Chapter 339: To see or not to see, to be a guest
Hearing Guan Yan's analysis, Mi Yang couldn't help but think of Liu Ye's evaluation of Sun Quan in history.
"Externally, you should be courteous to China so that everyone in the country will hear about it. Internally, you should be rude and anger Your Majesty.
His Majesty became furious and raised troops to attack him. Xu told the people: "I am committed to serving China. I don't care about precious goods and precious treasures. I always contribute. I dare not disrespect my courtesy. If you attack me for no reason, you will destroy my country and capture my people." Children think they are slaves and concubines.'
The people of Wu do not believe his words for no reason. If they believe his words and are angry, if the top and bottom are united, the battle will be tenfold."
This was Liu Ye's advice to Cao Pi in history when Cao Pi was considering how to deal with his relationship with Sun Quan.
What Liu Ye said was that although Sun Quan is very respectful now, he did it for the world to see.
Liu Ye expected that after Sun Quan made a blameless surrender in front of the world, he would secretly find ways to anger Cao Pi and induce Cao Pi to take the initiative to attack him.
Once that day comes, Sun Quan can put all the blame on Cao Pi, thereby achieving the effect of making the people of Jiangdong unite with him.
It can be said that Liu Ye's judgment made Sun Quan's character very clear, and the subsequent development was not at all what Liu Ye expected.
And if Liu Ye's judgment is used to analyze Sun Quan's current behavior in detail, it will be easy to understand what Sun Quan did.
On the one hand, Sun Quan showed a very surrendering attitude to Liu Bei, making his "loyalty" blameless for everyone in the world.
On the other hand, Sun Quan did not send an envoy to make peace with Zhang Fei. The reason was precisely because Mi Yang had a bloody feud with him and Jiangdong.
Under such circumstances, Sun Quan still sent envoys to make friends with Mi Yang. This was a manifestation of his "admission of mistakes" and even his "humbleness". This behavior can be understood and supported by the world.
And if Mi Yang expressed resistance to his good behavior of sending envoys, or if he insulted and refused like Guan Yu, then people in the world would think Mi Yang was unreasonable.
Similarly, Sun Quan could use Mi Yang's irrational behavior to create a public opinion effect that he was helpless and therefore felt panicked.
After all, Mi Yang is not an unknown general of the Han Dynasty. He is a high-ranking and powerful governor of the Han Dynasty.
Mi Yang's attitude can, to a certain extent, represent the official attitude of the Han Dynasty.
And as long as this effect is successfully created in the hearts of the people in the world, Sun Quan can find a nominal reason for betraying the Han in the future.
Just like in history, he betrayed his faith and turned against Cao Pi.
You must know that when Sun Quan did this to Cao Pi in history, he was also a minister of Wei in name.
Guan Yu, who guarded Jingzhou in history, was also designed by Sun Quan's actions.
In later generations, some people still believed that Sun Quan's sneak attack on Jingzhou was a helpless move.
Because Guan Yu was too arrogant and insulted the Wu envoy several times, just as Lu Meng said, "Guan Yu is too tyrannical and cannot be an ally." This of course "forced" Sun Quan to make up his mind to attack Jingzhou.
He acted extremely humble to attract the sympathy of the world, but in fact he was preparing to betray his trust. This is Sun Quan's Gou Jian's miracle.
After Guan Yan's reminder and combined with Sun Quan's various behaviors in history, Mi Yang finally understood the stakes Sun Quan's move had on him.
After understanding this, Mi Yang looked at Guan Yan with grateful eyes.
If it hadn't been for Guan Yan's reminder, he might have fallen into Sun Quan's scheme accidentally.
Sun Quan is really good at building fires for people.
At the same time, Mi Yang gained a new understanding of the wisdom of her wife.
Facing Mi Yang's grateful and appreciative gaze, Guan Yan just smiled.
She could see this and reminded Mi Yang, but it doesn't mean that she is smarter than Mi Yang.
Part of the reason is because Mi Yang is obsessed with the authorities, and part of the reason is because Guan Yan grew up next to Guan Yu.
When Sun Quan sent an envoy to visit Jingzhou for the first time and the ministers in Jingzhou were discussing the matter, Guan Yan happened to be accompanying him and overheard the analysis of a wise man at that time.
That wise man is Zhuge Liang, the current Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty.
No matter how treacherous Sun Quan's thoughts were, he couldn't hide it from Liu Ye, and naturally he couldn't hide it from Zhuge Liang.
It is a pity that when Zhuge Liang was around, Guan Yu would still listen to Zhuge Liang's advice.
But after Zhuge Liang left, Guan Yu, who had an arrogant personality, even though he knew Sun Quan's intentions, still chose to go his own way.
Now as the situation develops, when Sun Quan puts his thoughts on Mi Yang again, Guan Yan certainly hopes that Mi Yang can find a better way to deal with it.
