I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 362: The Power of King Han
After raising pigs for twenty years, Liu Wan was so happy that she could not express it in words.

"Son, which daughter do you like? I will go to the government to arrange a marriage for you."

Seeing that his mother was about to stand up excitedly to find Zhao Heng, Zhao Wei pushed her back to her seat.

"Mom, don't be too quick to be happy. You may not like the girl I like."

Liu Wan was startled, then assured: "Impossible, as long as it's a girl you like, mother will definitely like it too."

Zhao Wei certainly didn't believe this. Zhao Pan'er was once a musician. With such an identity, it would be impossible for her mother to like her.

Zhao Wei sighed silently, turned his head and looked at Concubine Yang Shu, Concubine Cao Xian, and Concubine Li Chen, and smiled: "Three concubines, it's getting late now."

The three of them understood immediately.

Although they were very curious about the woman Zhao Wei liked, they still said goodbye and left tactfully.

After the three of them left, Zhao Wei said, "Mom, I like a commoner girl."

"Commoner girl?" Liu Wan frowned slightly, then smiled and said, "It's okay, as long as you like it. You are not young anymore, get married soon and give me a big fat grandson soon."

With the power her son has now won over, he no longer needs to rely on in-laws to strengthen his strength. Although she wants her son to find a daughter-in-law whose family has power, there is no way because her son does not like women from aristocratic families.

Zhao Wei observed his mother's expression and then dropped a bombshell.

"She was once a prostitute."

"what?"

Liu Wan was shocked and stood up suddenly, and Zhao Wei couldn't hold her down.

She stared at Zhao Wei, as if trying to tell from his expression that this was just a joke.

But the fact was, her son actually fell in love with a woman from the entertainment industry.

"no!"

Zhao Wei knew this would happen, and said with a flattering smile: "Mom, she used to be..."

Liu Wan interrupted him angrily as he just started talking: "If I say no, then it's no. I don't agree."

She was once a girl from the entertainment industry, so she naturally knew what it was like to be a girl from the entertainment industry. To put it nicely, she was called a girl from the entertainment industry, but in fact, she was a girl from the low class. On the surface, she seemed to be in a good position, but in fact, even ordinary people looked down upon her.

Her son is a prince, how can he marry a woman of low status? Even if she is already a good man, it is absolutely not impossible.

"mother……"

"Don't call me mom." Liu Wan shouted angrily and left.

Zhao Wei knew very well that although his mother was once a musician, it was easy for her to sympathize with a woman from the music industry, but it was very, very difficult for her to agree to let a woman from the music industry be her daughter-in-law.

Not to mention being a wife, even being a concubine is difficult.

Therefore, Zhao Wei had prepared himself mentally and made plans for the attack before coming.

Over the next few days, apart from meeting with officials who participated in the peace talks and having a chat with his father Zhao Heng, he spent the rest of his time in Ciyuan Hall, asking about his old mother's well-being.

The attentive offering made Liu Wan feel both distressed and angry.

A prince, a young general who was both talented in civil and military affairs, actually ended up serving tea and water as a slave for a lowly woman.

Seven or eight days passed in a flash. Liu Wan couldn't stand her son lowering himself to such a low standard anymore, so her attitude finally softened.

"Do you like that woman so much?"

Zhao Wei hummed: "I like it."

Hearing this, Liu Wan was silent for a long time before she sighed, "Mother is not the kind of person who would forcibly break up a couple. Since you like it, mother agrees, but your father may not agree."

Zhao Wei knew very well what his mother meant by consent, so he smiled awkwardly and said, "Mom, I want to marry her as my principal wife, not as a concubine."

"Are you crazy?"

Liu Wan's voice suddenly rose octaves, showing her attitude.

"Mom, she is really good. I swore that I would never marry anyone else in this life."

Liu Wan was furious. She took a few breaths before angrily saying, "Do you want to piss me off to death?"

"Mom, I really like her."

Liu Wan didn't say anything, just looked at him. Zhao Wei didn't say anything else either, his face was determined.

After a long time, Liu Wan was defeated: "What's her name? Who is she exactly?"

"She was once from an official family, but she was wronged and became a prostitute. As for her name and other details, I cannot tell you unless you agree to marry her."

Zhao Wei is not stupid, and his mother is not a kind person. If he tells her the specific situation of Zhao Pan'er, he is sure that Zhao Pan'er will be assassinated today.

Liu Wan snorted: "I have not promised you yet. Your marriage needs the approval of the government."

"Father will agree."

Zhao Heng did not despise Liu Wan because she was once a consort of musicians, and made her his queen. Zhao Wei was confident that he could convince Zhao Heng.

"you……"

For a moment, Liu Wan didn't know what to say. Fortunately, at this time a shout came from outside.

"Miss."

Liu Wan immediately found an outlet for her anger and glared at him.

"What's the matter?"

Eunuch Liu bowed first, then said, "Your Majesty, the envoys sent by the Tangut Li clan have arrived. Your Majesty is summoning you to the Purple Palace for a discussion."

