"Li Yan?"

When Mi Yang pondered the name in a cold tone, everyone at the banquet knew that Mi Yang's mood had become bad.

After realizing this, everyone who was still looking at Mi Yang lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly at Mi Yang again.

The atmosphere inside the banquet suddenly became solemn.

As everyone expected, Mi Yang was in a bad mood at this time.

Although Mi Yang didn't have much contact with Chen Dao, he knew Chen Dao's character.

Be prudent and serve the public wholeheartedly.

For such a person, if Li Yan hadn't done something too much, how could Chen Dao accuse him in public?

When he thought of this, Mi Yang's face became serious.

However, he did not continue to ask Chen Dao, but looked at Deng Zhi.

"Is what Governor Deng and General Zhendong said accurate?"

Mi Yang's tone was quite cold, completely different from his friendly demeanor just now when he was having a drink with everyone.

This made Deng Zhi feel nervous.

But Mi Yang called him out, so there was no way he wouldn't respond to Mi Yang.

So after thinking again and again, Deng Zhi gritted his teeth and stood up, came to Mi Yang and bowed in front of him:

"Recently, there are some rumors circulating in Jingzhou about the former general's misbehavior."

Deng Zhi's answer made Mi Yang snort coldly.

"What's up?"

"Tell me everything!"

Under Mi Yang's further questioning, Deng Zhi finally revealed everything that Li Yan had done in Jingzhou in recent years.

Since Li Yan took office as the governor of Yiyang, he has rectified his troops, trained his soldiers, and repelled small groups of Wei troops several times.

In terms of political affairs, Li Yan felt that floods often occurred in Yiyang County, so he personally led people to repair rivers, which greatly improved the flood concerns in Yiyang County.

From these two aspects, Li Yan, the governor of Yiyang, is very competent in his role.

In terms of ability, Li Yan is remarkable, but in terms of character, Li Yan has many things that are criticized.

For example, Li Yan was aloof and arrogant. He believed that among the generals in Jingzhou, he was the first in terms of ability.

Originally, after Zhang Fei left Jingzhou, Li Yan thought that he would naturally replace Zhang Fei and become the shepherd of Jingzhou.

But the subsequent development made him greatly disappointed, which made him often complain in front of others.

If only that were the case.

Talented people often think highly of themselves, which is understandable.

But something Li Yan did a few months ago brought Li Yan's reputation in Jingzhou to a freezing point.

Li Yan had a subordinate named Wang Ti, who was a descendant of the Yiyang family.

Wang Ti decided to join the army because he wanted to serve the Han Dynasty.

But Li Yan saw that Wang Ti's family was extraordinary, so he asked him for money in private. Wang Ti could bear the demands again and again.

After many times, Wang Ti took the trouble and had a fierce friction with Li Yan.

After the friction occurred, Wang Ti believed that Li Yan had a vengeful character and was afraid that Li Yan would retaliate against him later, so he led his family to flee to the Northern Wei Dynasty.

After Li Yan learned about this, he not only did not reflect on himself, but instead used Wang Ti's excuse to defect to Wei to arrest and imprison the Wang clan members.

After Li Yan did this, the wealthy families in Yiyang County felt that the Wangti people had been wronged, so they wrote letters to Li Yan to plead for mercy.

But perhaps to protect his own face, Li Yan not only refused to let Wangti's people go free, but even severely scolded those who interceded for Wangti's people.

Li Yan's move undoubtedly added fuel to the fire.

Soon after, most of the frightened Yiyang aristocratic families began to migrate south, and many, like Wang Ti, defected to the Northern Wei Dynasty.

After this incident, a folk song spread in Yiyang County:

"There is a king in Yiyang (in vain), there is no right way!"

What Mi Yang didn't know was that after Li Yan learned that he was coming to Jingzhou, Li Yan wanted to leave his post without authorization and go to Jiangling to meet Mi Yang in order to leave a good impression in front of Mi Yang.

Fortunately, Li Yan's idea was strongly opposed by Chen Dao and Deng Zhi, so he reluctantly gave up.

When Mi Yang heard everything Li Yan had done in Yiyang recently, his heart was filled with anger.

Mi Yang threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground, and then said angrily:

"Ever since I grew up, I have only heard of people defecting to the Han, but never to the Wei.

This is the result of the late emperor's lifelong reputation.

