"People all over the world hope to live a good life. If we implement all these policies in the name of the Fourth Prince, we will definitely make those people feel grateful to the Fourth Prince."
"As long as the fourth prince can win the hearts and minds of the people, wouldn't it be easy to ascend to the throne?"
Zhao Feng's words made all these officials hesitate. They said hello to Zhao Feng when they first came here. In fact, it was not because they admired Zhao Feng, nor because they wanted Zhao Feng to help them. Rise up and support Zhou Kang.
They were certainly happy to get Zhao Feng's help. After all, Zhao Feng was now the Zhongshu Ling of the Zhongshu Province, and he was on an equal footing with Prime Minister Feng Shen.
But they also knew that Zhao Feng and Zhou Kang had a very good relationship. If Zhao Feng really supported Zhou Kang to win the throne, wouldn't Zhao Feng's position be extremely stable?
So although they wanted Zhao Feng to help Zhou Kang at this time, they didn't want Zhao Feng to show too much strength, lest Zhou Kang would only rely on Zhao Feng in the end and not take the officials of their four major families seriously.
Seeing that these officials were hesitating, Zhou Kang spoke directly.
"My lords, what are you still hesitating about? Didn't you hear what Mr. Zhao said? Do it now!"
When the officials heard this, they could only nodded slightly and couldn't help but sigh.
There are still some local officials controlled by the Wang family and the Li family. Although not as many as those controlled by the Feng family and Zhao family, they still have considerable local strength.
So they directly announced those policies in the name of the fourth prince Zhou Kang, and the people were all happy for a while.
"Great, it turns out that the Fourth Prince helped us build these factories!"
"The Fourth Prince is really amazing. It is precisely because of these factories that we can have enough to eat now!"
The public's voice for the Fourth Prince became very loud, and suddenly all the people's hearts began to turn against the Fourth Prince.
Seeing this situation, Feng Shen also started to take action.
"They are just common people. If you want to get the throne, you must rely on the power of the court."
"Go and say hello to the officials who support the fourth prince, and tell them that I want to treat them to dinner today."
Soon those officials who supported Zhou Kang were invited by Feng Shen. They hesitated, but after all, Feng Shen was the prime minister of the dynasty, so they had to go.
When it was time for the banquet in the evening, Feng Shen took a look and found that most of the officials were here.
"Master Prime Minister, in this special period, what is your purpose of inviting us over for dinner? I won't eat until I see the meal. You'd better say what you have to say!"
The words of these officials made Feng Shen laugh, nodded slightly and said.
"Okay, now that you've all said that, I'll have something to say."
"You must have noticed in the past few days that the fourth prince Zhou Kang and Zhao Feng you support have the best relationship, and Zhou Kang currently supports the policies proposed by Zhao Feng."
"The reason why our four major families have a transcendent status is not because of the people we control? But now you have sent all these people to Zhao Feng!"
"So what if you can win this victory for the party and the government? Will the fourth prince Zhou Kang who you support really use you after he ascends to the throne? He wears the same pants as Zhao Feng!"
After hearing this, all the officials couldn't help but fell silent.
They knew that what Feng Shen said was correct. The relationship between Zhao Feng and Zhou Kang was too difficult to instigate, or even impossible to instigate.
In this case, if Zhou Kang really succeeds to the throne, the person he trusts most is Zhao Feng.
The relationship between Zhao Feng and their four major families has never been particularly good. This is because the interests of Zhao Feng and their four major families are essentially antagonistic.
Zhao Feng needed to rely on those people to make the Zhou Dynasty stronger, and the four major families also had to win over those people in order to ensure their transcendent status.
Under such circumstances, if they really supported Zhou Kang to become the emperor, then after Zhou Kang showed great importance to Zhao Feng, Zhao Feng would in turn touch the interests of their four major families.
"Master Prime Minister, you are right, then what should we do?"
Hearing this, Feng Shen laughed and said directly.
"It's very simple, that is, stop supporting Zhou Kang and let the second prince inherit the throne!"
"As long as the second prince can inherit the throne, our four major families can still enjoy their current status. And if you support the prince, you have to see whether that prince is worthy of your support!"
After hearing Feng Shen's words, some officials were immediately tempted. As Feng Shen said, they might not gain much in the end by supporting Zhou Kang.
In this case, why should we continue to support Zhou Kang? It is better to turn around and support Zhou Wei. As long as they can support Zhou Wei, their family will become stronger.
Isn't the reason why they want to support the prince in seizing the throne to suppress other families?
But now it seems that if they really support Zhou Kang and go all the way, even if Zhou Kang ascends the throne, they will not be stronger than other families, and they will even be suppressed.
Thinking of this, some officials immediately switched sides and began to support Zhou Wei.
Zhao Feng was unaware of the changes in the court, as he was currently in Zhou Tong's mansion.
"Your Highness, the only one who can help the Fourth Highness now is you."
After hearing Zhao Feng's words, Zhou Tong nodded vigorously.
"Mr. Zhao, I believe you, just tell me what I should do!"
Zhao Feng smiled slightly and lowered his voice.
"I left a lot of militiamen from Zhao County when I was fiefdoming you. Now I need you to transfer all these militiamen to the capital. You are a princess, and only you have the ability to mobilize private soldiers privately."
Zhou Tong couldn't help being shocked when he heard this, but he nodded vigorously and wrote a letter directly to have it delivered to his fief.
"Your Highness, thank you very much!"
Seeing that Zhao Feng was about to leave, Zhou Tong felt a little anxious and directly took Zhao Feng's hand.
"Mr. Zhao, at this point, I have to confess to you. I..."
Zhou Tong was about to say something, but Zhao Feng shook his head, looked into Zhou Tong's eyes seriously and said.
"Your Highness, I know what you want to say. I will definitely give you an explanation after this matter is over!"
After hearing Zhao Feng's words, Zhou Tong nodded quickly, his eyes full of expectation.
After Zhao Feng left Zhou Tong's mansion, he went directly to Zhou Kang's mansion.
