Become a feudal king from today

"Kill you!" Zhang Kang shouted, stabbing the dagger into his chest. "You...you..." Zhang Qian looked incredulous. "Brother, don't blame me, you are too incompetent. Only I am worthy of being the head of the Zhang family, otherwise the Prince of Yan's Mansion would have been reduced to ashes." Zhang Kang's face was ferocious, and the dagger turned a circle, and Zhang Qian fell down immediately. The butler Zhang Yue, who was waiting on the side, did not react at all. Instead, he bowed and said, "The county governor is unparalleled in the Yan County nobles, and he should have become the head of the Zhang family long ago." Zhang Kang wiped the blood on his hands and nodded slightly, "Dispose of the body, and say that the head of the family died suddenly. From today on, all matters of the Zhang family, big or small, will be handled by me." "Yes, Lord County Governor." The butler turned and left. Glancing at Zhang Qian's body, Zhang Kang looked in the direction of the Prince of Yan's Mansion. He killed Zhang Qian at this time for personal grudges, secondly for Tuoba Lie's order, and thirdly to save the Zhang family. Because only the Zhang family is there, he has the ability to complete the task assigned to him by Tuoba Lie.

And Zhang Qian is greedy and impulsive, and he may do stupid things again.

If the King of Yan was crazy before, it doesn't matter what he does.

But now, after the King of Yan recovered from his illness, all his actions seem to be complicated. In addition, the strength of the palace has increased greatly. If he provokes the Yan Palace again, it will only make the King of Yan wary of the Zhang family.

And it will take at least two months for the Beidi cavalry to come, so he has to ensure the safety of the Zhang family in these two months.

Besides, killing Zhang Qian and controlling the Zhang family is Tuoba Lie's order.

In his opinion, the time has come.

Once Zhang Qian died, he put all the persecution of the Yan Palace on Zhang Qian, pretending to ease relations with the palace and confusing the palace, so that he could delay for a while.

And what he needs is exactly this time, even if the palace doesn't believe him.

When the Beidi army arrives, he will win.

...

"Zhang Qian is dead?"

In the Yan Palace, Zhao Xu was surprised for a long time when he got the news.

"It is absolutely true. Zhang Kang just came to visit me and gave me a list of crimes committed by Zhang Qian in recent years, asking me to present it to Your Highness." Liu Fu handed a piece of paper to Zhao Xu.

"It is simply inexplicable. What do you think?" Zhao Xu was confused by the Zhang family's operation.

The light is off when the person dies. With these crimes in hand, he can't deal with Zhang Qian, a dead man.

Liu Fu sneered, "Your Highness, from your point of view, Zhang Kang is ten times more difficult to deal with than Zhang Qian. Zhang Qian is a hard knife, and everything he does is clear at a glance, while Zhang Kang is a soft knife, and it is hard to defend against."

After a pause, he continued: "In addition, Zhang Kang also expressed his loyalty to Your Highness, meaning that he was also coerced by Zhang Qian a few days ago. He looked like a loyal minister and was very willing to be loyal to Your Highness."

"Interesting." Zhao Xu stroked his chin.

But he is not stupid, his mind is full of knowledge from ancient times to the present.

Yan County, his biggest enemy Zhang family suddenly had such a change, either they were really scared, or there was a bigger conspiracy.

But what was the conspiracy? He couldn't guess.

And the unknown was terrible.

What disgusted him the most was that in this way, the Zhang family turned into a white lotus, and it would be difficult for him to take action.

Suddenly thinking of something, he asked anxiously: "No, Zhang Qian is dead, Zhang Rang should be the head of the Zhang family, how could it be his turn?"

"The subordinate also asked this question, Zhang Kang meant that Zhang Rang was guilty of a heinous crime and was detained in prison, and he was not qualified to inherit the Zhang family." Liu Fu said.

Zhao Xu suddenly realized something, he said: "You go to the government jail immediately and bring Zhang Rang."

Liu Fu understood and hurriedly ran out.

After a cup of tea, he came back with a depressed face and said, "Your Highness, Zhang Rang was hanged in prison. The jailer said he committed suicide out of fear of punishment." Zhao Xu sighed, "It seems that Zhang Qian did not die suddenly due to illness. I'm afraid Zhang Kang did something." "In this case, it is an internal struggle in the Zhang family. However, Zhang Kang is the governor of Yan County. Now he holds the power of the Zhang family and now obeys the king's mansion. It is really hard to sleep with such a person lying next to the king's mansion." Liu Fu was even more worried. It's not that you are afraid of thieves stealing, but that you are afraid of thieves thinking about it. Zhao Xu and Liu Fu have the same idea. Moreover, Zhang Kang hopes that the king's mansion will trust them by taking Zhang Qian as a scapegoat. It's too naive. But how can Zhang Kang be a naive person. What is his plan? Zhao Xu and Liu Fu looked at each other, like a blind man touching an elephant. After thinking for a while, he said, "No matter what Zhang Kang is doing, since he implies that he wants to be loyal to the palace, then you can issue a decree from the palace and see how he reacts?"

