She married a dying prince and she won three babies.

What he said does make sense.

If Canglan is pushed too hard and forced to pay a large amount of money to compensate Wei, the Canglan court will have no choice but to increase its exploitation of the people.

It is certain that the officials are forcing the people to rebel.

If the current Canglan royal family is no longer a royal family, then Dawei will not be able to get compensation in the future.

Unless you directly capture Canglan and incorporate it into Wei.

However, many places in Canglan are too poor and the people have a hard time living. Incorporating them into the Wei Kingdom would be a burden, and the Wei Kingdom doesn't want them at all.

So don't push too hard.

"Husband, how do you think the emperor will handle this?" Yu Yuanzheng quietly asked Shangguan Ziqi beside her.

"If you were in the emperor's shoes, what do you think would be a more reasonable approach?" Shangguan Ziqi asked back.

"Well, this is a bit difficult. We can't push too hard, but we also have to make sure Canglan can handle it. It's really hard to strike the right balance."

Yu Yuanzheng didn't know how to make this condition.

She didn't understand Canglan's national conditions.

"Just listen. The Prime Minister and the Emperor must have discussed this long ago."

"Prince Beiming, my Great Wei cannot suffer the pain of these two years of war in vain, so I have a few requests.

"Canglan will annex four cities to Great Wei, and from the eight cities it has occupied, it will select four cities close to Great Wei. Every year, Canglan will pay Great Wei a tribute of 10,000 fine horses, 100,000 taels of silver, and 100,000 pieces of agricultural iron tools. This will continue for 50 years."

Prime Minister Zhao stated four demands in one breath.

The Canglan envoy was so angry that he took a deep breath.

It's like a lion opening its mouth.

If they agree, the Canglan treasury will no longer be able to save money, and the people's lives will only become more and more difficult.

"My Lord Prime Minister, I'm sorry I can't agree to this.

Ten thousand good horses every year means five hundred thousand taels of silver.

"One hundred thousand pieces of ironware would cost at least three hundred thousand taels of silver, plus another one hundred thousand taels of silver in cash, and they'd also have to carve out four cities. This is forcing Canglan into a desperate situation. How can the people survive?"

How could Zhu Mingchen dare to agree to such a request?

If he agreed, he would be chopped to death by the emperor when he returned.

It will also plunge the people into an endless abyss.

"Your Majesty, the most Canglan can offer as tribute is 5,000 fine horses, 10,000 pieces of ironware, two cities, and 100,000 taels of silver, and the tribute will last for a maximum of 15 years." An envoy named Xiang Ziqi bowed to Emperor Qiming and said.

Emperor Qiming said nothing.

"Your Excellency Xiang, Canglan is a vast country with abundant resources. How come we can't take it out?" Lord Cui glared and retorted.

"My country Canglan is vast, but its population is smaller than that of Wei. There are vast deserts and many areas that are perennially dry, so it is impossible to grow crops." Xiang Ziqi made a bitter face and pretended to be pitiful.

"Five thousand horses are too few. Eight thousand horses, fifty thousand pieces of ironware, and two cities with iron mines, Cangjiang City and Changyang City. One hundred thousand taels of silver cannot be less, and the time is thirty years." Prime Minister Zhao made a concession.

"Prime Minister, thirty years is too much, twenty years at most.

I, Canglan, am willing to marry the princess as a gesture of friendship.

Our eldest prince also came to Wei and was promised to be a hostage until he came of age.

Our eldest prince is the eldest son of our emperor and will be the ruler of Canglan.

At the same time, I, Canglan, have another request. Please tell us the secret technique of preventing smallpox.

I, Canglan, have also been troubled by this epidemic for many years. Every time smallpox breaks out, it causes the death of a large number of people.

My Canglan is already very small in population, so I beg the Emperor of Great Wei to sympathize with us. Only with more people can we increase the revenue for the national treasury and provide more money and goods to pay tribute to Great Wei."

