Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 476

[Chapter 476]

“What exactly is Prime Minister Dou trying to say?” Xie Duan suddenly showed displeasure, and put down his wine glass heavily.

The current situation is very favorable for his Xie family.

He had already made Empress Xie deaf to Zhao Heng.

This time the Northern Expedition failed, in addition to punishing Yang Feng, the general who commanded the army, he also had to punish the Second Prince for the crime of bewitching Sheng Ting.

In this way, the third prince was abolished and the second prince was convicted. Wouldn’t it be easy for him to push the eldest prince into the East Palace at this time.

As for the fifth prince supported by the Liang family, not to mention that he had no achievements in the court, and he was not a legitimate son, so what qualifications did he have to compete with the eldest prince.

“What’s the rush for Xie Shangshu, at least listen to the Prime Minister to finish what he has to say.” Liang Kai cast a dissatisfied look at Xie Duan.

He naturally knew that everyone in the Xie family was very proud now.

The Eldest Prince has the greatest chance of entering the East Palace, and he flirts with King Yan.

His Xie family is sure that when the first prince ascends the throne in the future, his Xie family will become the head of the powerful family.

However, he will soon shatter all Xie Duan’s dreams.

“To tell you the truth, during the inspection of Wuguan this time, Beidi gave the method of casting artillery to my Dou family as a gift to our Dou family for facilitating the peace negotiation.” Dou Wei didn’t care about Xie Duan’s attitude.

He is confident that this time he can unite the powerful clans with him.

“What!” Han Zheng and the others almost stood up upon hearing this.

They had already learned that Beidi’s artillery had almost the same range and power as the artillery sold to them by King Yan.

The Dou family got the method of casting artillery, which means that they will no longer need to be restrained by the King of Yan in the future.

“Prime Minister Dou, although Beidi and I have negotiated a peace agreement, it is inappropriate for you to accept Beidi’s bribes. This seems to be suspected of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country.” Han Zheng’s jealous heart seemed to be roasting on fire, and his yin and yang rose.

Wang Zi’an echoed, “That’s what it means.”

Liang Kai was taken aback, he paid more attention to artillery than anyone else, so he spoke with hospitality, “Master Prime Minister, my Liang family has already shared the method of casting artillery with you, you won’t hide it by yourself, will you?

” They all nodded.

Dou Wei was in a particularly good mood, and didn’t care what Han Zheng and the others said.

He said: “Negotiating a peace is a big deal for both Dasong and Beidi. It is a great achievement for me, Dou Wei, to facilitate the negotiation. Beidi reciprocated, how could it be collusion with the enemy and betraying the country? Even if this matter goes to the emperor, the emperor will have nothing to say. After all, it is Beidi.” You gave me the method of casting cannons, not me to Beidi.”

Han Zheng and Wang Zi’an opened their mouths, and were immediately speechless.

Liang Kai, Fan Xinglun strongly agreed, while Xie Duan chose to remain silent.

“But don’t worry, everyone, this time I let you come here to share the casting method with you.” Dou Wei clapped his hands.

Immediately, the six servants each held a brochure and came to Han Zheng and the others.

Liang Kai immediately took the booklet and rolled his eyes, falling into ecstasy, “Thank you, Prime Minister, thank you, Prime Minister.”

Han Zheng and the others were also very excited, their hands holding the booklet kept shaking.

“Prime Minister, I was the one who was reckless just now.” Han Zheng bowed his hands to Dou Wei, it was really rare for Dou Wei to give them such an important thing.

He asked himself, if it was him, he would not be so generous.

Hearing this, Dou Wei stroked his beard and smiled lightly.

This was originally what Beidi told him. When he said this, he immediately got the gratitude of other powerful clans.

In this way, the following things will be much simpler.

So he said: “I know that you are actually feeling uncomfortable during this time, the reason is that you need to buy artillery from the King of Yan at a high price, so you must be controlled by the royal family.”

Everyone nodded.

Dou Wei continued: “Now, this problem has been easily solved. Next, we have to think about the future of each family. Don’t forget about the prosperity of the family.”

Han Zheng and Wang Zi’an looked at each other, and then he glanced at the jade-faced young man standing behind Wang Zi’an.

Xin Dao seemed to think of Dou Wei with them this time.

Beidi and King Yan confront each other on the front line of Yanzhou.

Neither Beidi nor King Yan will have time to look south.

Of course, once the two of them decide the winner, it doesn’t matter who wins or loses.

They will all face a more difficult and dangerous environment.

After all, the king of Yan won, a king of Yan who can stand alone against Beidi, how could they fight.

Beidi won, and they must continue to go south. Once Beidi occupies Dasong, the fate of their powerful clan will be beyond their control.

Therefore, this time they want to take advantage of the time when the two tigers are fighting, completely break free from the shackles, and develop and strengthen their own power.

This is the strategy proposed by Wang Xie, Wang Zi’an’s nephew, after the peace talks.

“Prime Minister Dou is right. The current situation is changing. We can no longer follow the rules and think about the future of the powerful family.” Liang Kai said in a deep voice: “Beidi and King Yan, if anyone wins, it will be annihilation for our powerful family.” In the event of disaster, even if our families fight each other, the winner will be determined, Dasong will still be Dasong, and the powerful family will still be powerful.” In the

past, the artillery of the Liang family had to rely on King Yan.

Now, the Dou family has given him Beidi’s method of casting cannons, making up for the last shortcoming of the Liang family.

With the capital of his Liang family, as long as he can not be restrained by the court, he can recruit troops with confidence.

