Mi Han

Chapter 380
Li Miao was born in the Li family of Guanghan County.

Guanghan County, Shu County, and Ba County are the three counties with the most prosperous economy in Yizhou, and they are also the three counties with the strongest gentry in Yizhou.

It can be said that a large part of the officials in the Han Dynasty today are selected from these three counties.

With such a background, Li Miao has been very famous in Yizhou since he was young.

Not only is he famous, even his three brothers Li Chao, Li Shao and Li Li are well-known celebrities in Yizhou.

People in Yizhou at that time collectively called Li Chao, Li Shao and Li Li the "Three Dragons of the Li Family", which shows the prestige of the Li Family in Yizhou.

As for why people don't call Li Miao and his brothers the "Four Dragons of the Li Family"?

This is because Li Miao's character is wild and straightforward, which has been disliked by some people in power.

For example, Liu Bei hated him very much.

It's not without reason that Liu Bei hates Li Miao. It stems from an incident in the past.

Li Miao was a subordinate of Yizhou Mu Liuzhang in his early years. After Liu Bei took Yizhou, because of the reputation of the Li family in Guanghan, he recruited Li Miao to work in Yizhou.

Later, during the Zhengdan period of the second year, Liu Bei asked his subordinate officials to pour wine to congratulate him. This was a normal thing in the first place.

But when Li Miao toasted Liu Bei, he openly condemned Liu Bei: "Liu Zhang trusts you, but you take Yizhou, this is not what you should do."

Zhengdan is a very important festival for a monarch, and hundreds of officials gather.

And Li Miao, although his tone was a bit tactful, was actually accusing Liu Bei of being a wolf and ungrateful, which made Liu Bei unhappy all of a sudden.

If it were Cao Cao, Li Miao would have died on the spot.

But Liu Bei was just displeased, and asked Li Miao disdainfully, "You know what I did wrong, so why didn't you help Liu Zhang back then, and instead accepted my call?"

From the allusion of Qiutian Wenshe, we can see that the most hated thing in Liu Bei's life is the corrupt Confucianism, which is quite similar to Liu Bang.

With Liu Bei's wisdom, he could of course see that Li Miao was condemning him for justice in name, but in fact he wanted to gain prestige by condemning him.

And at that time, because of the promulgation of "Shu Ke", many Yizhou gentry missed Liu Zhang very much, thinking that Liu Bei would be defeated earlier.

Faced with Liu Bei's ironic rhetorical question, Li Miao was choked up.

In the end, he really had no other choice. He could only say a sentence that has been circulated in Chengdu until now, and was used as a joke by the ministers of the Cong Faction and Jingzhou Faction of the Yuan Dynasty:

"It's not that I dare not, it's just that I can't do it."

Li Miao's answer fully exposed his hypocrisy.

If you look forward and backward before helping "justice", is this really trying to help justice?
Li Miao's answer is nothing in the eyes of later generations.

But in the eyes of the world, it is a complete joke.

When people in the world talk about their deeds, they don't care about their hearts.

Because Li Miao was talking like a clown at that time, some law enforcement officials wanted to bring Li Miao to justice.

It was Zhuge Liang who came out and saved Li Miao's life.

Maybe Zhuge Liang didn't expect that the first person who wanted to ruin his reputation after his death was actually the person he saved.

But what everyone present did not expect was that Li Miao, who had learned the lesson of almost dying in the past, would openly put forward such an inconsequential suggestion now.

Qiao Yu, Qiao Zhou's patriarch, immediately snorted coldly and said, "If you want to die, go ahead, we don't want to accompany you to die in vain."

Hearing that he had been taught a lesson for no reason, Li Miao immediately showed dissatisfaction on his face.

He was also thinking about everyone's interests, how could Qiao Yu teach him a lesson?

Besides, in terms of seniority and status alone, I am no worse than him at all.

Unsatisfied, Li Miao immediately wanted to refute Qiao Yu face to face, but fortunately, there were still sensible people in his family.

That person is Li Chao, one of the "Three Dragons of the Li Family".

Li Chao can be called a dragon, and he is also the patriarch of the contemporary Guanghan Li family, so his knowledge is naturally not low.

Seeing that his younger brother was about to explode, he immediately explained: "We got the news one step ahead of His Majesty and the Prime Minister, so we can gather together for a secret meeting tonight.

What would your majesty and the prime minister think if I were the first to impeach Mi Yang to your majesty and the prime minister before they received any news from Liangzhou?
Do you think we are loyal to the country?Or do you think that we spread spies widely and form cliques for personal gain? "

Hearing Li Chao's reminder, Li Miao immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

What kind of spies would be faster than the court's messengers.

