Chapter 1574 - Chapter 1574: Is everything ready?(20000/100000) _1 (1/2)

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.