He is not afraid of anyone in the Liang family.

“I don’t want this thing.” At this moment, Xie Duan stood up suddenly, “Are you really trying to separate one side?”

After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.

But Liang Kai suddenly stopped in front of him, “Xie Shangshu, we all know what you think, do you really think your Xie family can put the eldest prince on the throne?”

“What does Liang Shangshu mean?” Xie Duan saw Liang Kai’s eyes Li was full of banter and became vigilant.

Liang Kai sneered, “If the emperor knew that he was trapped in Xiancheng, but the eldest prince was trying on the dragon robe in the mansion, how would he feel?”

Xie Duan’s face changed drastically when he heard this, “Don’t you want to spit blood on people?” ”

“Personal evidence, material evidence, I want it, I can get it now, Xie Shangshu, do you want to take a gamble.” Liang Kai narrowed his eyes.

Xie Duan struggled, sighed for the last time, and sat down again, “What on earth do you want to do?”

“It’s very simple, each family controls the military and political power in the prefecture and county.” Dou Wei said loudly, “Now that we have artillery, we don’t need it anymore.” The royal family is under the control of artillery, and King Yan and Bei Di are both our great enemies. They can be used now, but they will be a serious problem in the future. We should take advantage of their fighting opportunity to prepare our troops to prepare for any eventuality.”

“But how could the emperor agree? This is a big taboo.” Xie Duan said.

At this time, Wang Zi’an motioned to Wang Xie, Wang Xie nodded, and said: “The younger generation has a way. This time, we need to pay five million taels of annual tribute, and the national treasury has already been overwhelmed. If the tax is raised, the emperor will raise the annual tribute, and he will definitely agree.”

Dou Wei’s eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at Wang Xie with admiration.

“Everyone should be clear that if the officials below are asked to collect one or two taels of silver, they will find a way to collect ten taels of silver, filling their pockets, so the people will definitely be overwhelmed, and a little provocation at that time will stir up civil uprisings.” Xie continued.

“Hahaha… I understand.” Fan Xinglun laughed suddenly, “At that time, we will fan the flames and make a big fuss. The King of Yan will be dragged by Beidi, and the emperor can’t mobilize him, so he can only let me wait to suppress it. At that time, we will ask for the military and political power of the state. It should be taken for granted.”

“Tall, really tall.” Liang Kai’s face turned red.

Although their powerful family is basically the local emperor in this state, the power given by the imperial court is not very great.

Many things can only be done secretly. If they are targeted by other powerful clans, there will be a lot of trouble.

But if the emperor officially gave them military and political power, they would have no scruples from now on, and their military and financial resources would be greatly improved.

So he strongly agrees with this proposal.

After all, the seven families are now sitting together to discuss for the common benefit.

But he is very clear that each family is not convinced by each other.

When King Yan and Beidi decide the winner, both losers will suffer.

At that time, they were already strong and strong, and they were not afraid of anyone.

After teaming up to destroy the tragically victorious party, the seven of them can compete against each other and finally determine the new heir to the throne.

“Your looks tell me that you agree.” Dou Wei said at this time.

He is a powerful man, so he naturally understands their thoughts.

Who doesn’t want to be a real emperor?

But now, an opportunity is placed in front of them.

As long as they agree, with the benefits of the border market, they believe that the joint Dou and Xiao families will be the most powerful in the future, and the third prince’s throne will be no problem.

“I agree.” Han Zheng and Wang Zi’an said.

Liang Kai and Fan Xinglun also nodded.

After hesitating for a while, Xie Duan said: “Okay.”

Everyone agreed to this matter, and Dou Wei breathed a sigh of relief, “That’s it, this matter is settled like this.”

After finishing speaking, he raised his wine glass.

Han Zheng and the others also raised their wine glasses and drank them all together.

“One more thing, King Yan and Beidi, who are we supporting?” Liang Kai asked suddenly thinking of something.

Dou Wei is also thinking about this these days.

Beidi helped him this time without asking for any conditions. In fact, after thinking about it for a while, he understood what Beidi was thinking.

Its purpose is just to break the balance in Dasong.

It’s just that whether Beidi helps or not, the conflict between the powerful clan and the royal family will push them to this point, it’s just sooner or later.

Therefore, he has no gratitude to Beidi, but just uses each other.

“For the time being, the two will not help each other. If King Yan has hope of winning, we will cut off his trade to constrain him. If Beidi has the upper hand, then give some support to King Yan. It is best to let them continue to fight, and both sides will suffer.” Dou Wei pondered. Said.

After a pause, he said: “But this time our plan will cause some confusion, and it will more or less affect King Yan’s business first. There is no way to do it. Let’s suppress King Yan first.”

Liang Kai Nodding, he opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn’t say it in the end.

This time the pirates who appeared suddenly attacked the Beidi fleet.

This matter aroused his vigilance.

In his opinion, even if the pirates are not forces secretly supported by the King of Yan, they have an extremely close relationship with the King of Yan.

And this has threatened the interests of his Liang family.

King Yan may not ask about domestic trade, but if King Yan wants to trade at sea, his Liang family has to ask.

Thinking of this, he looked at Han Zheng.

This time Han Zheng and the Wang family were so active in the matter of the military regime, they must have sensed the threat of King Yan.

After all, their two families are adjacent to Yanzhou.

On this matter, he needs to contact Han Zheng.

It is one thing to unite to claim the military and political power of the state, but it is another thing to unite vertically and horizontally for one’s own interests.

(end of this chapter)