Mi Han

Chapter 246 Zuo General Yang Ye Discusses Sun Quan
After the eunuch finished reading out the rewards for Guan Yu, he continued to read out Liu Bei's rewards for other generals.

"Worship Zuo General Ma Chao as General Hussars, lead Liangzhou as a herdsman, enter the feudal marquis of Yu Township, and enjoy the food of [-] households in the city."

"Worship the right general Zhang Fei as the chariot general, lead the Sili school captain, and enter the Xixiang Marquis, enjoying the food of [-] households."

Liu Bei's rewards for Zhang Fei and Ma Chao are also in the guesswork of the officials.

Among the original Sifang generals, the later general Huang Zhong passed away last month.

Now that the former general Guan Yu, who was the head of the Quartet Generals, has become a great general, then the corresponding official positions of Zhang Fei and Ma Chao, who were slightly inferior to Guan Yu at the beginning, will certainly not be too low.

Among the traditional heavy-numbered generals in the Han Dynasty, the general rank is the highest, and the ranks below the generals are Hushi General, Car Cavalry General, Wei General, and Sifang General.

General Wei is already banned, so according to common sense, General Hussars and Generals Chariots will only be born among Ma Chao and Zhang Fei.

Compared with Zhang Fei's chariot general, Ma Chao's hussar general is undoubtedly of higher rank.

This is also easy to understand.

Before Ma Chao defected to Liu Bei, he was a prince of one party. His identity was special and sensitive among Liu Bei's courtiers.

This status made Ma Chao a little more detached among Liu Bei's courtiers, so Liu Bei appointed Ma Chao as a general of hussars, with a military rank above Zhang Fei.

But this does not mean that Ma Chao will have more authority than Zhang Fei.

Because although General Hussars and General Chariots are generals with high status, these two military positions do not have the natural right to start a government like a general.

A general who does not have the power to open a government, if he does not have the power to save, then his power is not great.

So how much power Ma Chao and Zhang Fei hold in their hands is entirely due to how much Liu Bei trusts them.

Although Ma Chao's military position is slightly higher than that of Zhang Fei, Ma Chao's other position is Liangzhou Mu, while Zhang Fei also holds the position of Sili Xiaowei.

Sili Xiaowei was placed in Zhenghe four years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

There were many functions and powers when the Sili Xiaowei was first established, but the biggest purpose of Emperor Wu's initial establishment of the Sili Xiaowei was to make him "hold the integrity, from the middle of the capital to 200 officials and apprentices, catch witches and poisons, and supervise the treacherous."

"Beitang Shuchao Establishing the Official Department" records: "Sili Xiaowei, Emperor Wu initially set it up, and the later kings and relatives refused to accept it, so they made 200 officials and slaves in Zhongdu."

"Correct the crown prince, the three princes and below, and the neighboring counties and states, and rule everything."

From the above records, we can see that Sili Xiaowei holds the power of saving, inspecting, arresting, and punishing.

This is the enhanced version of the Jinyiwei Commander of the Han Dynasty.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, went to the Prime Minister Sizhi, which gave Sili Xiaowei greater power.

During the Sili Xiaowei Chaohui, Shang Shuling and Yushi Zhongcheng had special seats together, known as the "three independent seats".

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Sili Xiaowei even dared to impeach Sangong and other high-ranking officials, so he was feared by all bureaucrats.

In the brutal struggle between foreign relatives and eunuchs in the Eastern Han Dynasty, both sides often relied on the power of Xiaowei Sili to defeat each other. This shows that Xiaowei Sili has multiple powers.

Since then, Sili Xiaowei has become a pivotal role in the center of the regime, so Dong Zhuo called it a "male position".

During Li Jue's dictatorship, he took the command of Sili Xiaowei.After Cao Cao seized power, he also led the captain of Sili to show his self-respect.

Of course, Sili is not in Liu Bei's hands now, so according to the usual practice, Zhang Fei's scope of authority is to change to Yizhou where the imperial capital is located.

