Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 255

[Chapter 255]

Jinling.

The news of Jincheng’s fall was rushed to the palace through eight hundred miles.

At the same time, Beidi threatened to hand over King Yan’s message again.

Knowing that Cui Yan, the captain of the Jincheng Forbidden Army, defected to the enemy and caused Jincheng to fall, Zhao Hengnu threw the paintbrush in his hand to the ground.

“Your Majesty, calm down. It is a fact that Jincheng has been captured by Xiliang, so don’t get mad at it.” Liang Cheng picked up the brush and put it back carefully.   Zhao Heng’s face was ashen

, “I didn’t expect Beidi to show my color so quickly. They are really a bunch of wine bags and rice bags. How could they lose Jincheng so easily.”

People.” Liang Cheng sighed.

Liang Cheng’s words reminded Zhao Heng.

During the Battle of Yanguan, Xiao Yuanshan fled, and now the Xiao family is still trying to find no one to apprehend him.

Losing Jincheng this time, the main generals of Jincheng are the Wang family.

In the final analysis, the Great Song Forbidden Army has been corrupted by powerful clans and is riddled with holes.

In the past, the royal family was weak, so he could only turn a blind eye.

But now, King Yan has given the royal family a big boost.

He felt the need to reorganize the Custodian.

Moreover, in the battle of Yanguan and the fall of Jincheng this time, he lost nearly 150,000 imperial troops.

Therefore, taking advantage of this time to replenish the source of troops, he wants to build a brand new forbidden army.

The generals should be selected from the Mo family and the Yang family.

As for the equipment, he wanted to give King Yan a military supply list.

Armor, artillery, he wants them all.

As long as a brand new forbidden army is built, he will no longer need to worry about the powerful family, nor will he need to rely heavily on King Yan for everything.

If anyone dares to disobey him, he must weigh his imperial army.

But at the moment, he still needs to solve the Jinzhou matter.

Dasong’s territory was occupied by Xiliang, as the emperor, he had to ask.

Although Xiliang surrendered to Beidi, they are currently fighting with Beidi.

But this still cannot change the fact that Xiliang once betrayed Da Song.

Jinzhou was conquered by Xiliang, which was a great shame and humiliation for Da Song.

The historian’s pen will not give him a good reputation in the history books.

The previous emperors of the Zhao family would also scold him in heaven.

He was hesitating what to do when an eunuch came to report and Dou Wei came.

Zhao Heng frowned, probably all civil and military officials in the court knew about such a major event.

“Your Majesty, the city of Jin has been lost. This is Da Song’s disgrace.” Dou Wei came in in a hurry, saluted, and let out a mournful cry.

When Zhao Heng heard this, his complexion became even more dull.

This city of Jin is guarded by the imperial army, and of course he, the emperor, is most responsible.

Thinking of the glory that King Yan brought to him a few days ago, compared with the current embarrassment, he was even more depressed for a while.

“What does the Prime Minister think now?” Zhao Heng asked.

Dou Weidao: “Jinzhou has been the territory of the Central Plains since ancient times. I believe that Xiliang cannot be allowed to occupy Dasong territory no matter what. We should send troops to take back Jinzhou.”

Zhao Heng nodded, and suddenly looked at Dou Wei interestingly, ” The prime minister has always maintained harmony, why is he so determined to fight this time?”

Dou Wei’s face froze, and he said: “Your Majesty, Jinzhou is too important. Now Xiliang surrenders to Beidi, and Xiliang controls Jinzhou, which is no different from Beidi. To control Jinzhou, once they cross the Jinhe River in the south of Jinzhou and go down in the future, they will have a flat Central Plains in front of them, and it will be difficult to resist the Beidi Bingfeng.”

Zhao Hengshen thinks so.

The trouble Beidi caused him this time is not insignificant.

To resolve this matter, one is to hand over King Yan, and the other is to take back Jinzhou through war.

It’s just that if he handed over to King Yan, he would never get King Yan’s artillery again.

On balance, the only way left is war.

Looking at the picture of Dasong Mountains and Rivers hanging in the study.

His gaze stayed in Jinzhou for a while, and then in Yanzhou and Qinzhou for a while.

The closest ones to Jinzhou are King Yan and Ma’s family.

