You need to know people first before you can employ them.
Asking Mi Yang to recommend who should be the governor of Yiyang is Liu Bei's further investigation of Mi Yang and also a kind of training for him.
Otherwise, why would Liu Bei let Mi Yang, the governor of Yibei, recommend the candidate for the governor of Yiyang to defend Jingzhou.
Of course Mi Yang knew what Liu Bei was thinking.
Because of this knowledge, Mi Yang was cautious about recommending anyone to be the governor of Yiyang.
When choosing the governor of Yiyang, the first condition must be loyalty.
At present, among the Han Dynasty, those who are worthy of Mi Yang and Liu Bei's trust are mostly talents from the Yuancong and Jingzhou families.
It seems that the candidate range is not narrow, but the embarrassing thing is that a large part of the Jingzhou department's talents are naturally not included in the selection range.
Because most of the Jingzhou talents who are currently being reused by Liu Bei were recruited when he was living in seclusion in Xinye.
For example, Fu Xu, Wei Yan, Fu Kuang, Zhang Nan, etc., all of them were from Yiyang County.
According to the principle of avoidance of officials inherited from the Han Dynasty, it was impossible for them to serve as governors of the counties where they were born.
In addition to strict requirements on loyalty and place of origin, there is another very important standard for the Yiyang Prefect.
The status of Yiyang County in Jingzhou is like that of Hanzhong County in Yizhou. It is not only a gateway to defend the rear, but also a springboard for the Han army's northern expedition from Jingzhou in the future.
With such great strategic significance, it was determined that the governor of Yiyang who would take office in the future must be a person with certain military talents and a certain prestige in Jingzhou.
Because Yiyang County was a county that had just surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and Yiyang County was not as protected by mountains as Hanzhong County.
It directly intersects with the enemy's border. If someone without prestige in Jingzhou is appointed as the governor of Yiyang, it is possible that Yiyang County will always be in a turbulent situation.
This is definitely something Liu Bei doesn't want to see.
At this point in time, there are not many talents in Dahan, but there are very few people who want to fully take into account the above conditions.
However, precisely because there were few people to choose from, Liu Bei regarded it as a kind of inspection and training for Mi Yang.
After thinking about it, a candidate appeared in Mi Yang's mind.
This person is Li Yan.
Originally, apart from Li Yan, Zhao Yun was the most suitable candidate to serve as the governor of Yiyang in all aspects.
It's just that Zhao Yun is currently the general who conquers the south and is responsible for guarding the southern part of Yizhou. He is actually the governor of Yinan in name only.
If Zhao Yun is reassigned as the governor of Yiyang, he will actually be demoted.
Besides, even if this point is not taken into consideration, it is not appropriate to transfer Zhao Yun all the way to Yiyang as Nanzhong has become increasingly dishonest recently.
After excluding Zhao Yun, there was only one candidate Mi Yang could recommend, and that was Li Yan.
Although Li Yan was not a minister of the Yuancong or Jingzhou clan, his loyalty was trustworthy when Liu Bei was still alive.
Li Yan is also one of the few great talents in the Han Dynasty who has both military and political capabilities.
This can be seen from his previous resume.
Although Li Yan was from Nanyang, when Yiyang County was separated from Nanyang County.
The official avoidance system of the Han Dynasty would no longer cause problems for Li Yan as the governor of Yiyang.
After all, neither the "Three Mutual Laws" of the Eastern Han Dynasty nor the "avoidance of place of birth system" of the Western Han Dynasty have ever objected to officials serving as governors of neighboring counties.
Although many of Li Yan's glorious resumes occurred after entering Yizhou, when he was young, he served as a governor in Zhongduo County, Nanyang County, and had a certain reputation and prestige in the Jingbei area.
The last point is that Li Yan's clan is a large clan in Wancheng.
If he is allowed to serve as the governor of Yiyang, it will not only effectively prevent Cao Wei's Nanyang governor from affecting Yiyang.
Perhaps when Cao Wei's Nanyang governor was not very capable, Li Yan could still use his clan's influence in Nanyang County to cause some turmoil in Nanyang County.
This is really a joy to hear.
So from all aspects, Li Yan is the best candidate for Yiyang Prefect that Mi Yang can think of under the current circumstances.
After thinking about the recommended candidates, Mi Yang wrote a letter and quickly ordered someone to submit it to Liu Bei in the rear.
After deciding on this matter, Mi Yang looked at the numerous documents that had just been delivered to him and sighed softly.
It was a very cumbersome government affair to reclassify the dozen counties that originally belonged to Nanyang County into counties under Yiyang County.
