Early the next morning, in front of the Yongcheng Prefect's Mansion.
Bai Qi, Qin Wei, and all the local officials gathered together.
They were just orders from the prince, and no one knew what was going on.
At this time, a Yongcheng general pushed the shoulder of the person next to him.
"Hey, what do you think this is for? We summoned everyone here early in the morning."
"There's no need to think about it. I saw it this morning. The people led by the prince are all gathering outside the city. I'm afraid I haven't thought of any good solution until now. I just want to find a reason and leave."
The people next to him shook their heads in disbelief.
"No way. Didn't the prince promise to the governor that he would help to the end?"
"Huh, that's just talk. Do you take it seriously? The prince has brought so many people in total. It's not enough to fight the Huns. How can we waste our troops in this place?"
"Stop talking, look, the prince is here."
Liu Qi walked out of the door leisurely, stretched lazily, and then glanced at the ministers in front of him.
"I thought about it all night last night, and studied it carefully with General Bai and General Qin, and finally decided that this battle will not be fought!"
There was a sigh of relief below.
The two military attaches who had just spoken looked at each other with deep meaning in their eyes.
Especially those who speculated on the prince's actions raised their chins, as if to say, look, am I right?
"Quiet, quiet! I haven't finished speaking yet."
Everyone gradually stopped making noise.
"Although the fight will not be fought, the problem still needs to be solved. Therefore, I am going to send a person to Wutang Mountain to find Song He and tell him that I intend to recruit him!"
"Appeasement?"
Everyone was in an uproar.
Jiao Huan's face turned blue. He never thought that the prince's method would be like this.
Since the founding of Daqing, the attitude towards bandits has always been to fight if they can, and to fight if they can't.
To appease, this in itself is an attitude of showing weakness.
Daqing has never done this.
"Your Highness, if you want to recruit someone, you need the emperor's permission. If you make such a decision, I'm afraid... it will delay your trip."
"If not, I'd better leave it to my subordinates to find a way to continue dealing with these thieves. Haven't you already sent a letter to the court? Maybe they will send troops over in a while."
Jiao Huang said it bravely.
What I'm thinking is, even if your prince can't help, don't be so disgusting with us? It is such a shame to bow to thieves and bandits.
Since you can't do it, you'd better leave quickly.
Not to mention Jiao Huan, several local officials behind him were also whispering at this time.
"What do you think is a good way to appease someone?"
"I heard that the prince is mediocre. When I saw him today, it turned out to be true. Hey, if I had known earlier, it would have been better not to ask for help or appeasement from him? This is too embarrassing. How will the people of Yongcheng look at us in the future?"
"That's right, I have been an official for so many years, but I have never heard of anyone in Daqing appeasing those bandits."
Everyone here looked at Liu Qi with eyes filled with contempt.
The prince's method really disappointed them.
However, whether it was their reaction or what Jiao Huan said just now. Liu Qi looked completely unconcerned.
"Needless to say, I have made up my mind. If I say I will appease you, I must appease you!"
"Master Jiao, you don't have to worry. I am the prince of the current dynasty. Even if I don't need to report to the emperor, I still have the right to recruit him."
As he spoke, he looked around.
"Which of you is willing to go to Wutang Mountain and tell Song He about my wishes?"
Everyone lowered their heads and sighed repeatedly. It was obvious that no one wanted to do this embarrassing job.
At this time, Liu Qi's eyes suddenly fell on the military attache who had been raising his head and mocking them.
"You, yes, that's you, what's your name?"
"Back to Your Highness, my humble minister's name is Zheng Ke."
Zheng Ke? This made Liu Qi couldn't help but think about the person in the room. He was also a pretty boy, and he couldn't help but look so disgusting.
"I heard from Mr. Jiao that you are most familiar with Wutang Mountain and have led troops to encircle and suppress it several times. You are also an old acquaintance with Song He. In this case, I will send you to talk to Song He."
Zheng Ke's face suddenly turned livid.
"Your Highness... Your Highness, shall I go?"
"Why, you still don't want to obey my order?"
Seeing that Liu Qi looked a little unhappy, Zheng Ke shook his teeth and nodded heavily.
"I will obey your orders!"
.......
Back in the bedroom, Zhao Wenhui brought Liu Qi a cup of tea with a smile.
"Your Highness, you saw the expressions of those people, they are uglier than bitter gourds."
Liu Qi chuckled lightly.
"Of course I have seen it. If I didn't do this, how could Song He believe that I sincerely wanted to appease him."
"Your Highness, is that general named Zheng really a traitor?"
Liu Qi slowly handed down the tea cup.
"It's probably close to ten. If he can call Song He out, it will be certain."
"My little girl is puzzled."
"General Bai discovered this. It stands to reason that if Zheng Ke led his troops to encircle Song He and the others from the beginning, it would be impossible for them to grow so quickly in such a short period of time."
"The only explanation is that the generals who led the troops may have deliberately released the water. Moreover, since we arrived, the Song River has not gone down the mountain, and it has not even collected the money from the people to buy the road. So someone must have told the news them."
Zhao Wenhui asked again.
"Your Highness, how can you confirm that if Zheng Ke talks about Song He, he will definitely be a spy?"
"It's hard to understand. We all know that Song He is extremely cunning. How can he just believe what I say about recruiting him? What if it's a scam?"
"But if Song He believes it, it means that he believes that Zheng Ke. He thinks that the king is confused and can have a discussion."
After speaking, Liu Qi picked up the tea cup and looked forward with squinted eyes.
Now, I'm not afraid that Zheng Ke won't be able to reach an agreement, but I'm afraid that I've really got the wrong idea about Zheng Ke.
...
It was just after noon when Zheng Ke came back.
"Your Highness, Zheng Ke agreed!"
Liu Qi pretended to be surprised.
"Oh? Great, what did he say? Do you have any requirements?"
Hearing this, Zheng Ke lowered his head and sighed softly.
"Alas! Your Highness, there must be requirements, and..."
"And what the hell, come on, tell me."
"Song He said that he can recruit him, but he wants a third-grade official, and all his subordinates will follow him and enter the official family. No matter what happened before, they will be forgotten."
"In addition, in addition to being promoted to official positions, we must also promise them to give them 10,000 taels of silver as pensions for their subordinates who were killed or injured in the past."
Snapped!
After Liu Qi finished listening, his eyes widened in anger. He slapped it hard on the table, causing the tea in the cup to overflow.
"How shameless!"
I thought that Song He would be satisfied with just getting an official title.
Unexpectedly, this guy opened his mouth so shamelessly. Is it possible to push the envelope even further?
Liu Qi took a deep breath and nodded his head.
Okay, since you are shameless, I will let you know what it means to be more shameless.
Liu Qi clenched his fist tightly and shouted loudly.
"Zheng Ke, go back and tell Song He that I am ready! Make an appointment with King Gen to meet and talk!"
