All the ministers made requests, but Emperor Wen was reluctant to speak.
"Your Majesty, why don't you give the Sixth Prince a chance to confront the Beihuan envoys face to face?"
At this time, Xiao Wanchou stood up again and made a final effort.
"The Sixth Prince has admitted it himself, is there still a need for a confrontation?"
Xu Shifu said sternly: "Even if he is given the opportunity to confront the Beihuan envoys in person, will they admit it?"
Xu Shifu's words were also recognized by the majority.
Even Yun Zheng agreed.
Even if there is this opportunity, it will only delay time.
Bambu would definitely not admit that he was being framed.
It is even very likely to add fuel to the fire.
...
...
Xu Shifu's words once again left Xiao Wanchou speechless.
As a military general, Xiao Wanchou would definitely not be able to win the argument with a civil official.
After a long silence, Xiao Wanchou suddenly took a step forward and knelt on the ground with a bang: "Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince is a prince after all. Even if you want to sentence him to death, you can't just do it based on a letter! This old minister implores Your Majesty to let this old minister supervise this matter. This old minister will definitely get to the bottom of it!"
Looking at Xiao Wanchou kneeling on the ground and begging, Yun Zheng couldn't help but feel secretly grateful in his heart.
It is really rare to find someone willing to help you at this time.
The key point is that he and Xiao Wanchou didn't have much in common. They just exchanged a few words when they welcomed the Beihuan delegation the night before.
Although he was confident that he could break the impasse, he still remembered Xiao Wanchou's favor.
"Old General, please stand up!"
Emperor Wen signaled Mu Shun to help Xiao Wanchou, and nodded slightly, saying, "General, what you said makes sense. Even if you want to sentence Old Six to death, you have to get to the bottom of this matter first!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Thank you, Father!"
Xiao Wanchou and Yun Zheng spoke at the same time.
Xu Shifu and Yun Li looked at Xiao Wanchou with hatred and cursed him as an old thief in their hearts.
However, they were not worried at all.
They have already taken care of all the tails.
No matter how hard Xiao Wanchou tried, he couldn't find anything!
As long as Xiao Wanchou cannot clear Yun Zheng's name, Yun Zheng will surely die!
This was a dead end!
Emperor Wen glared at Yun Zheng fiercely and said unhappily, "Don't thank me, thank General Xiao instead!"
"Thank you, Duke Yu!"
Yun Zheng bowed and saluted.
Xiao Wanchou waved his hand and said seriously: "I am willing to believe Your Highness once!"
"Thanks!"
Yun Zheng said sincerely.
"Alright! Let's leave it at that for now!"
Emperor Wen waved his hand and asked his ministers, "Do you have anything else to report?"
As he spoke, Emperor Wen glanced at Yun Li from the corner of his eye.
However, Emperor Wen waited for a long time, but Yun Li did not come forward.
"Your Majesty, should we detain the Sixth Prince first?"
Xu Shifu bowed and asked.
“No rush!”
Emperor Wen waved his hands and said, "Let's talk about it after we meet the Northern Huan envoys! Could it be that I am afraid that he will run away?"
Xu Shifu was disappointed and left obediently.
Yun Zheng's heart moved secretly and he began to think silently.
It seems that this cheap old man of mine must have received some rumors!
Emperor Wen is acting!
He also concluded that he was framed!
He did this deliberately just to see who was causing trouble behind the scenes!
Otherwise, he should at least escort himself to the Heavenly Prison first!
At this time, the eunuch outside the palace came to report that the Beihuan delegation had already arrived outside the palace to request a meeting.
"Xuan!"
Emperor Wen waved his hand and ordered his ministers: "No one is allowed to mention the matter of Lao Liu in front of the Northern Huan envoys! I want to see how they are colluding!"
All the ministers responded in agreement.
Soon, the Beihuan delegation entered the palace.
Still walking with head held high, just like before.
"Meet the Great Emperor!"
Bambu placed his right hand on his heart and saluted according to Beihuan etiquette.
