Mi Han

Chapter 180
Liu Chan was born in Xinye, Jingzhou in the winter of the 13th year of Jian'an. At that time, Jingzhou was on the eve of great changes.

In the second year, Cao Cao led an army of 20 to march south to Jingzhou.

At that time Liu Biao died of illness, and Liu Cong, Liu Biao's second son, succeeded him and sent envoys to surrender to Cao Cao.

Liu Bei stationed troops in Fancheng to resist Cao's army going south. He didn't know the news that Liu Cong had surrendered. He didn't know the situation until he arrived in Wancheng.

After knowing the situation, he immediately led his army to retreat south, thinking of Jiangling to lead troops to defend Cao's army.

When he arrived in Dangyang, more than [-] people spontaneously followed Liu Bei, carrying thousands of vehicles and traveling more than ten miles a day.

Such a slow marching distance finally allowed Liu Bei's army to be overtaken by the five thousand cavalry led by Cao Cao himself in Dangyang.

At that time, Liu Bei could have left more than [-] people behind and led a large army to occupy Jiangling.

Jiangling is a prosperous place in Jingzhou, and there are countless food, grass and armor in the city. With Jiangling, Liu Bei has enough capital to gradually unify Jingzhou.

Cao Cao was worried that Liu Bei would occupy Jiangling, so he led his cavalry to chase him all the way.

But for the safety of the people, Liu Bei couldn't bear to abandon them.

After Cao Cao's five thousand cavalry army chased up Liu Bei's army, in order to protect the people, Liu Bei's army could not be used at all.

This point was grasped by Cao Cao, who was good at grasping the opportunity of battle. Cao Cao didn't care about the lives of the people, so Liu Bei was almost wiped out in that battle. Liu Bei led Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other dozens of horses and fled.

If Liu Bei had followed his advice and abandoned the people, Jiangling would have been in his pocket long ago.

Even if Jiangling cannot be taken down, he will not be wiped out by the whole army.

In the Battle of Dangyang, Liu Bei's two daughters were captured by Cao Cao's general Cao Chun, and even Liu Chan, who was still in his infancy, fell into the chaos.

Fortunately, with Zhao Yun's desperate guard, Liu Chan was safe from danger in the end.

Between the 14th year of Jian'an and the 17th year of Jian'an, Liu Chan gradually grew up and began to have some ability to remember things.

But at that time, Liu Bei was busy with the alliance with Sun Quan, conquering Jingzhou to establish a base, and Liu Chan followed Liu Bei from south to north.

In the 17th year after Jian'an, when Liu Chan was five years old, he was almost carried back to Jiangdong by Liu Bei's stepwife, Mrs. Sun.

Fortunately, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun intercepted the river and seized the boat in time, so that Liu Chan was not in deep danger and became a proton.

But this incident left a deep impression on the young Liu Chan at that time.

When Liu Chan was seven years old in the 19th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei brought him to Chengdu after he pacified Yizhou, and his life gradually became stable.

All these past events undoubtedly planted some seeds of doubt and hesitation in Liu Chan's heart.

Because of these seeds, Liu Chan has developed a character of benevolence and weakness, lack of assertiveness and lack of judgment since childhood.

Coupled with childhood experiences, Liu Chan developed the habit of relying on others.

Since Liu Chan arrived in Chengdu, he was in a new environment. Because he lacked a sense of security, he had a long period of discomfort.

Most of his close people, such as Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, etc., were busy with official duties and could not accompany him in the deep courtyard all the time.

And Liu Chan's new stepmother, Wu Shi, was originally welcomed by Liu Bei as his successor in order to stabilize the people of Yizhou.

Liu Bei didn't have much affection for Wu, not to mention that with the example of his previous stepwife, Sun, Liu Bei was not completely at ease in entrusting Liu Chan to Wu's upbringing.

Under such circumstances, Mi Yang, who was often by Liu Bei's side at that time and who was not much different from Liu Chan in age, assumed a large part of the responsibility of accompanying Liu Chan.

Mi Yang's aunt is Liu Bei's official wife, and as Liu Bei's official wife's mother clan, Mi Yang is a serious relative of Liu Bei, and Liu Chan's cousin in name.

In addition, Mi Yang's aunt, Mi Shi, died to save Liu Chan. With this kindness, Liu Bei felt more at ease letting Mi Yang accompany Liu Chan.

During that period of time, Mi Yang accompanied Liu Chan in reading during the day and had roommates at night, spending a full five years with Liu Chan.

During Liu Chan's hesitant and restless five years, it was Mi Yang who accompanied Liu Chan day and night.

During the five years when Liu Chan's personality and mind gradually matured, it was Mi Yang who was always taking care of Liu Chan as his cousin.

With these five years of company, Liu Chan's affection for Mi Yang is not so deep.

For Liu Chan, Mi Yangcai is more like his relatives than his two younger brothers, Liu Yong and Liu Li, who were born in recent years.

So the moment Liu Chan saw Mi Yang's return, the joy on his face could hardly be concealed.

