Mi Han

Chapter 338

The meeting between Zhang Wen and Sun Deng did not last long.

After a brief conversation with Sun Deng, Zhang Wen personally sent Sun Deng out of the room.

When Deng Zhi saw that Sun Deng was being sent out, he asked someone to take Sun Deng away knowingly.

Deng Zhi didn't care about what Zhang Wen and Sun Deng had just talked about.

The proton system appeared to be very mature in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

Deng Zhi, who is familiar with history books, knows that as long as Sun Deng is always optimistic, even if there is some ulterior plan between Zhang Wen and Sun Deng, the big man will not lose anything.

Not long ago, Deng Zhi was appointed as the governor of Jingzhou by Liu Bei instead of Ma Liang.

This is because Deng Zhi has the experience of being an envoy to Jiangdong. Compared with the current courtiers of the big Han, Deng Zhi is the one who knows Sun Quan quite well.

With such a person staying in Jingzhou to assist Zhang Fei, Liu Bei can rest assured when he comes to the Northern Expedition.

After Deng Zhi, the governor of Jingzhou who had just taken office, ordered someone to send Sun Deng away, he wanted to bow to Zhang Wen and leave.

It's just that Deng Zhi was stopped by Zhang Wen before leaving.

"Wen was ordered by the master to go north to pay a visit to General Zuo soon."

Deng Zhi, who heard Zhang Wen's words, turned around almost instantly.

Zhang Wen originally wanted to tell Liu Bei this matter on the high platform today, but unfortunately Liu Bei did not give him this opportunity.

Whether it is Sun Quan or Zhang Wen, they never thought of going to Xinye to visit Mi Yang without hiding Liu Bei's knowledge.

Because this thing is impossible to do.

Since Zhang Wen didn't have time to mention this in the future on the high platform, Zhang Wen wanted to take this opportunity to ask Deng Zhi to pass on the request for him.

After Deng Zhi learned that Zhang Wen still had this mission, his eyes immediately showed a lot of suspicion.

He wasn't suspicious of Mi Yang, he was suspicious of Sun Quan.

However, he did not have the right to make a decision on this matter, and Zhang Wen was only asking. Whether Zhang Wen could go to Xinye to visit Mi Yang smoothly depended on Liu Bei's decision.

So after Deng Zhi nodded slightly to Zhang Wen, he left the post house.

After leaving the post house, Deng Zhi came outside Liu Bei's bedroom with suspicion in his heart.

It was night now, and many people in Xiangyang City had already gone to bed, but Liu Bei's sleeping hall was still brightly lit.

Liu Bei wanted to sort out all the government affairs in Jingzhou as much as possible before leaving, so that his third brother could take over Jingzhou without any effort.

Liu Bei, who was dealing with government affairs, learned that Deng Zhi had something to see under the eunuch's report.

When he heard the news, Liu Bei put down the brush in his hand.

He is clear about Deng Zhi's behavior, if there is no important matter, he would not be in such a hurry to ask for a meeting.

Liu Bei quickly summoned Deng Zhi.

After Deng Zhi entered Liu Bei's bedroom, he told Liu Bei what Zhang Wen had requested between handcuffs.

After Liu Bei heard that Zhang Wen had such intentions, a smile appeared on his face.

"Sun Quan intends to repeat the old tricks?"

When Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou during the Jian'an period, Sun Quan also sent envoys to show his favor to Guan Yu many times.

Even during an envoy, Sun Quan proposed to marry Guan Yu.

At that time, the arrogant Guan Yu faced Sun Quan's marriage proposal, because he looked down on Sun Quan's character, he directly scolded Sun Quan's envoy.

And this incident later became one of Sun Quan's excuses for attacking Jingzhou.

Liu Bei knew about these things, and Guan Yu never concealed these things from Liu Bei, and Guan Yu could not hide them either.

Because of knowing these things, when Liu Bei learned that Zhang Wen was ordered by Sun Quan to go north to visit Mi Yang, the first reaction in his mind was that Sun Quan wanted to repeat the old trick.

Compared with Guan Yu, it is a more sensitive matter for Sun Quan to send an envoy to see Mi Yang now.

Because the current Mi Yang is not the governor of Jingzhou.

Of course, this matter can also be understood as a normal visit between "colleagues", mainly depending on how Liu Bei, the monarch, sees it.

After Deng Zhi reported the incident, she had been secretly observing Liu Bei's expression.

Having been in officialdom for a long time, he knows the stakes of this matter to Mi Yang.

Deng Zhi and Mi Yang had no close friendship in the past, but based on Mi Yang's performance in the past, Deng Zhi still has a good sense of Mi Yang.

Under such circumstances, Deng Zhi wanted to solve this troublesome matter for Mi Yang.

