Mi Han

Chapter 281
After Liu Bei finished saying that to Ma Chao, Ma Chao didn't hesitate any longer. After bowing to Liu Bei, he immediately strode out of the hall.

When Ma Chao was walking outwards, his back straightened a lot.

After Ma Chao walked out of the lobby, Liu Bei looked at the back of his leaving, and looked at Ma Chao's long dark hair, with a smile on his mouth, but there was some thoughtful look in his eyes.

Liu Bei looked at Fei Yi, and asked him, "General Hussars, how old is this year?"

Fei Yi can be valued by Liu Bei not only because of his own wit, but also because of his ability to remember with a photograph.

After recalling it for a while, Fei Yi replied respectfully to Liu Bei, "If I remember correctly, General Hussars is forty and five this year."

After hearing Fei Yi's answer, Liu Bei thought about his own age, and only then did he realize that Ma Chao was ten years younger than him.

In the current world, more than ten years is almost a generation gap.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei picked up a memorial from the desk in front of him, which was written to him by Prime Minister Zhuge Liang.

In this letter, Zhuge Liang did not talk about official affairs.

Being deeply in charge of Liu Bei's stay in the capital, he has the right to deal with everything on the fly, without having to report Chengdu's political affairs to Liu Bei.

The memorial written by Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei is about the recent performance of Prince Liu Chan.

After officially establishing Liu Chan as the crown prince, Liu Bei paid more and more attention to Liu Chan's education.

Not only did he appoint a number of ministers to serve as Liu Chan's teachers, but he also asked Zhuge Liang to keep an eye on Liu Chan's academic performance when he left Chengdu.

At present, the world is uncertain and the world is in chaos, so Liu Bei's education to Liu Chan cannot be just about classics and classics.

On the contrary, Liu Bei has always attached great importance to Liu Chan's education in tactics and wisdom.

But unfortunately, according to the reports of Zhuge Liang and other confidants, Liu Chan's performance in this regard has been very bad.

Perhaps in front of others, Zhuge Liang would praise Liu Chan in order to stabilize people's hearts.

But in the communication with Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang can be said to be outspoken.

"The prince has the virtue of benevolence and love, but rarely has the wisdom to change."

Although Zhuge Liang's comments were considered tactful, Liu Bei could still see Zhuge Liang's true thoughts from the comments.

And Zhuge Liang's true thoughts coincided with what he had in his heart.

The world is undecided, wisdom comes first, and according to the wisdom that Adou has shown so far, can he rule the world in the future and frighten all the officials?

For example, after his death, can A Dou calm down Ma Chao as easily as he is today?

In fact, Liu Bei knew that Ma Chao would not be 100% loyal to him, but in his opinion, so what?

With the continuous improvement of his status, the mentality of Liu Bei, who is now the founding king, has changed.

When he was in the high position of the emperor, his first consideration was whether a person was useful to him, rather than a simple question of loyalty.

But Liu Bei can have this performance because he has confidence in his prestige and means in his heart, but can A Dou?

Liu Bei began to worry deeply about this matter in his heart.

Now Liu Bei finally understands why Emperor Taizu of the Han Dynasty had to deal with Yingbo and Pengyue so hard with his old age.

It's not that Taizu didn't have the confidence to deter Yingbo and Peng Yue, but he was worried that his successor would not be able to do this.

He is 60 years old this year, and he will be 61 years old in the near future.

Under such circumstances, Liu Bei had to start thinking about some things.

Of course, although Liu Bei has the style of Han Taizu, some of his actions are not as cruel as Han Taizu.

If Liu Bang is in power now, in order to prevent future troubles, he must physically destroy the people he fears.

What Liu Bei was thinking of was to use other means to ensure that his son A Dou would be able to secure his position in the future.

The only people who can make a hero like Ma Chao feel jealous are those who have made great military exploits and have great reputation in the army.

And only such a person has been firmly standing behind Adou, the dream he pursued in his life will not be abandoned halfway.

After thinking about this, Liu Bei picked up another seal in his hand and looked at it carefully again.

This sealed note was sent by Zhao Yun, General Zhao Yun who is currently guarding Nanzhong.

Looking at what Zhao Yun said on it, Liu Bei couldn't help showing a sneer after seeing a name:
"A mere barbarian dares to be king."

After Guan Yan came to Xiangyang City, she was taken care of by Liu Bei and stayed in the General's Mansion in Xiangyang City.

Originally, in this world, it was normal for an army general to bring his family members in the army, and sometimes this was even considered as a way to train future generations.

So it is also possible for Guan Yan to go directly to the military camp to accompany Mi Yang.

It's just that Liu Bei considered that Guan Yan was about to give birth, so he let Guan Yan rest in Xiangyang City.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu are like brothers, so he naturally treats Guan Yan as his niece.