After understanding Sun Quan's sinister intentions, Mi Yang knew that he could not avoid Sun Quan's envoy.
Because as Sun Quan's envoy went all the way north, it seems that many people in the world are now fixating on him.
And his behavior of avoiding or angrily scolding the envoy may have played into Sun Quan's plan.
Since he had to meet Sun Quan's envoy, Mi Yang now had to think about how he should meet Sun Quan's envoy.
Just as Guan Yan said, it would be good for Sun Quan if Mi Yang didn't see Sun Quan's envoy, and it would also be good for Sun Quan if Mi Yang saw Sun Quan's envoy.
Although Mi Yang now holds a high position in the Han Dynasty, he is neither the emperor nor the ruler of the Han Dynasty. How can he meet Sun Quan's envoy alone?
Sun Quan's name was Hanchen, and he was actually a prince of one side.
Since he has a bloody feud with Jiangdong, the world may not misunderstand that he has the idea of turning to Jiangdong.
But if he really received the envoy from Jiangdong in Xinye City, he would even agree to a series of benefits given to him by Sun Quan.
Then some people in the world, or his political opponents, will inevitably use this as an excuse to doubt his future stance towards Jiangdong.
Even if Mi Yang refused the benefits Sun Quan gave him, who really knows whether Mi Yang accepted any benefits from Sun Quan in private?
At present, all knowledgeable people in the Han Dynasty know that the Han Dynasty may have a battle with Jiangdong in the future.
And if this battle started, from all aspects, Mi Yang would be the Han's number one candidate for the conquest of Jiangdong.
I think this is what Sun Quan is afraid of. In other words, Mi Yang will take command and go to Jiangdong in the future. This is what the people of Jiangdong are most afraid of.
So what Sun Quan thought was that if Mi Yang really accepted his advice, then it would be based on the political rules he was familiar with.
No matter how much Liu Bei trusted Mi Yang, he would still be concerned about the doubts between the government and the opposition, and would not choose to let Mi Yang lead the expedition.
People's words are scary.
After all, Mi Yang is good as the first choice, but he is not the only choice.
And as long as Mi Yang doesn't lead the expedition, if Jiangdong really rebels against the Han in the future, Jiangdong's chances of winning will be even better.
This is Sun Quan's whole intention.
It doesn't matter to him whether Mi Yang sees him or not. What matters is that no matter what Mi Yang does, it will be beneficial to him and Jiangdong.
It's just that although Mi Yang can now see Sun Quan's full intentions, Mi Yang doesn't have a good way to solve this matter at the moment.
Since Mi Yang traveled through time, he has mostly experienced military conflicts, and he has no experience in dealing with this kind of political trap.
Maybe Liu Bei knew this, so he thought of using this matter to train Mi Yang.
Because of the boredom in her heart, Mi Yang kept pacing back and forth in the inner room.
Mi Yang now finally understood the meaning of what Mi Zhu told him when he left Chengdu.
"The hidden arrows in politics are more difficult to guard against than the open guns on the battlefield."
As he kept pacing, Mi Yang kept thinking about who he could talk to to discuss this matter.
Everyone has his or her own strengths. Since he is not good at dealing with these things, he can find someone to advise him.
But the embarrassing thing is that Mi Yang thought about it and realized that he had so many talents under his command, but he couldn't find a suitable person to solve his problems for a while.
As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, Mi Yang was famous for his outstanding military exploits, so most of the talented people gathered around him were talented in military warfare.
Take Deng Ai as an example. If you ask him to explain the military strategy, he will be very clear and logical.
But it would be really difficult for him to make suggestions for a series of political interests.
Historically, Deng Ai's death was closely related to his political stupidity.
Finally, after thinking about it, a candidate appeared in Mi Yang's mind.
That person is Meng Da.
Although Meng Da sometimes has evil intentions, he comes from a well-known family. In this world, people from well-known families generally have good political acumen.
Judging from Meng Da's historical performance, he was able to thrive in Cao Wei as a surrendered general, and won the trust of Cao Pi. This shows that his political wisdom must be quite high.
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With this thought, Mi Yang quickly summoned Meng Da.
Since Meng Da was intimidated by Mi Yang that day, he has been staying in Xinye City very peacefully.
Except for following Mi Yang northward, he didn't go out much in Xinye City. He even tried his best not to leave his own door.
But after Meng Da heard Mi Yang calling him, he immediately stood up from the collapse, and then hurriedly followed Mi Yang's personal guards out of his house.
Meng Da knew that Mi Yang did not trust him very much, but because of this, Mi Yang would not summon him easily without important matters.
Now that Mi Yang summoned him without any warning, it meant that Mi Yang must have something important to discuss with him.