Deng Zhi took the initiative to bow to Liu Bei and said: "Your Majesty, Sun Quan has always been ambitious and is actually a foreign vassal. I think I should reject Zhang Wen's invitation."

Deng Zhi felt that if Mi Yang could avoid this trouble, the best way was to let Zhang Wen go back and forth wherever he came from.

Seeing Deng Zhi take the initiative to make suggestions to himself, Liu Bei had a smile on his face.

"Deng Qing is also a gentleman of sincerity."

If you can take the initiative to solve problems for your colleagues, what else can you be if you are not a gentleman.

After Liu Bei praised Deng Zhi, he did not agree with Deng Zhi's suggestion.

On the contrary, Liu Bei said to Deng Zhi: "Send someone to tell Zhang Wen that I have agreed to his request."

Hearing that Liu Bei's decision was this, Deng Zhi had a look of surprise on his face.

He didn't think that Liu Bei would not be able to see the problems he could see.

But after Liu Bei saw part of Sun Quan's intentions, he still planned to let Zhang Wen go, which made Deng Zhi a little puzzled.

However, although Deng Zhi was puzzled, he knew the degree of being a minister.

Mi Yang's friendship with him has not yet reached the point where he can speak to Liu Bei again.

So after hearing Liu Bei's order, he slowly stepped back and ordered someone to pass on the order.

After Deng Zhi left, Liu Bei looked at the empty hall where he was, and suddenly felt a little cold.

It's too cold to be high.

Perhaps Guan Yu would have felt this way when he was handling government affairs in this hall.

He naturally saw the puzzled look on Deng Zhi's face before he left.

Liu Bei knew what Deng Zhi was puzzled about.

But he has his own considerations.

Regardless of Mi Yang's past performance or his identity, Liu Bei trusts Mi Yang.

But he trusts Mi Yang, which doesn't mean that Sun Quan sent an envoy to meet Mi Yang, and it won't cause gossip from others.

Just like what Guan Yu faced back then.

And the four words of people's words can be feared, no matter who they are used on, they are applicable.

Originally, he could use his power to resolve this matter for Mi Yang, but he couldn't.

Because sooner or later, Mi Yang will be like Guan Yu back then, sitting in this hall and in charge of a state's military administration.

Then some things will be experienced sooner or later.

That being the case, it's better to let Mi Yang experience these things earlier while he is still there.

In this way, even if Mi Yang has something bad in his response, he can give Mi Yang targeted guidance, and even take action to help him smooth out the bad influence in the later stage.

This is the best way to train a person.

Thinking of the smile on the corner of Liu Bei's mouth, he was somewhat looking forward to Mi Yang's reaction after knowing this.

Do you yell at him like the second brother, or choose to avoid him?
At the end of March in the second year of Han Zhangwu, in Xinye City.

Li Yan, the prefect of Yiyang, finally arrived.

But when Li Yan arrived outside Xinye City, Mi Yang was a little dumbfounded by his demeanor.

Before that, Li Yan served as the prefect of Qianwei. Qianwei County is located in the hinterland of Yizhou, and it is more than a thousand miles away from Yiyang County, so it is understandable for Li Yan to arrive so late.

But what Mi Yang didn't expect was that when Li Yan went to his post, he just brought all the family servants with him, and he also brought all the family belongings in Yizhou to Yiyang County.

The carts of supplies are like a long dragon, crowding the official road outside Xinye City to the brim.

Looking at the cartloads of supplies, Mi Yang felt that the reason why Li Yan arrived at the post so late probably had a lot to do with moving these family wealth.

From Li Yan's behavior, it can be seen that he is a person who pays great attention to personal enjoyment.

Thinking of Li Yan's various behaviors in the later period of history, Mi Yang didn't find it strange.

However, these are only Li Yan's personal problems, and they do not conflict with his political and military capabilities.

Although there are quite a lot of big men now, if you want to find a person with near-perfect abilities and conduct, there is almost no one except Zhuge Liang.

Besides, the focus on personal enjoyment is not to say that there is a disadvantage in virtue.

However, although Mi Yang didn't say anything about Li Yan's actions, the moment Li Yan saw Mi Yang, there was still some embarrassment on his face.

It's just that Li Yan didn't feel embarrassed by Mi Yang's discovery of his personal enjoyment style, he was worried that Mi Yang felt that he came late on purpose to enjoy the benefits.

After all, if he is less than a day away, Mi Yang is handling all the important military and political affairs in Yiyang County in the early stage.

Li Yan's character is very proud.

He once had a dispute with Yang Hong, the county meritorious man who opposed the relocation of the county magistrate's mansion. His words were quite contemptuous, and Yang Hong voluntarily resigned in a fit of anger.

