Mi Han

Chapter 376
When he heard Yang Fu's last words, the expression on Cao Zhen's face suddenly became solemn.

Liangzhou is so barren that its economic significance is not important.

However, Liangzhou was a strategic barrier for the Wei Dynasty to prevent Liu Bei's regime from attacking Guanzhong. Once Liangzhou was captured by Mi Yang, Cao Zhen had to worry about the consequences.

Of course, the most important thing is that what Yang Fu said was not alarmist.

As for the weather in Guanzhong, Cao Zhenchu ​​was in Guanzhong, so he still doesn't know much about it.

But for the terrain of Hanzhong, Cao Zhen had personally experienced it with Cao Cao.

If we don't mention the Battle of Zhang Lu earlier, we will say the Battle of Hanzhong.

When Cao Cao was defeated by Liu Bei in Hanzhong, one very important reason was that the terrain in Hanzhong was so steep that the Wei army could not fully deploy.

With such a painful lesson, Cao Zhen, who knew the soldiers, had to think more about Yang Fu's words.

Even though he really wanted to defeat Mi Yang, and be ashamed of Wei Yi.

After much thinking, Cao Zhen finally made a decision regardless of the eagerness of the generals present.

"Since today's time and place are not in our army, let's put aside the plan to attack Liangzhou for now."

With Cao Zhen's current status and prestige, when he said this, no matter how much Wang Shuang, Fei Yao and other Wei generals present wanted to fight, they could only obey Cao Zhen's decision honestly.

Compared with the generals of Wei, Yang Fu had a smile on his face after hearing Cao Zhen adopted his suggestion.

The reason why he was able to voluntarily accept Cao Zhen's recommendation and become his confidant counselor was because of Cao Zhen's qualities of wisdom and courage.

Only such a general can make full use of Cao Wei's national strength and guard the Guanzhong land of Great Wei.

What Yang Fu didn't know was that, apart from his reminder, the reason why Cao Zhen gave up the idea of ​​attacking Liangzhou was because Cao Zhen had a deep fear of Mi Yang in his heart.

He really wanted to destroy Mi Yang, but he knew that facing an enemy like Mi Yang, he must not take it lightly and act impulsively.

Otherwise, he might have the same fate as Cao Ren.

In Cao Zhen's view, paying full attention to and acknowledging an opponent's ability is the biggest key to defeating him in the future.

After Yang Fu saw that Cao Zhen gave up his idea of ​​attacking Hanzhong, his face showed undisguised disappointment, and he understood why Cao Zhen was like this.

At present, Cao Wei's ruling and opposition parties regard Mi Yang as Cao Wei's life and death enemy.

And because Cao Ren, and even Cao Cao's death, Mi Yang was the initiator, so for Cao Zhen, who is a member of the Cao clan, he has a kind of hatred for Mi Yang in his heart.

The hostility and hatred made Cao Zhen think about how to eliminate Mi Yang every day.

But now when the opportunity came, Cao Zhen couldn't use this opportunity to eliminate Mi Yang, he must be full of disappointment.

As Cao Zhen's confidant and adviser, Yang Fu naturally couldn't just sit back and watch Cao Zhen lose without offering a good plan.

Thinking of this, Yang Fu then paid homage to Cao Zhenyi and said: "General, I have a plan that may allow the tiger to leave the mountain."

Hearing that Yang Fu had a good plan to offer, the disappointment on Cao Zhen's face disappeared instantly. He immediately looked at Yang Fu, and asked with bright eyes: "What good plan does Qing have, but just say it."

Under Cao Zhen's questioning, Yang Fu said confidently to Cao Zhen, "Mi thief is also a minister."

"Peter Liu Bei believed so much that he was able to become the shepherd of a state, but Liangzhou is the gateway of Yizhou, which is of great significance.

It has not been half a year since the thief came to Linzhou, and the ministers have not been attached. The famous clan of Liang, all have trilogy, which is enough to build a life by blocking the army.

Yang Xin adheres to the governance of a country, and does not care about supporting the upper and lower levels to establish a foundation, competes in military affairs, abuses his people, and the soldiers of the whole country slaughter everywhere, and the dead are tens of thousands. This is the way to carry disasters.

In the past, Wu Zixu, Wu Qi, and Shang Yang were all heroes for a time, but none of them could end well, and it was nothing more than arbitrariness of power and disorderly government.

Today, Yang Yang's talent may be comparable to the three sages, but his virtue is still contemptible. Will the chaos in Liangzhou last forever?

It is better for a general to sneak into the enemy's territory with a wide-spread and careful operation. On the one hand, he can hook up the officials who refuse to accept the thief in the enemy's territory, use his own prestige as their reliance, and let them continue to do justice, so that Liangzhou will never have peace.

The second is to make many secret agents widely spread rumors in the enemy's territory, and prepare for the evil of thieves' arrogance of power and disorder of government.

