"Cooperation? What qualifications does he Shi Heng have to talk about cooperation with this town! ”

Xu Youzhen listened to Liu Juntao's words, and her brows were also furrowed.

Although Xu Youzhen had also expected that it would be difficult to talk about cooperation with Liu Juntao, he never expected that Liu Juntao would refuse it outright.

Xu Youzhen pondered for a while, and then said: "Mr. Liu, I know that the Right Governor and Mr. Liu have some grievances, but those things have passed, and the Right Governor now wants to cooperate with Mr. Liu, which is also due to the situation, Mr. Liu had better think twice!" ”

Liu Juntao sneered and said, "The situation? Isn't it that all the hidden piles in Shi Heng's Gyeonggi garrison have been pulled out by this town? That Shi Heng was probably worried that the Gyeonggi garrison would get out of control, or be controlled by the town and His Majesty, so he couldn't sit still now, right? ”

Xu Youzhen was stunned when he heard this, then laughed dryly twice, and said: "Mr. Liu said that he was joking, where can one or two people control the army of more than 100,000 people?" Besides, the soldiers and generals of the Ming Dynasty are naturally loyal to His Majesty and the imperial court, so how can the right governor have other ideas? ”

Liu Juntao didn't dwell too much on this issue, so he said: "Okay! If Lord Xu doesn't have anything else to do, then the town will leave first. ”

"Mr. Liu, slow down!"

Xu Youzhen said a little anxiously: "Since General Liu is unwilling to talk about cooperation with the Right Governor, how about doing business with Zaixia, let's have an equivalent exchange?" ”

"Equivalent exchange?"

Liu Juntao asked playfully, "What are you exchanging?" ”

Xu Youzhen got up and poured a cup of tea for Liu Juntao, and then said: "General Liu, this time to rectify the Gyeonggi garrison can be described as a lot of hard work, but the right governor has also lost a lot of manpower. In the following opinion, it is better to settle the grievances than to settle the knot, and it is best for the right governor and Liu Zongbing to take a step back: Liu Zongbing allows the right governor to install some people in the army, of course, these must be carried out under the control of Liu Zongbing; And the right governor will also be in various parts of the capital to provide convenience for General Liu Bing, such as the military equipment and talents that General Liu needs! How is it? ”

After Liu Juntao heard this, he immediately laughed, as if he had heard some unusually ridiculous joke, and laughed so hard that Xu Youzhen's face was pale, and he almost had a seizure.

"If Mr. Liu has anything to say, even if he says it directly, is it so ridiculous to say it next?"

"Haha! This is what Lord Xu calls equivalent exchange? It's ridiculous! ”

Liu Juntao said in a deep voice: "In the Gyeonggi garrison, no one in the DPRK and China is allowed to install people, this is an iron law, and no one can surpass it!" ”

Then, Liu Juntao said again: "The activities in various parts of Gyeonggi are the town's own affairs, and there is no need to worry about the right governor!" ”

"So, General Liu is ready to directly reject all the proposals of the Right Governor?"

Liu Juntao snorted coldly and did not speak.

However, Liu Juntao's heart was running rapidly.

For Shi Heng, Liu Juntao has no good feelings, and even once he has the opportunity, Liu Juntao will kill him quickly!

But for the court situation at this time, Liu Juntao understood that Shi Heng's side was not wrong, if he didn't get involved, the orthodox emperor would definitely be successfully restored in the future!

Therefore, reason told Liu Juntao that he could not completely fall out with Shi Heng at this time, at least he had to maintain the status quo, lest Shi Heng use his position as a hero to suppress Shandong Town after the restoration of the orthodox emperor.

