Chapter 808: A Little Disappointment, Big Han Leyi
After leaving Qiao Zhou's mansion, Dong Zhang, relying on the impressions in his memory, puffed up his long sleeves and visited various mansions one by one.
With the connections and affection left by Dong He, and no matter from every aspect, Dong Zhang's proposal was beneficial to all major noble families.
Therefore, Dong Zhang's lobbying work went smoothly.
Let’s put this aside for the moment and say that after the memorial sent by Dong Zhang entered the Shangshu desk, Shangshu Yang Yi heard that Mi Yang had the latest memorial and did not dare to neglect it.
Yang Yi immediately delivered Mi Yang's report to Zhuge Liang.
Recently, there have been many fresh opinions among the government and the public.
"Reforming the title system of this dynasty" is one of them.
Although such remarks have not yet become mainstream among the government and the public, they still attracted Zhuge Liang's attention.
Zhuge Liang did not comment on this statement.
In the 400-year history of the Han Dynasty, Qing discussions have always been an important way for scholars to participate in government affairs.
And when there are more scholars, the direction of the Qing discussion will naturally be mixed, and the content will not be controlled.
Although this kind of statement sounds bold, Zhuge Liang knew that there were many bolder statements than this in the history of the Han Dynasty.
For example, in the early Western Han Dynasty when Huang Lao was in power, some scholars advocated the idea of "great revenge".
In the political environment at that time, such ideas were undoubtedly somewhat deviant.
But wasn’t this idea later promoted by Emperor Xiaowu, thus influencing the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years?
Tolerance and inclusiveness have always been an important reason for the prosperity of the Han Dynasty.
There are existing stories to rely on, but Zhuge Liang maintains a wait-and-see attitude towards some new comments that have appeared recently.
When Yang Yi arrived, he saw Zhuge Liang holding a memorial and looking at it in trance.
Only after Yang Yi reminded him did Zhuge Liang look away from this memorial.
Seeing that Yang Yi had arrived, Zhuge Liang put down the memorial in his hand and said with a smile to Yang Yi:
"The chief minister, Meng Guang, submitted a memorial, saying that this dynasty can live in as many towns as there are people, and establish three nobility of township, county, and county to reward meritorious ministers."
Zhuge Liang's words made Yang Yi's eyes light up.
The Duke is not something anyone can touch under normal circumstances.
Because once a minister is granted the title of Duke, it means that he can establish a vassal state on his own and have the power to control the army of a land.
However, if the future duke adopts the method of remote control and only enjoys the tribute from the fiefdom, but cannot participate in the military and political affairs of the fief, it will be the best of both worlds.
Yang Yi knew that such a thing had precedent in the history of the Han Dynasty.
In the pre-Qin period, the seven heroes of the Warring States Period all called themselves kings, but according to the true legal system, most of their titles were marquises.
In the early days of the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the princes who were entrusted by Liu Bang were also in charge of important military and political affairs in their fiefdoms.
The "guo" in the parallel system of prefectures and states actually refers to princes and kingdoms.
But why did it come to this day that an iron rule was formed in the hearts of the people of the world that princes could not get involved in the affairs of their fiefdoms?
That's because after the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, Emperor Jing Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty carried out a reform of the title system of the dynasty.
From then on, the Marquis could no longer be compared with the Duke and the King.
So since Emperor Xiaojing could reform, why can't he do it now?
Yang Yi was fascinated by his thoughts for a while. Later, Zhuge Liang saw the report in his hand and woke him up with words:
"Who sent the report in your hand?"
After being awakened by Zhuge Liangming, Yang Yi quickly handed over the report in his hand:
"It was sent by Da Sima."
Zhuge Liang smiled when he heard the report was sent by Mi Yang.
Zhuge Liang moved very quickly. He smiled and reached out to take the report from Yang Yi.
While unfolding the report, Zhuge Liang joked to Yang Yi:
"I have sent several waves of envoys to inquire about the war in Jingzhou before. I want Zisheng not to be too radical and to deal with Soochow slowly.
It’s not that I don’t believe in Zi Sheng’s strategy, it’s just that Jingzhou has been in ruins for many years and lacks food and grass. How can it support continuous wars?
Zi Sheng was not a countryman and did not know the difficulties of farming.
I guessed that Jingzhou was running out of food and grass, and Zisheng came to ask me for food.
This kid should also suffer."
As he spoke, Zhuge Liang's eyes intentionally moved toward the pile of official documents on the desk in front of him.
That pile of official documents were all sent by counties in Guanzhong.
As spring is about to pass and the summer harvest season is about to enter, those official documents are reporting to Zhuge Liang the growth status of wheat in each county.
According to each county, the wheat growth in each county is gratifying this year, and it should be a rare bumper harvest year.
This means that after the summer harvest is successfully completed this year, Dahan's food dilemma will be greatly alleviated.
In this way, we can save money and send a batch of military rations to Jingzhou.
Although Zhuge Liang said he wanted to give Mi Yang a hard time, in his heart he wanted to give food to his great disciple.
It's just that even Wolong, who has perfect strategies, sometimes makes mistakes.
When Zhuge Liang's eyes focused on the report in his hand again, even though Mi Yang had given him too many surprises, at this moment he was still shocked by the contents of the report.
Zisheng wants to destroy Soochow in one fell swoop?
Zhuge Liang trembled slightly while holding the report, and his eyes were fixed on every word in the report.
"Teacher, my disciples have captured Yong'an and already have a lot of food.
The gains and losses of Chaisang today are in the hands of the disciple. The disciple plans to make great efforts to build Ye.
Disciple, I still have something I would like teacher to help me with..."
Mi Yang knew that his report would definitely be delivered to Zhuge Liang.
Between master and disciple, Mi Yang doesn't use any beautiful words.
Concise and concise, yet frank and honest, this is the report Mi Yang wrote to Zhuge Liang.
Mi Yang's writing was simple, but after every word he wrote fell into Zhuge Liang's eyes, it brought violent fluctuations in Zhuge Liang's emotions.
The mixture of surprises is the best portrayal of Zhuge Liang's mood at this time.
Yang Yi noticed the change in Zhuge Liang's mood, and he quickly asked:
"But has the war in Jingzhou changed?
If there is a crisis in the war in Jingzhou, I can try my best to collect a batch of military rations and send them to Jingzhou, I..."
Yang Yi became more and more anxious as he spoke, but now his eagerness was in vain.
Zhuge Liang put away the report in his hand and sighed to Yang Yi:
"Zisheng no longer needs food and grass from Chang'an."
There was some unconcealable disappointment in Zhuge Liang's tone.
If you want food, write more letters to ask for help from the teacher, and the teacher will definitely help...
After hearing Zhuge Liang's disappointed words, Yang Yi suddenly became more anxious.
"Xiangguo, what do you mean by this?"
Yang Yi, who didn't know the inside story, was a little confused.
But at this time, Zhuge Liang didn't have time to explain too much to Yang Yi. Mi Yang's report was of great importance, and he had to enter the palace in time to report to Liu Chan.
Loss comes and goes quickly.
Compared to his small thoughts, which are incomprehensible to outsiders, Zhuge Liang's overall mood was still inexplicably happy.
Zhuge Liang jumped up excitedly and walked out of the hall.
"If Zisheng wants to destroy Wu, then leave it to him to rebel against Wei."