Chapter 608: Three Birds with One Stone
For this kind of people's normal feelings, how could Liu Zheng refuse the performance of filial piety, although Liu Zheng and Tao Qian are independent and belong to opponents, but in any case, Liu Zheng is still more respectful to Tao Qian in history.
After all, Tao Qian, as a prince in history, was able to not leave the position of Xuzhou Assassin to his son, but to Liu Bei, which is enough to make people have a little admiration for him.
"Okay, this condition is reasonable, I will naturally satisfy the filial piety of the potter!"
The second condition was also agreed to by Liu Zheng, and Chen Deng's face smiled even brighter, and then the third condition was proposed.
"Very good, we have seen the sincerity of Lord Liu Zheng, we only have one last condition left, if Lord Liu Zheng can agree to the third condition, then we will open the city to welcome Lord Liu Zheng into the city."
"Say it."
"Lord Tao Qian's death has made us courtiers very sad, so I beg your lord to give us an explanation, hand over the murderer of Tao Qian's assassination, and let us deal with it, as long as the promiser agrees to this condition, we will open the city."
Liu Zheng thought that Chen Deng would put forward what kind of conditions, but he didn't expect it to be such a sentence, and it should also be a condition proposed by Tao Qian's family.
For a person in power like Liu Zheng, in the face of such conditions, it is actually possible to fool the past.
casually introduced a substitute ghost, saying that he killed Tao Qian, and then handed it over to Chen Deng's cave man was enough to perfectly deal with the condition proposed by Chen Deng and others, but Liu Zheng still rejected Chen Deng's condition.
"Mr. Yuanlong, this condition you put forward makes me feel a little embarrassed."
"What's the difficulty, the adults only need to hand over the murderer to us for disposal, and the entire Xuzhou City is the adult's, and this transaction should be worth it."
Liu Zheng smiled faintly, and the expression on his face immediately became a little unpleasant, that kind of smile was not a pleasant smile, but a somewhat cold smile.
"Mr. Yuanlong, you may not know much about me Liu Zheng, and I also regret Tao Qian's death, but Your Excellency asked me to hand over my soldiers and horses to you for disposal, isn't this asking me to slap myself in the face? On the battlefield, this little soldier who killed Tao Qian, I will at least let him be promoted to the third level, all kinds of awards, but in the blink of an eye, I will hand him over to you to dispose of, just ask who will obey me on the battlefield in the future, who will work for me? ”
"Your Excellency, this is asking me to personally force my brother who has lived his life and friendship to a desperate road, do you think I Liu Zheng will agree to this condition?"
Liu Zheng can talk about other conditions, but this kind of condition of ignoring his brother and his subordinates, Liu Zheng will never agree, after all, Liu Zheng is a modern person, he is not cold-blooded, and he also knows that the word righteousness is very important in the Three Kingdoms era.
Just like Liu Bei has nothing, just a sentence of righteousness can make many of his civil servants and generals take refuge in him, relying on Liu Bei's own personal charm.
And this kind of personal charm is also what Liu Zheng needs to cultivate, at least he can't let the people who follow him chill.
If he really agreed to Chen Deng, it would inevitably make the people who followed Liu Zheng feel cold, thinking that Liu Zheng was not a master who could be trusted and trusted, Liu Zheng could abandon a person at will, and similarly, he could abandon himself at any time.
Just like Cao Cao, for the sake of military rations, he could kill the grain supervisor and let the grain supervisor convict, but this matter was put on Liu Bei's body, and Liu Bei would never be able to do it.
Similarly, Liu Zheng can't do it.
Even if he finds a substitute for the dead ghost, such a story will definitely not satisfy his subordinates.
Therefore, Liu Zheng chose to refuse Chen Deng's conditions, he not only wanted to maintain his own image, but also assured his subordinates that Liu Zheng definitely regarded them as brothers, not a chess piece that could be given up at any time.
Liu Zheng's refusal made the people on the city tower look at each other, and after glancing at each other, they didn't know how to answer for a while.
Chen Deng couldn't make up his mind, so he turned his head and looked at his father Chen Qi behind him.
Chen Qi actually still hoped that Liu Zheng could agree, after all, if Liu Zheng agreed to hand over the person who killed Tao Qian, it would be tantamount to a step backwards, giving a signal to the wealthy families in Xuzhou that Liu Zheng was soft, which was also a signal that Liu Zheng wanted to win them over.
But Liu Zheng has such an attitude, and Chen Qi also doesn't know what to say.
"Deng'er, then Liu Zheng values his soldiers, if he doesn't agree, then let's take a step back and tell him that we won't harm that person's life, but we will just impose some punishment."
Liu Zheng disagreed, and the peace talks still had to continue, so they could only make concessions on their side first, assure Liu Zheng of that person's life, and would not kill the people handed over by Liu Zheng.
After Chen Deng listened to his father's advice, he quickly returned to the battlements again, and asked Liu Zheng again under the city.
"Lord Liu Zheng, are you worried that we will kill the person you handed over, don't worry, we can guarantee his safety, but he is always the one who killed Tao Qian's assassination, and we have to give an explanation to the people of the city!"
Chen Deng's words made some concessions, but Liu Zheng still rejected Chen Deng.
"People, I won't hand it over, after all, I am responsible for my soldiers, and I am responsible for the brothers who follow me."
Liu Zheng's words made the people on the city tower a little embarrassed, originally thought that he had taken a step back, Liu Zheng should agree, after all, if you want to continue peace talks, it is impossible to keep a stalemate on this issue.
But Liu Zheng was resolute and rejected him in one bite. But Chen Deng's father and son both felt embarrassed.
"I won't hand over my people, but in order to show my sincerity, I am willing to make amends and apologize to Tao Qian's family for my own people, how about this?"
Chen Qi and the others took a step back, of course, Liu Zheng must also make appropriate concessions, otherwise this and talking about it will collapse here, talk about it, a big war, always Liu Zheng does not want to see, so for the best of both worlds, he can only stand up by himself.
Doing so, on the one hand, can show that Liu Zheng loves the good reputation of his subordinates, and at the same time can promote peace talks, and can also give Chen Qi, Chen Deng and others a good impression, it is simply killing three birds with one stone, so Liu Zheng will do this.
Chen Zheng's father and son on the city tower, when they heard Liu Zheng's words, they immediately nodded, after all, Liu Zheng's concession can also achieve their intentions, and then they only need to hold a funeral for Tao Qian in the city, and Liu Zheng will personally apologize and appease Tao Qian's family, and this matter will be over.