"Prince Su? But that Prince Su of Daliang, Zhao Hongrun?"
Prince Yuanyang Zhao Chengxiu narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice.
How could those guards know the grudges between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness King Su? Hearing this, they affirmed: "It was King Su Hongrun who defeated the Chu army a while ago! ... Your Highness, why don't you wake up the prince?"
"..." Zhao Chengxiu squinted his eyes and touched his chin, and said in a strange tone: "Just go back."
When the guard captain saw the expression of His Royal Highness, his face showed a bit of shock, and he lowered his voice and reminded: "Your Highness, that is Prince Su..."
Hearing this, Zhao Chengxiu glanced at the guard captain coldly and said calmly: "Is it possible that my prince still wants you to teach me how to do things?!"
After hearing this, the guard captain broke out in cold sweat on his forehead. He quickly knocked on the ground and said, "I don't dare to do this because of my humble position!"
"Get down!"
"……yes."
Taking several guards with him, the captain left with a hesitant look on his face.
Looking at the group of people leaving, Zhao Chengxiu had a look of revenge on his face, and murmured: "I was in Daliang back then, but now, I am in Yuanyang... Huh, take care of me outside the city.
Come on, Zhao Hongrun!"
After saying that, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a maid from the palace walking past. Her charming face made Zhao Chengxiu's eyes brighten.
"Who is that, come here."
The maid stopped and pointed at herself in confusion.
Seeing this, Zhao Chengxiu said with a smile: "Yes, it's you, come to this prince."
"Yes." The maid showed no reluctance. She walked up to Zhao Chengxiu with a shy look on her face, sat on his lap according to his wishes, and allowed him to be frivolous with a shy face.
"Your Highness seems to be in a good mood today?"
"Hey hey hey!" Zhao Chengxiu laughed strangely twice, and stretched out his right hand unscrupulously from the maid's clothes in his arms, kneading the two firm and soft parts on her chest wantonly, but in his mind, he was fantasizing about Zhao Hongrun
The scene of waiting outside the city with a sullen face. Hehehe laughed out loud.
Just as Zhao Chengxiu guessed, Zhao Hongrun's carriage was currently stationed outside the main city of the country.
In order to show his sincerity, Zhao Hongrun even stepped out of the carriage and stood at the foot of the city.
After all, if he wants to come, if Yuanyang King Zhao Wenkai learns that he is coming to visit, he will most likely go out of the city to greet him personally. After all, Zhao Hongrun thinks that his name as King Su is still effective near Daliang.
When the time comes, he deigns to stand outside the city, waiting for the arrival of Yuanyang King Zhao Wenkai. This can fully demonstrate his sincerity and make subsequent negotiations smoother.
Unfortunately, Zhao Hongrun didn't know that Prince Yuanyang Zhao Wenkai had always had the habit of taking a nap. Furthermore, because of the relationship between Prince Yuanyang's eldest son Zhao Chengxiu, the guards could not truly tell the news that Prince Su was visiting.
Conveyed to Yuanyang King Zhao Wenkai.
Otherwise, Zhao Hongrun would not wait foolishly outside the city again.
While waiting, Zhao Hongrun passed the time by looking at the main city in front of him and calculating its area.
According to his visual inspection when he arrived, the country's main city is about one mile east to west, north to south, and roughly estimated to be about 3,780 acres. Although this area is only about half of Yuanyang County, it is undeniable.
It is larger than Zhao Hongrun's ten Prince Su palaces.
It has to be said that the taxes of the people in Yuanyang alone are not enough to maintain this main city.
The fact is that this Yuanyang King family is actually one of the great nobles that Zhao Hongrun said at the time controlled the profitable business in the Wei Dynasty.
The Yuanyang King's lineage has merchants and caravans under their own names. The taxes paid by the local people are actually just a symbolic meaning, which is better than nothing.
Of course, speaking of it, the lineage of King Yuanyang is not an ordinary lineage with the Ji surname.
You must know that in the Wei Dynasty, not all the blood of the Zhao family with the surname Ji enjoys the title of feudal state. At least in recent decades. Even in the past hundred years, the emperors of the Wei Dynasty have never really rewarded a clan member with the surname Ji.
After all, land, like this kind of feudal country, is permanent. Once it is sealed off, there is no way for the country to take it back unless the people of this branch of the Ji family cut off their bloodline.
Therefore, both the emperors of the Wei dynasty and the imperial court were very cautious about this kind of thing and would never easily reward the Ji clan with land. Even if the other party made any contribution, they would only be rewarded with gold and silver treasures at most.
But in this case, where did Yuanyang King Zhao Wenkai get his feudal kingdom?
The answer is, inheritance!
I believe that many people are wondering why the feudal kingdom of Yuanyang King Zhao Wenkai is so close to Daliang. Is it because of the special status of this Ji clan member?
In fact, this statement is wrong. It is not that Yuanyang Kingdom is close to Daliang, but that Daliang is close to Yuanyang Kingdom.
To put it bluntly, Yuanyang Kingdom came first, and Daliang came later.
Daliang, why is it called Daliang, not Wei, Dazhao or something else?
In fact, the reason is very simple, because the land of Daliang was the territory of the Liang Kingdom in ancient times. The people of the Ji family named Zhao came out from Longxi and captured this land, and then built their capital on this land, which was called Liang at that time.
On the land of the earth, therefore, this royal capital is called Daliang.
