Chapter 252: Knowing and employing people, training Wei Yan
In September of the first year of Emperor Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Yan led his troops to swim down to the outside of Wudang County.
When he learned that Mi Yang was going to transfer him to defense that day, Wei Yan felt very unhappy in his heart.
When he first met Mi Yang, Mi Yang was just a partial general, and his official position was far below him.
But he didn't expect that not long after, Mi Yang would become his immediate boss because of the Battle of Xicheng.
When Mi Yang was a partial general, Wei Yan would also have an elder-like appreciation for Mi Yang's public security battle because of his elder status.
But now when Mi Yang, a junior, climbed on top of him, even though Wei Yan knew in his heart that Mi Yang's current status was due to his strength, he still felt resentful in his heart.
Most of the reason for this resentment comes from Wei Yan's very egoistic character.
But in addition, there is actually another reason.
When he is not angry, he can easily get everything he can't ask for!
At the beginning, he won Liu Bei's praise by offering Ziwu's clever plan, and thus he jumped from the general of Yiyamen to the governor of Hanzhong. This incident caused great shock to the whole army.
Needless to say, there is no need to say much about the status of the governor of Hanzhong, but Wei Yan's previous qualifications, military exploits, and prestige were completely unqualified to serve as the governor of a town, so his promotion caused great controversy.
To put it bluntly, everyone is dissatisfied with him.
Although the public opinion in the army was temporarily suppressed because of his bold words, it was because of Liu Bei's authority.
In the hearts of the generals, Wei Yan was still unworthy of his merits.
Precisely because he did not have enough military exploits to match his status, when Fa Miao arrived in Hanzhong with Liu Bei's order, even though he was good at managing the army, his military power was quickly taken away.
It is precisely because of this that Wei Yan, who was unconvinced by the generals, caused collective dissatisfaction among the generals when he showed disrespect to Mi Yang.
To put it more bluntly, when Wei Yangong was not worthy of the position, everyone only regarded him as a "lucky minister".
Because of everyone's impression, coupled with Wei Yan's very bad character, he fell into the situation where he is now boycotted by the generals in Hanzhong.
In troubled times, military exploits speak for themselves.
Just like Mi Yang, Mi Yang is lower than Wei Yan in terms of qualifications.
In terms of age, Mi Yang is the junior among the senior generals.
As for his relationship with Liu Bei, Mi Yangcai is more like a lucky minister.
But because of his repeated military exploits, it is very convincing that he has achieved such a high status now.
Only after learning about Mi Yang's meritorious service did Wei Yan become even more dissatisfied.
Mi Yang's initial experience was too similar to his.
Mi Yang was valued by Guan Yu because of his suggestions, and was given the important task of garrisoning the public security.
Isn’t the relationship between the Public Security Bureau and Jingzhou at that time the same as the relationship between Hanzhong and Yizhou today?
But it is a pity that Mi Yang became famous by stationing at the police station, thus making Mi Lang's name known to the world.
But since Wei Yan was stationed in Hanzhong, he has never been given a chance to show his prominence, so he has always been questioned about his merits.
This kind of doubt can even spread to Jianye thousands of miles away, which shows how deep the doubts about Wei Yan are in the minds of the generals.
Although Wei Yan has an arrogant personality, his IQ is not low. He is not unaware of this doubt that has long been circulating in the minds of the generals.
It was because he knew that he wanted Mi Yang to support his Ziwu Valley conspiracy so that he could have a chance to make meritorious deeds.
But it is a pity that Wei Yan did not wait for the opportunity to make meritorious deeds, but instead waited for Mi Yang, who had the same starting point as him, made meritorious deeds step by step, and finally surpassed him completely.
What Mi Yang has now is exactly what he has always dreamed of.
In Wei Yan's mind, the reason why Mi Yang has achieved what he has achieved now is not only because of his own talents, but also because he has more luck than himself.
Wherever there is Mi Yang, there are enemies. This kind of luck is something he does not have.
Mi Yang's existence is like a mirror, and his progress seems to reflect his various unsatisfactory situations.
Now Mi Yang transferred him away from Hanzhong, which he regarded as a place of meritorious service, which made Wei Yan's resentment towards Mi Yang even deeper.
With mixed feelings, Wei Yan came to the military camp outside Wudang City with a gloomy face to meet Mi Yang.
As early as when Wei Yan was about to arrive outside Wudang City, Mi Yang knew his whereabouts through spies.
Because Mi Yang wanted Wei Yan to stay in the military camp, he sent someone to inform Wei Yan in advance that he did not need to enter the city and would receive him in the military camp.
When Wei Yan led more than a thousand soldiers into the military camp, the officers who had been waiting at the entrance of the military camp had verified Wei Yan's identity and then led Wei Yan towards Mi Yang's main tent.
On the way to Mi Yang's main tent, Wei Yan carefully observed the layout of the camp.
It wasn't that he had any evil intentions, it was just a habit he had developed over many years in the military.