When Liu Chan came to Mi Yang, he was about to bow to Mi Yang as before.

But his behavior was stopped by Mi Yang who reacted faster.

After stopping, Mi Yang took the lead to bow to Liu Chan, and said in his mouth: "I pay homage to the prince."

After Mi Yang bowed to Liu Chan, Mi Yang turned around and bowed to Yiji again: "I'm well, Master Yi."

Yi Ji was Liu Chan's teacher, and Mi Yang was Liu Chan's companion, so Yi Ji naturally taught Mi Yang.

Mi Yang's scene fell into Yi Ji's eyes, making him nod slightly.

Mi Yang has the style of General An Han, although he has made great achievements, he is not pampered.

After being bowed by Mi Yang, Yi Ji got up slowly, bowed slightly to Mi Yang, and then straightened his sleeves and walked out of the hall.

As long as the eyes are not blind, it can be seen that Liu Chan has no intention of studying after Mi Yang's arrival.

That being the case, it is better to take the initiative to give Liu Chan a vacation and let him and Mi Yang have a good time to catch up.

After Yiji left, Liu Chan breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked with puzzled eyes: "Why didn't my cousin let me salute you just now?"

"Before my cousin left Chengdu, Chan Xian took the initiative to salute his cousin."

Facing Liu Chan's question, looking at his cousin who has grown a lot taller in front of him, Mi Yang replied with a smile:
"Before, the heir was just the son of the great prince, without any status. The relationship between you and me is based on the elder and the younger."

"But the heir is now the crown prince, and the crown prince is a half-lord. How can a king salute his ministers?"

In ancient times, men crowned at [-], which represented adulthood, and the characters were taken only after they reached adulthood.

But in fact, many people's characters are not acquired after adulthood.

Picking up characters for the nephew in advance has the good expectation that the nephew will grow up quickly.

After Liu Bei made Liu Chan the crown prince, he took advantage of the situation to take the word for Liu Chan as the heir.

Mi Yang's answer made Liu Chan frowned slightly, but he didn't think much about it.

After Mi Yang answered, Liu Chan pulled Mi Yang's sleeves to his inner hall because his height had not fully grown.

Chongwen Hall is not only the place where Liu Chan studied, but also his residence.

After taking Mi Yang into the inner hall, Liu Chan waved away all the waiters in the inner hall.

Liu Chan asked Mi Yang to sit down in front of the desk in the inner hall, and then he trotted to the bookshelf next to his bed, and took down a brocade box from it.

Holding the brocade box, Liu Chan came to Mi Yang with a mysterious expression and sat down.

He put the brocade box on the desk and pushed it in front of Mi Yang, then he opened the brocade box to reveal a book inside.

A look of complacency appeared on his face and he said to Mi Yang: "Before my cousin set off for Jingzhou the year before last, he sighed in front of me that after leaving Chengdu, he could no longer listen to the teachings of the famous teachers."

"My cousin's words were kept in my heart at that time."

"After my cousin left, whenever the famous teachers taught me scriptures and classics, I would write down the opinions of the famous teachers verbatim."

"What I think is that although my cousin is no longer in Chengdu, I have recorded the teachings and opinions of those famous teachers.

In this way, after my cousin comes back, seeing these words I recorded can be regarded as a live listening. "

"Under my long-term records, before I knew it, the teachings and insights of those famous teachers have filled a book."

"If my cousin doesn't come back, I'll have to make another record."

After finishing speaking, Liu Chan took out the book, and opened it page by page for Mi Yang to read.

Looking at the dense but neat handwriting on that book, Mi Yang couldn't help but picture Liu Chan biting the tip of the pen and writing vigorously under the dim light in his mind.

Thinking of this scene, a warm smile appeared on the corner of Mi Yang's mouth.

Many people in later generations hated Liu Chan, thinking that he had ruined the foundation that Liu Bei worked so hard to build.

Liu Chan is not a qualified king in troubled times, but he is not a ruthless tyrant when facing the people he relies on.

Mi Yang took the book in Liu Chan's hand, and put it into his arms with joy on his face. He said to Liu Chan:
"My brother likes this gift very much, thank you Gongsi."

Since Liu Chan dismissed all the servants, of course he wanted to get along with Mi Yang as brothers.

The joy on Mi Yang's face was captured by Liu Chan, and Liu Chan was also very happy to see that the gift he carefully prepared for Mi Yang was liked by Mi Yang.

Before, he specially painted a portrait of Zhuge Liang to give to Zhuge Liang in order to thank Zhuge Liang for his kindness in teaching the Prime Minister. He was also so happy when he was praised by Zhuge Liang at that time.

After Mi Yang accepted his gift, Liu Chan immediately asked about Mi Yang's deeds in Jingzhou.

Mi Yang's achievements in Jingzhou had already spread throughout the city of Chengdu. When Liu Chan heard the news for the first time, his inner excitement was beyond words.

It seems that he has achieved that kind of record.