Zhang Fei, who served as the lieutenant of Sili, could even directly arrest all officials below the Sangong and Jiuqing with his authority, and if the evidence was sufficient, directly convict the arrested officials.

Compared with Zhang Fei's Lieutenant of Sili, Ma Chao's post of Liangzhou shepherd is slightly higher in rank, but now Liangzhou is not under Liu Bei's rule, so Ma Chao's Liangzhou shepherd is just a remote leader.

From here you can see the gap between the two.

After announcing the rewards of Ma Chao and Zhang Fei, the eunuch read out the results of the rewards of many generals commanding troops abroad.

For example, Zhao Yun, the general of the Yi Army, was appointed as the general of Zhengnan and the Central Guard Army, and he was ennobled as Marquis of Yongchang Ting.

Jinfeng Zhenyuan General Wei Yan was named Zhenbei General.

There are also Wu Yi, Li Yan, Wu Ban and so on.

But the ministers have been unable to hear about a person's reward for a long time.

That person is Mi Yang.

The ministers couldn't help feeling a little suspicious, it shouldn't be.

Whether it was the battle of public security or the battle of Xicheng, Mi Yang made great contributions.

Those two great achievements are enough to go down in history, not to mention, even Mi Yang's victory in Xicheng had the effect of promoting Liu Bei's ascension to the throne and proclaiming himself emperor.

And how many people in Chengdu don't know Liu Bei's trust and love for Mi Yang?

Because of his faith and love, Liu Bei could decisively hand over the military power in Hanzhong to Mi Yang for temporary command.

The relationship between Liu Bei and Mi Yang is simply a replica of Emperor Xiaowu and Champion Hou.

Under such circumstances, how could Liu Bei forget Mi Yang's reward?

Just when the officials were suspicious, the eunuch on the altar had almost finished reading the list of rewards in his hand.

But just after he saw the last person's name, his eyes suddenly froze.

The reputation of this person has been known to almost everyone in Chengdu recently.

And he was even more impressed by this name under the narration of his adopted son Huang Hao.

Because of the awe in his heart, when the eunuch read the award for this person, he raised his greatest anger and read Liu Bei's award aloud.

"Here is General Yang of the Han Dynasty, who has made numerous meritorious service. He was in charge of the public security, defeated and killed Lu Meng; he went out to defend the west city, and swallowed the six armies of Wei.

Heaven makes grass ignorant, but gentlemen are economical.Be honest and self-sufficient, and be a Han Xunchen.At the time of the Jiahui, Megatron Yibei.Who will follow in the footsteps of such good generals?

Those who have built up the ancients are appointed to the ranks of the virtuous, and they are awarded officials according to their ability.Therefore, martial arts are emphasized, while literature and virtue are praised by deeds. "

"Today, I will record the meritorious deeds before and after. I worship the partial general Mi Yang as the left general, the title of champion, and the governor of Yibei's military forces during the holidays!"

After the eunuch finished reading Liu Bei's reward to Mi Yang, he slowly put away Liu Bei's reward edict.

His actions represented that Mi Yang was the last general Liu Bei personally rewarded.

And when Liu Bei's award was spread all over Wudan Mountain, when they heard that Mi Yang had received this award, the ministers unconsciously began to commotion.

All the ministers raised their heads and looked at Liu Bei with surprised eyes.

The officials saw the unconcealable smile on Liu Bei's face.

They thought that Liu Bei had forgotten to reward Mi Yang, but it turned out that Liu Bei had put the reward for Mi Yang here!

The reason why the ministers were in a commotion after hearing Liu Bei's award to Mi Yang was that they never expected that Liu Bei's award to Mi Yang would be this.

As early as when they were in the hall, the officials had a heated discussion about Mi Yang's reward.

Under the discussion at that time, although Mi Yang's official position did not get a unified result, everyone had a consensus on Mi Yang's title, that is, Mi Yang should be a lieutenant after this battle.

