Become a feudal king from today

"The Dou family's Nanliang state, the Liang family's Wu state, the Han family's Qi state, the Pseudo-Song state established by the Xie family, and the Fan family's intention to establish a state in Yunzhou, it is said that the country name is ready, called Pingnan, It won’t be long before the country is established.”

Royal Courtyard, Zhao Heng's residence.

The four rooms in the middle courtyard were opened up and transformed into a temporary meeting place.

When the news of the founding of the Han family came, Zhao Xu summoned Yang Feng, Mi Yan and other ministers to meet with Zhao Heng.

During this time, in addition to the Crown Prince of Ryukyu Kingdom, many royal merchants, royal family members, some officials from poor families, and ordinary merchants arrived in Yanzhou.

Just as he had expected, with the influx of these people, Yancheng became much more prosperous, and the prices of various houses increased, making the palace make a huge profit.

However, everything has its pros and cons, and there are also some troubles that come with it.

The shrewd royal merchants, royal family, and officials came to Yancheng and came to visit him as soon as possible.

Those with weak brains often went to Zhao Heng's other courtyard to cry and howl.

It means that King Yan has neglected Zhao Heng.

The residence arranged for Zhao Heng was ordinary, and there was no place for dignified imperial meetings.

Zhao Xu naturally didn't bother to pay attention to the noise of these people.

But if you think about it carefully, powerful clans have established kingdoms one after another, and all the palaces and palaces are decorated in a decent manner.

Zhao Heng, the emperor, lived a shabby life. Isn't it just like the Xie family slandered him? It really seemed like Zhao Heng was coerced by him.

Once the news spreads, the name of Yanzhou's new imperial city will probably become less famous, which will affect its ability to attract royal merchants, poor people, etc.

After all, the Xie family is aware of this and has been slandering him and using the eldest prince to compete with him for these resources.

So he decided to resume the court meeting and make Zhao Heng look like an emperor.

In this way, every time he takes the imperial edict, he will not appear too casual, as if he wrote and printed it himself.

Although there is essentially no difference, in general, some rituals are more appropriate.

The contemporary Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty still lived in a nice palace, and there were a group of ministers who pretended to go to court all day long.

It's just that Cao Cao said everything.

In addition to resuming court meetings, he is also preparing to build Wuji Palace in Beicheng.

Of course, this Wuji Palace was not specially built for Zhao Heng.

With the increase in officials and institutions in Yanzhou, the government office has become very crowded.

Moreover, new organizations will continue to emerge in the future, and he feels it is necessary to prepare for a rainy day.

Therefore, the name Wuji Palace sounds like a royal palace, but it is actually an area where officials work.

He will only build a larger house in Wuji Palace for Zhao Heng to live in.

At the same time, for the construction of Wuji Palace, he would not consider a wooden structure like the palace building, but would adopt a brick-concrete structure with concrete columns.

To put it simply, it is bricks, cement, and concrete pillars.

In this way, the cost of Wuji Palace will be much lower.

Based on his design, Zou Rong calculated that it would only cost three hundred thousand taels of silver.

This amount of money can only be said to be a drop in the bucket compared to the wealth brought to Yanzhou by the imperial merchants.

"These powerful people have been hiding evil intentions for a long time, and now they are finally showing their fox tails." Yang Feng's face turned red with anger.

The blossoming country is now full of countries. What does it look like?

"They thought that when the country was established, Dasong would perish. As long as Dasong's court is here, they will always be rebellious." Mi Yan was also there, and he clenched his fists at this time.

In addition to the two of them, there were also Liu Fu, Chang Wei, Zhu Tuo government officials, and civil and military officials from Jinling.

These officials were all officials who chose to join the royal family.

Compared with the past, Zhao Heng was obviously more energetic.

The resumption of court proceedings made him feel like an emperor again.

The most important thing is that he is really bored in Yancheng and he finally has something to do.

Of course, he always remembered the tacit understanding he had reached with Zhao Xu.

Therefore, the final outcome of the court meeting still requires Zhao Xu’s nod.

"This is all because I was too confused, thinking that these powerful people could have some good thoughts towards the royal family. Now it seems that it is just wishful thinking." Zhao Heng sighed.

The Jinling Rebellion made him completely disappointed with the powerful clan.

This sentiment is also true from my heart.

Now that Dasong has split into so many countries, he feels even more guilty.

Compared to Beidi, these powerful families are equally dangerous.

After saying that, he looked at Zhao Xu and said, "King Yan, you are the only one who can turn the tide in Dasong. Various powerful families have established their own kingdoms. What do you think?"

The purpose of Zhao Xu's visit this time was for this matter.

When they first discussed with Liu Fu and Chang Wei, they planned to observe for a period of time to examine the movements of each powerful family.

Now the trends of powerful people have basically been finalized.

It’s time to start cleaning up this mess in Dasong.

He said: "Father, the establishment of a country by a powerful clan is the greatest contempt for our royal family. I think we should make a decisive decision and strike first to prevent the powerful clan from burning the flames of war to Yanzhou."

The establishment of a country by powerful clans meant that they no longer recognized the imperial court of Dasong, but became an enemy of Dasong.

For the enemy country, there is only a life-and-death struggle.

Moreover, Xu Hark also told him that on the day Qi was founded, the wealthy families shouted the slogan "Swear to destroy King Yan and do justice for heaven."

It can be seen that the wealthy families in the world hate him to the core. The war in the future will not only be a war between him and the powerful families, but also a war between him and the wealthy families.

But he is confident about victory.

Before coming to the Royal Courtyard, he had already asked Mi Wen's Propaganda Department to launch propaganda in Qizhou.

The powerful clans relied on the powerful clans, and he relied on the common people to see who would have the last laugh.

Hearing this, Zhao Heng took a deep look at Zhao Xu.

The news that powerful clans were establishing kingdoms one after another still shocked and frightened him.

This means that in the vast territory of Dasong, only the area controlled by King Yan still belongs to the royal family.

If he were in charge of Yanzhou, he would only shrink in Yanzhou and defend it to the death.

But King Yan had the courage to take the initiative.

However, he felt relieved when he thought that King Yan had taken down Ningjin Dusi by himself.

He, the ninth son, is really not something he can understand. From now on, it would be better to continue eating, drinking, having fun and living a leisurely life.

At the same time, he was grateful to Zhao Xu for building the Wuji Palace and restoring some royal rituals. For example, he led officials to discuss politics with him on major events.

Thinking of this, he felt more and more at ease, feeling that the only right thing to do in his life was to choose to come to Yanzhou.

He seemed to have made up his mind and said: "From today onwards, I appoint King Yan to be the regent of Dasong. All government affairs in the court will be handled by King Yan, and there is no need to report back to me."

After a pause, he then said to the ministers: "If you see the regent in the future, if you see me, don't be negligent, and there is no need to complain on my behalf. I live here very comfortably. It's rare for you to live a clean life for a few days, so you can do it." Don’t make me upset.”

"Yes, Your Majesty," the officials responded.

Zhao Xu was startled for a moment. Zhao Heng was ready to become the hands-off shopkeeper completely.

The regent oversees state affairs, which is equivalent to supervising the country for the emperor.

Although in Yanzhou, it makes no difference whether you have this title or not.

But something is naturally better than nothing. In this way, any order he issues from now on will be equivalent to an order from the court.