Mi Han

Chapter 471
Today is the great court meeting, and Liu Bei is the emperor. Under such an occasion and status, the words Liu Bei said represent a promise.

Knowing this, all the officials in the hall were very surprised when they heard this sentence.

That's the general.

The word "general" has an extraordinary meaning in Dahan, and this meaning stems from his transcendent power in the political system of Dahan.

Due to the surprise in his heart, the originally lively atmosphere in the hall suddenly became quiet.

At this moment, everyone couldn't help but have a thought in their hearts - does Mi Yang deserve this title?
For this question, there was no answer in everyone's mind for a while.

The reason is very simple. Although the general has a transcendent status in the big man, the position of the general is not sacred.

In the 400 years since the Han Dynasty, many people have served as generals.

Of course there were those who deserved their names, but there were also many who were appointed to the position by the emperor's political considerations.

Even among that group of people, those who really deserved their name have always been a minority, which makes the title of general not sacred.

But even so, everyone couldn't help thinking carefully about Mi Yang's role as the general.

After all, the position of general has too much power, and the political significance it represents is also extraordinary.

After analysis with specific goals, many ministers have ideas in their hearts.

For 400 years since the Han Dynasty, there has been an unwritten unspoken rule for holding the position of general, that is, the person must be either a relative of the Han family or a foreign relative.

After more than [-] years of development, this unspoken rule has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Why did Huo Guang, who was so powerful back then, insisted on marrying his daughter to Emperor Xiaoxuan? His actual purpose was to consolidate his status as a relative in Emperor Xiaoxuan's dynasty.

And even Yuan Shao, who was a student and old official all over the world, caused a lot of criticism in the world after he became a general because he was not a relative of a great man.

And Mi Yang's identity conforms to this unspoken rule.

Even though his aunt never gave birth to an heir for Liu Bei, his aunt was a queen with a posthumous title. With this name, Mi Yang is a relative of a big man with a strong root.

What's more, because of Mi Zhu's status, Donghai Mi's family has already successfully stepped into the ranks of the top aristocratic families of the Han Dynasty.

With this kind of family background, it is not a problem for Mi Yang to become the great general of the Han Dynasty in name.

After meeting this unspoken rule, the ministers began to think about another criterion for becoming a general, that is, whether they have made great contributions to the great man.

In fact, this standard can only be said to be a supplement to the unspoken rules, because the big man has never become a general without his relatives and meritorious service.

But Mi Yang's previous performance was too eye-catching, which made the world have higher demands on him.

How can Liang Ji, He Jin and others be compared with Han Bailu?

When thinking carefully about whether Mi Yang meets this standard, everyone can't help but think of Mi Yang's great achievements for the big man before.

I won't mention the battles that Mi Yang participated in, but just talk about the two battles he led before.

Public Security defeated [-] Wu troops in the first battle, and defended half of the country for the great Han. This is a national contribution.

In the first battle of Xicheng, Cao Ren was outwitted, which greatly enhanced the prestige of the big man, and even cleared the obstacles in public opinion for Liu Bei to proclaim himself emperor.

One contribution to the whole country, one contribution to support, the impact of these two contributions is very far-reaching. From this point of view, Mi Yang has sufficient achievements in terms of contributions.

Or in other words, in terms of merit alone, even the resurrection of the old general Guan Yu, I am afraid that he can only be on the same level as Mi Yang, let alone other people.

If Mi Yang is not qualified to be a general, who else is worthy of today's big man?
As for Mi Yang's age, it was not within the consideration of the ministers at all.

The scholars of the Han Dynasty are not pedantic. In peacetime, seniority is more important than anything else. In troubled times, the most important thing is to live with the capable.

Besides, in the 400 years since the Great Han Dynasty, it is not without examples that young people have suddenly risen to high positions due to meritorious deeds.

Don't forget who Liu Bei often compares Mi Yang to, and often regards himself as an emperor.

After these thoughts emerged in their hearts, the surprise in everyone's hearts was slowly disappearing.

Fortunately, Liu Bei wanted Mi Yang to become the new general of the Han Dynasty. If it were someone else, I am afraid that this group of ministers would have to die.

It is because there is a basis of approval in the heart, the ministers will only be surprised, not strongly resisted.

But even though the surprise in his heart gradually disappeared, there were still many ministers who did not agree with Liu Bei's decision.

They didn't feel that Mi Yang was unworthy, but they felt that it was not the right time for Mi Yang to become the great general of the Han Dynasty.

It is true that Mi Yang's identity and achievements have given him the capital to become a great general, and the battle of Yangping Pass is also enough to be called a rare victory, but it is still the same sentence, everyone's expectations for Mi Yang are too high.