As for the Yuan family, he was worried that the Yuan family’s troops would go to Jinzhou.

After all, there is a gap between King Yan and the Yuan family.

Dou Wei observed Zhao Heng’s expression, and said at this time: “Your Majesty, Yanzhou is adjacent to Jinzhou. It is time for the King of Yan to send troops to Jinzhou to take back Jincheng, and then let the Ma family send troops to assist King Yan.”

What Zhao Heng thought just now Exactly this.

Jinzhou has always been a state controlled by the royal family. At present, the 70,000 forbidden troops in Yanguan need to guard Yanguan and cannot be mobilized.

If the troops of the Dou family and other powerful clans are sent to Jinzhou, these bastards will not only ask for money and food endlessly.

The most important thing is that they shrink back when they fight, and they are faster than anyone else when they grab the benefits.

Let them go, it may not be possible to win at that time, and it will cost money and food.

Furthermore, he didn’t want Jinzhou to be touched by them.

So after much deliberation, I still feel that these two are the most suitable.

First of all, the Ma family is different from the Dou family and other powerful families, and they still obey his orders.

As for King Yan, I refused him for the second time to hand over to Beidi, making it a matter of course for him to send troops.

However, if Beidi also participated in this battle, I am afraid that King Yan and the Ma family will not be able to take Jinzhou back with their troops.

But judging from the current news, Beidi’s army did not enter Jinzhou.

Perhaps Xiliang surrendered to Beidi, but there is still a gap between the two.

So, let the two take the lead.

It would be best if Beidi didn’t send troops. If he sent troops, he would mobilize more troops into Jinzhou.

“That’s it.” Zhao Heng said.

In this way, he can feel at ease, and the cost of the court will be minimized.

“The emperor is wise.” Dou Wei said, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

These days, he got more information about Yanzhou.

Among them, the official examination held by King Yan made him hate it.

If land property is the foundation of wealthy and powerful families, the election system is the foundation of the foundation.

King Yan’s doing this was tantamount to slapping the powerful family in the face.

Therefore, he felt that it was not enough to use Yuan Li to check and balance King Yan.

Originally, he and Beidi cooperated to get rid of the father and son of the Ma family in order to control the Ma family so that they could trade war horses with Beidi in Jinzhou.

But now, he felt that it was necessary to take this opportunity to plunge King Yan into the vortex of war in Jinzhou.

In this way, let Beidi and King Yan consume each other, and they will reap the benefits of fishing.

…

the next day.

The ministers went to the court early, and Zhao Heng announced the decree at the court.

At this moment, a young eunuch suddenly entered the hall, and came to Liang Cheng’s ear and said something.

Liang Cheng’s face changed drastically when he heard this, and he said to Zhao Heng, “Your Majesty, the Ma family is going to Beijing soon, and it is reported that Mazhou Mu father and son died unexpectedly.”

“What!” Zhao Heng exclaimed.

After a long silence, he suppressed the shock in his heart.

Facing the ministers, he said: “I just got bad news that Ma Zhoumu and his son died at the hands of bandits.”

“What, how is this possible?”

“Ma Xuan and his son are dead.”

“This is simply incredible.”

“…”

Upon hearing the news, the ministers talked a lot.

The Ma family occupies the northwest of Dasong, resisting Xiliang all the year round.

At this pass, the father and son of the Ma family died, and the Ma family will have no leader.

Although Ma Yuan had always been at odds with his elder brother, it was because of a disagreement over government affairs.

But he still has strong feelings for this brother.

Hearing this, he stood in a daze for a while, then suddenly passed out.

Seeing this, Mi Yan immediately supported Ma Yuan, and after a while of pinching, Ma Yuan woke up leisurely, crying loudly.

Zhao Heng sighed slightly, and then felt happy.

If Ma Xuan and his son died, wouldn’t Ma Yuan be able to inherit the position of Patriarch?

Compared with Ma Xuan, he felt that Ma Yuan was more loyal to him.

“Ma Yushi, this is not the time to be sad. You should go to Qinzhou immediately, take charge of the Ma family, and work with King Yan to stabilize the chaos in the northwest.” He said.

