Mi Han

Chapter 702: The King of Yiyang is aggressive
"Li Yan?"

When Mi Yang pondered the name in a cold tone, everyone at the banquet knew that Mi Yang's mood had turned bad.

After realizing this, everyone who had been looking at Mi Yang lowered their heads and dared not look directly at Mi Yang anymore.

The atmosphere at the banquet suddenly became solemn.

Just as everyone expected, Mi Yang was in a bad mood at this time.

Although Mi Yang had little contact with Chen Dao, he knew Chen Dao's character.

Be prudent and serve the public wholeheartedly.

If Li Yan had not done something too extreme, how could Chen Dao report him to himself in public?
Thinking of this, Mi Yang's face became serious.

But he did not continue to ask Chen Dao, but turned his gaze to Deng Zhi.

"Governor Deng, is what General Zhendong said true?"

Mi Yang's tone was quite cold, completely different from his friendly appearance when he was drinking with everyone just now.

This made Deng Zhi feel nervous.

But Mi Yang had already called him out, so there was no way he wouldn't respond to Mi Yang.

So after thinking it over again and again, Deng Zhi gritted his teeth, stood up, walked to Mi Yang, bowed and said:

"Recently in Jingzhou, there have been rumors about the former general's misconduct."

Deng Zhi's answer made Mi Yang snort coldly.

"what's up?"

"Tell me everything!"

Under Mi Yang's further questioning, Deng Zhi finally told everything Li Yan had done in Jingzhou in recent years.

Since Li Yan took office as the prefect of Yiyang, he has reorganized the troops, trained the soldiers, and repelled small-scale attacks by the Wei army several times.

In terms of government affairs, Li Yan was concerned about the frequent floods in Yiyang County, so he personally led people to repair the river, which greatly alleviated the flood concerns in Yiyang County.

From these two aspects, Li Yan was very competent as the prefect of Yiyang.

In terms of ability, Li Yan is commendable, but in terms of character, Li Yan has many shortcomings that are criticized.

For example, Li Yan was aloof and arrogant. He believed that among all the generals in Jingzhou, he was the best in terms of ability.

Originally, after Zhang Fei left Jingzhou, Li Yan thought that he would naturally replace Zhang Fei and become the governor of Jingzhou.

But subsequent developments disappointed him greatly, which made him often complain in front of others.

If that were all, it would be fine.

It is understandable that talented people often have a high opinion of themselves.

But something Li Yan did a few months ago caused his reputation in Jingzhou to drop to freezing point.

Li Yan had a subordinate named Wang Ti, who was a descendant of the Yi Yang family.

Wang Ti joined the army because he wanted to serve the Han Dynasty.

But when Li Yan saw that Wang Ti had an extraordinary family background, he asked him for money in private. Wang Ti could still endure it after he asked once or twice.

After this happened many times, Wang Ti became annoyed and had a fierce conflict with Li Yan.

After the friction arose, Wang Ti thought that Li Yan was a vengeful person and was afraid that Li Yan would retaliate against him in the future, so he led his family to flee to the Northern Wei Dynasty.

After Li Yan learned about this, instead of reflecting on himself, he arrested all members of the Wang family and put them in jail, using the excuse that Wang Ti had defected to Wei.

After Li Yan did this, the noble families in Yiyang County felt that Wang Ti's family was wronged, so they wrote to Li Yan to plead for mercy.

But perhaps in order to maintain his own face, Li Yan not only did not release Wang Ti's clansmen, he even severely reprimanded those who pleaded for Wang Ti's clansmen.

Li Yan's move undoubtedly added fuel to the fire.

Soon after, most of the frightened Yiyang families began to migrate south, and many, like Wang Ti, defected to the Northern Wei.

After this incident, a folk song spread in Yiyang County:
"Yiyang has a king (Wang), who is square and not square!"

What Mi Yang didn't know was that after Li Yan learned the news that he was coming to Jingzhou, Li Yan, in order to leave a good impression in front of Mi Yang, actually thought of leaving his post and going to Jiangling to meet Mi Yang.

Fortunately, Li Yan's idea was strongly opposed by Chen Dao and Deng Zhi, so he gave up in disappointment.

When Mi Yang heard everything Li Yan had done in Yiyang recently, his heart was filled with anger.

Mi Yang threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground fiercely, and then said angrily:

“Since I grew up, I have only heard of people surrendering to Han, but never to Wei.

This is the result of the late emperor's lifelong reputation.

But I never expected that this achievement, this pride, would be tarnished by Li Yan!"

After saying the above, Mi Yang still felt that he could not dispel the anger in his heart, and he said angrily:

“Yiyang has a king?
This is clearly the people's attempt to remind me that Yiyang has been wronged!"

As he spoke, Mi Yang directed his anger towards Deng Zhi.

Mi Yang pointed directly at Deng Zhi and said, "You are the governor of Jingzhou and have the authority to supervise the local area.

