Become a feudal king from today

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When the imperial edict arrived in Yancheng, Zhao Xu's memorial also arrived in Zhao Heng's hands.

After reading the memorial, he did not make a fuss, and did not even tell Liang Cheng.

The next day.

The officials attended the court in the morning, and the ministers found that the emperor who had not attended the court for several days had come.

The ministers looked at each other, waiting for Zhao Heng to speak.

They knew that every time the emperor attended the court, there must be something big.

At this time, Zhao Heng, who was sitting on the dragon chair, had a strange smile of avenger on his face.

For him, the news of the King of Yan made him particularly refreshed, even comparable to the recovery of Jinzhou.

Ma Chong became the new head of the Ma family, and the court formed a trend of the Dou family, the Xiao family, the Ma family, the Han family, the Wang family, and the Liang family.

At the same time, they jointly prevented him from letting the deposed prince return to the East Palace.

In the more than two months that the King of Yan was fighting, the court was actually not calm.

After the King of Yan expressed his support for his elder brother Zhao Gang, he and Queen Xie thought about re-establishing Zhao Gang as the prince.

However, as soon as he asked Mi Yan to propose it, he was immediately fiercely opposed by Dou Wei.

Because of the support of the Prince of Yan, he did not give in easily this time and insisted on letting Zhao Gang return to the East Palace.

But the next day, Dou Wei used the same trick again and pretended to be sick.

At the same time, a large number of officials from powerful families in Beijing reported illness.

Due to the recommendation system of Dasong, officials in the court were either from powerful families or from powerful families.

This caused the government affairs of the entire capital to be paralyzed.

But even so, he did not give in and dismissed a large number of officials who pretended to be sick.

But after he did so, the situation became more serious.

Local powerful officials who were vassal families also began to report illness.

Seeing that this continued, the law, taxes, and the army would have big problems.

He had to put the matter of establishing a prince aside again.

However, despite the compromise, he still couldn't forget the smug look in Dou Wei's eyes when he returned to the court.

During this period, he had been looking for an opportunity to deal with Dou Wei.

Now, the Prince of Yan provided him with an opportunity.

Among the eight powerful families, the Ma family guards the northwestern border and has always played a very important role in Dasong.

If the Ma family can be prevented from colluding with the Dou family, it will severely hit Dou Wei's arrogance in the court.

After the civil and military ministers were divided into two sides, he cleared his throat and said, "My dear ministers, I have a happy event to share with you today."

Hearing this, Dou Wei looked at Han Zheng and others, feeling vaguely uneasy.

For them, Zhao Heng's good news was naturally bad news for them.

"I wonder what news it is? It makes the emperor so happy." Although he was uncomfortable, as the prime minister, Dou Wei still took over Zhao Heng's words.

Zhao Heng looked at Dou Wei and raised the memorial in his hand at this time, "The King of Yan sent a memorial to tell me that Ma Xuan, the eldest son of Ma Han, the governor, is still alive."

"What!"

As soon as Zhao Heng finished speaking, the court was boiling.

Especially Ma Yuan, in two days, he will go to Jinzhou to take up his post.

This news was simply a bombshell for him.

Dou Wei's hand trembled, and the court card he was holding almost fell to the ground.

The third prince Zhao Mu was even paler.

Zhao Heng was very satisfied with Dou Wei's panic. He hadn't seen Dou Wei lose his composure like this for a long time.

"Your Majesty, is this true?" Ma Yuan's lips trembled, and his eyes were fixed on the memorial in Zhao Heng's hand.

Zhao Heng ordered Liang Cheng to hand the memorial to Ma Yuan, and said at the same time: "How could the memorial submitted by the King of Yan himself be false? Now Ma Han is in Yancheng."

Ma Yuan read it and knew what happened to Ma Han after he was assassinated.

The shock on his face gradually turned into a wild laugh, "Hahaha, God will not destroy my Ma family."

Dou Wei forced a smile, and he said: "This matter is indeed worthy of congratulations, but..."

At this point, he hesitated.

"But what?" Zhao Heng narrowed his eyes, wanting to see what Dou Wei had to say.

"But Your Majesty, this is the family affair of the Ma family. Now Ma Chong is highly regarded by the elders of the Ma family and is the recognized head of the family. Even if Ma Han is alive, it seems that he should not be changed, otherwise it will easily cause civil strife in the Ma family and lead to instability in the northwest border." Dou Wei said.

Ma Yuan sneered again and again, and said: "Humph, who said that the Ma family recognized Ma Chong? The elders of the Ma family just don't know that Ma Han is still alive. Once he returns to the Ma family, there is no reason for Ma Chong to take the position of head of the family."

Dou Wei looked at Ma Yuan, "I just said that. Whether Ma Han can go back or not, and whether he can inherit the position of head of the family after returning, it is ultimately up to you Ma family to decide."

Zhao Heng snorted softly.

He understood what Dou Wei meant.

The royal family has always not interfered in the internal affairs of the powerful families.

The powerful families also do not interfere in the internal affairs of the powerful families.

What he meant was to let the Ma family solve this matter themselves.

Instead of him, the emperor, appointing Ma Han as the head of the Ma family.

"That's right, Your Majesty. I will leave for Yancheng in the next two days to take over Jinzhou, and then bring Ma Han back to the Ma family to correct the position of the head of the Ma family. I want to see who in the Ma family objects!" Ma Yuan glanced at Dou Wei.

It was rumored that Ma Han was dead before, so he naturally had no reason to stop Ma Chong.

But now Ma Han is still alive, even if he risks his life, he can't let Ma Chong continue to sit in the position of the head of the family.

Zhao Heng nodded. There was another reason why he only showed this memorial to Ma Yuan and not to others.

That is, the King of Yan proposed to lend troops to Ma Han when necessary to regain the position of the head of the Ma family.

He agreed with this in his heart.

It was not convenient for him to send out the imperial guards to intervene, but the Prince of Yan had a good personal relationship with Ma Han, so it was feasible to borrow some "guards".

The rest could only depend on the game between Ma Han and Ma Chong.

Dou Wei glanced at Ma Yuan, then at Zhao Heng, with a hint of worry in his eyes.