The country sends a daughter-in-law? Come and take a dozen, take them all

When Yu Cai heard this, his face became even uglier, as if he was constipated, but he was becoming more and more ecstatic in his heart.

Yes, that’s the rhythm, let’s continue.

"Your Majesty, I have a man under my command named Zhao Qian, who is as good as me in diplomacy. How about letting him go?"

Yu Cai asked.

"Captain Yu, why don't you take him with you?"

When the Prime Minister saw Yu Cai's look, he was so happy that his heart burst into tears, and he didn't give the other party any chance to survive.

"Your Excellency is right. Commander Yu, the envoys we send out cannot be of low status, right? You can go there in person. Even if Daqian makes excessive demands, it's no problem. I think they won't make things difficult for you."

The Great Shang Emperor also said that if Yu Cai didn't go in person, there would be no hope at all.

"By the way, I think your son Yu Lun is quite talented in military command. The Shang Dynasty is in need of generals right now. How about letting him lead 10,000 soldiers to the border to gain some experience?"

Hearing this, the Prime Minister did not refute. It would be unreasonable not to reward Yu Cai for this fatal matter.

"Okay, then I'll go there myself."

After a moment, Yu Cai gritted his teeth and seemed to have made up his mind.

"You are worthy of being my beloved minister! How much grain and silver can you spare from the national treasury?"

The Great Shang Emperor asked immediately.

"Your Majesty, there are still 800,000 silver taels and 1.2 million dan of grain in the national treasury."

A minister spoke up.

"What, why is there only so much left?"

The emperor of the Great Shang Dynasty was in a better mood, but it was gone immediately. When he took over the Great Shang Dynasty, he had 20 million silver coins and 4 to 5 million dan of grain and grass.

He glanced at everyone with a gloomy look on his face. The treasury was in a state of emergency, and it was closely related to the dishonesty of these people under his command.

"Sir, the war more than a year ago was really brutal. Forty to fifty thousand soldiers died in the country, and more than one million taels of silver were paid out in pensions alone."

"And the construction of the palace also cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver."

"Recruiting soldiers also costs money..."

"Okay, stop it!"

The Great Shang Emperor spoke.

"After this year's tax revenue is collected, the treasury must have more than two million taels of silver. Can we do that?"

The Great Shang Emperor asked directly.

The ministers below were embarrassed again. Before he could speak, the Great Shang Emperor said, "If you don't have it, you don't need your head."

"Yu Cai, you should prepare and try to spend less than 500,000 silver coins this time. As for food, it should also be less than 500,000."

The Great Shang Emperor spoke.

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, Emperor Daqian will definitely not agree."

Yu Cai said directly.

If there is only this little silver and grain, then the kickback he gets would be too little.

The Great Shang Emperor frowned, then waved his hand and said:

"I don't care about so much, you should find a way to settle the matter."

After saying this, the Great Shang Emperor was about to leave.

"emperor!"

Yu Cai said loudly, and then knelt on the ground: "If Daqian does not agree, then they will definitely send troops to attack. My life is insignificant, but if we lose our country, it will be a big deal."

"But there is only so much silver and grain in the treasury. What do you want me to do?"

The Great Shang Emperor also said. He couldn't just conjure up silver and food out of thin air, could he? Although he had his own small treasury with a lot of money in it, he was not willing to take it out at this time.

The field fell into silence. Yu Cai did not say anything either. He looked like he did not know what to do but just did not want to go.

After a moment of stalemate, the Great Shang Emperor came up with a good idea.

"Now that the country is in danger, I will take out another 100,000 taels of silver from my home. But I don't have much silver on hand. My dear ministers, please lend a hand and donate some silver to get through this matter."

After hearing this, the ministers below still chose to remain silent.

Let them take the silver from their homes? No way. As long as they keep quiet, the law will not punish them. The Great Shang Emperor can't do anything to them, right?

At this moment, Yu Caiteng stood up and said:

"Your Majesty, I am willing to pay fifty thousand taels of silver!"

After these words were spoken, the Great Shang Emperor, who was about to get angry, nodded in satisfaction and glanced at the other ministers.

The other ministers were already burning with anger at this time, and they wanted to beat up Yu Cai, a bastard who was harming others and not benefiting himself.

However, facing the sharp gaze of the Great Shang Emperor, they still succumbed. The Prime Minister spoke first:

"My family is poor, but I am willing to give out 50,000 taels of silver."

"I am also willing to take fifty thousand taels of silver."

"I will take thirty thousand taels of silver."

"I will take 10,000 taels of silver."

The ministers spoke one after another, and in the blink of an eye, the number had reached one million.

Yu Cai became more and more happy, completely ignoring the murderous looks of his ministers.

Lin Xiaofan is a kind person. With this million taels of silver, he will definitely give himself a lot of kickbacks. And the 50,000 taels of silver he donated will definitely be returned in due time.

"Your Majesty, I have a son who is well-read and good at diplomacy. I would like to have him accompany the delegation this time, maybe he can be of help."

The Prime Minister said again, looking at Yu Cai coldly.

In his opinion, Yu Cai probably wanted to embezzle some money because of this. Since you made me feel bad, I will never let you feel good.

If he wants to let someone of his stature join the delegation, he will have to think carefully before committing corruption.

"can."

The Great Shang Emperor agreed immediately, saying that it was just one more person and not a big deal.

Yu Cai's expression remained unchanged, and he thought it was nothing. After all, what he was doing was taking kickbacks.

"Your Majesty, urgent news from the border!"

A soldier who had been stripped of his weapon walked over quickly, his legs went weak and he fell to the ground with a letter in his hand.

He had been traveling from the border for five consecutive days, only changing horses but not people along the way, and his body had reached its limit.

A military officer nearby took a few steps forward, took the letter, looked it over to make sure it was ok, and then handed it to a eunuch.

The eunuch also took a look and confirmed that there was no danger before handing it back to the hands of the Emperor of Shang.

[Daqian mobilized 20,000 troops from the capital to Qingzhou County, and also mobilized countless food and fodder, suspected of planning an attack, and requested support. ]

There was no doubt that the handwriting belonged to the general, and there was no need to confuse him about such a thing.

The Great Shang Emperor's expression became tense. He still had some idea of ​​the strength of the army under his command.

It's OK to deal with those people in Daliang, but to deal with Daqian? I don't think I can last even a day.

Moreover, it is easy to guess how the Ningchuan army got there. It is obvious that it was the Shang Dynasty that borrowed the passage.

As a vassal state of Daqian, Dashan not only did not stop this kind of thing but also helped. How could the Emperor of Daqian not be angry?

This time, the troops are definitely aimed at Da Shang.

"Yu Cai, pack your things and set off tonight. Whether we can avoid this battle depends on you. I think Yu Lun is pretty good too. If he does well, he will have no problem getting promoted to a general in the future."

Da Shang looked nervous. His emperor was doing a good job and he didn't want to become the king who lost his country.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. I will do my best."

Yu Cai had a serious look, as if he was ready to die, but he was actually very happy in his heart.

The Emperor of Shang’s meaning was very clear. As long as he could do this well, his son Yu Lun would be the new generation of general in the future.

So far, the Great Shang Kingdom has only three great generals.

By then, the father and son, one a scholar and one a warrior, will have an unprecedented status in the Shang Dynasty.

More importantly, the general can control a lot of military power.

If Daqian wants to take action against Dashang one day, he will have more bargaining chips to negotiate with Lin Xiaofan and save the lives of Yu's family.

As for protecting Da Shang, is that a joke?

Given the current situation of Da Shang, it would be useless for Da Qian to even think of sending troops. There is no need to defend it at all.