After his words fell, an official came out suddenly and said: “Your Majesty, Ma Yushi cannot inherit the Ma family. Mazhou Mu has an eldest son who is in Jinling. He should be the next head of the Ma family. If the rules are broken, I’m afraid that the Ma family’s thoughts will be messed up, and the chaos in the Northwest will be even more unmanageable.”

Zhao Heng looked displeased, looked at Ma Yuan, and said, “Is this true?”

Ma Yuan nodded, “Your Majesty, my younger brother is returning home. There is an eldest son, named Ma Chong, who has been studying in the Jinling Imperial College.”

Zhao Heng looked very disappointed, he thought that the Ma family, one of the eight powerful families, would be able to draw closer to the royal family.

Lazily, he said: “Xuan Ma rushed to the hall.”

Less than half an hour later, Ma Chong was taken to the Golden Luan Hall by soldiers of the imperial army.

When the imperial army found him, he was in a brothel with two women lying in his clothes.

“You are Ma Chong?” Zhao Heng asked with squinting eyes.

“Back… back to the emperor, the grassroots is Ma Chong.” Ma Chong replied.

Mi Yan took a look at Ma Chong, and frowned.

This Ma Chong has a thin body and a pale complexion. He looks like a person who is addicted to women.

How can such a person run the Ma family?

Thinking of this, he sighed softly, wondering why his nephew had such a miserable life.

First there was the chaos in Yanzhou, and now there is chaos in Jinzhou.

Zhao Heng also frowned. Although he could appoint the state herdsman, he couldn’t decide the succession of the Ma family.

Without the support of the Ma family, there is basically no difference between whether there is a pastor in this state or not.

Because of this, in the past, he simply sold face to the powerful clan, and the powerful clan elected the state shepherd of the state, and he just took a look at it.

Ma Yuan also looked at Ma Chong at this time, and he said, “Do you know that your father and younger brother are dead?”

“What!” Ma Chong was startled at first, and then covered his face with his sleeves and cried, “Father… …”

Zhao Heng frowned even more, why does this crying sound a little fake?

He said: “The Ma family needs someone to take charge of the overall situation. After you return to Qinzhou, you should join forces with King Yan to resist the enemy and regain Jinzhou.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Ma Chong bowed, still crying.

Thinking of the chaos in the northwest at this time, Zhao Heng suddenly felt agitated, and without speaking, he got off the dragon chair and disappeared into the Golden Luan Hall.

Liang Cheng shouted “San Chao” and chased after him.

The emperor left, the officials looked at each other, shook their heads and sighed and dispersed.

Dou Wei turned to leave, but suddenly saw Ma Yuan standing in front of her.

“Ma Yushi, you…” Dou Wei folded his arms and looked at Ma Yuan with red eyes.

“You did it, didn’t you?” Ma Yuan looked at Dou Wei closely.

The chaos in the Northwest is too coincidental.

Jincheng was captured, and his brother and nephew died tragically.

Most importantly, he knew that Ma Chong had always been in close contact with the Dou family.

Therefore, when an official mentioned that Ma Chong should inherit the position of Ma Family Patriarch, he immediately became suspicious.

“Ma Yushi, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can’t talk indiscriminately.” Dou Wei said coldly.

In the past, he allowed Ma Yuan to score three points. At that time, there was a Ma family behind Ma Yuan.

But now that Ma Chong is inheriting the Ma family, this Ma Yuan is just a lost dog, so what right does he have to stand in front of him.

Seeing Dou Wei’s arrogance, Ma Yuan was even more furious. He pointed at Dou Wei and said, “You must be you! It must be you! Just wait, I, Ma Yuan, will definitely find out the truth and avenge my elder brother and younger brother.”

” Ladies and gentlemen, Ma Yushi actually said that the Ma family father and son were killed by me, the great minister, he must have failed to inherit the position of Ma family patriarch, he must be going crazy.” Hearing this, Dou Wei was not only not angry, but haha laughing out loud.

“Hahaha…” Many officials from powerful clans laughed in agreement, looking at Ma Yuan with sarcasm in their eyes.

Ma Yuan was so angry that he reached out to grab Dou Wei’s collar.

At this time Mi Yan suddenly grabbed Ma Yuan, dragged him to the outside of the hall, and said: “Prime Minister Dou, please don’t take offense, Ma Yushi must be overly sad and confused.”

