Mi Han

Chapter 364
Time flies, and the spring and summer seasons have passed without knowing it.

Calculating the time carefully, it has been five months since Mi Yang took over Nanzheng.

Now it is the month of August in the second year of Zhang Wu.

It's just that although the entire Liangzhou has entered autumn, according to many local officials, this year's autumn is not cool at all compared with previous years.

At least during the day, they still feel the heat of summer.

Maybe it's because Mi Yang is in Nanzheng this year?
It is an ancient tradition that astronomical phenomena can easily be extended to human beings.

Perhaps those local officials thought that some of their private speculations would not reach Mi Yang's ears, but they forgot that there is an institution called Siwencao in Liangzhou today.

Although Si Wencao is independent of any government office in the state capital, he is directly under Mi Yang's command.

It's just that if Si Wencao is to be most effective, then Si Wencao must be integrated into Liangzhou's political ecology to a certain extent.

Most of the current officials have not experienced the white terror, and even the atmosphere of the Han Dynasty was very open, which did not prevent officials from expressing their inner thoughts.

Under such circumstances, Si Wencao's subordinate officials are all officials of the state court, and officials gather in private, what can they say to hide it?
In addition, apart from this characteristic of Si Wencao, in order to make Si Wencao play an effective role as soon as possible, Mi Yang was very generous to Wang Hong.

As long as it is something that is beneficial to the development of Si Wencao, Wang Hong wants people, people, and money.

The wages of avarice is death.

Money opens the way and meticulous work is the most effective way to develop intelligence work.

With Mi Yang's strong support, although Si Wencao has not been established in Liangzhou for half a year, his tentacles have not spread all over Liangzhou.

But at least in Nanzheng City, it is basically difficult to hide anything from Mi Yang.

Just like now Mi Yang is holding a silk book in his hand, looking at the contents carefully.

When Mi Yang was looking at the contents of the silk book, only Wang Hong in black dark clothes stood quietly in front of him in the entire huge hall.

Today is the day when his secretary, Cao Changshi, reports to Zhou Mu Yang about his work during this period.

Although Wang Hong stood quietly in front of Mi Yang, his gaze was always focused on Mi Yang's face.

He hoped to see some happy look on Mi Yang's face.

When Mi Yang attacked Wudang County before, Wang Hong, who was the magistrate of Shangyong County, often went to Wudang to meet Mi Yang on the grounds of reporting official duties.

There was only one reason why he did this in the first place: he was afraid of being forgotten by Mi Yang.

After all, as Mi Yang's status is getting higher and higher, now he has more and more good talents under his command. In terms of ability alone, Wang Hong thinks that he is only middle-of-the-road.

Under such circumstances, Wang Hong felt that if he stopped taking the initiative, he would be virtually squeezed out of Mi Yang's core team circle soon.

This was the last thing Wang Hong, who was born in a family, wanted to see.

But in the past, although he often looked for opportunities to meet Mi Yang, the things he was worried about were still gradually happening under the circumstances of his own lack of ability.

Wang Hong knew that Mi Yang was thinking about his old love, so he let him take up the post of Shangyong county magistrate.

It's just the day when old love always runs out.

Just when Wang Hong was deeply worried about this, he suddenly received a call from Mi Yang.

After being appointed by Mi Yang as Siwen Cao Changshi, Wang Hong was very grateful to Mi Yang for not forgetting him.

On the other hand, he also knew that since he became Siwen Cao Changshi, he was bound to make some achievements.

Otherwise, everything he finally got now may be lost at any time.

Under this mentality, Wang Hong would report the information he collected to Mi Yang almost every few days.

Even if there are many things that are just speculation.

What Wang Hong mainly reported to Mi Yang today was the rumor that had recently been circulated in Nanzheng City. Some officials privately criticized Mi Yang's matter based on astronomical phenomena.

What Mi Yang held in his hand was the list of those officials.

Careful Wang Hong wrote in the silk book, behind the names of every official who participated in this matter, when and where they participated in this matter.

Nearly half a year is enough to make Wang Hong's handling ability more and more proficient.

Wang Hong originally thought that Mi Yang would be a little happy after seeing the list he presented.

But what Wang Hong didn't expect was that after he presented the list to Mi Yang, Mi Yang's expression was always calm.

Mi Yang's calm expression made Wang Hong feel an invisible pressure for no reason.

When Wang Hong felt a little uneasy, Mi Yang finally read the contents of the silk book in his hand.

After Mi Yang read it, he put the silk book in his hand on the candle in front of him and lit it, then threw it into the copper jade beside him.

