Mi Han

Chapter 191
Follow the Han River all the way eastward, and then turn southward from the blocking of the tributary of the Han River, and arrive outside Shangyong City within a day.

Like the West City, Shangyong is located next to the blocked water, and the city stands next to the water.

Due to this feature, Shangyong City is surrounded by water on three sides, and it is not earth and rocks that act as the walls of Shangyong City, but water fences.

In history, after Meng Da occupied Shangyong, in order to repair the city defense of Shangyong, the water fences on three sides of Shangyong were expanded into a series of water villages, which was regarded as a method of long-term stability.

Unfortunately, in the case of the fall of Fangling City, the eastern gateway of Shangyong City, the so-called water walled defense measures did not play a big role under Sima Yi's offensive.

When Mi Yang led the army to the outside of the water block, he saw Shangyong City surrounded by water fences. He said to Deng Aiyan beside him:
"Shangyong cannot be used as a governing place."

This sentence shows that Mi Yang has the intention of moving the Hanxing County Government to another place.

In history, Liu Feng and Meng Da put their main garrisons in Shangyong City. The biggest reason was that they only wanted to protect the three eastern counties.

Shangyong is located between Xicheng and Fangling, and there are two cities that are used as guards between the east and the west. The terrain is the most dangerous, and it is the place that best suits their intentions.

But Mi Yang's idea is different from theirs.

What Mi Yang wants is to be proactive. Hanxing County is a base for his future Northern Expedition, but it is also a springboard for his future Northern Expedition.

Under this kind of thinking, the best way is to move the government office to Xicheng or Fangling.

Xicheng is close to Ziwu Valley, and Fangling is close to Nanyang, which are relatively good directions for advancing troops.

Facing Mi Yang's words, Deng Ai naturally understood Mi Yang's intentions, and he said to Mi Yang: "What the Lord Fu said is very true."

"However, we have to wait until after the Shen brothers are eliminated before making any plans."

Deng Ai's words made Mi Yang nod slightly.

Not getting rid of the Shen brothers is always a hurdle he can't get around.

At this time, Mi Yang was standing on the building boat, looking not far from Shangyong City, there was a river valley washed out by blocked water.

He saw that although the valley was surrounded by mountains and forests, the road leading to the outside was not narrow because of the blocking of water, which was conducive to the entry and exit of the army.

Moreover, its internal space is quite large. Although it is not as large as some large river valleys, it can accommodate more than ten thousand troops.

After Mi Yang saw that place, he pointed to the valley and said to Deng Aiyan: "From tomorrow, Shi Zai and Bo Qi will train troops in that valley."

Under Mi Yang's instructions, Deng Ai also looked into the valley, and he, who was well versed in the art of war, also saw the geographical advantage of the valley.

Although the river valley came out of the mountains and forests, there was not only one passage.

In this valley, it is possible to prevent the detection of interested people.

And because the river valley has a road leading to the outside, the terrain is wide, which is conducive to the formation of the army.

In addition, there is not only one passage to the outside world, so there is no worry that the enemy can defend the passage in the valley and trap more than ten thousand troops to death in the valley.

Moreover, there are many streams in the valley, with sufficient water sources, it is indeed a good place to garrison and train troops.

There are two taboos for those who enter the valley with a large army. One is that there is insufficient water, and the other is that the mouth of the valley is narrow and scary, and they are easily besieged by the enemy in the valley.

Now that river valley has neither of these two drawbacks, and it is indeed a good place for military training.

As for why he didn't choose to train troops in Shangyong City, it was because normally the best place to train troops was in the wild.

The terrain in the field is complex, which is closer to the real situation of the actual battlefield. Training in the field will help recruits grow quickly.

In history, when Zhuge Liang made the Northern Expedition, there were many new recruits in the army.

So he camped outside Yangping Pass in Mianbei, and practiced military and martial arts, and trained soldiers in the early preparations for the Northern Expedition.

After deciding on the location for future military training, Mi Yang took a group of cronies and five hundred relatives and headed towards Shangyong City.

While Mi Yang was away, Shen Dan, who was acting as the temporary prefect, was leading a group of county officials, waiting for Mi Yang outside Shangyong City.

After Shen Dan saw Mi Yang appearing, he hurriedly stepped forward to Mi Yang, bowed to him, and handed the prefect Xishou in his hand to Mi Yang.

Mi Yang asked Lu Yi who was on the side to take over Xishou, and then he entered Shangyong City with Shen Dan and a group of officials in Shangyong City.

The humble expression on Shen Dan's face did not seem to be fake. On the one hand, he led Mi Yang towards Shangyong City, and on the other hand, he told Mi Yang about some recent political events in Hanxing County.

Mi Yang listened to these political affairs mostly as jokes.

