During this period of time, Jiang Quan has been following Zhao Junchen. Under the influence of his ears and eyes, his knowledge and scheming have improved by leaps and bounds. However, compared to Li Zehe, a military general with long experience and talent, he still has extremely high abilities.
Big gap.
If Zhao Junchen were here and heard Li Zehe's words, he would immediately understand his true intentions.
Li Zehe's various practices ultimately serve three purposes.
One is to take advantage of He Yu's kidnapping to seize He Yu's influence in the military.
That's why Li Zehe wants to "assess merit and demerit", "clear rewards and punishments", and "boost the morale of the army"!
Leaving aside the fact that this kind of thing should be within the scope of the military commander's responsibilities, what Li Zehe did was obviously an act of overstepping the mark.
The most important thing is that the so-called "assessment of merits and demerits" and "clear rewards and punishments" are actually about supporting cronies and suppressing dissidents! The so-called "boosting the morale of the army" is actually about winning over people's hearts, expanding one's influence, and leveraging He Yu's corner!
The second is to drag Zhao Junchen on board the ship and ask Zhao Junchen to embolden him and endorse him.
That's why Li Zehe wanted to ask Jiang Quan for the evidence and information collected by Zhao Junchen, and then use these evidence and information to evaluate merits and demerits and carry out rewards and punishments.
Of course, when it comes to specific operations, there will inevitably be biases. If Li Zehe wants to win over certain people, he will reward more and punish more. If Li Zehe wants to suppress certain people, he will reward less and punish more.
But in any case, Li Zehe's basis for doing things is derived from the evidence and intelligence collected by Zhao Junchen, which means that Zhao Junchen must do his best to support him, otherwise it will be equivalent to Zhao Junchen admitting that the evidence he collected has nothing to do with it.
The information is false!
In this way, even if Zhao Junchen and He Yu can be rescued smoothly in the future, and He Yu sees Li Zehe's alien intentions and wants to liquidate and retaliate against him, Zhao Junchen must also defend it, otherwise Zhao Junchen's own
Prestige will also be damaged!
The third is to try to gain access to Zhao Junchen and take the opportunity to show his favor to Zhao Junchen.
That's why Li Zehe came forward to contact Jiang Quan personally and acted like he was asking for help.
This approach is not only because Li Zehe wants to establish contact with Zhao Junchen through Jiang Quan. What Li Zehe said before, "Is Jiang Baihu willing to help us with this?" In other words, he actually wants to make a deal with Jiang Quan.
Let Jiang Quan take the opportunity to put forward conditions!
In the eyes of a Machiavellian like Zhao Junchen, Li Zehe's wishful thinking is obvious and obvious.
Then, when Zhao Junchen was disgusted with Li Zehe's tricks, he would secretly praise him for his cleverness.
But after all, Jiang Quan is not Zhao Junchen. The time he has been with Zhao Junchen is still too short. Now he is only a member of the Imperial Guards. He has insufficient experience and experience. For a while, he was completely unable to understand the deep meaning of Li Zehe.
Hearing Li Zehe's last words, Jiang Quan couldn't help but be shocked. He thought that Li Zehe had discovered something and wanted to take the opportunity to test himself, or to lure himself into making mistakes and exposing his flaws.
In fact, Jiang Quan did have a way to contact Zhao Junchen secretly, but in order to prevent others from being caught, Jiang Quan could not contact Zhao Junchen easily.
Jiang Quan could not see Li Zehe's real intention at this time, so he naturally did not dare to act rashly, fearing that if he made the slightest move, everyone in Liaodong Town would catch him.
Therefore, Jiang Quan immediately shook his head and said: "General Li Shen, what do you mean by saying that? Zhao Gechen and He Zongbing both fell into the hands of the gangsters, so it's like you people in Liaodong Town can't contact He Zongbing at will.
Likewise, we, the Forbidden Army, are also unable to contact Zhao Gechen at will... How can I ask Zhao Gechen for his opinion?"
After saying that, Jiang Quan shook his head again and again, not daring to take the bait at all.
Seeing Jiang Quan's reaction, he obviously didn't understand what he meant at all. Li Zehe was speechless immediately and thought to himself: "Zhao Gechen is one of the powerful officials in the dynasty, why is it that he only has the only available people around him?"
A middle-level officer of the Forbidden Army with little knowledge like Jiang Quan? It is really troublesome to negotiate with such a person!"
