"General Li, what else do you want to explain now?"
Zhao Junchen's tone was calm and unhurried, and he didn't seem to have any intention of scolding or displeasure.
After Li Zehe heard this, his face became increasingly pale and he was sweating coldly.
Li Zehe's recent practices include pretending to be loyal to Wu Yingxiong, a so-called double agent. While helping Liaodong Town deal with the Shanhaiguan Wu family, he also frequently leaked the secrets and developments of Liaodong Town to Wu Yingxiong. This kind of double-crossing
, the practice of sitting on the fence and looking at both sides seems to have taken advantage of it. No matter who wins or loses, they can be in an invincible position, but in fact, the risks are extremely high, and they cannot see the light of day.
Once exposed, the situation will quickly deteriorate. People will hate dogs and dogs will hate you, and you will be surrounded by enemies on all sides. It will definitely arouse hostility, exclusion, and suspicion from all forces, and then you will be isolated and helpless, unable to move forward, and have no way out!
From ancient times to the present, the vast majority of double agents who have been exposed have met a miserable end, and very few of them have died well.
Take the case of Li Zehe as an example. Once Zhao Junchen disclosed his wall-riding behavior, the high-ranking military attachés in Liaodong Town would be furious at his betrayal and would use all means to exclude and suppress him, leaving him in Liaodong Town.
There is no place for him in the country anymore, and the Shanhaiguan Wu family may accept him on the surface out of consideration of their richness, but they will never trust or reuse him, and will only try to squeeze out all the remaining value from him - this
Still the best case scenario.
As for the worst case scenario, Li Zehe didn't dare to think about it.
Zhao Junchen's calm tone at this moment also further deepened Li Zehe's panic.
In the officialdom, when something goes wrong, your boss's angry scolding is actually not scary. It means that your boss still has expectations for you and has not yet decided how to deal with you. After your boss's anger subsides, you still have the opportunity to explain and explain.
There is a chance for redress. In short, there is still room for improvement.
But a calm inquiry like Zhao Junchen's without any emotion is the truly scary situation. It means that the boss has already made a decision in his mind. It seems that he is giving you a chance to explain, but in fact he is just following the process.
No matter how you explain and remedy the situation, it will be difficult to influence your boss's final decision.
For a moment, Li Zehe didn't bother to think about the specific situation around him, and he didn't dare to continue to quibble and refute. He just took a chance and begged Zhao Junchen for mercy: "Zhao Junchen, I hope you can clearly understand that the various practices of despicable positions are indeed
Being suspected of betraying Liaodong Town, Beiji indeed leaked many secrets to Wu Yingxiong for his own benefit, but Beiji never betrayed Zhao Gechen from beginning to end!
I just said that everything I do is based on Cabinet Minister Zhao's leadership. No matter what your final decision is, I will fully cooperate with you. This statement is definitely from the bottom of my heart and is not false! So, I hope you will consider it.
For the sake of humble duty and loyalty..."
Speaking of the latter, Li Zehe's voice trembled and he knelt down and bowed his head.
After Zhao Junchen heard this, he looked confused and said: "Betrayal? Loyalty? The prerequisites for both are surrender and trust. But General Li has never really surrendered to this cabinet, and this cabinet has never
I have truly trusted you, so where do you start talking about your loyalty and betrayal?
Oh, by the way, I have formulated a series of plans for Liaodong Town, hoping to help Liaodong Town resist the annexation of the Wu family in Shanhaiguan, and you informed Wu Yingxiong of all these plans of the Pavilion, allowing Wu Yingxiong to discover this plan in advance.
The position and attitude of the cabinet... This kind of approach, to put it bluntly, can be regarded as betrayal!
But I am not angry, because I have never counted on the unity of Liaodong Town from the beginning, and I have never believed that Liaodong Town will seriously implement all of our proposals, and I have never believed in Liaodong Town from the beginning to the end.
The sincerity of the town’s cooperation! With the current state of Liaodong Town, nothing that happens will surprise us!”
Having said this, Zhao Junchen's tone remained calm, but his eyes gradually became sharper: "Especially you, General Li Zehe! I have said more than once that you are a smart person, and smart people have many benefits.
But there is also a disadvantage, that is, smart people always have their own ideas, so the loyalty of smart people can only be rented for a short period of time, but cannot be purchased for a long time..."
Li Zehe still bowed his head, but he seemed to feel Zhao Junchen's sharp gaze, and the cold sweat quickly soaked the lining, and explained hurriedly again: "No! That's not the case! Although Zhao Junchen has never accepted a humble position head-on,
However, ever since I signed my name on the memorandum on Liao’s salary reform, I have already regarded myself as your cabinet minister!