No matter how loyal Shen Dan is to Liu Bei, or how awed he is to himself, his position will not change.

Xicheng is Shen Yi's headquarters, and Shangyong is Shen Dan's headquarters.

For Shen Dan, how could he tell Mi Yang the real situation in his base camp?

As for Shen Dan, he also presented a general register of household registration and fields and acres. As for the total register full of water, Mi Yang just took a look at it.

After Shen Dan led Mi Yang to the prefect's mansion in Shangyong City, in the hall, Shen Dan immediately led a group of staff members from the prefect's mansion to pay respects to Mi Yang formally.

After leading many staff members to pay homage to Mi Yang, Shen Dan respectfully presented a list of all the staff members in the prefect's mansion today, and Mi Yang became slightly interested in this list.

Unfolding the bamboo slips in his hands, Mi Yang's eyes were all focused on this list.

Under Mi Yang's gaze, the atmosphere in the entire hall fell into a tranquil state.

The staff members in the hall looked at the courtiers standing behind Mi Yang. Among those courtiers, they saw Meng Da who was only under Liu Feng in Shangyong City.

When they saw that Meng Da, who had a high position and weight before, was still standing behind Zhang Ni and others, they couldn't help being very curious about Deng Ai, Zhang Ni and others behind Mi Yang.

Although Deng Ai, Zhang Yi, Ding Feng, and Ding Feng were not from very good backgrounds, their appearance is quite in line with the aesthetic standards of the world.

As for Lu Yi, who grew up with a good education, he was dressed in loose clothes and sleeves, and looked like a celebrity.

Without knowing the people behind Mi Yang, all the staff members in the hall can only judge people by their appearance for the time being.

After judging people by their appearance, they discovered that the figures behind Mi Yang were all extraordinary.

That's right, Mi Yang is so famous, how could he appoint some mediocre people as his subordinates?
It can be said that most of the staff members in the hall are Shen Dan's cronies.

But at the same time, they have lived in officialdom for many years, and they have unusual talents in observing words and demeanor, and adapting to the wind.

Because of their awe of Mi Yang, they did not easily despise Mi Yang and those behind him.

All the staff members turned their eyes to Mi Yang's personal guards who surrounded the hall, seeing their burly backs, they felt uneasy.

It has always been the case that when a new ruler takes office, if he wants to control the government himself, the first thing he does is mostly to hire his confidants.

Use your own confidants to replace all the officials who were in important positions in the original county mansion, so that you can initially achieve the goal of controlling the county government.

Under this concept, the staff members in the hall looked at Mi Yang staring at the list in thought without saying a word, and they all murmured in their hearts.

Fujun, who are you planning to depose?
Under such uneasy thoughts, all the county officials in the hall looked at Shen Dan intentionally or unintentionally.

They hope that Shen Danyi will speak well for them when Mi Yang is carrying out a large-scale appointment and dismissal of personnel.

But at this time, Shen Dan seemed to be an old god, as if he didn't care about any affairs, which made them feel uncertain.

Just when the staff members in the hall were feeling agitated, after reading the list, Mi Yang finally spoke.

Mi Yang rolled up the bamboo slips, then put it aside, then looked at Shen Dan and said: "All official positions are very appropriate."

As soon as Mi Yang's words came out, not only the faces of the staff members in the hall showed surprise, but even Shen Dan, who tried his best to maintain a calm expression, also showed a wave of turmoil on his face.

Mi Yang's words revealed that he did not intend to make large-scale personnel adjustments.

Looking at the changing expressions of Shen Dan and the county officials in the hall, Mi Yang knew exactly what they were worried about.

Compared with the household registration book full of moisture, the list of officials in the county government submitted by Shen Dan is full of dry goods.

After all, there is no way to hide this matter.

And Mi Yang has a habit of collecting information, which is to give priority to capturing key information. Among the county government in charge of the government of a county, there are three positions that are most important.

One is the captain, who is in charge of the county soldiers in a county.One is a meritocracy, who is in charge of the promotion of personnel in a county.The other is the master book, who is in charge of all the paperwork in the county.

And these three positions are currently all members of the Shen clan.

After seeing this, Mi Yang knew what the current situation in Hanxing County was like.

It can be said that the political decision-making power of the entire county is not in the hands of him, the prefect of Hanxing County in name, but in the hands of Shen Dan, the "Magistrate of Shangyong County".

This is also the norm in today's place.

For example, in the previous proverb, Zong Zi, the prefect of Runan, and Cheng Jin, the prefect of Nanyang.

Since the two of them can hold the post of prefect, they must also be celebrities for a while, with many former students and old officials.

But in the end, they ended up with one leader and the other, not because the two of them didn't want to take power, but because the key positions in the county mansion were all controlled by the local wealthy family.