The marquis system in the Han Dynasty has evolved to this day, and there are usually three levels among the marquises, namely Tinghou, Xianghou, and Countyhou.

For example, the Marquis of Yixiang obtained by Yu Jin just now, the Marquis of Xixiang obtained by Ma Chao, and the Marquis of Xixiang obtained by Zhang Fei, although they all have many places of food, they are actually just Marquis of Xiang.

Only the Marquis of Xiangyang to whom Guan Yu was granted the title was a real county marquis.

Now in Liu Bei's imperial edict to reward Mi Yang, there is no indication of the food town of Mi Yang's champion, which shows that Liu Bei's award of title to Mi Yang is a form of receiving a false title from a distance.

But as long as the title of Champion Marquis is a scholar who has read history books, he will know that this marquis is a county marquis!
Champion Hou is a title created by Emperor Xiaowu for Sima Huo, which means "the champion of the whole army".

Even Emperor Xiaowu, in order to make Huo Da Sima's champion Hou really deserve his name, he specially cut off "Luyang Township" in Rang County and "Lindiaoju" in Wan County to establish Champion County as Huo Da Sima's food town.

Today, Champion County still exists in Nanyang County, not far from Wudang County.

The first owner of Champion Hou was Huo Qubing, because he brought pride to the Han people, so he made the title of Champion Hou an honor.

Now Liu Bei not only awarded Mi Yang a county marquis with a higher rank than Ma Chao and Zhang Fei, but also granted Mi Yang such a title with special meaning. How could the officials not be shocked.

Your Majesty really regards Mi Yang as his champion!

It's just that after the officials were surprised, they had to admit in their hearts that Mi Yang deserved the title of champion.

"Success crowns all armies", isn't Mi Yang right now?

In the 400-year history of the Han Dynasty, a total of three people have been named champions for their military exploits.

They are Huo Da Sima, Jia Fu, and Dou Xian.

Now Mi Yang's military achievements may not be as good as those of Huo Da Sima and Dou Xian, but Mi Yang is still very young.

At the beginning, Emperor Xiaowu bestowed Huo Da Sima as the champion. Isn't it because Huo Da Sima was young at that time, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was full of expectations for him?

At that time, the big Han was harassed by the Huns, and the country was uneasy.

Emperor Xiaowu named Huo Da Sima the champion when he first showed his prowess, hoping that he would make persistent efforts to defeat the Huns for the great man and protect the peace of the great man's country.

Now the Han Dynasty is falling apart, the six states in the north are occupied by rebels, the ancestral temple is located in the southwest, and the society of the Han Dynasty is also in a critical time.

Liu Bei specially bestowed Mi Yang as the champion on the day of renewing the Han Dynasty, and it is precisely in the hope that Mi Yang can wipe out all the thieves for the big man like Huo Da Sima back then.

What surprised the officials was not only that Mi Yang was named the champion, but also because of the official position given to Mi Yang by Liu Bei.

Although General Zuo is only one of the generals of the four directions, he is not as honorable as General Hussars and Generals Chariots in terms of rank, but he is a heavy-ranked general after all.

How old is Mi Yang this year?But only 21.

The 21-year-old heavy-numbered general is really amazing.

The officials guessed that the official positions that Liu Bei would reward Mi Yang were nothing more than famous generals such as Zhengbei and Zhenbei.

And most importantly, everyone in the world knows that Liu Bei was originally the owner of the position of General Zuo of the Han Dynasty.

Although Yu Jin and Ma Chao once also served as General Zuo, they are essentially the General Zuo in the Kingdom of Wei and the Kingdom of Hanzhong, respectively, and they are not the same concept as the General Zuo of the Han Dynasty.

Now Liu Bei gave Mi Yang the rank of General Zuo who followed him for more than ten years before he became king, which must have a special meaning.

Otherwise, why didn't Liu Bei worship Mi Yang as the former general, but only worshiped him as the left general?

