On the second day of August, when the autumn flood in the Hanshui River Basin arrived, the various units of the Nanyang Army withdrew by boat to strengthen the Nanyang battlefield.

The Mid-Autumn Festival rain in Gangneung City was pouring like a scoop, and as Tian Xin expected, the new Nanjun county guard Li Yan came to take office.

It's not that Tian Xin can pinch and calculate, but after the qualifications and status are reached, there are only a few suitable candidates in his vision.

After Ma Liang and Li Yan checked the account books of the government treasury, the handover was completed.

It was dusk after all this, the rain had subsided slightly, and Li Yan was walking in the unfamiliar county guard's mansion, so he was familiar with this place.

His son Li Feng walked with him, and Li Yan's face was solemn: "Everyone advised me to visit the Guanhou Mansion tomorrow, and sent someone to Maicheng to deliver the post." There are many female dependents in the Guanhou Mansion, and I think it is inappropriate to worship rashly. And Maicheng is far away, I really have the heart to visit the prince's injury, and I am afraid of rumors and slander. ”

Li Feng chuckled: "Father is worried that the prince will not be seen behind closed doors?" ”

"Huh."

Li Yan laughed back, what happened when Tian Xin passed through Jiangling had been reported to the front line of the Eastern Expedition, and Wu Yi mobilized the crowd to greet him, but Tian Xin didn't see it; Ma Liang agreed to meet the next day, but Ma Liang almost didn't see him.

Wu Yi's face is lost, as long as Wu Yi still wants face, he will be farther and farther away from Tian Xin in the future.

After the decisive battle of Hankou, Tian Xin returned to the rear to recuperate from his wounds, and handed over the audit and declaration of military merits, as well as the distribution of captured materials to Li Yan.

Li Yan is also a little uncertain, he doesn't know if he has done things well or not, anyway, one thing is recognized, and he himself admits that his life was pulled back by Tian Xin.

The most important things in the decisive battle of Hankou were three things, one was the head of the enemy, one was the captured war horse, and the other was the captured armor and equipment.

The head of the enemy army is well distributed, and the total gain can be counted on Liu Bei's head, this is the emperor's personal recruitment, and it is Liu Bei who selects people and generals, and there is no problem with the total battle record hanging on Liu Bei's head.

The decisive battle of Hankou can also be calculated together with the decisive battle of Xiakou on the south bank and the water battle on the river, so the commander-in-chief of both sides of the strait is the general Guan Yu, and it is also appropriate for the victory of the decisive battle of Hankou to be counted on Guan Yu's head.

As the commander and chief general of the Hankou battlefield, it is reasonable for Tian Xin to get this meritorious service.

Therefore, no one can erase the meritorious achievements in the battle, and Li Yan can't control things at this level.

What he can manage is the review of the merits of middle and low-ranking military officers, and the distribution of captured materials.

After the lost war horses of the Yulin Knight and the Dangkou Knight were replenished, the excess was given to Tian Xin, and everyone had no objection to this.

The only thing in dispute was the captured armor, which lacked iron armor after the expansion of the Northern Army, but the Han army on the front line abandoned a lot of iron armor and urgently needed to replenish it.

The captured armor was barely enough for the front-line Han army to re-arm, and there was no surplus, so Tian Xin did not get a new share of the armor.

The key point is the armor supplement of the Nanyang soldiers, who are notoriously poor.

The 5,000-strong army of the county lieutenant Deng Fu had only one-tenth of the iron armor, and the other Tian Yu and Wenpin armies were all patchwork pieces of powerful troops, and in order to quickly evacuate from the south bank, they abandoned all the armor.

And the remnants of Li Yan and Huang Zhong also abandoned a lot of armor, did the captured armor leave a copy for the Northern Army, or supplement it to the Nanyang Army?

At that time, Li Yan impulsively drew out to supplement the various armies in Nanyang, after all, the armies in Nanyang had to quickly withdraw to participate in the defensive campaign, and they were in urgent need of armor.

This is an appropriate way of distribution, I thought that I could explain to Tian Xin with confidence, but the closer it was to Jiangling, Li Yan would inevitably be weak-hearted.

Who made himself a Nanyang person? To explain this problem, it is inherently a little untenable, and there is a suspicion of supporting the township party and winning the hearts of the people.

The armor was distributed to the various armies in Nanyang, even if this behavior was appropriate, it also violated the conventions and principles of the army's talents.

Liu Bei didn't intervene in this matter, Guan Yu didn't intervene either, and Li Yan took all the responsibility alone, so he had the hesitation now.

If Tian Xin doesn't give face, then the prestige of his army will suffer a serious blow, and the armies in Nanyang have taken the armor they have assigned, but who of these people can pull themselves?

