Mi Han

Chapter 213 Unpredictable and Flapping Wings
In the process of quelling the turmoil in Hanxing County, Meng Da, Zhang Yi, and Deng Ai all made military exploits.

Although Mi Yang did not entrust these three people with important positions in the county mansion, it was not that Mi Yang did not value them.

The main reason is that compared to Ding Feng and others, these three are all generals under Mi Yang's command who actually hold military power.

Therefore, Mi Yang wrote to Liu Bei before, talking about the contribution of Meng Da and the other three to quell the chaos and asking Liu Bei to reward him.

After Liu Bei received Mi Yang's letter, although Liu Bei did not give a clear answer on whether Fa Miao would end the mourning, Liu Bei accepted Mi Yang's proposal to reward Meng Da and the three men.

Liu Bei appointed Meng Da as Captain of Yingyang, Zhang Ni as Captain of Xingweiyuan, and Deng Ai as Captain of Xingsuiyuan.

Compared with Meng Da, Zhang Yi and Deng Ai's school lieutenants have been suspended, which means temporary replacement.

This is because Zhang Yi and Deng Ai's previous positions were too low.

Zhang Yi and Deng Ai are not like Meng Da. Meng Da was originally a high-ranking official of two thousand shi, but he was relegated because of a crime.

It's just that although there is a line, it's just because Zhang Yi and Deng Ai's qualifications are insufficient.

After a while, or if Zhang Yi and Deng Ai make further contributions, then that "action" will naturally be discarded.

In any case, Liu Bei's appointment solved the problem of the name of the three Meng Das when they led the army before, and made the three Meng Das the leaders of the first battalion worthy of their name and reality.

When the three of Meng Da learned that they had become the school lieutenant under Mi Yang's recommendation, Meng Da was fine. Zhang Yi and Deng Ai were both grateful for Mi Yang's support.

They thought that following Mi Yang would have a bright future, but they didn't expect the promotion to come so quickly.

After all, the previous identities of these two people were far different from those of the school captain, a mid-to-high-ranking general.

Under Mi Yang's call, Captain Meng Da quickly arrived in the lobby.

After the three of Meng Da came to the lobby, Mi Yang asked the three of them to sit down, and then he asked Lu Yi to read out the information he had received.

With a sad expression on his face, Lu Yi told the three of Meng Da the news he had collected about Cao Pi's usurpation of the Han Dynasty.

After learning of this earth-shattering change, the faces of Meng Da and the three of them all showed shock.

Then the shock on their faces turned into anger!
Compared with Mi Yang, they didn't know that Cao Pi would usurp Han and stand on his own this year.

In their thinking before, although Cao's father and son were rebels, but because Cao Cao had never usurped the Han before his death, they did not expect that Cao Pi would usurp the Han so soon.

It has not been a year since Cao Pi inherited the power of Cao Cao!
Perhaps since Emperor Shaodi of the Han Dynasty, the world has been in chaos for decades, the rule of the Han Dynasty has long been crumbling, and the princes of various places have long wanted to stand on their own.

But after all, the great Han has ruled the land of China for more than 400 years. Under such a long rule, the Han people have already become the identity that everyone in the world is given at birth.

Under such circumstances, Cao Pi's sudden act of usurping the Han caused the three of Meng Da to feel strong consternation and anger.

Among the three of Meng Da, Zhang Ni was the most angry. He pressed his sword and looked to the north, and said bitterly, "Damn Cao Pi!"

The three of Meng Da were lucky. After learning the news, they were mostly shocked and angry.

But for Lu Yi, a gentry loyal to the great Han, his emotions are much richer.

Because Cao Pi's move to usurp the Han Dynasty means that there is no such dynasty as the Han Dynasty in the world.

They are the courtiers of Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, and Liu Bei uses Kuang Fu Han as his political slogan.

Now that the great man is dead, what is the matter with these courtiers who followed Liu Bei to help the Han Dynasty?

If there is no name, it will not be able to unite people's hearts.

So Lu Yi was not only shocked and angry, but also deeply sad.

Because for Lu Yi, the ideal he pursued so hard since he was a child is gone!

Looking at the reactions of several people in the lobby, Mi Yang probably knew how loyal they were to the Han Dynasty.

Among the subordinates he convened today, there is no doubt that Lu Yi and Zhang Yi have the highest loyalty to the Han Dynasty.

Although Meng Da and Deng Ai were also shocked and angry, their performance was not intense, which shows that they were not very loyal to the Han Dynasty.

Now the Ding brothers and Wang Hong have their own important tasks, so Mi Yang didn't call them to the hall, but these three probably don't have much loyalty to the Han family.

