When Ding Feng saw that the smile on Mi Yang's face disappeared, he thought that Mi Yang was angry that Meng Da made a group of Han soldiers shout that he was the Marquis of Luyang Township.
But what Ding Feng didn't know was that Mi Yang wasn't angry because of this.
Although what Meng Da did seemed quite high-profile, Mi Yang was not as convinced as Man Chong and Xia Hou Shang that Meng Da was wrong.
Man Chong and Xia Houshang felt that it was enough for others to celebrate their achievements in such a high-profile manner.
But Mengda's identity is quite sensitive, and he has committed crimes before.
In addition, Meng Da himself is a surrendered general.
With such a sensitive identity, Man Chong and Xia Houshang felt that Meng Da should not be so high-profile and should always keep his tail between his legs.
Just like Zhang Liao, Zhang He and others in Cao Wei.
But Mi Yang didn't think so.
Since the founding of Han Dynasty by Liu Bang, the psychological appeal of Han Dynasty subjects to establish meritorious deeds has always been very strong.
Under this psychological appeal for the universal values of the world, it is understandable to the world that Meng Da celebrated his achievements in a high-profile manner because of his great achievements.
Furthermore, as Mi Yang was Meng Da's superior and the commander-in-chief of the Yibei Military Region, he felt that Meng Da's behavior could also stimulate the desire of other generals under his command to perform meritorious services.
At least judging from what Meng Da did, Mi Yang had no intention of blaming him.
After all, Mi Yang does not want to create a political group where everyone is a saint. What he wants to create is a team that can assist him in establishing his achievements.
What Mi Yang really dislikes is that Meng Da has abandoned his official position for personal reasons.
The map of Nanyang County hangs high behind Mi Yang, and he has already memorized the terrain of Nanyang County.
When Mi Yang heard Ding Feng say that Meng Da passed through the Champion Kingdom, he immediately reacted - Meng Da took a special detour.
Mi Yang now knows the reason for Meng Da's detour, but Meng Da's behavior makes Mi Yang unhappy.
Liu Bei's original order to Mi Yang was to escort Xiahou Shang and others to Xinye City as soon as possible.
Due to Liu Bei's eagerness, Mi Yang's tone in the warrant was also quite eager, and he also stated in the warrant that this was Liu Bei's intention.
As Mi Yang's general who stayed in Xicheng, Meng Da would definitely hand over the warrant to him as soon as Ding Feng arrived in Xicheng.
Meng Da is not a fool. How could he not see the urgency of Mi Yang and Liu Bei?
What's more, that warrant is not so much Mi Yang's military order as it is Liu Bei's emperor's edict.
Under such circumstances, Meng Da actually dared to take a detour for personal reasons?
The most important thing is that the route specially chosen by Meng Da will not only waste time, but also pass through many areas of the county newly occupied by the Han Dynasty.
Even not far from the Champion Kingdom, there are several counties that are loyal to the Wei Dynasty.
If it weren't for this reason, how could Ding Feng be so decisive in taking down Zhou Tai when he learned that Zhou Tai had been accused of treason?
Compared with the closer route, which was within the absolute control of the Han army, the route chosen by Mengda was far inferior to it in terms of safety.
You must know that Mengda was escorting a group of senior Cao and Wei officials, and not many Han troops were escorting him.
How dangerous would it be if Cao Wei Xizuo got the news in advance and set up an ambush on the way to rescue Xiahou Shang and others?
Cao Wei lacked navy troops, not without them!
Meng Da is a man who is well versed in military strategy. How could he not know this?
Obviously, from all aspects, another escort route is the best, but Meng Da still chooses to take the risk of taking the current route to Xinye.
This is enough to prove that in Mengda's heart, sometimes satisfying his personal selfishness is more important than the official duties assigned to him by his superiors.
How could Mi Yang like such a subordinate who forgets his public duties?
Meng Da only wanted to hug Mi Yang's thigh tightly, but at this time he didn't know that because of his actions, Mi Yang began to feel displeased with him.
It's just that Meng Da has just made a great contribution, so it wouldn't be appropriate for Mi Yang to severely punish Meng Da because of this incident.
After all, Meng Da's sacrifice for Mi Yang has become known to the whole world because of Cao Ren's death.
But Mi Yang still understands the principle of guarding against the slightest and taking advantage of the situation.
After Mi Yang put down the rattle in his hand, he immediately wrote a petition and handed it to Ding Feng.
After he asked Ding Feng to go out and summon Mengda, he quickly sent this letter to Xiangyang.
After Ding Feng stepped forward and took the order from Mi Yang, he quickly walked out of the lobby.
And not long after Ding Feng walked out of the lobby, Meng Da, with a respectful expression on his face, slowly entered Mi Yang's line of sight with his waist bent.
