Zhang Wen's meeting with Sun Deng did not last long.

After a brief conversation with Sun Deng, Zhang Wen personally sent Sun Deng out of the room.

When Deng Zhi saw that Sun Deng was sent out, he willingly asked Sun Deng to be taken away.

Deng Zhi didn't care about what Zhang Wen and Sun Deng had just talked about.

The proton system was already very mature in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Deng Zhi, who is familiar with history books, knows that as long as Sun Deng is always optimistic, then even if there is any ulterior plan between Zhang Wen and Sun Deng, then the Han side will not have anything to lose.

Not long ago, Deng Zhi was appointed by Liu Bei as the assassin of Jingzhou instead of Ma Liang.

This is because Deng Zhi has the experience of envoys to Jiangdong, and compared with the current courtiers of the Han Dynasty, Deng Zhi is a person who knows Sun Quan quite well.

With such a person staying in Jingzhou to assist Zhang Fei, Liu Bei can also rest assured when he comes to the Northern Expedition.

After Deng Zhi, the newly appointed assassin of Jingzhou, ordered someone to send Sun Deng away, he wanted to bow to Zhang Wen and leave.

It's just that Deng Zhi was stopped by Zhang Wen before leaving.

"Wen is ordered by the Lord, and intends to go north to visit General Zuo soon."

Deng Zhi, who heard Zhang Wen's words, turned around almost instantly.

Zhang Wen wanted to make this matter clear to Liu Bei on today's high platform, but unfortunately Liu Bei did not give him this opportunity.

Whether it was Sun Quan or Zhang Wen, they never thought that they would go to Xinye to visit Mi Yang without hiding Liu Bei.

Because it's impossible to do that.

Since Zhang Wen had no time to mention this matter on the high platform today, Zhang Wen thought about taking this opportunity to ask Deng Zhi to help him convey the matter.

And after Deng Zhi learned that Zhang Wen still had this task, there was a lot of suspicion in his eyes.

He didn't doubt Mi Yang, he was suspicious of Sun Quan.

However, he does not have the right to decide on this matter, and Zhang Wen is only requesting, whether Zhang Wen can go to Xinye to visit Mi Yang smoothly depends on Liu Bei's decision.

Therefore, after Deng Zhi bowed slightly to Zhang Wen, he left the post house.

After leaving the post house, Deng Zhi came to Liu Bei's dormitory with the suspicion in his heart.

It was already night, and many people in Xiangyang City had already slept, but Liu Bei's dormitory was still brightly lit.

Liu Bei wanted to sort out all the government affairs in Jingzhou as much as possible before leaving, so that his third brother could take over Jingzhou without difficulty.

Liu Bei, who was dealing with government affairs, learned the news that Deng Zhi had something to ask for under the eunuch's report.

When he heard the news, Liu Bei put down the brush in his hand.

He knows Deng Zhi's personality, if it weren't for something important, he wouldn't be in such a hurry to ask for a meeting.

Liu Bei soon summoned Deng Zhi.

After Deng Zhi entered Liu Bei's dormitory, he informed Liu Bei of Zhang Wen's request.

And after Liu Bei heard that Zhang Wen had such intentions, some smiles appeared on his face.

"Sun Quan wants to repeat his old tricks?"

During the Jian'an period, when Guan Yu was guarding Jingzhou, Sun Quan also sent envoys to Guan Yu many times to show goodwill.

Even in an envoy, Sun Quan put forward a proposal to marry Guan Yu.

At that time, Guan Yu, who had an arrogant personality, faced Sun Quan's proposal, because he looked down on Sun Quan's personality, and directly scolded Sun Quan's envoy.

Later, this incident became one of the excuses for Sun Quan to attack Jingzhou.

Liu Bei knew these things, Guan Yu had never hidden these things from Liu Bei, and Guan Yu couldn't hide them.

It was precisely because he knew these things that when Liu Bei learned that Zhang Wen was ordered by Sun Quan to go north to visit Mi Yang, the first reaction in his mind was that Sun Quan wanted to repeat his old tricks.

Compared with Guan Yu, now Sun Quan sent an envoy to ask to see Mi Yang, which is a more sensitive matter.

Because the current Mi Yang is not the governor of Jingzhou.

Of course, this matter can also be understood as a normal meeting between "colleagues", mainly depending on how Liu Bei, the monarch, looks at it.

After Deng Zhi reported this incident, he had been secretly observing Liu Bei's expression.

He has been in officialdom for a long time, and he knows what is at stake for Mi Yang.

Deng Zhi and Mi Yang did not have a deep friendship in the past, but with Mi Yang's past performance, Deng Zhi's sense of Mi Yang is still good.

In this case, Deng Zhi wanted to solve this troublesome matter for Mi Yang.

