Why did Meng Da seem so excited after hearing the word Sima in the General's Mansion?

It's because these two words represent an unusual kind of power.

On the surface, Sima is the title of a middle- and lower-ranking officer in the army, and if it were not for a specially appointed Sima, then Sima would often rank no more than 400 stones.

Judging from the rank alone, Meng Da, who is now the Taishou of Hanxing and General Yingyang, should look down on this military position.

However, the official position of the Han Dynasty had a very distinctive feature, that is, the separation of power and rank, more directly, it was to emphasize real power and ignore grade.

And in the more than 400 years of history of the Han Dynasty, what kind of power is the greatest for a minister?

It is undoubtedly the power of the auxiliary government.

The auxiliary ministers of the Han Dynasty had the power to depose the Son of Heaven!

In order to become an auxiliary minister, the most basic and important element is to have the power to open the government and govern affairs.

The power to open the government is equivalent to a minister who can form his own team with the righteousness of the Han family.

Even in the later stage of development, as long as the auxiliary minister is clever enough and his prestige is high enough, he can completely make his overlord become the new central court of the Han Dynasty.

This is the case with Zhuge Liang in history.

In the history books, it is recorded that during the period of Zhuge Liang's auxiliary government, the power center of Ji Han is described as follows-the palace and the palace are all one.

In the early days of Jian'an, Cao Cao also had this power.

It is precisely because of this power in his hands that Cao Cao was able to control the government of the Han Dynasty so justifiably in the future, and laid a solid foundation for his later generation of the Han Dynasty.

But there is still a gap between Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang.

After Cao Cao took control of the Han dynasty, he either followed his inner desires or was coerced by his own interest groups, and he finally became the most despisable person in his youth.

But Zhuge Liang has always maintained his original intention and abided by the courtiers all his life, which has become a good story for the ages.

Human nature is selfish, and Cao Cao's behavior also has an understanding perspective from the perspective of human nature.

But Zhuge Liang's behavior is enough to make people worship and admire.

This is also the biggest reason why he has been passed down through the ages and admired by countless people in later generations.

Anyway, no matter how different Zhuge Liang and Cao Cao's choices are, it is enough to see from their examples that once Mi Yang becomes an official general, with the blessing of the opening of the mansion, his personal power in the Han Dynasty will reach a new peak.

And the power to open the government can not only benefit Mi Yang immensely, but even more so for their subordinates.

Because no matter how powerful the power is, someone needs to execute it for Mi Yang.

This part of the people can only be the people in the Miyang Mansion.

Among the official positions in the overlord's house, Sima is an inconspicuous but extremely important position.

Sima can share the military power of Mi Yang to a certain extent.

Becoming a member of the overlord can be said to be the greatest ambition in the hearts of every ordinary Hanchen.

In history, Xiang Lang was the long history of Zhuge Liang's mansion, and later because Xiang Lang shielded Ma Yan, Zhuge Liang dismissed Xiang Lang in anger.

A few years later, Liu Chan looked at Zhuge Liang's face and appointed Xiang Lang as Guangluxun.

Guangluxun is one of the nine qing, and Xiang Lang's previous position in the long history is simply different from the status of the cloud.

But after Xiang Lang was awarded the title of Guangluxun, he was often depressed, and finally died of grief because of this.

The reason is that when Xiang Lang was the governor of Zhuge Liang's mansion, the power in his hands was almost equal to that of the deputy prime minister of the Han Dynasty.

But after Xiang Lang was "promoted" to Guangluxun, all these phenomena disappeared.

From Xiang Lang's example, it can be seen that whether he is a minister of the overlord or not, how important it is to ordinary Hanchen.

To put it mildly, it is simply a qualitative sublimation.

Meng Da is a man of the world, and of course he knows how much it will benefit him to be able to become Sima among the ministers of the overlord.

And this benefit is absolutely irresistible to anyone who likes power.

Under this temptation, let alone let Meng Da go deep into the tiger's den, even if he changed his surname to "Mi", it is not unacceptable.

And after Meng Da became a "loyal minister" in seconds, Mi Yang smiled and asked Meng Da to step back and prepare first.

But after Meng Da retreated, Mi Yang found that Fa Miao and Zhou Tai were looking at him with eager, no, extremely enthusiastic eyes.

The eyes of the two seemed to say - if they can become the ministers of the overlord, they can also go to help the wind!

Among them, Fa Miao's gaze is a little more enthusiastic than that of Zhou Tai, because the Fufeng Fa clan is also a local nobleman.

After reading the minds of the two henchmen, Mi Yang couldn't help laughing.