Why wasn't this matter reported to the court earlier?

Are you afraid of Li Yan's power too?"

Mi Yang's blame made Deng Zhi very nervous. He knelt in front of Mi Yang and apologized to him, stammering.

Seeing that Mi Yang was really angry, everyone at the banquet was frightened and knelt down in the middle of the banquet to show their apology.

Deng Zhi was the governor of the province, and most of the officials in Jingzhou were his subordinates. Deng Zhi was guilty of failing to supervise them strictly, so naturally none of them could escape the punishment.

Just as all the officials in Jingzhou were apologizing to Mi Yang, Chen Dao spoke up to explain for Deng Zhi:
"Li Yan is a general, and his rank is higher than that of the governor of Deng. Moreover, Li Yan has a large number of troops under his command and is responsible for the defense of northern Jing.

Now Wang Ti has fled to the north. If he had reported the matter to the court rashly before, Governor Deng would have had no evidence and Li Yan would have refused to admit it.

After all, Wang Ti's defection is a fact known to everyone.

However, if Governor Deng pushed too hard, Jingzhou might be in danger.

Moreover, when this happened, Governor Deng happened to know that the Grand Marshal was about to come to Jingzhou, so for the sake of safety, Governor Deng wanted to wait until the Grand Marshal arrived before reporting the matter.

After saying this, Chen Dao whispered another reason:
"Besides, Li Yan is the Minister of Dongzhou."

Chen Dao's voice was so soft that only Mi Yang could hear it.

After hearing Chen Dao's words, Mi Yang finally realized what was going on.

Many people in the court and the country knew that when Liu Bei was alive, he intended to promote Mi Yang to the leader of the Dongzhou ministers.

Li Yan is the backbone of the Dongzhou ministers. Anyone who wants to touch Li Yan will inevitably give priority to Mi Yang's existence.

Therefore, Deng Zhi's concerns are very normal.

It is true that the political environment of Ji Han was not as full of intrigue as that of Cao Wei, but it is impossible to say that the ministers of Ji Han did not have their own little thoughts.

It was impossible for Mi Yang to demand that every minister of Ji Han be like Zhuge Liang, ignoring personal interests and honor and disgrace, and having a character that was infinitely close to that of a saint.

This is also the reason why Chen Dao took advantage of his drunkenness to ask and test Mi Yang.

If Mi Yang had not shown an attitude of putting the public first just now, Chen Dao would have used drunkenness as an excuse to reasonably cover up what happened tonight, and privately advised Deng Zhi to think of another way.

It’s not that Chen Dao distrusts Mi Yang’s character. On the contrary, Chen Dao agrees with Mi Yang’s reputation of “inheriting the style of the previous emperor.”

But it is precisely because of this that Chen wants to test Mi Yang tonight.

Everyone knows that Liu Bei is kind and righteous, but everyone also knows that Liu Bei is a man who values ​​friendship and loyalty very much.

Mi Fang was reselling military equipment in Jingzhou and almost became the richest man in Jingzhou. Guan Yu also reported this to Liu Bei, but when Liu Bei found out, he didn't even write a letter of reprimand.
Who can guarantee that Mi Yang, who inherited Liu Bei's legacy, would not do the same thing as Liu Bei did back then?
Mi Yang never expected that Li Yan's illegal behavior would actually affect him.

But if you think about it carefully, he really can't completely get rid of the blame.

After all, since you are enjoying the benefits, you naturally have to bear the adverse consequences that may come with them.

Thinking of this, Mi Yang became even angrier.

"Shi Bao! Deng Ai!"

As Mi Yang's trusted generals, Shi Bao and Deng Ai will also attend the banquet tonight.

Shi Bao and Deng Ai, who were watching the show quietly on the side, stood up and came to Mi Yang when they heard Mi Yang's call:
"The general is here!"

After summoning Shi Bao and Deng Ai, Mi Yang first instructed Shi Bao:
"Take my token and lead five hundred elite cavalry to Xinye immediately to bring Li Yan to Jiangling."

After saying this, Mi Yang turned to Deng Ai and said:

"After Li Yan leaves Xinye, you will be the new governor of Yiyang!"

Mi Yang's two orders caused everyone at the banquet to look at each other in confusion.

Unexpectedly, Li Yan, who had caused them headaches for a long time, was removed from his military power by Mi Yang in a short moment.

At once, everyone had a new and deeper understanding of Mi Yang's power.

After receiving Mi Yang's order, Shi Bao and Deng Ai immediately turned around and left the hall.

Watching the two people leaving, Chen Dao, who was a steady person, felt a little uneasy.

Chen Dao said to Mi Yang, "Li Yan is arrogant and will not allow himself to be controlled by two young generals."

Chen Dao had one worry that he didn't say out loud, which was that he was worried that Li Yan would become desperate and lead his army to surrender to the Northern Wei. What if?
Mi Yang saw Chen Dao's worry, and he tried to comfort Chen Dao:
“Don’t worry, uncle.

