Everyone was silent, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince has indeed made great contributions!"
Xu Shifu stood up and said, "However, I think that Beihuan has only verbally agreed to return the lost land, and the matter has not yet been finalized! Even if His Majesty wants to make an exception and make His Highness the Sixth Prince a king, he can wait until the matter is finalized!"
"Duke Jingguo's words make sense!"
"That's right!"
"At least we have to wait until an agreement on returning the lost land is signed."
"Yes, it's too early to make an exception and crown His Highness the Sixth Prince as king..."
Everyone agreed.
"Is Father still drunk?"
At this moment, a voice muttering secretly sounded.
...
...
All of a sudden, everyone's eyes turned to the last row.
Emperor Wen's face twitched fiercely, and he stared at Yun Zheng in the corner with anger and amusement: "Sixth Brother, what did you just say?"
"ah?"
Yun Zheng suddenly raised his head, pretending to be dazed and looking at Emperor Wen and everyone else, then pretended to be timid and stammered, "Your son, I didn't... I didn't say anything. Your son woke up early today and just fell asleep. I was... I was talking in my sleep, yes, talking in my sleep..."
Looking at Yun Zheng's appearance, the ministers could only try hard to hold back their laughter.
Emperor Wen's face was slightly upset, but he did not expose Yun Zheng's lie. He said unhappily: "If you are still not awake, go back to sleep!"
"Thank...thank you, father!"
Yun Zheng said this and walked out in a daze.
Seeing Yun Zheng panicking, everyone was stunned.
Did he really go back to sleep?
"stop!"
Emperor Wen was so angry that he laughed, "I told you to leave, and you really left?"
“Ah… this…”
Yun Zheng turned around, his eyes wandering.
"Go back to your seat!"
Emperor Wen glared at him unhappily and couldn't help cursing in his heart.
This useless thing!
He has made such a great contribution, but he hasn't been given any reward yet. Is he really leaving?
Yun Zheng laughed dryly and returned to the corner.
I hope this move can dissuade Emperor Wen from making himself a king!
If you want to be crowned king, wait until I leave the imperial city!
He doesn't want to be the target of public criticism now.
"Alright, let's put the crowning on hold for now!"
Emperor Wen waved his hand and winked at Mu Shun beside him, "Announce the decree!"
"yes!"
Mu Shun nodded and immediately began to announce the decree: "The emperor has issued a decree: Sixth Prince Yun Zheng..."
Listening to Mu Shun announcing the decree, all the court officials couldn't help but wipe their cold sweats.
Serving the king is like serving a tiger!
Emperor Wen had already had someone draft the decree!
He never thought of making himself a king!
He said this just to test everyone!
However, no one knew why Emperor Wen suddenly tested them.
Only Yun Zheng was thinking secretly in his heart, could it be that Emperor Wen had heard some news?
Could it be that the rumors that I asked Ye Zi to spread have already reached Emperor Wen's ears?
Isn’t this a bit too fast?
Damn it!
How many intelligence networks do I, a cheap old man, have in secret?
"Sixth Prince, Sixth Prince..."
Yun Zheng didn't come back to his senses until Mu Shun called him.
Yun Zheng looked up blankly: "What did Manager Mu call me for?"
"Ha ha……"
Hearing Yun Zheng's words, everyone couldn't help but laugh.
The Sixth Prince was stunned when he received so many rewards for the first time!
“Ahem…”
Mu Shun coughed twice and reminded, "Sixth Prince, it's time to accept the decree and express gratitude."
"ah?"
Yun Zheng reacted and hurried out to receive the order and express his gratitude.
Looking at Yun Zheng's appearance, everyone burst into laughter again.
After Yun Zheng obediently accepted the order and expressed gratitude, he retreated into the corner and quietly opened the imperial edict to take a look.
He was frightened by Emperor Wen just now and didn't hear clearly what reward he was given.
After seeing this, Yun Zheng finally came back to his senses.
Not bad, not bad!
Ten thousand ounces of gold, a pair of jade disks, a hundred rolls of cloth, ten rolls of silk...
All the things added up are worth fifteen thousand taels of gold.
My own military expenditure has increased a bit!
Delicious!
Emperor Wen noticed Yun Zheng's little move, but did not pursue it. He continued, "Tomorrow is the time to formally discuss the request for grain with the Beihuan delegation. What do you think, how much grain does Beihuan want this time?"
