Chapter 338 Repeating the same old tricks, Sun Quan’s thoughts
The meeting between Zhang Wen and Sun Deng did not last long.
After a brief chat with Sun Deng, Zhang Wen personally sent Sun Deng out of the room.
When Deng Zhi saw Sun Deng being sent out, he understood and asked people to take Sun Deng away.
Deng Zhi didn't care about what Zhang Wen and Sun Deng had just talked about.
The proton system was already very mature during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Deng Zhi, who was familiar with history books, knew that as long as Sun Deng was always optimistic, even if there was any ulterior plot between Zhang Wen and Sun Deng, the Han Dynasty would not suffer any losses.
Not long ago, Deng Zhi was appointed governor of Jingzhou by Liu Bei instead of Ma Liang.
This is because Deng Zhi has experience in sending envoys to Jiangdong. Compared with the current officials of the Han Dynasty, Deng Zhi understands Sun Quan quite well.
With such a person staying in Jingzhou to assist Zhang Fei, Liu Bei can rest assured when he comes to Japan for the Northern Expedition.
Li Yan previously served as the prefect of Jianwei. Jianwei County is located in the hinterland of Yizhou and is thousands of miles away from Yiyang County. Therefore, it is understandable for Mi Yang to accept Li Yan's appointment so late.
After Deng Zhi reported this incident, he had been secretly observing Liu Bei's expression.
Liu Bei quickly summoned Deng Zhi.
Deng Zhi felt that the best way to avoid this trouble for Mi Yang was to let Zhang Wen go back and forth from where he came.
But the key point is that Sun Quan was his "colleague" in name, but in fact he was his enemy with a deep hatred.
After Deng Zhi left, Liu Bei looked at the empty hall where he was, and suddenly felt a little cold.
However, these are only Li Yan's personal problems and do not conflict with his political and military abilities.
Thinking of Li Yan's various behaviors in the later period of history, Mi Yang didn't find it strange anymore.
Since they are enemies, how could they suddenly become friends with each other?
Liu Bei knew these things. Guan Yu never concealed these things from Liu Bei, and Guan Yu could not hide them.
Liu Bei wanted to sort out all the government affairs in Jingzhou as much as possible before leaving, so that his third brother could take over Jingzhou without any effort.
So Mi Yang will experience some things sooner or later.
However, after Li Yan arrived, Mi Yang also began to make arrangements for his return to Yibei.
After leaving the post house, Deng Zhi came to Liu Bei's dormitory with doubts in his heart.
Since Zhang Wen did not have time to mention the matter on the high platform today, Zhang Wen thought of taking this opportunity to ask Deng Zhi to convey the matter to him.
But Li Yan didn't think much about it. After he took over the official seal of Yiyang Prefect from Mi Yang, he began to arrange the defense of Yiyang County.
And as long as this situation persists, even if the Wei army invades in large numbers in the future, Zhang Fei in the rear will still have enough time to mobilize troops for support.
It can be seen from Li Yanshang's defense arrangements that although he did not have many troops in his hands, under his coordination and arrangements, there were a certain number of troops stationed in important places in Yiyang County.
After Deng Zhi learned that Zhang Wen still had this mission, a lot of suspicion suddenly appeared in his eyes.
After Liu Bei praised Deng Zhi, he did not agree with Deng Zhi's suggestion.
But in front of Ding Bao, he did not show these doubts.
Liu Bei knew what Deng Zhi was confused about.
With this doubt in her heart, Mi Yang decided to avoid it for the sake of safety.
But just when Mi Yang was arranging everything and preparing to return to Yibei at any time, Ding Feng found him with a piece of news he had just received.
This is the best way to train a person.
Mi Yang is not a person without political knowledge. On the surface, it seems that Sun Quan has no problem sending an envoy to visit him in the name of Taiwei.
At that time, Guan Yu, who had an arrogant personality, faced Sun Quan's proposal of marriage. Because he looked down on Sun Quan's character, he directly scolded Sun Quan's envoy.
"Does Sun Quan intend to repeat his old tricks?"
After Deng Zhi entered Liu Bei's chamber, he informed Liu Bei about Zhang Wen's request.
After Liu Bei heard that Zhang Wen had this intention, a smile appeared on his face.
There is a saying that Li Yan's military ability is not bad.
However, Li Yan's idea was declined by Mi Yang.
Carloads of supplies were like a long queue, crowding the official road outside Xinye City.
Liu Bei, who was handling government affairs, learned from the eunuch that Deng Zhi had asked to see him.
Li Yan would not have any arrogant thoughts towards Mi Yang, whose military exploits and rank were above his own. On the contrary, Li Yan still wanted to make friends with Mi Yang.
