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Just when Li Shijie's expression was uncertain, Zhao Junchen took out another booklet.
Compared with the previous booklet, this booklet is much thicker.
Afterwards, Zhao Junchen stared at Li Shijie closely and said slowly: "The testimonies you see now are all from the lower level soldiers below the general flag officer in the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and the booklet now in my hands is It records in detail the testimonies provided by the middle- and upper-level military attachés among the Liaodong cavalry, do you want to read it too?"
Li Shijie gritted his teeth and said: "Thank you, minister. I really want to take another look and confirm!"
Zhao Junchen nodded slightly, and then threw the new booklet in front of Li Shijie again.
Li Shijie quickly picked it up and flipped through it, only to see that the confessions recorded in this booklet were much more detailed than the previous booklet. The testimony provided by every middle- and upper-level military attaché of the Liaodong Cavalry would occupy at least Seven or eight pages of paper.
After Li Shijie carefully read through the booklet, his expression became more and more gloomy, and he also became more and more sure of his previous judgment, thinking that all these situations were Shi Cheng taking the opportunity to make trouble for him!
Based on Li Shijie's repeated screening, he found that among the middle and upper-level military attachés of the Liaodong Cavalry, some tried to shield him and try to put in good words for him to absolve him of his guilt, but there were also many people who provided testimonies that were extremely hostile to Li Shijie. Disadvantageous, at least it is ambiguous and unbiased.
Most of the latter are Shi Cheng's military accomplices and have a close relationship with Shi Cheng!
Take Shi Cheng's own testimony as an example: "The defeat of the Liaodong Cavalry to the Guan Ning Cavalry in the battle between the two armies had a lot to do with Li Shijie's wrong command. After Li Shijie saw that the defeat was achieved, he was eager to Reversing the battle situation, covering up one's own mistakes, and fighting against Guan Ning's cavalry is no longer enough. This is one of the main reasons for the casualties of Guan Ning's cavalry and the conflict between the two armies...
The Guan Ning Cavalry also bears an unshirkable responsibility. After they saw that they were about to defeat the Liaodong Cavalry, they have been getting carried away, frequently provoking, and actively causing trouble. The soldiers of the Liaodong Cavalry were unwilling to be humiliated and had to fight back. Of course, Li Shijie When Qianhu counterattacked, he did use extreme measures! "
Such a testimony completely ruined all possibilities of Li Shijie's escape!
Thinking of this, Li Shijie's expression became more gritted and gloomy, and he felt betrayed.
Seeing the change in Li Shijie's expression, Zhao Junchen nodded with satisfaction.
In fact, when Zhao Junchen sent people to collect testimonies, Liaodong Town's performance was very united from beginning to end. Everyone was trying their best to protect Li Shijie, even Shicheng, who had a competitive relationship with Li Shijie, and the soldiers in Shicheng. Friends are also unanimous in their efforts to protect others.
But Zhao Junchen still managed to distort the content of their testimony.
Compared with the testimonies of those lower-level soldiers who distorted their original meaning through methods such as "overgeneralizing" and "taking quotes out of context", Zhao Junchen used a much more cautious approach when dealing with the testimonies of these middle- and upper-level military attaches. No words or sentences in the testimony were deleted, but the expression and the order of the sentences were slightly changed, and then the testimonies became completely opposite meanings.
Taking Shi Cheng's testimony as an example, his original words were actually - "The Liaodong Cavalry's defeat to the Guanning Cavalry in the battle between the two armies had a lot to do with Li Shijie's wrong command. Li Shijie saw that the defeat was already over. After success, although he was eager to reverse the situation and cover up his own mistakes, it was no longer enough to compete with Guan Ning's cavalry, but it was not the only reason for this incident, and it could not even be considered the most important reason...