And what is the purpose of arranging such spies?
As a courtier, he already felt that it was not easy to think so. If Liu Bei, who is a monarch, realized this, then would Liu Bei think who wanted to rebel?

Don't fail to participate at that time, but send yourself to the guillotine instead.

And after reminding this, Li Chao looked at all the friends present, and he reminded emphatically: "Even if Your Majesty and the Prime Minister receive the news, we can't play collectively, and stop Mi Yang on the surface."

Hearing Li Chao's words, most of the people present were puzzled.

Only a few people showed thoughtful expressions on their faces after listening to Li Chao's words.

Among those people was the young Qiao Zhou.

Seeing his intention that most of the people present did not understand, Li Chao explained:

"Your Majesty and the Prime Minister have a deep grudge against us, and they are as close as nephews to Mi Yang.

As the saying goes, if we are not close, if we rush to prevent Mi Yang's reform, His Majesty and the Prime Minister will inevitably suspect that our intentions are not right.

In addition, His Majesty has issued an edict before, so that Mi Yang does not have to report everything, but can do things cheaply, so in terms of law and emotion, we have no definite crimes for Mi Yang to subdue the law. "

Li Chao's explanation made everyone suddenly realize.

According to Li Miao's suggestion just now, if everyone goes up to impeach Mi Yang, it is to impeach him for arbitrarily changing the laws of his ancestors and arbitrarily authorizing power.

Without Liu Bei's edict, Mi Yang's actions would indeed be worthy of such crimes.

However, under the edict "condemning" Mi Yang issued by Liu Bei before, such crimes are not so tenable.

As for changing the law of the ancestors, not to mention that many emperors have often done this since the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, even if there are such precedents for ministers.

After all, Mi Yang is a shepherd uncle, and this identity has brought him great autonomy in governance.

Li Miao knew that if he wanted to take down Mi Yang, a "power minister" who had gradually become powerful, he had to hit the mark with one blow, and he couldn't act with too much uncertainty.

Otherwise, once he escapes this time, when he takes full power in the future, the Yizhou gentry like himself will definitely have no good fruit to eat.

It's just that after everyone understood the meaning of Li Chao's words, they all showed worried expressions on their faces.

Could it be that Mi Yang was allowed to harm their interests?
Seeing the worried expressions on everyone's faces, Li Chao and Qiao Yu looked at each other, and then Qiao Yu said, "I have a way to make Mi Yang's eagle break its wings and make him fall into the canyon to die without burial. land."

Qiao Yu's rather harsh words immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.

The worried looks on the faces of everyone present disappeared in an instant, and were replaced by joyful expressions.

Everyone is a well-informed person. They know that although Qiao Yu used to be quiet, he does not have the habit of talking big like Li Miao.

Since Qiao Yu dared to say that, he must have a way.

And among the people present, who wouldn't want Mi Yang to end up like that?
Seeing that everyone looked over with joy on their faces, Qiao Yu said slowly:
"Since he took control of Yizhou, the power of our family has declined greatly, and he is not a weak leader like Liu Zhang.

Those who hold military power in today's big Han are all his confidantes, so we can't take actions that go against his intentions. "

The him Qiao Yu spoke of was referring to Liu Bei.

The reason why Qiao Yu didn't call Liu Bei His Majesty was because his only son died under "Shu Ke".

With such a deep blood feud, Qiao Yu has always referred to Liu Bei by him in private.

All the people present were Qiao Yu's friends, so they naturally knew about Qiao Yu's habit.

What Qiao Yu said made everyone present nod in approval.

Isn't it because of what Qiao Yu said that the reason why they can only gather in the secret room?
After Qiao Yu finished talking about the most basic code of conduct, she continued to speak: "Although our power is not as good as before, our family's influence in Yizhou has never changed.

We may not be able to influence his decision, but what if we use the stability of the big man as a bargaining chip?

Yizhou is the capital of the empire, and it is also where the money and food of the entire Han Dynasty are saved. Once Yizhou is unstable, the Han Dynasty will naturally be unstable.

And isn't this something we can control? "

Hearing what Qiao Yu said, the eyes of everyone present lit up.

Everyone knows that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's ambition is to help the Han Dynasty. This is their shining point, but why can't it be their weakness?
As long as they are good at using their own advantages, this is not difficult for the many Yizhou gentry present.

Just how to do it, they are still expecting Qiao Yu to continue talking.

Qiao Yu didn't keep everyone waiting, and immediately continued, "We can secretly send people to spread the news of the land equalization system throughout Yizhou, especially among the common people."