Meng Da, who had this judgment in his heart, came to Mi Yang with excitement.
He is not worried that Mi Yang does not trust him, he is worried only that Mi Yang has no use for him.
However, no matter how excited he was in his heart, Meng Da still appeared in front of Mi Yang with a respectful look.
Mi Yang met Meng Da in the outer hall.
After Meng Da arrived, Mi Yang did not beat around the bush, he immediately made his worries clear to Meng Da.
After Meng Da listened to Mi Yang's worries, he thought carefully and pointed out some issues that Mi Yang had never paid attention to before.
"According to etiquette, foreign ministers and envoys visiting the Emperor are not allowed to stay for a long time. Therefore, if Zhang Wen wants to go north, he must first obtain His Majesty's permission.
And how could your Majesty, who has experienced many things in the world, not know Sun Quan’s sinister intentions?”
When Meng Da pointed this out, a sudden realization flashed through Mi Yang's heart.
Yes, how could he forget this?
Although some of Meng Da's words were not stated clearly, Mi Yang knew what Meng Da meant.
The situation Mi Yang is facing now is different from Guan Yu.
When Sun Quan sent an envoy to make peace with Guan Yu, Liu Bei was not in Jingzhou, so Guan Yu needed to make his own decisions on many matters.
But now in Jingzhou, not to mention Liu Bei is in Jingzhou, all the people in the official circles of the Han Dynasty are in Jingzhou.
How could it be possible that none of them could see Sun Quan's sinister intentions?
Therefore, it can be inferred from common sense that Zhang Wen's move north must have been Liu Bei's intention.
After realizing this key point, Mi Yang made a judgment in her heart almost instantly:
This was a test Liu Bei gave him.
Therefore, in order to properly resolve this matter, Mi Yang must look at it from Liu Bei's perspective.
Liu Bei's idea must be to let Mi Yang meet Zhang Wen, otherwise he would not have to do so.
This is also in line with an emperor's overall considerations.
Liu Bei's test should be to see how Mi Yang could dispel the doubts between the government and the public about him on the premise of meeting Zhang Wen.
So as to prevent Sun Quan's treacherous plan from succeeding.
And under what circumstances would private communication between two heavily armed foreign ministers not arouse suspicion between the government and the opposition?
After having this idea, Mi Yang suddenly felt enlightened.
Meng Da looked at the look of realization on Mi Yang's face, and he just silently stepped aside and waited for Mi Yang's order.
Mi Yang was Liu Bei's minister, and he was Mi Yang's subordinate.
Meng Da, who had been taught by his father since childhood, knew that at this time he only needed to wait for Mi Yang's order.
As expected, Mi Yang looked at Meng Da and said:
"Zidu, I don't want Zhang Wen and others to enter Xinye City."
Upon hearing Mi Yang's order, a smile appeared on Meng Da's lips, and he bowed and replied:
"only."
Xiangyang City, Liu Bei's palace.
Liu Bei, who had just seen his two daughters, was lying on the throne with red eyes.
From their first meeting not long ago, Liu Bei, after many tests, had initially confirmed that the two women brought by Zhou Tai were his daughters who were lost in the rebellion.
Liu Bei was not a ruthless person. When his two daughters were separated in the army, he also sent people to search for them afterwards.
But in the fierce war situation at that time, how could Liu Bei successfully find his two daughters?
Moreover, rumors continued to spread that his two daughters died in the rebellion, so Liu Bei gradually gave up the plan to search for them.
What Liu Bei didn't expect was that more than ten years later, he would meet them again.
This was a happy event that could greatly alleviate his guilt.
Because of the guilt in his heart, Liu Bei summoned these two daughters almost every day during this period of time, and he cried almost once when he saw them.
However, during these few days of getting along, Liu Bei also heard from the mouths of these two daughters what Mi Yang did outside Jiyang City that day.
The tone of voice of his two daughters is enough to show how inspiring and heartwarming what Mi Yang did that day.
Just when Liu Bei was immersed in the beauty of licking the calf and thinking about taking a nap, a rush of footsteps disrupted his thoughts.
Liu Bei opened his eyes and saw Fei Yi arriving, so he asked Fei Yi curiously:
"What's the matter, sir?"
Facing Liu Bei's question, Fei Yi showed some indescribable expression on his face, as if he was suppressing a smile.
He bowed to Liu Bei and said: "The champion marquis led his army south."
At the end, Fei Yi especially emphasized his tone and said:
"The Champion Marquis avoided Zhang Wen's envoy and led his army southward."
After hearing Fei Yi's additional explanation, Liu Bei's sleepiness suddenly disappeared from his face.
This kid!
Xiaozhi was mainly anti-customer, but he learned it in a decent way.
Sorry, I was too tired last night and overslept. This is the first chapter from yesterday.
There will be a second chapter in a few hours.
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