Become a feudal king from today

"Liu Fu, take my king's decree and invite the wealthy families from Yan County. Read М"

Zhao Xu returned to his dormitory, and Feng'er and Luan'er brought pens, ink, paper and inkstones.

As the saying goes, what you take in advance must be given first.

At the moment, his fists are not as powerful as those of the wealthy people in Yan County, so it is impossible to bear them with force.

After all, in this chaotic frontier place, they have a hundred ways to kill themselves.

So on the surface, we need to pretend to have a good relationship with them and paralyze them.

Of course, his most important purpose was to take out the wealth Yan County had looted from their pockets.

At the same time, this is also a kind of test. He wants to see how the different wealthy families in Yan County treat him, so as to win over the differences.

Although he is hot-blooded, he is not reckless. As the great man said, he must have many friends to deal with the real enemy.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Liu Fu was waiting nearby.

After Zhao Xu finished writing, Feng'er went to the gatekeeper in the front yard to get the seal of King Yan that had been occupied by Zhang Han, and stamped it on the handwriting.

After taking the oracle, Liu Fu turned to leave.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of fighting outside the palace.

Zhao Xu felt nervous. As soon as Zhang Han was imprisoned, someone knocked on his door. Someone in the house must have colluded with others to spread the news.

Wanting to take control of him while he is still on a weak footing.

After all, the world knows that he is a mad king. As long as he is imprisoned again, even if he is not crazy, he can continue to be declared crazy to the outside world.

"Your Highness..."

Luan'er was timid and was instinctively afraid when encountering such a thing. She couldn't help but put her hand on Zhao Xu's arm, while Feng'er pinched his waist and raised his eyebrows.

"You stay here, I will come as soon as I go." Zhao Xu was furious.

The land he steps on is his own land, and the beauty beside him is his.

Since he came to this world, he must protect everything!

Clench your fists.

He ordered Liu Fu and more than ten servants to take their swords and follow him out.

He had no choice but to move forward.

Arrive at the main entrance of the palace.

At this time, a group of servants in black were seen fighting with the palace guards with swords. There were more than ten servants in black and some guards lying on the ground.

"Whose slaves are you? You are so brave, you dare to break into the palace without permission." A tall general wearing brown armor shouted.

"We are here in the name of Prince Zhang Fu. Someone in the palace is plotting against Prince Yan. We are here to rescue him. If you are wise, get out of the way, otherwise we will punish you with treason." The leading servant shouted.

"Fuck you, I'm guarding the palace, how come I didn't know about this!" The general yelled, "I think you want to rebel!"

"They just want to rebel! Zhang Han rebelled and was captured by me. If you don't retreat, you will be executed for committing rebellion!" Zhao Xu stepped forward.

"King Yan!"

The general turned around and saw Zhao Xu, and was shocked. The servants were also stunned.

"Walk!"

King Yan appeared, their plan was revealed, and the servants in black immediately fled.

The guards were about to give chase, but were stopped by the general.

There were not many guards on duty in front of the palace, and more than ten people were injured. If they chased them at this time, they would be afraid of falling into a trap to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

"Chang Wei."

Zhao Xu found this person's information in his memory.

This person was the guard commander chosen by Emperor Zhao Heng from the Imperial Guard, and was responsible for controlling the one hundred guards in the palace.

From the fact that Feng'er used Chang Wei to threaten him when he was bullied by Zhang Han, it can be seen that this person and Zhang Han are not the same people, which makes him a little lucky.

It was after thinking about this that he decided to take bold action.

"The last general Chang Wei, please see your highness." At this time, the general came to Zhao Xu and hugged his fist heavily.

The armor clanked on metal.

"No gift."

Zhao Xu's eyes were still on the fleeing servant.

At first glance, these people are the servants kept by wealthy families.

He couldn't imagine that these wealthy families in Yan County were so rampant that they dared to collude with the royal family to deal with him.

"I just heard that His Highness has recovered from his madness, and now it seems to be true." After Chang Wei saluted, he looked Zhao Xu up and down and spoke lightly.

According to regulations, guards are not allowed to enter the palace without orders.

So he couldn't enter the palace to congratulate him.

"Indeed." Zhao Xu frowned.

The guard commander's expression was very cold. He was not as happy as Feng'er and Luan'er.

However, from the capital all the way to Yan County, he had no interaction with the guard commander.

Zhang Han communicated with him about everything.

