Chapter 592: Xie Family Thoughts

Jinling.

Imperial Palace.

Jinluan Palace.

Xie Duan stood under the hall, looking at the dragon throne above.

The eldest prince stood beside him, his eyes flickering.

"Uncle, what should we do now?" Zhao Gang sighed, "Father has gone to Yanzhou, what should we do? If it doesn't work, I will go to Yanzhou too? In case the King of Yan deceives Father."

Xie Duan sneered when he heard this, "Are you going to fall into the trap? Don't you know how the imperial edict that established you as the crown prince was obtained?"

Zhao Gang shrank his neck. He had heard from his mother that this imperial edict was forced.

"Brother, you should think of a way. The emperor has now designated Yancheng as the imperial city. It is clear that he does not want to come back, and Yanzhou is the territory of the King of Yan. We must not go there." At this time, Queen Xie walked in from outside the door.

She had just come from the harem. Although Dou Wei and Xiao Cheng, the two bastards, did not burn down the palace, they even scraped off the gold foil on the walls of the palace.

"What should we do? Humph, the King of Yan took advantage of the chaos in Jinling and abducted the emperor. He held the emperor hostage to control the princes with evil intentions. The country cannot be without a king for a day. The eldest prince is the crown prince appointed by the emperor. In times of crisis, he will inherit the throne and rule the world." Xie Duan said.

Originally, he wanted to rescue Zhao Heng, force Zhao Heng to abdicate the throne to the eldest prince, and then find a way to get rid of Zhao Heng.

After that, he took over the royal prefectures and counties as the orthodox of the Dasong royal family.

After completely controlling these prefectures and counties, he would unite with other powerful families to deal with the King of Yan who was too powerful to be eliminated.

But Zhao Heng's trip to Yanzhou disrupted all his plans.

First of all, Zhao Heng's arrival in Yanzhou was equivalent to a complete break with the powerful families.

Yanzhou was the territory of the King of Yan, and the powerful families could not influence it at all.

Zhao Heng was out of the control of the powerful families.

Moreover, Zhao Heng had no foundation in Yanzhou, and he still had to go despite taking such a big risk.

This was equivalent to turning to the King of Yan in an all-round way.

From now on, Zhao Heng's meaning is basically the meaning of the King of Yan.

For this, not only his Xie family, but also other powerful families will absolutely not tolerate it.

This means that in the future, his Xie family will worship the King of Yan, a vassal king who slaughters powerful families and runs completely against the interests of their powerful families.

Although in the past, their Xie family cooperated with the King of Yan.

But that was to gain the support of the King of Yan for the eldest prince, and they had to do it with a pinch of their nose.

In fact, in his heart, he was full of disgust.

Now that Zhao Heng has gone to Yanzhou, their interests are no longer consistent.

Trust, naturally, has disappeared.

Even if the King of Yan continues to say that he supports the eldest prince.

But if the eldest prince goes to Yanzhou to ascend the throne, wouldn't he fall into the hands of the King of Yan and be manipulated by him.

So, after thinking about it, he thought that there was only one way to go.

That is to let the eldest prince ascend the throne in Jinling immediately.

Let the eldest prince raise the banner of royal orthodoxy first and take over the royal prefectures and counties.

In short, the King of Yan cannot be allowed to hold the imperial edict and occupy the moral high ground of Dasong.

Furthermore, Zhao Heng's escape to Yanzhou was equivalent to declaring war on the powerful families.

He forced Zhao Heng to decide on the position of crown prince when he was in danger, and there was no room for maneuver between them.

At present, Dou Wei established the Southern Liang Dynasty in Xiangcheng.

His Xie family simply tore their faces apart.

However, the threat of the King of Yan was real.

He was also a little worried.

Although the powerful families parted unhappily because of the dirty things Dou Wei did.

But he felt that after the eldest prince ascended the throne, he should send people to find other powerful families to discuss a strategy to deal with the King of Yan together.