Moreover, when they were in Yizhou, the age and status of Hujun Fukuang and others were about the same as Li Yan, but Li Yan was unwilling to take the initiative to associate with them.

However, Li Yan's haughty character is different from Wei Yan's, Li Yan will see people as haughty.

As for Mi Yang, who is superior in combat achievements and rank, Li Yan does not have any arrogance towards him, on the contrary, Li Yan still wants to make friends with Mi Yang.

He had offered to ask for rewards for Mi Yang in front of Liu Bei many times before.

With this thought in his heart, Li Yan thought about donating a few carts of supplies to Mi Yang.

But Li Yan's idea was declined by Mi Yang.

Although the few carts of supplies that Li Yan contributed were quite good, they were not enough to impress Mi Yang.

Besides, Li Yan's desire to make friends with him was almost written on his face.

Although Mi Yang recommended Li Yan to be the prefect of Yiyang, he didn't want to have a close relationship with Li Yan.

Mi Yang's polite refusal made Li Yan somewhat confused about Mi Yang's thoughts.

But Li Yan didn't think much about it. After he took over the official seal of Yiyang prefect from Mi Yang, he began to arrange the defense of Yiyang County.

When Mi Yang served as the prefect of Yiyang before, because of the presence of troops and horses in his headquarters, Mi Yang's military arrangements for Yiyang County generally showed a pattern of defense and offense.

But Li Yan knew that Mi Yang would lead the army away sooner or later.

Therefore, he had to re-plan the specific defense of Yiyang County after Mi Yang's headquarters troops left.

When Li Yan adjusted the defense of Yiyang County, he did not shy away from Mi Yang's sidelines.

And Mi Yang looked at Li Yan's series of adjustments, even in his heart, he didn't think highly of Li Yan.

There is one thing to say, Li Yan's military ability is not bad.

It can be seen from Li Yanshang's defense arrangements that although he does not have many troops, under his coordination and arrangement, there are certain soldiers and horses stationed in the important places in Yiyang County.

And each county can support each other to a certain extent.

Such a defensive pattern may not be able to completely resist Wei Jun's attack, but it can put Yiyang County in an active defensive state to the greatest extent.

And as long as this situation persists, even if the Wei army invades aggressively in the future, it will give Zhang Fei in the rear enough time to mobilize troops for support.

No wonder Li Yanneng was appointed by Liu Bei as one of the Tuogu ministers in history. His ability to defend was indeed very suitable for stabilizing the situation in Jihan at that time.

However, after Li Yan's arrival, Mi Yang also began to arrange the return to Yibei.

But when Mi Yang was arranging everything and was ready to return to Yibei at any time, Ding Feng found him with a message he had just received.

When Ding Feng saw Mi Yang, he had some strange expressions on his face.

Mi Yang didn't understand the meaning of Ding Feng's expression at first.

But after reading the information in Ding Feng's hands, he understood everything.

Sun Quan, who is so funny, wants to send an envoy to visit him?

Is he too busy.

Moreover, the mission headed by Zhang Wen has now entered the scope of Yiyang County.

After hearing the news, Mi Yang couldn't help feeling suspicious.

It's just that before Ding's cover, he didn't show these doubts.

He asked Ding Feng to retreat first, and then he began to think about it carefully.

Mi Yang is not a person without political knowledge. On the surface, it seems that Sun Quan has no problem sending an envoy to visit him in the name of Taiwei.

But the key is that Sun Quan is his "colleague" in name, but in fact he has a deep hatred for him.

In this capacity, Sun Quan took the initiative to send envoys to visit him, and his behavior is very intriguing.

Of course, Mi Yang also knew that Sun Quan would take the initiative to send envoys to visit, and it must be for the sake of communication.

But that's the point.

Since they are enemies, how could they suddenly become friends.

Even if it is a good relationship, you should find Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, and find him, the governor of Yibei, to figure out what's going on.

Under the doubts in his heart, Mi Yang decided to avoid seeing him just to be on the safe side.

But when Guan Yan knew about Mi Yang's thoughts, Guan Yan said to him:
"The situation my husband is currently facing is similar to that of my father back then."

"Back then, everyone knew that Sun Quan sent envoys to make good friends, but if my father accepted the good news, it would make everyone in Jingzhou relax their guard against Jiangdong.

If the father does not accept Sun Quan's kindness, he will give Sun Quan some excuses.

No matter what his father did back then, it was always beneficial to Sun Quan. It is Sun Quan's consistent practice to sacrifice face for real benefits.

Today, Sun Quan is repeating the old tricks, probably thinking of finding an excuse for the future, or thinking of eliminating a serious trouble for Jiangdong in the future. "

(End of this chapter)