Seeing the awkward atmosphere, the bearded businessman quickly persuaded Zeng Liang with a smile: "Sir, please don't get angry. Although Ge Gong's words are more straightforward, what he said is not unreasonable. Such a big matter should be discussed carefully to avoid trouble in the future. Things have happened so that even the little one has no chance to defend himself."
Seeing his face, Zeng Liang didn't want to get angry. He only glanced at Ge Mingwei, nodded and said: "What the merchant said is true. I will discuss it with Ge Hanlin again. Today is too hasty and I will disturb you." .”
The bearded man stood up, bowed his head, said "It doesn't matter" twice, then asked the clerk to take him out, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and left in a hurry. After this meeting, Beard Beard basically figured out the imperial court's intentions. He returned to Beitang and talked with several colleagues. They all believed that the imperial court would build its own guns and cannons to strengthen its military, and their prosperous business would be hit; Most of the people held a tough attitude, but Luo Xihu had other opinions and advocated cooperation with Zeng Liang for greater interests. After all, he is an old man here and is highly respected. No one refuted anything and went to the county town to find out the news.
"Master Ge, you don't understand," Zeng Liang lit the lamp, looked at Ge Mingwei behind him and sighed, "Now that he is willing to do this mutually beneficial business with us, it means that this person is willing to obey the court. As long as he is willing to do this mutually beneficial business with us. Now that we have reached an agreement with him, we don’t have to worry about others not signing this new contract. Not to mention it’s a good deal, isn’t it? The longer the negotiation drags on, the worse it will be. If you like to cause trouble to the court, I didn’t say anything.”
Ge Mingwei still looked dissatisfied: "Can you please explain why you let them listen exclusively to your household department?"
Zeng Liang suddenly sneered: "This is interesting. If I don't take care of them, how can I ask the Ministry of War to take care of them? Mr. Ge, don't talk to the traitors!"
How could Ge Ming hear this? He immediately filled his chest with anger, and his eyes seemed to be bursting with fire: "Zeng Xiangzhi! I am at odds with Ye Thief, and I am also at odds with all private parties! If you want to be the second Liu Zhen Nian, I will never allow it!"
Zeng Liang put his hands behind his back, walked a few steps forward, stared at him fiercely and said: "Don't forget that the power is in my hands. Just wait, you can't do this." After saying that, he waved his sleeves and walked out. He walked out of the room and banged the door hard.
Tomorrow, Zeng Liang really couldn't control his temper and wrote a memorial to impeach Ge Mingwei. However, Ge Xueshi was used to being respected by Party Chen, how could he swallow it when he was contradicted by such an arrogant person who didn't understand etiquette? In this tone, he also wrote a letter blaming Zeng Liang for delaying the negotiation for a day.
Lu Zhixian, who was the chief of the Planning Department, received these two memorials one after another and was stunned. He never thought that the two of them would conflict, but now that something happened, he was very embarrassed, and he couldn't find a way to solve it even after thinking about it. After all, they both belong to the "Qingliu" faction, and dealing with either party will harm their harmony.
When Ye Yongjia heard about this, he was overjoyed and said to Cai Xianqing: "My plan has been successful. Lu Zhixian is cowardly and indecisive by nature and has no independent opinion. I only need to go and persuade him, and he will obey his words and have nothing to say to refute." Therefore. Feeling confident, I went to his mansion alone to see him.
"Sir, I have been thinking about this for a long time. It's time to take a rest."
The servant put the food on the table in front of Lu Zhixian and saw that he was still holding his head, frowning, and spinning the bamboo pen without ink in his hand.
"Well, let's put the rice aside for now. I'll eat it in a moment." Lu Zhixian answered perfunctorily without even looking at him.
Unexpectedly, the servant didn't move a step for a long time and kept standing beside him. Lu Zhixian didn't hear the footsteps and saw that he was still there, so he asked: "What else do you have? Why don't you tell me?"
The servant bowed and said, "I'm afraid of disturbing your thoughts, so I didn't dare to disturb you. I just want to tell the master that Mr. Ye is here for a visit. He is waiting in the atrium now. Can you invite him in?"
"I have never interacted with Ye Dang, so why did he come to see me..." Lu Zhixian muttered to himself for a while, and then waved to the servant: "Ask him to come."
"Junior has paid homage to Lu Shangshu!" When Ye Yongjia walked in, he deliberately made his voice longer and bowed deeply to him.
Naturally, Lu Zhixian did not dare to despise him. He straightened his clothes and quickly got down from the chair: "Master Ye, you have worked so hard and accomplished so much. I look at the sun and the moon. How can you call me a senior? You must not be so humble!"
"You are too modest," Ye Yongjia stepped forward and held his hand, "I heard that there is some discord over there in Beitang, so I came here to ask about the situation. How is it? Is it okay?"
Lu Zhixian pondered and said, "I don't know, sir, but the two of them have become incompatible with each other. They are impeaching each other, which really puts me in a dilemma." After that, he led him to the table and read the two memorials. .
"This letter cannot be submitted to His Majesty!" Ye Yongjia's expression suddenly changed.
Lu Zhixian, however, did not say a word and thought to himself: "This person has arranged all the candidates. If something goes wrong this time, he, the leader of the Ye Party, cannot persuade the fight, and the Chen Party will not take care of it. There is no hope of a complete solution." I am also a fate, but I was affected by his incident and became a sinner too! '
"Okay! I have a plan!" Ye Yongjia slapped his leg fiercely and shouted twice, which shocked Lu Zhixian. His eyes flashed with gold: "Then tell me quickly!"
"The fight between the two is actually a struggle for power. The power is not equal. The differences are naturally huge and no one can reconcile them. The minister should exercise the authority of the chief of the planning department, send the document back, and reply, 'Whoever starts a dispute again can't With one heart, he will take away the power of the chief and deputy envoys and choose others to take over.'
"If they just obey, that's the best; if they can't listen, then in order to prevent the other party from benefiting, both parties will be reluctant to dismiss them. They will write a letter to request that the department will issue orders. They will only follow the orders and no longer Intervene. In this way, you will be able to formulate the policy of the negotiation. Wouldn't everyone be happy?"
After hearing this, Lu Zhixian asked doubtfully: "You are so sure, but what if they don't get the letter?"
Ye Yongjia smiled and said: "This is because you don't understand people's hearts. Once they gain power, all they see is fighting. Even if they end up fighting for nothing, he feels comfortable seeing the other party lose power. Not to mention the superiors. And you are in charge of them, they are the lesser of two evils, and this is the best outcome compared to being deprived of their positions."
After hearing this, Lu Zhixian still had some hesitation in his eyes, and said cowardly: "But I don't have any idea about this negotiation. If I can't figure out Fan Shang's temperament and ruin the negotiation, then my colleagues will Are you coming after me? I’m worried that no one will take the blame.”
Seeing that this was a good opportunity, Ye Yongjia took the opportunity to lower his body forward, stretched out his hand, and whispered: "I know them very well. Otherwise... give this responsibility to me and let me intervene? Don't worry, If something goes wrong, the responsibility lies with me alone.”