Maybe Guan Yu would have felt this way when he was handling government affairs in this hall.
He naturally saw the puzzled look on Deng Zhi's face before leaving.
When Mi Yang served as the prefect of Yiyang, Mi Yang's military arrangements for Yiyang County were generally defensive and offensive because he had troops from his headquarters.
Of course, Mi Yang also knew that Sun Quan would take the initiative to send an envoy to visit him, and he must have come to communicate.
In this case, Deng Zhi wanted to solve this troublesome problem for Mi Yang.
Having been in official circles for a long time, he knew the stakes of this matter for Mi Yang.
Although there are many talented people in the Han Dynasty now, if you want to find a person whose ability and conduct are close to perfect, there is almost no one except Zhuge Liang.
He didn't think Liu Bei could see the problems he could see.
With this thought in his mind, Li Yan thought about donating several carts of supplies to Mi Yang.
It's just that Li Yan didn't feel embarrassed that his personal enjoyment style was discovered by Mi Yang. He was worried that Mi Yang would think that he came late on purpose and wanted to sit back and enjoy the benefits.
So after hearing Liu Bei's order, he slowly stepped back and ordered others to pass on the order.
In this case, it is better to let Mi Yang experience these things early while he is still here.
Mi Yang's friendship with him has not yet reached the point where he can make suggestions to Liu Bei again.
But after reading the information in Ding Feng's hands, he understood everything.
He knew Deng Zhi's character very well, and he would not be so eager to ask for an audience unless there was something important.
Although Mi Yang recommended Li Yan to become the governor of Yiyang, he did not want to have a close relationship with Li Yan.
And each county can support each other to a certain extent.
"Deng Qing is a sincere gentleman."
But just because he trusted Mi Yang, it did not mean that Sun Quan's sending an envoy to meet Mi Yang would not cause rumors among others.
However, after Liu Bei saw part of Sun Quan's intentions, he still planned to let Zhang Wen go, which made Deng Zhi a little confused.
Deng Zhi took the initiative and Liu Bei paid homage and said: "Your Majesty, Sun Quan has always been ambitious and is actually a foreign vassal. I think I should reject Zhang Wen's request."
Being able to take the initiative to solve problems for colleagues, what else can you be but a gentleman?
Regardless of Mi Yang's past performance or his identity, Liu Bei trusts Mi Yang.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Liu Bei's lips, and he was somewhat looking forward to how Mi Yang would react after knowing this.
It's extremely cold at high places.
During the Jian'an period, when Guan Yu was guarding Jingzhou, Sun Quan also sent envoys many times to express his goodwill to Guan Yu.
Moreover, paying attention to personal enjoyment cannot be said to be a lack of morality.
Moreover, Li Yan's desire to make friends with him was almost written on his face.
He had taken the initiative to ask for rewards for Mi Yang in front of Liu Bei many times before.
Li Yan is a very proud person.
He once had a dispute with Yang Hong, the county's meritorious official, who was opposed to the move of the county's official residence. The words were quite contemptuous, and Yang Hong resigned voluntarily in anger.
After all, Mi Yang will be handling all the early military and political affairs of Yiyang County within a day of his absence.
Li Yan, the governor of Yiyang, finally arrived.
Moreover, the mission headed by Zhang Wen has now entered the scope of Yiyang County.
It can be seen from Li Yan's behavior that he is a person who pays great attention to personal enjoyment.
But Li Yan knew that Mi Yang would lead the army to leave sooner or later.
Mi Yang looked at the series of adjustments Li Yan made, and even in his heart he couldn't think highly of Li Yan.
Whether it was Sun Quan or Zhang Wen, they never thought of going to Xinye to visit Mi Yang without telling Liu Bei.
Of course, this matter can also be understood as a normal visit between "colleagues". It mainly depends on how Liu Bei, the monarch, views it.
On the contrary, Liu Bei said to Deng Zhi: "Send someone to inform Zhang Wen that I have agreed to his request."
Therefore, after Deng Zhi nodded slightly to Zhang Wen, he left the post house.
Even if there is a good connection, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei should be the ones to be contacted instead of the Governor of Yibei.
However, Li Yan's arrogant character is different from Wei Yan's. Li Yan will look at people as arrogant.
Because Mi Yang is not the governor of Jingzhou yet.
Originally, he could use his power to resolve this matter for Mi Yang, but he couldn't do that.
Moreover, when he was in Yizhou, the age and status of the guards and assistants were similar to Li Yan, but Li Yan was unwilling to take the initiative to interact with them.
Under this status, Sun Quan took the initiative to send an envoy to visit him, and his behavior was very thought-provoking.
When he heard the news, Liu Bei put down the brush in his hand.
