Mi Yang is the Mu of Liangzhou, and is nominally the state king of everyone present.
As the saying goes, the king is worried about the humiliation of his ministers, so when Mi Yang said why he was worried, most people in the room had a look of shame on their faces.
Under the concept of sharing the worries of the Lord, some state ministers began to express comfort to Mi Yang, while others began to use their brains to think of countermeasures to solve Mi Yang's worries.
The atmosphere at the banquet changed from charming to heavy due to Mi Yang's change in attitude.
In the increasingly heavy atmosphere, a gaze was looking closely at Mi Yang who was sitting on the main seat.
This look came from Wu Yi.
Wu Yi saw the worried look on Mi Yang's face that didn't look fake, with a sneer on his lips.
Sure enough, there is no such thing as a good feast!
Wu Yi is different from others in that he is a person who is good at analyzing situations.
Mi Yang suddenly revealed his worries in front of everyone. Was he just complaining?
The monarch is worried about the humiliation of his ministers. Since the monarch has revealed his worries in front of his ministers, as ministers, they must come up with countermeasures to relieve Mi Yang's worries no matter what today.
Otherwise, everyone in the world will criticize them for being incompetent.
And once such a clear discussion is formed, Mi Yang, who already occupies the name, will be able to unscrupulously exclude dissidents and install confidants.
This completely made Liangzhou his one-stop shop.
This is an upright conspiracy.
And if they don't want to be known as incompetent, then the ministers here must come up with a strategy to solve Mi Yang's worries.
Is this countermeasure difficult?
It wasn't difficult at all, Wu Yi figured it out almost instantly.
But that countermeasure is equally unacceptable to Wu Yi!
After understanding all Mi Yang's intentions, Wu Yi felt like there was anger rising in his heart.
How could you hand over something like that!
While Wu Yi felt unwilling to give in, the situation at the banquet continued to change under the leadership of some people.
It's not that there were no ministers who proposed countermeasures to Mi Yang just now, but it's just that people's knowledge is different, or some people have selfish motives and never tell the best countermeasure in their minds.
Therefore, countermeasures were constantly rejected by Fa Miao, Lu Yi and others.
After a series of suggestions were rejected, the banquet suddenly fell into silence.
Everyone knows that Fa Miao and Lu Yi are Mi Yang's confidants, and their disagreement represents Mi Yang's attitude.
Therefore, after being rejected one after another, most of the courtiers at the banquet did not know what to do.
What does Zhou Mu want?
When everyone was confused, Fa Miao, the head of the state ministers, saw that the time was ripe. He got up from his seat and came to the hall. He bowed to Mi Yang and then said:
"I think that in order to solve the worries of Zhou Mu, the first step is to take back all the military power in Liangzhou and then fine-tune the troops!"
Although Fa Miao's voice was not high, his words were like a huge stone thrown into a calm lake, causing great uproar in the entire banquet hall.
Most of the people in the venue had expressions of shock on their faces. Among them, the faces of the state ministers who held military power were the most shocked.
This is true even for Zhang Yi, Meng Da and others who were Mi Yang's direct descendants and had no idea of Mi Yang's intentions today.
It's not surprising that they had such a reaction. It was because Fa Miao's advice was too direct and sudden.
And the most important thing is that everyone knows what Fa Miao means, and it is probably Mi Yang's intention.
Of course, compared to the shock of most people, Wu Yi seemed even more angry at this time.
It was just as he expected!
The unwillingness and coldness in his eyes were no longer concealed at this time.
Inadvertently, Wu Yi quickly exchanged glances with Wu Ban, who looked shocked.
The people with the most military power in Liangzhou were none other than his two brothers.
Mi Yang wanted to seize all the military power in Liangzhou, and those two brothers who would suffer the greatest damage in terms of interests were his two brothers.
But no matter what the Wu brothers were feeling at this moment, after Fa Miao finished speaking, everyone's eyes were focused on Mi Yang.
Perhaps Fa Miao's advice represents Mi Yang's views to a certain extent.
But as long as Mi Yang, the state pastor, does not clearly express his attitude, then the words will always be words of advice and cannot become a formal order.
But just when everyone's eyes were focused on Mi Yang, Mi Yang looked at Fa Miao who came out to offer his words, with a smile on his face and said:
"good."
When the word Mi Yang was said, the atmosphere in the banquet immediately became boiling.
Because of Mi Yang's good character, he took away all the military power and streamlined the army. It has become Liangzhou's national policy since then.
How could this not cause a lot of discussion among the state officials at the banquet, especially those with military power in their hands.