Dou Wei gave a cold grunt and raised his head Go away with your hands behind your back.

Go back to Dou Mansion.

The coldness of Dou Wei’s face gradually disappeared, and the smile spread from the corner of his mouth to the whole face, “Hahaha…”

Hearing his father’s laughter, Dou Kuang walked over at this moment.

But he didn’t dare to approach, just said: “What makes father so happy?”

Dou Wei is in a particularly good mood today, and Dou Kuang seems to be pleasing to the eye.

He said: “Ma Chong is now the head of the Ma family, and this time the plan is extremely smooth, and even if they go to investigate, they can only find out that Beidi did it. Even if they suspect our Dou family, they can’t come up with any evidence. Evidence.”

“This is indeed a great joy.” Dou Kuang cheered up.

Dou Wei nodded, “By the way, go find Ma Chong and ask him to go to the manor outside Jinling City tonight, and tell him that I want to see him off.”

“Yes, father.” Dou Kuang replied yes with a smile on his face leave.

Before he took a few steps, he heard the conversation between his father and the butler behind him, “Go and invite the Third Highness.” Hearing

this, his smile disappeared immediately, and his footsteps seemed to lose strength.

evening.

When the setting sun hides into the black cloud mountains, it dyes the sky red and yellow.

A carriage appeared in the Dou’s manor outside Jinling City.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and the horse rushed down and was led into the manor.

At this moment, his face was full of complacency, and there was no trace of grief.

“Hey, Patriarch Ma, please take a seat.” Dou Wei came out to welcome Ma Chong and sat down at the banquet.

He took the first seat, and Ma Chong sat on his left.

Dou Kuang and other children of the Dou family are even further behind.

“It all depends on the prime minister…” The gratitude in Ma Chong’s eyes could almost overflow.

“Hush, as long as you and I know what’s in mind.” Dou Wei interrupted him.

Ma Chong smiled and nodded.

At this time, the food and wine were served, and the dancers danced to the singing of the singer.

After drinking for three rounds, Dou Wei said: “When I come back to Qinzhou this time, I hope that Patriarch Ma will not forget his promise to our Dou family.”

Ma Chong’s eyes stayed on the graceful dancer, and when he came back to his senses, he said: “I understand the meaning of the prime minister. When I go back this time, I will specially dispatch and open up a business route so that the business between the clan and Beidi can go on normally.”

Dou Wei nodded with satisfaction, “Also, don’t contribute when sending troops to Jinzhou, just Just watch the king of Yan fight.”

In his opinion, the four northern counties of Yanzhou are sparsely populated.

As long as King Yan’s troops are continuously consumed, King Yan will gradually have no soldiers to use.

At the same time, a large number of young and strong King Yan died, which will inevitably drag down King Yan’s farming.

In this way, the further decline of Yanzhou is inevitable.

The royal arrogance will also be beaten down.

“However, after returning to Qinzhou, I’m afraid that the Ma family will dissatisfy me.” Ma Chong suddenly became worried.

Dou Wei laughed softly, “Don’t worry about that. Do you think you are the only one in the Ma family who wants Ma Xuan and Ma Han to die? No one cooperates. Beidi assassins will not know the whereabouts of Ma Han and Ma Xuan in advance.”

Ma Chong suddenly realized, and clapped his hands, “It’s the prime minister who has far-sighted thinking, so I can feel at ease. As long as I secure the position of the Ma family’s patriarch, the prime minister will be the one who will guide me in the future.”

“Okay.” Had a glass.

Then he waved his hand, and two extremely charming dancers walked out of the queue with a chuckle, and threw themselves into Ma Chong’s arms.

The nephrite jade is warm and fragrant, and Ma Chong immediately forgot about Dou Wei’s existence, and only cared about making fun of the dancer.

Dou Wei’s eyes flickered.

Among the eight powerful families, the Ma family has now become a vassal of the Dou family, and the Xiao family has always been on good terms with the Dou family.

With the combined strength of the three families, his current momentum in the court will increase greatly.

Whether it is to suppress the royal family, or fight for the position of the crown prince for the third prince.

He wants to see who can compete with him?

(end of this chapter)