Although Shi Bao and Deng Ai were young, they had their own plans.

Besides, my nephew is in Jiangling, so Yiyang cannot cause chaos."

"As to whether Li Yan will surrender to the Northern Wei.

Even if he wanted to, would the Northern Wei dare to accept it?"

When saying this, Mi Yang's tone revealed strong confidence.

Mi Yang's confidence sobered Chen Dao up a lot.

Only then did he realize that even though the young man in front of him kept calling him nephew, he was actually the Grand Marshal of this Han Dynasty, the General of Tiance!

Carrying Mi Yang's order, Shi Bao and Deng Ai assembled 500 elite cavalrymen and marched north to Xinye overnight.

With the help of the high mobility of the cavalry, Shi Bao and Deng Ai led their troops to the outside of Xinye City soon.

But after seeing the city wall of Xinye, Shi Bao and Deng Ai did not rush into the city.

Long before coming, the two of them had discussed privately how to bring Li Yan to Jiangling without any risk of failure.

With the intelligence of Shi Bao and Deng Ai, they quickly came up with a solution.

Shi Bao and Deng Ai first led their elite cavalry to the military camp outside Xinye City.

The general in charge of garrisoning the Xinye military camp was Li Yan's son Li Feng.

Li Feng immediately learned from the scouts that hundreds of elite cavalry had arrived outside the camp.

After Li Feng learned that the hundreds of elite cavalry were flying under the banner of Mi Yang's envoy, Li Feng hurriedly led all the generals in the camp to greet them outside the camp.

Not long after, the tightly closed camp gate slowly opened under the gazes of Shi Bao and Deng Ai.

Li Feng and other generals also appeared in front of Shi Bao and Deng Ai.

At this moment, Shi Bao and Deng Ai did not know Li Feng's identity, so they took the initiative to let Li Feng check their identities.

After Li Feng checked and confirmed everything, Shi Bao rode forward, holding Mi Yang's token and said to the generals below him:
"The Grand Marshal has issued an order, ordering former General Li Yan to go to Jiangling to report on his duties.

He also ordered General Deng Ai to temporarily take over the post of governor of Yiyang."

When Shi Bao said this, all the generals led by Li Feng were extremely shocked.

Although Shi Bao openly said that Li Yan should go to Jiangling to report on his work, if it was just a simple report, why would Mi Yang remove Li Yan from his post as prefect of Yiyang?

You must know that doing so would be equivalent to depriving Li Yan of his military power.

But the identities of Shi Bao and Deng Ai had been checked just now, and it was confirmed that they were indeed the messengers sent by Mi Yang.

So when the generals reacted from their shock, their first reaction was to quickly move away from Li Feng.

At the same time, many generals took the initiative to report Li Feng's identity as Li Yan's son, and showed their willingness to help the envoys capture Li Feng.

For a time, Li Feng was isolated by the Han generals who had originally obeyed his orders.

Watching this scene on the field, Li Feng's mouth was filled with a bitter smile.

He vaguely guessed the real purpose of Mi Yang's meeting Li Yan.

As Li Yan's son, he should have considered Li Yan's safety and well-being first.

After all, he holds the military power.

just
Li Feng turned around and looked at the generals who surrounded him. Are they holding the military power?
Maybe it was before, but now it's probably just a joke.

When Li Feng noticed that Shi Bao and Deng Ai were looking at him with increasingly strange eyes, he, as Li Yan's son, said something jaw-dropping.

"I am willing to personally lead the two messengers into the city to find the former general."

Shi Bao and Deng Ai:?!
Generals around:! ?
This son is not his biological son.

Li Yan, who was in Xinye City, soon learned the news of the arrival of Mi Yang's envoy.

When Li Yan first heard the news, he had a bad feeling.

Although Li Yan did not know the purpose of Mi Yang's visit at this time, Li Yan also knew that he had a bad reputation in Jingzhou.

Li Yan felt that Mi Yang might have sent an envoy to find him for those "unimportant" matters.

This made Li Yan feel nervous all of a sudden.

Mi Yang sent an envoy here, probably simply to inquire about those matters.

But if we think about the worst case scenario, wouldn't Mi Yang believe the slander and punish him?

Li Yan always likes to prepare for the worst, so he wanted to send someone to contact Li Feng as soon as possible.

But before Li Yan could send anyone to contact his son, one of his confidants stumbled in and reported:

"General, the young master is here!"

When Li Yan heard that it was his son who came, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

It seems that the years of training have paid off, this kid's ability to respond is quite good!

But the further report from his confidant made Li Yan feel as if he had been struck by lightning, and he stood there in a daze.

"Sir, the young master is very aggressive, and behind him is the messenger of the Grand Marshal!"

aggressive?

What does it mean to be aggressive?

Soon Li Yan understood what it meant to be aggressive.

Before Li Yan could react, the gate outside his room was kicked open by a huge force.

(End of this chapter)