Everyone felt that Mi Yang could achieve better results. For example, after officially defeating the [-] Wei army and helping the big man through the weakest stage, with this kind of credit, he became the general of the big man again. It really deserves its name.

Who called him a white deer?

As the national treasure of the great man, all the ministers do not want Mi Yang to receive even the slightest criticism in the future.

During the period when Zhuge Liang was not in Chengdu, most of the ministers were headed by Shang Shuling Ma Liang. Ma Liang was also an outspoken person, and he expressed his thoughts in a tactful tone.

And when Ma Liang expressed his thoughts, many ministers immediately echoed him.

After listening to Ma Liang's concerns, Liu Bei was not angry, on the contrary, the smile on his face became stronger.

As a great politician, how could he not have thought of what the ministers thought of?
Liu Bei quickly expressed his true thoughts in front of the ministers.

"I intend to appoint the champion as the general of the line. I don't know what you think?"

Compared with the sentence just now, Liu Bei's appointment is more specific, and it is this specific appointment that makes Ma Liang and other ministers smile with satisfaction on their faces.

General Xing is also a general, but not a general in the full sense.

Acting, like falsehood, has a temporary meaning in this world.

Liu Bei now appoints Mi Yang as the general. His purpose is to allow Mi Yang to have the power of the general for a short time. Once the war is over, Mi Yang's position as the general will disappear immediately.

Since it was an expedient measure, and Hanchen was not the corrupt Confucianism of later generations, of course there was no reason to feel that this appointment was inappropriate.

Of course, the ministers also know that Liu Bei's appointment has other meanings - even though it is only a temporary position as the general, Mi Yang can still use the power of the general during the war. This is Liu Bei's reward for Mi Yang's victory in Pingguan .

Similarly, this is also Liu Bei's expectation for Mi Yang, even a temptation.

The great victory at Yangping Pass allowed Mi Yang to temporarily exercise the power of the general, but what if he finally won this great battle for the great man?
It is not impossible to remove the line in front of it.

Liu Bei's thoughts cannot be concealed from the ministers in the palace, but although the ministers are well aware of Liu Bei's thoughts, they feel that they should be taken for granted.

If Mi Yang can really fulfill Liu Bei's expectations for him, then Mi Yang will have the three great talents in his body, and then he will officially become the great general of the great man, so why not?

All the ministers couldn't help admiring Liu Bei's arrangement.

As all the ministers in the hall bowed to Liu Bei, it represented Liu Bei's appointment and won the support of all ministers.

But these hundreds of courtiers didn't know that Liu Bei had other reasons for this appointment in mind.

Liu Bei wanted Mi Yang to act as the general temporarily, not only because of his love for Mi Yang, but because of the current situation, he had to give Mi Yang more power.

Although Liu Bei is far away in Chengdu, because of Mi Yang's magnanimous heart, he knows everything that happened in Liangzhou.

For example, Mi Yang asked Ma Chao and Zhang Fei to assist him.

To be honest, these two matters, nominally speaking, Mi Yang has exceeded his authority. Ma Chao and Zhang Fei have military ranks above Mi Yang, so what right does Mi Yang have to ask Ma Chao and Zhang Fei to assist him?

But Liu Bei also knew the truth that things must be done urgently, so he didn't blame Mi Yang in his heart.

Only once can be counted as subordination, what about the second time?

The Battle of Liangzhou was by no means just a war between the Han and Cao Wei, and Sun Quan might not be able to restrain himself from getting involved later.

Under this kind of worry, there must be a unified command between Liangzhou and Jingzhou, otherwise the national strength of the big man is already weak, and if we don't gather all our strength to fight against the enemy, is there any hope of winning the battle of Liangzhou?

In order to win the battle of the Southern Expedition, Cao Pi gave Cao Zhen great power, allowing Cao Zhen to mobilize countless resources.

And if he doesn't give Mi Yang the same power as Cao Zhen, Mi Yang will only fall into a more and more changing situation in the long run.

This is Liu Bei's overall view as an emperor.

Only when the name is right can the words be followed, and the words can only be followed. What Cao Pi dared to do, he Liu Bei naturally had the same pattern to do.

And if you want to fully command Ma Chao and Zhang Fei, you can only have the position of general.

In addition to this consideration, Liu Bei also knew that if the Han army wanted to defeat the Wei army with its current strength, the only way to do it was to act on the hearts of the people.

People's hearts not only refer to the hearts of the army and the people, but also the hearts of generals.

Mi Yang is the coach who resists the Wei army, but Mi Yang alone cannot resist him.

No matter how strong a famous general is, he still needs the full cooperation of his subordinates in order to display his full strength.

With Mi Yang's prestige, it is not difficult for him to make his subordinates serve, but this is only the aspect of prestige. To really inspire people's hearts, prestige alone is not enough, and sufficient rewards are also needed.

