Chapter 456 Compromise

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Liang Kaizheng and the fifth prince Zhao She were taking a leisurely walk in the courtyard.

Liang Feng and Zhao She walked side by side, and they joked from time to time.

When he came to the pond and looked at the carp swimming in the water, Zhao She said: "Uncle, the eldest prince seems to be sure of victory now. I heard that the young eunuch next to him is secretly looking for someone to embroider the dragon robe."

There happened to be one person under him who was familiar with Gao Wei.

Seeing Gao Wei sneaking to the tailor shop, he followed him.

Pretending to have met by chance, he invited Gao Wei to drink some wine.

This Gao Wei was always a heavy drinker, and he spoke the truth when he was drunk.

Liang Kai heard this and sneered, "What he thought was really beautiful, but it was just an empty dream after all."

As far as he knew, even if the third prince became useless, Dou Wei did not give up his plan to help him ascend the throne.

Why?

Whoever the new king falls to will be able to continue to prosper.

In the past, his Liang family gave up many opportunities for the right to sea trade.

Now, he no longer wants to be a spectator, but wants to be a player on the chessboard.

Moreover, this time the Liang family took the initiative to participate in the battle for the throne, there was another important factor.

That is King Yan.

Among the news coming from the north this time, he didn't care much about King Yan going south to attack the Yuan family.

What shocked me was another thing that seemed to have nothing to do with King Yan.

Then Ulanba, the son of Beidi Khan, commanded more than 300 large ships to go south, and all of them were destroyed on the beach of Laoting County.

Although, the news said that it was just pirates.

But unlike other powerful clans, he knew nothing about naval warfare.

Three hundred large ships full of soldiers, if it were not for the warships loaded with artillery, it would have been impossible to defeat them so easily.

Even if this so-called pirate was not a force secretly developed by King Yan, he had a very deep friendship with King Yan.

And he didn't want to see any of these two points.

Therefore, if he could support the fifth prince to ascend the throne, he would definitely order the fifth prince to strictly implement the sea ban.

Private private shipbuilding is not even allowed.

In this way, King Yan's ambitions for the ocean can be controlled.

He, the Liang family, had always monopolized the benefits of sea trade so that no part of it would be cut off.

"Liang Feng, please go back to Zhezhou immediately and let me, the Liang Family Navy, be prepared. If there is any turmoil in the capital, we will immediately arrive at Jinling from Jiujiang." Liang Kai said, "In this battle for the crown prince, even if the Fifth Highness cannot ascend, When you ascend the throne, you must let the new king see the strength of our Liang family and promise us many benefits, otherwise he will not be able to secure the throne. "

"Yes, dad." Liang Feng responded, turned and left.

A smile appeared on Zhao She's lips. Originally, he had basically no chance of becoming the emperor.

Now that the Liang family has given him a push, he is already secretly thankful.

Of course, it would be great if he could really sit on the throne.

It is different from the Liang family and the Dou family who are secretly preparing.

At this moment, Han Zheng felt like mourning his heir in his mansion in Jinling.

If the second prince was in the capital at this moment, he would naturally fight for the throne.

But the second prince was only afraid that he would be like the emperor and never come back.

Of course, there was another thing that worried him, which was King Yan's march south to Fan Yang.

His brother Han Qi has sent news.

Yuan Li fled without a fight, and the 60,000 elite members of the Yuan family defected to his Han family.

Although he had always hoped that the Yuan family would once again rely on the Han family and be controlled by his Han family.

But I never thought that the Yuan family would defect to the Han family in this way.

The Yuan family without Nansan County is not the same as the Yuan family with Nansan County.

"Brother Han, please tell me, what should I do?" Prince An was sitting opposite Han Zheng, drinking tea slowly.

After returning to the mansion from the palace, Han Zheng remained silent.

He knew that the Han family had spent a lot of energy on the second prince over the years.

Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, this move turned out to be a useless move.

"After so many years of hard work, all the efforts have been wasted." Han Zheng said, he really hoped that Zhao Heng and the second prince could come back.

In this way, it will not be like drawing water from a bamboo basket in vain.

Wang Zi'an shook his head, "Don't worry about this matter. Think about the present moment. If the emperor cannot come back, who should you and I help?"

"Whoever wins, we will help." Han Zheng slapped the table.

Since it is impossible to support the second prince to ascend the throne.

So in this battle for the throne, they are watching from afar.

A fatal blow to the loser at the last moment is enough.

In previous successions of thrones, powerful families who did not support the prince did this.

Wang Zi'an was convinced that this was what he thought too.

"But compared to the struggle for the throne, King Yan is what you and I should be wary of right now." Han Zheng said, "Yuan Li was expelled by King Yan, and my Han family will have to face King Yan's army from now on."

Wang Zi'an nodded solemnly. This matter indeed requires the two parties to discuss it carefully.

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Qinzhou.

Xiancheng.

In the Ma family's mansion, crackling sounds kept coming from the courtyard.

Zhao Heng's hair was disheveled and he kept throwing food and wine on the ground.

"Is this how you serve me? Is this food? Even pigs can't eat these things." Zhao Heng was furious.

Liang Cheng almost bent his waist to the ground and was about to cry without tears. "Your Majesty, there is only rice and wheat left in the army. There are no vegetables in winter. It is not easy to find a few radishes."

"If there are no vegetables, is there not even meat?" Zhao Heng's eyes were red.

In the past two days, in addition to rice, he had boiled radish for steamed buns.

How could he, who was used to living in fine clothes and fine food, endure this?

"Your Majesty, when Ma Jin fled, he left behind an empty city, nothing." Liang Cheng said cautiously.

The emperor's temper is getting worse and worse.

Even he is often beaten and scolded, not to mention other eunuchs.

Some of them were dragged out and beaten to death for not serving well.

"Then kill the horse!" Zhao Heng shouted.

"But..." He was about to say that Yang Feng strictly prohibited killing horses for meat.

But seeing Zhao Heng's expression, he swallowed the words.

"Wow, when will this day end?" Xiao Shishi cried.

Zhao Heng was even more upset after hearing this.

As if possessed by a demon, he said, "Zhao Gang, this evil son, did not send troops to rescue me, nor did the powerful clans, nor did the King of Yan come. You all hope that I will die so that you can fight for the world, right?"

"Wait for me, I will kill you one by one when I return."

"..."

After shouting for a while, he saw the second prince coming in and asked anxiously, "What did the Beidi people say?"

The second prince looked dejected, "The Beidi people did not agree, and said they must capture my father."

Zhao Heng sat down on the ground after hearing this.

These days, he lived in fear all day long, and finally could not bear it.

So he ordered the second prince to send people to ask for peace with the Beidi.

At first, he said he was willing to cede Qinzhou and Yongzhou, and promised the Beidi a tribute of 5 million two years every year.

The Beidi people did not agree.

Later, he lowered his status again and became a vassal of the Beidi.

Now the second prince brought news, and Muller Hongzhen still did not agree.