Chapter 269 The Emperor is Worried Guan Yu teaches Yang
The ministers present were uneasy, just because of Liu Bei's power, not because of any wrongdoing.
Therefore, after Liu Bei roughly browsed through the recent Hanzhong government affairs summary, he did not find anything dissatisfactory.
Perhaps he was quite pleased with the way some affairs were handled.
In the Han Dynasty, although the political system was not as perfect as that of later generations, some basic operations still existed.
For example, Han officials would record an event in official files and also record the name of the official responsible for the event.
This is to enable performance appraisal of officials.
Or when a matter is handled incorrectly and causes a negative impact, the higher-level organization also has a way to find out the first person responsible.
As for those matters that Liu Bei felt were handled quite appropriately, the specific person in charge was Fa Miao.
Although Liu Bei rarely had a fixed base in the first half of his life, this does not mean that Liu Bei's political ability was poor.
On the contrary, his political ability can be considered quite good.
Loving the people like a son is one of Liu Bei's many good reputations, but to achieve this reputation, certain political achievements are needed.
And although Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang have a monarch-subject relationship like fish in water, the greatest decision-making power of the Han Dynasty still lies in the hands of Liu Bei, and Liu Bei is an independent monarch.
Liu Bei is not a person who listens to one thing or another.
In this case, if Liu Bei did not have a certain political vision, Zhuge Liang would not be able to carry out many of his good governance.
The current prosperous scene in Yizhou, Liu Bei, the lord, also plays a great role in it.
Therefore, from Liu Bei's political perspective, although Fa Miao was not smooth enough in details when handling some government affairs due to his age, at least he was right in general, which is very commendable.
This shows that Fa Miao inherited a certain political talent from Fa Zheng.
Liu Bei looked at Fa Miao admiringly. In the past, he had somewhat ignored him.
But this is not his fault, after all, when the Fa was alive, it was too dazzling.
As Fa Zheng's son, Fa Miao is inevitably ignored by the world at times.
After Fazheng passed away, Fa Miao entered the period of filial piety. Under such circumstances, it was inevitable that Liu Bei would neglect him.
But fortunately, it was not too late for Liu Bei to discover the good jade of Fa Miao.
Liu Bei looked at Fa Miao with admiring eyes. He randomly selected a few questions to ask Fa Miao. Unlike most people who were a little afraid of Liu Bei, Fa Miao behaved very calmly.
In a calm state, and because Fa Miao had certain knowledge, he answered Liu Bei's questions very appropriately and fluently.
Fa Miao's performance undoubtedly made Liu Bei even more happy.
Liu Bei secretly remembered Fa Miao's performance today in his heart.
Once Fa Miao makes meritorious deeds in the future, he will promote and reward him accordingly.
Unlike Cao Cao, Liu Bei did not have a strong clan to rely on, so Liu Bei promoted and rewarded talented people.
This style of Liu Bei is similar to that of Liu Bang, Taizu of the Han Dynasty.
It is precisely because of Liu Bei's style that after his death in history, many Ji Han ministers remembered his kindness and served Ji Han all their lives.
After Liu Bei finished the exam and taught Fa Miao, he turned his attention to Wu Yi, the current leader in Hanzhong and the general who conquered the north.
With Mi Yang's current authority, he does not need to report to Liu Bei for temporary transfers of generals in the Yibei Governorate.
Therefore, Liu Bei only recently learned that the top leader in Hanzhong had changed from Wei Yan to Wu Yi under Mi Yang's arrangement.
But after Liu Bei learned about Mi Yang's arrangement, he felt that Mi Yang's arrangement was appropriate.
Long before Dong Yun returned to Chengdu, he told Liu Bei everything about Wei Yan's performance.
Liu Bei thought that when Mi Yang suddenly transferred Wei Yan to his side, he probably had some concerns about Wei Yan's performance that day.
Considering the overall situation, this is the right thing to do.
Mi Yang asked Wu Yi to replace Wei Yan as the general stationed in Hanzhong, which was also the best choice in Liu Bei's opinion.
Liu Bei knew Wu Yi's talents.
Moreover, Wu Yi’s current status is extraordinary.
In the second month after Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu, Liu Bei made Wu Yi's sister Wu his queen.
When Liu Bei's edict was issued, Wu Yi had already become a relative of the Han Dynasty.
The identity of a foreign relative has a special significance in the political tradition of the Han Dynasty.
When Wu Yi saw Liu Bei looking at him, he quickly bowed respectfully to Liu Bei.
Wu Yi knew that he was now Liu Bei's relative in name, but in fact Liu Bei had no relationship with his sister Wu.
In addition, he was deeply involved with the local gentry in Yizhou, so his identity was quite sensitive and embarrassing.
