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Chapter 187 Two heroes from Shu meet in Xicheng

Lu Yi, courtesy name Jiyang, was born in Nanyang, Jingzhou.

Lu Yi's father, Lu Chang, sent Liu Yan, the former pastor of Yizhou, to Shu County, but due to the blockage of official roads, he could not return to the Central Plains.

Lu Yi lost his father when he was young and loved to read and play the piano.

At the beginning, Liu Bei pacified Yizhou and established the post of Yanfu Xiaowei to manage the financial income of salt and iron.

Wang Lian, a native of Nanyang, invited Lu Yi, Du Qi from Nanyang, Liu Qian from Nanxiang and others to serve as captains of Dian Cao.

During his tenure as the captain of Diancao, Lü Yi had great political achievements. Wang Lian, the captain of Yantie Academy, wrote to Liu Bei praising Lü Yi.

Because of this move, Lu Yi came into Liu Bei's sight.

After Liu Bei completed the examination of Mi Yang, he wanted to find one or two talented people to assist Mi Yang in handling government affairs. Lu Yi was one of the people Liu Bei chose.

Another talented person Liu Bei chose to assist Mi Yang was named Zhang Yi and given the courtesy name Boqi.

Zhang Yi is a native of Nanchongguo County, Brazil County. He comes from a poor family and is open-minded and heroic.

When Zhang Ni was weak, he was a meritorious official in the county. When Liu Bei pacified Yizhou, mountain bandits invaded the county, and the county magistrate and his family fled.

Zhang Ni took the county magistrate's wife with him and fought his way through the bandits' swords, spears and halberds, and the county magistrate's wife was saved.

As a result, Zhang Ni gained a certain reputation in the local area, so he was recruited by Liu Bei to work for the state.

The two talents Liu Bei chose for Mi Yang were carefully selected.

First of all, both Lu Yi and Zhang Yi had experience in government, so they could assist Mi Yang in handling government affairs.

Secondly, Lu Yi, Zhang Yi and Mi Yang are close in age, and although these two people have a certain reputation in Yizhou, they are completely different from Mi Yang.

In addition, Mi Yang's official position was much higher than theirs. Under such circumstances, it was possible to ensure that Lu Yi and Zhang Yi would fully assist Mi Yang.

When Mi Yang knew that Liu Bei had appointed these two people to assist him, Mi Yang was quite happy in his heart.

Thinking about his previous team members, they were either Meng Da or Deng Ai, or they were the surrendered generals Ding Feng, Ding Feng and others.

It cannot be said that these people are not capable, it can only be said that they are good generals who are better at military strategy.

Of course, Deng Ai was a great talent with both civil and military skills, but his resume was too blank. He wanted fame but not fame, and he wanted merit but not meritorious service.

Even if Mi Yang thinks highly of him, he cannot immediately entrust him with important tasks. Most of the time, he can only be used as a consultant.

Lu Yi and Zhang Yi both have political talents and a certain reputation for meritorious service. Once Mi Yang arrives in Hanxing County, he will immediately entrust them with important tasks and make Hanxing County's government affairs get on track as soon as possible.

On track.

It can be said that Liu Bei is worthy of being a king who is good at using people, and his arrangements for personnel are just right.

Because Lu Yi once served as the captain of Yanfu School, Captain Diancao was responsible for the transportation of military supplies, so Lu Yi knew the terrain of Yizhou quite well.

Because of this advantage of Lu Yi, after the army set off, Mi Yang left it to Lu Yi to plan the general march route.

After Mi Yang summoned Lu Yi, Mi Yang asked Lu Yi: "I have just received information that Cao Cao is dead in the north, and there may be great changes in the north."

"Under the route arranged by Ji Yang, how long will it take for our army to reach Hanxing County?"

Lu Yi saw that Mi Yang had called him to ask about this matter, so he answered truthfully: "Central Sichuan is densely covered with mountains and official roads are not smooth. Nowadays, taking the Fu River into the Han River and going north is the most convenient route for the army to march.

On this route, if everything goes well, we can reach Xicheng in less than ten days."