But Li Zehe didn't know that Jiang Quan was also thinking secretly at this time: "Zhao Gechen originally thought that this trip to Liaodong was just a formality, so he didn't bring any of his confidants with him and left them all in the capital.
I am responsible for other tasks, so now I can only rely on a small person like me for many things...
But my ability and knowledge are both insufficient. At most, I can only implement Zhao Gechen's planned plan. But once an unexpected situation occurs like now, I will immediately be at a loss...
Alas! After Zhao Gechen decided to take action to rectify Liaodong Town, he immediately sent people to the capital to deliver a message, saying that he would summon several staff to come here to assist him... After calculating the time, these staff should have arrived, why are they still missing?
What's going on? If Zhao Gechen's close aides could make decisions on my behalf now, I would be much more relaxed!"
Not to mention that the two people had different thoughts in their minds at this time.
But he said that after Li Zehe complained a few times in his heart, he was still unwilling to give up his idea, let alone let someone like Jiang Quan delay his plan.
So, after Li Zehe thought carefully for a moment, he put on a look of sincere trust and advised: "Of course I know that your Imperial Army cannot contact Zhao Gechen at will, but there are some things... there is no harm in trying it!"
"Try? How to try?" Jiang Quan was stunned again and asked again.
Li Zehe patiently explained: "In my opinion, Jiang Baihu should write this matter in a letter, then tie it to a ringing arrow and shoot it into the dense forest. After hearing the sound of the ringing arrow, the gangsters in the dense forest quickly became angry.
Soon you will find the letter on the ringing arrow...
And then, because this matter has little to do with the robbers, maybe the robbers will be reasonable and forward this letter to Zhao Gechen? And then, maybe Jiang Baihu will be able to contact Zhao Junchen...
...everything is possible.
I know what Jiang Baihu is worried about. He is worried that someone will jump out and accuse Jiang Baihu of secretly colluding with the kidnappers. The relationship is unclear...
But please rest assured that Jiang Baihu is doing this out of public interest, and it was proposed by me. No one can find fault with it, and it will definitely not arouse any suspicion!
If Jiang Baihu is still worried, then I can handle this matter myself! Jiang Baihu only needs to write this matter in a letter, and I will shoot it into the forest with my own hands! In this way, it will be even more troublesome.
It won’t arouse any suspicion, okay?”
Hearing what Li Zehe said, Jiang Quan hesitated for a moment and finally nodded: "In that case, let's give it a try! I will write General Li's request in the letter, and then... General Li must
You want to shoot the letter into the dense forest while I watch."
Li Zehe's eyes flashed, as if something suddenly occurred to him, and he asked pointedly: "What? Is Jiang Baihu worried that I will take the opportunity to change the situation and secretly modify the content of the letter?
I didn’t expect Jiang Baihu to be so cautious in doing things. He could immediately think of this. I don’t have such ability... Well, could it be that Jiang Baihu had personally witnessed this kind of subversion, so he did this?
As impressive as that?”
Jiang Quan was startled again, his expression changed slightly, he shook his head and said: "General Li Shen overthinks it, he is just being cautious in his humble position!"
After several contacts, Li Zehe had already seen through Jiang Quan's background. He believed that Jiang Quan's strengths were seriousness and strong execution, but he was by no means a resourceful, cautious and thoughtful person.
Therefore, when Jiang Quan heard Li Zehe's proposal, his first reaction was to prevent Li Zehe from taking advantage of the opportunity to secretly modify the content of the letter. This reaction was extremely strange!
Logically speaking, Jiang Quan did not have such careful thoughts, but he still thought of this situation immediately...
Therefore, there is only one explanation for this situation, and that is that Jiang Quan had personally experienced something similar not long ago, so he was so impressed.
Then, Li Zehe thought of the secret letter from He Yu that the Liaodong Town Office received this evening!
Just like Shi Cheng, Li Zehe also believed that the contents of the secret letter were full of strangeness.
Logically speaking, He Yu should never choose to be suspicious of Ximen Sheng or suppress Ximen Sheng at this time, let alone express his thoughts directly, simply forcing Ximen Sheng to alienate himself.
But now, Li Zehe had vaguely guessed the truth of the matter.
