Hearing his friend's words, Kang Dinghuang was stunned, frowned slightly, and said nothing.
Lu Zhen was not in a hurry. He cut off another large piece of steak, put it into his mouth and started eating.
After swallowing it, he wiped his mouth and said, "Listen to my analysis. First, if there is no Tan Hengqiang, can Lao Li manage Longcheng? The answer is obvious, definitely not. Because Lao Li does not have the ability to integrate the garrison, he alone cannot achieve the unification of Longcheng. This is why An Zecheng went to find Lao Tan to form a group as soon as he arrived in Longcheng. How about it, is there any problem with what I said?"
After saying that, Lu Zhen drank a sip of Coke and looked at Kang Dinghuang's reaction. The latter still frowned and remained silent.
Lu Zhen burped and continued, "Okay, listen to me. Second, do you think there is anyone else in the garrison besides Tan Hengqiang who can take up this great banner? There definitely isn't one, right?"
Kang Dinghuang glanced at him and shook his head slightly, as if he disagreed with this statement.
Lu Zhen paused for a moment and began to give examples: "Look, Zhang Xunchen is just a military advisor. He doesn't have the connections and control of the commander-in-chief. It's difficult for a civilian official to hold the overall situation. Tan Mingchao has little experience, and his ability is simply not enough to suppress the old hooligans stationed in the garrison. Not to mention the distant ones, Jiang Yuanzhen alone is enough for him to drink a pot, right? Let's talk about the other generals. They have abilities, but they all have their own ideas. Without Commander Tan, who can control these people? Or the ambitious General Jiang, he is a good example. You see, he only respects Tan Hengqiang."
Lu Zhen was very confident. He tapped the table lightly with his fingers, stared into Kang Dinghuang's eyes and said, "Combining these two points, if Longcheng wants to unify, Tan Hengqiang is the key. So, my idea is to let him..."
Kang Dinghuang thought for a moment, took a sip of water, shook his head and replied, "I don't agree with you. First of all, your assassination of Lao Tan will bring great benefits, but the risk is extremely high. We still have a communication channel with Longcheng, and Lao Tan has not torn his face with us. If your assassination fails, it will be equivalent to pushing Tan Hengqiang completely to the side of the administrative faction. At this juncture, you are doing this, which is exactly what Lao Li wants."
Lu Zhen had a faint smile on his face and did not comment on this.
Kang Dinghuang was not affected and continued, "Secondly, I think it is too idealistic to assassinate a person to influence the political situation. The situation in Longcheng is very complicated. Even if you succeed and get rid of Lao Tan, the situation is very likely to get out of control, which is not conducive to our immediate control of Longcheng. Now we at least know where the problem is. Once chaos breaks out, we may not even be able to find the problem."
A staff member passed by with a plate of food. Kang Dinghuang stopped to drink water. After he left, he continued softly, "Third, Lao Tan has been running the business for many years and has a solid foundation. If you want to assassinate him in Longcheng, it is no less difficult than to confront the huge garrison army head-on. As for the current situation in Longcheng, I think it is still dominated by political strife and internal division. You have to eat one bite at a time. It is impossible to solve the problem all at once because it is a very long process. National integration has been going on for a hundred years in District 1, and there is still serious racial discrimination. You want to solve the integration problem in Longcheng within a few days, I think it is a pipe dream."
Lu Zhen couldn't help but ask back: "Old Kang, are you so pessimistic?"
"This is not pessimism, but caution." Kang Dinghuang asserted: "Let me be frank. If the upper echelons have the same aggressive ideas as you, I don't think this thing can be done."
Lu Zhen insisted: "I think you are still too conservative. Tan Hengqiang is the key. If we can get him down..."
Kang Dinghuang interrupted him halfway through his words: "The method you mentioned can only be used in the final stage, when Dragon City and District 1 are completely separated and both sides have no way out. Otherwise, I will never agree. Doing it now will only intensify the conflict and make things worse."
Seeing his firm attitude, Lu Zhen smiled and said nothing more.
Kang Dinghuang also lowered his head to eat his salad and stopped chatting with Lu Zhen about Longcheng.
Their personalities have always been like this. They have different opinions and sometimes even argue with each other, but they will never get carried away or angry about it.
Work is work, friends are friends. When the two sides have different opinions on a matter, they will insist on it, but will not argue about it anymore.
After eating two more bites, Kang Dinghuang changed the subject casually: "Xiao Han has been doing well recently. There will be an opportunity for a young person to be promoted in a while, and I plan to put his name forward."
When Lu Zhen heard this, he smiled and picked up a glass of water: "Okay, that's very nice. Then I'll use water instead of wine to toast you."
Kang Dinghuang also raised his water glass, and the two of them clinked their glasses lightly and smiled at each other.
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Six o'clock in the evening, in front of the Victoria Hotel.
The sun has already set, and the lights are on all over the city. There are still many guests coming in and out of the hotel, and occasionally there are some street performers playing on the roadside, making it very lively.
Dai Quan and his team had already returned to the business car and had been sitting inside waiting for their target to get off work.
Zheng Guang glanced at the time on the electronic watch in the car and felt that the time was about right. He said to Dai Quan who was sitting in the back, "Wait until she comes out. Don't rush to do anything. We just need to follow her. She has a good relationship with my brother. Try not to hurt her."
Dai Quan was also idle, so he asked curiously, "How old is your brother?"
Zheng Guang thought for a moment and said uncertainly, "I think he's nineteen in age, about twenty in lunar age... Yes, I think I'm right, that's the age."
Dai Quan was obviously stunned for a moment after hearing this, and couldn't help but say: "Your friend is very suitable to be with me. He is not very old, but he has good taste."
Zheng Guang glanced at him speechlessly, he really wasn't sure what this old man liked.
Everyone fell silent again. After waiting for a while, it was completely dark outside, and rows of street lights illuminated the entire street.
"She's out."
Zheng Guang called out softly, Dai Quan raised his head and looked outside, only to see the forty-year-old woman walking out of the hotel with her waist twisted.
She was carrying an exquisite bag and walked quickly to a red car. She took out the car keys and opened the door.
Everyone stared at the woman through the car window.
"Follow him."
Seeing that the other party had started the car, Dai Quan gave an order and the driver immediately started the engine, and the commercial vehicle began to shake slightly.
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Hua District, Yanbei City.
Jiangzhou was sitting in a black business car, wearing a formal suit, with a slightly serious expression, not as relaxed as usual.
Wu Han, who was standing by, looked up at him and asked, "Why are you suddenly asked to come to Beijing to meet the emperor?"
"I don't know either. Maybe it's about asking Su Tianyu to come to the Chinese district."
Jiangzhou looked at the scenery outside the window and replied softly.