Beizhi knows very well that once Liao's salary reform is implemented and you control the distribution of money and food, you will become the new owner of Liaodong Town sooner or later. So no matter how short-sighted Beizhi is, he knows that the general trend is irreversible, and those small actions of Beizhi,
Although I want to take advantage of the opportunity to seek some benefits for myself, I never dare to harm Zhao Cabinet's plans! I have always been careful in my humble position to keep Liaodong Town and Shanhaiguan Wu family evenly matched. I just want to assist Cabinet Minister to control Liaodong to the greatest extent.
situation……"
When Zhao Junchen heard this, he finally shook his head and laughed, and said: "Oh? You still have such good intentions? Let's assume that what you said is true, but your statement also confirms my conclusion just now, that is, Li Can
Your loyalty can only be rented for a short period of time, but cannot be purchased and owned for a long time...
You think that sooner or later, we will become the new owner of Liaodong Town, so you position yourself as our dog and horse. But if one day Liaodong Town changes to a new owner, will you adapt to the situation, just like abandoning it now?
He Yu generally abandons me? In this case, how do you want me to trust you in the future?"
"This this……"
Li Zehe's expression was gloomy and uncertain, and he was speechless.
But Zhao Junchen did not further force Li Zehe.
After all, Zhao Junchen is still in Liaodong, and at this moment, there are thousands of border troops in Qinghe Fort waiting for Li Zehe's military orders. If Li Zehe is pushed too hard, who knows whether Li Zehe will jump over the wall in a hurry?
Zhao Junchen only wanted to beat Li Zehe and completely control Li Zehe, and did not want to force Li Zehe to rebel.
Therefore, after seeing that Li Zehe had nothing to say, Zhao Junchen changed the subject, his tone became gentler, and he said slowly: "Li Shen will not need to explain more, because you don't seem to understand my true thoughts!
I don’t mind if smart people have their own ideas, and I don’t mind if smart people seek benefits for themselves. I just don’t like to be smart...
As for General Li Shen, I have never meant to accuse you. I am just objectively describing a fact! I said that your loyalty can only be rented and cannot be purchased. This is not your shortcoming, but your fault.
Feature! A feature that can be exploited!
For us, long-term purchase loyalty is certainly loyalty, and short-term rental loyalty is also loyalty. There is no real difference. If we only need the former, then we will no longer be able to cooperate with any smart people, but
In fact, I often cooperate with smart people, and I am familiar with the way of cooperation with smart people!"
At this point, Zhao Junchen saw that Li Zehe's mood had gradually stabilized, so he raised his hand and said: "General Li, stand up and speak."
At the same time, at Zhao Junchen's signal, Jiang Quan stepped forward and forcibly helped Li Zehe up.
Zhao Junchen continued unhurriedly: "But there are always no rules in things in this world! Although this pavilion does not discriminate against short-term rentals, even private businessmen and common people will do so when renting.
Sign a contract and pledge money and property to prevent both parties from breaking the contract at any time... Therefore, should I and General Li pledge something to each other so that you and I have some scruples about each other and also clarify the obligations and obligations of both parties?
Responsibility, so that we can feel at ease when we get along in the future, right?"
After going around in a big circle, Zhao Junchen finally came up with the idea. In fact, he wanted Li Zehe to hand him a certificate of nomination.
Zhao Junchen now has the handle that Li Zehe betrayed Liaodong Town to Wu Yingxiong, but this handle is only valid for a short period of time. After Zhao Junchen completely quells the power struggle between Liaodong Town and Shanhaiguan Wu family, this handle will quickly expire, and when things completely turn around
After the article, Li Zehe could deny it directly. Zhao Junchen would be far away in the center of the capital and would not be able to confront Li Zehe face to face.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to force Li Zehe to hand him a certificate with stronger deterrence and longer validity.
After obtaining this certificate of investment, even if one day Zhao Junchen loses his financial power and cannot control the resource allocation of Liaodong Town, Li Zehe still does not dare to betray Zhao Junchen at will.
Li Zehe obviously understood what Zhao Junchen meant, but he couldn't figure out for a while what kind of certificate of surrender would make Zhao Junchen completely trust him.
After thinking about it, Li Zehe lowered his head again and said: "Zhao Gechen, please tell me directly, no matter what kind of collateral you want, as long as it is within my ability, I will do my best to do it!"
Zhao Junchen smiled again and said: "Actually, it's just a small thing, and it's good for you too!"
Hearing the word "little thing", Li Zehe couldn't help but trembled.
He knew that he might never be able to escape Zhao Junchen's control in the future!
No one knows what Zhao Junchen and Li Zehe talked about next. Even Jiang Quan made Zhao Junchen deliberately withdraw.
But after the conversation ended, when Li Zehe said goodbye and left, his expression was as pale and frightened as ever before.
After Zhao Junchen met Li Zehe, he was still not idle, and soon summoned Ling Huguang, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong regiment, to meet him.
After Linghu Guang was summoned to show up, Zhao Junchen also got straight to the point and said directly: "Commander Linghu, if you want to serve me... I have agreed!"