What do Mi Yang's subordinates want?

It's nothing more than climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix.

As Mi Yang's subordinates, as long as Mi Yang's development is better, their fighting spirit will be more enthusiastic, and they will be more desperate to dedicate themselves to the great man.

And Liu Bei believed that when his edict arrived in Liangzhou, anyone who was not stupid could see his expectations for Mi Yang.

As long as his expectations are known to the generals of Liangzhou, in order for Mi Yang to truly become a great general, and also for the desire in his heart, the generals of Liangzhou will definitely show unprecedented fighting spirit.

The general has the right to open a mansion to manage affairs. Once Mi Yang can open a mansion, his subordinates must be the first to benefit.

One person has the way, and the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven!
In terms of understanding the human heart, who in today's world can compare with Liu Bei?

And those who know people's hearts must be good at driving people's hearts for their own use.

All of the above are the emperor's mental tricks, which are not enough for outsiders.

After all the ministers had no objection to his appointment, Liu Bei dealt with several important political affairs, and then he issued an order to withdraw from the court.

After all the officials left the hall one after another, Liu Bei was not in a hurry to return to the deep palace. He turned his head and said to Liu Chan who was beside him:
"A Dou, follow me to meet someone."

Liu Bei's words made Liu Chan startled.

Since he became the prince, Liu Bei has not called his baby name for a long time.

And Liu Bei also called himself a father in the discourse, which shows that Liu Bei is now talking to him completely as a father.

Presumably, Liu Bei's attitude like this probably stems from the person he is about to meet.

Just who is that person?

It will make Liu Bei have such a huge change in attitude.

Liu Chan was very curious.

Without too many entourages of Huben, Liu Bei took Liu Chan to a courtyard not far from the imperial palace.

Although this other courtyard is near the imperial palace, it can be imagined that it was carefully selected by Liu Bei. The environment is very quiet and very suitable as a place for people to recuperate.

It's just that the guards constantly patrolling outside the other courtyard made Liu Chan realize that the identities of the people living in this other courtyard must not be simple.

And when Liu Bei pushed open the door of the other courtyard and entered the other courtyard, a figure appeared in the courtyard, causing Liu Chan's face to show great astonishment.

Even though the man was disheveled and looked sluggish, Liu Chan quickly recognized the man's identity.

That person turned out to be Liu Feng!
Although Liu Chan's qualifications are not high, he is not a fool.

Liu Chan knew that his good brother had intended to compete with him for the throne, and he was deposed by his father because of his ambition and made a big mistake.

What Liu Chan didn't understand was that his father, Huang Bei, had clearly deposed Liu Feng, so why did he bring himself to see him today?
Like Liu Chan, when Liu Feng saw Liu Bei coming, he also had a look of astonishment on his face.

He has been imprisoned in this other courtyard for nearly three years.

In the past three years, except that Liu Bei has never wronged him in life, he has never come to see him.

Why did he come today?
But no matter how big the question was in his heart, Liu Feng still subconsciously came to Liu Bei and bowed deeply to him out of the courtesy of the monarch and his ministers and father and son:
"Minister, son"

"Foolish people pay homage to Your Majesty."

When calling himself himself, Liu Feng suddenly found that in front of Liu Bei, it seemed inappropriate for him to call himself a minister, so he could only use the self-proclaimed fool in the end.

Hearing Liu Feng calling himself a fool in front of him, Liu Bei felt a pain in his heart.

He always regarded Liu Feng as his son in his heart.

Liu Bei subconsciously wanted to reach out and stroke Liu Feng's head, just like when Liu Feng was young.

Just when his hand was about to touch Liu Feng's head, Liu Bei stopped suddenly.

Liu Bei's actions were noticed by Liu Feng, seeing that Liu Bei's hand was only a few feet away from his head, even though Liu Feng knew that he wanted to avoid suspicion at this time, even if Liu Feng didn't know the purpose of Liu Bei's visit today, but out of As a son's instinct, Liu Feng still took the initiative to put his head under Liu Bei's palm.

Liu Bei has the feeling of licking the calf, but why has Liu Feng lost his admiration?

In Liu Feng's heart, Liu Bei has always been the most respected father in his heart.

Liu Feng's instinctive act of family affection made Liu Bei feel even more uncomfortable, but as an emperor, he still quickly put away the personal love in his heart.

A cold question came from Liu Bei's mouth:

"Thieves Cao want to harm me now, what should you do!"

After hearing Liu Bei's words, Liu Feng flew into a rage.

With disheveled hair, he raised his head like a ferocious beast, and at the same time there was a strong murderous intent in his eyes:
"Dare!"

(End of this chapter)