Deng Zhi took the initiative to bow to Liu Bei and said: "Your Majesty, Sun Quan has always been ambitious and is really a foreign vassal, and the minister thinks that Zhang Wen's request should be vetoed." ”

Deng Zhi felt that if he wanted Mi Yang to avoid this trouble, then the best way was to let Zhang Wen go back and forth from where.

Seeing Deng Zhi take the initiative to make a suggestion to him, a smile appeared on Liu Bei's face.

"Deng Qing is a sincere gentleman."

can take the initiative to solve problems for colleagues, what else can you be if you are not a gentleman.

After Liu Bei praised Deng Zhi, he did not agree with Deng Zhi's suggestion.

On the contrary, Liu Bei said to Deng Zhi: "Send someone to inform Zhang Wen that what he asked me to accept." ”

Hearing that Liu Bei's decision was this, a look of surprise appeared on Deng Zhi's face.

He didn't think that if he could see the problem, Liu Bei wouldn't be able to see it.

However, after Liu Bei saw some of Sun Quan's intentions, he still planned to let Zhang Wen go, which made Deng Zhi a little puzzled.

However, although Deng Zhi was puzzled, he knew where the degree of being a minister was.

Mi Yang's friendship with him has not yet reached the point where he will speak to Liu Bei again.

So after he heard Liu Bei's order, he slowly retreated and ordered someone to pass the order.

After Deng Zhi left, Liu Bei looked at the empty hall he was in, and he suddenly felt a little cold.

It's cold in the heights.

Maybe Guan Yu would have felt this way when he was dealing with government affairs in this hall.

The incomprehension on Deng Zhi's face before leaving, he naturally saw it.

Liu Bei knew what Deng Zhi didn't understand.

But he has his own considerations.

Whether it is based on Mi Yang's past performance or his identity, Liu Bei trusts Mi Yang.

However, his trust in Mi Yang does not mean that Sun Quan sent an envoy to meet Mi Yang, and it will not cause gossip from others.

Just like what Guan Yu faced back then.

And the four words of human words are terrifying, no matter who they are used for, they are applicable.

Originally, he could use his power to resolve this matter well for Mi Yang, but he couldn't do that.

Because sooner or later, Mi Yang will be like Guan Yu back then, sitting in this hall and in charge of the military administration of a state.

Then Mi Yang will experience some things sooner or later.

In this case, it is better to let Mi Yang experience these things early while he is still there.

In this way, even if Mi Yang has something bad when dealing with it, he can also give targeted guidance to Mi Yang, and even help him heal the bad influence in the later stage.

This is the best way to train a person.

Thinking of this, the corners of Liu Bei's mouth showed some smiles, and he was a little looking forward to how Mi Yang would react after knowing about this.

Do you scold him like the second brother, or do you choose to avoid it?

...

At the end of March of the second year of Han Zhangwu, Xinye City.

Yiyang Taishou Li Yan has finally arrived.

But when Li Yan arrived outside Xinye City, his behavior made Mi Yang a little dumbfounded.

Previously, Li Yan served as Qianwei Taishou, and Qianwei County is located in the hinterland of Yizhou, thousands of miles away from Yiyang County, so it is understandable that Mi Yang arrived so late for Li Yan.

But what Mi Yang didn't expect was that Li Yan, who went to the post, just carried a group of family members and servants with him, and he also brought all the family wealth and materials in Yizhou to Yiyang County.

Truckloads of supplies were like a long line, crowding the official road outside Xinye City.

Looking at the truckload of supplies, Mi Yang felt that the reason why Li Yan went to work so late had a lot to do with the transportation of these family assets.

It can be seen from Li Yan's style that he is a person who pays great attention to personal enjoyment.

Thinking of Li Yan's behavior in the later part of history, Mi Yang felt that it was not strange.

However, these are only Li Yan's personal problems, and they do not conflict with his political and military capabilities.

Although there are a lot of talents in the Han Dynasty now, if you want to find a person whose ability and conduct are close to perfection, there is almost no one except Zhuge Liang.

Moreover, focusing on personal enjoyment cannot be said to be a loss of virtue.

However, although Mi Yang did not say anything about Li Yan's approach, the moment Li Yan saw Mi Yang, there was still some embarrassment on his face.

It's just that Li Yan didn't feel embarrassed that his style of personal enjoyment was discovered by Mi Yang, he was worried that Mi Yang felt that he deliberately came late to enjoy it.

After all, he didn't have a day, and all the important military and political affairs in Yiyang County in the early stage were handled by Mi Yang.

Li Yan's personality is very arrogant.

He once had a dispute with Yang Hong, the county official who had an opposing attitude, because of the relocation of the county magistrate's residence, and there was quite contempt between his words, and Yang Hong took the initiative to resign and retire in a fit of anger.