Under the igniting of the flame, the silk script soon began to burn.

The dark blue flames jumped in Mi Yang's eyes, making it even more difficult for Wang Hong to see what his benefactor was thinking.

After the silk script was completely burned in the copper, Mi Yang said: "The mouth of Fangmin is better than Fangchuan. It should be kept quiet and not blocked. It's just a few complaints. What's the fuss?"

Mi Yang's indifferent tone made Wang Hong's heart skip a beat.

As Mi Yang's friend in the past, he could hear the displeasure in Mi Yang's tone.

And Mi Yang's words also explained why he didn't like it.

It is true that Mi Yang's original intention for setting up Si Wen Cao was to want Si Wen Cao to act as his eyes and ears.

It's just that his original intention is to maintain the stability of Liangzhou.

He didn't want to be deceived and put Liangzhou in crisis, and he definitely didn't want to engage in white politics.

Under this kind of original intention, Mi Yang felt that Wang Hong was making a fuss out of a molehill.

The various things he has done since he entered Liangzhou will indeed touch the interests of many people.

And those people can't oppose him on the surface, and they will definitely complain secretly.

There are many such people in Liangzhou.

Even if Zhuge Liang is a holy minister who is dedicated to the public, he will receive a lot of criticism during his reign, let alone Mi Yang?

For these criticisms, Mi Yang has the same attitude as Zhuge Liang.

As long as these criticisms will not affect the overall situation, then he will turn a blind eye and close one eye, and endure for the country.

Everything he has done today will be judged by history books in the future.

After listening to Mi Yang's words, Wang Hong immediately bowed and said respectfully, "What Uncle Mu said is true. I will pay attention to this in the future."

When Wang Hong said so, Mi Yang's face softened a little.

Mi Yang asked Wang Hongdao: "How is the preparation of the military adviser?"

Seeing that Mi Yang asked about this matter, Wang Hong didn't answer right away. After thinking carefully in his mind, he spoke cautiously:
"Weichen, the chief of the Military Counselor, already has a candidate in mind.

It's just that the establishment of the Military Advisory Division is more cumbersome than the Jing'an Division, so it may take some time. "

Wang Hong's answer did not satisfy Mi Yang, but it still made Mi Yang understand and accept.

The Military Adviser Division and the Jing'an Division that Wang Hong mentioned belonged to the two departments of Si Wencao.

The Han family has its own system. Although Mi Yang intends to refer to certain systems of later generations to set up Si Wencao, Mi Yang can't do it like a horse and a horse.

Under Mi Yang's arrangement, Si Wencao was originally divided into two departments, the Jing'an Department and the Chief Recorder's Office.

The Jing'an Division is mainly responsible for the supervision and inspection affairs in Liangzhou, and belongs to the action group of Siwen Caozhong.

As the name suggests, the main reporter's office is the department that summarizes and analyzes the information collected, and it is considered the logistics department.

In order to establish this department, Mi Yang spent a lot of money.

Later, he found out that he was wasting money anyway, so why not spend more to make Si Wencao play a bigger role?

Under this idea, Mi Yang set up a military adviser under Si Wencao.

The difference between the Military Advisory Division and the Jingan Division is that he is mainly responsible for overseas military intelligence collection.

Compared with the domestic supervision work, the overseas spying work of the military counselor is undoubtedly more dangerous and it is not easy to recruit suitable spies.

This is also what Wang Hong said, the most important reason why the preparation of the Military Advisory Division is not easy.

After all, Wang Hong, who is backed by Mi Yang, is not short of money, what he lacks is people.

Know yourself, know your enemy, and win a hundred battles, this is the truth that any military strategist knows.

Because of this, the three families of the time often placed spies in each other's territory.

Of course, due to various reasons, there are very few dedicated military spies in this world, and many of them are part-time spies.

Sometimes spies even send a piece of information to two different factions.

Spies of this nature are basically businessmen.

The reason for this phenomenon is also very simple.

The vast majority of people in the world do not leave the county at all. In the case of extremely unfavorable traffic, the customs, accents and common sayings of different places vary greatly.

If ordinary people were to be spies, they would be suspected of their identities as soon as they opened their mouths, and they would be given a hammer.

As for those who are able to study abroad and learn Mandarin, most of them are descendants of aristocratic families.

A person with such status would not willingly degenerate to become a spy, not to mention the low status, and it would be easy to die.

Compared with people with the above identities, businessmen have various advantages as spies.

Businessmen often need to travel far and wide for business, which ensures that they have the basis to obtain news from abroad.

In addition, businessmen are good at dealing with various characters, after all, this is their survival skill.

