In early April of the second year of Emperor Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty, Mi Yang's army, which returned from Jingzhou, finally arrived outside Nanzheng City.

Long before Mi Yang returned with his army, Liu Bei's edict to worship Mi Yang as the shepherd of Liangzhou had been conveyed to Hanzhong County.

When Mi Yang led the army to the outside of Nanzheng City, he saw a large number of civil and military officials waiting outside Nanzheng City.

After seeing Mi Yang return, all the civil and military officials, led by Wu Yi and Fa Miao, bowed respectfully to Mi Yang.

From the moment they received Liu Bei's edict, their identities changed dramatically.

In a broad sense, they are all ministers of the Han Dynasty.

But in a certain respect, they were also Mi Yang's ministers from then on.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the differences in customs between counties were as great as between countries.

And this situation is even more severe from state to state.

Due to the existence of this objective situation, states or counties in the current era were often nicknamed after the names of ancient vassal states.

For example, Wu in Yangzhou and Chu in Jingzhou.

Although Liangzhou was just established, it was already a state in name after all.

A state is a country, and Mi Yang, as the shepherd of Liangzhou, is undoubtedly the de facto "monarch" of this country.

A county is called a county dynasty, and a state naturally also has a state dynasty.

Currently standing in front of Mi Yang are the mainstays of his state's court.

After all the Liangzhou officials bowed to Mi Yang, Mi Yang dismounted and came to them in time.

He first took the initiative to help the two leading subordinates, Wu Yi and Fa Miao, up, and then he signaled the dozens of officials behind Wu Yi and Fa Miao to stand up.

Mi Yang's humble behavior immediately made many Liangzhou officials present feel favorably.

Although Mi Yang is now their state king in name, Mi Yang has only been the pastor of Liangzhou for a short period of time, and his kindness and power have not yet been deeply implanted in the hearts of everyone present.

Under such circumstances, Mi Yang was definitely right in maintaining a humble attitude.

After asking all the officials to stand up, Mi Yang raised his head and looked at the tall city gate not far in front of him, with many emotions in his heart.

In its original history, the city of Nanzheng entrusted Ji Han with too many ideals.

In this city, countless heroes of the Han Dynasty launched the Northern Expedition one after another for the ideal of reviving the Han Dynasty in their hearts.

They all failed in the end, but this could not erase the fact that this city left a mark in the entire history of Jihan.

Now that he has taken control of this city, what kind of chapter will he write in this city?

At this moment, Mi Yang felt both yearning and emotion in her heart, as well as spirit and pride.

Just when Mi Yang was looking up at the head of Nanzheng City, Fa Miao, who was acting as the prefect in Mi Yang's absence, couldn't help but step forward and said to Mi Yang:

"The army is tired. The state pastor will order the army to disarm and rest."

After hearing Famiao's reminder, Mi Yang glanced at the thousands of soldiers behind him with tired faces.

When Mi Yang set off from Wudang, he took with him an army of ten thousand.

However, in the Battle of Xiangfan, Mi Yang's troops suffered the most serious damage due to their numerical disadvantage.

Since then, although Mi Yang's troops have not fought again, due to the unstable situation in Yiyang, they have been in a state of mental stress and preparation for war.

If you think about it carefully, this situation has been going on for a long time.

Now that these thousands of soldiers have returned to Hanzhong, it is time for them to have a good rest.

At Fa Miao's reminder, Mi Yang immediately ordered in public that the thousands of soldiers who had returned with honors behind him would take turns to take a ten-day break starting from today.

Soldiers in the Han Dynasty had public holidays, but each place was different, and the days of vacation were also different.

Perhaps in Cao Wei, the ten-day holiday was too short.

But that's because Cao Wei's soldiers were all from other places, and it would take a long time for them to just return home.

In the Han Dynasty, since most of the Han armies were recruited nearby, the ten-day holiday was already considered a long time.

At least among the Han people, it is currently the only one.

This can be regarded as a reward from the newly appointed Liangzhou Mu to his soldiers.

When Mi Yang's order spread throughout the army, the thousands of Han soldiers raised their guns and cheered excitedly.

These thousands of warriors who licked blood from their swords were willing to follow Mi Yang through life and death.

But if they can return home safely and reunite with their families after going through life and death, this is undoubtedly the happiest thing for them.

Seeing thousands of Han soldiers raising their guns and cheering happily, Mi Yang also had a smile on his face.

Mi Yang then handed over the specific affairs of the rotation of soldiers to Meng Da and Deng Ai, and he led a group of family members of his guards into the city of Nanzheng under the respectful welcome of Wu Yi and Fa Miao.

Nanzheng City was originally Zhang Lu's base camp. Under the expansion of Zhang Lu, a wealthy man in the late Han Dynasty, the city was no smaller than Xiangyang, Jiangling and other large cities.

