Mi Han

Chapter 192
Why did Shen Dan have a smile in his eyes when he heard that Mi Yang had appointed Lu Yi as the county magistrate and was in charge of the transfer of military rations?
It is the particularity of the post of county magistrate.

The post of Juncheng originated from the Qin Dynasty. As the name suggests, it is the second in command to assist the prefect. The Juncheng in the border area is called Changshi.

Although in the official definition, Juncheng is the second in command in the county.

However, unlike other official positions in the county, most of the county magistrates are directly appointed by the central court, not the staff members who are removed by the prefect.

Originally, the officials airborne by the central government had difficulty in having a say in the localities.

In addition, most of the county magistrates are personally appointed by the central government and have the responsibility of supervising the eunuchs, so the magistrates are not valued by the eunuchs.

Over time, the post of Juncheng became useless, and most of its powers were divided between the two positions of chief secretary and meritorious service officer.

Today, the world is in chaos, the central government's control over the local area has been greatly reduced, and the post of county magistrate is even more unpopular.

Among the scholars of the time, there was even a proverb circulating: "It is better to be a Cao than a Cheng".

Since Jian'an, even the magistrates of many counties were directly appointed by the prefects.

However, because of being unpopular for hundreds of years, in the current local government system, most of the post of county magistrate does not have administrative power, and is just a vain post with a high status.

Most of them are held by famous celebrities, acting as an auspicious baby.

After all, he has the two positions of master secretary and meritorious service officer, but he is afraid that some county officials want to administer, and he has nowhere to do it.

Mi Yang appointed Lu Yi as the county magistrate, instead of the chief secretary or meritorious service officer. The name is reuse, but it is actually implying that Shen Dan has no intention of intervening in the county administration.

Moreover, after Mi Yang appointed Lu Yi as the county magistrate in front of everyone, he was only responsible for raising and mobilizing food and grass, and even announced his true intentions in front of everyone.

That is, he is only interested in the food and grass that guarantees the stability of the army. As for other government affairs and personnel affairs, he has no intention of interfering.

Mi Yang's arrangement is completely in line with his performance as a famous general.

Mi Yang's current plan is to lower the vigilance of the Shen brothers in order to capture them.

But Mi Yang is not without reputation after all, and a fledgling noble son, if this is the case, then it will be easy to handle.

Mi Yang is now well-known in the world, under such circumstances, if Mi Yang behaves too weak or doesn't care about anything, it will arouse the suspicion of the Shen brothers.

So everything should pay attention to a degree.

Now that people all over the world have the impression that they are famous generals, then Mi Yang can take advantage of this inherent impression.

In front of Shen Dan and Shen Yi, Mi Yang showed that he cared about the military and didn't care about political affairs.

The purpose is to tell the Shen brothers that as long as the Shen brothers do not interfere with his military operations in Hanxing County, then he can also not interfere with the government affairs of the two Shen brothers in Hanxing County.

After arranging the specific duties of Lu Yi, Mi Yang said to Shen Dan: "When I left Chengdu, the king told me that I must train my soldiers and horses well in Hanxing County, and fight against them. soon."

"Your Majesty has orders, and I dare not neglect them. The three armies have not yet moved, and food and grass go first. If you want to train a large army well, food and grass are the most important thing. On this point, I hope Shen Jun will help Lu Juncheng a lot."

Listening to Mi Yang's words, the smile in Shen Dan's eyes became even bigger.

Mi Yang's words seemed to illustrate the importance of him in Liu Bei's mind.

But the four words that the war is imminent are also revealing Liu Bei's future arrangements for him, and that is to follow the army in the Northern Expedition.

As a prefect who will leave Hanxing County soon, how could Shen Dan refuse Mi Yang's request?
Shen Dan immediately said to Mi Yang with a serious look on his face: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, Dan will definitely assist Lu Juncheng to raise enough food and grass for the Majesty as soon as possible."

Shen Dan's promise made Mi Yang nod, and then he said to Shen Dan: "I am a soldier, and I am not used to living in a county mansion, so I want to train in the valley outside the city.

At present, the military camp in the valley is being built. After the construction is completed, I will move with a group of family members to the military camp outside the city. I will trouble Shen Jun to take care of this county. "

Hearing what Mi Yang said, Shen Dan almost laughed.

Originally, he was worried that Mi Yang would live in the prefect's mansion in the city in the future, and it would be too troublesome for him to ask Mi Yang for instructions on important government affairs in the future.

Now Mi Yang offered to move to live in a military camp outside the city, and entrusted him to take care of the county mansion, which made Shen Dan very satisfied.

For Mi Yang's request, Shen Dan pretended to decline, but Mi Yang's attitude was very firm.