Xiling is the county closest to Yizhou in Hanxing County. After arriving at Xiling, it only takes two days to go down the Han River to reach Hanxing County and Shangyong County.

Hearing Lu Yi, Mi Yang nodded, and then he urged the army to move forward quickly.

Originally, in order to arrive at Hanxing County as soon as possible to take up his post, Mi Yang's army moved at a high speed. Now, under Mi Yang's urging again, the entire army's march speed accelerated by three points.

Within three days, more than ten thousand troops led by Mi Yang had arrived in Guanghan County.

Under the arrangements of the county guard, more than 10,000 troops boarded the warships that had been prepared and headed northward.

Although they were traveling upstream, Mi Yang's army moved very quickly with the help of water transport.

A few days later, Mi Yang's army had arrived outside the west city.

The predecessor of Hanxing County is Dongsan County, which are Xicheng County, Shangyong County and Fangling County respectively.

The predecessors of Dongsan County were Xicheng, Shangyong and Fangling counties belonging to Hanzhong County.

At that time, Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou, after occupying Fangling County, changed the county into a county and returned to Jingzhou.

Later, Cao Cao attacked Hanzhong and Zhang Lu surrendered. Cao Cao divided Hanzhong into three, placed Xicheng and Shangyong counties, and placed Xicheng, Shangyong, and Fangling counties under the jurisdiction of Nanyang County.

Now, in order to facilitate the unification of orders for the Northern Expedition in the future, Liu Bei abolished the three counties into counties and merged the jurisdictions of these three counties into Hanxing County.

In other words, Mi Yang, the prefect of Xing County in Han Dynasty, mainly controls the counties of Xicheng, Shangyong and Fangling...

After Liu Bei abolished Xicheng County as a county, Shen Yi, the former prefect of Xicheng, became the county magistrate of Xicheng.

Another important reason why Liu Bei abolished the county into a county was to punish the Shen brothers.

The brothers Shen Dan and Shen Yi were originally powerful families in Xicheng and Shangyong. After Liu Biao took Fengling County, Xicheng and Shangyong counties had been in the hands of the Shen brothers.

An important reason for the formal establishment of Dongsanjun was that Cao Cao wanted to use the powerful local Shen brothers to achieve stability in Hanzhong.

Precisely because the Shen brothers had great influence in Hanxing County, Liu Bei believed that Liu Feng was also responsible for not rescuing Guan Yu.

Therefore, he demoted the Shen brothers to county magistrates one after another, and deprived the Shen brothers of their military positions as punishment.

Shen Dan, one of the Shen brothers, had no objection to Liu Bei's move, but Shen Yi had some complaints in his heart.

It's just that he is afraid of Liu Bei's power today, so he has always dared not object to Liu Bei's decision on the surface.

When Mi Yang, the new prefect of Hanxing, arrived outside Xicheng, Shen Yi, the county magistrate of Xicheng, immediately led his staff out of the city to welcome Mi Yang's arrival.

If in the past, Shen Yi was a Jianxin general and Mi Yang was a partial general, Shen Yi's military position would be greater than Mi Yang's.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But now Shen Yi has been deprived of his military position and demoted to Xicheng County Magistrate, so his status is far inferior to Mi Yang.

The three counties of Hanxing County are all built next to the water system, among which Xicheng is on the bank of the Han River, so Mi Yang met Shen Yi on the building boat.

After meeting Shen Yi, Mi Yang showed great enthusiasm.

Before Shen Yi could bow down to him, Mi Yang hurriedly stepped forward to hold his hand, and then walked into the interior of the building.

This scene made Shen Yi feel afraid. This was how Zhang Fei held his hand and dragged him all the way to Xiangyang...

But Mi Yang's next move dispelled Shen Yi's worries.

After Mi Yang took Shen Yi into the attic on the upper boat, he immediately asked his servants to bring him food and wine, and then he and Shen Yi drank together in the attic on the upper boat.

While drinking with Shen Yi, Mi Yang also summoned Meng Da, Zhang Ni, Lu Yi, Deng Ai, Ding Feng, Ding Feng and others to accompany him.

