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In this way, Ao Yu was also arrested in Hei Bingtai Prison.

At this point, all the supreme emperor's gangs were destroyed, and no one was left.

The so-called Supreme Emperor's party seemed to be destroyed.

At this time, it had been nineteen days since the Supreme Emperor entered the palace, and twenty-three days had passed since the Prince of Zhenhai Shi Guang was killed.

Although the Zhenhai Palace is far away from the capital, it can reach the sea from Jiangzhou and go down the wind and travel thousands of miles a day. It only takes ten days to reach the news to the Zhenhai Palace.

So more than ten days ago, Shi Bian, the King of Zhenhai, had already received the news of his son's death.

No word can describe his rage!

This is a hero, and a hero who despises the world, full of ambitions and ambitiousness.

The territory of the Shi family is at the southernmost end of the Great Zhou Empire and at the southeasternest corner of the entire eastern continent.

He has a peninsula bordering the southern border of the Great Zhou, and several archipelagos are completely isolated overseas.

The territory of the Shi family reached more than 300,000 square kilometers, and the population was millions.

It is precisely because of such special geographical conditions that although Ao Xin was invincible in land battles and conquered the entire southern border, he had no choice but to do with the Shi family.

If your army of hundreds of thousands goes south to quell the rebellion, the Shi family immediately surrenders and evacuates the main army to the islands on the sea.

Just as the army of the court led by Ao Xin left, the army of the Shi family returned and occupied a large area of ​​land again.

He surrendered and rebelled again and again, so he had no choice but to ask Emperor Tianyan to be named King of Shi Bian.

At that time, Emperor Tianyan agreed, so Shi Bian became the only vassal king.

But Shi Bian's goal was never to be a vassal king, but to establish an empire.

His target is the Five Elements Province of the Southern Territory!

The current territory and population size are not enough to become an empire. Once he annexed the Five Elements Provinces in the Southern Territory, he had an area of ​​1.6 million square kilometers and a population of nearly 30 million.

In addition, he has a powerful maritime fleet, and maritime trade brings endless wealth. He can fully achieve hegemony and establish his own great historical empire.

Originally, there were three empires in the world, but now the Great Western Empire has risen and has four empires.

Then there will be five empires in the future, right?

He Shi Bian wanted to be on par with the four emperors.

The last rebellion in the southern border was a great opportunity, so Shi Bian's nearly 100,000 troops went north in the name of helping the Great Zhou Empire to suppress the rebellion, and occupied three counties in the southern border of the Great Zhou, far south, sea cape, and north!

Occupying these three counties is equivalent to stepping into the southern border of the Great Zhou with half of its foot.

But unexpectedly, the rebellion in the southern border was easily quelled. Immediately after Fu Yantu's army of more than 200,000 went south. After the rebellion in the southern border, more than 100,000 troops in the southern border gathered again under the Great Protectorate.

In this way, the Great Zhou Empire had a total of 400,000 troops in the Five Elements Province of the Southern Territories. In this way, let alone the natives dare not rebel, these 400,000 troops were under great pressure on Shi Bian, the King of Zhenhai.

Then the emperor issued an order to praise Shi Bian, the King of Zhenhai, and told him that the rebellion in the southern border had been quelled and that the King of Zhenhai's army could return to this vassal, which meant that King of Zhenhai retreated his troops and spit out the three counties occupied.

The meat that was eaten into his mouth was so easy to spit out, so King Zhenhai was sluggish. At this time, it was really a tsunami that occurred in Langzhou. The entire Langzhou Port and Langzhou City were destroyed, and most of the navy of the Great Zhou Empire were destroyed.

The court had asked the Shi family for help, not only did it take to borrow money from him, but also the share of maritime trade would be supported by the Shi family.

Since then, the emperor no longer urged Sleeping Shi Bian to withdraw his troops. The 100,000 troops of Shi Bian, the King of Zhenhai, were at ease to occupy the three counties in the southern border, but Fu Yantu's army did not retreat, less than 200 miles away from the three counties, and the armies of both sides confronted each other.

Although the two sides confronted each other, Fu Yantu and Shi Bian, the King of Zhenhai, were so good that they were wearing pairs of pants, and they were almost like they were brothers of different surnames.

When the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor were in opposition, Fu Yantu tried his best to win over Shi Bian, the King of Zhenhai.

Shi Bian also patted his chest and said that although he was conferred by the Supreme Emperor, he only had His Majesty the Emperor in his eyes.

Anyone who can't get along with the emperor would be unable to get along with him. The Shi family's army was 100,000 and more than 100,000 naval troops were ready to go. As long as the emperor came down with his order, I immediately led my troops north and went to Beijing to serve the king.

Fu Yantu quickly said, that's not necessary, that's not necessary, the world belongs to His Majesty, and the rest are all frivolous, which is not worth worrying. However, the empire has encountered some trouble for the time being and needs to borrow silver from King Zhenhai.

In this situation where both sides were in a hot situation, Shi Bian, the King of Zhenhai, generously took out two million taels of silver, and then he never ate up any more. Later, the prince Shi Guang was knocked out for another three million taels for the bloody purge of Dali Temple.

But the Shi family actually only paid one million, and the rest has not moved yet.

As a result, at this time, the great bad news came, and Shi Guang, the prince of King Zhenhai, was killed by Ao Yu.

"Is Dazhou going to force me to rebel?!"