"Congratulations to Your Highness. It's a happy event that His Highness has recovered. It's even better that a treacherous villain like Zhang Han has been captured. In that case, can Your Highness make up for my three-month salary?" Chang Wei clasped his fists, "Right now, the soldiers have to eat They are too hungry to hold a sword, otherwise how could these thieves hurt them?"

This was not the time to mention such a thing, but he couldn't help it.

It didn't matter to him whether Zhao Xu was crazy or stupid. He just didn't want to see his brothers go hungry to protect Prince Yan's Mansion.

His temperament has always been like this, outspoken and explosive, and he has always been disliked by his superiors in the Guards.

That's why he was plotted, recommended to the emperor, and sent to King Yan.

Coming to Yan County was not what he wanted.

But now that he is here, he can only accept his fate, thinking that he can fight against Beidi and show his ambition as a man.

What he didn't expect was that after arriving in the fiefdom, not to mention fighting the Beidi people, he and his guards did not have a penny of salary for three months in a row.

They all came with their whole family.

Nowadays, every family has trouble opening the pot.

In the past, when he asked Zhang Han about his salary, Zhang Han teased him, both in words and in words, to make him obey him.

He naturally refused, and since then, Zhang Han has been evading it.

Now that he saw Zhao Xu and the guards were injured a lot, he couldn't hold back his bad temper.

"Salary?"

Zhao Xu then remembered that there was no record of salary payments to these guards in the account books at all in the past three months.

This money seemed to have been swallowed by Zhang Han.

"To be honest, your salary has been embezzled by Zhang Han, and there is no money in the palace's account." Zhao Xu sighed.

When Chang Wei and the guards heard this, they immediately felt like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

They were already angry because they were owed wages.

Now they were injured again in order to protect the palace. King Yan said that the palace had no money, which made their hearts completely cold.

"We are risking our lives to protect His Highness. Your Highness is really a tough guy."

"No money? Liar!"

"It's not like this is a bad job."

"..."

The guards were excited, and Chang Wei became even more angry.

He heard and saw in the imperial army that the generals in the court were embezzling and cheating, and depriving the soldiers of their pay.

In my heart, I no longer have a good impression of the powerful people in Dasong.

Instinctively, he thought that Zhao Xu was no different from them and just wanted to deduct their military pay, so he said sharply:

"Your Highness, please don't be joking. The royal family has such a huge property that it can't even pay our salary. Is your Highness like Zhang Han, but he is reluctant to part with money?"

Zhao Xu secretly thought something was wrong.

As the saying goes, a soldier must pay for his food, and there are many instances in history where military pay arrears led to mutinies.

If the guards rebelled, he would lose his only power.

Therefore, he must stabilize the guards now.

"That's absolutely not the case. You give me three days. Even if I sell the palace, I will still give you a salary." Zhao Xu said firmly.

When interrogating the old accountant.

The old accountant said that Zhang Han smuggled the stolen money back to the capital a few days ago.

Therefore, now the palace really only has a few dozen taels of silver, and there is no way to make a salary.

And these dozens of taels of silver will be used for his planning.

The only hope now is that his plan can succeed.

"I will wait for another three days." Chang Wei clasped his fists, "Your Highness, the soldiers are not greedy for money. Today, they risked their lives to protect Your Highness. I hope Your Highness will not let me wait."

Zhao Xu looked at the guard groaning on the ground, feeling guilty.

Even though they were owed wages, these guards worked so hard. All of them were upright men.

"I will keep my word." Zhao Xu looked solemn. He was definitely not deceiving Chang Wei.

To gain the respect of these guards, he must look like King Yan.

Chang Wei nodded and asked the guards to disperse.

Zhao Xu glanced at Liu Fu at this time.

Liu Fu understood and went to invite the wealthy people of Yan County with his handwriting. He first went to the Zhang family's house in Yan County.

…

"Has King Yan been cured of his madness?"

In the Zhang family garden, three middle-aged men were drinking tea and talking and laughing.

After Liu Fu announced his intention, the man sitting in the main seat showed a look of pretended surprise.

He is Zhang Qian, the head of the Zhang family, the largest wealthy family in Yan County.

"Please tell your highness that I am not feeling well and I'm afraid I won't be able to go there in person. I will send a servant from the mansion to visit you in the afternoon." Zhang Qian gently blew the hot water in the tea cup.

The smile on Liu Fu's face solidified and then expanded.

He had expected this before coming.