Under observation, Wei Yan found that although there were not many people in the Han army's camp, the camps were arranged in an orderly manner and were well prepared for attack and defense. It could be said that there were no omissions.
This made Wei Yan nod secretly.
Although Wei Yan was unhappy with Mi Yang, he had no doubts about Mi Yang's abilities.
After all, with his iron-clad military exploits, Wei Yan is not someone who cannot accept reality.
Under the leadership of the officer, Wei Yan quickly arrived at Mi Yang's main tent.
When Wei Yan entered Mi Yang's main tent, he immediately saw Mi Yang sitting on the main seat and the scepter held by a young general beside him.
The scepter was given to Mi Yang by Liu Bei, a token that gave him the power of life and death in wartime.
After seeing the scepter, Wei Yan's eyes froze, and then he looked at the generals present with a scrutinizing gaze.
He found that there were many unfamiliar faces among the generals present, and he thought they were all direct generals of Mi Yang.
But compared to most of the unfamiliar faces, Wei Yan still saw some familiar faces.
For example, Feng Xi.
The time when Feng Xi defected to Liu Bei was not far behind him, and before he became the governor of Hanzhong, Feng Xi's military exploits were still faintly superior to his.
But even if he saw an old acquaintance, Wei Yan pretended not to see him. With a dark face, he came to Mi Yang and bowed to him:
"Yan pays his respects to General Zuo."
In front of Mi Yang, Wei Yan restrained his arrogant character, after all, Emperor Fujie was right next to Mi Yang.
Seeing that Wei Yan didn't look like his eyes were higher than his head, Mi Yang showed a smile on his lips.
Yesterday, Fa Miao's report reached Mi Yang's hands first. Mi Yang learned from Fa Miao's report how Wei Yan behaved after receiving his military order that day.
The reason why Fa Miao truthfully informed Mi Yang of Wei Yan's performance in the report was because he wanted to give Mi Yang a vaccination.
In Fa Miao's words, there were signs of saying good things for Wei Yan.
He told Mi Yang that Wei Yan was a talented person, but his character was too arrogant, so he hoped Mi Yang could be more tolerant to Wei Yan.
This was also thanks to Fa Zheng, who had a relatively gentle personality. If Fa Zheng had dared to do that in front of him, Wei Yan might have been escorted back to Chengdu by Fa Zheng to be punished.
Because of Fa Miao's advance warning, when Mi Yang met with Wei Yan today, he specially took out the scepter given by Liu Bei.
Now it seems that the scepter is still useful.
It's just that although Wei Yan saluted and paid homage to Mi Yang, the gloomy and unwilling look on his face could be seen by everyone present.
Facing Wei Yan's worship, Mi Yang did not react for a while.
And because Mi Yang did not respond to Wei Yan's worship, Wei Yan could only keep leaning forward.
If Mi Yang just didn't let Wei Yan get up for a while, Wei Yan would still understand.
But as time passed and Mi Yang didn't let Wei Yan stand up, the look of dissatisfaction on Wei Yan's face began to grow stronger.
Wei Yan thought Mi Yang was deliberately suppressing him.
Originally, when he was suddenly transferred to Wudang by Mi Yang, he was very angry.
In his opinion, Cao Zhen from Guanzhong was about to invade Hanzhong. At this time, Mi Yang suddenly transferred him out of Hanzhong, which was obviously a deliberate attack on him.
Now Mi Yang is embarrassing him in public again, how can Wei Yan, who has a rough personality, endure this.
But just when Wei Yan was about to have an attack, Mi Yang's words suddenly came out.
"How many troops do you think Cao Zhen will send to invade Hanzhong this time?"
Wei Yannai was a general who loved military affairs. He was about to have a fit, but when he heard Mi Yang ask him about the defense of Hanzhong that was on his mind, he immediately suppressed his dissatisfaction.
"Now is the period of wheat cultivation in Guanzhong. Although Cao Zhen has military strategies, the three armies have not moved, and food and grass go first."
"Besides, it is the rainy season in Hanzhong. Since autumn, it has been raining continuously in Hanzhong, and most of the four roads in Guanzhong are muddy and difficult to walk."
"At this time, even if Cao Zhen has the intention to launch a large-scale invasion, he may only have 20,000 troops at most."
Hearing what Wei Yan said, Mi Yang was noncommittal. He continued to ask Wei Yan: "In my opinion, what about the defense of Hanzhong that I have done?"
Facing Mi Yang's inquiry, Wei Yan thought about it and said: "General Zuo's defense arrangements are mostly based on the terrain of Hanzhong, and our troops defend according to dangers.
If Cao Zhen leads a small force, our army will be enough to defend Hanzhong Wuyou."
Although Wei Yan left that day without hearing Mi Yang's defense arrangements, he was worried about Hanzhong's defense afterwards and learned about Mi Yang's specific arrangements from other people.