Emperor Wen frowned and said unhappily, "Master, have you forgotten your bet with me?"
“I haven’t forgotten!”
Bambu shook his head and said, "The ceremony was only held the night before, and it doesn't count today!"
Emperor Wen was slightly choked and cursed in his heart that this old man had taken advantage of him.
"Whatever! You have already knelt before me!"
Emperor Wen waved his hand and said calmly, "I haven't been in a good mood these days, so let's not waste time talking. Imperial Master, just tell me, how much food does Beihuan want me to provide?"
"Three million dan!"
Bambu spoke directly.
"What?"
"Three million dan?"
"This is absolutely impossible!"
"All the food has been given to Beihuan, what will I eat?"
"That's right. I worked hard for a year and the tax grain I collected was only 8 million dan..."
The ministers immediately expressed strong opposition.
Yun Zheng also secretly complained.
Three million dan, isn’t that three hundred million kilograms of grain?
That’s a nice thought!
"No, no!"
Bambu shook his head and said with a smile: "My country's teacher heard that Dagan had a good harvest this year, and the tax grain exceeded 30 million dan. What I, Beihuan, ask for is less than one-tenth of yours!"
As Bambu finished speaking, the faces of the ministers changed drastically.
The next moment, everyone's eyes fell on Yun Zheng.
Although the amount of tax grain was not a top secret, only important officials in the court and people around the emperor knew it.
How could Bambu know so clearly?
At this moment, almost everyone thought that it was Yun Zheng who revealed the news to Bambu.
Yun Zheng had no way to defend himself and simply kept silent.
Very clever!
Don't wink at me or suggest me for help.
This point made it even more certain that he was secretly communicating with Bei Huan.
I have to say, the person who set up this scheme is really fucking insidious.
Yun Zheng's gaze quietly fell on Xu Shifu and Yun Li.
The two birdmen were the ones he suspected the most.
Xu Shifu laughed secretly in his heart, but his face was full of resentment.
"Three million dan, absolutely impossible!"
Emperor Wen replied without thinking: "Our dynasty can only provide Beihuan with 500,000 dan of grain at most. If the Imperial Master wants more, he can exchange it for war horses!"
"We'll talk about the warhorse later!"
Bambu waved his hands and said with a smile: "Three million dan of food is really not much! I have 600,000 Beihuan cavalrymen, and each man and horse consumes one dou of food a day. Even if we are frugal, three million dan of food can only keep us going for two months at most..."
Six hundred thousand cavalry!
When they heard what Bambu said, everyone's faces twitched violently.
threaten!
Bambu is clearly threatening Dagan!
The number of Northern Huan's 600,000 cavalrymen is definitely an exaggeration.
But it should be no problem to gather 300,000 or 400,000 cavalry.
Although there were millions of soldiers, due to the scarcity of war horses, there were only more than 100,000 cavalry.
If the Northern Huan cavalry marches south, Dagan will find it difficult to resist.
Emperor Wen clenched his fists tightly, and said with a cold face: "I will say it again, three million dan of grain is absolutely impossible! If Beihuan wants to fight, I will fight to the end!"
"right!"
Xiao Wanchou stood up and said murderously: "Although I am old, I can still lead the army to fight! I beg Your Majesty to let me lead the army to fight!"
As Xiao Wanchou stood up, the pro-war faction people volunteered to fight.
"I, Beihuan, have come here sincerely to ask Dagan for food support."
Bambu smiled slightly and said, "If Dagan feels that giving 3 million dan of food at once is too much, how about we change to a more gradual approach?"
"A steady stream of water?"
Emperor Wen raised his hand to stop the people who were asking for battle, and then asked: "How do you achieve a long-term goal?"
Bambu smiled and replied, "We signed an agreement for a month. On the first day of the campaign, you will give us two dan of food, on the second day, four dan, on the third day, eight dan, and every day thereafter, it will be twice as much as the day before. And so on. You only need to give us enough food for one month..."
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