Before the Ninth Princess could speak, Chen Ji, who was sitting next to him, jumped up from his chair.
His grandfather ceded the Sixteenth State of Yanyun to the Eastern Barbarians, which was the beginning of Dakang's humiliation.
From that time on, the large fertile plains north of the Yellow River became the racing ground for the Eastern Barbarians.
Over the years, many generals from the main war faction have proposed to recover the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, including his younger brother King Jin, and General Fan Wenyuan of Zhenbei, who have proposed the Northern Expedition many times.
They were all rejected by Chen Ji.
In order to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, his father launched two Northern Expeditions, emptying the national treasury and then died in depression.
So Chen Ji was desperate and resigned to his fate.
Dakang's treasury is empty. If the Northern Expedition fails, the Eastern Barbarians will definitely become angry and launch an even more violent attack on Dakang.
Chen Ji couldn't imagine how it would end.
So he has already laid down and has long given up the idea of regaining the Sixteenth State of Yanyun. Remember it in one second
But when Jin Feng mentioned it, Chen Ji's light of hope was rekindled.
He has witnessed with his own eyes the combat effectiveness of the escort, not to mention that Jin Feng also has many weapons such as hot air balloons, grenades, and heavy crossbows.
What King Jin and General Fan couldn't do, Jin Feng might not be able to do.
"Jin Feng, are you really willing to take back the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun?"
Chen Ji stared at Jin Feng and asked word by word.
Jin Feng wanted to answer "I do", but he felt uncomfortable saying these three words to an old man, so he changed his mind and said, "I can go and recover the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, but Your Majesty needs to agree to a condition!"
"If you can really recover the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, I will directly make you Qingshui Hou. You can choose any county as your fiefdom in all the counties and cities in the world, except the capital city, and the treatment will be the same as that of the county king!"
Chen Ji immediately promised: "You can rest assured in terms of military expenses. Even if we empty out the national treasury and sell all my collections, I will still collect it for you! Are you satisfied?"
hiss!
Before Jin Feng could answer, all the civil and military officials around him took a deep breath.
Chen Ji really spent a lot of money this time!
Jin Feng is just a baron now, but Chen Ji actually promised him to be directly promoted to a marquis.
That's all, Jin Feng was allowed to choose a fiefdom at will, and his treatment was the same as that of a county king.
Except for the group of nobles who followed the founding emperor to conquer the world during the founding of Dakang, there has never been such a precedent since then.
The civil and military officials were still excited, but they saw Jin Feng shaking his head.
"I don't want these!"
"Don't want these?"
Many officials almost choked at Jin Feng's words.
With such honor, Jin Feng is still not satisfied?
But when they thought about what Jin Feng was going to do, all the civil and military officials felt relieved.
The area of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun is too large, and its strategic location is too important. If it can be recovered, it will definitely change the national destiny of Dakang.
Compared with these, what is a mere county and a marquis?
If they had Jin Feng's ability, they would not be satisfied with just these, they would definitely ask for more.
"Then what do you want?" Chen Ji looked at Jin Feng.
"I want Wuyang!"
Jin Feng stepped forward directly and took the Ninth Princess's hand in front of the emperor and all civil and military officials.
Even though she was the Ninth Princess, she didn't expect Jin Feng's request to be this. Her face turned red with embarrassment and she subconsciously wanted to break away.
But Jin Feng held on tightly, and she couldn't break away at all, so she could only lower her head in resignation.
In fact, Chen Ji had known about the incident between Jin Feng and the Ninth Princess for a long time, and he was quite satisfied with Jin Feng as his son-in-law.
He was ready to ask Jin Feng to divorce his wife, and then recognized the marriage.
But he didn't expect Jin Feng to propose this condition in public.
This makes it clear that he doesn’t want to divorce his wife!
This made Chen Ji a little reluctant to get off the stage, and said with a cold face: "Although the Sixteenth State of Yanyun is important, I can slowly plan it, and I haven't gone to the point of selling my daughter! If Wuyang doesn't agree with the two of you, everything will be free of charge.
talk!"
Hearing this, Jin Feng turned to look at the Ninth Princess: "Wuyang, will you marry me?"
The Ninth Princess took a deep look at Jin Feng and whispered: "I do!"
Civil and military officials, you looked at me and I looked at you. They were all a little confused at first, but then they all showed signs of realization.
Jin Feng was quite famous in the capital, and almost all the courtiers knew that he was married and had a wife and a concubine.
The story between him and Tang Xiaobei was widely circulated in the capital and was regarded as a favorite story by countless brothel girls.
If Jin Feng wants to marry the Ninth Princess, he must divorce Guan Xiaorou and Tang Xiaobei.
Now that the Ninth Princess has agreed to marry Jin Feng, and the emperor made such an answer before, it is obvious that both of them recognized the marriage.
"What a role model for our generation!"
Many dignitaries looked at Jin Feng with a hint of admiration.
There are many marriages between the royal family and the powerful. Most of Chen Ji's sisters married into powerful families.
In other words, there were many princes-in-law among the civil and military officials present.
It's easy to talk about a prince-in-law, but in the feudal era, wealthy businessmen had many wives and concubines, but they only had one wife, and only they knew the grievances they felt.
Fortunately, most princesses know this well and turn a blind eye to their men having extramarital affairs.
But that's all. If I want to take people home, there is no way.
Of course, there are some princesses with perverse personalities who cannot tolerate sand in their eyes.
Their prince-in-law was very sad. Maybe one day he would go to the outer room and find that it was already cold...
Therefore, all the consorts present admired Jin Feng's behavior.
What they have always wanted to do but dare not do, Jin Feng did it!
"Since Wuyang agreed, let's talk about this later!"
Chen Ji glanced sideways at Jin Feng and asked, "What other conditions do you have? Let's discuss them together."
"There is nothing else. Once the matters in the capital are settled, I will send people to knock down Yuguan City first!" Jin Feng said.
The Yanshan-Taihang Mountains have always been a natural barrier for the Central Plains dynasties to resist the nomadic peoples in the north.
Yuguan City is the Shanhaiguan Pass in Jin Feng's previous life. It is the easternmost point of the Yanshan Mountains and the only place for the Eastern Barbarians to enter the Central Plains.
The reason why the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun fell into the hands of the Eastern Barbarians is because the Eastern Barbarians took away Yuguan City decades ago.
If Jin Feng could recapture Yuguan City, it would be equivalent to blocking the throat of the Eastern Barbarians from entering the Central Plains. If the Eastern Barbarians wanted to enter the Central Plains again, they would have to cross Yanshan Mountain.
Although there is no Great Wall in Dakang, sections of city walls and towers have been built in some places in Yanshan where horses can walk, and war horses can't get through either.
The Eastern Barbarians also knew the importance of Yuguan City, so they deployed heavy troops to guard it.
Chen Ji's father went on two Northern Expeditions, and he conquered Yuguan City.
Unfortunately they all failed.
The city wall of Yuguan City is so tall and strong that it is impossible to attack it.
However, Jin Feng has hot air balloons and grenades, so the city wall is useless to Jin Feng.
As long as he is given enough time, Jin Feng can directly blow down the city wall!
Therefore, Chen Ji had no doubt that Jin Feng could capture Yuguan City.
However, seeing Jin Feng still holding the Ninth Princess and not letting go, Chen Ji felt uncomfortable in his heart.
He raised his telescope again and saw that Zuo Xiaowei had already begun to cross the river. The battle situation in the north had been decided, so he took the chief eunuch and the Red Armor Army back to the palace.