Zhou Qun, who was personally designated as a traitor by Liu Bei last year, is his son and daughter.
As both relatives, Wu Yi thought that he could not compare to Mi Yang's status in Liu Bei's mind.
In the month when Liu Bei made Wu his queen, Liu Bei also posthumously granted the posthumous title to two queens.
One of these two queens is Liu Chan's biological mother, Mrs. Gan, who was posthumously named Queen Zhanghuai by Liu Bei.
The other one was Mi Yang's aunt, Mrs. Mi, who was posthumously named Empress Zhangxian by Liu Bei.
Zhang is Zhang, and Huai means longing. Liu Bei posthumously named Mrs. Gan Queen Zhang Huai, which is more of an emotional longing.
The meaning of "Xian" is to make it clear and clear.
The posthumous title given to Mrs. Mi as "Jianxian" may be in recognition of Mrs. Mi's contribution to protecting Liu Chan during the Battle of Dangyang.
But it is also Liu Bei's recognition of Mrs. Mi's mother clan, the Donghai Mi family, for helping him.
By giving such a beautiful posthumous title to Mrs. Mi, Liu Bei was elevating and establishing his status as a relative of the great Han Dynasty of the Mi family in the East China Sea.
Wu Yi's political wisdom is not low, so he will not rely on others when facing Mi Yang.
Regarding Wu Yi's performance in Hanzhong, Liu Bei also saw some clues from the summary of government affairs just now.
Although according to Mi Yang's appointment, Wu Yi had certain rights to intervene in Hanzhong's government affairs.
However, during this period of time, there were either a handful of government affairs in which he was the sponsor, or none at all.
Most government affairs are handled by Fa Miao on a daily basis.
If there were big government affairs that even Fa Miao couldn't make a decision on, Wu Yi would rather report it to Mi Yang who was hundreds of miles away to make a decision, and he would definitely not intervene.
Mi Yang asked him to take charge of military affairs, but he was really only responsible for military affairs in Hanzhong.
This shows how cautious Wu Yi is.
Liu Bei, who knew why Wu Yi did what he did, did not want to delve into this point. He just looked at Wu Yi and said: "Ziyuan, the defense of Hanzhong you have arranged is very appropriate."
Facing Liu Bei's praise, Wu Yi quickly bowed to Liu Bei again and said bluntly that he didn't deserve it.
Although Liu Bei was a little helpless about Wu Yi's reserved look, he did not feel guilty.
In order to rush to Hanzhong as soon as possible, he didn't even take a good rest. Now that Liu Bei saw that during Mi Yang's absence, Hanzhong's military and political affairs were all going smoothly, he was relieved.
The reason why he inspected the important military and political affairs of Hanzhong as soon as he arrived in Nanzheng City was not because he did not trust the officials in Hanzhong.
It's just that he was worried that Mi Yang would be the governor of a town for the first time, and now that he was not in Hanzhong, he might not be careful in handling affairs.
So he thought about filling in the gaps for Mi Yang, the supervisor of Yibei City.
This comes from the favor of the Han Emperor to the champion prince.
Feeling relieved, Liu Bei felt tired.
So Liu Bei waved his hand to all the courtiers in the hall to leave, and he stood up to go to the inner room to take a rest.
Under Liu Bei's order, all the courtiers in the hall retreated one after another, and Liu Bei also came to the inner room.
Liu Bei was about to lie down and take a nap, but then a chamberlain suddenly came in and reported to him that Fa Miao had something to ask for.
When he heard that it was Fa Miao who had something to ask for, the sleepiness in Liu Bei's mind disappeared instantly.
Fa Miao's behavior showed that he had something important to report.
Because if it was a general matter, it could have been stated clearly in the hall just now, so why wait until all the ministers have retreated before secretly telling it to themselves?
With this idea, Liu Bei immediately asked his chamberlain to bring Fa Miao in.
After Fa Miao came in, he first bowed to Liu Bei as a monarch and a minister, then took out a secret memorial from his arms, handed it to Liu Bei and said:
"This is the memorial sent by General Zuo to His Majesty."
After hearing what Fa Miao said, Liu Bei quickly motioned to his chamberlain to bring up Mi Yang's secret memorial.
The reason why Liu Bei seemed a little anxious was because he knew Mi Yang was a person, and Mi Yang would not go to the secret memorial unless there was something important.
So far, Mi Yang has presented a total of two secret memorials.
One is the secret memorandum submitted by Fa Miao now, and the other is Mi Yang's previous secret memorandum regarding the plan for the Battle of Xicheng.
Although most of the officials in Hanzhong did not know that Liu Bei was coming, Fa Miao, who was Mi Yang's eyes in Hanzhong, knew about it.
The secret report that Fa Miao currently has in his hands is exactly the one that Mi Yang ordered to rush to Hanzhong a few days ago.