"Your Highness is wise, you will understand everything after trying it." Liu Fu smiled sinisterly, "I wonder what decree Your Highness is going to issue?"

"Exempt the people of Yan County from taxes for three years." Zhao Xu said with a sly smile.

Liu Fu gave a thumbs up, "Yan County's taxes are not in the hands of the palace. Exempting taxes will not only win the hearts of the people, but also prevent those corrupt officials from making money."

Zhao Xu continued, "Also, take down the Yan County Armory and send officials from the palace to take charge."

"Yes, Your Highness." Liu Fu took the order and left.

Zhao Xu then called another servant of the palace and called Wang Yanzhong over.

"Have you found out the whereabouts of your wife and children?" Zhao Xu asked.

He was going to cut off the wings of the Zhang family.

Now that something has happened to the Zhang family, it is time to take action and further test.

Wang Yanzhong said, "Your Highness, I have already found out. It is in a courtyard in the west of the city, and there are more than ten people guarding it." "I will ask someone to help you rescue your wife and children." Zhao Xu said.

Wang Yanzhong was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."

Zhao Xu called Zhou Yi again, "We can let those three people enter the wine shop. We can arrest them when they really want to escape from the palace."

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhou Yi responded.

at the same time.

Liu Fu took two officials from the royal government office to the government office.

So far, this is his first time to come to the government office.

Thinking that this government office is originally an agency under the royal family, it should obey the royal family.

Now that the palace could not control it, he felt angry.

And as Wangfu, he was even more angry.

Because logically, he should be the person in charge of the government office.

"Liu Wangfu."

When Liu Fu arrived, Zhang Kang greeted him with a smile on his face.

The wealthy officials following Liu Fu also had smiles on their faces.

Zhang Kang certainly had evil intentions and was just pretending.

But the flattery of wealthy officials is true.

Not to mention the changes in the Zhang family, Zhang Kang changed his mind towards the palace.

Even with the current situation, they no longer dare to despise the palace as before.

"Counter Zhang." Liu Fu called out and took Zhang Kang's arm affectionately.

Zhang Kang knows how to act, and he is even better at acting.

While the officials were stunned, the two entered the government office hand in hand.

It looks like great unity in Yan County.

Entered the government office.

Zhang Kang asked someone to pour tea for Liu Fu. After greetings, he asked: "Xia Guan just visited Wang Fu, and now Wang Fu is here again. It must be because of the king's fate."

Liu Fu nodded and had to say that Zhang Kang was very keen.

He said: "His Royal Highness said that he has been feeling unwell these past few days, so he will probably hold a banquet for the county governor."

"His Highness can think of Xiaguan, and Xiaguan is already bursting with gratitude." Zhang Kang looked flattered.

Liu Fu continued: "Also, there are two decrees brought by His Highness."

Zhang Kang rolled his eyes and thought that this King Yan is really difficult to deal with.

He had just surrendered, and now he came to test him.

But the smile remained on his face, and he listened quietly.

"Your Majesty ordered the county governor to issue a decree today to exempt the people of Yan County from paying taxes for three years." Liu Fulang said.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Kang and all the officials immediately changed their expressions.

"Master Wang, if taxes are exempted, what will happen to the salaries of officials in Yan County?" Zhang Kang asked.

This decree was really a surprise to him, he really didn't expect it.

Because no normal person would issue such a decree.

He now really suspected that King Yan's madness was not cured yet.

"His Royal Highness has said that the salaries of Yan County officials and the salaries of the county soldiers will be distributed by the royal palace from now on." Liu Fu picked up the tea cup and took a sip with a calm expression.

He supported King Yan in doing this.

It's very simple. Officials from wealthy families naturally have no shortage of money.

But there are still many officials from poor families in Yan County.

It is naturally different for these officials to receive their salaries from the palace and from the government offices.

After taking the money, they knew to whom their allegiance should be.

Especially the county soldiers, who are the same as the royal soldiers.

If you take money from the palace, you should do things for the palace.

Therefore, this move is equivalent to abolishing the financial power of the government office and taking it back to the palace.

"If the palace can support Yan County's wealth, I have nothing to say." Zhang Kang smiled.

At this moment, he could not object directly.

To object would mean that his previous gesture was an act.

He had made up his mind to survive until autumn no matter what.

Everything he had lost now, he could get back as long as the Beidi people destroyed Prince Yan's Mansion.

Liu Fu was secretly happy, and he continued: "Also, Your Highness will place the Military Department directly under the jurisdiction of the palace."

Zhang Kang had no objection to this, so he nodded.

Liu Fu was very satisfied.

Zhang Kang obeyed his words.

This time, he truly realized the authority of being Wang Fu.