12dz Chapter 239: Releasing Zong Kui, That’s Another Price
Chapter 239: Releasing Zong Kui, That’s Another Price
After Su Jixue finished speaking, she turned directly to Beisu.
Beisu's left eye couldn't help but twitch. The moment he saw Su Jixue's expression, he knew that this level would be very difficult.
In fact, for Emperor Ming of Dongchu, the conditions previously discussed were already enough to allow him to leave his name in history.
But when it comes to Miss Su in front of him, Bei Su suddenly feels unsure.
Who knows what Miss Su would think.
"So, you, Nanqing, are planning to use 500,000 taels of silver, Nanqing's annual grain tax, 5,000 fine horses, three years of annual tribute, and compensation for the losses of Dongchu's capital and Prince Zhan's palace to welcome back your regent?!"
Su Jixue tilted her head slightly, her eyes filled with endless ridicule.
Her tone was so provocative that the usually steady Prime Minister Zhuang couldn't help but say, "Su Jixue, national affairs are no joke!"
Zhuang Xiang is Su Jixue's nominal great-grandfather, so he said that Su Jixue was right either from a moral or status perspective.
"National affairs are indeed no joke, so great-grandfather, are you planning to stop Jixue from gaining greater benefits for Dongchu?" Su Jixue asked back with an innocent look on her face. She is not a pushover who can be bullied by anyone.
Prime Minister Zhuang was blocked by Su Jixue's words and his face looked a little ugly.
"Or does my great-grandfather really have some connection with Nanqing, so he is speaking for them?" Zhuang Xiang was silent, but Su Jixue would not remain silent. She would not let others provoke her and then get away with it.
At least peel off a layer of skin!
This way, next time anyone messes with Su Jixue, they will at least think about what the consequences will be.
"Su Jixue, you can't talk nonsense in the court!" Among the civil officials, someone from Prime Minister Zhuang's lineage couldn't help but jump out and say.
"So you say yes, but I say no." Su Jixue sneered back, "Excuse me, which of my words just now were nonsense, and which of them were not for the sake of protecting the interests of Dongchu?!"
"Could it be that Prime Minister Zhuang is not my great-grandfather?! But even if my great-grandfather's family has a tunnel where Zong Kui is hiding, Su Jixue is willing to kill her own relatives for the sake of justice."
Su Jixue brought up the matter directly in the court without any concern.
There was an uproar.
Everyone knew that Prime Minister Zhuang was under siege, but they didn't know why. And now, they just found out that it was because the secret passage where Zong Kui was hidden was in the Zhuang family.
"So, you are not also an official who is in collusion with Nanqing, right?" Su Jixue looked at the official innocently.
The official's face darkened and he shrank back.
"I don't know about that secret passage." Prime Minister Zhuang shouted angrily as he looked at the commotion around him.
"Since you don't know, then at least learn to keep your mouth shut. You don't even know the secret passage is in your own home. Great-grandfather, you are either pretending not to know, or you are really senile! Either way, it's not your turn to speak in this kind of situation!" Su Jixue looked nonchalantly at Prime Minister Zhuang, the third-generation imperial tutor who had weathered the ups and downs of officialdom in Dongchu and remained standing.
It can even be said that Emperor Ming's ascension to the throne is inseparable from Prime Minister Zhuang.
Therefore, they are destined to be enemies rather than friends.
Prime Minister Zhuang was so choked that he couldn't say a word. Su Jian quietly retracted the foot he had just taken.
Su Jian couldn't help but feel fortunate that he didn't speak just now, otherwise he would be the embarrassed one now.
Su Jixue is so reckless!
After dealing with Prime Minister Zhuang, Su Jixue repeated what she had said before: "So, you Nanqing people want to use this little thing to exchange for your honorable regent?"
When Bei Su saw that Su Jixue dared to confront Prime Minister Zhuang directly, he knew that Miss Su was seriously underestimated.
Bei Su had not received any news from her before.
In Beisu's view, this is another Ji Xue.
"These things are not even enough to compensate me for the 120,000 people who fought in the Gu'an War!" Su Jixue said directly, asking for a huge sum of money: "Five hundred thousand taels of gold as compensation for the Gu'an War."
"Three years of Nanqing's tax revenue will be used as the price for deploying troops against Dongchu, and ten thousand fine horses will be used as compensation for the defeat!"
"Five years of annual tribute will be used to commemorate the deceased souls of Dong Chu and compensate for the losses suffered by the Dong Chu treasury!"
"As for the losses in Dongchu's capital and Prince Zhan's mansion, I won't settle the accounts with you! After all, since you are a distinguished guest in Dongchu, just consider it my courtesy as a host!"
Su Jixue's words made Beisu's face darker and darker, and the eyes of Dongchu's king and ministers brighter and brighter.
This doubled immediately!
One Su Jixue is truly worth a million soldiers.
He even completely suppressed Nan Qing from the moral high ground.
"Are these conditions acceptable to you?" Su Jixue looked at Bei Su with a half-smile, and with a look of arrogance that seemed to be in control of the situation: "Your delegation can discuss it slowly."
It is true that these conditions can be negotiated slowly, but the premise is that Zong Kui really has time to wait for the results of the negotiation.
"Yes." Bei Su almost squeezed out the word from between his teeth.
"Lord Qin, please go and draft a treaty as soon as possible. This kind of thing really cannot be proven by words alone. Let's take advantage of the fact that both parties are working hard to formulate the terms." Su Jixue immediately turned to look at the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, who had a happy face.
Lord Qin looked at the emperor, and when he saw Emperor Ming nod, he quickly ordered people to prepare the items for drafting the contract.
"Then can you at least release our regent now?" Bei Su asked, suppressing his anger.
"Huh? Could it be that your delegation has poor hearing?" Su Jixue was a little surprised: "The items I just mentioned are all one-to-one, and there is no entry for your country's regent!"
"Are you kidding me?!" Bei Su's eyes were blazing with anger.
"How dare you speak so brazenly in the court of Dongchu!" Lord Qin stepped forward upon hearing this. "Miss Su just said it clearly!"
"Five hundred thousand taels of gold as compensation for the Gu'an battle."
"Three years of Nanqing's tax revenue will be used as the price for deploying troops against Dongchu, and ten thousand fine horses will be used as compensation for the defeat!"
"Five years of annual tribute will be used to commemorate the deceased souls of Dong Chu and compensate for the losses suffered by the Dong Chu treasury!"
"As for the losses in Dongchu's capital and Prince Zhan's mansion, I won't settle the accounts with you! After all, since you are a distinguished guest in Dongchu, just consider it my courtesy as a host!"
Lord Qin repeated what Su Jixue had just said, and all the compensation items matched one by one, except for the item of releasing the Regent.
It is said clearly and plainly.
"Lord Beisu, if you can't make the decision yourself, don't act like a bully here. Why don't you wait until your regent wakes up and ask for instructions?" Su Jixue looked disdainful, reminding Beisu that their regent didn't have much time left.
"Then what do you want?" Bei Su had been controlled by Su Jixue without realizing it.
"You want to welcome back your regent? That's easy! Just raise the price!" Su Jixue said nonchalantly, "For Dongchu, releasing an enemy who intends to disrupt Dongchu will come at a different price!"
She will make them lose their skin even if they don't die!