The Zhoumu Mansion in the city, which was originally Zhang Lu's residence, far exceeded the standards of an ordinary mansion.

When Mi Yang entered the Prefectural Mufu's Mansion, he couldn't help but secretly sigh that the Prefectural Mufu's Mansion he was in was not inferior to the imperial palace in Chengdu in all aspects.

Just thinking of what Guan Yan said about Mi Yang, at this moment, the idea of ​​splitting up the Prefecture Mufu was already in her mind.

On the way into the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion, Mi Yang asked Wu Yi and everyone else to leave first on the grounds that he had just returned and needed to rest.

He left only Fa Miao to lead the way.

After Wu Yi and others retreated, Mi Yang ordered the family members behind him to retreat.

After a while, only Mi Yang and Fa Miao were left in a wide corridor.

When there was no one else around, Mi Yang stopped Fa Miao in front of him.

After Fa Miao stopped, he immediately turned around and bowed to Mi Yang.

Seeing Fa Miao's respectful manner, a smile appeared on Mi Yang's face.

They have been playing together since they were young, and they are just shy in front of outsiders. Now that they are the only two brothers left, why are they so cautious?

After Mi Yang helped Fa Miao up, she took his hand and sat down at the edge of the corridor.

But after Mi Yang sat down, he kept in mind the courtesy of superiors and inferiors, but still refused to sit next to Mi Yang.

Mi Yang saw that Fa Miao was very stubborn, so he gave up the idea of ​​letting Fa Miao sit next to him.

Mi Yang looked at Fa Miao standing in front of him and said directly: "I have just been ordered by the emperor to become the state shepherd. I am sincere and frightened. I am afraid that improper governance will cause unrest in Liangzhou and live up to the emperor's expectations."

"The Emperor often taught me: "If you want to achieve great things, you must first employ people." In terms of talent, the Emperor once praised you for your ability to manage politics. In terms of closeness, you and I come from the same family, and we are actually brothers.

Therefore, I want to call you to serve as a farewell driver in Liangzhou, but I don’t know what you want.”

Fa Miao's father Fa was Mi Yang's mentor. When Mi Yang was studying art in Fazheng Mansion, he and Fa Miao studied together and lived together, so the relationship between Fa Miao and Mi Yang goes without saying.

Even if we just talk about the closeness of the relationship, in this world where teachers are respected, Fa Miao has a closer relationship with Mi Yang than Zhang Bao and others.

Mi Yang knew that he would implement a series of reforms next. Every reform would be met with resistance.

In order to eliminate those resistances, in addition to having great prestige, he must also find some capable people to assist him.

Fa Miao is the first assistant Mi Yang wants to find.

Because the relationship was too close, Mi Yang didn't want to beat around the bush with Fa Miao. He directly explained his feelings to Fa Miao.

But after Fa Miao listened to Mi Yang's words, he bowed to Mi Yang and said, "Miao has little talent and little virtue, so he is not worthy of being held in a special position."

Biejia, the full name of Biejia is engaged in work, which is an official subordinate to the prefecture governor or prefectural shepherd since the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Biejia has the highest status among the state officials. When the state pastor goes out on patrol, he can ride in a car, so he is respected as Biejia by the world.

Since Huan Ling, the power of local state pastors has continued to increase, and so has the power of Biejia.

To this day, Biejia is already a subordinate official in a state responsible for the government affairs of the state pastor and prime minister.

If the state pastor is compared to the "monarch" of a state, Biejia is the "prime minister" of a state whose power is only under the state pastor.

The reason why Fa Miao declined Mi Yang was not only because Biejia's power was very deep, but also because Biejia's status meant that a state's Biejia Council was often held by celebrities of the time.

Fa Miao believed that his current reputation was not enough to hold the post of Liangzhou Biejia.

It's not that Mi Yang is unaware of Fa Miao's concerns.

It's just that if you have a state pastor, you must have someone else. Among the talents under his command, only Fa Miao is suitable for this position.

So Mi Yang smiled and said to Fa Miao: "Talent does not lie in your age. Since Huan Ling, there have been so many young people in high positions in the world."

What Mi Yang said is true.

Every time in troubled times, many talents will emerge. One very important reason is that young people are more likely to stand out in troubled times.

At that time, when the heroes were divided, many of the world-famous talents were only in their twenties when they were in high positions.

After saying this, Mi Yang continued: "Moreover, you come from a famous family in Guanzhong. With the reputation of your family, you will not be criticized too much in the eyes of the world."

What Mi Yang said is also true.

The Fufeng Fa family is a famous family clearly recorded in history books.

The historian who was able to cherish words like gold specially recorded this, which shows that Fufeng Fa family is also famous in the world.
To be continued...