Originally, Liu Chan wanted to compose a fu to praise his cousin's great achievements, but unfortunately, it has been so long and he, who is not good at writing, has not finished that fu.

It was just this little episode, but it didn't affect Mi Yang's tall image in Liu Chan's heart.

Young people often admire heroes.

The relationship between Liu Chan and Mi Yang was already very good, and now that Mi Yang has made such great achievements, now in Liu Chan's heart, Mi Yang is completely regarded as an idol.

Although Liu Chan already knew about Mi Yang's record from various information.

But those information are approximate, of course the real details have to be narrated by Mi Yang himself.

Under Liu Chan's eyes full of curiosity and anticipation, Mi Yang roughly recounted his affairs in the public security to Liu Chan with some interesting content.

Under Mi Yang's narration, Liu Chan, who had been raised in a deep courtyard to study boring scriptures, listened with great interest.

After a long time, Mi Yang roughly said everything.

After finishing speaking, Mi Yang looked at Liu Chan and asked him, "Does Gong Si know where Sun Quan was defeated?"

Regarding Mi Yang's question, Liu Chan thought about it carefully, and then gave his own opinion.

"My father once taught me that there is no doubt in employing people."

"Sun Quan, as the lord of a country, is too suspicious, causing the upper and lower sides to be separated. This is the way to bring disaster."

Hearing Liu Chan's point of view, Mi Yang stretched out his hand to stroke Liu Chan's head as he did when he was a child, and praised him: "Gong Si is smart."

There were many factors that contributed to Sun Quan's defeat in the Battle of Gong'an, but undoubtedly his deep suspicion was a very important point.

Although Mi Yang mentioned something in the narration just now, Liu Chan can see this point, which is already in line with normal expectations.

This proves that Liu Chan is not generally a fool as passed down by later generations. Of course, Liu Chan is not what some marketing accounts on Douyin later said, but an emperor who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger through the ages.

Being mediocre but not stupid is the correct evaluation of Liu Chan's talent.

It's much better than Jin Meat Emperor.

Facing Mi Yang's praise, Liu Chan looked at Mi Yang and said sincerely: "In the future, I will not be suspicious of Master Ge and my cousin."

After saying this, Liu Chan asked Mi Yang: "Cousin, will you not leave when you return to Chengdu this time?"

When asking this sentence, Liu Chan had anticipation on his face.

"During the time when my cousin was away, many scholars from Yizhou pestered me, which annoyed me very much."

"Then Qiao Zhou also said that my cousin has too much murderous intentions, which really pissed me off."

"Cousin might as well stay in Chengdu and serve as my family order."

The post of family order mentioned by Liu Chan is fully called the prince's family order.

According to the etiquette system of the Han Dynasty, the emperor, princes and princes all had feudal states, and those who managed the affairs of the feudal states for the princes and princes were family orders.

The family order is more important than the prefect, the prime minister of the country, and the core confidant among the prince's officials.

If Mi Yang served as Liu Chan's family order, once Liu Chan inherited the Han Dynasty in the future, then Mi Yang's starting official position was at least one of the Jiuqing.

Hearing that Liu Chan trusted him so much and wanted him to be his family order, Mi Yang was happy but could not accept it.

Mi Yang said: "The position of the prince's family order is generally held by a great Confucian. Although my achievements are sufficient, my reputation as a scholar is not enough."

"Besides, Your Majesty has ordered me to be the prefect of Hanxing, and the king's order must not be violated."

Mi Yang's answer made Liu Chan look disappointed. He just wanted Mi Yang to stay by his side and continue to take care of him. Is it so difficult?

Looking at the disappointed look on Liu Chan's face, Mi Yang knew what Liu Chan was thinking.

He comforted Liu Chan and said: "Although I will not be by Gongsi's side in the future, as long as Gongsi needs me, I will definitely come to Gongsi's side night and day."

"Really?" Liu Chan asked.

"That's natural." Mi Yang assured.

After Mi Yang made such a promise, the disappointment and depression on Liu Chan's face was swept away.

"Then if I ask you to go back to Chengdu to record the affairs of the Minister when I am in power, you can't refuse."

"I want you to help me all the time."

Liu Chan said with a very solemn expression on his face.

When Liu Chan said this, he already extended his palm to Mi Yang.

Lu Shangshu, why did you mention this all of a sudden?

Although Mi Yang was puzzled, isn't it his responsibility for the elder brother to protect the younger brother?
As Mi Yang promised to protect Liu Chan when he was young, he stretched out his palm to strike Liu Chan.

When the palms hit each other, there was a crisp sound, which meant that the oath had been fulfilled.

After striking each other's palms, the two young men in Chongwen Hall looked at each other and smiled.

The sunlight outside the hall scattered from the windows and fell on these two young men, both young and young. This scene seemed to symbolize the bright future of the great man.

The vow of gratitude has been made, and it will never be broken. This is the strength of character from the previous generation, and it should be passed on to the next generation.

　Today is gone, I went to bed, good night everyone.

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(End of this chapter)