"Yes, I understand." Liu Wan nodded, looked at Zhao Wei, and said angrily: "You go, we will talk about the girl later."

"Then I will take my leave first."

Following Eunuch Liu all the way to the Zichen Palace, Zhao Wei felt a stream of resentful gazes the moment he entered the room.

He turned his head slightly to look over and grinned.

Just this smile looked like a devil's smile in the eyes of others, and many people trembled with fear.

Zhao Wei ignored them and went to the upper left position.

It is quite interesting to say that in the Northern Song Dynasty, the left was respected, but the officials who were demoted were called left-movement.

Today I just came to pay a visit to Zhao Heng and say hello, which in written language means submitting a letter of credence. The specific discussions will have to wait until later. After the negotiations between the two parties are over, the court will also hold a banquet to complete the entire process.

However, Zhao Wei had no interest in negotiating with the Dangxiang people, so he stood up after the Dangxiang people submitted the letter.

"Father, I think there is nothing to discuss between the Song Dynasty and the Tanguts. If they want to fight, then let them fight. The men of the Song Dynasty are upright and self-reliant. How can they be compared with the Tanguts who are afraid of death?" Zhao Wei stood proudly in the center of the hall and said loudly, "The foreign tribes on the border are only worthy of living in disgrace under the iron hoof of the Song Dynasty. I am willing to lead the troops to fight, destroy the Dingnan Army, and recover the lost land in Hexi."

As soon as these words were spoken, they instantly gained the support of some generals.

"Your Highness, this makes sense."

"That's right. The Dingnan Army is just a small army. Our Song Dynasty can destroy it in a snap."

"Your Majesty, I am willing to serve as your highness's vanguard general and destroy the Tangut Li clan."

"Destroy the Tangut Li clan..."

For a time, a group of veteran generals and civil officials who advocated war were outraged.

Seeing this, Zhao Heng was also a little confused.

He knew that Zhao Wei would make such a fuss. Giving the Xiazhou delegation a warning would be beneficial to the subsequent negotiations, but he did not expect that Zhao Wei would mobilize his military generals and make such a big fuss.

Fortunately, although Zhao Wei led a large number of military generals, not all of them were pro-war. Together with the pro-peace civil officials, the voices of the pro-war faction were quickly suppressed.

Various quotations from classics indicated that it was not appropriate to go to war with the Dingnan army.

The Tangut envoys, who were a little frightened at first, became more confident when they saw that the Song Dynasty had more people with the hall master. "Let's start the war, but I don't know if you Song people can stop my Tangut army of hundreds of thousands."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone saw a flash before their eyes and Zhao Wei had already flashed in front of the Dangxiang man who had spoken.

Then he stretched out his right hand and grabbed the other person's neck.

"In the court of my Great Song Dynasty, how can a foreigner like you have the right to speak?" Zhao Wei said indifferently, and slowly exerted force with his right hand to raise it up.

As he exerted force, the opponent's breathing began to become difficult, his face gradually turned red, and his legs kept kicking.

"stop."

Zhao Heng was very anxious, but Zhao Wei seemed to be oblivious to him. He exerted force with his right hand and broke the opponent's neck. Then he threw him out of the Zichen Palace like a rag.

For a moment, the entire Zichen Palace was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

Whether it was the Tangut envoys or the court officials, they all stood there in a daze.

After a while, everyone came to their senses, and the leader of the Dangxiang delegation shouted angrily.

"Zhao Wei, you..."

Zhao Wei glanced over and made him swallow back the rest of his words.

Zhao Wei also knew this man. He was Wang Min, a general under Li Deming. He had had many dealings with him at the border before.

"Wang Min, do you want to die too?"

Facing Zhao Wei's questioning, Wang Min didn't dare to say a word, because he knew very well that Zhao Wei would really take action.

"Tell me, what do you want to discuss in our Great Song Dynasty?" Zhao Wei asked knowingly, because he knew exactly the conditions that the Dangxiang people wanted to propose.

To sum up, there are roughly three points.

First, abolish the previously signed peace treaty and cancel the annual tribute.

Second, return the two states occupied in the previous two years.

Third, ask for annual tribute.

As for the exact amount, Zhao Wei didn't know. He only knew that there was no need to negotiate such humiliating conditions.

When Wang Min saw Zhao Wei's attitude, he dared not tell them the harsh conditions proposed by his side. He stammered, "This... this..."

"What is this? I asked you to speak."

Wang Min looked embarrassed, but he knew very well that he had to say it.

So, Wang Min omitted the last one and only said the first two, and his words were quite tactful.

The general meaning is that they have now surrendered to the Song Dynasty and are under the rule of the Song Dynasty. They should not pay additional annual tribute. As the Celestial Empire, the Song Dynasty should give them support, and the support they need is the land of those two states.

After hearing Wang Min's conditions, the attitude of the pro-war faction softened a lot. Zhao Heng and the officials of the pro-peace faction were even more satisfied. After all, the title of "Celestial Empire" really touched their hearts.