After seeing Meng Da arrive, Mi Yang put away the slightly unhappy look on his face and returned to his usual gentle expression when dealing with others.
After Meng Da took off his shoes at the entrance of the lobby, he jogged all the way to a few steps in front of Mi Yang, then bowed to Mi Yang and said, "Your Majesty, Meng Da, pays my respects to you."
"I was ordered to escort Xia Houshang and others, and now we have successfully escorted a group of rebels outside the hall."
Meng Da's tone was full of his awe for Mi Yang.
When Mi Yang heard that Meng Da actually called him Junhou, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
Zhou Tai was the first person to address Mi Yang as a prince.
When Zhou Tai's name for Mi Yang spread, Deng Ai, Ding Feng, Ding Feng and other generals who regarded themselves as Mi Yang's personal ministers also changed their names and called Mi Yang "junhou".
They did this, firstly, to respect Mi Yang, and secondly, to further clarify their own position under Mi Yang's tent.
However, even though more and more people call Mi Yang Junhou, this title is still mainly used by some generals with low status.
Mi Yang didn't expect that with Meng Da's current status, he would be willing to call him Junhou.
Meng Da barely had the word "flattery" written directly on his face.
But Mi Yang, who knew Meng Da's thoughts, didn't feel so happy.
In the future, more and more people will desperately cling to him, so what can he be happy about?
Mi Yang just replied lightly: "No."
"Get flat."
The superior person accepts the promise, which means that he understands it.
Hearing Mi Yang let himself level up, Meng Da just raised his body.
Then he saw at a glance the rattle on the table in front of Mi Yang.
After seeing this object, Meng Da immediately realized that it was a gift prepared by Mi Yang for his son.
After realizing this, Meng Da said to Mi Yang like a treasure:
"In my mansion in Xicheng, I have a team of drummers who are quite good at music.
If the monarch does not dislike it, the minister can dedicate the propaganda team to the monarch.
When the eldest son grows up, he can listen to drums and music for entertainment at any time."
In the Han Dynasty, children's entertainment activities were still very scarce, and now there are no cartoons to watch.
But this is only true for ordinary people.
If children come from a wealthy family, when they grow up, they can have a dedicated team of drummers to play music for them to relieve their worries and relieve their boredom.
It is not easy for children to have a dedicated advocacy team. If this advocacy team is highly skilled, it is an important feature of the child's noble status.
And the skills that Meng Da promoted the team had been certified by Liu Feng.
Therefore, according to the current world's human sentiments, the gift Meng Da gave Mi Cheng was already quite valuable.
Meng Da knew that whether it was the name he had just called or his current behavior of offering his propaganda team to Mi Cheng, people would definitely criticize him as a flatterer after word spread.
But so what?
He is the Marquis of Luyang Township, and Mi Yang is the Marquis of Champion County.
Luyang Township originally belonged to Champion County. Isn't it natural for him to flatter Mi Yang?
Besides, his own family knew his own affairs, and Meng Da knew that after Fa Zheng's death, the only person he could rely on among the Han people was Mi Yang.
But in the face of Meng Da's initiative to please, and in the face of the advocacy team that Liu Feng had asked for, Mi Yang was not interested at all.
He said to Meng Da:
"You keep it for yourself."
These four faint words have already expressed Mi Yang's attitude.
After being rejected by Mi Yang, a look of disappointment appeared on Meng Da's face.
But he quickly put away his disappointment.
Also, with Mi Yang's current family background, what good things will he lack?
But Meng Da, who had already made up his mind to hug Mi Yang's thigh as his lifelong belief, quickly bowed to Mi Yang again.
Apparently he had something to report to Mi Yang.
After bowing, Meng Da lowered his tone and said to Mi Yang as if he was informing: "In the past six months, in order to prevent Xia Houshang and other thieves from causing trouble, I often climbed up to the high building outside the courtyard where they were.
Explore them."
"After repeated investigations, I found that Xiahou Shang often practices martial arts in the courtyard with anger. He seems to be seeking revenge on the monarch. I hope that the monarch will take precautions early."
When Meng Da told Mi Yang about this, he looked at Mi Yang expectantly, hoping that Mi Yang would show admiration for him on her face.
One of the reasons why Meng Da took the initiative to escort Xia Houshang and others to Xinye was to tell Mi Yang about what he discovered.
This matter may not be a big deal, but it's not a trivial matter to Mi Yang either.
Maybe Mi Yang will appreciate him even more because he discovered this?
But what Mengda expected didn't happen.
After listening to what Meng Da reported, Mi Yang's face remained calm.
With a calm face that didn't know the joy or sorrow, Mi Yang slightly bent down to look at Meng Da and asked him: "Since Zidu has made this discovery, what does Zidu think I should do?"
