Zhuge Liang's work efficiency was extremely fast, and after he left the palace, he immediately drafted an edict for Liu Bei, the son of heaven, as prime minister, to reprimand Mi Yang.

After writing the paperwork, Zhuge Liang originally wanted to send the waiter Dong Yun to Nanzheng.

After all, most of the envoys sent by the imperial court to meet Mi Yang in the past were Dong Yun, and Dong Yun was familiar with the matter of sending envoys to Mi Yang.

It's just that Zhuge Liang thought about it, and now Mi Yang is already a shepherd, and Dong Yun is a close minister of the Son of Heaven in the palace.

As both of them are sensitive to each other, they can't always send Dong Yun as an envoy to Mi Yang.

After considering this, Zhuge Liang asked Ma Jian to be summoned.

Ma Tan was summoned by Zhuge Liang and soon came to him.

And after Ma Jian arrived, Zhuge Liang handed over the document with the seal in his hand to Ma Yan's hands.

Zhuge Liang's sudden move already made Ma Jian a little puzzled.

And the next sentence of Zhuge Liang made Ma Jian feel even more surprised.

"This is His Majesty's reprimand edict to Liang Zhoumu, you have just become a scholar, and you have not yet taken credit.

Now I intend for you to go and deliver this edict to the hands of Liang Zhoumu. ”

The first half of Zhuge Liang's sentence explained why there were so many Shangshutai, but he only chose Ma Jian to complete this task.

This is Zhuge Liang paving the way for Ma Tan's future.

For Zhuge Liang's thoughts, Ma Jian is still very grateful in his heart.

The prime minister has always valued him very much.

But the second half of Zhuge Liang's sentence made Ma Jian a little worried.

It was an honor to be the messenger of the Son of Heaven and rebuke his subordinates on behalf of the Son of Heaven.

But it also depends on the identity of the reprimanded courtier.

General Zuo, Champion Hou, Liang Zhou Mu, and Don't mention the deep background behind Mi Yang.

Just any of his three identities are definitely something that the current Ma Jian can't provoke.

Although Ma Jian didn't know why Liu Bei suddenly issued an edict to reprimand Mi Yang, Ma Jian was just a smart person, but he knew that if this matter was not handled well, it would likely become a big trouble.

It's just that even though he was worried in his heart, in the face of Zhuge Liang's appointment, Ma Jian couldn't refuse.

What Zhuge Liang needs is a subordinate who can share his worries, not a close minister who shirks the blame.

After realizing this, Ma Yan, who had weighed the interests in his heart, did not show abnormality on the surface.

After receiving the document from the clerk's hand, he respectfully bowed to Zhuge Liang and said, "The minister will live up to the high expectations of the prime minister." ”

Seeing that Ma Tan was willing to take on this task, Zhuge Liang nodded lightly with satisfaction.

He specially asked Ma Jian to be the envoy to Liangzhou, on the one hand, he wanted Ma Jian to go out to practice, and he also had an idea in his heart.

Among the young and handsome men of the current Han Dynasty, Mi Yang is the champion.

He Zhuge Liang recruited apprentices, so he naturally wanted to recruit the best.

In addition to Mi Yang, Ma Jian and Guan Xing are also his highly valued rising stars.

It's a pity that Guan Xing is sick and afraid that the days will not last forever, so he attached great importance to Ma Jian in the past.

For Ma Tan and Mi Yang, Zhuge Liang's personal emotions are now more inclined to Mi Yang.

It's just that in Zhuge Liang's opinion, Ma Tan and Mi Yang are both young and handsome men of the Han Dynasty, and after a few years, they will eventually assist the Han family together.

In this case, it is better to take this opportunity to let Ma Jian and Mi Yang contact in advance.

Anyway, the edict he asked Ma Tan to send to Liangzhou was nominally Liu Bei reprimanding Mi Yang.

In fact, it is better to say that it is Liu Bei's praise for Mi Yang, which can also invisibly pull in the relationship between Ma Tan and Mi Yang.

Zhuge Liang thought very well, but he ignored one point, that is, Ma Jian didn't know the specific content of the document yet.

So his mood is apprehensive now.

Of course, it can't be said that this is Zhuge Liang's negligence.

It's just that he couldn't imagine that Ma Yan, who was "dedicated to the public" in the past, would have doubts about retreating in his heart before he arrived in Liangzhou.

After responding to the task given to him by Zhuge Liang, Ma Jian slowly withdrew from the hall.

After exiting the hall, Ma Jian looked at the sunset, and he couldn't help but sigh deeply.

I only hope that Mi Mu is really as rumored to be, with the wind of His Majesty.

...

On the second day, under Zhuge Liang's arrangement, many riding messengers went to various parts of Yizhou with the proclamation of the Son of Heaven reprimanding Liang Zhoumu.

They set out with Ma Yan, who was full of worries.

According to the etiquette system, even if he is a messenger of the Son of Heaven, he cannot open the edict in advance and watch it without authorization before arriving at the destination.

After arriving at the destination, Mi Yang will check the wax seal.