But as always, Li Zehe still chose to pretend to be stupid, but said with a half-smile: "It is a good thing to be cautious. The more complicated the plan, the more cautious you must be... In this case, without further delay, I will wait outside the tent first, and Jiang Bai
Hu stayed in the tent and wrote the letter. After finishing the letter, you and I went to shoot the letter into the forest."
After saying that, Li Zehe stood up and left directly, not intending to care about the specific content of the letter written by Jiang Quan.
When Jiang Quan watched Li Zehe leave the camp, he looked distressed and murmured to himself: "Zhao Gechen's staff should come quickly...I really don't have the ability to deal with all this...especially this Li Zehe..."
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At the same time that Li Zehe and Jiang Quan reached an agreement, Shi Cheng had also received a tip-off and learned about the next plan of the generals.
Such news is like a bolt from the blue for Shicheng!
Because, this news means that those generals have no intention of hiding their dissatisfaction.
"A few generals are going to summon all the Liaodong soldiers and take the opportunity to decide the merits, demerits, rewards and punishments of everyone during this period? This is clearly a power that can only be possessed by the chief general in the army!
Now that the Commander-in-Chief is clearly still there, but he is in the hands of gangsters, they can't wait to do this kind of thing. This is clearly an act of trespass! It's a prerogative of power!
They also want to take out a sum of money from the General Military Mansion's arsenal and distribute it to all Liaodong soldiers... This is just to take advantage of the opportunity to win over people's hearts! Are they really going to rebel?"
As one of the successor candidates that He Yu focused on training, Shi Cheng also has the most basic political vision, and naturally he can see the true thoughts of Li Zehe and others.
Therefore, Shi Cheng immediately became furious and roared loudly with a ferocious expression.
On the other side, Ximen Sheng, who also heard the news, finally saw the chill in his expression disappear, and his dark face was covered with ice.
But Ximen Sheng did not lose control of his emotions. Instead, he raised his hand to stop Shi Cheng's roar and said slowly: "Shi Qianhu, it's useless no matter how angry you are now. Let's think about how to reverse the situation."
Under Ximen Sheng's persuasion, Shi Cheng finally calmed down and said quickly: "General Ximen, you must not betray the Commander-in-Chief under any circumstances at this time! That secret letter..."
Ximen Sheng waved his hand again and said: "Don't worry, I will not betray Mr. He. Is there anything fishy about the secret letter? After Mr. He is successfully rescued, I will confront him personally... But now
, I will still do my best to rescue him and protect him.
Therefore, what we have to do now is to control the situation as soon as possible, and we must not allow those generals to take the opportunity to cause trouble!"
Shi Cheng nodded repeatedly and asked: "Then what should we do?"
Ximen Sheng said: "Because of that secret letter, everything in Liaodong Town is now decided by the five generals, Shi Qianhu, and Li Shijie, a total of seven people. The minority obeys the majority, and everyone's attitude is the same.
It is crucial... So, Shi Qianhu, you should go immediately to see the West Road General Huang Shenming. This person is full of awe of the Commander-in-Chief. Even if he was bewitched by the other three generals for a while, he would never dare to
He betrays the Commander-in-Chief at will, so you must try to stabilize him and scare him!"
After a pause, Ximen Sheng said again: "I am going to see Li Shijie. After all, the Chief Soldier is the son-in-law of the Li family. He should not betray the Chief Soldier at will... In this way, as long as you and I
If we can win the support of General Huang and Li Shijie, we can override the opinions of the other three generals and still control the situation."
After Shi Cheng hesitated for a moment, he asked: "But what if Huang Shenming and Li Shijie have also made up their minds to betray the Commander-in-Chief?"
Ximen Sheng's expression did not change at all, but his chill grew stronger, and he sneered: "Since even the dignified Liaodong General Soldier and the cabinet ministers can be kidnapped by bandits, then... these bandits must be people with great powers, even if
It's not that strange that he assassinated several generals again... Shi Qianhu, don't you think so?"
Shi Cheng was stunned at first, but the next moment he also had a cold expression and nodded: "What General Ximen Shen said is reasonable. Although the current situation is that seven people decide things together and the minority obeys the majority, if their 'majority' is dead
If so, then it will naturally be left to us, the 'few', to decide the matter!"
Ximen Sheng nodded, then stood up and walked directly outside the tent.
At the same time, Ximen Sheng Youyou said: "That's the truth...the top management of Liaodong Town has not changed much in these years. It's no wonder that people's minds have changed. It's also a good thing to have some new blood!"