Chapter 345 Liangzhou Military Power Wu Yi is unwilling
After roughly determining the central political structure of Liangzhou, Mi Yang turned his attention to the military aspect of Liangzhou.
From the military aspect, for Mi Yang, controlling the military power in Liangzhou was his top priority.
"The one who has military power is the commanding officer of the three armies and the power of the general. The general is able to hold the power of the army and use the power of the army to come to the masses, just like a tiger, soaring around the sea with its wings, and doing whatever it encounters.
If you are about to lose your power and do not use your power, you are like a fish or a dragon that escapes from the rivers and lakes, seeking the power of swimming in the ocean, running on the waves and playing with the waves, how can you get it?"
This is a passage that Zhuge Liang taught Mi Yang when Mi Yang left Chengdu.
Because he knew that Zhuge Liang's warning was very correct, he had always firmly held military power in his hands since Mi Yang left Chengdu.
Now times have changed, and Mi Yang, who became the shepherd of Liangzhou, has never forgotten this.
Military power, as the name suggests, is the ownership of soldiers and horses.
Now in Liangzhou, the ownership of the regular soldiers is very mixed.
Because in the past two years, the command structure of Hanzhong and Hanxing counties has been constantly changing.
While the command structure was constantly changing, Mi Yang spent most of his time fighting abroad. Under the influence of these two reasons, the military power of the Liangzhou army was scattered among the generals.
For example, currently in Liangzhou, there is a general who has more military power than Mi Yang.
That person was none other than Wu Yi, the number two figure in Liangzhou—General Zhengbei and Governor of Hanzhong.
You must know that in Liangzhou, the Han army that can be called Mi Yang's direct lineage only had the 10,000 he brought from Jingzhou at the beginning.
A large part of the tens of thousands of remaining Liangzhou troops were originally soldiers from Hanzhong.
When Wei Yan served as the governor of Hanzhong, Wu Yi was originally the second-in-command in Hanzhong. After Wei Yan was transferred from Hanzhong by Mi Yang, Wu Yi successfully became the first-in-command in Hanzhong based on seniority.
Of course, most of the military power in Hanzhong was taken over by Wu Yi when Mi Yang was away.
Taking power from the barrel of a gun, if he could not take back all the military power in Liangzhou, then Mi Yang would not be able to follow his orders in Liangzhou.
This situation is absolutely unacceptable to Mi Yang.
Therefore, we must find a way to take back all the military power in Liangzhou as soon as possible.
But this military power is not easy to regain.
The sudden withdrawal of military power from subordinates must be justified in a certain way.
If the name is not correct, the words will not be correct.
The most important thing is that Mi Yang wants to take back all the military power in Liangzhou to himself, not to take back part of the military power conditionally.
If you want to complete this matter, Wu Yi's attitude and thoughts are very important.
But if you think about it, you will know that Wu Yi is definitely not willing to take the initiative to hand over his military power.
Not to mention Wu Yi, no one wants the military power in their hands to be suddenly taken away.
And if Wu Yi does not cooperate with Mi Yang, it will undoubtedly be difficult to take back all military power.
Because in terms of status, although Wu Yi's official position was not as high as Mi Yang's, he was still a relative, and his sister was still the living empress of the Han Dynasty.
Moreover, Wu Yi's official position was only one level lower than Mi Yang's.
The most important thing is that Wu Yi, as a general who has held Hanzhong for a long time, his personal prestige must be very deep among the Han soldiers.
If Mi Yang rashly and forcefully takes back Wu Yi's military power, there is no guarantee that Wu Yi will not do something drastic.
Mi Yang didn't know Wu Yi very well. Since he didn't know him well, Mi Yang didn't mind using the most malicious assumptions about him.
It's always good to be prepared.
So the top priority now is for Mi Yang to find a reason to persuade everyone to take back Wu Yi's military power.
What should be the reason for that?
Mi Yang, who was troubled by this, suddenly saw Fa Miao who was sitting below him and drafting documents. After seeing Fa Miao, his mind subconsciously recalled the five words Fa Miao had written for him in the corridor a few days ago.
After thinking of this incident, Mi Yang's face showed a smile.
In the name of his family, he had already thought about it for him early in the morning.
After making some calculations in her mind, Mi Yang called Fa Miao forward with her hands.
Seeing Mi Yang suddenly reaching out to call him, Fa Miao was a little confused for a moment.
But his body didn't hesitate at all. He stood up from his seat and came to Mi Yang's side.
After Fa Miao came to her side, Mi Yang whispered to Fa Miao.
As Mi Yang told Fa Miao the plan in her heart, Fa Miao listened and nodded.
After listening to all Mi Yang's whispers, Fa Miao immediately cupped his hands slightly towards Mi Yang, then slowly backed away towards the outside of the lobby.
Mi Yang sat on the main seat and looked at Fa Miao's leaving figure. She couldn't help but put her fingers on her knees and kept tapping.
This was something he had developed since his previous life, a small action he did subconsciously when thinking about things.
As her fingers continued to tap her knees, Mi Yang was rapidly making various trade-offs in her mind.
