Guan Yu suppressed his anger and looked at his son-in-law who was paying homage to him. The warmth in his eyes reappeared.

No elder would blame the younger generation for their filial piety.

This is one of the reasons why Ma Liang wrote a letter to tell Mi Yang about this, because compared to others, Mi Yang and Guan Yu have a more intimate relationship.

Guan Yu stretched out his big hand and touched Mi Yang's head. At this moment, he was not a powerful Guan Gong in China, but an elder who was moved by the filial piety of his younger generation.

Guan Yu originally wanted to stroke Mi Yang's hair, but because Mi Yang was wearing armor at this time, the last thing Guan Yu's right hand touched was the cold helmet on Mi Yang's head.

When she felt a touch from the bag on her head, a look of surprise appeared on Mi Yang's face.

But then he thought about it and understood.

Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, he is the most famous General Zuo in the world.

But in the eyes of elders like Guan Yu who are related to him, no matter how great his achievements are, he is still essentially his nephew.

So it is normal for Guan Yu to behave like this.

After feeling the coldness in his hand, Guan Yu put away his right hand and put it back on his lap. Then he looked at Mi Yang and asked:

"Do you know why I specially called you here?"

Guan Yu still did not answer Mi Yang's question directly, but instead asked Mi Yang a question himself.

Seeing Guan Yu questioning him, Mi Yang was worried about Guan Yu's condition, but the elder had to ask questions. According to etiquette, he had to answer Guan Yu's questions first.

Anyway, I am already at Guan Yu's side now, so I won't waste much time by answering Guan Yu's questions first.

With this thought, Mi Yang began to think about Guan Yu's problem.

According to common sense, Guan Yu summoned him to Fancheng to assist him in defeating Zhang Liao's army.

It's just that Mi Yang's current status is a bit special. In terms of authority, Mi Yang is now the same governor as Guan Yu.

Of course, Mi Yang's governor cannot be compared with Guan Yu in terms of status and power.

But since he is the governor of one side, he should not leave his jurisdiction easily.

Guan Yu, who was in charge of military affairs in the east, naturally had the power to mobilize Mi Yang, just as Guan Yu, who was in charge of Jie Yue, had the power to mobilize Liu Feng's troops.

However, Mi Yang's status is special after all, and there is a certain risk that Wudang City will be attacked by the Wei army. Therefore, under normal circumstances, Guan Yu only needs to issue a transfer order to transfer part of his army.

Because if he wanted to defeat Zhang Liao's tens of thousands of Wei troops, Guan Yu might lack soldiers and horses, but he would never lack a general.

Ever since Guan Yu took charge of Jingzhou, it has been a common practice for him to dominate everything by himself.

No matter how harsh the environment was in the past, Guan Yu mostly led the Jingzhou army to survive it alone.

Mi Yang would not be so confident as to think that Guan Yu specially transferred him here because he wanted to help him defeat the enemy.

Regardless of Guan Yu's ability or character, Guan Yu would not have such a purpose.

After ruling out the above possibilities and recalling Guan Yu's performance just now, Mi Yang tentatively gave an answer:

"Young lady, you want to teach me?"

After hearing Mi Yang's answer, Guan Yu raised his hand and tapped Mi Yang's pocket.

Guan Yu's fingers struck the bottom of his pocket, making a crisp sound.

After this crisp sound, Guan Yu's hearty laughter burst out.

"You are still so smart."

"You were as smart as you were when you came outside Fancheng last year and offered me advice."

There was a hint of sadness in Guan Yu's tone.

It was almost the same time last year, also outside Fancheng, when Mi Yang, dressed in Tsing Yi, came to his tent, revealed to him Sun Quan's conspiracy, and set up a cunning plan for him to escape from a dangerous situation in his life.

A catastrophic disaster.

It was also on that day that Guan Yu re-examined Mi Yang, his nephew who had been neglected by him, and recruited Mi Yang to become his chief registrant.

From that day on, Mi Yang, who gained his appreciation, was like a shooting star, blooming his light wantonly on the land of Jingxiang.

Thinking about it now, more than a year has passed.

Xiaolian in green clothes back then has now become General Zuo with fluttering red tassels. Things in the world are changing so fast that sometimes it really confuses people's minds.

But fortunately, Mi Yang has already achieved incredible achievements even at such a young age.

However, he did not appear to be as arrogant and complacent as he feared. Instead, he was able to conduct rational analysis as he was last year.

This is what Guan Yu loves most about Mi Yang.

And this can also ensure that Mi Yang can go further in the future.

After he finished laughing, Guan Yu continued and said slowly: "When I was young, I got angry and committed crimes, so I fled to Zhuo County. Fortunately, I met Your Majesty."

"After meeting Your Majesty, and under His Majesty's guidance, I began to study the Spring and Autumn Annals."