Mi Yang had only been in office for a month, but he actually began to want to take back all the military power of his subordinates. This was a bit radical.
Various emotions such as confusion, reluctance, and worry filled everyone's hearts, which meant that Mi Yang's idea greatly touched everyone's nerves.
Everyone still doesn't know that what happened at the banquet just now was probably a play put on by Mi Yang and his direct ministers.
And now it's time for the drama to reach its climax.
Wu Yi sat calmly and observed everyone's expressions. He found that there were many generals like him who did not want to have their military power taken back.
This is normal, most people are chasing power, how could they be willing to hand over the power in their hands for nothing.
Seeing that many people had the same idea as him, Wu Yi couldn't help but feel a little calm in his heart.
Public anger is hard to offend.
If everyone resists Mi Yang's approach, Mi Yang will inevitably have scruples.
With this thought, Wu Yi looked at Mi Yang with observation eyes.
At least at this time, Wu Yi still had some expectations in his heart.
But Wu Yi's expectations were quickly shattered by one person's actions.
That man was none other than Ding Feng, who had been guarding behind Mi Yang.
When the discussion in the banquet hall became louder and louder, when everyone's eyes were focused on Mi Yang, Ding Feng took the initiative to walk out from behind Mi Yang.
Ding Feng, who was wearing armor all over his body, made the sound of iron pieces all over his body while he was marching.
These bursts of noise attracted everyone's attention to him.
No one knew why Ding Feng walked out at this time.
But they soon found out.
When Ding Feng came to Mi Yang, he bowed respectfully to Mi Yang, and then he took the initiative to say to Mi Yang:
"I would like to hand over all the troops and horses in my hand."
After Ding Feng finished saying this, he took out an exquisite token from his arms and placed it on the empty food plate in front of Mi Yang.
The token that Ding Feng handed over was a token given to him by Mi Yang when he led the first battalion.
Now that he returned the token representing command power to Mi Yang in front of everyone, he was undoubtedly using practical actions to prove his surrender of all military power.
And when Ding Feng finished all this quickly, everyone just realized what Ding Feng's behavior meant.
But after reacting, the atmosphere at the banquet became even more restless.
Many people do not want to take the initiative to hand over military power. This is not because they have different intentions, but because of their selfish motives.
They originally thought that others were like them, even Mi Yang's direct generals were no exception.
But what they didn't expect was that not long after Mi Yang finished speaking, Ding Feng, the fierce general of the world, immediately and eagerly handed over his military power.
Is Ding Feng stupid?
Or does Zhou Mu have absolute control over his direct generals?
After everyone remembered Ding Feng's past deeds, their speculations quickly turned to the second type.
And Ding Feng is not an ordinary general.
He is known as the best among the emerging generals of the Han Dynasty. Among those who hold military power, even Wu Yi is inferior to Ding Feng in terms of military merit alone.
A general with such meritorious service as him is undoubtedly more qualified than anyone present to resist handing over the military power in his hands.
But what I never expected was that such a person would be the first person present to take the initiative and obediently hand over his military power.
This strong contrast made everyone present ask themselves:
Ding Feng is like this, what about them?
Just when this kind of self-question appeared in everyone's mind, under the influence of Ding Feng's example, Zhang Ni, Meng Da, Deng Ai, Fu Qian and other direct generals of Mi Yang, like Ding Feng, took the tokens in their arms. The seal was handed over to the food plate in front of Mi Yang.
Even Wei Yan, who was sitting in the seat, subconsciously reached into his arms, but after groping for a while, he found that his arms were empty.
Only then did Wei Yan realize that his military power had not been granted by Mi Yang at all!
After a while, the food plate in front of Mi Yang already contained many military talisman seals.
And this scene undoubtedly continues to impact the hearts of everyone present.
As soon as he said it, all the generals followed him, which shows how deep Mi Yang's authority is in the hearts of those generals.
After realizing this, many generals thought of the elite soldiers they saw when they entered the state.
That was what Mi Yang deliberately let them see. Similarly, the behavior of many generals taking the initiative to hand over their military power was also something Mi Yang deliberately let them see.
But this kind of intentionality quietly revealed how strong Mi Yang was in controlling his elite soldiers and generals.
As this thought deepened in their hearts, other generals soon began to take the initiative to hand over the military talisman seals in their hands to the food plate in front of Mi Yang, just like Ding Feng and others.
When one person appears, there will be a second person.
Subsequently, more and more generals who were not direct descendants of Mi Yang took the initiative to hand over their military power to Mi Yang.
A few quarters of an hour later, the small food plate in front of Mi Yang was filled with various military symbols and letters.