There are rumors even among the people that the wealthy families of Yan County despise Prince Yan's palace.

For more than 200 years since the founding of Dasong, Yan County has always been dominated by the wealthy families of Yan County. The wealthy families control the affairs of the county here.

Now, suddenly a King of Yan comes to dominate them and take away their power. Naturally, they are not happy.

Moreover, now that Yanzhou is in chaos, the people have to rely on the wealthy families attached to Yan County to resist the aggression from the Beidi people, which intensifies the weakening of the royal authority.

"I will tell His Highness the truth." Liu Fu said nothing more and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute, let's just say that the Huang family and the Du family can't go. Someone will go." The other two middle-aged men showed a teasing smile.

Liu Fu snorted in his heart and left directly.

He knew that the Zhang family, the Du family and the Huang family in Yan County were related to each other by marriage, so they were like the same family.

"Haha, King Yan thinks he can order me to wait after he recovers? What a joke." After Liu Fu left, Zhang Qian sneered.

Huang Yu, the head of the Huang family, echoed, "That is, his mother's family is from a humble family and has no power. When he is not crazy, he is not favored by the emperor. It is said that in the palace, because his mother's family is of low origin, he is often bullied by other princes. , and even got into the crotches of other princes, hahaha..."

"It's really ridiculous. He is probably the most despicable prince since the founding of Dasong." Du Ming, the head of the Du family, had contempt all over his face.

"Hmph, so at least you have to be self-aware. Nowadays, there is no official in Yan County who does not come from our family. He should be the one who comes to visit us. Otherwise, he will never want to stay in Yan County."

"Hahaha, it's true. Besides, the Sixth Prince has already greeted us, so what if we bully him? If something happens, the Sixth Prince will support us."

"It's just that this madness healed on its own. What does he have to do with us?"

"It must be about the property. That Zhang Han sold all the property in the palace to us. I'm afraid the palace will have trouble uncovering the pot, hahaha..." Zhang Qian laughed.

Huang Yu and Du Ming laughed together.

"We are doing a fair deal and we haven't broken any laws. He can't do anything to us. If he really doesn't know what to do, we can spend money to find some desperadoes and kill him."

"Oh, by the way, our people have withdrawn. That Chang Wei is really good at fighting. He missed the opportunity, otherwise King Yan will be imprisoned until death."

…

I ran all morning.

At noon, Liu Fu returned to the palace angrily.

Tell Zhao Xu everything about the situation.

After Liu Fu left, Zhao Xu went to the concierge.

This is where Zhang Han handles government affairs.

Here he read a lot of official documents and had a basic understanding of the palace and Yan County.

"Your Highness, these wealthy people in Yan County are so abominable." Liu Fu complained.

He was a poor scholar, and his mother was seriously ill and had no money to treat her, so he sold himself to the palace to exchange a few taels of silver to buy medicine.

Because he is well aware of the suffering of the people, he has no good impression of the wealthy family.

This trip made him really angry.

"Sit down and take a rest, you're sweating profusely." Zhao Xu's expression remained as usual.

Liu Fu felt warm in his heart, but he did not sit down. He was flattered by Zhao Xu being so friendly.

After all, he was always yelled at in the palace before.

"This is why I asked you to invite the rich families of Yan County, to roughly find out who are the enemies and who can be won over." Zhao Xu said while closing the household registration book of Yan County.

He knew very well that the royal family was now weak, while the wealthy families in Yan County were powerful.

He deeply hated the wealthy people in Yan County for bullying him, but now he had no power to deal with them, so he could only try to deal with them slowly.

So as the great man said, we must unite all the forces that can be united to deal with the real enemy.

It is right to rely on the people of Yan County, but it is also necessary to win over the available ones among the wealthy families to strengthen their own bargaining chips.

Liu Fu had read books and was a smart person, so he understood it instantly.

The wealthy families in Yan County cannot be monolithic. Dogs bite dogs for profit. After all, where there are people, there are conflicts.

Those who have the upper hand among the wealthy families will naturally look down upon the palace, while those who are at a disadvantage will naturally want to use the palace to suppress their opponents.

In this way, the palace can win over some wealthy families to fight against other wealthy families.

Thinking of this, Liu Fu showed an expression of admiration.

Not only did King Yan recover from his madness, he now also showed the resourcefulness that a prince should have.

He admitted that knocking out the servant was a gamble, but obviously, he was right.

King Yan is not a stupid person.