At the banquet in the Louchuan attic, Mi Yang frequently raised his glass to pay tribute to Shen Yi, without showing any sign of contempt for Shen Yi.

After drinking for three rounds, Mi Yang said to Shen Yi: "I was in Chengdu earlier and could not come to Hanxing to handle government affairs in person."

"The prefect is not here, but Hanxing County can remain stable as before. All this is due to Yidu and Zunxiong."

The brothers of the Shen family are named Shen Dan, whose name is Yi Ju, and Shen Yi, whose name is Yi Du.

When Mi Yang said these words, there was a look of sincere admiration on his face.

Mi Yang's behavior gradually made Shen Yi, who was originally complaining, feel better.

The Shen family was originally the local leader in Hanxing County. In Hanxing County, they were almost like local emperors when they wanted wind and rain.

Later, Cao Cao captured Hanzhong County and was afraid of the influence of the Shen clan, so he could only appease them by giving them official posts and titles.

After Liu Bei captured Hanxing County, he treated them with great respect and favor.

If things could develop according to their original course, then it would be okay for Shen Yi to remain a loyal minister of Liu Bei for the rest of his life.

But I didn't expect that everything changed after Liu Feng arrived.

Liu Feng not only took advantage of his status as Liu Bei's adopted son, but also dominated Hanxing County and looked down upon the Shen brothers.

Even later, because of his selfishness, he and his brother were disliked by Liu Bei, and as a result, all military positions were stripped away.

Before, he was the prefect of a county with the title of general, but now he is just a small county magistrate. It is impossible for Shen Yi not to complain in his heart.

Later Shen Yi heard the news that Liu Bei appointed Mi Yang as the prefect of Hanxing.

Shen Yi had no objections to Mi Yang's appointment as the governor of Hanxing County.

After all, although Mi Yang was only a general with a lower military rank than before, Liu Feng was also in charge of the three eastern counties as a general of Zhonglang in the beginning.

Moreover, Mi Yang's prestige was definitely not comparable to that of Liu Feng. Although Shen Yi did not agree with it, she did not feel any resistance to such a famous general who had made great achievements as his superior officer.

Shen Yi's only worry before was that Mi Yang would be more domineering than Liu Feng. After all, Mi Yang's current reputation in the world is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

With this uneasy feeling, Shen Yi took the initiative to visit Mi Yang, but Mi Yang's behavior exceeded his expectations.

Compared with Liu Feng's domineering attitude, Mi Yang is approachable and has no airs.

There is no harm if there is no comparison. A comparison with Shen Yi gives me a better impression of Mi Yang.

Under the good impression, Shen Yi also tried his best to praise Mi Yang.

Facing Mi Yang's praise, Shen Yi also raised his glass and looked at Mi Yang and said: "The general is a man of extraordinary talent, and his reputation as a public security officer shocked the world.

Although the general was not in the county before, Hanxing County has always remained stable because of the general's reputation."

"My brother and I don't dare to be greedy for credit."

Mi Yang seemed to be greatly benefited from Shen Yi's compliments, and the smile on his face continued. That smile was telling Shen Yi that if you know how to praise, just praise more.

Of course, Shen Yi tried her best to satisfy Mi Yang's request.

Thanks to Mi Yang's deliberate efforts to win over and Shen Yi's deliberate flattery, the meeting on the boat went very happily.

Especially when Shen Yi saw that Meng Da, who had a similar position to him before, was now just a Sima of Mi Yang's army, he felt even more happy.

This scene of Mi Yang and Shen Yi enjoying themselves made Lu Yi and Zhang Yi, who had just entered Mi Yang's tent, look unhappy.

Is this the famous Han Lu?

Are they just these people who are greedy for fame?

Although Lu Yi and Zhang Yi came to Xingzhong County in Hanzhong for the first time, they had been in Shuzhong for a long time and had heard of the reputation of the Shen brothers in Hanzhong during Liu Zhang's time.

Although the governor of Hanzhong at that time was Zhang Lu, the area east of Han was almost an independent kingdom of the Shen brothers.

As early as more than 20 years ago, the Shen brothers gathered thousands of families in Xiping and Shangyong.