When Liu Bei was here, there were many political talents around him, and they were also willing to assist Mi Yang.
But Liu Bei may have wanted to train Mi Yang's political ability. He asked the ministers who followed him to keep their duties.
Just these four words prevented Mi Yang from recruiting any foreign aid.
At present, Mi Yang does not have any trustworthy capable people to help him, which means that he needs to do many things by himself.
The reason why Mi Yang could not immediately suggest to Liu Bei the candidate for the governor of Yiyang when Liu Bei was there before.
The reason is that those complicated government affairs involve most of his energy.
Fortunately, Mi Yang had great prestige in Jingzhou, so when Mi Yang issued the document as the "Prefect of Xing Yiyang".
Not only the chief officials in Xinye City, but also the chief officials in other counties were very cooperative with Mi Yang's instructions after receiving Mi Yang's documents.
One of the manifestations of the active cooperation of the county officials is that after receiving Mi Yang's documents, they took the initiative to submit the lists of officials at all levels in the county to Xinye City for Mi Yang to review.
Even though many counties currently lack county magistrates and magistrates.
Mi Yang asked each county to quickly submit the list of officials at all levels in the county, in order to select the appropriate county magistrate or magistrate as soon as possible.
At present, among the dozen or so counties in Yiyang County, many long-term officials were so frightened by the arrival of the Han army that they abandoned the city and fled.
Therefore, currently in Yiyang County, many county magistrate positions are vacant.
In this case, Mi Yang needed to select the appropriate candidate from the lists submitted by each county in a very short period of time and appoint him as the county's new chief order.
To achieve this, the lists of senior officials submitted by each county in the past few days are very important.
Although selecting a new county magistrate or magistrate from the list of magistrates in each county will inevitably be biased.
But in order to quickly stabilize the situation in Yiyang County, this expedient can only be adopted.
When Mi Yang kept checking the documents in front of him, when he saw a certain name in the documents from Champion County, his eyes couldn't help but froze slightly.
The name Zhoutai successfully caught his attention.
If he remembered correctly, this Zhou Tai seemed to be a talent of Cao Wei in history.
Thinking of this, Mi Yang's eyes lit up instantly, and he felt that the fatigue in his body was suddenly swept away.
He likes Cao Wei's talents the most.
Just when Mi Yang felt happy about discovering a talent, there was a huge wind dust floating in the earth dozens of miles away from Wancheng.
The huge wind and dust were approaching Wancheng at an extremely fast speed.
And as the huge wind and dust kept moving, there were tens of thousands of horse hooves tapping the ground that resounded for miles around.
This scene is reflected in the huge wind and dust, which is tens of thousands of iron cavalry running at high speed.
These tens of thousands of cavalry were the Guanzhong cavalry commanded by Wei Zuo General Zhang He, summoned by Cao Pi.
Tens of thousands of cavalry, led by the strong figure in front of them, began to slow down intentionally after approaching Wancheng several miles away at extremely fast speeds.
Therefore, when they arrived outside Wancheng, the galloping state of tens of thousands of Guanzhong cavalry also stopped.
Then the dust that had been surrounding them began to gradually dissipate between heaven and earth.
After the dust in the sky completely dissipated, the full picture of the tens of thousands of iron cavalry in Guanzhong was revealed, and as their leader, Zhang He also turned his attention to Wancheng in front of him.
Zhang He, who looked tired, was wearing fine armor and sitting on a tall horse. When he looked up at the majestic city in front of him, his eyes were full of complicated emotions.
After Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, due to frequent turmoil in Yongliang, Cao Pi appointed Cao Zhen as the general of Zhenxi, and cooperated with Zhang He, who had led troops to garrison Chencang, to quell the rebellions in various places.
When Cao Pi's urgent order to summon Zhang He to Wancheng arrived in Guanzhong, Zhang He had just put down the rebellion in Anding County and was leading his troops to repair outside Chang'an City.
Among the five good generals at that time, he was the lowest in terms of status and trust.
All this stems from that one shot outside Guandu.
Zhang He naturally knew this.
However, this did not cool down Zhang He's desire for fame.
Instead, it may be to clear the Wei Dynasty's suspicion of him. Zhang He's ambition for fame has always been the strongest among the five good generals.
Driven by a strong desire for fame, Zhang He would not miss any opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
Therefore, Zhang He, who originally led the army to repair, immediately gave up his plan to repair after receiving Cao Pi's order.
After Zhang He relied on Cao Pi's edict to gather thousands of cavalry in Chang'an City, Zhang He led a total of tens of thousands of Guanzhong cavalry to quickly move towards Wancheng.
