Chapter 581: Jinling Wind Rises

Jinling. Reading

While Ulanba was heading to the Kingdom of Ross, several newspapers from Yanzhou exploded here like water in a frying pan.

As soon as he got the newspaper, Dou Wei's face changed drastically, and he immediately summoned the heads of seven powerful families to go to the villa outside the city to discuss matters.

For him, the content of this newspaper was too shocking and terrifying.

They must respond in time.

"Newspaper? Can this broken thing made by the King of Yan be trusted?"

Sitting down in the manor in batches, Xiao Cheng repeatedly glanced at the newspaper and threw it on the table.

"Not only newspapers, Yanzhou officials have lifted restrictions on the people, and now the people and merchants in Yanzhou can travel freely." Dou Wei's face was gloomy.

He has planted many spies in Yanzhou, and this newspaper was sent by his spies.

Han Zheng also nodded at this time, tacitly agreeing with Dou Wei's statement.

The Han family borders Yanzhou, so they are naturally most concerned about the movements of Yanzhou.

His cousin Han Qi immediately sent someone to inform him of the situation in Yanzhou.

The Ningjin War is real, and now the whole Yanzhou is celebrating.

The Han family's spies also saw a large number of Beidi captives.

These captives were wounded soldiers captured when Beidi attacked Yanguan.

The Dou family and the Han family confirmed the news at the same time, and the courtyard suddenly fell silent for a while.

Finally, Dou Wei broke the silence. He said in a deep voice: "The King of Yan has reached the point where we have to get rid of him. If we allow him to grow stronger, even if you push the prince you support to the throne, the King of Yan can overthrow his country."

In this Ningjin War, Beidi suffered a heavy blow.

In his opinion, Beidi will not be able to pose a threat to Dasong for a long time in the future.

Then the only threat to the powerful families at present is the King of Yan.

Therefore, as long as they kill the King of Yan, the alien, their powerful families will have no worries at all.

In the future, when the third prince ascends the throne, there will be no internal or external troubles.

Xie Duan, Liang Kai, Fan Xinglun, Wang Zian, Han Zheng, and Xiao Cheng all nodded at the same time.

Dou Wei's words touched their hearts.

Xiao Cheng said loudly: "Wasn't the King of Jin also very popular back then? The late emperor even thought of making him the crown prince, but we killed him. In my opinion, since that's the case, it's better to re-implement the old law and let the King of Yan become the next King of Jin."

"It's different." Han Zheng shook his head, "The King of Jin back then obeyed the late emperor, but this King of Yan is very cold to the emperor, and the imperial edict may not have any effect on him."

Everyone was silent again.

The process of killing the King of Jin went smoothly.

Dou Wei, who was still the Minister of Rites at the time, signaled his officials to report to the late emperor that the King of Jin had not returned to the capital for many years, so that the King of Jin could return to Nanjing to visit his relatives.

Because Zhao Heng had always been on good terms with the King of Jin, they asked Zhao Heng to hide the dragon robe where the King of Jin was staying while he was not paying attention.

At that time, they had already spread rumors in the court and among the people that the King of Jin was plotting a rebellion.

In addition, the dragon robe was found, so the late emperor could only temporarily put the King of Jin in prison.

Then, the King of Jin died suddenly in prison.

As a result, the King of Jin committed suicide out of fear of punishment, and the charge of treason was firmly attached.

"Wouldn't it be better if he didn't obey the imperial edict and returned to the capital? Then he wanted to rebel." Liang Kai's eyes widened, "Yes, that's it, first give him a name of treason, and then completely cut off his trade route."

Han Zheng shuddered and waved his hands repeatedly, "Isn't this harming me? Your Liang family is far away from Yanzhou, so you can naturally sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. If you give him a name of treason, if he really rebels, wouldn't it be my Han family that will be the first to be attacked? No, no."

"That's right, we can't let our two families be unlucky first." Wang Zian was also shocked.

Although the soldiers and horses of their Wang family and Han family are practicing firearms diligently, the total number of soldiers is more than 400,000.

But if they really fight, even if they are lucky and win, they will probably suffer heavy losses and be removed from the powerful family.

After all, the King of Yan just drove the Northern Di out of Ningjindusi, which is enough to prove that he is actually strong in military strength.

"What are you afraid of? The King of Yan relies on firearms. We, the Liang family, have taught you how to forge muskets, and Prime Minister Dou has also taught you how to cast cannons. Now, it still doesn't work, and that doesn't work either. Let the King of Yan destroy all seven of our families." Liang Kai shouted angrily.

In fact, he was more anxious than Dou Wei.

After the Black Shark pirates attacked Goryeo and forced Goryeo to trade with them.

Their Liang family's merchant ships heading to Goryeo were attacked by the Black Shark pirates.

This is a very dangerous signal for the Liang family.

The King of Yan seemed to have detected the Liang family's small actions behind the scenes and began to target the Liang family's merchant ships at sea.

Now the Black Shark pirates only appear in the waters near Treasure Island.

If they continue to go south, the Liang family's maritime trade will inevitably be more affected.

Considering these, he suspended the plan to attack Yizhou, so as not to anger the Japanese and Portuguese, in order to retain strength and wait for an opportunity to deal with the King of Yan.

"You said it lightly. If your Liang family transports troops to Qizhou and fights with us, we will fight with the King of Yan. Since it is a joint effort of seven families, we can't just let us do the work." Han Zheng was so angry that his face turned red.

"..."

Seeing Han Zheng and the Liang family quarreling, Dou Wei said: "Don't quarrel, aren't we here today to discuss a method that satisfies everyone? Can you quarrel to death with the King of Yan?"

Hearing this, Han Zheng and Liang Kai looked at each other, each snorted, and ignored each other.

Seeing everyone quiet down, Dou Wei narrowed his eyes, and after a long time, he opened his eyes, "Everyone, now is the best time to get rid of the King of Yan. The strength of the Northern Di has been greatly damaged, and the King of Yan must have lost soldiers and generals. If he recovers, it will be more difficult to control him."

Everyone nodded at the same time. This was also their common idea.

While the Northern Di was unable to harass Dasong, of course, they had to solve the internal troubles first.

After destroying the King of Yan, they were thinking of ways to deal with the greatly damaged Northern Di.

Therefore, they were so anxious after the newspaper from Yanzhou arrived in Jinling.

"So on the way here, I have thought of several ways to deal with the King of Yan. First, the Northern Di people must hate the King of Yan after their disastrous defeat. We can contact them and order them to deploy heavy troops in the north of Ningjindusi to tie down some of the King of Yan's troops."

"Second, Minister Liang is not talking about no way out. We must fight on the moral high ground. This Ningjindusi is my Dasong territory. How can we let the King of Yan take it all."

"We can issue an imperial decree to let the King of Yan return to Jinling to visit his relatives and hand over Ningjindusi. If the King of Yan does not return to the capital and does not hand over Ningjindusi, we will announce the punishment of the King of Yan in the name of the court and cut off his trade."

Seeing that Han Zheng was about to argue again, he said: "Don't worry, I won't declare him a traitor immediately. The finances of Yanzhou all rely on trade. As long as trade is cut off for a few months, the King of Yan will definitely not be able to bear it. He is afraid that he will rebel himself. In this way, we can gather the imperial guards and the powerful army in the name of the court and attack him together!"