Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 338

[Chapter 338]

Follow the trend The wind chimes hanging outside the living room sway with the wind, making a clear and spiritual sound.

Zhao Xu seemed to see the current chaos in the Dasong court from the faces of Ma Yuan and Mo Kuan.

Although they are ministers and generals deeply trusted by Zhao Heng, they still have to walk on thin ice.

What happened to Mo Di left a crack in their hearts.

Bewitched by powerful clansmen, Zhao Heng even doubted this loyal general, let alone them.

From them, Zhao Xu thought of himself.

Isn’t this emperor very afraid of himself?

After thinking for a while, he suddenly felt indifferent.

The most ruthless emperor’s family.

In contemporary history, it is common for emperors to kill princes by catching wind and shadow.

The princes who wanted to kill the king and usurp the throne also couldn’t count on one hand.

Therefore, since he has this identity, he must be transparent.

He and Zhao Heng, the emperor, can talk about anything, just don’t talk about family affection.

But it’s just holding together to keep warm on the field of intrigue.

He needed Zhao Heng’s support, and as the king of Yan, he could justifiably sit in the four counties and live his own life.

At the same time, with the status of an imperial merchant, he can comfortably do business in the territory controlled by the royal family, and earn a handful of silver for military supplies.

And Zhao Heng used him to maintain the stability of the frontier, resist foreign enemies, and contain powerful clans, leading his life of drunken dreams and death.

In his opinion, this kind of closeness in interests is sometimes more stable than any family relationship.

Of course, if one day his and Zhao Heng’s interests change from congenial to contrary.

At that time, we can only stage “Father’s kindness and son’s filial piety”, love each other and kill each other.

However, he still hoped that Zhao Heng would be clear-headed and stop playing such coquettish operations.

Thinking of this, he said to Mo Kuan: “This king is negligent. Since this is the case, everything is business as usual.”

“It should be so.” Mo Kuan cupped his hands to Zhao Xu.

Ma Yuan nodded slightly.

Zhao Xu smiled, and had to say that Da Song still had loyal ministers and good generals.

Ma Yuan and Mo Kuan supported him in court, and they really supported him.

Working for Zhao Heng now is not really working for Zhao Heng.

“Your Highness, there is one more important matter to come to Yancheng this time.” Ma Yuan’s eyes lit up a little.

“Ma Zhoumu wants to talk about Ma Han and the Ma family, right?” Seeing Ma Yuan’s excitement, he guessed it.

“Exactly.” Ma Yuan’s voice trembled slightly, “I don’t know where Ma Han is now? Can Your Highness allow him to meet the servants?”

“Of course.” Zhao Xu called Feng’er and asked her to send his servants Go and bring Mahan.

The three drank tea and chatted for a while about anecdotes about the capital.

After a stick of incense, Mahan arrived at the reception hall.

“Uncle!”

Ma Han shouted loudly as soon as he entered the reception hall, his expression excited.

Knowing that Ma Yuan came to the palace, he rode over without even having time to tidy up his clothes.

“Han’er.” Ma Yuan stood up, his eyes moistened immediately.

Looking at each other, the two rushed forward and grabbed each other’s hand, weeping with joy.

Feeling sad for a while, Ma Yuan asked Ma Han about his situation these days.

Knowing that he met King Yan in Pingcheng, King Yan has always sent people to protect him, and his food and daily life are all in good order. He turned to Zhao Xu and bowed deeply, “Thank you for your kindness, Ma Han and the officials will never forget it.”

” Such trivial matters are nothing to worry about.” Zhao Xu said, “As for the other things, I have already told Ma Han about it.”

Ma Han nodded, and said to Ma Han: “Uncle, what can your Highness say when you send the news that I am still alive to the capital?”

Hearing this, Ma Yuan sighed, “The family affairs of the eight powerful clans, even the emperor It’s not good to interfere directly, and Dou Wei also dealt with the emperor in the same way.”

Ma Han was disappointed when he heard this.

In this way, the emperor will not help.

“However…” Ma Yuan looked at Zhao Xu at this moment, “The emperor summoned me in private, meaning that His Royal Highness Yan Wang can secretly help in this matter.”

Ma Han suddenly turned from sadness to joy, and the emperor had ordered him in private.

In this way, King Yan will be able to help him regain the position of Patriarch of the Ma family more generously.

Zhao Xu smiled helplessly.

Now that he has reached a deal with Mahan, he will naturally help him with this favor.

And he also intends to participate in this matter, after all, this matter is also related to his own interests, and it is also profitable.

Also, there is a concept called peripheral security environment.

To maintain its own security, a power must first make a comprehensive analysis and assessment of whether its surrounding areas pose a threat to its own territory within a certain period of time, whether there is military invasion, etc.

He now has his own independent land.

In the battle against Beidi in Yanguan, the battle against Xiliang in Jinzhou, and even the current affairs of the Ma family, he was maintaining the surrounding security environment.

Especially in the battle of Jinzhou, Zhao Heng asked him to send troops in accordance with his wishes.

The surrounding instability will inevitably consume a lot of manpower and material resources of the four counties.

Business development is out of the question.

The same thing happened with the Ma family. In the battle of Jinzhou, he had seen that Ma Chong and Ma Jin had bad intentions.

With such a Ma family by his side, how could he feel at ease.

What’s more, the Ma family also holds an important pass in the northwest of Dasong.

“Your Highness, this matter can’t be delayed any longer. I beg Your Highness to borrow troops and go to Qinzhou with you to take back the position of master!” With the emperor’s acquiescence, Ma Han was even more anxious, looking at Zhao Xu.

(end of this chapter)