Zhu Mingchen spoke very sincerely.

After hearing this, Emperor Qiming looked at Yu Yuanzheng and smiled faintly.

Yu Yuanzheng was a little puzzled by the emperor's expression.

So, let her make the conditions? That's easy.

"Prince Beiming, this secret technique for preventing smallpox belongs to me, and it's useless even if you talk to the emperor about it.

If you agree to exchange it for a city, I can give it to you.

"I wonder if you can make this decision?" Yu Yuanzheng said with a smile.

Prince Liu also laughed playfully after hearing this.

Didn't they say it had been handed over to the court? Why did they say it was hers now?

Zhu Mingchen frowned after hearing this.

The emperor asked him to bring this secret method back with him. Only when the population grows can Canglan have more wealth.

The young boy pulled him and whispered something into Zhu Mingchen's ear.

Zhu Mingchen then thought about it seriously.

"Okay. I, Canglan, am willing to exchange a city. But I, Canglan, have the final say on which city to use."

"That won't do. If you give me an inner city, what's the point of coming here? It doesn't border Wei." Yu Yuanzheng immediately understood something else.

"No, it must be bordering the Great Wei." Zhu Mingchen was afraid that it would be a loss for them to choose another city with mines.

"So, backwards."

A city is actually a state capital. It covers a large area and has a population of at least hundreds of thousands.

"In that case, that city will be given as a fief to our princess who defends the country." The emperor immediately expressed his opinion.

Yu Yuanzheng's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Such good things come so quickly.

The emperor is such a good emperor.

Yu Yuanzheng smiled so hard that her teeth were showing.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yu Yuanzheng stood up and thanked him politely.

Emperor Qiming smiled and nodded.

"It is your fiefdom only during your lifetime. After a hundred years, the imperial court will take it back." Shangguan Ziqi explained quietly.

"Oh. Does that mean it can't be passed on to my child?"

"Correct."

"Then I will try to live longer." Yu Yuanzheng was very open-minded.

She is only twenty-one now. If she can live to be eighty-one, that would be sixty years.

Ten years more than half a century is more than enough.

She only had to give 30% of the taxes collected from her fiefdom to the court, and 70% was hers.

Sixty years, how much can we collect?

The more I think about it, the happier I feel.

"If the emperor does this, he won't have to pay me for selling the secret recipe?" Yu Yuanzheng suddenly realized, including the people from Nanshu.

"Yes, I've already given you a city as your fiefdom. If you still want money, that's not appropriate. Being too greedy will damage the image of the Crown Prince's Consort in Prince Rong's Mansion. Besides, you are still the Princess and Marquis of Zhenguo."

Yu Yuanzheng was not disappointed after hearing this, as it was already a lot.

She is not greedy.

After the peace talks between Great Wei and Canglan were concluded, the situation fell to Southern Shu and Canglan.

After some bargaining, Canglan's Yunshan City was ceded to Nanshu, and an additional 100,000 taels of silver were paid as compensation. Nothing else was given, and it was all settled in one go.

The purpose of Prince Liu's expedition was Yunshan City.

This city has silver mines, and that's what he's attracted to.

He also took advantage of the fact that Wei had a bomb and Canglan had no time to care about too many things, and got a big bargain.

The three countries signed the agreement separately.

The war ended with Canglan's complete defeat. It would take at least several decades for Canglan to recover.

Emperor Qiming was in a good mood and decided to hold a banquet in the palace to celebrate three days later.

No matter how much you save, you can't save on this.

Exactly three days later it was the Dragon Boat Festival.

However, it was not a grand banquet for all ministers. Only officials of the third rank and above and clan relatives and nobles were qualified to enter the palace to attend.

In order to demonstrate that Wei was a country of etiquette, envoys from both countries were naturally invited.

There is another important matter that needs to be decided at the palace banquet.

That is the marriage between the princesses of Southern Shu and Canglan and the Great Wei.