People's words are scary, even if Liu Bei loves Mi Thief more, he will inevitably worry about the stability of Liangzhou because of the rumors.

With this worry, Liu Bei may not dismiss or punish Mi Thief, but he will definitely call him back to Chengdu Xiangwen.

The only thing our army worries about is the thieves.

Once the thief returns to Chengdu, opportunities for our army will come one after another. "

Cao Zhen listened carefully to Yang Fu's suggestion, and after listening to it, he seemed to be thinking about the feasibility of Yang Fu's suggestion.

After careful consideration in his mind, Cao Zhen couldn't help laughing out loud after discovering that Yang Fu's strategy was very promising.

"Yishan, the Zifang of Zhenwu!"

"How can this strategy be called Tiaohu Lishan, it should be called killing with a knife."

Cao Zhen's words were full of admiration for Yang Fu.

Cao Zhen, who grew up beside Cao Cao, not only has a deep understanding of the art of war, but also has a good understanding of human nature.

Although Yang Fu's strategy is not a very amazing stroke of genius in essence, but because it is ordinary, its success rate is very high.

Because Yang Fu's strategy is based on the eight characters of righteousness of monarchs and ministers, and human nature.

No matter how good Mi Yang is, he is still a courtier.

Just like the ancient great sages mentioned by Yang Fu, were they defeated by the enemy?

They were defeated by their own people, or to put it directly, they were defeated by the four words of righteousness of monarchs and ministers.

Everyone knows that Liu Bei loves Mi Yang, but no matter how much he loves him, Liu Bei is also a king, and Mi Yang is just a courtier.

Even Liu Bei's love for Mi Yang is largely based on Mi Yang's ability to solve his problems and make contributions.

Liu Bei appointed Mi Yang as Liangzhou Mu, and he also valued him.

But now Mi Yang has been the shepherd of Liangzhou for less than half a year, but he has made a mess inside Liangzhou. As a monarch, it is impossible for Liu Bei to sit idly by.

Most importantly, there were some things that Yang Fu didn't say very clearly.

The spies in his mouth actually mostly refer to the Yizhou nobles who are friendly and admire Cao Wei in Yizhou.

And as long as Liu Bei had doubts in his heart, coupled with the fact that many gentry in Yizhou who were friendly to Cao Wei contributed to the flames.

No matter how benevolent Liu Bei is, he would at least recall Mi Yang from Liangzhou to Chengdu to ask for details.

As for whether those gentry who are friendly to Cao Wei will do this with all their heart, there is no doubt about it.

After all, Mi Yang's butcher's knife has already been set up, and the Yizhou gentry is saddened by the death of the rabbit and the fox, and will definitely take action against Mi Yang.

These two points are human nature.

Cao Zhen is not a pedantic person, although he really wants to eliminate Mi Yang himself, but he will not be so pedantic that he will not use the strategy of killing people with a knife.

After admiring Yang Fu, Cao Zhen looked at Yang Fu with more joy.

Cao Zhen said to Yang Fu: "Since this policy is proposed by Qing, then I will leave it to Qing to handle.

As long as Qing's strategy is successful, then I will definitely report to Your Majesty and reward Qing without hesitation.

And if I can successfully capture Liangzhou by relying on Qing's strategy, I will be in charge of Liangzhou in the future, and Qing will be in charge of all military affairs in Liangzhou. "

Cao Zhen drew a big cake for Yang Fu in his words.

But the important thing is that with Cao Zhen's current status in Cao Wei, it is entirely possible to realize the pancake he painted.

In charge of all military and political affairs, he is actually Liangzhou Mu.

Faced with such a huge temptation of returning to his hometown in full clothes and holding an ax in his hand, how could Yang Fu not be moved?

Excitement appeared on Yang Fu's face, and he immediately bowed deeply to Cao Zhen: "Don't you dare to do your best!"

After hearing Yang Fu's words, the smile on Cao Zhen's face became wider and wider.

Feeling that the opportunity must not be missed, he immediately asked Yang Fu to step down and go to implement this strategy earlier.

And after Yang Fu received Cao Zhen's order to resign, many Wei generals present also resigned one after another.

After all the generals left, Cao Zhen temporarily suppressed the joy in his heart and began to deal with the government affairs on the table in front of him.

Although Cao Zhen's specific power and responsibility is to supervise the military forces in Guanzhong, Cao Wei's governor is originally the nature of the integration of military and government.

So even though the three states in Guanzhong all have governors, the final government decision-making still has to be reported to Cao Zhen for preview.

Guanzhong has a vast territory, and many trifles can be handled by the governors of the states themselves. However, after removing a large number of trivial matters, Cao Zhen also needs to deal with a lot of government affairs.

At present, what he is focusing on is the specific appointment of the chiefs of the counties and counties of the states.

Although it has been a year since Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, the nine-rank Zhongzheng system has gradually become Cao Wei's most important method of selecting officials.

It's just that Cao Pi is not too stupid, he has not completely abolished the prosecution system.