So when the night passed, the doubts in Ma Tan's heart not only did not decrease, but became deeper and deeper anyway.

It's just that no matter how deep the doubts in his heart are, Ma Jian knows that when he takes over that task, the only way he can go north is to go.

It was the spring and summer flood season, with the help of convenient water transportation, the dozens of people led by Ma Tan soon came to the outside of Nanzheng City.

And when Ma Tan came outside the city of Nanzheng, he was frightened by what he saw.

I saw that on the head of the city of Nanzheng, there were many heads that had been dried.

Looking at the many heads with terrifying deaths, Ma Jian estimated in his heart that there were probably nearly 100 heads hanging high!

Ma Tan was born in a famous family, and since he was a child, he had brothers to shelter him from the wind and rain, and when he grew up, he was respected by Zhuge Liang and held important positions.

He had never experienced a battlefield battle, but where had he ever seen such a terrifying scene.

Almost the first time he saw this scene, Ma Jian asked Fa Miao on the side in a suspicious tone: "Why is this?" ”

The day before Ma Tan arrived, Mi Yang in Nanzheng City learned the news in advance.

Therefore, he specially sent Famiao to meet Ma Jian at the gate of the city today.

Seeing Ma Tan pointing to the nearly 100 hanging heads in a suspicious tone and asking, Fa Miao didn't think there was any fuss about it.

Different from Ma Yan, although Fa Miao was also from a famous family, he followed Fa Zheng to participate in the war.

And that war was still an extremely fierce battle in Hanzhong.

With this kind of past, Fa Miao's psychological quality is much better than Ma Yan's.

What's more, the nearly 100 rebels were personally imprisoned by him some time ago.

Fa Miao said in an uncaring tone: "Not long ago, some officers outside Nanzheng City had turmoil because of corruption.

After the turmoil was quelled by the shepherd, the shepherd, in order to strictly enforce the law, sentenced them to abandon the city.

Later, he ordered the heads of these criminals to be hung on the city wall as a warning. ”

When Fa Miao said the inner reason, although Ma Yan's face showed a look of enlightenment, he just read the scriptures and classics since he was a child, but he still couldn't help but let out a sigh.

Ma Tan wanted to say something, but when he thought of his task, he consciously swallowed what he wanted to say.

Fa Miao saw that Ma Tan's face was suspicious, and he looked a little stumped, and he didn't know what was going on in this envoy's head for a while.

In Yizhou, because of Zhuge Liang's attention, Ma Tan's reputation is very wide.

Fa Miao had naturally heard of Ma Yan's reputation before.

However, after today's specific contact, Fa Miao felt that Ma Yan, who had a good reputation in his impression in the past, was not such a perfect person.

It's just that Fa Miao didn't think much about this, maybe Ma Jian didn't adapt to the soil?

After receiving Ma Yan, Fa Miao immediately proposed to take Ma Jian to see Mi Yang immediately.

And Ma Yan, who had long wanted to complete the task and return to Chengdu as soon as possible, of course he would not refuse Fa Miao's proposal.

So under the leadership of Fa Miao, Ma Tan and his party quickly entered Nanzheng City.

After Ma Tan entered Nancheng City, the scene inside the city quickly attracted his attention.

Nanzheng, as the seat of Hanzhong County and now Liangzhou, must be a big city according to the scale.

Although the population of Hanzhong was relocated by Cao Cao before, after several years of recuperation and continuous migration of displaced people from Yizhou, it is difficult to say that the other counties in Hanzhong County have long been restored to the county of ten thousand households.

The larger the scale of the city in the world, the greater the population of the city, which means that the economy of the city is more prosperous.

But in the same way, because there was no very scientific and coordinated management method in the world, the more prosperous the city, the more chaotic it would be.

Factors such as human congestion, illegal construction of houses, and unreasonable division of the city are all important reasons for clutter.

This point is best understood by Ma Yan, who has experienced Ren Mianzhu and Chengdu County Order.

However, when he entered Nanzheng City, he found that at least in Nanzheng City, although the place where his eyes could not be seen in order at present, it was definitely not chaotic.

Pedestrians in the city and street vendors in the city are basically moving around in their respective areas.

Even as he went deeper and deeper into Zhengcheng in the south, Ma Jian also found that some county soldiers were demolishing some high walls.

And he also saw that next to the county soldiers who demolished the high wall, there were also many private soldiers of the wealthy family.

However, although the number of private soldiers was greater than the county soldiers who demolished the wall, those private soldiers could only watch silently.

Many of those high walls belong to wealthy families, of course, it doesn't matter who owns those high walls, the important thing is that they are in the way.

The high walls built in the barricades were a means for the wealthy families in the city to enclose themselves and a way for them to show their identity.

Not only do they make the streets crowded, but they also create a big problem.

For a city, the streets are its lifeline.

When there is an invasion of foreign enemies, the streets can send a steady stream of defenders from inside the city to the walls of all sides.

And when a certain city wall is in trouble, as long as the streets in the city are kept clear, it is very convenient to draw reinforcements from other city walls.

