Chapter 520: Sharing the World

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The news that Princess Changle was robbed on the way to the marriage also arrived here through the express delivery of 800 miles.

Dou Wei immediately gathered seven powerful families to come to the palace to ask for an audience.

"Your Majesty, the King of Yan is destroying the peace talks. If this move angers the Northern Di, how will it end?" In the imperial study, Dou Wei was filled with indignation.

Others were full of anger. This King of Yan was simply lawless.

Although they forced Zhao Heng to issue an order, each family was equivalent to separatism.

But for them, the country of Dasong was shared by the powerful families and the royal family.

They just took back what belonged to them.

The court of Dasong will no longer be decided by the Zhao family alone.

The seven families want to truly govern Dasong with Zhao Heng.

Therefore, the King of Yan's move seriously harmed their interests.

If the Northern Di tore up the peace agreement and attacked again, they would also suffer losses.

This is what they don't want to see as they are currently accumulating strength.

"The King of Yan was indeed reckless in this matter." Zhao Heng frowned and was extremely angry.

What's even more infuriating is that the King of Yan actually let his troops openly carry the King of Yan's flag.

This is simply a deliberate humiliation of the Northern Di.

It would be strange if the Northern Di was not angered!

"How can it be described as a reckless act? It's simply rebellion. Your Majesty, if the King of Yan is not punished this time, how can the court have any face?" Liang Kai said loudly.

Han Zheng echoed: "What Minister Liang said is very true. This time he dared to kidnap the relatives, and next time he will dare to raise troops to rebel."

After saying that, he and Liang Kai looked at each other.

The news that the Wufeng Island pirates were completely wiped out has been passed on to the two of them.

Han Zheng even knew that the Lai County Pier was attacked by the Black Shark Pirates.

There is no doubt that the King of Yan did not give his Han family any face and slapped him in the face.

Liang Kai gave Han Zheng an affirmative look.

Although Wufeng Island was annihilated by the Black Shark Pirates, this left his Liang family without enemies in the southeastern waters.

However, a Black Shark pirate who could annihilate Wufeng Island was more terrifying than Wufeng Island in his opinion.

He had to do everything he could to weaken the King of Yan.

Han Zheng and he reached an agreement on this issue.

"Your Majesty, you can't let the King of Yan off easily."

"He is not only humiliating Beidi, but also humiliating the emperor."

"..."

Wang Zian, Fan Xinglun, Xiao Cheng and others scolded one after another.

Seeing the excitement of the powerful families, Zhao Heng was angry and a little flustered.

He was angry because he was worried that the King of Yan would anger Beidi by rescuing Princess Changle, so that he would tear up the peace agreement and go south again.

He was extremely unwilling to do this, and the powerful families were also unwilling.

The court could not afford to fight, and the powerful families did not want to fight.

"How do you think this matter should be handled!" Zhao Heng asked.

The King of Yan's behavior made him doubt whether it was appropriate to fully turn to the King of Yan?

In Yanzhou, he had seen the King of Yan's toughness.

Whether it was to Beidi or the powerful families.

If he is not chained, who can suppress him in the future!

"First, please ask the emperor to issue an imperial decree immediately to let the Prince of Yan hand over Princess Changle. Second, with such a character, how can the Prince of Yan govern Yanzhou? I think that the three southern counties of Yanzhou should be removed and other officials should be in charge." Dou Wei said solemnly.

Han Zheng was delighted when he heard this and cast an admiring look at Dou Wei.

In the past, the Yuan family was in charge of the three southern counties, and Qizhou and the Prince of Yan's fiefdom were not adjacent, so he did not feel the crisis.

But now, the north of Qizhou is Yanzhou.

The Black Shark pirates attacked the Lai County Wharf again.

The threat of the Prince of Yan to the Han family is already obvious.

"The Prime Minister is right. The character of the Prince of Yan is no longer qualified to govern the seven counties of Yanzhou." Han Zheng immediately agreed.

