After a pause, the emperor continued: "Second, let Princess Chen return to serve in the Taiyuan Hospital; third, let the countries of Dongyi, Southern Xinjiang, Western Region, and Northern Xinjiang submit annual tribute every year, and you decide how much to pay."
Feng Danyuan understood the meaning of these three chapters:
Chapter 1: It is necessary for the horse to run but not to feed the horse. Military salary is one of the largest expenditures of the Yun Kingdom. If you don't worry about this money, the emperor's gray hair will be reduced a lot.
Chapter 2 clearly wants to reinstate Wei Ziguan to his post, but in fact he is holding her as a hostage and asking him to serve the Yun Kingdom well and not to rebel.
The third point is to let the countries in the Four Regions become vassal states of the Yun Kingdom, and unify the nine states according to the situation.
Tsk, give him the 800,000-strong army of Yun State and at the same time put three shackles on him so that he will never dare and have no time to rebel. This business... The emperor does not want to be a businessman.
What a pity!
It's just that the commander-in-chief of an 800,000-strong army is such a tempting power. Someone else might have agreed to it.
But he is Feng Danyuan, and what he hates most in his life is being coerced.
Even if the other party is the emperor, someone who has raised him and cultivated him carefully, he cannot.
Feng Danyuan smiled and said: "I thought about it for a moment. I can't do the first one alone. In this case, please take back the order. I can't bear the heavy burden of an 800,000-strong army."
"If the emperor feels that I am an eyesore, I will immediately pack up my luggage, take my wife and children and leave the country of Yun, wandering around the world freely and freely."
"As for the old troops who can't survive in the military camp, the tea egg business is also very good. Joining the army is not the only way."
The emperor knew that Feng Danyuan wanted to bargain with him, but he didn't expect that he would refuse directly. Whether he was playing hard-to-get or not, he could see clearly that Feng Danyuan was really stubborn without desire.
This kid doesn't even disdain the throne of Northern Xinjiang, and he really won't ask for the Yun Kingdom's 800,000 troops just for the sake of power.
The emperor hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke with difficulty: "Tell me what you think."
The implication: you can bargain.
Feng Danyuan looked troubled: "I only know how to fight and don't understand business, so I really can't solve the issue of military pay."
The emperor silently slandered: Don't think that I don't know that Feng Danning's business has been booming in the past few years, and now the number one restaurant in the imperial capital, 'Yipinxian', was opened by him and your princess. Also, don't you
Do you know how to do business? Ha! Even if you don’t understand, your princess does. Husband and wife are one.
The emperor was very honest, saying: "Okay, the military salary will still come from the national treasury, but if you want to reward the soldiers privately, you have to find a way yourself."
Feng Danyuan smiled and nodded: "That's okay. As for the third point, I can make the four regions surrender, but what happens after surrender? With all due respect, the Yun Kingdom does not have the ability to control the huge Kyushu for the time being. If
Forcibly incorporating the Four Regions into the territory of the Yun State will actually drag down the Yun State, so I suggest that we maintain the status quo, but deepen trade with other countries and exchange what we need."
The emperor couldn't help but say: "In the past two years, border trade has been advancing, but with little effect."
Feng Danyuan said: "You exempted the frontiers from taxes and grain, and supported northwest trade. You have really solved a big problem for the people. However, the people have no ability to do business, and they have nothing to exchange with the Western Regions and Northern Xinjiang.
'Teaching a man a fish' can only solve temporary difficulties, but is not a long-term solution."