"I am loyal to the Great Zhou Dynasty. Langzhou was hit by disaster. I paid millions of taels. Did you actually kill my son?"

"Are you going to force me to rebel?!"

In a rage, Shi Bian, the King of Zhenhai, immediately ordered the army to go north, full of murderous aura, and took the opportunity to occupy two more counties.

Because of his request for Shi Bian, Fu Yantu and the second prince even though they have nearly 400,000 troops, they are not able to stop Shi Bian.

In this way, Shi Bian originally occupied three counties, but now it has become five counties.

The second prince went to see King Zhenhai himself, asked him to calm the wrath of the thunder and say something to him.

Then, the second prince pretended to be careless and said: "The Supreme Emperor has been taken to the palace by his father and raised him. Everyone in the Shangqing Palace has been dismissed, and Ao Yu has also been arrested."

This is telling Shi Bian that the showdown between the two emperors has ended, and His Majesty the Emperor will no longer be controlled and once again takes charge of the world alone.

So, you can take the opportunity to blackmail, but don’t try to blackmail too much, because His Majesty the Emperor has won a great victory in this battle for imperial power.

Obviously, Shi Bian, the King of Zhenhai, also understood it. He immediately burst into tears and said, "Second Your Highness, this Shi Guang is my favorite son, the future King of Zhenhai, and was killed like this. How can you make me live in my heart? How can you keep my face?"

The second prince said: "Don't worry, King Zhenhai, the court will definitely make the decision for you. Now Ao Yu's whole family has been arrested."

"Destroy the nine clans and execute them." Shi Bian said sternly.

The second prince said: "It is okay to kill the whole family and Ling Chi to kill him. But killing the nine clans is probably not good. Because Ao Ting, Ao Dong, Ao Ming and others are all our own people, and they are also Ao Yu's mortal enemies."

Shi Bian said: "Okay, I will execute Ao Yu's whole family in silence."

The second prince said: "This condition is OK."

Shi Bian, the King of Zhenhai, said: "Princess Xiangxiang, you still want to marry us, the King of Zhenhai Mansion."

The second prince said: "Will marry the new crown prince of Zhenhai?"

Shi Bian said: "No, I will still marry Shi Guang and my son. I will get married with the tablet and get married!"

As soon as these words came out, the second prince's face changed slightly.

Zhenhaiwang, this is wrong. Obviously, you are the beauty you drool and want to take for yourself.

Moreover, my princess of the Great Zhou Empire actually had a slap in her family, so how can the royal family remain?

Shi Bian said: "In addition, the five counties that my 100,000 troops have occupied will not be returned. Please ask His Majesty the Emperor to enthrone these five counties to me."

As soon as these words came out, the second prince's face changed drastically.

This is too much. You have a son killed and we will kill Ao Yu's family to avenge you. Do you actually want a delicate Princess Xiangxiang and land in five counties?

The five counties are already half a province, which means that the territory of your Shi family has increased by 50%.

If such a contract is signed, it will be a loss of power and humiliation of the country. How could it be impossible to agree to it?

So Shi Bian said angrily: "Since that's the case, there's no need to talk about it. The Lone King will take revenge for his son."

Of course, this sentence is a threat to nakedness.

Immediately afterwards, the Shi family's fleet was dispatched to attack the merchant ships of the Great Zhou Empire on the sea.

Not only that, all the merchant ships of the Great Zhou Empire at the port of the Shi family were seized.

Next, the Shi family even assembled a large-scale fleet to prepare for hunting north.

At this time, the atmosphere immediately became extremely tense.

The two sides quickly started a new round of negotiations and fell into a complete tug-of-war.

Article 1: Ao Yu's whole family was executed by Ling Chi, and there is no doubt about this.

Second, Princess Xiangxiang can send her to the Shi family or to have a fight with Shi Guang, but it should be done secretly, so she claimed that Princess Xiangxiang had died of illness. After sending her to the Shi family, she would be a member of the Shi family. If she is fate next, she will be allowed to Shi Bian.

Article 3: King Zhenhai worked hard and made great contributions. The court was willing to enthrone another county to King Zhenhai. Of course, this was still a secret agreement. However, the cabinet and the Privy Council would admit this.

Article 4: King Zhenhai is willing to donate 10 million taels of silver to the court without compensation.

Of course, Shi Bian, the King of Zhenhai, did not agree to this condition. There was only one county, and he also asked him to spend 10 million taels of silver.

For a mere county territory, even if I collect taxes for a hundred years, I may not be able to receive 10 million taels.

The money of the Shi family is huge, but don’t think I’m a sucker. Moreover, the money of the Shi family will be used to build an empire in the future.

The two sides once again competed for each other and had a difficult negotiation on the next two.

But both sides knew that the negotiation would be successful soon. Zhenhai King still had to give the tens of millions of taels, but it was not one county but three counties that were enthroned.

Of course, this is still a shameful country, but in the eyes of the court, the southern border does not seem to be the territory of the court, but a place for wealth. It is a bit similar to the British Empire's attitude towards overseas colonies, and the three counties will be cedeed.

With this ten million taels of silver, you can rebuild Langzhou Port, rebuild the Navy, and rebuild Langzhou City.

After the Navy of the Great Zhou Empire became stronger, it would be better to reduce the vassals.

The three counties that were given up today can be taken back within more than ten years, and the entire Shi family's territory will be taken back.

It's not too far from signing a secret contract.
To be continued...