In Wei Yan's view, Mi Yang's arrangements were very appropriate, and with an experienced veteran like Wu Yi stationed there, there was no need to worry too much about the safety of Hanzhong.
After Wei Yan answered two questions in a row, Mi Yang finally asked Wei Yan:
"Nawen Chang believes that if our army can defeat the Luoyang Central Army led by Cao Pi himself, which one will have greater credit than defeating Cao Zhen's troops, who have few troops?"
Hearing what Mi Yang said, Wei Yan suddenly raised his head and looked at Mi Yang with eager eyes.
Is this even necessary for comparison?
After Mi Yang found out that Cao Pi might personally lead the army, he did not spread the news widely in order not to cause unrest in people's hearts.
Wei Yan, who lost military power in Hanzhong, certainly didn't know about this.
Now that he knew this, the desire to achieve success immediately filled his heart.
At this time, Wei Yan's resentment toward Mi Yang had disappeared without a trace under his eagerness to make meritorious deeds.
As long as he can make a contribution to clear away any doubts about him and make him feel proud, then why not obey Mi Yang's orders?
What Wei Yan didn't know at this time was that under Mi Yang's step-by-step temptation, his mentality towards Mi Yang was also quietly changing.
Just now he was still thinking about resisting Mi Yang.
Mi Yang stopped talking when she saw Wei Yan looking at him with eager eyes.
He did not mention the specific plan, nor did he reveal any further information about Cao Pi's army. He just asked Wei Yan to survive and rest on the grounds that Wei Yan was tired from traveling.
But at this moment, Wei Yan still had the time to rest.
In the past, he had been questioned too much, which made him, who was aloof and arrogant, feel suffocated in his heart.
Now that he saw an opportunity to clear away the doubts about him, how could he let it go so easily!
Wei Yan hurriedly took a few steps towards Mi Yang's location, but before he could take a few steps, he was stopped by Mi Yang's bodyguard who drew his sword.
Wei Yan was impulsive again.
Wei Yan looked at Mi Yang who was sitting on the main seat and saw that he didn't say anything else.
Even though he was extremely anxious at this time, he could only reluctantly retreat in the end.
After all, Mi Yang is his commander-in-chief, and Mi Yang has given him hope now, so he has to listen to Mi Yang.
After Wei Yan left, Mi Yang waved his hand to all the generals in the tent to go down first.
After everyone left, Mi Yang took out the "Records of Zhengtang" that Fazheng had left for him, and he opened the chapter on "Knowing People" in it.
The first sentence in this chapter is: The way to lead a general is to understand the heart of a hero. However, it is not easy for people to know, and it is not easy to know people...
In this chapter, Fa Zheng explains in detail what the first priority of a general is, which is to know how to employ people.
Only by knowing people can we use them.
Only by employing people can we give full play to their talents, thereby gathering the strength of everyone and making the army invincible.
However, Fazheng also points out in this chapter that he knows how difficult it is for people.
Because people's hearts are unpredictable.
It's just that this is not easy for ordinary people, but for the time traveler Mi Yang, sometimes it is very easy.
Because his mind contains the life experiences and evaluations of many famous people,
Of course, people change, and it is easy for people to hide their true selves.
Therefore, Mi Yang will not arbitrarily judge a person's heart in a specific period based on his life.
So he just used the method taught by Fazheng, "ask him slightly to observe his words; lure him with benefits to observe his appearance." This method was used to judge Wei Yan's current thoughts.
With the speculation in his mind and his judgment just now, Mi Yang roughly understood what Wei Yan was thinking now.
That is to be eager for success.
As long as you know what a person wants in his heart, you can better control him.
Wei Yan's character has been shaped, and even if Liu Bei comes, Wei Yan's character cannot be changed.
But Wei Yan is talented.
It would be a pity to abandon such a talented person simply because of his personality.
Therefore, in order to make good use of Wei Yan's sharp blade, Mi Yang must first learn to control him.
If you think Mi Yang transferred Wei Yan to Wudang just because he was afraid of Wei Yan's character, then you would be underestimating him.
Mi Yang's current target is the entire north.
Therefore, he must gather all the power he can muster. Otherwise, how will he overthrow the prosperous north in the future?
This is the current situation that his identity should be in.
As for why Mi Yang suddenly stopped talking after arousing Wei Yan's desire to fight, it was because although Wei Yan's character could not be changed, it needed to be polished.
Give him hope but don't tell him his next move. With Wei Yan's eagerness for success, he will definitely redouble his subjective initiative next time.
As long as Wei Yan does this, he will automatically assume the identity of Mi Yang's subordinate and make suggestions for him.
Everything is difficult at the beginning. Once Wei Yan has his first time, under the influence of time, Wei Yan will slowly accept this reality.
As long as Wei Yan's desire to make meritorious deeds is deep, the speed at which he will assume the identity of Mi Yang's subordinate will be faster.
Then Mi Yang picked up the piece of information he had just received from the desk, with a smile on his lips.
Pi Goose has arrived.
(End of chapter)
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