Each family was independent and fought each other, but in the face of a common threat, they also needed to cooperate.

But even if they cooperated, he sent the Dou family out.

Dou Wei looted Jinling City, and he hated it to death now.

"Brother is right, let's do it. The emperor is so cruel that he left us mother and son to Yanzhou. Why should we care about him? Just treat him as dead." Queen Xie said.

In her heart, her son's throne is much more important than Zhao Heng.

Zhao Gang doesn't care about Zhao Heng's life or death. He is already 32 years old.

He has long hoped that Zhao Heng will die and he can become the emperor.

Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Thank you, uncle."

Xie nodded, "There is no time to lose. I will arrange the coronation ceremony for Gang'er in the next few days to avoid more trouble."

In fact, in his heart, he hopes that the Xie family will be independent like the Dou family.

But the royal prefectures and counties and the remaining imperial guards are more attractive.

At present, the Dou family and the Xiao family are allied, and the Wang family and the Han family are as close as a family.

Only his Xie family is alone, but if he successfully takes over the royal territory.

The territory controlled by his Xie family will be the largest among the seven families.

In addition, the world's grain comes from the Xie family. He has grain and soldiers. What is there to be afraid of?

And this is the reason why he is eager to let the eldest prince ascend the throne.

…

Xiangcheng.

Dou Wei and Zhao Mu, not Dou Mu, are discussing the construction of the palace in the city.

Although he ascended the throne and became the emperor of Southern Liang.

But at present, there is no residence that suits his status.

However, he doesn't care about these, but his father Dou Wei is very persistent about this.

"Father, it is better to save these silvers to recruit soldiers. My ambition is to unify the world, not this." Dou Mu said.

Now that his wish has been fulfilled, he has endless ambitions in his heart.

"The wealth brought from Jinling is enough to build a palace for you. You are now the king of a country, and you need a palace that matches your status. The imperial carriage is the royal majesty and cannot be saved. It will not affect your domination of the world." Dou Wei smiled.

As the two were talking, a cavalryman from the Dou family rode up on horseback.

The cavalryman stopped in front of Dou Wei and wanted to salute Dou Wei.

But Dou Wei glared at the cavalryman, who understood and turned to Dou Mu, saying, "Your Majesty, there is news from Wuguan that envoys from the Northern Di have arrived. They said they would come to Xiangcheng to congratulate the establishment of the Southern Liang."

"The Northern Di people." Dou Mu subconsciously looked to the north and exchanged glances with Dou Wei. He said, "You should go to Wuguan immediately and lead the Northern Di envoys to meet you."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The cavalryman responded yes.

Dou Wei said at this time, "The Northern Di people must have come here to make an appointment with my Southern Liang to jointly resist the King of Yan. Your Majesty should take advantage of this opportunity to cooperate with the Northern Di people, so that the border market can continue to bring profits to the Dou family, and can also cooperate with the Northern Di people from north to south to contain the King of Yan."

Dou Mu nodded. After the establishment of the Southern Liang, he had to think about the next layout.

In his opinion, the Southern Liang had just been established, so it was not appropriate to attack the city immediately.

This will cause hostility from other clans.

We need to wait for the movements of other clans.

"Also, there is news from Yanzhou that Zhao Heng went to Yanzhou and is now in Yancheng." The cavalry said again.

Dou Mu and Dou Wei's faces darkened at the same time.

Dou Wei said: "Zhao Heng went to Yanzhou, and the King of Yan is even more powerful. Now he must regard himself as the royal orthodoxy, but let's not worry about it. The most nervous ones now should be the Han family, the Wang family and the Xie family. We can just watch."

"But if the King of Yan is defeated one by one, I am afraid that my Nanliang will be alone in the end." Dou Mu said worriedly.

"Haha, the emperor is overthinking. Now the clans are afraid that they still have grudges against my Dou family. Let them suffer first, so that they will remember the good things of my Dou family." Dou Wei looked confident.

Dou Mu nodded after hearing this.