Siward looked unbelieving and said, "You said it."
Li Zhen said slowly: "What is the purpose of Mr. President and Mr. Seward coming to Chinatown? It is to solve the problem of Hong Yi, the leader of Hongmen. Since they want to solve this matter, of course, they can only show it by visiting in person. If I show sincerity, if I take the initiative to come to the door, people may say that I went to beg you two to release Hong Yi, and the government has no sincerity in releasing Hong Yi."
"Now that the two of them have personally visited the Dading Restaurant, the people will know the sincerity of Mr. President. Then, the Hong family leader has been acquitted, and the government has let people publicize that it is willing to solve the status issue between blacks and whites. With these two basic conditions , the people in the government should behave well and sincerely apologize, and the matter will be solved."
His eyes fell on Seward and asked: "Mr. Seward, what do you think of my explanation?"
Siward curled his lips and said, "It's okay to be careless."
Li Zhen smiled and continued: "Mr. President, what I just said has covered what I want to say. Now, you can go and implement it. Time is reputation. The sooner you and Mr. Seward solve the problem, the government's The sooner the reputation can be restored, the longer it is delayed, which will be detrimental to the government, especially now that not only black people are demonstrating, but also white people are joining them, the situation is not good."
Lincoln rolled his eyes and asked: "It is possible to release the leader of the Hong clan, it is also possible to severely punish the white people who took action against Hong Yi in the factory, and it is even possible to apologize from the government, but how can the matter of Peter, his wife and his family be resolved?"
Li Zhen chuckled and said, "It's easy to handle."
"It's easy to deal with."
Siward's eyes widened and he said, "If you have the ability, tell me how to solve it."
Powell sat aside and watched, feeling funny in his heart. This old guy Seward was just like an ignorant and mean man who only wanted to stir up trouble and had no quality at all.
He doesn't look like a Secretary of State in this way.
Li Zhen said calmly: "Your Excellency Siward, there is no need to provoke me, I am telling the truth."
Lincoln saw that Li Zhen was unwilling to tell the solution, but Seward did not restrain himself at all, so he had to put down his posture and asked: "President Lee, the matter is urgent, please give me some advice from President Lee."
Li Zhen didn't want to delay the matter any longer and said directly: "Since we can't find the murderer for the time being, let's find someone to take the blame. There are so many death row inmates in the prison, and people are even dying in the prison every day. With Mr. President and Mr. Your Excellency, Secretary of State, can solve the problem by just grabbing two of them. You don’t need my step-by-step instruction on such a simple matter."
Lincoln suddenly realized it and thought to himself: Why didn't he think of such a simple method?
When the incident involving Peter, his wife, and his family came up, if no one could be found, someone should be used to take the blame.
Misstep, misstep,.
Lincoln sighed repeatedly in his heart, feeling that he was over the top.
Siward stared at Li Zhen and said with a hint of sarcasm: "President Li is very clever. He easily fabricated the affairs of Mr. and Mrs. Peter and his family, and then thought of a solution. It's admirable."
Li Zhen's expression became serious and said: "I don't know much about the Peters and Mr. and Mrs. I only found out about it through flyers. You asked me about the solution, and I gave you suggestions. Mr. Seward got the benefits, but he is to blame." You are like a dog that bites Lu Dongbin, and you don’t know a good heart. If it weren’t for Mr. Lincoln’s sake, I would never tell you the solution.”
Anger appeared on Seward's face, but Lincoln glared at him fiercely.
They are not here to quarrel, but to seek peace.
Lincoln stood up and said: "President Lee, please rest assured that Hong Yi will return safely tomorrow. Please also ask President Lee to help the United States calm down this matter."
Li Zhen nodded and said: "I will cooperate fully."
Immediately, Li Zhen asked Huang Qiang to send Lincoln and Siward away. When the two people's backs disappeared, a burst of cheers came from the yard. Hong Qinglong and Wang Hong's faces were full of excitement and they thanked Li Zhen again and again. This time Hong Yishen Trapped in prison, thanks to Li Zhen's help, Hong Yi could be brought back from the gate of hell, otherwise Hong Yi would have been executed long ago.
Powell asked: "President Lee, if Lincoln doesn't beg for mercy, what are you going to do next?"
Li Zhen laughed and said: "There is no way."
Powell was also a knowledgeable person. Seeing that Li Zhen didn't say anything, he stopped asking further questions.
On the way Lincoln and Seward returned to their residence, Seward suddenly whispered: "Mr. President, when we were at Dading Restaurant earlier, another idea came into my mind."
"What do you think?" Lincoln asked.
Siward looked left and right, then said: "Forget it, let's talk about it when we get back."
Lincoln didn't ask further questions and returned directly.
Back at their residence, Lincoln and Seward came to the study. Lincoln asked, "Tell me."
Siward clenched his fists, a sinister look flashed in his eyes, and he said word by word: "Mr. President, if we send someone to kill Hong Yi, what will be the consequences?"
"You're crazy."
Lincoln exclaimed, his face full of horror.
This idea was so crazy that it made Lincoln shudder. When Hong Yi was arrested and faced with the possibility of execution, Li Zhen caused an uproar that had spread to all states. Although such an impact was what Lincoln wanted to see, once Hong Yi was killed , Li Zhen will never give up. What if other things happen again? Will they be resolved by then?
Lincoln said seriously: "I am telling you very seriously, please calm down."
Siward said: "Listen to me first."
Lincoln said: "Hong Yi cannot be killed, there is no room for negotiation."
Siward frowned and said eagerly: "My idea is this. Release Hong Yi early tomorrow morning, and then arrange for someone to assassinate Hong Yi on his way back to Chinatown. At that time, we will The accusation was pushed on the slave owner who did not want to see Hong Yi leave, so he said it was the slave owner who sent people to do it. I believe it will definitely arouse the slaves' resistance to the slave owner. After all, Hong Yi has been tied to this black man's In terms of work, you can also make use of it."
His eyes were shining with conspiracy.
Lincoln looked determined, shook his head and said: "I disagree. You only saw the good side, but not the bad side. Once Hong Yi is killed, it is equivalent to pushing the slave owners directly against us. Even if you want to win over the slave owners, It is very difficult to support us, and Li Zhen will also be pushed to the other side by us and become our enemy."
At this point, Lincoln's eyes flashed with panic and he said: "The federal government not only has to face the slave owners in the slave states, but also faces the unscrupulous Li Zhen. Can you stop it? I don't agree with your approach. What we need to do now is to gradually change the slave owner's mind slowly. This matter ends here. Once Hong Yi is killed, you will bear the consequences."
When Siward saw this, he curled his lips and said, "Forget it if you don't agree. I'm just talking nonsense."
Lincoln said: "That's it for now. Let's go back to Washington as soon as possible."
While Seward and Lincoln were arguing, Hong Yi, who was in prison, did not know that he had walked through the gates of hell several times. If not for Lincoln's insistence, he would not have survived after leaving prison.