Chapter 330 Candidates

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing. The Prince of Yan conquered Jinzhou and killed many officials who defected to Xiliang. After the Prince of Yan's troops withdrew to Jinzhou, what should be done with Jinzhou?"

Everyone admired the peonies and continued to move forward.

After walking a few steps, Dou Wei suddenly remembered something and asked.

When it came to this, many ministers pricked up their ears.

For them, in fact, they didn't care much about how the emperor would reward the Prince of Yan.

After all, the Prince of Yan's contribution was here, and the reward was certain.

But Jinzhou now belongs to Dasong, and the Prince of Yan killed a lot of Jinzhou nobles.

This is equivalent to turning Jinzhou into a big fat piece of meat that no force can get involved in.

So now both the powerful and powerful nobles want to get a piece of Jinzhou.

Zhao Heng turned around and glanced at the officials behind him.

When they met his eyes, the officials were a little evasive.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

This problem was also bothering him.

The location of Jinzhou is very important, not inferior to Yanzhou.

In fact, it is most appropriate to let the Prince of Yan govern him.

But he was unwilling to hand Jinzhou over to the King of Yan.

But he was not sure who to send and who could sit in Jinzhou and make him feel at ease.

After all, Jinzhou, like Yanzhou, was a place of war, and there would be no peace in the future.

If Jinzhou was taken away again, he would lose face.

"What do you think, Prime Minister?" Dou Wei raised this question at this time, and he must have his own ideas.

He wanted to listen before making a decision.

After a pause, Dou Wei said: "Your Majesty, the victory over Xiliang this time was not only due to the contribution of His Royal Highness the King of Yan."

After a pause, he said: "The Ma family went all the way north to conquer the entire Lin County at the place of the war, attracting many troops from Xiliang. Now His Royal Highness the King of Yan should be rewarded, and I think the Ma family should also be rewarded."

Zhao Heng nodded slightly.

It seems to be the case from the information transmitted from all sides.

After the war, the Ma family's troops still occupy Lincheng.

"Therefore, I recommend Ma Jin as the governor of Jinzhou. If the war breaks out again in the future, the Ma family's troops can also cooperate with the imperial guards to resist the enemy." Dou Wei said again.

He naturally had his reasons for recommending Ma Jin.

If Ma Jin is the governor of Jinzhou, there may still be hope for their trade with Beidi.

Hearing this, Ma Yuan snorted angrily and said, "Ma Jin is fierce in appearance and weak in courage, stupid and incompetent. He is a villain. How can he be worthy of the governor of Jinzhou? Moreover, there is something strange between the Ma family and Xiliang in this war. It is rumored that Ma Jin colluded with Xiliang privately and tried to assassinate the King of Yan."

"Ma Yushi, what evidence do you have to slander me like this? If the Ma family colluded with Xiliang, why did Xiliang ambush the Ma family and cause them to lose troops and generals?" Dou Wei glared at Ma Yuan.

Since Ma Xuan's death, this Ma Yuan has been against him everywhere, and he has long been annoyed to the extreme.

Zhao Heng looked at the two of them calmly with a calm expression.

He knew what Ma Yuan said, but there was no conclusive evidence.

But the Ma family is now in the hands of Ma Chong. If Ma Jin gets involved in Jinzhou, won't the Ma family's power grow further?

This is not what he wants to see.

So now, the Ma family can't be used, and the King of Yan can't be in charge of Jinzhou, and at the same time he has to be assured.

This candidate is indeed difficult.

After thinking hard, he looked at Ma Yuan and said, "This matter should be considered in the long run, in the long run."

After that, he looked at the concubines who were playing in the garden.

Leaving the ministers behind, he walked over there with Liang Cheng with a smile on his face.

Seeing this, the ministers shook their heads and went to enjoy the flowers.

"Your Majesty, this year's flowers are blooming more vigorously than in previous years. It seems that this year is a good year." Queen Xie saw Zhao Heng coming and led the concubines over.

When he arrived among the concubines, Zhao Heng suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

When he was with the ministers, he always quarreled and quarreled, which was annoying.

"The queen may not know that the peony planted by the late emperor has actually bloomed." Zhao Heng said.

Queen Xie covered her mouth in surprise. She said: "This is really a good omen. It is said that only when the holy monarch is in power will a good omen fall from the sky. It can be seen that God recognizes the emperor."

"Hahaha..." Zhao Heng laughed. He liked to hear this the most. "The queen is still good at talking."

Queen Xie was secretly proud. She said: "The emperor took us to see it and let us admire it."

After that, she led the concubines and Zhao Heng to the peony.

The concubines also knew what to do and complimented Zhao Heng again.

After talking for a while, Queen Xie glanced at Concubine Mi beside her.

She knew that Zhao Heng was not only happy because of the blooming of the peony.

The blooming of the peony was set off by the fact that the King of Yan conquered Jinzhou.

This made Zhao Heng feel that Dasong was thriving.

So she cleared her throat and said, "Your Majesty, it has been a year since the Prince of Yan went to Yanzhou. Concubine Mi and I miss him very much. Now that the war in Jinzhou is over, why not let him return to the capital to visit his family during the New Year and reunite with them."

Concubine Mi heard this and looked expectant.

Since the Prince of Yan went to Yanzhou, she often missed him.

At this moment, she couldn't help but look at Empress Xie with gratitude.

Empress Xie's words reminded Zhao Heng.

The Prince of Yan has been crazy for three years and is now far away in Yanzhou.

They should reunite as father and son.

Looking at Concubine Mi, he saw that Concubine Mi was also looking at him, as if waiting for him to speak.

So he said, "What the Queen said is very true, but the plot of Beidi and Xiliang did not succeed this time. I am afraid they will not give up. The Prince of Yan cannot leave his fiefdom yet. When the border is stable, I will order him to come back."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Concubine Mi said. She had thought that she would never see the Prince of Yan again in this life, but now at least she has the thought.

Empress Xie patted Concubine Mi's hand. He had done this intentionally.

Now everyone in the court knew that the Prince of Yan supported the Crown Prince, and the Xie family and the Prince of Yan were getting closer.

She naturally had to do something for Concubine Mi appropriately.

After talking about this, everyone played in the garden.

In the evening, Zhao Heng set off to return to the palace, and the ministers went back.

Dou Wei returned to his mansion with a gloomy face.

He spent such a huge price and did not hesitate to use important chess pieces.

He originally hoped to drag the Prince of Yan into the quagmire of war in Jinzhou, so that the Prince of Yan would continue to bleed and eventually become weak.

But he did not expect that in less than three months, the Prince of Yan would return with a great victory and even take the territory that the Dasong Imperial Army had lost before.

"My lord, the third prince is here."

He was thinking in the study when someone reported.

"Please come in, the third prince." Dou Wei's gloomy face eased a little.

Soon, the third prince came to the study and bowed. He said, "Today, when we were touring the garden, why didn't your uncle object to the emperor's reward to the King of Yan?"

This time, Zhao Heng did not ask the princes to go with him.

But even so, the princes knew everything about the rumors in the garden.

The concubines were not very careful.

So the reward to the King of Yan and the emperor's request for the King of Yan to visit his relatives in the capital at the end of the year had spread in the palace.

Although he knew that the King of Yan had made another military achievement, this reward was not excessive.

And this was the reward that the King of Yan should have received long ago, but it was blocked by the ministers of the powerful families.

But he still didn't understand why his uncle didn't object at this time.

So, after the garden tour, he immediately came to the Dou Mansion to inquire about the situation.

As a competitor for the throne, what he was most worried about was that the forces behind him would change their ways.