After hearing Emperor Wen's words, everyone fell silent.
Who the hell knows this!
Bei Huan definitely thinks that the more the better!
It’s not a question of how much Beihuan wants, but how much Dagan can give and where is Dagan’s bottom line!
This is the fundamental!
Just when everyone was at a loss for words, Xiao Wanchou stood up and said with an unhappy face, "Give them some food so that their people don't starve to death! If you want more, exchange them for war horses!"
Xiao Wanchou was a pro-war faction and was extremely reluctant to provide food to Beihuan.
But since Emperor Wen had decided not to go to war, he couldn't say anything.
He also knew that going to war with Beihuan at this time would be extremely disadvantageous to Dagan.
"I'm afraid Beihuan's appetite doesn't stop there!"
Emperor Wen sighed deeply and was extremely worried.
"Father, I think that if Beihuan is willing to sign an agreement to return our lost land, it would not hurt to give them more food!"
At this time, the fourth prince Yun Ting also stood up.
The Fourth Prince's words were instantly echoed by everyone.
After all, losing land is more important!
Emperor Wen thought for a moment, then looked up at Yun Li: "Third Brother, what do you think?"
Yun Li knew that Emperor Wen was testing him. After a moment's thought, he immediately replied, "I think that in addition to what my fourth brother said, we should also consider exchanging war horses and other scarce items from the Northern Huan!"
"At the same time, in addition to providing food, our dynasty can also consider providing Beihuan with salt, iron and other items!"
"This time we are not just asking for food, we can also announce to the outside world that this is a trade with Beihuan to appease the people..."
Yun Li said a lot of things in a very eloquent manner.
Many court officials nodded in agreement.
The excuse of trade is indeed a good one.
Although it is self-deception, how could the people below know so much?
Emperor Wen appreciated Yun Li's proposal and began to question the second and fifth sons.
However, the two of them did not seize the opportunity to take the initiative, and what they could say had basically been finished by the third and fourth brothers, so they could only say a few words to deal with it.
Just when everyone thought that Emperor Wen was going to ask Yun Zheng more questions, Emperor Wen seemed to have forgotten that Yun Zheng was also in the court, and directly began to ask Lord Zhang what he thought.
Listening to the question and answer between the emperor and his ministers, everyone couldn't help but laugh in their hearts.
The seventh and eighth brothers are not yet adults and cannot stand in the court.
Emperor Wen directly skipped over Yun Zheng, obviously having no intention of testing him.
Not testing him means that Emperor Wen never considered making Yun Zheng the crown prince!
It seems that even if Yun Zheng made great contributions, in the eyes of Emperor Wen, he just relied on luck!
He has no talent for governing a country!
Yun Zheng naturally understood what Emperor Wen meant, but he didn't care.
Whoever wants to be the prince can be the prince!
He doesn't deserve it!
If I get the military power, the prince will have to admit defeat when he sees me!
Let them fight to the bitter end!
Just be content with being the sixth one!
After questioning his ministers, Emperor Wen already had a plan in mind. While Yun Zheng was there, he asked the people from the Ministry of Rites to choose a date on the spot and set the wedding date for Yun Zheng and Shen Luoyan.
The wedding date is set for the end of this month.
There are still ten days left.
The Beihuan delegation will not be able to stay in the imperial city for long. Once they leave, we can plan the wedding for Yun Zheng.
There is still plenty of time.
Walking out of the court, Yun Zheng suddenly felt that the air outside was extremely fresh.
well!
These fights in the court are so fucking annoying!
Yun Zheng sighed sincerely.
Just as Yun Zheng was about to run away, a eunuch chased him out.
"Sixth Prince, the emperor was afraid that you would forget, so he asked me to remind you not to forget to attend the court meeting tomorrow..."
"ah?"
Yun Zheng's face turned green, "Do I need to come tomorrow?"
The eunuch laughed dryly and replied, "That's what the emperor said."
Depend on!
You guys can just handle it yourselves, why are you asking me to attend a court meeting?
Yun Zheng cursed in his heart.
My lazy sleep is gone again.
What exactly does Emperor Wen mean by this?
You don't want me to go to Shuobei anymore, do you?
Damn it!
You cheap bastard, don’t force me to use my ultimate move!
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