Become a feudal king from today

"Father, what's wrong with you?"

Before the housekeeper left, he saw Dou Kuang walking over.

Seeing Dou Kuang, Dou Wei was furious. He raised his arms and slapped Dou Kuang.

"Pop!" With a crisp sound, Dou Kuang had five fingerprints on his face and blood oozed from his mouth.

The housekeeper's body trembled. He had never seen Dou Wei treat Dou Kuang so hard.

"Go quickly." Dou Wei said this to the housekeeper.

After bowing and saluting, the butler left quickly.

Dou Kuang covered his face with a look of grievance, "Father, what mistake did the child make? Why did you slap the child?"

"Why? Beating you like this is still mild." Dou Wei was furious, "Not only is Ma Jin alive now, but he also bit our Dou family. Did you know?"

"How is that possible?" Dou Kuang looked in disbelief.

"Ma Yuandu sent the book to the emperor. Ma Jin told us everything about our murder of Ma Xuan. The emperor has murderous intentions towards me today, and it's all because of you, a loser. Why do you think I beat you?" ." Dou Wei gritted his teeth and said.

"Get out, get out of here now and don't let me see you within a month. Because of you, the Ma family was used by me, and now Ma Han is afraid that he will become the enemy of our Dou family." Dou Wei pointed to the door.

Dou Kuang covered his face and defended: "But father, the child did everything based on your words. Dou Han was also responsible for the assassination of Ma Jin and had nothing to do with the child."

"You mean this is all my father's fault, right?" Dou Wei glared at Dou Kuang.

He looked like he would kill him immediately if he retorted again.

Dou Kuang opened his mouth, finally swallowed what he wanted to say, and slowly withdrew.

At this time, the departing housekeeper turned around and came back.

"My lord, the third prince is here. The younger one said that your lord doesn't see visitors, so he insists on barging in." The butler looked troubled.

"Then let him come in." Dou Wei exhaled heavily to calm down his angry expression.

Not long after, Zhao Mu appeared in the main hall.

Seeing Dou Wei's gloomy expression, he said, "What happened? My uncle has to excuse himself because of his illness."

Sighing, Dou Wei told Zhao Mu about the memorial and what Zhao Heng had scolded him for.

"So it turns out that Ma Jin must have secretly hated his uncle for sending someone to kill him, so he deliberately embarrassed his uncle. But why should he worry? How could he listen to a treasonous person?" Zhao Mu said.

"Even so, I'm afraid the emperor believes most of it in his heart." Dou Wei frowned, "If this is the case, I'm afraid I won't be able to serve as prime minister for long."

When Zhao Mu heard this, he suddenly felt worried.

If his father had given the position of prime minister to the Han family or the Xie family because of this incident.

His throne is in danger.

With his brows furrowed, he couldn't help but think about how to solve it.

After pondering for a while, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind and he laughed, "Uncle, you are really a wise man who will make mistakes every time he thinks about it."

"What's the meaning of this?" Dou Wei didn't understand.

Zhao Mu said: "Uncle, think about it, there are four passes in Qinzhou. Now one pass belongs to Xiliang, the other belongs to Ma Han, but there are still two passes in the hands of the Xiao family and the Dou family. What my father is most afraid of is war. Without If the powerful clan sends troops to help, he will definitely make the three families defend the pass. If so, what can he do to you? "

"That's right." When Dou Wei heard this, his eyes suddenly glowed with brilliance. He patted his thigh and said, "Among all the princes, His Highness is the smartest. If this great country is not yours, then who can it be?"

"Uncle, thank you." Zhao Mu handed over his hand and said, "Uncle now only needs to write a letter saying that the Dou family will strictly guard the Wuguan. My father will definitely figure it out. Of course, it is best to let the Xiao family join in this. "

Dou Wei nodded and sighed: "I originally thought that Wuguan would become a burden to the Dou family, but I didn't expect that there would be an advantage. Well, I will send someone to Xiao Mansion right now."

After a pause, he continued: "And His Highness seems to have the opportunity to make military merits. As long as he goes to Wuguan, chops off some heads, and says he is Ma Jin's soldier, this is meritorious service."

Zhao Mu didn't expect this and couldn't help but chuckle.

The more Dou Wei thought about it, the more proud he became.

The only thing that makes him unhappy now is that Xiliang and Beidi may launch an attack on Wuguan.

But when that day comes, he will ask the court to send troops to help.

The Dou family will not suffer this loss by themselves.

Thinking of this, he felt a lot more relaxed. He no longer asked for illness, but sent someone to Xiao's house to ask Xiao Cheng to go to Zhezi with him.

At this moment, behind the pillars in the corridor of the main hall, Dou Kuang covered his burning face and was watching everything.

The laughter coming from the main hall made his heart throb.

Scenes from the past flashed through his mind. His father had treated the Third Prince as if he were his own since he was a child, but he was ignored like a wild dog picked up from outside. This made his hatred deepen day by day.

"Third Prince, you are very good." Dou Kuang muttered.

Clenching his fists tightly, he turned and left.

The next day.

The two people's folds were sent to the palace.

Zhao Heng sneered after reading the two people's memorials.

This was expected that Dou Wei would take advantage of this matter, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

I guess Dou Wei was really frightened by him that day.

However, this memorial only increased his distrust of powerful people.

But since Dou Wei was on the hook, he could only step down and let his Dou family guard Wuguan for the time being.

After his new Forbidden Army is fully trained, he will then find a way to make the Forbidden Army take over.

At the same time, he didn't want to appease Dou Wei immediately.

So after five days, he issued an order to reward Dou Wei and Xiao Cheng with a thousand taels of silver.

But Dou Wei got the will and finally took reassurance.

At the same time, Zhao Heng's imperial edict arrived in Yancheng.

After receiving the imperial edict, Zhao Xu breathed a sigh of relief after reading the above content.

As he expected, Zhao Heng ordered him to help Ma Han defend Qin Pass and not allow Xiliang soldiers and horses to enter the hinterland of Dasong.

Zhao Heng was also positive about his decision to withdraw his troops.

In short, until the court cannot unite as one, the status quo must be maintained and war cannot be started lightly.

At the same time, there is another content in the imperial edict, which mentions that he will make Ma Han the pastor of Sizhou.

In this way, it is equivalent to recognizing Ma Han's status as the head of the Ma family.

"Ma Han, congratulations. It is estimated that an imperial edict will arrive in Sizhou in two days, and you will become the pastor of Sizhou." Zhao Xu said.

When Ma Han heard this, he didn't feel happy at all.

Although Sizhou is the richest among the three states of the Ma family, losing two states is always a huge loss to the Ma family.

He said: "Your Highness, it doesn't matter to me whether you want to be a state shepherd or not. All I want is that your Highness can sell artillery, muskets, armor and weapons to the Ma family. If I can't take back Qinzhou or Yongzhou in this life, I, Ma Han, will die with my eyes closed."

After confirming the fact that Ma Jin had defected to Xiliang, Chang Wei and Ma Han withdrew from Qinzhou.

At the same time, the two also brought many people to Sizhou who did not want to live in the shadow of Xiliang.

After that, Ma Han went to Yancheng and wanted to buy firearms from him.