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Chapter 382 Ma Chao: I also want to divide the land and be crowned king!

Ma Teng's questioning voice echoed throughout the hall. He wanted to see how this rebellious son would argue in front of him!

"My father asked me why I rebelled?"

At this time, there were no outsiders in the hall. Ma Chao also put away his previous submissive attitude, sneered and asked: "Then I would like to ask father, why did you rebel in the first place?"

After Geng Bi, the governor of Liang Province, was killed by his subordinates, Ma Teng, Wang Guo, Han Sui and others conspired to rebel in Liang Province.

This is a dark history that cannot be erased.

Hearing Ma Chao talking about this, Ma Teng's face froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal. He snorted coldly, "At that time, Emperor Ling was incompetent, the country was in chaos, and the people were living in misery. I rebelled because I was forced to do so."

"And the emperor today is wise and powerful, and he is a sage and wise ruler. If the country has such a wise ruler, then I will naturally submit to him."

"Who would have thought that you, a rebellious son, would rebel afterwards!"

"My Ma family is a descendant of the Han Dynasty's loyal subjects. We should take it as our duty to serve the Han Dynasty and support the country. How can you become a rebel?!"

"You are simply disgracing the Ma family's reputation!"

Ma Teng became more and more angry as he spoke, spitting out saliva and cursing: "I thought you were a talented person and wanted to give you the task of revitalizing the Ma family, but now it seems that you are just a piece of rotten wood!"

"Look at you, with your pointed face and monkey cheeks. How can you compare to your second and third brothers? I must have been blind to let you take charge of the Xiliang Army!"

Ma Teng's anger came from the heart.

Although he had rebelled at the beginning, the emperor had already issued an edict to recruit him, and he took his two sons to Yecheng to show his loyalty to the emperor and won the emperor's trust.

But Ma Chao rebelled again afterwards, which made everything he had done before useless. It would undoubtedly become increasingly difficult for the descendants of the Ma family to seize power in the future!
"Hahahaha!"

After hearing what Ma Teng said, Ma Chao couldn't help but burst into laughter, and it took a long time for him to stop.

Then he raised his head and said to Ma Teng with sarcasm: "Father, do you really think of yourself as a loyal minister?"

"Don't forget, it was our whole family that rebelled!"

"Rebels are traitors. From the day we rebelled, the name of traitors has been branded on us!"

"Even if you hand over all the 100,000 Xiliang cavalrymen and run to the emperor's feet to live a life of idleness and wealth, the history books will not record you as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty!"

"Wake up, father!"

With every word, Ma Chao took a step forward and his expression became colder and colder, until he was standing in front of Ma Teng and looking him in the eye.

Ma Teng's face turned pale and he was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Or rather, he was speechless.

It was he who started the rebellion, and it was he who first insulted the Ma family's reputation and the honor of their ancestors. No matter what excuses he finds, he cannot whitewash himself.

Ma Chao said coldly: "I admit that I was wrong to rebel and disregard the lives of my father and my second and third brothers."

"But this is all for the future of my Ma family!"

"My Ma family has 100,000 cavalrymen. Why should we submit to the emperor and become his lackeys and lackeys? Why should we hand over our lives, wealth and glory to him for control?"

“We can completely control it in our own hands!”

At this moment, Ma Chao no longer concealed his ambitions and desires, and for the first time revealed his true feelings to Ma Teng.

The world is in chaos now, and many heroes have emerged. His Ma family is one of the most powerful in the world, so he should naturally plan for hegemony!
"you……"

Ma Teng looked at Ma Chao in front of him and felt that he was very unfamiliar. After a long while, he sighed and said, "Stop it, Mengqi. You can't compete with the imperial court."

"All the mistakes are my fault. I shouldn't have set a bad example for you and made you have improper expectations."

"This surrender is the last chance the emperor gives you. If you don't surrender, you will really die."

"Do you really want to see my Ma family end up like the Yuan family, with the whole family wiped out?"

The Yuan family rebelled and their three clans were exterminated.

He had also witnessed the day when the Yuan family was exterminated. The scene of heads rolling to the ground and the wailing sound was still vivid in his mind. He did not want the Ma family to suffer the same fate.

"There's no turning back, Father."

Ma Chao said expressionlessly: "Some things cannot be stopped once they are done. If I agree to surrender and hand over my military power today, I will die a violent death tomorrow."

"No emperor would tolerate the existence of a family like our Ma family that has repeatedly rebelled. Being liquidated is the only outcome."

"The only solution now is to give it a try!"

"If we succeed, our Ma family will surpass any other aristocratic family in the world and become the dominant one!"

