Mi Han

Chapter 325

When self-mockery, jealousy, and humiliation flooded Cao Pi's heart, his joy was gone.

The change in Cao Pi's face was also noticed by the ministers beside him.

Following the questions and answers between Cao Pi and Liu Fang, all the ministers of Cao Wei knew that the reason for the change in Cao Pi's face was that Mi Yang made a fool of himself again.

All the ministers were curious about what kind of eulogy Mi Yang wrote that made Cao Pi's mood change so quickly and so thoroughly.

The curious expressions on the faces of the ministers did not hide Cao Pi.

After realizing this scene, the gloomy look on Cao Pi's face reached the extreme.

He knew that when this eulogy was spread all over the world, his previous idea of ​​using the news of Guan Yu's death to stabilize people's hearts had failed.

And on the contrary, the morale of the Wei army will be further hit.

This is the psychological effect that a good work can get.

It's just that even knowing this, Cao Pi didn't order Liu Fang to destroy this eulogy.

Because he knew that since Mi Yang would write this eulogy, he must have made all the preparations for the follow-up.

Step by step, that's what that deer does, isn't it?

Thinking of this, Cao Pi began to feel cold in his heart.

A thought suddenly appeared in his mind, it would be great if it was Mi Yang who died of illness this time.

No matter how Guan Yu used his soldiers like a god and was heroic, he was already an old man, and he would die one day.

He could afford to wait for several years.

But Mi Yang is only in his twenties this year, so young!

Can he afford to wait?
When this idea appeared in his mind, Cao Pi, who was wearing a Jia fur coat, couldn't help but shudder.

Seeing that Cao Pi was showing signs of being cold, all the ministers cast concerned eyes on Cao Pi one after another, and they suggested that Cao Pi should come to the warm palace as soon as possible.

Under the suggestion of the ministers, Cao Pi, with the support of Guo Guipin, stepped on the steps of the royal family again.

It's just that when Cao Pi stepped on the steps and stepped into the Yujia, although the burning stove in the Yujia brought him a warm environment, the chill in his heart never dissipated.

Cao Pi, who was sitting in the imperial car, raised the curtain beside him, and looked in the direction of Xinye, full of fear.

After looking in that direction for a long time, Cao Pi turned his gaze to a bronze mirror in front of him.

The bronze mirrors used by emperors are of course the best mirrors in the world.

Although the bronze mirror polished through multiple processes is not as clear as the glass mirrors of later generations, it still reflects Cao Pi's appearance at this time quite clearly.

After seeing himself in the mirror, Cao Pi had a rather sad look on his face.

He stretched out his hand to caress the white hair on his temples.

The white hair between the temples was what he had when he seized the throne.

After doing this, Cao Pi let his hand stroke the hair on his head that had only turned gray in the last year.

The real touch from the fingertips told Cao Pi that what he saw now was not fake.

But it was just like this that made the sadness in Cao Pi's heart even stronger.

Guo Guipin, who was accompanying Cao Pi, almost burst into tears when she saw Cao Pi's actions.

In the past year, Cao Pi has suffered too many blows.

It's just that although Cao Pi's heart was full of sadness, his thoughts were not completely disturbed by sadness.

He tapped on the car window and summoned Liu Fang, the supervisor of Zhongshu.

When Liu Fang came to the spacious royal car, Cao Pi said to him:
"Write a letter to Liu Bei for me. I have some deals to make with him."

After hearing Cao Pi's words, Liu Fang showed surprise on his face.

Different from the occasional correspondence with Liu Bei when the first emperor was alive, Cao Pi has always faced Liu Bei with a proud attitude since he succeeded to the throne, probably because he looked down on Liu Bei.

Unexpectedly, Cao Pi took the initiative to ask today to write a letter to Liu Bei for him.

Liu Fang asked Cao Pi in a questioning tone, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the content of the letter?"

Facing Liu Fang's inquiry, Cao Pi roughly told Liu Fang what he wanted to trade with Liu Bei.

After Liu Fang listened to Cao Pi's words, uncertainty appeared on his face.

Obviously he expressed doubts about whether Liu Bei would accept such a deal.

It's just that although he has doubts in his heart, as Cao Pi's close minister, he only needs to obediently follow Cao Pi's orders.

So after Liu Fang bowed to Cao Pi, he slowly withdrew from Yujia.

After Liu Fang withdrew, a look of exhaustion appeared on Cao Pi's face.

Of course he also saw the uncertain look on Liu Fang's face just now.

It's just that he is different from Liu Fang, he firmly believes that Liu Bei will definitely accept such a deal.

Because he is the emperor, Liu Bei is also the emperor.

Even though his ruling style is quite different from Liu Bei's, as long as he is an emperor, he will definitely put the stability of the country as the top priority.

With this kind of confidence, Cao Pi let out a low and inaudible sigh in Yujia:

"Some people must be saved."

After Cao Pi sighed, he gave the order to set off.