And he had also issued a strict order that all appointments to important positions, apart from the consent of the Zhongzheng officials in various places, must be submitted to the highest local military and political officials for final confirmation.

Because of the importance he attached to Yang Fu, Cao Zhen first previewed the specific appointment content of Liangzhou's personnel.

But after he read most of the content, a name in this bamboo slip caught his attention.

Jiang Wei.

The reason why this name caught Cao Zhen's attention was not because Jiang Wei was a well-known celebrity in Guanzhong.

It was because he, who had just reached the crown, would appear in the personnel appointment and dismissal report submitted by Yang Fu to Cao Zhen.

You must know that those who can be sent to Cao Zhen for review are at least appointed by the magistrate of a county, and with Jiang Wei's current age and reputation, he is simply not up to this level.

But as Cao Zhen continued to observe Jiang Wei's life history, he understood why Yang Fu put Jiang Wei on this list.

Because Yang Fu wanted Cao Zhen to give Jiang Wei an official.

The power of directly conferring officials is obviously not something that a mere governor of Liangzhou in Yangfu can have.

In this report, Yang Fu also explained why he suggested that Cao Zhen give Jiang Wei an official.

The reason is that Jiang Wei's father, Jiang Jiong, died in the king's affairs.

Giving Jiang Wei an official position is conducive to encouraging ministers to serve the country.

Of course, Cao Zhen also knew that the reason for making Yang Fu, a governor of Liangzhou, to give him advice and bestow officials was definitely not that simple.

Cao Zhen looked at Jiang Wei's background, and he instantly understood everything.

Jiang Wei was born in the Da clan of Ji County in Tianshui, and Yang Fu was also born in the Da clan of Ji County in Tianshui. It is believed that the friendship between these two big clans is irreversible.

Without such a background, Jiang Wei would not be able to take up the post of governor at a young age.

After figuring this out, Cao Zhen didn't find it strange.

Yang Fu's behavior was quite normal for him who came from a wealthy family.

Networks have always been the most valued resource of the big clan.

Besides, now that Yang Fu is deeply loved by Cao Zhen, Cao Zhen will not be dissatisfied with Yang Fu because of this matter.

Cao Zhen raised the vermilion pen on the case, and quickly wrote a word "Zhun" behind Jiang Wei's name.

And he also specifically stated that the official position bestowed on Jiang Wei was Zhonglang, who joined the army in Tianshui County.

For a young man who has just reached the crown, Cao Zhen's appointment of Jiang Wei as an official is already considered a promotion beyond the standard.

The reason why Cao Zhen treats Jiang Wei like this is not because he values ​​Jiang Wei so much.

Even in Jiang Wei's life introduction, Yang Fu specifically pointed out that Jiang Wei has the reputation of "Young Lin" in Tianshui County.

However, Cao Zhen knew that in the current world where criticizing characters is a common practice, which family's children do not have some reputation.

But in the end, how many people can really bear the reputation?
Cao Zhen gave Jiang Wei such a heavy reward just because of Yang Fu's face.

After deciding on Jiang Wei's reward, Cao Zhen subconsciously closed the bamboo slip in his hand.

He didn't want to understand Jiang Wei's meaning at all.

In his view, Jiang Wei is now just a bargaining chip for him to favor Yang Fu.

Don't take it too seriously.

As for whether Jiang Wei is a "Young Lin", everything depends on Jiang Wei's specific performance in the future.

Anyway, if others are in Tianshui, can they still escape?

After Yang Fu left the meeting hall, he immediately summoned a group of subordinate officials.

Yang Fu's personal ability is very strong, otherwise he would not be valued by Cao Cao and Cao Zhen one after another.

With his outstanding personal ability, Yang Fu quickly arranged all the matters in the plan he just offered.

Under Yang Fu's arrangement, dozens of subordinate officials left his mansion in an orderly manner one by one, and then left Chen Cang and headed south without stopping.

These dozens of subordinate officials each have their own missions.

After dozens of subordinate officials had left, Yang Fu, who had just finished his work, stretched his waist, got up and went outside the courtyard. He climbed onto a high platform outside the courtyard and looked towards the south.

The direction he was looking at was Liangzhou.

When he saw the information from Liangzhou just now, his face was solemn.

Perhaps others thought he was thinking about whether this was the right time to attack Liangzhou.

But in fact, the reason why he has a dignified face is because Mi Yang's behavior made him feel a little scared.

Those who fell under Mi Yang's butcher's knife were the patriarchs of the great families, and so was he, Yang Fu.

It was because of this identity that Yang Fu realized with empathy how much impact Mi Yang's behavior had on the privileges of the aristocratic family.

Would it be a good thing for his family if he was allowed to succeed without any hindrance?

With Mi Yang's ability, no one can guarantee that he will not capture Liangzhou one day.

So Yang Fu absolutely can't just sit back and watch Mi Yang get things done.

The emperor should share the world with the family!
(End of this chapter)