Then Shen Dan stood up and bowed to Mi Yang: "I hope the Lord can rest assured, Dan will live up to the high expectations of the Lord."

After hearing what Shen Dan said, Mi Yang showed a relaxed look on his face, and he asked Shen Dan to go to work first.

When Shen Dan saw this, he took all the officials in the prefect's mansion to leave together.

As soon as Shen Dan left, dozens of officials in the prefect's mansion obediently followed behind Shen Dan, Mi Yang showed an inexplicable smile on his face.

After Shen Dan and the other officials left, Meng Da immediately came out and reminded Mi Yang, "Just now what Shen Dan said about the officials in the prefect's mansion were all appointed by Liu Feng is a lie."

Regarding Meng Da's reminder, Mi Yang waved his hands indifferently and said, "I know."

Seeing that Mi Yang knew about it, Meng Da didn't explode on the spot. It seemed that Mi Yang had a deeper plan, so he stopped talking.

Before Fazheng died of illness, he wrote a letter to Mengda.

In that letter, Fa Zheng stated to Meng Da that he would plead with Liu Bei to spare Meng Da's life, but after that Meng Da would assist him under Mi Yang's command.

Because of the relationship of fleeing together, the relationship between Fazheng and Mengda is very close.

It was precisely because Fazheng was still alive that Meng Da obediently chose to surrender after Zhang Fei's soldiers approached the city.

Because in Meng Da's view, Fazheng would definitely save his life, and the subsequent development was as expected by Meng Da.

As for what Fazheng mentioned in the letter, asking Meng Da to assist Mi Yang, Meng Da didn't have any conflicts in his heart.

On the one hand, it is because of the relationship between Fazheng and Mi Yang, and on the other hand, Mi Yang's future is limitless.

Following his command, although he is currently only a Sima in the army, as Mi Yang grows step by step, he, Meng Da, may not have a comeback day.

Under this kind of thinking, Meng Da is still willing to work for Mi Yang.

Of course, Meng Da is not a loyal person. If Mi Yang's future development is not satisfactory, he, Meng Da, will naturally find a way out for himself.

For Meng Da, Mi Yang is in a state of disbelief. Meng Da is talented, but his quality makes Mi Yang unable to trust him.

Therefore, after preventing Meng Da from speaking, Mi Yang ordered Meng Da, Ding Feng, and Ding Feng to go outside the city to urge the army to set up camp as soon as possible.

As veteran generals, letting Meng Da and the others take charge of this matter is also a way to give full play to their talents.

After the less trustworthy people left, Mi Yang just got up and looked at the subordinates left in the hall.

Lu Yi, Deng Ai, and Zhang Yi are the core team he can trust at present.

There is also Wang Hong, who was originally appointed by Liu Bei as the county magistrate of Shangyong.

After Wang Hong arrived in Shangyong, because Liu Bei abolished the three eastern counties and merged them into Hanxing County, Wang Hong was changed to be the magistrate of Fangling County, and Shen Dan was the magistrate of Shangyong County.

So he is not currently in Shangyong City.

Mi Yang finally looked at Lu Yiyan and said, "After I leave, Ji Yang will stay in the city alone, so be more careful."

Just now, Mi Yang appointed Lu Yi as the governor of the county in public, and let him take charge of the army's food and grass.

The nature of this job requires Lu Yi to stay in Shangyong City and act as a communication bridge between Mi Yang outside the city and Shen Dan in the city.

From a certain point of view, in the next time, Lu Yi will stay away from the army and stay alone in Shangyong City for a period of time.

There is a certain risk in this, because Lu Yi, as a person Mi Yang trusts, has already intended to do something to the Shen brothers.

But Lu Yi faced Mi Yang's worries, but there was no fear on his face.

He was only worried that Mi Yang would be deceived and did nothing, so how could he be worried that Mi Yang would entrust him with a heavy responsibility?

After bowing to Mi Yang, Lu Yi replied: "Your Majesty trusts you, and you will definitely live up to your expectations."

"Even though the Fujun can train his soldiers with peace of mind, he will definitely do his best to raise all the food and grass needed by the army, so that the Fujun will not have to worry about lack of food."

After Lu Yi said that, Mi Yang stretched out his hand and patted Lu Yi's shoulder.

After Shen Dan led a group of staff members out of the hall, a close aide next to him whispered to Shen Dan: "Brother, what do you think of the new ruler?"

This confidant is a brother of Shen Dan's close clan. In the past, because this clan brother was quite resourceful, he was highly regarded by Shen Dan.

Although Shen Dan moved his wife and most of the clan members to Chengdu at the beginning, among those people were mainly old and weak women and children.

As for some young and strong members of the clan, of course Shen Dan stayed to assist him in taking charge of Shangyong's government affairs.