And this special meaning is presumably because Liu Bei hopes that Mi Yang can inherit his ambition to revive the Han Dynasty.

Your Majesty, you really love the champion!

And as Liu Bei's last reward to Mi Yang: the false festival governor of Yibei's military forces.

Yibei refers to Hanzhong County and Hanxing County.

Although on the surface, Liu Bei's reward is the most generous.

But when Liu Bei worshiped Mi Yang as General Zuo and became the champion, this reward just came naturally.

Originally, Wei Yan was the governor of Hanzhong's military, while Mi Yang was the prefect of Hanxing.

So in essence, this reward only gave Mi Yang an extra layer of military power as the governor of Hanzhong County.

Wei Yan is only the general of Zhenbei, and the current Wei Yan is far inferior to Mi Yang in terms of military exploits.

After Mi Yang was moved by Liu Bei to General Zuo, as the middle official and the highest title in the two counties of Yibei, it was his due duty to supervise the military affairs of Hanzhong County by the way.

As for holidays, it is also reasonable.

After all, when Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others served as generals of the Quartet, they all had the power to fake festivals.

Liu Bei gave Mi Yang three rewards, although each one was surprising.

But Liu Bei first mentioned Mi Yang's military exploits first. In this case, Liu Bei's award to Mi Yang gave people a sense of reason.

In terms of Mi Yang's achievements in battle and the influence he brought after his victory, he deserves this honor and power now.

Just now the ministers were worried that Liu Bei would forget the reward to Mi Yang, but now it seems that they were completely overwhelmed.

Not only did Emperor Zhang Wu not forget to reward Mi Yang, but he also specially put his reward at the end as the finale to inspire people's hearts.

Guan Yu and Mi Yang are relatives of Weng and his son-in-law, and now their rewards echo each other head to tail. This is the reward edict carefully prepared by Liu Bei.

Standing on the altar, Liu Beigao looked at the faces of the officials below with a look of surprise first, and then quickly returned to normal. A few smiles flashed in his eyes.

In fact, what the ministers didn't know was that Liu Bei's original intention was to create a title of heavy general for Mi Yang, just like Emperor Xiaowu.

However, considering that Liu Bei is now on the throne for the first time, and his foundation is not stable now, it is inappropriate to rashly change the official system of the Han Dynasty.

So Liu Bei temporarily suppressed his thoughts in his heart.

But once the time is right in the future, he will definitely realize his idea!
After rewarding the officials on Wudan Mountain, Liu Bei drove back to the imperial palace in Chengdu in the emperor's car.

Not long ago, a minister suggested to Liu Bei that the palace should be expanded and repaired.

After all, Liu Bei's current palace is the original Yizhou Mufu after a slight expansion.

Regardless of its layout or magnificence, the imperial palace is not suitable as the residence of the emperor.

But the proposal of the ministers was flatly rejected by Liu Bei.

Liu Bei didn't want to waste money and people.

Moreover, if you feel that the imperial palace in Chengdu is not magnificent enough, instead of making large-scale construction and expansion, it is better to return to the old capital as soon as possible.

The palace in Chang'an City is the real residence of the Han Emperor.

On the night when he returned to the palace, Liu Bei summoned several confidants and began to discuss a matter.

That was how he would handle his relationship with Sun Quan after he proclaimed himself emperor.

If this matter is not handled properly, it will bring a lot of hidden dangers to the emerging empire that has just been established today.

　The previous article about Guan Yu's title has been revised.

　　In history, there is a lot of controversy about whether Zhang Fei's Xixiang is a county lord or a township lord.

　　After consulting a lot of information, I came to the opinion that it should be the lord of the township.

　　Of course, I can't guarantee that mine must be correct, because there are too many incomplete historical materials, but what I wrote must be supported by data.

　　And why Zhao Yun is not in Chengdu, this is a foreshadowing, not a mistake.

　　good night everybody.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)