In addition, even if some businessmen are recognized as non-locals due to customs and accents, they will not arouse suspicion.

And being a spy is also one of the ways for businessmen to make profits.

As for the way businessmen inquire about the military situation, it is also very simple.

Just to give an example: In ancient military camps, in order to enrich the spare life of soldiers, there were also markets in the military camps.
For all these reasons, only businessmen are the most suitable spies in this world.

Just let businessmen act as spies to spy on the enemy's situation. Although there are many conveniences, businessmen are all profit-seeking.

This has led to the news that the businessman spied on, and not many can be completely believed.

Mi Yang knew this, and so did Wang Hong.

It would not be difficult to use profit alone to drive businessmen to spy on the enemy's military situation for him, but Wang Hong knew that Mi Yang was very concerned about the establishment of the Military Counselor.

If he used profit to drive businessmen to explore the enemy's situation like ordinary people, and if the businessmen he drove were used by the enemy to send wrong information to Mi Yang, causing Mi Yang to make wrong decisions, then Wang Hong knew that he would die up.

So he will be very embarrassed.

There are many spies who are suitable to be businessmen in this world, but very few of them can be trusted.

When Mi Yang saw that Wang Hong had finished speaking, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face, and he also knew that this matter was really not easy for him considering Wang Hong's talent.

However, the reason why he wanted to set up a military adviser, of course, had taken this into consideration before.

Mi Yang said to Wang Hong, "Some of my people will arrive in Nanzheng in a few days. I will let them assist you then."

The words Mi Yang said were like giving Wang Hong a reassurance, making him look happy.

Mi Yang's background is naturally clear to Wang Hong.

The Mi family in the East China Sea is a big merchant who has been cultivating goods for generations.

When the Mi family in the East China Sea was at its peak, it was heard that the wealth was enough to buy several counties, and there were not many such wealthy merchants in the entire tycoon.

With such a background, Mi Yang's people must have been influenced by the family atmosphere since childhood, and most of them are leaders in business in the world.

They are naturally very suitable as spies.

The most important thing is that they are Mi Yang's clansmen, and the clansmen Mi Yang said must be those who were released by Wei Wei before.

And those people's loyalty to the big man, or to the family is beyond doubt.

In this way, the two originally contradictory points were perfectly resolved by Mi Yang.

Businessmen who were already suitable for spying on the enemy's situation, if they had unswerving loyalty, such a match would make Wang Hong, the new Siwen Cao Changshi, feel excited just thinking about it.

Excited, Wang Hong couldn't help bowing to Mi Yang: "Uncle Mu is wise."

Facing Wang Hong's flattery, Mi Yang just smiled lightly.

Is he laughing at Wang Hong or he is not as smart as Fa Miao and others, seeing things too one-sidedly.

The biggest reason why he let his clansmen join Si Wencao to assist Wang Hong was that Wang Hong wanted to quickly establish the General Counsel Department.

But there is actually another reason for him to do this, and that is for checks and balances.

Siwen Cao is in charge of supervising and investigating rumors, and has the power to arrest them when the situation is critical.

This is a sharp sword created by Mi Yang to frighten Liangzhou.

It's just that the sharper the sword, the more likely it is to injure the owner.

Si Wencao's power is not insignificant, so Mi Yang must take measures to check and balance.

Letting his clansmen enter Si Wencao is his means of check and balance.

Wang Hong is Mi Yang who holds the hilt of Si Wencao's sharp sword, and his tribe will be the one who takes back the scabbard of the sharp sword in the future.

Only with the hilt and scabbard in place can it be guaranteed that Si Wencao's sharp sword will always be firmly in his grasp.

Of course, this kind of thinking is not humane, so Mi Yang just said to Wang Hong: "Go down and do business first."

After Wang Hong heard Mi Yang's words, he quickly withdrew from the hall.

After Wang Hong retreated, Mi Yang called Ding Feng.

Ding Feng, who had been on duty all the time, immediately walked in from the hall door when he heard Mi Yang calling him.

After Ding Feng came in, Mi Yang asked him, "Is everything ready in the camp?"

Facing Ding Feng's inquiry, Ding Feng, who had already received Ding Feng's oral letter, immediately replied: "Everything is ready, just wait for Uncle Mu to set a good day."

Hearing Ding Feng's answer, a smile appeared on Mi Yang's face.

This year's autumn is extremely hot, but it does not affect that it is a harvest season.

After the harvest, it represents a new life.

Next, he is going to do something that will bring new vitality to Liangzhou!

　There is another chapter around 12 o'clock.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)