"Since the general has no objection, my subordinates will ask people to prepare the food and grass needed by the army." Zhao Yutu said solemnly.
"Absolutely not!"
Liao Wenguang was startled and hurriedly spoke to dissuade him.
Zhao Yutu turned around and said expressionlessly: "What does Counselor Liao mean by this? Could it be that he wants to make the decision for my general?"
"No, no, no, I have no such intention." Liao Wenguang waved his hands repeatedly and said immediately, "The imperial court sincerely hopes that General Liu can rejoin, so there is no need to use weapons."
Zhao Yutu snorted and said: "My general only raised two conditions and you all didn't agree. It shows that the recruitment is not sincere. Why waste everyone's time? It's not like my general can't take Taiyuan Mansion."
"The two conditions put forward by General Liu are too harsh." Liao Wenguang said with a wry smile.
He could imagine that when he returned from Datong, Datong's rebels would immediately send troops to Taiyuan Prefecture. No matter what the outcome would be, he would not have any good results anyway.
Zhao Yutu said: "It's okay if you don't want our general to send troops to Taiyuan Prefecture. As long as you agree to those two conditions, we will naturally not send troops to Taiyuan Prefecture."
"Mr. Zhao, please don't embarrass me. This is something that I can't decide." Liao Wenguang smiled bitterly, then looked at Liu Heng and said, "Since General Liu doesn't object to being recruited, he might as well meet Futai, maybe Futai will agree to the conditions proposed by General Liu."
"Who knows if you are the Hongmen Banquet? If you do something, my general will be harmed by you." Zhao Yutu said coldly.
"General, please rest assured, Futai really doesn't have this intention, otherwise he wouldn't have sent three troops down to Datong several times to discuss recruitment matters with the general."
Liao Wenguang looked at Liu Heng and said that he only hoped that Liu Heng could change his attitude and not attack Taiyuan Mansion.
If there is still no agreement after consultation, even if Liu Heng attacks Taiyuan, his guilt will be much lighter because Futai is in front of him. If it doesn't work, he can go to Beijing to take care of things and continue elsewhere. official.
Liu Heng pressed the palm of one hand on the armrest of the seat and said: "The recruitment was proposed by you. Now you can't even agree to two simple conditions. It's hard for people to see your sincerity in the recruitment."
Hearing this, Liao Wenguang looked bitter.
Whether the imperial court was sincere about Liu Heng's recruitment, of course it was sincere. In any case, he was also Shanxi's Chengxuan political envoy and a high-ranking official of the fourth rank.
The fact that he came to Datong twice in succession shows the sincerity of the court in recruiting Liu Heng.
To say that the party is not sincere, it is the other party.
The conditions put forward by Liu Heng when he was recruited were too harsh. They were so harsh that the court could not allow them.
However, these words can only be thought in the mind.
"If General Liu is just allowed to stay in Datong, or even in Xuanfu, I believe that Futai will be able to move around, and the imperial court should be able to agree. However, General Liu put forward the condition that the imperial court not be allowed to send officials to serve in Xuanfu, not to mention that Futai dare not agree to it. , even the cabinet minister dared not agree to it."
Liao Wenguang looked at Liu Heng.
He hoped that Liu Heng could give in, otherwise even if the court wanted to recruit Liu Heng, he believed that it would be difficult to succeed.
"General, why are you talking nonsense to them? Since the imperial court is not sincere, we don't have to be polite and directly send troops to attack Taiyuan Mansion. We will wait until our army arrives at the capital to see if they can still be so tough." Zhao Yutu said with a threatening look. .
Liao Wenguang looked at Zhao Yutu, who had been clamoring to send troops to attack Taiyuan Prefecture. He knew that the matter would still fall on Liu Heng, and said: "If you don't believe it, general, you can meet with Futai and you will know whether what I say is true or false." .”
"It seems that I am not destined to be an official, so Councilor Liao's trip was in vain." Liu Heng sighed softly.
Zhao Yutu on the side said: "My subordinates think it would be better not to be recruited. Not only my subordinates think so, but the generals below also think so."
"I heard that Mr. Zhao has read books?" Liao Wenguang looked from Liu Heng to Zhao Yutu.
Zhao Yutu said: "How many years have I studied?"
"Since you have read books, you should work for the benefit of the people. Using weapons and weapons will only make the people suffer. This is not what a scholar should do." Liao Wenguang stared at Zhao Yutu's face and said.
Zhao Yutu smiled contemptuously and said: "I have only studied for a few years, but I have never entered school. I am not as good as Senator Liao. There is no need to put such a big hat on my head. Senator Liao might as well think more about how to keep Taiyuan Mansion." The important thing is that even Xuanda’s border troops can’t stop my tiger-character banner army, and a mere Taiyuan Prefecture can easily overwhelm it.”
"The Ming Dynasty has more than one Taiyuan Prefecture, and more than one Xuanda Prefecture has border troops. If weapons are really used, the court can mobilize a large army at any time. General Liu will not think that the Ming Dynasty can be shaken with the Xuanda Prefecture." Liao Wenguang's voice. It got colder.
Showing a tough attitude for the first time.
Zhao Yutu sneered and said: "It is precisely because my general did not want to see the people suffer that he left the army in Xuanda instead of crossing Juyong Pass to Shuntian Prefecture, otherwise the army would have already arrived at the city."
"The walls of the capital city are strong and the army cannot easily capture it. The capital city was never captured back then. How does Mr. Zhao feel that he is ahead of others?" Liao Wenguang asked in return.
The two of them started to argue.
At this time, Liu Heng coughed and said: "I admire Councilor Liao for his loyalty to the emperor and the country. However, even if the Tiger-Charactered Banner cannot win the capital, there is still no problem in capturing Taiyuan Prefecture. Once our Tiger-Charactered Banner army once After breaking the Juyong Pass, does Counselor Liao think the slave thieves in Liaodong will miss this opportunity?"
"Could General Liu be colluding with slave thieves?" Liao Wenguang's face turned pale.
Once Liu's army makes a big noise in the northwest, the slave thieves in Liaodong will not miss the opportunity. With the current imperial court, he finds it difficult to support a two-front war.
Liu Heng shook his head slightly and said: "If he colludes with the slave thieves, Counselor Liao will not be able to see me when he comes to Datong."
Upon hearing this, Counselor Liao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Liu Heng saw that it was almost done and said: "Well, let me give in. The imperial court can appoint officials to announce the appointment of the university, but they can only be civilian officials. All the military equipment of the academy can only be soldiers and horses with the Tiger Flag. Of course, the court cannot Any money or food needs to be paid on Xuanda Armed Forces."
"General Liu wants to declare military power over the two palaces?" Liao Wenguang frowned.
Liu Heng did not deny it, nodded and said: "Senior Liao should understand that it is impossible for me to hand over the military power in my hands, otherwise I will become a piece of cake on the chopping board. Even if I don't think about myself, I still have to think about the people around me. .”
"Since the imperial court has decided to recruit troops, it will naturally not go back on its word. In fact, General Liu does not need to worry about anything." Liao Wenguang did not want Liu Heng to have the military power of one man.