But I didn’t expect that this achievement and this pride would be tainted by Li Yan!”

After saying the above, Mi Yang still felt that he could not dissipate the anger in his heart, so he said angrily:

"Is there a king in Yiyang?

This is obviously the people who want to remind Gu that Yiyang is in vain!"

As he spoke, Mi Yang directed his anger towards Deng Zhi.

Mi Yang pointed directly at Deng Zhi and said, "You are the governor of Jingzhou and have the right to inspect local areas.

Why didn't this matter be reported to the court early?

Are you afraid of Li Yan's majesty?"

Mi Yang's accusation made Deng Zhi very nervous. He hesitantly knelt in front of Mi Yang and apologized to Mi Yang.

When everyone at the banquet saw that Mi Yang was really angry, they were so frightened that they all knelt down in the middle of the banquet as a sign of apology.

Deng Zhi was the governor of the state, and most of the officials in Jingzhou were his subordinates. Deng Zhi was guilty of lax supervision, and naturally none of them could escape.

Just when all the ministers in Jingzhou were pleading guilty to Mi Yang, Chen Dao opened his mouth to explain to Deng Zhi:

"Li Yangui was a former general, and his position was superior to that of Deng's governor. Furthermore, Li Yan held a large number of troops and was responsible for the defense of Northern Jing.

Now that Wang Ti has fled to the north, if he had rashly reported it to the court before and Governor Deng had no witnesses, Li Yan would definitely refuse to acknowledge it.

After all, Wang Ti's defection is a fact known to everyone.

And if Deng, the governor, pushes too far, he is afraid that Jingzhou will suffer from elbow and armpit problems.

When this incident happened, Governor Deng happened to know that Da Sima was about to come to Jingzhou, so as a prudent measure, Governor Deng originally planned to wait until Da Sima arrived before reporting the matter."

After saying this, Chen Dao whispered another reason:

"Kuang Li Yan is the minister of Dongzhou..."

Chen Dao's voice was so low that only Mi Yang could hear it.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Only after hearing Chen Dao's words did Mi Yang realize.

Many people in the government and the public knew that when Liu Bei was still alive, he had intended to promote Mi Yang as the leader of the Dongzhou clique.

And Li Yan is the mainstay of the Dongzhou clan ministers. Anyone who wants to touch Li Yan will definitely give priority to Mi Yang's existence.

Therefore, Deng Zhi's scruples are quite normal.

It is true that the political environment of Ji Han was not as full of intrigues as that of Cao Wei, but it is impossible to say that the ministers of Ji Han did not have their own small ideas.

It is impossible for Mi Yang to ask that every minister of Ji Han be like Zhuge Liang, ignoring personal interests, honor and disgrace, and his character is infinitely close to that of a saint.

And this is why Chen Dao took advantage of his drunkenness to ask and test Mi Yang.

If Mi Yang had not shown a public-oriented attitude just now, then Chen Dao would have used drunkenness as an excuse to reasonably expose what happened tonight, and privately advised Deng Zhi to find another way.

It's not that Chen Dao couldn't believe Mi Yang's character, on the contrary, Chen Dao agreed with Mi Yang's reputation as "the legacy of the late emperor".

But just like that, Chen wanted to test Mi Yang even more tonight.

Everyone knows that Liu Bei is benevolent and righteous, but everyone also knows that Liu Bei is a person who attaches great importance to friendship and righteousness.

Back then, Mi Fang was reselling weapons in Jingzhou and almost became the richest man in Jingzhou. Guan Yu also reported this to Liu Bei, but when Liu Bei found out about it, he didn't even write a reprimand...

Who can guarantee that Mi Yang, who has the legacy of Liu Bei, will not adopt the same approach as Liu Bei did?

Mi Yang didn't expect that the blame for Li Yan's lawlessness could actually touch her body.

But thinking about it carefully, he really can't completely throw away the pot.

After all, since you enjoy the benefits, you must also bear the negative consequences that the benefits may bring.

When he thought of this, Mi Yang became even more angry.

"Shi Bao! Deng Ai!"

As Mi Yang's trusted generals, Shi Bao and Deng Ai also attended the banquet tonight.

Shi Bao and Deng Ai, who were still eating melon silently, stood up and came to Mi Yang's side after hearing Mi Yang's call:
To be continued...