"Since you have returned, why don't you go back? You and I, father and son, are hand in hand. Why should we fear the imperial army?"

Ma Chao was not convinced by Ma Teng.

He even tried to persuade Ma Teng in return.

Ma Teng was so angry that he glared at Ma Chao and said, "You rebellious son! You will destroy my entire Ma family by doing this!"

"And your second and third brothers, do you really not care about their lives? They are your brothers!"

Ma Chao snorted coldly: "Those who achieve great things do not care about trivial matters. From the moment I decided to rebel, my father and my second and third brothers were already dead."

"Father, you don't need to say anything more. I have made up my mind!"

After Ma Chao finished speaking, he suddenly jumped up and hit Ma Teng on the back of the neck with a knife.

Ma Teng was caught off guard and had no time to resist. He fainted with a groan.

Looking at Ma Teng lying on the ground, Ma Chao turned and walked out of the hall, called his personal guards to take him away and keep a good look after him, and then asked someone to invite Cui Lin over.

"Where's General Ma?"

Cui Lin walked into the hall and was shocked to see that Ma Teng was missing. He asked Ma Chao.

Ma Chao said calmly, "Father is very tired from the journey, so he will go down and rest first."

Hearing this, Cui Lin's face changed slightly. After staring at Ma Chao for a while, he finally did not continue asking.

"Then I wonder how the conversation between the general and your father went? Was the misunderstanding resolved?"

It doesn’t matter whether Ma Teng is there or not. What matters is whether Ma Chao is willing to accept surrender and submit to the court. This is also the only purpose of his trip.

"The misunderstanding is naturally resolved."

Ma Chao laughed and said, "I don't really want to start a war with the imperial court. I know the purpose of the angel's visit and I am willing to submit to the imperial court.

Hearing that Ma Chao agreed to surrender, Cui Lin was delighted. He suppressed his excitement and said, "The general is indeed very righteous!"

"In that case, why not let General Ma stay in Chang'an to take charge of the Xiliang Army, and the general will come with me to Yecheng to meet the emperor."

"Your Majesty will surely reward the general handsomely!"

Ma Chao was willing to surrender, which would not only reduce a major enemy for the court, but also add 100,000 elite troops out of thin air!

"There is no rush for this." Ma Chao shook his head and continued, "Of course I am willing to submit to the court, but I have one condition."

"What are the conditions? Just tell me, General!"

Cui Lin said very straightforwardly that it was normal to have conditions, but it was abnormal to agree to surrender without any conditions.

These are all things that can be discussed.

Ma Chao pondered for a moment, then said: "My hometown is on the border of Liangzhou. There are many small countries and foreign races outside the pass, and the people are often harassed."

"I am willing to lead the troops to garrison Liangzhou. I hope that Your Majesty can grant Liangzhou to me as a fiefdom, so that my Ma family can guard the border for the Han Dynasty from now on for generations to come."

"As long as you agree to this condition, I am willing to surrender."

Cui Lin's smile froze on his face instantly. He stared blankly at Ma Chao in front of him, as if he couldn't believe what he had just heard.

Grant Liangzhou...as a fiefdom?

After a moment, Cui Lin came back to his senses, and a surge of anger arose in his heart, which he could not suppress at all!
"Bold maniac!"

Cui Lin slammed the table and stood up, his face turned livid, and he was shaking with anger. "Do you know what you are talking about?"

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Ma Chao just said a lot of words.

But it can be summed up in four words.

That is "splitting the land and becoming king"!
This daring fellow actually wanted to lead 100,000 elite soldiers to occupy Liangzhou, and even shamelessly asked the emperor to grant him Liangzhou as a fiefdom!
How shameless!
Ma Chao smiled and said, "I know this clearly. This is the condition for my submission to the court. Is there anything wrong with it?"

Cui Lin's slight joy had long since disappeared. He was so angry that he laughed. He pointed at Ma Chao's nose and cursed: "How dare a mere traitor talk about splitting the land and becoming a king?"

"Where do you get the courage from!"

The conditions proposed by Ma Chao were impossible to agree to at all, and there was no room for negotiation!

Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, only members of the royal family could be crowned kings. This was a rule that had lasted for more than four hundred years.

Even if we put this rule aside, let's first take a look at who were qualified to be crowned kings in the early Han Dynasty.

Zhang Ao, the King of Zhao; Ying Bu, the King of Huainan; Zang Tu, the King of Yan; Han Xin, the King of Chu; Peng Yue, the King of Liang; Wu Rui, the King of Changsha; Lu Wan, the King of Yan...

Which one of them was not a hero who had made great contributions to the Han Dynasty? What qualifications did Ma Chao have to compare with these founding heroes?
And once you agree to it, it would be a slap in the face of the emperor and would cause chaos in the world!