In fact, when the Guan Ning Cavalry saw that they were about to defeat the Liaodong Cavalry, they kept getting carried away, humiliating them frequently, and actively causing trouble. The Liaodong Cavalry could not bear the humiliation and had to fight back. This situation was what caused the conflict between the two armies and Guan Ning. The real cause of the cavalry casualties, and Li Shijie Qianhu’s violent actions at that time, were just to counter Guan Ning’s cavalry provocations! "
Comparing the content of the two testimonies, it is obvious that Zhao Junchen only changed a few details, and the meaning of all sentences has not changed. Therefore, Zhao Junchen is not worried about Li Shijie asking others for confirmation after the fact.
But once these sentences with the same original meaning are combined together, they become completely different expressions.
The so-called "politics" is actually an art of expression. Every civil servant is a master of playing with words. As one of the contemporary powerful officials, Zhao Junchen is naturally good at this.
During this period of time, Zhao Junchen spent a lot of effort to find out the military connections between Li Shijie and Shi Cheng.
In comparison, tampering with the content of the testimony was just a trivial matter for Zhao Junchen.
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At this time, Li Shijie's emotions were both anger and panic.
The anger is because of the betrayal of Shi Cheng and others, and the panic is because the betrayal of Shi Cheng and others will drive him into a place of eternal destruction!
Once Li Shijie's crime of deliberately killing fellow Guan Ning cavalrymen and provoking a conflict between the two armies is carried out, Guan Ning's cavalry side will definitely be unyielding, and may even bring this matter to the center of the imperial court, and Liaodong Town will no longer There is no reason to protect him, and Li Shijie's military career will be completely over by then!
But after all, Li Shijie was not a complete playboy. When the situation came to an end, he actually forced himself to calm down, his brain turned rapidly, and he tried hard to think of ways to reverse the situation.
After much deliberation, Li Shijie believed that there was only one way to change his bad situation, and that was to use the Li family's connections and influence to reach a deal with Zhao Junchen and try to seek Zhao Junchen's favor and asylum.
But how exactly this deal should be carried out, and what price the Li family should pay in exchange for Zhao Junchen's favoritism and protection, Li Shijie couldn't figure out for a while.
Just as Li Shijie was thinking hard, Zhao Junchen suddenly sighed softly and said: "Li Qianhu, the current situation makes this pavilion feel very embarrassed! You are a direct descendant of the Li family, a general in Liaodong for generations. Commander-in-Chief He Yu's trusted confidant... To be honest, I don't want to offend Liaodong Town and the Li family at the same time, but most of the evidence collected so far is against you, and I can't ignore the facts and let it go so easily. You... tell me, how should I deal with you at this time?"
After hearing what Zhao Junchen said, he seemed not to want to punish himself severely, but seemed to be taking advantage of the opportunity to make a deal, Li Shijie was immediately overjoyed.
Therefore, Li Shijie stopped thinking about it on his own and said quickly: "Your Majesty, I am aware that all of this is caused by villains who framed me. I hope you will try to save me! With your wisdom and vision, there must be a way." , as long as you can try to save Beizhi, both Liaodong Town and Beizhong’s family will definitely try to repay you in the future!"
"The villain set up a trap..." Zhao Junchen nodded lightly and said: "I have actually seen it. Putting aside the testimony provided by the Guanning Cavalry, the testimony provided by the Liaodong Cavalry can be said to be On the contrary, one group of people is trying their best to protect you, while the other group is trying to make trouble for you. Liaodong Town, which has always been known as united, actually has two distinct voices... Hey! If my guess is correct, the latter ones Everyone is your competitor within Liaodong Town, and the leader is that Qianhu Shicheng, right?"
Hearing Shi Cheng's name, Li Shijie immediately tensed up and nodded: "Minister, you are very aware of the situation. This is exactly what happened! Shi Cheng and his accomplices are just villains who framed people in low positions!"
Zhao Junchen smiled half-heartedly and said: "Whether they are villains or not, and whether they framed you, we won't mention it for now... But under the current circumstances, as long as Shicheng sends someone to firmly accuse you of your guilt, Then you can't escape punishment no matter what!
