Chapter 465: Praising to Death

Willow shoots on the moon.

The banquet lasted for an hour before it ended.

Zhao Heng went back to rest, and Zhao Xu led the officials and generals out of the courtyard and rode towards the palace on horseback.

"Hahaha... Your Highness, how was your performance?" Zhongli laughed out loud halfway through.

Liu Fu and other officials and other generals all laughed when they heard this.

"Very good. You are all responsible for bringing the three southern counties into the territory this time." Zhao Xu said with a smile.

Before this banquet, he had discussed it with Liu Fu, Zhongli and others.

Just want to sing a red face at the banquet.

Last time, Zhao Heng and the powerful clan jointly gave him small shoes and let him play balance with the Yuan family in Yanzhou.

This time he would not give Zhao Heng another chance to collude with the powerful clan.

At the banquet just now, even in the face of the anger of Zhongli and others, Zhao Heng did not let go.

It wasn't until he bluntly admitted that he sometimes couldn't control his officials and generals that Zhao Heng gave in.

He believed that Zhao Heng had realized the hidden meaning of his words.

Yes, he was threatening Zhao Heng.

Don't blame him for not cooperating if he doesn't give you any substantial benefits this time.

The war in the north is not over yet, and the direction of the battlefield lies entirely in his hands.

"It's just Your Highness. If Your Majesty goes back and thinks about it carefully, I'm afraid you can guess that this is a double act between Your Highness and I." Liu Fu was a little worried, "If Your Majesty just annoyed Your Highness, wouldn't it be worth the loss?"

Zhao Heng chuckled, "Why wait until we get back? He already saw it at the banquet, otherwise he wouldn't let go."

After a pause, he continued: "Furthermore, the Northern Expedition failed and the Forbidden Army suffered a lot of losses. Next, he will need me more to contain the powerful tribes, and he may even take the initiative to instigate me to fight against the powerful tribes. I just want some benefits in advance. If he doesn’t give them, I won’t bother to care about him.”

Liu Fu suddenly understood.

King Yan thought much more deeply than they did.

When they arrived at the gate of the palace, everyone said goodbye to Zhao Xu and dispersed.

At this time, in the Zhang family's residence, Zhao Heng was lying on the bed, tossing and turning.

In the middle of the night, he sat up from the bed and said angrily: "This Zhao Xu actually put on such a show to force me to reward him with the three southern counties of Yanzhou. It's simply abominable!"

Then, he sighed again, thinking that he had made King Yan simple.

How could a King of Yan, who had repeatedly defeated Beidi and often made strange plans, be so easy to deal with?

Suddenly, he felt annoyed again.

Thinking of the last time he wavered in front of the Beidi envoy, I was afraid that King Yan already knew about it.

He, the ninth son, was despised by him because of his stupidity and was sent to Yan County to fend for himself.

Facing the crisis, he wanted to betray him again in exchange for his own glory and wealth.

He also wanted to use the Yuan family to contain him. How could the King of Yan not have any objections to him?

This banquet was just a way for him to vent his dissatisfaction.

At the same time, prevent him and the powerful clan from erasing his achievements again.

"No, I am the Emperor Dasong. I will give him whatever I want. How could he rob him like this?" Zhao Heng was furious when he thought of something, "Besides, without me, how could you, King Yan, be here? Humph, you My wings are really strong and my courage is fat.”

After feeling sulky for a while, Zhao Heng lay back on the bed.

Now, he is in King Yan's fiefdom, what can he do to King Yan?

Moreover, he will still rely on King Yan, so he cannot touch him.

After moving King Yan, he would really be at the mercy of Dou Wei and other powerful officials from now on.

Therefore, at the moment, he really had to coax King Yan.

This is why he agreed to give the entire Yanzhou to King Yan during the banquet.

Secondly, King Yan not only made great military exploits this time, but also rescued the enemy.

Yuan Li committed the crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason.

It would be unjustifiable to protect Yuan Li and suppress King Yan.

It will also annoy King Yan.

Instead of doing this, it is better to just do it. When King Yan is happy, he can then cooperate with him to solve the current war.

That's what matters most.

As for the future, he has to wait until the war is over and he returns to the capital.

Thinking of this, he fell into a drowsy sleep.

The next day.

Before he woke up, he heard the second prince making noise in the courtyard.

Under Xiao Shishi's service, he put on his regular clothes and washed himself, then summoned the second prince.

"Father, King Yan is too despicable. He got his son and father drunk, and took the opportunity to demand the entire seven counties of Yanzhou. This is no different from bullying the king." The second prince almost jumped up.

Zhao Heng had already figured it out last night, so whatever the second prince said would not affect his decision at all.

Moreover, in the territory of King Yan, the walls have ears. If you agree with the second prince to express your dissatisfaction, you will incur the dissatisfaction of King Yan.

After all, he had decided on a strategy of coaxing and beating King Yan.

Need to be coaxed now.

Then he said: "I am very clear-headed. Not only will I give the three southern counties of Yanzhou to King Yan, but I will also give the power of sea trade to King Yan."

"What!" The second prince was completely dumbfounded, "Father, how is this possible?"

"Why not? I am the emperor of Dasong, and Dasong belongs to me. I can give to King Yan whatever I am willing to give, including the throne." Zhao Heng raised his voice deliberately.

He was still a little hungover from last night.

When you wake up in the morning, your mind will be clearer.

He suddenly gave the power of sea trade to King Yan and favored King Yan in front of the second prince. He seemed to favor King Yan, but in fact he had his own purpose.

It was just to provoke the powerful clans to fight with King Yan.

The snipe and the clam are fighting to make his throne more stable.

"Father..." The second prince almost said that he was going crazy.

Yanzhou doesn't matter, the power of sea trade doesn't matter, his father actually mentioned the throne.

Letting a prince whose mother's family is poor participate in the competition for the throne is an insult to all princes from powerful families.

The second prince was furious and was about to speak, when the guards reported that the Prince of Yan was outside the palace to see him.

A trace of hatred flashed in the eyes of the second prince, and he stood aside without saying a word.

"Let the Prince of Yan come in." Zhao Heng was full of energy.

Not long after, Zhao Xu came over and bowed. He looked at Zhao Heng with a flash of eyes.

When he was outside the door, he heard everything Zhao Heng said to the second prince.

His first reaction was that his father fought back.

The first move was to praise him to death.

He asked for the right to trade last time, but was stopped by the Liang family.

Zhao Heng gave it to him now, which was equivalent to intensifying the conflict between him and the Liang family.

However, he was very happy about this.

In fact, the two times the pirates attacked the warship he was building, he already suspected that this was related to the Liang family.

Whether there is the right to trade or not, the Liang family is already targeting him.

He is not afraid of irritating the Liang family at all.

Instead, he got the right to trade with the sea. He could continue to allow the Black Shark pirates to exist secretly, and openly establish the Yanzhou Navy.

Pretending to know nothing, Zhao Xu just said that he would accompany Zhao Heng to relieve his boredom and take him to Yan County and its surroundings.

Zhao Heng had nothing to do, so he followed Zhao Xu to travel around in the next few days.

At this time, the news that Ningjindusi was attacked by the troops of King Yan was sent to the Beidi camp outside Xiancheng.

After receiving this news, Mule Hongzhen closed his eyes in pain.

"King Yan, I will not let you go." Mule Hongzhen almost gritted his teeth.