Moreover, when he was in Yizhou, the age and status of the Protector Fu Kuang were about the same as Li Yan, but Li Yan was reluctant to take the initiative to associate with them.

However, Li Yan's arrogant personality is different from Wei Yan's, Li Yan will look at people arrogantly.

For Mi Yang, whose combat exploits and grades are above him, Li Yan will not have any arrogant thoughts about him, on the contrary, Li Yan still wants to make friends with Mi Yang.

He had taken the initiative to ask for rewards for Mi Yang in front of Liu Bei many times before.

Under this thought in his heart, Li Yan thought about contributing a few truckloads of materials to Mi Yang.

But Li Yan's idea was politely rejected by Mi Yang.

Although the truckloads of materials contributed by Li Yan were quite good, they were not enough to make Mi Yang excited.

Besides, Li Yan's desire to befriend him was almost written on his face.

And although Mi Yang recommended Li Yan to become the Taishou of Yiyang, he didn't want to have a deep relationship with Li Yan.

Mi Yang's refusal made Li Yan a little confused about Mi Yang's thoughts.

But Li Yan didn't think much about it, after he took over the official seal of Yiyang Taishou in Mi Yang's hands, he began to arrange the defense of Yiyang County.

During the previous period when Mi Yang served as the Taishou of Yiyang, because there were soldiers and horses in the headquarters, Mi Yang's military arrangements for Yiyang County as a whole presented a pattern of defense and attack.

However, Li Yan knew that Mi Yang would have to lead the army to leave sooner or later.

Therefore, he had to re-plan what the specific defense of Yiyang County would be after Mi Yang's headquarters troops and horses left.

When Li Yan adjusted the defense of Yiyang County, he did not shy away from Mi Yang.

And Mi Yang looked at the series of adjustments made by Li Yan, even if he was in his heart, he couldn't look down on Li Yan.

One thing to say, Li Yan's military ability is not bad.

It can be seen from Li Yanshang's defense arrangements that although he does not have many troops in his hands, under his coordination and arrangement, there are certain soldiers and horses stationed in important places in Yiyang County.

And each county can support each other to a certain extent.

Such a defensive pattern may not be able to completely resist the attack of the Wei army, but it can put Yiyang County in an active defensive posture to the greatest extent.

And as long as this situation always exists, even if the Wei army attacks in the future, then it can give Zhang Fei in the rear enough time to mobilize troops to support.

It is no wonder that Li Yanneng was appointed by Liu Bei as one of the ministers of Tuogu in history, and his ability to defend is indeed very suitable for stabilizing the situation in Ji and Han during that period.

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However, after Li Yan arrived, Mi Yang also began to arrange the return to Yibei.

But just when Mi Yang was arranging everything and preparing to return to Yibei at any time, Ding Feng found him with a message he had just gotten.

When Ding Feng saw Mi Yang, he had some strange looks on his face.

Mi Yang didn't understand the meaning of Ding Feng's expression at first.

But after reading the information in Ding Feng's hands, he understood everything.

Sun Quan's joke is that he wants to take the initiative to send an envoy to visit him?

He's not too idle.

Moreover, the mission headed by Zhang Wen has now entered the scope of Yiyang County.

When he learned the news, Mi Yang couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.

It's just that in front of Ding's cover, he didn't show these doubts.

He asked Ding Feng to step back first, and then he began to think about it carefully.

Mi Yang was not a person without political common sense, and on the surface, it seemed that Sun Quan had no problem sending an envoy to visit him in the name of Taiwei.

But the point is that Sun Quan is nominally his "colleague", but in fact he is an enemy with whom he has a deep hatred.

In this capacity, Sun Quan took the initiative to send an envoy to visit him, and his actions were very intriguing.

Of course, Mi Yang also knew that Sun Quan would take the initiative to send an envoy to visit him, and he must have come to pass.

But that's the point.

Since they are enemies, how can they suddenly be reconciled?

Even if it is good, you should find Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, and find him a governor of Yibei.

Under the doubts in his heart, Mi Yang, who is on the safe side, intends to take a way of avoiding it.

But when Mi Yang's thoughts were known to Guan Yan, Guan Yan said to him:

"The situation that my husband is facing now is similar to that of my father."

At that time, everyone in the world knew that Sun Quan sent an envoy for the sake of goodness, and if his father accepted it, it would make Jingzhou relax his vigilance against Jiangdong.

If his father does not accept Sun Quan's goodwill, he will give Sun Quan a certain truth.

No matter what his father did back then, it was always beneficial to Sun Quan, and it was Sun Quan's always practice to sacrifice face for real gain.

Now Sun Quan is doing the same trick again, I am afraid that he wants to find an excuse for the future, or he wants to eliminate a major disaster for Jiangdong in the future. ”