On the one hand, they had close ties with Zhang Lu, and on the other hand, they sent envoys to pay homage to Cao Cao, just like a local independent vassal faction.

Facing such a strong and powerful place, if Mi Yang trusts too much, he will suffer a big loss.

Lu Yi, who has an upright personality, already looks quite ugly.

The same is true for Zhang Yi. He was born in a poor family and did not understand Mi Yang's move towards Shen Yi.

Only brother Ding Feng was not surprised by this scene. The local powerful forces in Jiangdong were the strongest under Sun Quan's control.

Therefore, when they followed Gan Ning and Lu Xun to garrison in various places, these two generals also mainly tried to win over the local wealthy families.

As for Meng Da, he seemed to be indifferent to the scene before him and was concentrating on eating and drinking, but there was some sympathy for Shen Yi in his eyes.

Of all the people present, only Meng Da, who was a good friend of Fazheng, knew a lot about Mi Yang's past.

Mi Yang had grown up reciting "Shu Ke" since he was a child. Under such influence, Meng Da did not believe that Mi Yang would trust Shen Yi so easily.

After a long drink, Mi Yang saw that it was getting late, so he asked Shen Yi to go back to the city first.

When leaving, Shen Yi, who was already drunk, seemed to ask Mi Yang inadvertently: "Will the Lord set off for Shangyong tomorrow?"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Shangyong is the county seat of Hanxing County. If Mi Yang wants to truly fulfill his duties as the prefect, he must go to Shangyong City.

But after Mi Yang heard Shen Yi's question, he replied nonchalantly: "Let's talk about tomorrow's matters tomorrow."

After hearing Mi Yang's answer, Shen Yi immediately bowed and left.

Just when he turned around, a smile appeared on his face.

Mi Yang's answer was also heard by Lu Yi and others behind him. After Shen Yi left, Lu Yi finally couldn't help it. He bowed to Mi Yang and said, "Previously, the prince asked when Yi would arrive.

The Han Dynasty is prosperous and the army is urged to march."

"Now that the prince has arrived at Xicheng, why not go directly down the river and arrive at Shangyong to preside over the government affairs of the county. The prince has been inconsistent, which makes Yi confused."

Facing Lu Yi's doubts, Mi Yang smiled and replied: "Has Ji Yang ever heard of these two words: "Fan Mengbo, the governor of Runan, Hua Nuo, the patron of Nanyang Zong. Cen Gongxiao, the governor of Nanyang, and Cheng Yidan, the Hongnong, sit and scream."

A proverb?”

Although Lu Yi has lived in Shuzhong since he was young, as a native of Nanyang, he has naturally heard this proverb.

What these two proverbs talk about is: Zongzi, the prefect of Runan, trusted Fan Pang and entrusted him with all political affairs in the county, and he only signed the documents. Cheng Jin, the prefect of Nanyang, also entrusted all official affairs to Cen Hao, and he

But nothing happened.

Therefore, the folk songs at that time ridiculed that the meritorious officials of Runan and Nanyang became the prefects, while the prefects were doing nothing.

On the surface, this is because Zongzi and Cen Hao appointed talented people, but in fact it reflects that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the local big families were enough to take over the prefect of a county.

Fan Pang was born into a wealthy family in Runan, while Cen Hao was born into a wealthy family in Nanyang.

After Lu Yi had a thoughtful look on his face, Mi Yang said to Lu Yi: "I neither want to sit back and make promises, but I just want to have my own way to govern."

After Mi Yang finished speaking, he entered the inner room.

Mi Yang's words made Lu Yi guess a possibility, and at this time Deng Ai patted Lu Yi on the shoulder and said to him:

"Xiang, I trust you, Mr. Fu."

Compared to Lu Yi, who had just joined Mi Yang, Deng Ai had followed Mi Yang for the longest time, so he understood Mi Yang's character best.

Mi Yang is an ambitious person. How can an ambitious person tolerate the Shen brothers, who are powerful enough to separate one side?

Just as Mi Yang said to him, there is no way for others to sleep soundly beside the couch.


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