In this world, sometimes you have to bow your head when you should! Therefore, I suggest you that the person who untied the bell must also tie the bell. If you want to get through this difficulty smoothly, begging me here is not of much use. It is best to lower your body and beg Shi Cheng to raise his hand and let you go... As long as the Shicheng people are willing to modify their testimony, your case will be easy to talk about!
By the way, I have already made an agreement with Mr. He, and we will jointly recommend Shi Cheng to be promoted to the governor of the Liaodong Defense Area. But to be honest, the court has always been a little afraid of Mr. He. Recommendations have always been made on the basis of those who can be promoted, and those who can be blocked. However, as a civil servant, I do not have much influence on military affairs...
Therefore, the chance of Shi Cheng being promoted to the governorship is only 70 to 80%, even with the joint recommendation of General He and I. It is not foolproof... And as a direct descendant of the Li family, who has been a general for generations, if you can Persuading the Li family to play a role in this matter will increase Shi Cheng's chances of promotion. I'm sure Shi Cheng will reciprocate and be willing to help you get rid of your guilt. "
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Li Shijie's eyes suddenly widened, feeling that he had suffered unprecedented humiliation!
In Li Shijie's view, given his family background and ability, it was already unacceptable to be bullied by Shi Cheng during this period of time, and then he was betrayed and insulted by Shi Cheng, which was even more unforgivable... Such a situation You actually want him to bow his head to Shi Cheng? Or even asking him to personally help Shi Cheng to a high position in the military?
For a moment, Li Shijie felt completely unacceptable.
But Li Shijie had to admit that Zhao Junchen's proposal might be his only way out.
For a time, feeling humiliated, Li Shijie's resentment towards Shi Cheng also reached an unprecedented height!
Seeing the resistance in Li Shijie's heart, Zhao Junchen continued nonchalantly: "I also know that you are feeling aggrieved, but this is also the best way at the moment... I have been keeping you under custody for the past few days for the purpose of investigation. The investigation into the conflict between the two armies is now about to come to an end, so it is useless for me to continue to detain you!
It just so happens that tomorrow morning, Liaodong Commander-in-Chief He Yu will come to see this pavilion. Then you can follow He Yu and leave this pavilion... During this time, you can also seriously think about your choice, and I still say the same thing, bow your head when you should bow your head, and keep the green hills without fear of running out of firewood. Although this sentence is bad, it is also an unchanging truth. "
After saying that, Zhao Junchen waved his hand and said: "This is what I have said. You can leave now and wait for Mr. He to take you back tomorrow."
In fact, even if things have developed to this point, no matter how many detailed testimonies he has seen, Li Shijie still has a vague suspicion deep in his heart that everything that happened today may be Zhao Junchen's means of alienation.
But after seeing Zhao Junchen let him return to the Liaodong Town camp so easily, as if he was not worried at all that he would go to Shi Cheng to testify, most of the remaining doubts in Li Shijie's heart were dissipated again, and he became more convinced. Shi Cheng made things worse for himself.
Just like that, Li Shijie left Zhao Junchen's eyes with a complicated expression.
Looking at Li Shijie's leaving figure, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but smile again and murmured to himself: "It's a pity that Li Shijie will never have the chance to confront Shi Cheng... According to the next step The plan is that after he regains his freedom, he will only mobilize all the connections of the Li family to take revenge on Shi Cheng, and then completely tear apart the unity of Liaodong Town...
Alas, this time I dealt with Liaodong Town. Although I generally used conspiracy methods, in detail, I still used many shady conspiracy tricks... Compared with conspiracy, conspiracy is more unstoppable, but it is really effective. It's too slow, so I have to try to speed up its effect!
Otherwise, if the seeds I planted will not sprout until a few years later, by then I will have left Liaodong, and I will not be able to reap any benefits. I will only let Emperor Deqing pick the peaches and let Deqing pick the peaches. The emperor's advantage is further enhanced!
After all, I am not the kind of pure loyal minister who is selfless and devoted to the country. If I can take the opportunity to seek some benefits for myself and try to intervene in the military power of Liaodong, I will naturally try my best to fight for it! "
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