After a long time, when the fingers in Mi Yang's hand stopped tapping, Mi Yang asked Ding Feng, who had been guarding behind him:
"How is Chengyuan's health doing?"
Seeing Mi Yang's question, Ding Feng, who had been concentrating on observing the situation around him, hurriedly bent down and replied respectfully: "My brother is no longer seriously injured. He wrote a letter a few days ago, saying that he can always fight for the king and kill the enemy again."
When Ding Feng answered Mi Yang, there was a smile on his face that could not be concealed.
Mi Yang would pay special attention to Ding Feng's body, which shows that this is his love for Ding Feng.
After Mi Yang listened to Ding Feng's answer, he didn't believe the second half of Ding Feng's words.
In that battle, Ding Feng's injuries were not minor at all.
Although nearly two months have passed now, given the current medical conditions, it is impossible to heal those injuries in just two months.
However, Ding Feng’s statement that “there is no serious problem” can be believed.
After knowing this, Mi Yang nodded:
"Lu Zhizhong will come to Nanzheng from Xicheng soon. Write a letter to Chengyuan and ask him to bring his troops and horses to come with Lu Zhizhong."
Upon hearing Mi Yang's order, Ding Feng hurriedly accepted it.
Although Mi Yang's order was a bit sudden, Ding Feng never wondered why.
This is also the reason why Ding Feng can always serve as the subordinate governor of Mi Yang.
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After Fa Miao left the hall, he ordered his subordinates to publish the document he had just written. On the other hand, after freshening up, he left the governor's mansion and walked towards Wu Yi's mansion.
Fa Miao had a strong memory for political affairs. He remembered that today was the day when Wu Yi was at home.
Wu Yi's residence is not far from the Zhou Mu Mansion.
Fa Miao, who was sitting in the chariot, passed through several lanes and soon arrived at the gate of the house of Wu Yi, the general who conquered the north.
After arriving at the door of Wu Yi's mansion, Fa Miao did not rush in. He just ordered his entourage to throw a greeting card into Wu Yi's mansion.
After doing this, Fa Miao continued to sit in the car and closed his eyes to meditate.
He knew Wu Yi wouldn't let him wait too long.
Sure enough, not long after Fa Miao's greeting card was put in, Wu Yi, wearing casual clothes, hurried out of the mansion with his younger brother Wu Ban and came to the gate of the mansion to greet Fa Miao in person.
The reason Wu Yi and Wu Ban behaved this way was not because they were afraid of Fa Miao's power in Liangzhou.
Although Fa Miao is now the Liangzhou Biejia, most of Biejia's powers are reflected in political affairs, and they cannot yet make the Wu brothers who command the army feel afraid.
Now the only person in Liangzhou who can make the Wu brothers feel afraid is Mi Yang.
The Wu brothers behaved this way because they actually respected the family prestige of the Fufeng Fa family.
Although the Wu brothers were also from the Central Plains gentry, their family prestige was still inferior to that of the Fufeng Fa family.
Wu Yi led Wu Ban before and after arriving at Fa Miao's chariot, and saluted Fa Miao on the chariot with the etiquette of welcoming distinguished guests.
After the Wu brothers saluted him, Fa Miao did not show off. He immediately got out of the car and respectfully saluted the Wu brothers as a junior.
After bowing to each other, Wu Yi smiled loudly and said to Fa Miao: "The distinguished guest is coming, and Yi is overjoyed!"
With that said, Wu Yi led Fa Miao towards the mansion.
Compared with Wu Yi leading the way from the front, Wu Ban accompanied Fa Miao inside.
But Wu Ban, who was standing next to Fa Miao, had doubts constantly emerging in his mind as he walked.
Why did Fa Miao suddenly come to visit today?
With this doubt in mind, Wu Ban quietly winked at Wu Yi in front of him.
After Wu Yi saw Wu Ban's wink at him, he did not respond to Wu Ban.
He just continued to laugh and led Fa Miao towards the living room of his house.
Although Fa Miao was walking intently, it didn't mean that he didn't notice Wu Ban's actions.
However, Fa Miao, who came with other thoughts, didn't care too much about this.
Under the leadership of Wu Yi, Fa Miao quickly came to the living room.
After the three of them entered the living room, Wu Yi ordered the servants to serve wine and food, and asked Fa Miao to sit down. Then he sat opposite Fa Miao, while Wu Ban sat next to Fa Miao.
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Judging from where the three of them were sitting, it seemed that the Wu brothers were surrounding Fa Miao.
After the three of them sat down, no one spoke to each other for a while.
This directly caused the atmosphere in the venue to fall into embarrassment.
With this kind of atmosphere, we can't blame the Wu brothers for being unhospitable. After all, the two brothers didn't know the purpose of Fa Miao's visit.
Without knowing the purpose of Fa Miao's visit, the Wu brothers thought it would be better to just wait and see.
As for Fa Miao, his character has always been taciturn.
The awkward atmosphere lasted for a while when none of the three people wanted to take the initiative to speak.