Yes, everyone in the world is mortal, how can they not be tempted by fame and power?

But Mi Yang didn't promise the two henchmen anything, and after talking about some matters about sending troops tomorrow, Mi Yang watched Fa Miao and Zhou Tai leave with a lonely face.

For this point, Mi Yang didn't mean to hang the appetite of Fa Miao and Zhou Tai.

In fact, as he said, he did not have a clear plan in his mind about the belonging of the ministers of the Yiying Hegemony.

Since there is no clear case, it cannot be promised prematurely without a reason.

But after coming to the Northern Expedition, this matter will also be put on the agenda.

And once Miyang's hegemony is formally established, then the huge interest groups that represent Miyang will be formally formed.

In this way, after Liu Bei's death, in addition to Zhuge Liang, who also has the right to open the government and govern affairs, who else can check and balance Mi Yang?

Even with Mi Yang's prestige in the army, and Mi Yang's youth, this balance will slowly weaken over time and eventually disappear.

When that day came.

Mi Yang suddenly thought about Zhuge Liang a little.

Thinking about it, Zhuge Liang must have full regret in his heart that he could not participate in this Northern Expedition.

He had to write a letter to Zhuge Liang to inform him of his happiness.

After writing the letter, Mi Yang ordered someone to send the letter in his hand to Chengdu as soon as possible.

Looking at the back of the messenger leaving, a wistful smile appeared on the corner of Mi Yang's mouth.

What about that day?

It is good to follow the example of your teacher.

Adapting to the times and being ungrateful have always been two different things.

On the second day, Meng Da happily packed his bags and took some of his relatives along the shortcut road to Fufeng.

Because Meng Da set off too early, Mi Yang didn't even know about it after he got up.

But this does not affect Mi Yang's next actions.

After replenishing the grain and grass in Baozhong, Mi Yang issued an order for the whole army to continue to set off on the same day.

Soon after Mi Yang led his army into the Bao Slope Road, the Wei army arranged spies in advance in the Bao Slope Road and noticed signs of a large number of Han troops.

And when the Wei scouts saw the military flag of the Han army flying high in the Han army, he was immediately so frightened that he almost rolled down the hillside.

After finally stabilizing their figures, the Wei scouts returned to Chang'an at the fastest speed in their lives.

However, a few days later, the Wei army scouts returned to Chang'an City with a face of vicissitudes of life.

With such a fast speed, I don't know if the Wei army scouts were eager to reciprocate, or if he was purely afraid of Mi Yang's arrival.

The return of the Wei scouts also brought a major earthquake to the huge city of Chang'an.

I'm going to die! Mi Yang is really here!

This news was like a thunderstorm, quickly sweeping the entire Chang'an City.

And when the Wei generals in Chang'an City learned the news, their throats and eyes were about to jump out.

Because most of the Wei generals in Chang'an City were the same people who were fortunate enough to escape from outside Nanzheng City before.

In terms of who is the most afraid of Mi Yang in the current Great Wei, is there a second choice besides them?

The flood that day was like the most indelible nightmare in this life, always invading their hearts.

The young general who looked up to the sky and laughed on Nan Zhengcheng's head that day was like a god who could attract the power of heaven and earth, making them unconsciously want to worship every time they thought of it.

Under the extreme panic in their hearts, many Wei generals gathered in the general's mansion in Chang'an City to find Cao Zhen to discuss countermeasures.

Cao Zhen was also fortunate enough to escape back to Chang'an City not long ago.

And after learning the news that Cao Zhen was still alive, Cao Pi finally had a little comfort in his heart.

Not only did he not severely punish the defeated Cao Zhen, but he also issued an edict to make Cao Zhen guilty and meritorious service, and was responsible for sitting in Chang'an to resist the upcoming Han army.

But although Cao Pi did not severely punish Cao Zhen, after Cao Zhen returned to Chang'an, he still vomited blood because of the hatred in his heart.

I vomited a lot.

But or after castration, Cao Zhen's physical condition has undergone some changes.

Perhaps because he didn't want to disappoint Cao Pi, let alone let the Great Wei Dynasty overthrow, Cao Zhen finally took over the burden of becoming the governor of Guanzhong.

Not long ago, Mi Yang's handwritten Northern Expedition text has spread throughout Guanzhong.

In this case, everyone in the world knows that Mi Yang will personally lead the army to conquer Guanzhong in the near future.

For this fact, Cao Zhen also made a lot of arrangements in advance in Chang'an.

But it's right to be prepared, when he learned that Mi Yang really sent troops, Cao Zhen's anxiety was no less than that of the generals who came to look for him.