Under such circumstances, no matter how famous Zong Zi and Cheng Yu are, they can only end up being ostracized in the end.

Now Mi Yang is facing the same situation as Zong Zi and Cheng Yu.

Of course, it is the power of the eunuch to remove the county officials, but even if Mi Yang now orders the replacement of the three positions of captain, meritorious officer, and master secretary to his people, if there is no assistance from a group of grassroots officials, then Mi Yang will be replaced. Those who are superior will inevitably end up being ostracized in the end.

The prefect relies on these three positions to rule the whole county, and those who hold these three positions rely on a group of civil servants to help them perform their functions.

Most of the civil servants in the county are mostly local people.

For the local people, they are basically supporters of the local wealthy families.

With the help of the civil servants who supported them, the local wealthy families intervened and even took power.

With the help of the influence of the wealthy family in the local area, civil servants can enter the county or county government to serve.

And they took advantage of the local influence of the powerful family to allow the county government's documents to be unimpeded in the local area, achieving a kind of "county administration" that is beautified in history books.

It's a strong partnership and investment relationship.

Under this relationship, a political vicious circle of the Eastern Han Dynasty was formed, going around and around. If the prefects from other places wanted to take charge of the entire county, they would eventually need the assistance of the local wealthy family.

As long as this relationship has not been destroyed, it is useless for Mi Yang to place many people into the county mansion.

Since it is useless, Mi Yang might as well let it go for the time being.

Otherwise, if people are forcibly inserted, not only will they fail to achieve the goal of controlling the county government, but it may also arouse the wariness of the Shen brothers and cause them to backlash strongly.

After Shen Dan listened to Mi Yang's words, although he was surprised in his heart, he was not without joy.

At this time, he thought of Mi Yang's performance that Shen Yi told him in the letter, and he began to know Mi Yang a little more in his heart.

However, Shen Dan bowed his hands to Mi Yang symbolically and asked: "Most of the officials in the county are currently appointed by Liu Feng.

Before the Fujun came, Dan did not make any changes in order to stabilize the county government. "

"Since the lord has arrived, if you want to change the personnel, please tell the lord clearly, and I will help you with all my strength."

Meng Da, who was behind Mi Yang, heard Shen Dan say this, and called Shen Dan shameless in his heart.

After he and Liu Feng took charge of the whole county, they wanted to change personnel.

As a result, as soon as they placed their own people in the county mansion, the county mansion in Shangyong City became chaotic the next day.

In view of this situation, Liu Feng and him finally had no choice but to give up their plan to rashly install their confidants.

As a result, Shen Dan now has the nerve to say that the various official positions in the county mansion are arranged by Liu Feng, which is really confusing right and wrong.

But seeing Shen Dan's presence, Meng Da didn't rush out to expose Shen Dan's true colors.

It's just that although Meng Da didn't say anything, Mi Yang didn't believe a word of Shen Dan's words.

Although Shen Dan was respectful on the surface, Mi Yang heard two meanings from Shen Dan's words.

First: Hastily changing personnel will cause instability in the county administration.

Second: If you want to change personnel, you need his assistance.

It is indeed the patriarch of the Shen clan who has almost developed the Shen clan into a local prince.

Although Shen Dan is not like Shen Yi, a poisonous snake hiding in the dark and spitting out letters, he is like a fox hiding a knife in his smile.

This kind of old fox is sometimes more difficult to deal with than Shen Yi's poisonous snake.

No wonder in history Liu Feng and Meng Da were played to death by these two brothers. The combination of poisonous snake and fox cannot be underestimated.

Facing Shen Dan's false suggestion, Mi Yang showed a smile on his face, and he said to Shen Dan smoothly:
"Since Shen Jun said so, then I have an idea in my heart."

After saying this, Mi Yang called out Lu Yi who was behind him, and said to Lu Yi: "From now on, Ji Yang will be the magistrate of Hanxing County."

Faced with Mi Yang's arrangement, Lu Yi immediately bowed to Mi Yang: "I take orders."

After Mi Yang's words came out, there was a small commotion in the hall.

Didn't Mr. Fang Caifu have no intention of mobilizing personnel?
When Shen Dan originally heard that Mi Yang intended to change the personnel in the county, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes.

But then he heard that Mi Yang had arranged for Lu Yi to be the magistrate, and the fear in his heart gradually disappeared.

After Mi Yang appointed Lu Yi as the prefect of Hanxing County, he said to Lu Yi on the spot: "In the future, Ji Yang will be responsible for raising and mobilizing the food and grass of our army."

After Mi Yang said this, the fear in Shen Dan's heart not only completely disappeared, but also a smile appeared in his eyes.

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