Who allowed himself to violate the principles of the army and take the share of the northern army to do good deeds?

The military is a place of reasoning, and it cannot be reasonable.

For example, now, the armies in Nanyang have taken the armor given by Li Yan, but it is difficult for them to remember Li Yan's goodness, because this is a violation of principles.

But what did Li Yan do wrong?

No, there is no armor reserve in the entire Jingzhou, and the armies of Nanyang have withdrawn to Nanyang to participate in the war and must be rearmed.

Where is the solution, the source?

In Tian Xin, Tian Xin recognized Li Yan's operation, then everyone is good, Nanyang Army will thank Li Yan and thank Tian Xin.

But how can there be such a perfect thing in the world?

If Tian Xin approves it, isn't it equivalent to telling everyone that in line with the general righteousness and the overall situation, others can make decisions for Tian Xin and let Tian Xin suffer?

This is back to the original node, to put it simply, it is a matter of Tian Xin not giving Li Yan face.

Li Yan has a weak heart and doesn't feel that he has this face.

But it is reasonable to be reasonable, and it is necessary to visit Tian Xin in public and private, and he must send his face to the door and hand it over to Tian Xin to deal with.

Li Yan's thoughts changed quite quickly, for a while he wanted to go but didn't dare to go, and for a while he dared to go but didn't want to go.

Li Feng also weighed this problem for a long time and gave his opinion: "Father, visiting the prince is an official business. Moreover, the child heard that the prince valued people over things, and advocated making the best use of things. The father explained carefully, and with the wisdom of a prince, he was able to understand his father. ”

"Alas...... That's all there is to it. ”

Li Yan sighed for a long time, worried about meeting Tian Xin, and Li Feng could only appease.

At this time, cronies came to report: "Duke Ming, Nanyang Chen Xiaoqi came on the order of the prime minister." ”

"Where now?"

Li Yan sorted out his appearance and asked, Chen Zhen is a native of Nanyang, and he has the impression that he was in Wenshan County, how did he be recruited into the Prime Minister's Mansion and become Zhuge Liang's subordinate official?

Not long after, Li Yan met Chen Zhen in the living room, and Chen Zhen looked embarrassed: "I have something that I can't solve. ”

Li Yan was also curious: "What is it that makes Brother Xiaoqi so out of shape?" ”

"It has something to do with the Pavilion Marquis of Hugu."

Chen Zhen and Li Yan sat down, they already had a friendship, they sat at the same table, and said with sad eyes: "When the prime minister leaves Chengdu, send me to Jingzhou first." It is intended to communicate with the general, and he wants to recruit the Marquis of Hugu Pavilion as the Sima of the Prime Minister's Mansion,"

Li Yan suddenly smiled: "I'm afraid that Brother Xiaoqi will return empty-handed." ”

"Alas, that's exactly the case, it's entrusted by the prime minister."

Chen Zhen said and arched his hand to Liu Bei in the east: "Your Majesty has broken the Wei and Wu coalition forces since the Eastern Expedition, and annihilated its 50,000 or 60,000 people. Among them, Hugu Tinghou contributed a lot, and I also thought that the prime minister's actions were inappropriate. It's just that when he left Chengdu, he didn't know the success of the Eastern Crusade. This matter will make people laugh when it comes out, and I also ask Zhengfang to explain to Hugu Tinghou on my behalf to Zhou Xuan. ”

Zhuge Liang Zhengtian Xin is the Sima of the Prime Minister's Mansion, this Sima is not an ordinary military Sima, but the actual person in charge of selecting military officials and training the army for Zhuge Liangdian.

In the entire Prime Minister's Mansion, there is only one Prime Minister's Mansion Governor Shi who can be ranked with Sima in terms of status, and there is also a Prime Minister's Mansion Sizhi who is responsible for picketing discipline and can occasionally manage Sima's attendance, appearance, and integrity, and finally Zhuge Liang is left with a person in charge.

This position is very important, and it has real power in hand.

Coupled with the relationship with Guan Yu, if it is implemented, the final person who will sign the promotion of middle and low-level military officials in the whole army in the future will be Tian Xin.

But now Tian Xin has won a rare victory in Hankou, and it will be a little terrifying to be Sima of the Prime Minister's Mansion again.

Chen Zhen felt that it was inappropriate, but the official document had already been sent, and he had handled many links, and sooner or later it would be exposed.

If he resists the order, slacks off, and despises Prime Minister Lingwen, he is guilty, and he also offends Tian Xin.

So what to do?

Ma Liang had already proved that Tian Xin would not sell the face of Jingzhou scholars, so he had to come to Li Yan.