The distance between Chang'an and Wancheng is not close, but despite this, Zhang He was able to lead tens of thousands of Guanzhong cavalry to reach Wancheng in about ten days, which shows how anxious he is.
What Zhang He didn't expect was that when he just entered the territory of Nanyang County, he got the news of the Wei army's disastrous defeat.
The results of the Battle of Xiangfan have spread throughout Nanyang County over time.
After Zhang He learned the news, he couldn't help but feel extremely regretful.
Unexpectedly, despite all his efforts, he was still one step late.
And it’s only about half a month away.
In the news that had spread throughout Nanyang County, Zhang He also knew that a very important reason why the Wei army suffered a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Xiangfan was the appearance of Ma Chao's three thousand Xiliang cavalry.
After knowing this, Zhang He felt even more upset.
From Zhang He's perspective, if the Battle of Xiangfan could have happened after his arrival, then the Wei army would definitely not be defeated.
But the done thing is done, no matter how upset Zhang He is at this moment, it is useless.
After being upset, Zhang He still felt shocked and deeply fearful of the Han army.
In any case, this battle completely demonstrated the prestige of the Han army.
Especially when the news of Zhang Liao's defeat and death was known to Zhang He, some sad emotions emerged in Zhang He's heart.
Because they were both surrendered generals, Zhang Liao and Zhang He did not have close friendship in the past.
It's just that because they are both surrendered generals, even though Zhang He and Zhang Liao don't have a close friendship, they still feel sympathy for each other.
Under various emotions of sadness, annoyance and shock, Zhang He's mood was very complicated when he came to Wancheng.
But just when Zhang He looked at the gate of Wancheng with complicated eyes, the envoy sent by Cao Pi, who knew Zhang He's arrival in advance, also came to Zhang He.
After Cao Pi's envoy arrived, Zhang He immediately put away his complicated emotions like a conditioned reaction.
He followed Cao Pi's envoy with respectful eyes and walked toward Wancheng.
And just before entering Wancheng, Zhang He also consciously handed over the tiger talisman in his hand to Cao Xiu who came with the envoy.
Even though Zhang He arrived with great military exploits, and even though Cao Xiu was a general who had just been defeated, Zhang He's performance seemed very natural.
After following Cao Pi's envoy to the outside of Cao Pi's dormitory, Zhang He subconsciously tidied up his clothes, and then slowly walked into the main hall under the leadership of the envoy.
There were not many people in the hall at this time, only Sima Yi and a few Wei officials.
After Zhang He entered the hall, he did not look at Sima Yi and other Wei officials.
After he saw the figure sitting on the throne, he bowed very respectfully to Cao Pi's throne, bowed to him deeply and said:
"Your Majesty, Zhang He."
After Zhang He paid his respects to Cao Pi, Cao Pi did not let Zhang He get up immediately.
He just looked at Zhang He with an appraising look.
When Cao Pi's unexplained gaze fell on Zhang He's back, Zhang He actually felt like a light on his back.
This feeling is similar to what he felt when Xia Houyuan died in battle and he was recommended by the generals to become the chief general of Hanzhong.
And Cao Pi's look also meant that he was not as happy about Zhang He's arrival as Zhang Liao's arrival.
However, although Cao Pi did not trust Zhang He as much as Zhang Liao, the current situation in Wancheng still required Zhang He to stabilize, so Cao Pi quickly put away his scrutinizing gaze.
"Flat body."
When Cao Pi's plain voice reached Zhang He's ears, Zhang He felt a sense of relief in his heart.
He straightened up slightly, but still did not dare to look directly at Cao Pi like other ministers.
Zhang He's behavior can be considered very respectful, but some things cannot be changed by a respectful gesture.
Behind Zhang Heping, Cao Pi asked him calmly:
"Does Zhang Qing know the outcome of the Battle of Xiangfan?"
Facing Cao Pi's inquiry, Zhang He replied unhurriedly: "I already know."
After hearing Zhang He's answer, Cao Pi nodded slightly, and then he seemed to ask Zhang He inadvertently:
"In the past, five good generals died or rebelled, but now only Zhang Qing is left."
"Zhang Qing has made many meritorious deeds and has always had prestige in the army. Recently, some people inside and outside Wancheng have said that if the situation in Wancheng is to be determined, Zhang Qing must be used as a general.
I wonder what Zhang Qing thinks of such remarks? "
The tone of Cao Pi's question was not harsh, but when his words reached Zhang He's ears, they caused Zhang He's mind to shake violently.
(End of chapter)
