Chapter 379: Qiao Yus poisonous plan and Mi Yangs disaster(1/2)
Li Miao was born in the Li family of Guanghan County.
Guanghan County, Shu County and Ba County are the three counties with the most prosperous economy in Yizhou, and they are also the three counties with the strongest gentry power in Yizhou.
It can be said that a large part of the officials in the Han Dynasty today were selected from these three counties.
With such a background, Li Miao has been very famous in Yizhou since he was young.
Not only is he famous, but his three brothers Li Chao, Li Shao and Li Li are also famous celebrities in Yizhou.
The people of Yizhou today call Li Chao, Li Shao and Li Li the "Three Dragons of the Li Family", which shows the Li family's reputation in Yizhou.
As for why people don't call Li Miao and his brothers the "Four Dragons of Li"?
This is because Li Miao's arrogant and outspoken character made him disliked by some people in power.
For example, Liu Bei hated him very much.
Liu Bei hates Li Miao not without reason. It stems from an incident that year.
In his early years, Li Miao was a subordinate of Liu Zhang, the shepherd of Yizhou. After Liu Bei captured Yizhou, because of the reputation of the Li family in Guanghan, he recruited Li Miao to work in Yizhou.
Later, during the Zhengdan period of the second year, Liu Bei asked his subordinate officials to pour wine to celebrate him. This was a normal thing.
But when Li Miao toasted to Liu Bei, he openly condemned Liu Bei: "Liu Zhang trusted you, but you captured Yizhou. This is not what you should do."
Zhengdan is a very important festival for a monarch, where hundreds of officials gather.
Although Li Miao's tone was a bit tactful, he was actually accusing Liu Bei of being ungrateful and ungrateful, which made Liu Bei unhappy all of a sudden.
If it had been Cao Cao, Li Miao might have died on the spot.
But Liu Bei was just unhappy and asked Li Miao disdainfully: "You know what I did was wrong, so why didn't you help Liu Zhang in the first place and instead accepted my recruitment?"
From the allusion of asking for land and asking for a house, we can see that what Liu Bei hated most in his life was corrupt Confucianism, which is quite similar to Liu Bang.
With Liu Bei's wisdom, he could certainly see that Li Miao was nominally condemning him for justice, but in fact he was trying to gain prestige by condemning him.
And because of the promulgation of the "Shu Ke" at that time, many Yizhou nobles indeed missed Liu Zhang very much and thought about Liu Bei's early defeat.
Faced with Liu Bei's sarcastic rhetorical question, Li Miao was immediately choked up.
In the end, he had no choice but to say something that is still circulated in Chengdu and made a joke by ministers from the Yuan Clan and Jingzhou Clan:
"It's not that I don't dare, it's just that I can't do it."
Li Miao's answer fully exposed his hypocrisy.
If you still look forward and backward before supporting "justice", do you really want to support justice?
Li Miao's answer is of little importance to future generations.
But in the eyes of the world, it is a complete joke.
In today's world, people talk about deeds without caring about their heart.
Because Li Miao was as drunk as a clown at that time, some law enforcement officials wanted to bring Li Miao to justice.
It was Zhuge Liang who came out to save Li Miao's life.
Perhaps Zhuge Liang never expected that the first person who wanted to discredit him right after his death was the person he saved in the first place.
However, what everyone present did not expect was that Li Miao, who had learned from the experience of almost losing his life, would now openly make such unreasonable suggestions.
Qiao Zhou's clan father Qiao Yu immediately snorted coldly and said: "If you want to die, just go ahead, but we don't want to accompany you to death in vain."
Hearing that he had been taught a lesson in vain, a look of dissatisfaction immediately appeared on Li Miao's face.
He was also considering everyone's interests. How could Qiao Yu teach him a lesson?
Moreover, in terms of seniority and status alone, I am not inferior to him at all.
Dissatisfied, Li Miao immediately wanted to refute Qiao Yu in person, but fortunately there were sensible people in his family.
That person was none other than Li Chao, one of the "Three Dragons of the Li Family".
Li Chaoneng is called a dragon and is the patriarch of the contemporary Li family in Guanghan. Naturally, his knowledge is not low.
Seeing that his brother was about to have an attack, he immediately explained: "We got the news before His Majesty and the Prime Minister, so we can gather together for a secret meeting tonight.
What would Your Majesty and the Prime Minister think if we took the lead in impeaching Mi Yang before Your Majesty and the Prime Minister received the news from Liangzhou?
Do you think that we are loyal to the country? Or do you think that we are spreading spies and forming cliques for personal gain?"