Only Zhao Wei sneered and said calmly: "Go back and tell Li Deming what he is thinking. I know it very well. The annual tribute will only increase, not decrease, let alone exempt it.

Don't think that I don't know that you are secretly contacting the Liao Kingdom. You should know what kind of person I am. If you dare to join forces with the Liao people to invade my Song Dynasty, I will give up resisting the Liao people and destroy your Xiazhou first.

Go back and tell Li Deming that if he dares to covet those two states again, I don't mind going to the border to suffer for another two years. By then, what I want is not the two states, but to wipe out your entire Dangxiang clan.

The Song Dynasty doesn't give food to foreign bastards. Take your people and get out!"

When Wang Min heard the word "get out" which was full of insult, he did not feel angry at all. Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, I will definitely convey your Highness's words."

After saying that, he bowed to Zhao Heng again before leaving the Purple Palace with the others, but he was stopped by Zhao Wei.

"What I said is get lost."

One of the envoys couldn't stand it anymore and said in a timid tone: "Your Highness, King Han, please don't go too far. I..."

"Do you want to die? Shut up." Wang Min growled, and said with a flattering smile: "Your Highness Prince Han, let's get out of here right now, right now."

Then the group of five people really rolled out of the Zichen Palace.

This scene shocked Zhao Heng and all the officials in the court.

They all knew that Zhao Wei had defeated the Dingnan army at the border and frightened the Dingnan army, but it was difficult to understand without seeing it with their own eyes. But now they finally felt the power of the King of Han.

Suddenly, cheers broke out outside the hall.

Then came excited shouts.

"Your Highness the King of Han is mighty."

The excitement outside the hall also infected the court officials inside. Although they did not shout and yell like the imperial guards, everyone showed an excited smile, even the officials who advocated peace.

Zhao Heng sat high up in the hall, looking at his son below, his face full of pride, but then he restrained his expression and asked, "King Han, I asked you to preside over the negotiations, is this how you want to talk? When two countries go to war, neither of them kills the envoys. How can you put the reputation of our Song Dynasty in such a position?"

"Father, just tell me if you feel good or not?"

"Great, of course... cough cough." Zhao Heng hurriedly coughed to stop the rest of his words, and said with some concern: "They won't really join forces with the Liao people to invade the border, right?"

What a coward.

Zhao Wei sighed and said speechlessly: "Father, don't worry, Li Deming wouldn't dare to do that. If he hadn't been so honest in the past two years and you hadn't dared to send troops to him, the Blood Clothes Army would have already destroyed the Dingnan Army."

Zhao Wei's words seemed to have magical power, which immediately calmed Zhao Heng's anxious heart. He laughed and scolded: "You kid, how can you talk to me like that?"

Zhao Wei laughed and said thoughtfully, "The Tanguts in the northwest are not a concern right now, but the Liao people are a bit troublesome. Li Deming dared to blatantly send an envoy to our Song Dynasty to rob. I'm afraid the Liao Kingdom will take action."

If the Dangxiang people were just a minor nuisance, then the Liao people were a serious threat.

Most people in the court and the country were full of fear of the Liao people.

So when Zhao Wei said this, Zhao Heng and the peace-loving officials became worried again.

At this time, Ke Zheng stood up and gave everyone a shot of adrenaline.

"Your Majesty, I think the Liao people will not break the treaty for the time being, but just in case, I am willing to guard the border."

Zhao Wei was about to speak, but Zhao Heng beat him to the punch: "My dear minister, you are mature and prudent, and you are indeed the right person. I agree."

He had long been fed up with Ke Zheng, and now that Ke Zheng volunteered to go to the border, Zhao Heng was naturally happy to go along with it.

However, Ke Zheng was a scholar, and it was inappropriate to let a scholar guard the border, so Zhao Heng picked another veteran general from the pro-war faction and discussed how to deal with possible border violations before announcing the end of the court.

This time, Zhao Wei did not go to Ciyuan Hall again, but followed Ke Zheng and a group of generals out of the palace.

Outside the palace, Shuangxi and Liu Sheng were already waiting by the carriage.

They didn't know when Zhao Wei would leave the palace and return home, so they had been guarding outside the palace recently.

Come in the morning and go back in the evening.

"I have met you sirs."

The two of them bowed to the court officials before turning to Zhao Wei and saying, "Your Highness, shall we go back home?"

"No, I will go to Youranju to meet the teacher and General Zhe Lao."

That’s right, the one who captured and guarded the border was Zhe Yu’an, a member of the Zhe clan, and the cousin of Zhe Taijun of the Yang family in Tianbo Prefecture.

At present, the Yang family will be the main force to resist the Liao people. The Zhe family, who are related to the Yang family by marriage, are the most suitable candidates to guard the border.

In addition to the two older people, Ke Zheng and Zhe Yu'an, Yang Wenguang from the Yang family and several young people from the Cao family will also go to the border.

So when coming out of the palace, Zhao Wei suggested that everyone go to Youran Ju for a gathering.

After all, it may be difficult to get together again without three to five years.

(End of this chapter)