Even if Liaodong has a discount of tens of millions of silver coins, there are still millions of silver coins to be paid. At this time, Wang Jiaping wanted to slap himself hard, why was he confused by the imperial seal just now?

He actually agreed to bear the military expenses of the Western Expedition!

To be honest, it is still worth it to spend more than 20 million taels of silver to conquer Mongolia and make the Ming Dynasty's borders completely jeopardize the border. The cost of Emperor Yongle's several conquests to Mongolia was more than 20 million tons.

However, the current situation is that the Jingbei Army conquered Mongolia, and the court not only could not relax its vigilance, but also had to strengthen its defense. This money spent was a bit unfair.

After leaving the wild wolf, another tiger came, which made the Ming Dynasty very confused. Especially the ministers in the court couldn't understand why they were all the people of the Ming Dynasty, but when they came to Li Fan's subordinates, they became invincible in the world?

Wang Jiaping was depressed and had no choice. Although the imperial seal was in front of him, he could not take it away at all. It was nonsense to lead troops to rob him. The huge military expenditure could directly crush the Ming Dynasty.

The only way to get the jade seal is to negotiate, but the negotiation process is difficult and tortuous. Wang Jiaping and Ma Guang are verbally opposed to each other, but Ma Guang is like a roundworm in his belly, and he completely falls into the control of the other party.

Wang Jiaping was so tired that he was as big as a fight. After a few days, Wang Jiaping lost weight and was shaking when he walked.

On the other hand, although Ma Guang was a little tired, he was in good spirits and was in a good mood. He was more courageous as he fought.

Whenever both sides are in a deadlock, the person sitting in the corner wearing a mask will ring the table. Ma Guang immediately changes his mind and starts from other directions.

Fortunately, the arduous negotiations were finally over, and the two sides finally reached a preliminary agreement on the conditions. Wang Jiaping said that he would return to the capital and asked Emperor Xiao Zhu to make the final decision.

Ma Guang was also very satisfied with the price of Liaodong plus eight million silver coins. Later, Liaodong officially belonged to the Jingbei Marquis' Mansion and was included in the Jingbei Army system.

As for the Liaodong Army, they did not reject the Jingbei Army at all. Without the support of the Jingbei Army, they were unable to confront the imperial court at all.

In addition to Li Fan's promise, as long as Li Chengliang is willing to join the Jingbei Army, his Liaodong Army can not only be retained, but also expand several times.

While stationing in the grassland, you can also go north to conquer the grasslands in the northern desert and conquer foreign tribes, allowing the sweaty and bloody BMW to gallop in the land of China again.

Even if it hits the West, there is no problem. With the full help of Jingbei Army, these are not impossible.

The greatest achievement of a general is nothing more than expanding his territory. Li Chengliang did not have much ambition, but he would not miss the opportunity to leave a name in history for thousands of years.

Therefore, the merger of the Liaodong Army and the Jingbei armies would not happen at all. On the contrary, Li Fan's strength would be greatly strengthened by the Liaodong Army.

Just when Wang Jiaping agreed to Ma Guang's conditions, the sound of knocking on the table sounded again, and this time he knocked three times in a row before he stopped.

Hearing this voice, Wang Jiaping's brain hurts. He immediately looked at the masked man with displeasure and said, "You have been hiding your head and tail for the past few days. Do you dare not see anyone?"

Originally, Wang Jiaping thought that the masked man would not say a word, but he never thought that the masked man finally spoke: "I am already a dead man, so I will naturally hide in the darkness.

I have a suggestion that the court can save millions of silver coins. I wonder if the King and the Chief Minister want to hear it?"

The masked man's voice was hoarse and it sounded uncomfortable. He could take the jade seal back if he could spend less money. Of course, Wang Jiaping would not refuse, but his eyes were still looking at Ma Guang.

Ma Guang nodded to Wang Jiaping and introduced: "Mr. Yue is the chief aide of the Marquis, so what he said can naturally represent the Marquis!"

Wang Jiaping looked at the masked man again and said, "What are Mr. Yue's suggestions that can save the court millions of silver coins?"

Mr. Yue walked to the conference table and sat directly above the long table without any politeness. Wang Jiaping, who had no chance to look ugly, said: "Marquis Jingbei went west to Mongolia and made the greatest achievements of the Ming Dynasty in more than 200 years.

However, the court ignored this, which was a bit disappointing!"

"This..." Wang Jiaping didn't expect that Mr. Yue did not make a proposal, but instead questioned the court, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.

Before Wang Jiaping could answer, Mr. Yue continued, "According to the achievements of the Marquis of Jingbei, no one should object to the promotion of the title!"

When Wang Jiaping heard this proposal, he began to curse in his heart.

Why no one objected? Xiao Zhu from the capital would be the first to object!

The civil and military ministers of the court would object, and even the gentry would object!

But Li Fan's contribution was indeed great. In addition, the recovery of the imperial seal and the failure to reward had already caused rumors among the people to spread. If he was provoked by someone who was interested, something might happen.

After thinking about it, Wang Jiaping said, "I cannot make the decision on the reward of the Marquis of Jingbei. I need to return to the capital to report to Your Majesty. Please let Your Majesty decide in person!"

Mr. Yue showed a glimpse of his eyes and said, "My marquis has become the prince of the Ming Dynasty. Can he be granted the title of Duke?"

This time it was Wang Jiaping's turn to be shocked, the prince-consort? How could the prince-consort be able to be?

"Mr. Yue is joking and enjoying myself?" Wang Jiaping said coldly.

Mr. Yue was rejected without any embarrassment and continued: "The Marquis has been admiring His Highness the Princess for a long time..."

"This...!" Wang Jiaping suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Mr. Yue in disbelief.

...

The imperial envoy stayed in Henggang City for a few days before starting his return. When he set out on his way back, Wang Jiaping discovered that the newly collected Japanese Akira Ozawa was gone.

Thinking of the negotiations with Ma Guang for several days and being led by the other party, Wang Jiaping understood. No wonder the countermeasures he had discussed with his aides were completely criticized by Ma Guang the next day.

Those who are not familiar with the place can't find Daze Ming at all. Wang Jiaping dared not speak out about this, so he could only knock down his teeth and swallow it.

Wang Jiaping did not lose his gains during this trip. At least Li Fan was willing to take out the jade seal, but the conditions for exchange were a little uncomfortable for the court.

He just talked about a preliminary intention, and it depends on what Emperor Xiao Zhu meant. He didn't know whether the ministers in the court would reject such a proposal. At least he was quite reassuring in terms of face, which made Emperor Xiao Zhu a little embarrassed.

When he returned, Wangjiaping did not take a boat again, but instead went by land through Liaodong, Jizhen, and Shanhaiguan to enter the Ming Dynasty.

Unlike Wang Jiaping, who was upset, Eunuch An was very happy. In Nuergandusi, he saw many novel things and brought back several "gifts" from carriages before leaving.

He didn't expect this benefit, and he planned to come to Nuer to work as Dusi if he had the chance in the future.

When I returned to the capital, it was more than a month later. Snowflakes began to float in the sky, but they could not extinguish Xiao Zhu's anger in the imperial study.
Chapter completed!