A rebel can be made a king of a different surname just because of his great power. If anyone wants to be made a king in the future and starts a rebellion, there will be no peace in the world anymore.

"That means there's nothing to talk about?"

Ma Chao's face also turned cold, and there was a hint of murderous intent in his eyes when he looked at Cui Lin.

Cui Lin was not afraid, but cursed even more harshly: "Ma Chao, you are a traitor, a villain, and a traitor!"

"You are a traitor and you have recognized the murderer of your mother as your father. You are unkind, unjust, unfaithful and unfilial. You are despised by the world!"

"It was the mercy of the emperor that gave you the opportunity to surrender. Not only did you not cherish it, but you also spoke nonsense here. I think you are ready to die!"

"Do you really think that you can make the imperial court helpless against you with just 100,000 Xiliang troops? Little do you know that once the imperial court's heavenly soldiers arrive, you will be as useless as chickens and dog ears!"

"Then the fate of the Yuan family will be the same as the fate of your Ma family!"

"Don't say you didn't predict what you said!"

Cui Lin's verbal skills were extremely sharp. His words directly exposed Ma Chao's true colors, causing veins on his forehead to bulge and the murderous intent in his eyes to become more intense.

His hand was already on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

Seeing this, Cui Lin sneered and said, "Ma'er, you dare to kill me? Come on, my head is right here, waiting for you to take it!"

After saying that, he lowered his head, exposed his neck, and stretched it in front of Ma Chao.

He wished that Ma Chao would chop him to death right now!
Ma Chao stared at him for a long while, then snorted coldly: "Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. You want me to kill you so that my name will go down in history. I will never let you do that!"

"I will spare your life today. Go back and tell the emperor in Yecheng to either make me the King of Liang or wait for me to lead the army to attack Yecheng!"

After Ma Chao finished speaking, he stood up and called his guards to carry Cui Lin out.

As Cui Lin was carried away, he cursed unwillingly: "Ma'er! You have the guts to rebel, but don't you have the guts to kill me?"

"You coward! You will die a miserable death!"

Cui Lin's voice gradually faded away.

Ma Chao had no time to deal with him. He ordered his guards to take good care of Ma Teng, and then returned to the Xiliang army camp.

Pang De was still guarding the army at this time. When he saw Ma Chao coming back, he couldn't wait to ask, "General, why didn't the old general come with you?"

Facing Pang De's question, Ma Chao showed hatred and gnashed his teeth and said, "The two traitors, Lu Bu and Yuan Xi, tortured my father beyond recognition and used this to force me to surrender!"

"He sent someone to tell me that if I didn't surrender, he would send me the heads of my second and third brothers!"

As Ma Chao spoke, his eyes even turned red.

Pang De was shocked after hearing this and said, "How could Lu Bu and Yuan Xi be so cruel? Where is the old general? I will go to visit him now!"

"Ling Ming, wait a minute!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Chao quickly suppressed his sorrow, reached out to hold Pang De, and said to him: "I have asked a doctor to treat my father's injuries. My father is currently unconscious. The doctor said he needs to rest and should not be disturbed."

"I refuse to surrender this time. Lu Bu will definitely send troops to attack me soon. The most important thing right now is to prepare for war."

"There is no time to delay the making of stirrups and horseshoes."

Pang De hesitated for a moment. Although he was very worried about Ma Teng's safety, he clasped his fists and said, "Yes, General."

After dealing with Pang De, Ma Chao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Bond's stubbornness was his biggest headache. In short, Bond could not be allowed to meet his father, otherwise this rigid guy would definitely not continue to support him.

Losing General Pang De was like losing a helping hand for him, so he could only continue to deceive with this lie.

"Dog Emperor, you'd better know your time."

"If you just make me the King of Liang, I will lead my troops back to Liangzhou and from now on I will be a local emperor far away from home and keep my distance from others."

"If you refuse to make me the King of Liang... then I will have no choice but to march to Yecheng, capture you, and then let you issue an edict to make me the king."

Ma Chao thought secretly in his heart.

He had no idea of ​​becoming emperor through rebellion because the previous two people who rebelled and became emperor ended up in a miserable way.

After Wang Mang's death, his head was made into a collection; Yuan Shu was also beheaded, and it is said that before his death in prison he could not even drink a bowl of honey water.

This shows that destiny still lies with Liu.

Therefore, his only idea was to divide the land, become a king and dominate one side, which was more realistic than being one of the Three Dukes or Nine Ministers!

Taking his eyes off Pang De's departing figure, Ma Chao mounted his horse and returned to Chang'an again.

(End of this chapter)