Chapter 369
"Your Majesty, this old servant will go and fetch it right away," Eunuch Liu said hastily upon hearing this.
"Hmm, a hundred years, that's about time, isn't it?" Zhu Jingchen thought to himself, if he could really avoid paying tribute, how many people could he save with that money?
Why should the people of the Qinling Kingdom benefit from this?
A short while later, Eunuch Liu came in carrying the indemnity treaty.
"Your Majesty, this is the treaty signed with the Qinling Kingdom." Eunuch Liu carefully placed the scroll of silk on the table.
Zhu Jingchen sat down, quickly unfolded the silk book, and carefully read the treaty that Emperor Taizu had signed.
Over the years, he has never stopped sending tribute to the Qinling Kingdom, partly because their Lanno Kingdom is indeed not as powerful as the Qinling Kingdom.
Furthermore, they were also afraid that the Qinling Kingdom might actually attack, and they wouldn't be able to withstand it.
Over the years, he never even considered that the century-long agreement might have already come to an end.
Thinking of this, Zhu Jingchen quickly checked the time on the screen.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that a century had already passed.
"Hmph, the hundred-year agreement has long passed." After careful calculation, Zhu Jingchen slammed his fist on the table in anger. The hundred-year agreement had long passed, but the Qinling Kingdom still demanded tribute from them every year without fail, and each time the amount demanded was greater than the last.
"Your Majesty, should we still present these tributes?" Eunuch Liu asked cautiously.
"Summon Ye Qingyan to the palace," Zhu Jingchen said with a sullen face and obvious displeasure.
"In addition, summon Grand Tutor Cheng, Grand Preceptor Wei, Prince An, and Tang Xiuyong." Zhu Jingchen thought that this matter still needed to be discussed among the ministers.
After all, if we suddenly stop paying tribute to the Qinling Kingdom, they will definitely send envoys to demand it back.
They should also come up with a solution.
On the other hand, Zhang Zifu got no advantage and was kicked out of the mansion, which made her very unhappy.
"Hmph, that Li family, being a merchant family after all, has no manners whatsoever. They're really petty." Zhang Zifu slammed her hand on the table in displeasure.
"Sister, what's wrong? Why are you so angry?" Zhang Yanchu had just returned from outside when she saw her younger sister looking furious.
"Big brother, you're finally back!" Zhang Zifu greeted Zhang Yanchu with a smile as she rushed forward to pull him up. After all, her older brother was eager to make her proud, as he was the runner-up in the imperial examination.
In the capital, countless daughters of prominent families yearn to marry the eldest brother.
However, she looked down on those people. She wished her older brother could marry Miss Cheng.
After all, Miss Cheng is the Empress's own sister. With Miss Cheng as her sister-in-law, what kind of person can't she marry?
There's no need to rush to curry favor with that country bumpkin next door anymore.
"What's wrong? Who made our Xiaofu angry?" Zhang Yanchu asked his sister with a smile. Anyone who knew him would know that he was a wolf in sheep's clothing.
At this moment, he was probably already thinking of ways to punish that person.
"Big brother, did you see Miss Cheng today? I'm fine. As long as you and Miss Cheng are on good terms, it's nothing for me to suffer a little." Zhang Zifu thought to herself that as long as her brother successfully hooked up with Cheng Qingli, her chance for revenge would naturally come.
"Don't worry, sister. After I marry Miss Cheng, those who have bullied us will not get away with it." Zhang Yanchu was very satisfied with his sister's understanding. He was also planning that as long as he could marry Cheng Qingli, he could rise to prominence in the future, instead of waiting for the Ministry of Personnel's notification.
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