"And we can properly transform some of the contents of the land equalization system among the common people, or exaggerate some of its deficiencies.

The common people are all ignorant people, how many people have their own opinions?
The people of Liangzhou can personally understand Mi Yang's intentions, but how can the people of Yizhou do this?
They trusted us very much in the past, as long as we send people to publicize this matter, then they will definitely believe in this matter.

Then I will publicize that the current imperial court intends to promulgate the one-field-one system to the whole country.

Once such news spreads widely, the people of Yizhou will definitely be clamoring and disturbing.

The common people are uneasy, and if we stand by and wait, it is the time of autumn harvest again, and the harvest of the whole Yizhou is bound to be greatly affected.

At that time, will he and Zhuge Liang still be able to sit still? "

If you want a family to prosper, maybe you can use money.

But to make a country prosperous, the most fundamental material is food.

Anything that affects the grain harvest is a major event that concerns the fate of the country. Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang will not be ignorant of this.

Just because they know, they will not be indifferent to this matter.

After Qiao Yu said the above words, she continued: "Because the Juntian system has not yet been implemented, we cannot find a clear pain point to attack Mi Yang.

It's just the same, when the equal-field system has not yet been implemented, who in the world can guarantee that it will bring prosperity, not a kind of collapse?
All people have worries. Throughout the ages, how many talents have failed in this point, and thus have been depressed for a lifetime.

And when the grain harvest will be affected, the doubts in his and Zhuge Liang's hearts will be infinitely magnified.

Once this happens, can the land equalization system be implemented smoothly?

At that time, I am afraid that I will not need to come forward, and other ministers will also have objections to this point.

To govern the country should be calm, this is the way of governing the country that Zhuge Liang said himself, and he himself will never forget this.

Perhaps he and Zhuge Liang would not completely oppose the land equalization system, but under the influence of this turmoil, the land equalization system cannot be implemented in the short term.

After all, he and Zhuge Liang now, one is the emperor of the great man, and the other is the prime minister of the great man.

Some of the things they could do back then can no longer be done unscrupulously. "

After listening to all Qiao Yu's words, many people present were amazed.

There is no need to face Liu Bei's power directly, and it can prevent Mi Yang's land equalization system from being implemented. This can be described as the best of both worlds.

It's just that among the many admirers, some people still have doubts.

Although Qiao Yu's strategy is very likely, it makes it impossible for Mi Yang's land equalization system to be implemented.

But it is not to directly cut off Mi Yang's future. In this case, once Mi Yang takes power in the future, he is likely to restart the land equalization system again.

And how can this achieve the effect that Qiao Yu just said, making Mi Yang break his wings and fall?

Soon someone asked out the doubts in their hearts.

After Qiao Yu heard this level of doubt, a smile appeared on his face: "If you have this level of insight, will those ordinary people have it?
The common people are easy to inspire, but most of them don't have great insight.

It can be seen from the information that Mi Yang has already announced in the counties and counties of Liangzhou that the land equalization system will be implemented soon, and the common people in Liangzhou have long been looking forward to it.

However, under this strong expectation, if the land equalization system has not been implemented, Mi Yang will not only lose his prestige by then, but I am afraid that the real turmoil in Liangzhou will come! "

After Qiao Yu finished speaking, the people present reacted and clapped their hands and burst out laughing.

Their smiles are full of pride and joy.

It seemed that Mi Yang's downfall was just around the corner.

And it's normal for them to have this reaction.

Because now is not the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties when etiquette and righteousness were completely lost. In the current world, the word "Xinyi" is the most valued political capital of the world.

Once Mi Yang loses this political capital, all his good reputation will disappear in an instant.

Perhaps because of his past achievements, he will not be defeated immediately.

But with this layer of political taint, he will never even think about reaching the throne of the peak of the minister in his life.

His status and prestige will gradually be spread along with his taint, slowly swallowing up everything he has now.

And in addition, the Han Dynasty was a very bloody dynasty, and this kind of bloodyness was also possessed by the people of the Han Dynasty.

Or they are usually willing to be cows and horses because of the pressure of life.

But once they know that they have been cheated and have not been given an inch of land, will they, who have no foundation to settle down, just sit and wait for death?

But don't forget, who was the new force of the Yellow Turban Rebellion that swept the world.

Amid the laughter of the crowd, Qiao Zhou looked at his patriarch, and some inexplicable emotions emerged in his heart.

Is this the skill that the patriarch wants him to learn today?
Gather the power of the Yizhou gentry to create irresistible public opinion, so as to achieve some of their own goals.

What a great move!

Thinking about this time, Mi Yang can't escape this disaster.

(End of this chapter)