Under the questioning of this clan brother, Shen Dan gave his opinion, "It is a good thing for Mi Zisheng to concentrate on military affairs with the appearance of a famous general."

After saying this, Shen Dan instructed the clan brother again: "During Mi Zisheng's time in the county, let the clansmen restrain themselves a bit, and don't let some common people bump into him, otherwise the situation will be difficult to control. gone."

"Furthermore, if Lu Yi only asks for food and grass, order all the officials in the mansion to try their best to meet his request."

"I expected that within a year, Mi Zisheng would lead his army to leave. We just have to endure another year."

Hearing what Shen Dan said, this brother of Shen Dan's clan bent over to accept the order, and then left to pass the order.

After the clan brother left, Shen Dan turned to look at the hall behind him.

He is far away from the hall now, of course he can't see what Mi Yang is doing in the hall, but it doesn't affect the guessing in his mind.

Inferred from Shen Dan's perspective, Mi Yang may have been sent by Hanzhong King Liu Bei to practice.

Once he waits for the war with the north in the future, Mi Yang will definitely lead his army to participate in the war based on his past achievements.

Under this kind of speculation, Shen Dan didn't have much doubt about Mi Yang's actions today.

As long as he can meet Mi Yang's request, Mi Yang will not embarrass him too much, just like Liu Feng and Meng Da before.

After looking at the hall for a while, feeling unable to think of anything, Shen Dan turned and left.

It's just a pity that Shen Dan doesn't have the perspective of God. What he doesn't know is that before he arrived in Hanxing County, Mi Yang already had a clearing plan in his heart.

After Mi Yang arrived in Hanxing County, Wang Hong, who was far away in Fangling County, got the news.

After learning that Mi Yang had led the army to arrive, the joy on Wang Hong's face could not be suppressed.

Wang Hong followed Zhang Fei to Shangyong City.

After arriving in Shangyong City, because Zhang Fei's army was still there at that time, Shen Dan treated him fairly politely, and would discuss and implement government affairs with him.

Later, Liu Bei abolished the three eastern counties as counties, and replaced Wang Hong as the county magistrate of Fangling.

Wang Hong, who came to Fangling County, was restrained by the local wealthy Deng Fu when dealing with government affairs, which made it impossible for his government orders to be implemented smoothly.

Now that he heard the news that Mi Yang had arrived, Wang Hong felt that the backer had arrived, so of course he would be delighted.

It's just that he didn't act rashly, he knew that he was surrounded by Deng Fu's eyeliner.

Moreover, Deng Fu and the Shen brothers were in the same spirit. Long before he arrived in Hanxing County, Mi Yang had warned him that he must act carefully and not easily arouse the wariness of the local nobles.

Under this kind of warning, he can only wait for Mi Yang to take the initiative to contact him.

He has a very important piece of information in his hand, which he wants to hand over to Mi Yang.

In the valley outside Shangyong City, camps have been built everywhere.

Under Meng Da's command, the barracks of more than [-] troops were set up in a very orderly manner, and they were fully prepared for offense and defense.

After the military camp in the river valley was set up, Mi Yang led a kind of cronies and family members to move to the big camp in the river valley as he said before.

He only left Lu Yi in Shangyong City, and handed over the food and grass of the army with Shen Dan.

After arriving at the military camp in the river valley, Mi Yang immediately arranged for the training of more than [-] troops under his command.

Before the army starts training, the first thing to do is to establish an organizational structure.

Because of the frequent wars in the world since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the original military system of the Han Dynasty has undergone many changes to meet the needs of actual wars.

Because of the different military systems in different regions, the organizational structure of the military in different regions is also different, but generally follows the following organizational structure.

An independent combat unit in the Han Dynasty was called a battalion, and the establishment of a battalion was about 2000 people.

The military system of the Han Dynasty was mostly calculated in multiples of two and five.

The most basic unit in the army of the Han Dynasty was the army, and there was one army leader for every five people.Two Wu why, every ten people have a Shichang.

Five is a team, and every fifty people has a team rate.The two teams form a village, and there is a captain for every 100 people.

Two villages form one Qu, and there is one military marquis for every 200 people.The two songs form one, and there is one army Sima for every 400 people.

In the end, every five ministries are usually formed into a battalion, which is an independent combat unit, and the commander of the army is usually a general or a school lieutenant.

Although most of the battalions have more than 2000 people, depending on their identities, the troops under the command of each lieutenant or general are different.

For example, when Guan Ping was a school lieutenant, he commanded 3000 soldiers and horses.

For example, under Liu Bei's license, Mi Yang can command more than ten thousand troops as a general.

According to the general army establishment, the [-] troops under Mi Yang's command should be divided into five battalions.

But according to the actual situation, Mi Yang is going to make some minor changes to his army establishment.

(End of this chapter)