Should he scold and chase him away like his second brother, or should he choose to avoid seeing him?
At the end of March in the second year of Emperor Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty, in Xinye City.
But before Deng Zhi left, he was stopped by Zhang Wen.
After Deng Zhi, the newly appointed governor of Jingzhou, ordered Sun Deng to be sent away, he originally wanted to bow to Zhang Wen and leave.
Although the few trucks of supplies that Li Yan contributed were quite good, they were not enough to tempt Mi Yang.
When Ding Feng saw Mi Yang, he had a strange look on his face.
In this way, even if Mi Yang has some bad points when dealing with it, he can still provide targeted guidance to Mi Yang and even help him offset the bad effects in the later stage.
Sun Quan is so funny, he actually wants to send envoys to visit him?
Seeing Deng Zhi taking the initiative to make suggestions to him, Liu Bei had a smile on his face.
Mi Yang didn't understand the meaning of Ding Feng's expression at first.
Therefore, he had to re-plan what the specific defense of Yiyang County would be like after Mi Yang's headquarters troops left.
This incident later became one of Sun Quan's excuses for attacking Jingzhou.
Deng Zhi and Mi Yang did not have a close relationship in the past, but based on Mi Yang's past performance, Deng Zhi still had a good impression of Mi Yang.
Looking at the carts of supplies, Mi Yang felt that the reason why Li Yan took office so late had a lot to do with transporting the family property.
Compared with Guan Yu, Sun Quan's sending an envoy to see Mi Yang is now a more sensitive matter.
After hearing Zhang Wen's words, Deng Zhi turned around almost instantly.
Zhang Wen originally wanted to express this to Liu Bei on the high platform today, but unfortunately Liu Bei did not give him this opportunity.
Even during one of his missions, Sun Quan proposed marrying Guan Yu.
However, although Mi Yang did not comment on Li Yan's behavior, the moment Li Yan saw Mi Yang, there was still a look of embarrassment on his face.
But what Mi Yang didn't expect was that Li Yan would not only take a group of family servants with him when he went to take office, but also bring all the family property and materials in Yizhou to Yiyang County.
Because he knew these things, when Liu Bei learned that Zhang Wen was going north to visit Mi Yang on the orders of Sun Quan, his first reaction was that Sun Quan wanted to repeat the same trick.
He wasn't doubting Mi Yang, he was doubting Sun Quan.
The four words "people are fearful" are applicable no matter who they are used to.
Because this thing is impossible to do.
Is he too idle?
When Li Yan was adjusting the defense of Yiyang County, he did not shy away from Mi Yang.
Mi Yang's polite refusal made Li Yan a little confused about Mi Yang's thoughts.
However, although Deng Zhi was confused, he knew what it means to be a minister.
Such a defensive pattern may not be able to completely resist the Wei army's attack, but it can put Yiyang County in an active defensive posture to the greatest extent.
Hearing that Liu Bei's decision was this, Deng Zhi had a look of surprise on his face.
But when Mi Yang's thoughts were known to Guan Yan, Guan Yan said to him:
"The situation my husband is facing now is similar to that of my father back then."
After learning the news, Mi Yang couldn't help but have doubts in her heart.
"Wen has been ordered by the Lord to go north to pay a visit to General Zuo in the near future."
No wonder Li Yanneng was appointed by Liu Bei as one of the Tuogu ministers in history. His ability to defend was indeed very suitable for stabilizing the situation in Jihan during that period.
However, he did not have the power to make a decision on this matter. Moreover, Zhang Wen was only requesting whether Zhang Wen could go to Xinye to visit Mi Yang smoothly. In the end, it still depended on Liu Bei's decision.
But he has his own considerations.
He asked Ding Feng to retreat first, and then he began to think about the matter carefully.
Just like what Guan Yu faced back then.
Because sooner or later, Mi Yang will be like Guan Yu back then, sitting in this hall and in charge of the military and political affairs of a state.
But that's the key.
It was already dark now, and many people in Xiangyang City had gone to bed, but Liu Bei's bedroom was still brightly lit.
But when Li Yan arrived outside Xinye City, Mi Yang was a little stunned by his behavior.
"At that time, everyone knew that Sun Quan sent the envoy for the sake of goodwill, and if my father accepted the goodwill, it would make Jingzhou people relax their wariness towards Jiangdong.
If his father did not accept Sun Quan's proposal, he would give Sun Quan some excuses.
No matter what his father did back then, it was always beneficial to Sun Quan. It was Sun Quan's consistent approach to sacrifice face for real gain.
Now Sun Quan is using his old tricks again, probably because he wants to find an excuse for the future, or he wants to eliminate a big trouble for Jiangdong in the future."
(End of chapter)
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