When Cao Pi's departure order spread throughout the army, the tens of thousands of Chinese troops who escorted Cao Pi back to Luoyang began to march slowly.

The clouds outside Wancheng stretched for thousands of miles, and the mood of the tens of thousands of Wei people who were marching was also extremely gloomy.

The tens of thousands of Wei army troops were downcast one by one, like walking corpses whose energy and spirit had been taken away.

At this time, they didn't have the pride when they went south at all.

Their pride has already been trampled to death by the Han army in Jingzhou.

Just like when they were in Xudu, they wantonly trampled on the majesty of the big man.

The way of heaven is permanent and has its own cycle.

The news that Cao Pi's Luanjia returned to Luoyang was sent to Mi Yang by the spies immediately.

After Mi Yang got the news, he didn't show any surprise.

As early as Mi Yang found out the news that Sima Yi had become General Cao Wei Annan, he already knew that Cao Pi had the intention to retire.

Compared with the news that Cao Pi led the army back to Luoyang, Mi Yang was more interested in the news that Sima Yi became the top leader of Cao Wei Jingzhou.

Mi Yang remembered that in recent years, Sima Yi became the governor of Wancheng.

Unexpectedly, after going around and around, this Sima Yi is still responsible for guarding Wancheng in this life.

Needless to say, Sima Yi's talent, not to mention the piles of military exploits he made in history.

In history, he was able to lead the army to resist Zhuge Liang's attack. Although it was because of the strong national power of Cao Wei behind him, his own talents were also very important.

Although Sima Yi suffered losses under Mi Yang and Guan Yu's subordinates in this life, the two defeats cannot be blamed on Sima Yi.

The most correct attitude to deal with Sima Yi's enemy is to value Sima Yi's talent objectively.

It's just that although he attaches great importance to Sima Yi, that's all.

Still the same sentence, with Mi Yang's current prestige in the world, Sima Yi should be afraid of him.

After Mi Yang received the information that Cao Pi led the army back to Wan, he immediately ordered the information to be reported back to Xiangyang to Liu Bei.

After finishing this matter, Mi Yang looked at Zhoutai in front of him.

Before Mi Yang suggested that Li Yan be the prefect of Yiyang, Liu Bei has already given a reply.

In Liu Bei's reply, Mi Yang knew that Liu Bei had agreed to his recommendation.

It's just that Li Yan is currently in Yizhou. Given the current traffic conditions, it may take some time for Li Yan to reach Yiyang County to perform his duties.

Therefore, in a short period of time, Mi Yang must still assume the responsibility of the prefect of Yiyang.

And during this time, something happened in Yiyang County.

And this incident was caused by Zhoutai.

In the list of chief officials of the former champion Hou Guo, although Mi Yang discovered the talent of Zhoutai.

But with Mi Yang's current status, it is impossible for him to send a special envoy to suddenly go to the champion Hou country to recruit a person with little reputation.

Moreover, there are not many records about Zhoutai in the history books, and Mi Yang is not very sure about Zhoutai's ability.

So after Mi Yang discovered Zhoutai's talent, he just took advantage of the trend and appointed Zhoutai as the prime minister of the champion Hou. He wanted to see how capable Zhoutai was.

But just after Zhou Tai was appointed as the Prime Minister of the champion Hou Guo, Zhou Tai, who had just taken office, immediately did something.

This incident made Zhou Tai, who was the prime minister of the country before, now a prisoner, tied up by a group of soldiers and held in front of Mi Yang.

Mi Yang looked at the rather thin Zhou Tai in front of him, and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.

At this time, there were two reports in Mi Yang's hands, one of which was that the officials of the champion Hou Guozhong jointly sued Zhoutai for treason.

The other report was written by Ding Feng to Mi Yang, an investigation report on the incident of "Zhou Tai's rebellion".

In Ding Feng's investigation report, Mi Yang finally understood the ins and outs of the whole matter.

Champion Hou Country is essentially a large county. Since it is a large county, there are naturally many wealthy families in the county.

When there are more wealthy families, there will definitely be many people who rely on their family background to do evil.

On the first day when Zhoutai became the prime minister of the country, he enshrined the law and severely punished him.

In Championhou's country, there was a treacherous official from a wealthy family who did many evils. Zhou Tai flogged him to death in public because of strict laws and regulations.

Zhou Tai's move greatly frightened the lawless people in the champion Hou's country, and also made the treacherous officials' clansmen feel righteous indignation.

It's just that Zhoutai is the champion Hou Guoguo appointed by Mi Yang himself after all. Under Mi Yang's prestige, the treacherous officials' clansmen dare not oppose Zhoutai openly.

They just spent money to buy off most of the senior officials in the middle school, and together with them, they sent a letter to the postal governor who patrolled to the champion Hou country, and reported that Zhoutai had the intention of treason.

This kind of report is undoubtedly very effective, and it immediately attracted Ding Feng's attention.

