Dafeng's Night Squad

Chapter 1574: Is everything ready?(20000/100000) _1

500,000 taels of silver was nothing compared to the annual tax revenue of the Imperial court, but it also depended on the timing.

To maintain the operation of the Imperial court and support the military expenses, they needed a lot of silver. The Imperial court was already “poor and dejected,” and it was only waiting for spring to resume farming to take a breath of air.

The original intention of the peace negotiations was to ” survive. Yunzhou wanted to force Da Feng to a dead end through the peace negotiations, but the Imperial court would definitely not agree.

Emperor Yongxing said indifferently,

“I intend to negotiate with Yunzhou, but it seems that Yunzhou is not willing to negotiate with the Imperial court.”

Ji Yuan frowned.

“Your Majesty, you’ve put me in a difficult position. The Yunzhou Army is powerful. If it wasn’t for father’s concern for the people of the world, I’m afraid the Army would have already arrived at the city. Our Yunzhou is trying to negotiate with sincerity, but in the eyes of the Imperial court, it’s like we’re giving alms to beggars?”

He once again mentioned the advantages of the Yunzhou Army on the battlefield, hinting at the unequal relationship between the two sides.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Yongxing and the Dukes frowned.

At this moment, Ji Yuan suddenly changed the topic and sighed.

“Forget it, I’ll take a step back. This year’s tribute can be cut by half, but next year it will be compensated.

“Your Majesty, what do you think?”

Emperor Yongxing let out a sigh of relief and smiled, ”

“The details will be left to the Honglu temple and emissary Ji to discuss.”

The so-called details were to continue haggling and wrangling.

The meeting in front of the hall only discussed the general idea and did not talk about the details.

Xu yuanshuang listened quietly and more or less figured out Ji Yuan’s routine. Last night, Ji Yuan and GE Wenxuan had discussed and analyzed the minds of the Emperor and the Dukes in advance, as well as their approximate tolerance.

The conclusion was that the limit was between two hundred thousand to two hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver (silk was counted separately).

On the way, Xu yuanshuang was still thinking that the first condition might be a ” fierce battle “, but with ninth brother’s eloquence, it shouldn’t be a problem.

Only now did he realize that he had still underestimated Ji Yuan.

Why was his estimation so accurate … Xu yuanshuang’s heart skipped a beat. She guessed that it had something to do with her putting on airs outside the capital to test him yesterday.

After the first condition was settled, Ji Yuan continued, ”

the second condition is that my father hopes that Your Majesty can put up a public notice to acknowledge that the branch of Yunzhou is also the Orthodox lineage of the Central Plains.

The Dukes were still calm about this, and no one jumped out to criticize him.

“You’re going too far!”

Prince Qian, who was Emperor Yuan jing’s younger brother, stepped out of the ranks and glared at Ji Yuan.

“Are you rebels worthy of being called the Orthodox lineage of the Central Plains? He’s just a Bandit who occupied a mountain.”

Immediately, a few kings and princes stepped out and agreed.

In contrast to the other ministers “reactions, the imperial family’s attitude was extremely fierce. The Central Plains could be considered the Orthodox lineage of the Central Plains, but what about us? Are we rebels?

If one had to look into it, it was true, but it was precisely because of this that the imperial family of Da Feng would never admit it or back down.

Ji Yuan’s expression turned cold as he glanced at the princes and princesses and said indifferently, ”

“Don’t you all know how Emperor Wu Zong obtained the world back then? We just want to get back our identity and status. It’s only human nature.”

The Prince who stood out earlier reprimanded,

500 years ago, the fatuous Emperor was tyrannical. He was close to the virtuous officials and far away from the despicable. He harmed the loyal and good. In order to protect his ancestors ‘legacy, Emperor Wu Zong stepped forward bravely in accordance with the People’s wishes.

Ji Yuan gave tit for tat and raised his voice.

“The previous emperor Yuan jing was incompetent and lost himself to the beauty of the Daoist leader of the mesmerizing sect. He cultivated for twenty years and ignored the state affairs, causing the people to live in poverty. We can’t bear to see our ancestors destroyed in the hands of a fatuous ruler, so we rose up in response to the People’s wishes.”

The princes and Junwang were furious.

“What arrogant words! Your Majesty, this man must be beheaded!”

If the Lords were to choose, this was a condition that they could agree to without hesitation, because they did not have to pay any substantial price.

Of course, there was a price to pay.

Once the Imperial court acknowledged this matter, then the rebels in Yunzhou would become ” justified. the People’s submission was secondary. What was more frightening was that the Squires, landlords, and local officials would righteously betray and join Yunzhou.

Since they were the Orthodox lineage of the Central Plains, it was not considered a betrayal. Even if they wanted to be loyal, it would be difficult for them to die rather than surrender.

However, these were all trivial matters because with the current situation in Da Feng, they could not win the battle. Since they could not win, the officials would defect sooner or later.

Therefore, none of the Dukes had much resistance to this.

However, in the eyes of the royal family, acknowledging Yunzhou as the legitimate lineage of the Central Plains was even more unacceptable than five hundred thousand taels of silver, because this was a betrayal of the ancestors.

Emperor Yongxing frowned and said slowly, ”

“We’ll discuss this matter later!”

He didn’t plan to make a decision at this time. After all, the meeting in front of the palace Hall was to set the main tone. The ” two countries ” negotiations involved many details, and it wouldn’t be possible to come to a conclusion in a short time.

To her surprise, Ji Yuan was extremely domineering and shook his head.

“Before we came, father specifically instructed that if your Majesty does not agree to this, the peace talks need not continue.”

This was equivalent to blocking the words.

You, Emperor Yongxing, either agree or stop the peace talks. Yunzhou will not back down on this matter.

“Wishful thinking!”

King Yu also stood up and said in a low voice,

“This Prince can also tell you that the Imperial court will not back down on this matter.”

Ji Yuan stood with his hands behind his back and sighed.

“I have already made such a big concession on the tribute and given the court enough face. I didn’t expect to get such a return.”

His face darkened and he said sternly, ”

“Are you not afraid of the 100000 Armored Cavalry of Yunzhou?”

He first held reason, then used power. His back was straight, setting off the princes and Junwang as if they were unreasonable and didn’t know how to appreciate favors.