Zhao Heng frowned even deeper.

Although the Prince of Yan did this extremely inappropriately.

But there was still a trace of clarity in his mind, that is, even if he could not fully trust the Prince of Yan.

He could not cooperate with the powerful families to weaken the Prince of Yan.

After all, the imperial edict had been issued, and the powerful families in front of him were no longer simply powerful family ministers, but equivalent to local lords.

This situation was similar to the separatist regimes at the end of the Liang Dynasty.

Moreover, the King of Yan was also a local lord now.

If he cut off the three southern counties, would the King of Yan agree?

If he didn't agree, how would it end?

Thinking of this, he said to Dou Wei and others: "You go back, I'll think about it and give you an answer later."

Dou Wei nodded, just bowed slightly to Zhao Heng, and led the others to turn around and leave.

His attitude was no longer as submissive as before.

The only meaning of Zhao Heng and the court for him was to maintain the current struggle of Da Song without breaking.

The declining Zhao royal family was no longer worthy of being regarded as a royal family by them, and should return to their original position.

Like them, they should be one of the powerful families.

Of course, he only kept these ideas in his heart.

He also needed to use the court to seek benefits for the Dou family and suppress opponents at the same time.

Wait for Dou Wei and others to leave.

Zhao Heng asked Liang Cheng to summon Mi Yan to the palace.

Half an hour later, Mi Yan arrived at the imperial study.

"Mi Yushi, you did a good job. Tell me how to deal with this matter now. In my opinion, we should let the powerful families and the King of Yan check each other and not favor anyone." Zhao Heng told Mi Yan about the King of Yan kidnapping Princess Changle and began to reprimand Mi Yan.

"Hahaha..." Mi Yan laughed, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that the King of Yan and Beidi are still at war, and the Northern Expedition has not really ended. In this case, why can't the King of Yan kidnap Princess Changle? Besides, the King of Yan did not take action on the land of Dasong, but on the land of Beidi at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. What's wrong with that?"

After a pause, Mi Yan continued: "This can only mean that Beidi is incompetent and lost to King Yan in this matter. If they are not convinced, they can ask King Yan for an explanation. What does it have to do with the court?"

"This..." Zhao Heng was suddenly speechless.

Indeed, King Yan and Beidi were at war.

What was wrong with King Yan robbing Princess Changle on Beidi's territory?

"It's just that the court officials are worried that the Northern Di will be angry and violate the contract and go south again." Zhao Heng said, "So they asked me to deal with the King of Yan."

"It's ridiculous." Mi Yan sneered, "Your Majesty, they are just taking the opportunity to make trouble and want to weaken the King of Yan."

With a snort, he said, "Besides, the Northern Di agreed to the peace talks this time, which was a helpless move. They wanted to destroy the King of Yan and then turn around to destroy Da Song. How could they start a war again because of the marriage?"

"It makes sense, but even so, there is still a possibility that the Northern Di must be appeased." Zhao Heng's heart was slightly relieved, "Besides, since Dou Wei and the others have made trouble, how can they be willing to give up? If they are not given a satisfactory answer, they will definitely make trouble."

"Your Majesty wants to sacrifice the interests of the King of Yan in exchange for temporary peace again?" Mi Yan's eyes widened.

At this moment, he suddenly felt cold from head to toe.

Last time, he thought he had persuaded Zhao Heng.

But obviously, he underestimated his fickleness.

"The Prince of Yan is easier to talk to than Dou Wei and the others. You know, the court can't control them anymore." Zhao Heng sighed, as if he had aged a lot.

The last time he issued the imperial edict, he knew that the royal family was no longer the royal family, but only the Zhao family.

The powerful families still called him Your Majesty because they didn't want to tear their faces apart.

He, the emperor of Dasong, could no longer rule the world.

From now on, he only wanted to live a leisurely and wealthy life, nothing else.