644 Marriage
Lin Heli thought about the conditions of the Northern Barbarian King and wanted a fiefdom. Except for the royal family, very few people in Beining could own a fiefdom. Even if they had a fiefdom, they could not govern themselves.

Lin Heli said, "The implementation of the Bac Ninh New Deal has long since changed the fiefdom system. Even the royal family has a fiefdom, but does not have the right to autonomy. The Bacning New Deal has abolished the fiefdom system. In the future, the descendants of the royal family will no longer go to the fiefdom and only enjoy the land rent tax of the fiefdom. Silver is only money, without power. All the land in Beining will be managed by officials. Even if it is given to the Northern Barbarian King, it will also be a fiefdom. The Northern Barbarian King will only enjoy tax money and no jurisdiction. If the Northern Barbarian King does not mind coming to live in Beijing, His Majesty will definitely give it to him. His magnificent mansion will also accommodate everyone in the Northern Barbarian royal family, so they don’t have to worry about their daily lives."

This can be regarded as a kind of captivity. They want a fiefdom and autonomy. This is impossible. If they are given a fiefdom and then a king, in a few years the entire fiefdom will be mostly northern barbarians, which is equivalent to the northern barbarians occupying Ning. This is absolutely impossible at the state border. They will also find ways to divide the people from the northern barbarians and will not allow them to live in one place.

The high priest seemed not to have expected that after the New Deal adjustment, the fiefdom policy would be abolished, which caught them off guard. Zhang Boju ordered someone to bring over the New Deal terms and explain them one by one.

This is not against the Northern Barbarians, they do have this clause.

The high priest pondered for a moment, unable to accept that this was far from what they expected.

They wanted to fief the land and the people would still be under the jurisdiction of the Northern Barbarian King. Unexpectedly, the new dynasty abolished the fiefdom system, which meant that the children of the royal family would no longer have to fief the land in the future.

"What if my king doesn't want to live in Kyoto, but just wants to settle in Ningzhou?"

"Yes!" Lin Heli said lightly, "Ningzhou is under the jurisdiction of the Ningzhou Iron Cavalry. If the Northern Barbarian King wants to live in Ningzhou, he only needs to abide by our Beining laws. However, the Northern Barbarian military supplies will be reduced to parts. In the future, they will be ordinary people and feudal princes. The number of personal soldiers cannot exceed three thousand."

"Three thousand, so few? I remember that the prince of Beining fiefdom had thirty thousand personal soldiers."

"That was the old dynasty. After the new dynasty abandoned the fiefdom system, it also re-regulated the size of the army. Otherwise, the princes of the fiefdom would raise troops and cause chaos, which would waste the people and money."

"Can we increase the number of troops to [-]?"

"No!" Zhang Boju firmly refused.

The two sides kept talking back and forth about the conditions. Fengyu heard from Qiuxiang that Lin and Li almost cursed each other during the conversation. They could hear their curses outside the palace. It was said that the northern barbarians were pushing their limits and the conditions were too high.

Feng Yu smiled and asked, "How did you know?"

"Nuan Yang said it." Qiuxiang blinked. She became very clever after entering the palace. She either asked for news about the previous dynasty, or asked whether she had any news to tell Feng Yu first, so as not to lose her eyesight.Nuanyang knew that Qiuxiang would tell Feng Yu the news, so he had no taboos.

Xie Xun is more strict with the people around him. Nuanyang, Fei Ying and others also know that there are many things that they don't need to hide from Feng Yu. She can tell her whatever she wants to know.Chunlu complained, "Mother, Qiuxiang has been running to General Nuanyang every day recently."

"Nonsense, I didn't!" Qiuxiang's face flushed, "I'm here to find out information for you."

"Yes, yes, yes, we all know how to find out information." Chunlu joked, "Why are you blushing?"

"Who's blushing? I'm angry. Why did you file a complaint?"

Feng Yu watched them laughing and joking, but she didn't take it to heart. She actually wanted their negotiation to be successful. If the negotiation was successful, Xie Xun wouldn't have to compete with Dugu Jing.

The scene of Xie Zhang and Dugu Jing fighting in the ring three years ago was still flashing in front of her eyes. Feng Yu didn't want Xie Xun to experience such pain. Moreover, in his heyday, Dugu Jing was now stronger and more fierce than three years ago.

Lin Heli and Zhang Boju went to talk to the high priest together. Feng Yu still held great hope. When Xie Xun returned to the palace, Feng Yu asked with concern about the status of the previous negotiations.

Xie Xun said, "We haven't reached an agreement yet, and it will probably be discussed late into the night."

"Then send them some food."

"The royal dining room has been arranged. What should we eat for dinner? Are we hungry?" Xie Xun wanted to eat after washing his hands. Feng Yu wanted to eat pots, so the dining room had prepared two pots early.

One is a red oil pot, the other is a broth made from old duck soup, all filled with fresh vegetables and thinly sliced ​​beef, mutton, fish fillets, etc.Feng Yu and Xie Xun's dinner was always relatively simple. Feng Yu didn't like heavy food, so Xie Xun liked heavy pots. He also specially ordered rice wine to be served, and the steaming pot was paired with rice wine. A layer of sweat soon appeared. Feng Yu poured him wine and asked casually, "I heard that the Northern Barbarian's team brought the princess of the Northern Barbarian King to Beijing."

"...Yes!" Xie Xun knew Feng Yu's subtext as soon as he heard it. "This matter has nothing to do with me. Even if you want to send her to the harem, I will refuse."

"If you send two young princesses here in a good way, they will definitely get married. If the Northern Barbarian King agrees to surrender, but you want to get married, how do you choose?"

(End of this chapter)

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