For example, if one day, the next King of Wei or the next King of Wei feels that the location of Daliang is not good and plans to move the capital to the current Song Dynasty, then the future capital of the Wei Dynasty will follow the current layout of the Song Dynasty.
The names of those cities.
Yes, although the Liang people, Zheng people and other people have already integrated into the Wei people, to be precise, the Zhao family with Ji's surname is an outsider in this land. The source of the Wei people is in the desolate land of Longxi.
The lineage of King Yuanyang is said to be the descendants of a tribesman named Ji who contributed the most when the Wei people conquered the Liang Kingdom. In order to commend the meritorious service of this tribesman named Ji, the King of Wei at that time divided a large area of land near Yuanyang.
For the other party, he was crowned king and used to inspire the rest of the Ji clan.
As the Wei people gradually captured Liang and Zheng, the original old royal capital was beyond the reach of the land they occupied. Therefore, successive Wei kings successively moved the royal capital from Longxi to the east, and finally established the royal capital in
Daliang is a land with abundant water resources and convenient water transportation.
Therefore, it is said that Yuanyang Kingdom came first, and Daliang, the capital of Wei Dynasty, came later.
If it weren't for this, no country would normally set up a feudal state so close to the royal capital.
"It's strange, why doesn't King Yuanyang come out yet?"
Just as Zhao Hongrun was sizing up the main city of Yuanyang Kingdom in front of him, Zongwei Shen Yu beside him murmured in confusion.
You know, they have been waiting outside the city for about half an hour. This time is enough for Daliang, which is many times larger than the city, to pass the news from the city gate to the palace.
…
Zhao Hongrun was silent when he heard this.
He originally thought that Yuanyang King Zhao Wenkai would immediately go out of the city to greet him after hearing the news that he came to visit, but now it seems that he seems to be overthinking it.
But despite this, he had no idea of going back to the carriage, because in his opinion it was too stupid.
"Go and urge."
After thinking for a moment, Zhao Hongrun said lightly.
"yes."
Shen Yu nodded, walked towards the guard captain with whom he had just negotiated, hugged his fists and said hello: "Brother, did you really tell your prince the news of my royal highness's visit just now?"
The guard captain secretly complained in his heart, because only a few of them knew that this news was not conveyed to King Yuanyang, but was intercepted by their eldest son, His Royal Highness Zhao Chengxiu.
The problem is, how dare he tell Shen Yu about this?
After thinking about it, he smiled reluctantly and said, "How about I go take a look again?"
Shen Yu was stunned for a moment. Without thinking much, he politely clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, brother." As he said that, he took out a few small silver ingots from his arms and secretly stuffed them into the opponent's hands.
This money is very hot to hold...
The captain of the guard sighed secretly, but he did not dare to refuse to avoid arousing Shen Yu's suspicion, so he pretended to refuse and accepted it.
At this moment, he could only place his hope on His Royal Highness, Zhao Chengxiu.
He took the two guards back to the city and returned to Prince Yuanyang's Mansion.
In the front hall of the original palace, the captain of the guard saw the eldest son of his family hugging a maid and laughing and amused.
"Your Highness."
The captain of the guard hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
Perhaps because he was interrupted from having fun with his maid, the Crown Prince of Yuanyang, Zhao Chengxiu, turned his head with a look of displeasure and caught sight of the guard captain.
He looked at the guard captain with a half-smile but asked, "How long have Zhao Hongrun been waiting outside the city?"
"It's been more than half an hour, Your Highness." As he said that, the guard captain raised his head and cautiously added, "According to what I have seen, King Su and several of the guards around him are already a little impatient. .”
"Go back if you're impatient." Zhao Chengxiu pinched the face of the beautiful maid in his arms and said calmly: "Go back and tell him that my father is taking a nap and I don't have time to see him."
When the guard captain heard this, his face turned pale with fright, and he thought to himself, if I really said that, those guards who didn't seem to have a very good temper would have drawn their swords and chopped me off on the spot?
It's no wonder, after all, in order to appease Zhao Hongrun and others, the guard commander falsely claimed that King Yuanyang had learned about the matter. Now if he really replies to Zhao Hongrun and others according to what Zhao Chengxiu said, wouldn't it mean that he is playing tricks on King Su? ?
"Your Highness, isn't this bad? I think it's better to inform the prince. If Prince Su really comes here for something important, wouldn't it be a mistake?"
"..." Upon hearing this, Zhao Chengxiu glanced at the guard captain and asked coldly: "Are you taking advantage of me?"
Hearing this, the captain of the guard couldn't help but sweat broke out on his forehead again. He didn't dare to hide it and quickly took out a few small ingots of silver given by Shen Yu from his arms.
"Hmph!" When Zhao Chengxiu saw the money, he was even more angry: It would be fine if Zhao Hongrun didn't know how to be a human being, but he knew how to be a human being, but he refused to give them the huge sum of money he got from Chu State last time.
So much so that he, Zhao Chengxiu, lost face in front of his brothers and cousins. A group of people went all the way to Daliang in vain, but in the end they didn't get even a hair.
He became more and more angry and made up his mind to ignore it.
Suddenly, something moved in his heart.
It's strange, I left Zhao Hongrun alone for more than half an hour, but he didn't leave angrily... It seemed like he wanted something.
Rolling his eyes, Zhao Chengxiu showed a strange smile on his face.
"There is no need to inform my father about this matter. You can bring Zhao Hongrun in, and I will come to meet him!" (To be continued.)