Even if Ding Feng won't listen to one-sided words, he will not take it lightly in the face of the common accusation of most senior officials.

Ding Feng immediately arrested Zhoutai and sent him to Xinye.

After arresting Zhoutai, Ding Feng stayed in Champion Hou Guozhong to investigate the cause and effect of the whole incident carefully.

Although the treacherous official's family has hooked up most of the senior officials, there are still some senior officials who are unwilling to join forces.

In addition, what Zhoutai did was a good thing for the people, so the people in Champion Hou Guozhong sympathized with Zhoutai's experience.

Under such circumstances, Ding Feng finally found out the truth of the matter after careful investigation.

After receiving Ding Feng's investigation report, Mi Yang summoned Zhou Tai, who had been imprisoned before.

When Mi Yang was looking at Zhou Tai, Zhou Tai was also secretly looking at Mi Yang who was not far from him, who had only appeared in legends before.

Zhou Tai saw that although Mi Yang was young, he had a chilling aura about him.

This made Zhou Tai a little nervous.

The name of a man, the shadow of a tree.

Mi Yang's prestige was accumulated by several battles that shocked the world and the bones of tens of thousands of enemies.

Even Wei Emperor Cao Pi would feel extremely afraid when he heard Mi Yang's name, let alone Zhoutai, who is now unknown in the world?
And when Zhou Tai secretly looked at Mi Yang, he also saw Mi Yang's clear and wise eyes.

This made Zhou Tai feel even more nervous, as if Mi Yang had seen through his secrets.

It's just that Zhou Tai is not an ordinary citizen after all, and he will not be frightened by Mi Yang's power.

The most important thing is that Zhou Tai also knows that he can be interviewed by a big man like Mi Yang today, which may be an encounter that he will never meet again in his life.

He must grasp such an encounter.

Zhou Tai also knew the reason why he was arrested by Ding Feng, but the Qing is self-clearing, as long as Mi Yang can listen to his defense in person, then he can naturally excuse himself.

What Zhou Tai didn't expect was that after Mi Yang sized him up for a long time, this was what he asked.

Mi Yang changed to a casual posture and sat down, which weakened his aura, and then he asked Zhou Tai:
"Yiyang is newly returned to the Han Dynasty, and people's hearts are not stable. I have ordered all officials before that they should put morality first when governing, so as to stabilize the people's hearts in Yiyang County as soon as possible.

And you suddenly started killing soon after you took office. It would be too cruel to govern like this. "

Hearing what Mi Yang blamed was this, Zhou Tai's face was filled with puzzlement for a moment.

It's just that although Mi Yang's words were meant to question, his face was still mild.

So Zhou Tai quickly thought of the wording, and then answered Mi Yang in a calm tone:
"Your Majesty is right.

Ran Tai believed that rituals can be used in a state of order and stability, but must be used in a state of chaos.

Junhou does not regard Tai as incompetent, and let Tai be the prime minister of Junhou. Such trust makes Tai single-minded, and wants to eradicate vicious and cunning people for Junhou.

Otherwise, if the people of the champion Hou country are ravaged, it will damage the reputation of the monarch.

Now that Tai has killed a traitor, there are still many villains who have not yet been brought to justice, and the prince's country has not yet been ruled.

If the lord wants to punish me because I can't get rid of the cruelty and eliminate those who break the law, how dare I not be willing to be severely punished for the crime of betraying the lord?

But as far as the current situation is concerned, I was judged by the prince as "cruel in government" because of punishing evil, and I would rather die than dare to accept this crime. "

When Zhou Tai answered Mi Yang, he probably really thought he was doing the right thing, so his tone became calmer and calmer.

It's just that after Zhou Tai finished explaining, Mi Yang's mouth showed some smiles.

Maybe Zhou Tai whipped and killed traitors because of the reasons he said above, but Zhou Tai's idea is not that simple.

Mi Yang looked at Zhoutai and said slowly: "Although what you said is reasonable, but according to the system of the Han Dynasty, the princes of the state are the same as the county magistrate.

Which law does the Han have that states that the county magistrate has the right to kill county officials at will? "

"You have been a magistrate for a long time, you must know this.

If you know what you can’t do and do it, you must ask for something, so what do you ask for? "

Mi Yang did not deny the feasibility of Zhoutai's doing so, but the county magistrate is not the prefect, but he does not have as much authority as the prefect.

When Mi Yang said these words, Zhou Tai, who had seen through all his thoughts, was shocked in his heart.

It's just that since Zhoutai dared to do something beyond his authority, his courage is naturally not low.

Regarding Mi Yang's question, Zhou Tai raised his head and looked at Mi Yang expectantly, and he replied:
"If this is not the case, the prince's Hou country cannot be governed in a short period of time."

"If I can't rule the prince's country, how can my achievements be able to get the patronage of the prince?"

This is what he asked for.

He didn't want to be anonymous anymore.

　Let's get some monthly tickets.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)