Mi Yan smiled helplessly, "It seems that the emperor knows the powerful people better than we do. No wonder he took the risk to come to Yanzhou even if he knew that His Highness did not want to see him."

Mi Zhuang nodded and continued: "So when he learned that the emperor had come to Yanzhou, Xie Duan was worried that the emperor would make another imperial edict to make His Highness the crown prince. He would be angry and would use the imperial edict to support the eldest prince to ascend the throne, and then declare The emperor is in trouble and he is slandered as a false emperor.”

Zhao Xu clapped his hands and smiled, Mi Zhuang spoke to his heart.

In fact, this is not because Mi Zhuang knows things like a god, but it can be roughly inferred by reading many history books.

After all, there is nothing new under the sun.

What happened in the past will happen to the generals now, and at most the external form will change.

"The third person to claim the title of emperor should be the Liang family. Since the Han family and the Wang family are adjacent to Yanzhou, they don't dare to raise their tails for fear of drawing the hatred of the Dou family to themselves. The Fan family should be following closely behind the Liang family. , After all, the Fan family is far away from the emperor, and they have already taken care of the court in recent years," Zhao Xu added one by one.

After saying that, his expression darkened.

In contemporary history, the fall of the Tang Empire began with the founding of the country by local Jiedushi.

After that, the Central Plains entered the era of great division of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

Dasong's tendency to separatist clans is even worse than that of these Jiedushi. He has long been dissatisfied with the rule of the Zhao royal family, and has no feelings for Dasong.

They will be more active in building a country and get rid of Dasong's rule.

I guess Zhao Heng also expected this.

In order to establish a country for powerful clans, he, the old emperor who praised Dasong, must die.

Only Yanzhou maintains the orthodoxy of the royal family and has hope of survival.

"Hahaha, it turns out that His Highness has already had a plan in mind." Mi Zhuang laughed.

Mi Yan looked at Zhao Xu, then at Mi Village, and sighed.

I felt like I suddenly lost my sense of existence.

"It's just a pity that after more than 270 years of existence as a country, Dasong finally fell apart." Mi Zhuang's laughter stopped, and then he sighed leisurely.

Zhao Xu heard the words and looked to the south, "The disease of the powerful clan has troubled the Central Plains Dynasty for too long. This chaos is the perfect opportunity to not destroy it but not to establish it. Why should the king mourn? From now on, I will give you a brand new praise." "