When the servants brought the food and wine and placed them in front of and behind the three of them, Wu Ban, who had a bold personality, had the opportunity to raise his glass to Fa Miao and said:
"The class will raise a glass first to congratulate Manjusri on assuming the post of the state's best ambassador."
After finishing speaking, Wu Ban quickly drank down the drink in his hand before Fa Miao could react.
When Fa Miao saw Wu Ban like this, he relaxed a little. He thanked him and then picked up the wine glass in his hand and drank it towards the Wu brothers.
After having a drink with each other, the atmosphere became a little more lively.
After a few casual conversations, when the Wu brothers were relaxing, Fa Miao suddenly revealed a bombshell news to the two brothers.
"The duties of governing and registering the state have been determined."
As soon as Fa Miao's words came out, they instantly attracted all the attention of the Wu brothers.
Wu Ban took the lead and couldn't help but asked Fa Miao: "Can Manjusri tell me who these two heroes are?"
Wu Ban's tone was full of expectation.
Seeing Wu Ban taking the initiative to ask about this matter, Fa Miao had a slight smile on his lips, and he said slowly: "They are Lu Jiyang and Deng Shizai respectively."
Fa Miao spoke very slowly when he said the names of Lu Yi and Deng Ai.
He did this because he wanted to observe carefully what Wu Yi and Wu Ban's reactions were after hearing the news.
Compared to the more calm Wu Yi, who had no obvious changes on his face, Wu Ban's face showed some embarrassment.
In anger, Wu Ban was about to say something, but his words were stopped by Wu Yi in time.
Wu Yi's stop made Wu Ban's words forced to be swallowed by him.
But because he didn't say anything out loud, Wu Ban's expression became even worse at this moment.
The performances of Wu Yi and Wu Ban were watched closely by Fa Miao.
But he acted as if he didn't see it and was just drinking in silence.
He already got the answer he wanted.
At this time, Wu Yi seemed to have guessed some of Fa Miao's intentions.
After calming down Wu Ban's mood a little, he looked at Fa Miaoyan and said, "Both of them are talented people. This arrangement by the state pastor is very appropriate."
After hearing what Wu Yi said, Fa Miao finished another glass of wine and said to Wu Yi:
"In a few days, the governor of the state will hold a banquet in the mansion to entertain all the subordinates and generals. We hope that General Zhengbei will not be absent when he arrives."
Hearing what Fa Miao said, Wu Yi had a hint of reluctance on his face.
Since he was unwilling, Wu Yi looked for excuses and said:
"Yi has been given the important task of taking charge of the defense of Hanzhong by His Majesty, and he does not dare to let up on his duties. As a soldier, it is better to participate in such banquets as little as possible."
When Wu Yi said this sentence, he emphasized the word "Your Majesty" quite strongly.
Obviously Wu Yi knew that as Mi Yang's subordinate, he could not directly refuse Mi Yang, so he wanted to use Liu Bei as a shield for rejection.
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Wu Yi had a shield, and Fa Miao also had a spear to break the shield.
"General Zhengbei, do you still remember the time when the ministers advised your majesty to marry the queen?"
"Back then, my father helped the general. Today, I hope that the general will not let Miao be blamed for his incompetence in doing things."
The current Empress of the Han Dynasty is Wu Yi's biological sister.
At first, Liu Yan was disloyal and heard a fortune teller say that Wu Yi's sister would be a noble person, so he asked his son Liu Mao to marry the Wu family.
After Liu Mao's death, the Wu family remained a widow.
Later, Liu Bei pacified Yizhou. At that time, Mrs. Sun had returned to Soochow, and the officials persuaded Liu Bei to marry the Wu family.
The original group of ministers included ministers from the Yizhou faction, and Wu Yi, as one of the leaders of the Dongzhou faction, had never dealt with the ministers from the Yizhou faction.
The ministers of the Yizhou clan are not saints. If there is no special reason, they will take the initiative to help Wu Yi and help his sister become Liu Bei's wife.
As for the reason for the prophecies, at that time when prophecies were prevalent, there were eighty to eighty gentry women in Yizhou who were said to have the appearance of great nobility.
Why would Liu Bei go out of his way to marry a widow?
On the surface, Wu Yi and Wu were both passive in these two marriages, but is this really the case?
All are just common methods used by noble families.
Anyway, Wu Yi gained huge benefits from these two things.
Of course, Fa Miao is not mentioning this matter now to expose something. He is just reminding him that his father was kind to Wu Yi in this matter!
After being persuaded by the ministers, Liu Bei considered that he was of the same clan as Liu Mao and did not agree. It was Fazheng's words that made Liu Bei finally make up his mind.
If there was no such thing as Fa Zheng's words, there would be another question as to whether Wu Yi was a relative now.
Wu Yi understood the profound meaning behind Fa Miao's initiative to bring up this matter, but it was a fact that Fazheng had been kind to him in this matter, and now Fa Zheng's son came to ask for this repayment from him.
For this reason, no matter how unhappy Wu Yi was, he could only close his eyes and reply: "I will definitely arrive that day."
Hearing what Wu Yi said, Fa Miao stood up and bowed slightly to Wu Yi.