Hearing Li Chao's reminder, Li Miao immediately broke into a cold sweat.
What kind of spy can be faster than the imperial messenger?
And what is the purpose of arranging such spies?
As a minister, he already felt that something was not simple when he thought like this. If Liu Bei, as a monarch, realized this, who would Liu Bei think wanted to rebel?
Don't fail to defeat Mi Yang when the time comes, and end up being guillotined instead.
After reminding him, Li Chao looked at his friends present and reminded him emphatically: "Even after Your Majesty and the Prime Minister receive the news, we cannot collectively report it and openly stop Mi Yang."
After hearing what Li Chao said, most people present had puzzled looks on their faces.
Only a few people showed thoughtful expressions on their faces after listening to Li Chao's words.
Among those people was the young Qiao Zhou.
Seeing that most people present did not understand his intention, Li Chao explained:
"Your Majesty and the Prime Minister have a deep grudge against us, and they are as close to Mi Yang as their nephews.
As the saying goes, there is no closeness without closeness. If we rashly and collectively file a petition to stop Mi Yang's reforms, His Majesty and the Prime Minister will inevitably suspect that our intentions are not good.
In addition, His Majesty has issued an imperial edict before, allowing Mi Yang to do things easily without having to report everything, so in terms of law and emotion, we have no definite charges that can make Mi Yang go to trial."
Li Chao's explanation made everyone suddenly realize.
Based on Li Miao's suggestion, if everyone goes to court to impeach Mi Yang, they will impeach him for tampering with the laws of his ancestors and acting with arbitrary power.
If it weren't for Liu Bei's edict, Mi Yang's behavior would indeed be worthy of such charges.
However, under the edict "condemning" Mi Yang issued by Liu Bei before, these accusations are not so tenable.
As for changing the laws of the ancestors, not to mention that many emperors have often done this in the four hundred years since the Han Dynasty. Even ministers have such precedents.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After all, Mi Yang is a shepherd, and this status brings him great autonomy in governance.
Li Miao knew that if he wanted to overthrow a "powerful minister" like Mi Yang who was gradually becoming more powerful, he had to hit the target with one strike and not act with too much uncertainty.
Otherwise, once he escapes this time, when he takes full power in the future, Yizhou nobles like him will definitely have no good fruits to eat.
But after everyone understood the meaning of Li Chao's words, their faces showed worries again.
Are we just going to let Mi Yang harm their interests?
Seeing the worried expressions on everyone's faces, Li Chao and Qiao Yu looked at each other, and Qiao Yu said: "I have a way to make Mi Yang, the eagle, break his wings and make him fall into the canyon and die.
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Qiao Yu's rather harsh words immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.
The worried look on the faces of everyone present instantly disappeared and was replaced by looks of joy.
Everyone is a well-informed person, and they know that although Qiao Yu has been quiet in the past, he does not have the habit of talking big like Li Miao.
Since Qiao Yu dares to say this, then he must have a solution.
And among the people present, who wouldn’t want Mi Yang to end up like that?
Seeing everyone's faces looking over with joy, Qiao Yu slowly spoke:
"Since he took over Yizhou, our family's power has been greatly reduced, and besides, he is not as weak as Liu Zhang.
Those who hold military power in the Han Dynasty today are all his confidants, so we cannot openly take actions that go against his intentions."
The person Qiao Yu refers to is Liu Bei.
The reason why Qiao Yu did not call Liu Bei his majesty was because his only son died under the "Shu Ke".
With such a blood feud, Qiao Yu always used the word "he" to refer to Liu Bei in private.
Everyone present was Qiao Yu's good friend, so they naturally knew about Qiao Yu's habit.
What Qiao Yu said made everyone present nodded in agreement.
Isn't the reason why they are reduced to meeting in a secret room precisely because of what Qiao Yu said?
After Qiao Yu finished explaining this most basic principle of action, he continued: "Although our power is not as powerful as it used to be, our family's influence in Yizhou has never changed.
We may not be able to influence his decision-making, but what if we use the big man's stability as a bargaining chip?
Yizhou is the seat of the imperial capital, and it is also where the entire Han Dynasty has accumulated money and food. Once Yizhou becomes unstable, the Han Dynasty will naturally become unstable as well.
And isn’t this something we can control?”
Hearing what Qiao Yu said, everyone present's eyes lit up.
Everyone knows that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's ambition is to help the Han Dynasty. This is their shining point, but why can't it become their weakness?
As long as you are good at using your own advantages, this is not difficult for the many Yizhou nobles present.
To be continued...