This means that most of the generals currently in the banquet hall have voluntarily handed over their military power.
All the elite soldiers and generals support Mi Yang so much, so what can they do even if they don't want to?
What's more, selfishness does not mean disloyalty. There is no need for them to blatantly go against the general trend for the selfishness in their hearts.
However, as most of the people handed over their military power, there were still two people in the audience who did not make any move.
Those two people were Wu Yi and Wu Ban.
When almost everyone surrendered their military power, Wu Yi and Wu Ban's delay in taking action was undoubtedly an anomaly.
Since he is an alien, he will certainly attract many people’s scrutinizing eyes.
This gaze naturally included Mi Yang.
Mi Yang rubbed the smooth wine glass in his hand with his fingers and looked at Wu Yi with a meaningful look.
Although Mi Yang did not have a close relationship with Wu Yi, looking at Wu Yi's family history, it is not difficult for Mi Yang to infer that people like Wu Yi know how to speculate politically.
What Wu Yi did in the past was the standard style of the current generation of nobles.
Wu Yi with this style is like a smooth loach in the whirlpool of power.
His smoothness may be as smooth as the wine glass in Mi Yang's hand now, which makes it difficult to catch his sore feet.
Just that it's difficult doesn't mean it's impossible, at least now Mi Yang is firmly playing with the wine glass in his hand.
So in this situation, Mi Yang wanted to know what Wu Yi would do?
Not only Mi Yang wanted to know this, but even Wu Ban, who always followed Wu Yi's lead, was anxiously waiting for Wu Yi's decision.
The feeling of being scrutinized by everyone is very bad.
But as time passed, Wu Yi still had no reaction.
Seeing this scene, Meng Da, who was present, first asked Wu Yi in a sinister tone: "Is General Zhengbei trying to delay Liangzhou's political affairs?"
As soon as Meng Da said these words, many people looked at Wu Yi dangerously.
Even though Mi Yang made a decision and most people obeyed Mi Yang's decision, Wu Yi, as the number two figure in Liangzhou, did not make any move. This was already an act of disobedience.
But as a subordinate, he openly disobeyed the superior's order, which can be regarded as a kind of contempt for the superior.
As the saying goes, the king is worried about the humiliation of his ministers, and when the king is humiliated, his ministers will die.
Just now, the act of worrying about the humiliation of the king and his ministers has already happened during the banquet. Is it necessary to take the step of humiliating the king and his ministers to death now?
Thinking of this, Ding Feng, who was fully armored, was the first to react.
He couldn't help but stretched out his hand to grasp the saber at his waist, and then looked at Wu Yi with angry eyes.
His behavior meant that if Wu Yi didn't react again, he would take action.
And Ding Feng's behavior, after being noticed by Wu Yi, also woke him up from his meditative state.
After waking up, Wu Yi looked at countless pairs of eyes focused on him full of scrutiny, and he could only helplessly let out a bitter smile.
From the moment Mi Yang invited him to the banquet, everything was Mi Yang's conspiracy.
But knowing that it was Mi Yang's conspiracy and clearly not wanting to hand over the military power in his hands, Wu Yi had nothing to do now.
The reason why conspiracy is irresistible is that conspiracy is often based on the general trend. Under the influence of the general trend, conspiracy will make people powerlessly surrender to the banner of the policy maker.
Mi Yang's identity as Liangzhou Mu is the general trend, and the support of elite soldiers and generals is also the general trend. Even the scrutiny of him by everyone in the field is also a general trend created by Mi Yang.
Under the pressure of the general trend, what is the use of being a general conquering the north and being a foreign relative?
In the name of rebellious ministers, Wu Yi thought he could not afford it.
After understanding this, Wu Yi reached out a little tremblingly and took out a well-made tiger charm from his arms.
As the second-ranking figure in the Liangzhou military, and as a general in charge of conquering the north with tens of thousands of troops in his hands, his military talisman is the tiger talisman that symbolizes his lofty status.
But now he wants to hand over this tiger talisman to Mi Yang.
Wu Yi approached Mi Yang step by step with the tiger talisman he took out.
The closer Wu Yi got, the clearer he could see the food tray filled with various military symbols and letters in front of Mi Yang.
Perhaps in Mi Yang's eyes, the many military seals representing power are just a main dish that he can taste at any time tonight.
Wu Yi was not far from Mi Yang. He quickly came to Mi Yang and then presented the tiger talisman in his hands to Mi Yang.
Seeing that Wu Yi was finally willing to hand over his tiger talisman, Mi Yang had a smile on his face.
From then on, he was the only master in Liangzhou!
(End of chapter)