Therefore, Deng Ai, the Ding brothers, and Wang Hong are more loyal to themselves in their own team than they are to the Han family.

As for Meng Da, he was not very loyal to the Han family, nor was he very loyal to himself.

After Mi Yang kept everyone's reactions in mind, he opened his mouth and said to Lu Yi in the hall:
"Ji Yang, immediately prepare a memorandum for me, and promptly report Cao's usurpation to the king."

When he said these words, there was also a huge indignation on Mi Yang's face.

Although Lu Yi was in grief and indignation, he did not forget his responsibilities, so after hearing Mi Yang's words, he bowed to Mi Yang to express his acceptance.

Although Mi Yang was surprised that Cao Pi had usurped Han's self-reliance in advance, but now that the fact has happened, he must respond accordingly.

Because Hanxing County is in a border area and is very close to Nanyang County, Mi Yang may have received news of Cao Pi's usurpation earlier than Wei Yan and Guan Yu.

Under such circumstances, Mi Yang should report the news to Liu Bei as soon as possible.

The most important impact of the event of Cao Pi's usurping the throne and replacing the Han Dynasty with self-reliance is that Liu Bei's political group with the slogan "Kuang Fu Han" lost its name.

Perhaps everyone in the world knows that Cao Pi must have forced Liu Xie to give him the throne, but in terms of etiquette and name, the Wei Dynasty established by Cao Pi did inherit the legal system of the great Han.

In this case, emotions such as anger, sadness, etc. must be present, but the judgment should not be affected by these emotions.

The most urgent task now is to send this news to Chengdu, and then let the officials in Chengdu study countermeasures.

Otherwise, after a long time, this incident will definitely have a great negative impact on Liu Bei's political group in this world that pays attention to names.

Just look at Lu Yi's performance.

After making this arrangement, Mi Yang ordered Lieutenant Meng Da San to pay close attention and lead the army to patrol the border, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy.

After giving two consecutive orders, Mi Yang asked several people in the hall to retreat.

It's just that when Lu Yi and the others obeyed their orders and left, Colonel Xing Suiyuan Deng Ai took the initiative to stay.

After Deng Ai saw that several people had left, he approached Mi Yang and bowed to him:

"The general may wish to write a letter to General An Han and General Hu Han, and ask the two generals to contact the ministers in Chengdu to persuade the king at the right time."

Seeing that Deng Ai stayed here to tell himself this, Mi Yang looked at Deng Ai with a scrutiny in his eyes.

Seeing that Mi Yang didn't respond to his suggestion, Deng Ai knew that Mi Yang was waiting for him to continue, so Deng Ai continued to say:
"At this time, it is the general trend for the king to proclaim himself emperor in Chengdu and renew the Han unification."

"Since it's the general trend, why doesn't the general take advantage of this opportunity to gain another level of advancement for himself?"

Deng Ainai was recruited by Mi Yang when he was recruiting troops outside Xiangyang City.

Outside the city of Xiangyang that day, Deng Ai stopped his horse to recommend himself, and Mi Yang bent down to listen to advice. With this kind of past, the relationship between the two was closer than that of ordinary ministers.

Deng Ai's first position was Mi Yang's secretary, and this position already has a strong personal attribute.

After taking Deng Ai under his command, Mi Yang has no distrust of Deng Ai. Under Mi Yang's kindness, Deng Ai is also devoted to Mi Yang, and is grateful to him.

What's more, Mi Yang saved Deng Ai's mother's life.

Under these circumstances, the relationship between Deng Ai and Mi Yang is that although they are both officials of the Hanzhong king in terms of status, in terms of actual relationship, Deng Ai has long regarded himself as Mi Yang's private minister.

As a private minister, Deng Ai certainly has nothing to shy away from in front of Mi Yang.

When the Han unification was cut off, Deng Ai, as a Han minister, did not focus on grief and anger first, but instead planned to use this matter for profit for Mi Yang.

Strictly speaking, this kind of behavior can certainly be regarded as a manifestation of disloyalty to the Han Dynasty.

But after listening to Deng Ai's words, Mi Yang didn't reprimand him.

Mi Yang just picked up a document on the desk and continued to give instructions, at the same time he said lightly: "Let's talk about this matter slowly, don't rush it."

After hearing Mi Yang's words, Deng Ai immediately understood.

A smile appeared on his face, then he bowed to Mi Yang, and slowly left the hall.

After Deng Ai left the lobby, Mi Yang looked at the direction Deng Ai was leaving, and he put down the brush in his hand.

Persuasion is essentially a political investment.

Once this political investment is successful, the benefits to those who invest will be enormous.