"After decades of studying, although my research on "Spring and Autumn" is not as good as that of some great Confucian scholars, I still have some opinions of my own."

"There is a sentence in "Spring and Autumn" that says, "Under the pines and cypresses, the grass will not grow." This impressed me deeply.

When I read this sentence when I was young, I thought it was unfounded.

Whether the grass under the pines and cypresses can thrive depends entirely on whether the grass itself works hard, and what does it have to do with the pines and cypresses that protect the grass from wind and rain?"

“But as I grow older, every time I read this sentence in the past few years, I always feel something different.

I actually start to worry about whether the grass will thrive in the end."

"Perhaps I have become the pine and cypress that protects the grass from wind and rain."

"Especially the battle between Que Yue and the enemy a few days ago made me even more worried."

After saying this, Guan Yu looked into Mi Yang's eyes and said in a heavy tone:

"I was able to achieve such a great victory in that battle that day. It is true that the Queyue Formation made a significant contribution in it.

But the defeat of the rebel army also had a lot to do with the poor talents of Xiahou Ba, Cao Tai and others."

"I don't want you to be like this in the future. This is why I specially summoned you."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When Guan Yu said this, a look of approval appeared on Mi Yang's face.

It is a tradition for Cao Wei to reuse the clan, let alone the fact that Cao Cao forcefully supported Xiahou Dun when he was still alive.

It can be seen from the fact that after Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, he vigorously appointed Xiahou Shang, Xiahou Mao, Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu.

These people are all representatives of the second generation of Cao Wei.

Among these people, Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu still have military exploits.

However, Xiahou Shang and Xiahou Mao, who had not had much contact with the military before, were able to become one of the generals of the Four Expeditions and Four Towns, and a large number of talented generals with different surnames were all under their leadership.

It’s not that Cao Wei didn’t have talents, on the contrary, Cao Wei’s talent pool was terrifying.

It's just that a large number of talents are still under the leadership of clan generals and cannot fully display their talents.

The talents of the Cao Wei clan vary greatly, so it would be better if a talented person like Cao Zhen is allowed to lead the army.

If clan members with little talent like Xiahou Mao and Cao Tai are allowed to lead the army, even if Cao Wei has a strong national power, it will not be able to exert its power.

Just like the battle at Queyue Formation not long ago, if Cao Zhen or Cao Xiu led the troops, it cannot be said that they would not fall into Guan Yu's plan of arrogant soldiers.

But at least they won't be like Cao Tai and Xiahou Ba, one of them underestimates the enemy like his biological father Xiahou Yuan and rushes in, while the other is the head coach but is led by his deputy Xiahou Ba, with no judgment of his own.

After Guan Yu told the case of Xiahou Ba and Cao Tai, Mi Yang understood what Guan Yu was worried about.

Cao Wei did not look at merit or even age in appointing the second generation of the clan. Although it is logically unreasonable, this is the political correctness of the world.

Not to mention Cao Wei, even Soochow did the same thing.

The clan and relatives naturally occupy a transcendent position in the political system.

Now it is a feudal society.

Although Liu Bei started from a young age, he did not have many relatives around him to help him.

However, there was a political force around Liu Bei that was more like a clan than a clan, and that was the Yuan Cong faction headed by Guan Yu.

Under such circumstances, the second generation of the Yuan Cong faction will inevitably be favored by Liu Bei one after another, just like the second generation of Cao Wei's clan.

Those with greater power include Zi Zi, Guan Ping, Mi Wei, and those with less power include Zhang Bao, Guan Xing, Zhao Tong, etc.

After all, the average age of the Yuancong generation who currently follows Liu Bei is around sixty, which is considered an advanced age in this world.

In this case, as a politically wise Liu Bei, he would definitely start vigorously promoting the second generation of Yuan Cong.

Because compared to the three factions of Jingzhou, Yizhou, and Dongzhou, the Yuancong faction is the direct lineage that shares both prosperity and loss with Liu Bei. It is also the original shareholder of Ji Han, a listed company.

Therefore, Yuan came to power from the second generation, which is already a trend that is developing rapidly.

Guan Yu's political wisdom is not low, and he certainly sees this trend very clearly.

As he grew older and saw the performance of the second generation of Cao and Wei, it was normal for Guan Yu to worry about "it is difficult for grass to grow under the pines and cypresses".

To put it bluntly, Guan Yu was worried that after his generation passed away one after another, the second generation who succeeded them would be like Xiahou Ba and Cao Tai, who would be exploited by the enemy, thus putting Ji Hanrang in crisis.

Keeping a business is more difficult than starting a business, not to mention that because of the existence of Cao Wei and Sun Wu, Ji Han will still be in the entrepreneurial stage for a long time to come.
To be continued...