The high walls that can be built to block the streets of the wealthy families have undoubtedly become the cancer in these major arteries, and this cancer can not only satisfy their selfish desires, but it will not benefit the country or the city at all.

These hidden dangers were not unknown to Ma Tan in the past, but because Chengdu and Mianzhu are both big counties, and the wealthy families entrenched in them are powerful.

Therefore, when Ma Tan wanted to solve this hidden danger in the past, he always gave up his efforts for various reasons.

Since taking charge of the county government, his county soldiers have not to mention tearing down those illegal high walls, even when they want to perform official duties, they will have to make a detour because of the obstruction of many illegal high walls in the city.

So when Ma Tan entered Nanzheng City and saw this scene that he wanted to do but couldn't do in the past, the feeling in his heart would be deeper than ordinary people.

Ma Tan knew how much resistance Mi Yang encountered to do this, but at the same time, he also felt how strong Mi Yang's authority was now in Nanzhengzhong.

It is the face of the wealthy family that is demolished.

It is the interests of the public that are protected.

After seeing this scene, Ma Jian turned his head and pointed to the private soldiers of the wealthy clan who were helplessly watching, and said excitedly to Fa Miao, who was riding a horse half behind him:

"Liangzhou, Zhenzhou Muya!"

Ma Yan's words sounded a little confusing at first.

It's just that in the world, there are really false Taishou and false state pastors.

And the reason for this phenomenon is nothing more than those local wealthy families.

Fa Miao felt the excitement in Ma Yan's words, and a smile appeared on his face.

During this period of time, Mi Yang used nearly 100 bloody human heads, which greatly shocked the people in Nanzheng City.

Especially when Wu Yi is closed, there is no one in Mi Yang's hands who can contain and restrain him.

No matter what the wealthy families in Nanzheng City thought, at least they were extremely obedient to Mi Yang's orders on the surface.

And I don't know when, there is a saying in the city that gradually spreads, that is, Mi Yang is compared to the "summer sun" of the world. ”

Who wouldn't be afraid of the scorching sun?

However, although a smile appeared on Fa Miao's face, he didn't say anything.

He just continued to lead Ma Jian towards the governor's mansion.

Soon after, Fa Miao brought Ma Jian to Mi Yang in the state governor's mansion.

In the face of the arrival of the messenger of the Son of Heaven, although he knew in advance that it was Ma Tan, the god of war in the street pavilion, Mi Yang still gave full respect.

When Ma Tan arrived, Mi Yang had already asked people to set up eucalyptus in the main hall.

Due to Mi Yang's advance preparation, Ma Tan could read Liu Bei's edict as soon as possible.

However, before the official reading, Ma Yan reminded Mi Yang in advance out of doubts in his heart: "This is Your Majesty's reprimand edict. ”

Mi Yang led a group of important ministers in Liangzhou to welcome Liu Bei's edict.

So when Ma Yan's words fell into the ears of Mi Yang and his ministers, their faces were puzzled.

Especially Mi Yang.

He didn't understand that he had taken Wu Yi's military power, did it really cause Liu Bei's dissatisfaction?

Seeing that Mi Yang and all the ministers behind him all changed their faces because of these words, Ma Yan's heart was even more worried.

Under the apprehension, Ma Jian quickly removed the wax seal in front of everyone and took out the edict from Liu Bei to Mi Yang.

When the edict was unfolded and saw the contents, a big stone in Ma Yan's heart was completely put down.

Only then did he fully understand the true intention of Zhuge Liang to send him.

He is intelligent, and of course he can understand the true meaning of the content of the edict.

The apprehension in Ma Tan's heart disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by a cheerful mood.

After a long sigh of relief, Ma Jian quickly read out the contents of Liu Bei's edict in front of everyone.

And after Mi Yang and the ministers listened to the contents of the edict, the puzzled look on their faces disappeared instantly.

Where is this edict of reprimand, it is clearly Liu Bei's edict to support Mi Yang!

After realizing this, everyone admired Liu Bei's wisdom in their hearts.

And looking at the joy on the faces of Mi Yang, Ma Yan's mood became more and more relaxed.

Under the relaxation of his mood, Ma Jian remembered what he wanted to say when he was outside the city.

He saw that Mi Yang was in a good mood now, and he felt that Mi Yang was indeed worthy of his reputation, so he reminded him in public:

"Liangzhou is barren, the people are fierce, and the ambitious people have no fear and will not accept it for a long time.

Although the shepherd is broken today, tomorrow I am afraid that it will be reversed. Now Mu Bo sits in the north of Xinjiang to shake the northern thief, and the first move should be to stabilize people's hearts.

Now the shepherd has killed all the sinful ministers to get rid of the troubles, which is not the way of the benevolent, how can he get his wish?

The way of governing the government is the same as the way of using soldiers, the service is the top, the body is destroyed, and the stealing is worried for the shepherd. ”

After listening to Ma Yan's reminder, Mi Yang had not yet reacted, but most of the important ministers behind him had a thought in their hearts.

Where does this nerd come from?