He also hoped that Guan Yan could give birth to a fat boy for Mi Yang, so that in the future, after Liu Chan gave birth to a daughter, he would make a baby kiss, and it would be a great thing to have a baby kiss.

After Guan Yan enjoyed the princess-like treatment and moved into the General's Mansion, she immediately wrote a letter and ordered it to be sent to the military camp on the other side.

Not long after, Mi Yang in the barracks received this letter from Guan Yan reporting his safety.

Looking at Guan Yan's beautiful handwriting on the letter, Mi Yang felt nostalgic, but at the same time he was a little surprised.

Because Guan Yan told him in the letter, Ma Chao also came to Xiangyang City.

This surprised Mi Yang a little.

Although Ma Chao is in Hanzhong, Mianyang, where Ma Chao is located, has always been under the direct control of Liu Bei, so Mi Yang doesn't know the situation there.

What surprised Mi Yang the most was, is Liu Bei going to use Ma Chao?

Ma Chao in history is not like in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, with clear grievances and grievances, and filial piety first.

On the contrary, Ma Chao has a poor reputation in history, because he is the chief culprit who killed more than [-] members of his family.

In the official history, the warlord forces such as Ma Teng and Han Sui who ruled Liangzhou actually had a good relationship with Cao Cao.

Before the Battle of Chibi, Ma Teng and Han Sui, under the mediation of Sili Xiaowei Zhong Yao, often sent troops to help Cao Cao crusade against the enemy.

It is precisely because of this relationship that Ma Teng was willing to lead almost all his clansmen into the court as officials later.

From this point, it can be seen that Ma Teng has no intention of resisting Cao Cao.

That period was the honeymoon period between Cao Cao and Ma Teng.

During that honeymoon period, because of Ma Chao's excellent performance in combat, Cao Cao valued Ma Chao very much.

He had intentionally asked Ma Chao to enter the Central Plains many times to serve as Xuzhou governor, admonishing doctor and other high-ranking officials, but Ma Chao refused them all.

Of course, Cao Cao's doing this must have the purpose of weakening Ma Teng's power.

But Ma Chao was only in his 20s at the time, and he was able to be regarded as the main weakening target by Cao Cao, which is enough to show that Cao Cao valued Ma Chao's ability.

Later, in the 16th year of Jian'an, Ma Chao was worried that Cao Cao would use false ways to destroy Guo, so he raised troops against Cao Cao, which killed Ma Teng and other relatives.

Even if some people in later generations justify Ma Chao's behavior, they think that Ma Chao may have been born of a foreign race, and he has been bullied by Ma Teng and ignored.

It's just that this kind of thinking is illogical.

Because Ma Teng handed over all his military power to Ma Chao before leaving Liangzhou, which is enough to show that Ma Teng attaches great importance to Ma Chao.

Otherwise, Ma Teng's head is not sick, and he will hand over all the military power to a "eldest son" who has been bullied by him and ignored.

Besides, the reason why Ma Teng dared to enter the court was that he felt that Ma Chao led the army outside as his reliance. As long as Ma Chao kept his own place, wouldn't Cao Cao take the initiative to attack him?

This is enough to show that the relationship between Ma Teng and Ma Chao's father and son was good at that time, otherwise it would be the same reason - Ma Teng was not mentally ill.

The reason why Cao Cao believed in Ma Teng's initiative to enter the court was precisely because he felt that with Ma Teng in his hands, Ma Chao would keep his own place.

This is a common-sense judgment based on past facts and human relations and righteousness throughout the ages. As a result, what happened later can only be said to be absolutely unexpected.

And what Ma Chao said to Han Sui after he raised his army:

"Today Chao abandons his father and regards the general as his father, and the general should also abandon his son and regard Chao as his son", which reveals Ma Chao's true thoughts at that time.

Because of this, Ma Chao directly lost the hearts of the scholars in the world because of that uprising, causing everyone in the world to scold him.

No way, in the Han Dynasty a son killed his father, this is simply challenging the moral bottom line of the world.

From Ma Chao's past experience, it can be seen that Ma Chao's early personality was extremely egoistic and fearless.

Such a person is undoubtedly difficult to control, so since he defected to Liu Bei, Liu Bei put him on the shelf most of the time.

After all, a person can even abandon his clan father, so who can trust his loyalty.

However, it may be because of the many things he has experienced in the past few years. I heard that Ma Chao's personality has changed a lot, at least he knows how to weigh the pros and cons.

And now the implication of Liu Bei calling Ma Chao here is almost ready to come out.

It's just that after the accident, Mi Yang didn't pay too much attention to this issue.

How difficult it is for Ma Chao to use is something Liu Bei should consider, and he doesn't have to worry about this issue.