Because he knew that what Mi Yang was playing was definitely not a trivial matter, after Liu Bei took the secret music from the chamberlain, he quickly opened it and started reading it.
In this secret memorial, Mi Yang's words are very brief, and even his words are mostly guessing.
But just after reading this short but ambiguous secret message, Liu Bei stood up from the couch with a loud sound, his face full of worry.
Liu Bei's behavior surprised Fa Miao.
Liu Bei is now the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and he can make the Emperor of the Han Dynasty show such a worried look. What on earth did General Zuo report in the secret report?
After Liu Bei stood up, he held the silk letter tightly in his right hand, and his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
Almost in an instant, Liu Bei made a decision.
Liu Bei ordered the tens of thousands of Yulin troops who were camping outside the city to assemble immediately. He wanted to reach outside Fancheng as soon as possible.
Today, Liu Bei, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, entered Nanzheng for the first time and left Nanzheng again.
And there was only one person outside Fancheng who could make Liu Bei, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, so eager.
After Mi Yang arrived outside Fancheng, Ma Liang informed him of some worrying news.
After Ma Liang told Mi Yang the news, he took Mi Yang to Guan Yu's main tent.
Guan Yu had already ordered Ma Liang to take Mi Yang to see him when Mi Yang arrived in Fancheng.
Under the leadership of Ma Liang, Mi Yang came to Guan Yu's tent.
When Mi Yang entered Guan Yu's tent, everyone in the tent where they were discussing matters immediately focused on him.
Unlike Guan Yu, whose eyes were full of joy, other generals such as Fu Wei, Liao Hua, Hu Xiu, etc. all looked at Mi Yang with admiration.
Two big wins are enough for anyone to ignore Mi Yang's qualifications and age and sincerely regard him as a world-famous general.
Mi Yang couldn't respond to the admiring glances from around him, but Mi Yang took the initiative to look up at Guan Yu's joyful gaze. He bowed to Guan Yu and said:
"General Zuo Yang pays homage to the general."
Facing Mi Yang's greeting, Guan Yu couldn't help stroking his beard and smiling.
No matter how high Mi Yang's achievements are now, he was promoted by himself at the beginning.
With Mi Yang here, who dares to say that he has bad taste?
Guan Yu waved his hand to let Mi Yang finish her salute. Then Guan Yu pointed to the seat next to him and said: "I've been waiting for you for a long time, please take a seat."
I haven't seen him for almost a year, but Guan Yu's voice is still so pure and honest, and he doesn't sound sick at all.
In fact, Liu Bei had already established the Han Dynasty, and many rules and etiquette had begun to be implemented according to the old Han Dynasty practices.
Mi Yang is currently the one with the highest official position in the big account besides Guan Yu. According to etiquette, there is no problem for him to sit first under Guan Yu.
But now Guan Yu is referring to the position next to him, which is obviously not in the normal ranking sequence.
However, no one in the tent looked surprised at Guan Yu's "discourteous" behavior.
Even Mi Yang quickly came to Guan Yu and sat down next to him under Guan Yu's instructions.
The three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang valued righteousness and were always very casual about small etiquette.
Guan Yu let Mi Yang sit next to him because he regarded Mi Yang as a family member and showed his love for him.
After Mi Yang came and sat down next to Guan Yu, although it was blocked by the burning charcoal fire and the smell of wood in the tent, Mi Yang still smelled the medicinal smell on Guan Yu's body.
Although the smell of this medicine is not strong, it is already the cold winter season and there is constant wind outside Fancheng.
Under such circumstances, if Guan Yu had not been drinking medicine frequently recently, he would not have left a long-lasting medicinal smell on his body.
After realizing this, Mi Yang's heart slowly sank.
Because he was worried about Guan Yu's condition, after Mi Yang sat down, although the discussion in the big tent had already begun, Mi Yang seemed a little absent-minded.
Guan Yu, who was listening to the generals' report on the movements of Zhang Liao's army, noticed that Mi Yang was absent-minded.
Guan Yu seemed to know why Mi Yang was like this, so when the generals were not paying attention, he softly reminded Mi Yang on the side:
"The key to military and national affairs lies in intention."
"Next, you have to listen and study hard!"
Although Guan Yu's voice was low, it was very forceful.
And when his words reached Mi Yang's ears, they successfully brought all Mi Yang's energy back.
From Guan Yu's tone, Mi Yang could tell that he valued her.
So no matter how worried she was about Guan Yu's condition, Mi Yang still cheered herself up and started to concentrate.
When Guan Yu saw that Mi Yang had returned to his focused demeanor, a smile appeared on his lips.
Then he analyzed in detail his views on the movements of Zhang Liao's army in the big tent.
(End of chapter)
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