So, Liu Juntao said: "Since Lord Xu is here to negotiate today, then this town will also propose a plan!" ”

Xu Youzhen was slightly stunned when she heard this, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, please speak, listen to me!" ”

Liu Juntao said: "After the reorganization of the more than 100,000 troops in Gyeonggi this time, this town cannot guarantee whether His Majesty will control it, because after the reorganization is completed, the town will return to Shandong Town to garrison, and this Gyeonggi matter is no longer within the jurisdiction of this town." ”

Xu Youzhen was about to speak when she heard this, but was stopped by Liu Juntao waving his hand

"However, this town can guarantee that my Shandong town and 100,000 Tiance soldiers will only be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and Huaxia, and will not be entangled in a certain emperor! As for the matter between His Majesty and the Emperor Taishang, this town and the 100,000 soldiers under his command are not interested, and they will not participate in it! ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Juntao looked at Xu Youzhen and asked, "How about this guarantee?" I don't know if Lord Xu can bring it back, can he give it to the right governor? ”

Xu Youzhen also frowned when she heard this, obviously weighing the pros and cons, and couldn't make up her mind for a while.

"What Mr. Liu means is that Shandong Town is ready to step on two boats, and the left and right are coming, right?"

Liu Juntao smiled faintly and said, "This town is just following the trend, Lord Xu has to think about it carefully, this town can wait for a while." ”

Xu Youzhen smiled, and fell into deep thought, obviously thinking about the conditions proposed by Liu Juntao.

The conditions proposed by Liu Juntao are completely contrary to the bottom line discussed by Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng, and Cao Jixiang, and the purpose of the three cannot be achieved at all.

However, Xu Youzhen also understands that if he does not agree to the conditions proposed by Liu Juntao, then the relationship between Shi Heng and Liu Juntao will become more and more stiff, and even a conflict will break out between the two sides in the future, which will directly affect the plan of the three to support the restoration of the orthodox emperor of the Taishang Emperor!

Thinking of this, Xu Youzhen had a plan in her heart, so she said: "Okay! Now that General Liu has a showdown, then he will be brave and promise to come down for the right governor! ”

Liu Juntao said: "Can Lord Xu be the master? This town doesn't want to negotiate it tonight, and tomorrow the right governor will suddenly regret it! ”

"Haha! Liu Zongbing rest assured, since he came tonight, he has already discussed with the right governor, and he will definitely be able to call the shots. If it weren't for the fact that the Right Governor couldn't come tonight, there would be no need to make noise. ”

Liu Juntao smiled and didn't say anything.

Then, Xu Youzhen beckoned Liu Juntao to eat, and after a while, the two dispersed.

In the middle of the night, Xu Youzhen rushed from the inn to Shi Heng's mansion non-stop, and when he saw Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang, who had been waiting here, Xu Youzhen told him what had been discussed.

Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang were very dissatisfied after hearing this, thinking that this peace talk had no effect at all, and the things that Liu Juntao promised were irrelevant, even if the two sides didn't talk about it, things would develop like this, and there was no need for the two sides to sit down and talk about it at all!

Shi Heng said: "Can you believe these nonsense words of Liu Juntao? Lord Xu, you are really kind! ”

Cao Jixiang also said: "It seems that we have miscalculated this time!" ”

Xu Youzhen looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "Two! The conditions we put forward have been directly rejected by Liu Juntao, anyway, it is a futile thing, it is better to let Liu Juntao leave some promises! Even if these promises are just a description of the current situation, and there is no great effect, it is better than nothing! ”

Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang were also silent when they heard this, after all, Liu Juntao is a master who does not eat hard and soft, and Xu Youzhen can make Liu Juntao promise to remain neutral in the battle for the throne, which is already considered meritorious.

Then, Xu Youzhen continued: "Now that we have received Liu Juntao's promise, it can be regarded as an unexpected gain, and then we can go all out to deal with Your Majesty's moves, at least we can take back the energy contained by the military department and Shandong Town, which can be regarded as a benefit!" ”

"That's true!"

At this time, Shi Heng also nodded, and glanced at Cao Jixiang, both of them understood that tonight's result was already the best result that the three of them could achieve!

"Good!"

As soon as Shi Heng sent the bookcase, he said loudly: "Since this is the case, then let's take a good look at how to deal with the current situation!" ”

That night, Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang, and Xu Youzhen stayed up all night, and they had been planning how to support the orthodoxy of the Emperor Taishang to be restored.