Unfortunately, what Mi Yang didn't know was that one day soon, it would be his turn to have a headache about the appointment of Ma Chao.

Now all Mi Yang's attention is focused on collecting news about the north.

According to the inference of time, Cao Pi in Wancheng should have known about his being disguised as a woman.

Be angry, Pi Goose.

If you are not angry, you will be ridiculed by future generations for thousands of years.

Pi Goose, whom Mi Yang misses so much, is in a good mood now in Wancheng.

The sky was bright and clear on this day, which was a rare good weather since Wancheng entered winter.

Because the weather is very good, even Cao Pi, who lives in Wancheng, is in a good mood.

Of course, as an emperor, Cao Pi is in a good mood not only because of the weather, but also because of the good news he has received continuously during this period of time.

Not long ago, he received a battle report from Du Xi himself, saying that Zhang Liao's army had safely arrived outside Yancheng.

After Zhang Liao's army arrived outside Yancheng, although the bandit army kept challenging outside the camp, both he and Zhang Liao made up their minds to hold out.

In the case that one's own army could not hold on, the bandit army did not launch an attack on Fancheng.

According to the current situation, if it continues to develop, it will not take long before the bandit army will have no choice but to retreat.

Originally, after Cao Pi received the news that Liu Bei had arrived outside Fancheng, he was still worried that Liu Bei's army wanted to fight a protracted war with him.

But now it seems that the purpose of the bandit army is still thinking of a quick victory.

This is exactly the same as the speculation of the ministers of Cao Wei before.

And no matter how bad Cao Pi is, he also knows that as time goes on, the situation will slowly reverse towards him.

Because behind him is Cao Wei's strong national power as support.

In addition to this good news, as the end of the new year is approaching, the grain production and population statistics from all over the country have also been reported to him one after another.

Looking at the gratifying data in his hands, the joy on Cao Pi's face never stopped.

These various data are not only the embodiment of Cao Wei's strong national power, but also the ironclad evidence that he governed the country well and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

These will be recorded in the history books in the future to prove that he is a Daoming Lord.

When Cao Pi officially proclaimed himself emperor, he had great ambitions, and always wanted to become a Youdao Mingjun recorded by historians.

And such data, how could it not make Cao Pi, a traditional Confucian emperor, happy?

Under the gratifying data, Cao Pi seems to have foreseen that Cao Wei will one day be in his hands and unify the world.

But when Cao Pi was immersed in the beauty of Cao Wei becoming more and more powerful, Shang Shu ordered Chen Jiao to come to the bedroom where Cao Pi was staying with a face full of shame and anger.

Cao Pi, who was reviewing the memorial, raised his head and looked at Chen Jiao quickly after hearing the hurried footsteps.

After Cao Pi saw Chen Jiao's face, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

Not long ago, a confidant minister with the same surname Chen came to look for him in such a hurry.

The experience of looking for each other made him think of it now like a shadow, which couldn't be shaken off in his heart.

Now that he saw that Chen Jiao was doing the same thing, of course he would have concerns in his heart.

But Cao Pi thought about it carefully, and all the orders he gave in Wancheng before were very decent and there were no omissions.

Coupled with his confidence in Zhang Liao, his heart gradually settled down.

After Cao Pi gradually settled down, Chen Jiao took off his shoes and came to the hall.

Same as Chen Qun, Chen Jiao didn't have the guts to speak out about the news he had just received.

He just quickly came to the hall, handed over the information in his hands to the eunuch beside Cao Pi, and asked him to pass it on to Cao Pi.

Passed by the eunuch, Cao Pi quickly opened the information submitted by Chen Jiao and read it.

But almost instantly, Cao Pi's calm expression changed drastically.

An emotion called extreme shame and anger quickly climbed up on Cao Pi's face. Looking at the things recorded in the intelligence, Cao Pi's eyes quickly turned red.

Especially after seeing that this matter was done by Mi Yang, the anger in Cao Pi's heart rose several times directly.

Because of the anger in his heart, Cao Pi was speechless for a while.

He just looked at Chen Jiao with a look that wanted to kill someone, his breathing became heavier and heavier, and his chest was constantly rising and falling due to intense emotions.

Cao Pi wanted to swear, but having received a good education since he was a child, he couldn't think of any harmful words after much deliberation.

In the end, he could only overturn the desk in front of him panting heavily, pointing to the south and cursing: "Traitor! Traitor!"

"Why isn't he dead yet!"

　Chapter 32, everyone can watch it the next day.

　　In addition, there has always been controversy in the historian circles about whether Meng Huo was a Han Chinese or a barbarian. Since there are disputes, this book will choose a point of view as the background.

　　The corresponding background will be mentioned when Meng Huo appears.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)