Hearing Mi Yang's question, Meng Da suddenly became energetic.
In the past, he was the best at this kind of thing.
Meng Da took a few steps forward, and spoke to Mi Yang in an even lower voice: "Since Xia Hou still harbors evil intentions, why don't you, the prince, cut the grass and root out the evil to avoid future troubles forever?"
Speaking of this, Mengda also said thoughtfully again: "Don't worry, Lord, I can help you with this matter."
After listening to what Meng Da said, Mi Yang couldn't help laughing.
On the surface, it seemed that he was happy because of Meng Da's advice. Even Meng Da himself thought so.
But as Mi Yang's laughter gradually stopped, Meng Da soon realized something was wrong.
He found that as the laughter stopped, Mi Yang's face already had a bit of coldness.
As Mi Yang looked at Mengda with a chilling gaze, Mengda suddenly felt a huge pressure from his surroundings pressing towards him.
After Mi Yang stood up, the pressure on him suddenly increased.
Mi Yang stood up and walked slowly towards where Meng Da was.
Mi Yang was unhappy with Meng Da because of his selfishness and neglect of public duties, but unfortunately Meng Da didn't know it yet.
Now he actually encourages himself to do such a thing that does more harm than good. Does Meng Da think that the big man is now his Mi Yang's voice?
Or does he think that he is as short-sighted as Liu Feng?
As Mi Yang slowly walked up to Meng Da, he leaned over slightly and looked at Meng Da and asked, "Meng Zidu, was this how you advised Liu Feng not to send troops to rescue the general?"
Hearing Mi Yang reveal the biggest secret in his heart, a huge look of horror appeared on Meng Da's face.
He was so frightened that he fell to his knees.
How could the prince know? He obviously did everything right at the beginning.
Seeing Meng Da fall to his knees in fear because of his words, Mi Yang's face flashed with a cold look.
It is true that Meng Da reduced a lot of suspicion for him by taking the initiative to open the gate of Shangyong City.
But Mi Yang is a time traveler.
When Mi Yang saw a look of surprise on Meng Da's face, he continued:
"You have deceived a general of chariots and cavalry, do you think you can deceive me?"
"You ignored my order and took a detour to Xinye without permission. Do you think this is considered disobedience to military orders?"
After Mi Yang said this, Meng Da was so frightened that he kept kowtowing on the ground.
General Anbei, Marquis of Luyang, now in front of Mi Yang, he is just an old man who feels that his life is under great threat.
Meng Da immediately gave up his plan to defend himself, because he knew that Mi Yang, who was also the governor of Yibei, had the power to kill him at this time.
Governor: the highest local military and political officer.
Holiday: All generals in the jurisdiction who violate military orders can be killed.
Seeing Meng Da kowtowing on the ground in panic, Mi Yang squatted down, grabbed Meng Da's shoulders and made Meng Da look at him.
When Meng Da looked directly at him with frightened eyes, Mi Yang said to him:
"If you want to make meritorious deeds in life, you will definitely offend many people. Xiahou Shang is the only person in the world who hates me?
In a single battle with the police, the number of people from all over Jiangdong who want to take my head may not exceed tens of thousands, but so what? Will they be able to kill them all?"
"Instead of worrying about the many people who hate me in the world, it is better to continuously strengthen yourself so that all those who hate me in the world will fear me, respect me, and finally surrender to me. This is the right way."
"Therefore, compared to what you said about Xiahou Shang's desire for revenge, I am more concerned about the fact that you, as one of my subordinates, dare to forget public service for personal gain."
"Do you think you can do whatever you want after you have made great achievements?
I can kill Cao Ren, let alone you."
Mi Yang always treated others with a gentle attitude, but rarely did he show his sharpness like today.
So this kind of Mi Yang makes Meng Da even more scared.
Seeing Meng Da trembling with fear from her words, Mi Yang finally warned Meng Da:
"You have done me a favor and are kind to my Master, and I will be of use to you in the future, so I will not kill you today.
But you must remember what I said to you today and never do it again, otherwise you will not be spared lightly."
After saying these words, Mi Yang stood up.
Mi Yang first picked up the half-made rattle on the table, and then as he walked towards the inner hall, Meng Da's last words came to his ears:
"In a few days, the emperor's edict will arrive and you will be relieved of the post of Hanxing Prefect."
When Meng Da heard this, Mi Yang's figure had already disappeared into the lobby.
But listening to the last words left by Mi Yang, Meng Da's face turned extremely gloomy.
His whole body collapsed to the ground as if he had lost all his strength.
Mi Yang's last words were telling him:
Because of all the glory he has received, he naturally has a way to take it back.
This was Mi Yang's warning and punishment to him.
There will be another chapter later.
This chapter has been completed!