Otherwise, when the powerful ministers wanted to usurp the throne in history, why did so many people take the lead in persuading them to take the huge risk?
Compared with the risks brought by persuasion, the rewards brought by successful persuasion are enough for the persuasion person to benefit for a lifetime.

But as Deng Ai said, persuading Liu Bei to join Liu Bei now that Hantong has been cut off is basically a profitable business.

Because in any case, for the sake of the overall situation and to stabilize people's hearts, Liu Bei will definitely resume the Han Dynasty.

This is a naked interest consideration, and it is also a step that Deng Ai thought of for Mi Yang.

But from Deng Aihui's sudden suggestion to him, it can be seen that a series of bad influences after Cao Pi's replacement of the Han Dynasty began to appear.

In the past, perhaps the people of insight in the world knew that the great man had already existed in name only.

But even if there is only a name, the orthodox name of a big man can also restrain the ambitions in the hearts of the vast majority of people in the world.

The great righteousness of 400 years cannot be completely erased from people's hearts in just a few decades of war.

But Cao Pi is now using the power in his hands to take the lead in tearing off the last trace of fear in people's hearts.

This is undoubtedly telling the world that even with 400 years of righteousness, as long as you have absolute power in your hands, you can get what you want.

The last scruples in the hearts of the world have disappeared.

Even if Liu Bei later re-established Hantong in Chengdu, the bad influence brought about by Cao Pi has already begun to permeate the hearts of the world.

Cao Pi's move, in a sense, is as bad as the impact of the Sima family killing the emperor in the street in history.

If any one of the three families can quickly defeat the other two and reunite the world, then of course this bad influence will not cause too much consequence.

But this is impossible.

And as long as the world maintains the situation of the three families standing together, then this kind of collapse of people's hearts will become more and more serious.

In the end, many profit-only people will be born, such as Deng Ai today.

This is why compared with the last three kingdoms, the former three kingdoms clearly had stable regimes in the later three kingdoms, but careerists emerged in endlessly.

The originator has no future!

But Mi Yang clearly knew this, but he couldn't change it, because this is the human heart.

Isn't the reason why Zhuge Liang has been admired for thousands of years because he is a great sage who goes against the tide of worldly desires?

Mi Yang is not a saint, he also has selfish intentions.

So facing Deng Ai's suggestion, he adopted an attitude of adopting it, but Mi Yang knew that now was not the time to persuade him to advance.

Historically, Cao Pi officially received Zen in October this year, but Liu Bei did not ascend the throne until April of the following year.

During the past six months, Liu Bei was not playing tricks to persuade people to come in, but was looking for news about Liu Xie.

After learning of Liu Xie's death, Liu Bei was persuaded by his ministers to return to Han and proclaim himself emperor.

So at this time, you can't rush to persuade, you must first send Liu Xie's "death" to Chengdu.

Thinking of this, Mi Yang summoned Gan Gao from outside the hall.

Afterwards, under Mi Yang's order, several scouts came out from the west city quickly, and headed towards the northwest and the central plains respectively.

After Deng Ai left, he returned to the barracks of his own army.

After returning to the big tent, Deng Ai felt a little excitement in his heart.

In Deng Ai's heart, he can't say that he is not loyal to the big man, but his loyalty is relatively limited, and he is more accustomed to the national title of "Han".

According to Deng Ai's vision, as long as Liu Bei ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor, he will definitely seal off all his officials.

Mi Yang already had great military exploits, and coupled with the act of persuading him, his status would definitely be greatly improved.

For Deng Ai, who belonged to Mi Yang's private minister, this kind of expectation undoubtedly gave him an uplifting feeling.

Only the higher Mi Yang's status can he achieve.

Thinking that Mi Yang might usher in a big jump in his official position, Deng Ai couldn't help feeling something in his heart.

He wants to introduce one of his good friends to Mi Yang.

That friend was named Shi Bao.

When Deng Ai was young, he and Shi Bao were both citizens of the Diannong tribe in Xiangcheng.

Because Deng Ai stuttered but had great ambitions since he was a child, he was often ridiculed by his peers. Only Shi Bao appreciated his ambitions.

Under such circumstances, Deng Ai became friends with Shi Bao.

Two years ago, Shi Bao was assigned to go to Yecheng to take up a public post, so Deng Ai separated from Shi Bao.

Although the two have separated since then, Deng Ai has often written letters to Shi Bao since he came to Hanxing County and became stable.

A few days ago, Deng Ai received a reply from Shi Bao. He knew that Shi Bao's life in Yecheng was not satisfactory.

That being the case, Deng Ai came up with the idea of ​​introducing Shi Bao to Mi Yang.

Then Deng Ai wrote a letter to Shi Bao in the military tent.

(End of this chapter)