Cao Zhen looked at the generals who were in a hurry in front of him, and he wanted to reprimand them to stabilize their minds, but he couldn't say anything like this.

That's Mi Yang!

The advantage was beaten into that ghost in his hand, and now that the disadvantage was obviously on the side of the Wei army, what was the use of his pale scolding?

Cao Zhen could only sigh helplessly in the end.

He had to take his time.

After a long time, Cao Zhen, who was able to stabilize his mind, said to the generals in front of him:

"The thieves are coming to invade my Chang'an this time, and they are bound to win."

"The most important thing for our army at the moment is to send troops to block the way of the thieves out of the slope.

Otherwise, if the thief is allowed to lead the army into Guanzhong smoothly, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Although the fiasco of the first battle of Liangzhou made Cao Zhenzhen unstable, he was a famous general in the world after all.

It's not hard to make a basic correct judgment quickly.

Long before the Northern Expedition of the Han Army, Cao Zhen discussed with several henchmen where the main goal of the Northern Expedition of the Han Army would be when they came to Japan.

However, due to Mi Yang's tactics have always been changeable, in the end of the discussion, Cao Zhen and several henchmen still did not come up with a definite answer.

However, because of the importance of Chang'an, the speculation that the Han army would mainly attack Chang'an was one of the most mainstream speculations in the Wei army before.

Now that it is known from the scouts that the Han army appeared in the Bao Slope Road, this suspicion has obviously been confirmed.

But this is definitely not good news for Cao Zhen.

Because the general of the Han army is Mi Yang, not Liu Bei, who was guessed by many people before.

It seems that in the end, in order to take into account the overall situation, Liu Bei still made the choice of sitting in Nanzheng and sending Mi Yang to personally expedition to the north.

And as Cao Zhen said, if Mi Yang personally commanded the troops, out of the lessons he had received before, he would have to be careful when fighting against him.

Although Chang'an is one of the top three fortified cities today, Cao Zhen felt that it was most appropriate to send troops to stop Mi Yang's army directly outside the Bao Slope Road.

After all, Cao Zhen was worried that once Mi Yang led the army into Guanzhong without hindrance, he would come up with something to do.

Outside Chang'an City, there is Weishui!

But after Cao Zhen's words fell for a long time, none of the many Wei generals present responded to Cao Zhen in time.

None of the Wei generals present were fools.

Cao Zhen's words obviously hoped that someone would recommend himself and lead the army to consolidate the camp outside the Baochuan Road and prevent Mi Yang from leading the army into Guanzhong.

All the Wei generals also know that Cao Zhen's strategy is right, but the point is that not long after the defeat of Liangzhou, who will do such a self-recommending thing?

Most people don't want to do it anyway.

But just when Cao Zhen was disappointed and wanted to name him directly, a Wei general took the initiative to stand up after pondering for a long time.

This Wei general was Sun Li, who had fled back from Yangping Pass before.

After Sun Li stood up, he said to Cao Zhenyan with a resolute face:

"General, the minister is willing to go!"

Hearing that someone took the initiative to ask for help, Cao Zhen was overjoyed.

He looked at it and recognized Sun Li's identity.

Sun Li was Cao Cao's overlord in his early years, and Cao Cao also praised Sun Li for being "bold and resolute, with the style of a general".

Cao Zhen's judgment has always been very convincing.

Therefore, without much thought, Cao Zhen agreed to Sun Li's request.

But Cao Zhen still explained in advance:

"At the moment, there are not many troops in Chang'an City, so I can only give you 3,000 elite soldiers.

But don't worry, the Lone Society will issue military orders to all states and counties on the same day, so that they can quickly draw troops to come.

It's just that before the reinforcements arrive, you must defend the mouth of the valley for the lonely! ”

Hearing Cao Zhen say this, Sun Li was not surprised.

After the First World War in Liangzhou, there were not many troops left in Guanzhong.

In addition, he didn't know where the main direction of the Han army was, so Cao Zhen could only arrange soldiers and horses in important places.

This undoubtedly made the troops in Chang'an City even weaker.

Sun Li knew that in Chang'an City at the moment, the total number of troops was only 10,000.

This is still when the Central Plains sent reinforcements to support.

And in order to garrison the mouth of the valley, Cao Zhen was able to give him three thousand elite soldiers in one go, which was no longer easy.

However, Sun Li was confident that with 3,000 elite soldiers, he would stop Mi Xuan's army for a while.

There are not many people, but the location is favorable.

And he already had a good idea in mind.

So Sun Li slowly bowed to Cao Zhen and said:

"Yui!"

The old rule, chapter 2 early morning or morning.