Three Kingdoms New Malaysia Super League

Chapter 1236 The Malpractice of Ma Family Business

No one and nothing in the world will be smooth sailing. Just as Ma Chao, Sima Yi, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Hu discussed with the Ma family's unique conspiratorial laughter how to take advantage of the opportunity of the tribute from the Western Regions to carry out a public opinion offensive. When the family and the Han family were completely on the soles of their feet and could not turn over, someone from the Shangshutai came forward and told Chen Qun that they had something to see.

The meeting came to an end temporarily, and after Ma Chao heard Chen Qun say this, he suddenly got up and changed his expression: "Is this serious?" After dismissing the idle followers of Shangshutai, Ma Chao pointed his eyes directly at His Highness Chen Qun: "Long text , this matter is no small matter, you don't know that person has just accomplished a great cause these days, if this matter is true, it really makes me a little difficult..."

His Highness, Chen Qun, was promoted to the head of Yushitai household department and Hongnong prefect when Ma Chao received the edict as King Yong. Said to Ma Chao: "My lord, I know the importance of shadows in the Ma family, so I came here on purpose."

Seeing that Chen Qun's face remained unchanged, Ma Chao knew something.Historically, Chen Qun was upright and upright. He accepted the sage's precepts taught by his father since he was a child, and he was extremely strict with himself.Therefore, after several considerations, Ma Chao promoted Chen Qun, who had the same name as Qingya, to the high position of Yushitai.As a result, Ma Chao sat down again, waved his hands and said, "Sit down and talk."

Chen Qun nodded and sat down: "My lord, recently I have received reports one after another. These reports all point to one person, and what I said did not seem to come out of nowhere. I didn't care at first, but the more I got later, the more I was surprised. Later , I felt terrified, thinking about it today, I dare not report it to the lord."

Ma Chao smiled calmly: "It's okay to say a long article, as long as you violate the laws of the Ma family, let alone someone from the shadows, you can say that you are a relative of the Ma family. As long as the evidence is convincing, there will be no forgiveness!"

Chen Qun sat upright and said: "Since my lord has said this, I will speak out." After finishing speaking, Chen Qun took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Ma Chao. When Ma Chao opened it, it was a copy of the paper. The paper dripping with blood: The paper states that a wealthy businessman in Hongnong relied on his power to bully his peers, seized more than [-] iron mines and copper mines in Hongnong, and more than [-] hectares of official land, and forcibly purchased more than [-] factories and factories. What's more, he colluded with the officials, causing the sufferer to have nowhere to appeal, and no grievances to appeal, forcing more than [-] people to die, which is a heinous crime.

This kind of criminal lawsuit can't be traced back to Ma Chao's level at all, but the reason why Chen Qun, the servant of Yushitai and prefect of Hongnong, went to Chang'an was because the wealthy businessman had a relationship with the shadow of the most mysterious army of the Ma family. There is a trace of indescribable relationship - the rich businessman is none other than the Yuanfang clan uncle who just recently obtained the clothes and belt Zhao Muyang from Xuchang!

Mu Yang's feat in stealing the clothes and belt edict, at a small scale, was an obvious victory for the Ma family against the Cao family's Jing'an Cao; at a large scale, it was a fatal magic weapon for the Ma family to pinch the Cao family's life.At the same time, this kind of thing can't be awarded and canonized openly, it can only be instructed by Ma Chao himself, and Yingying will be given considerable rewards and preferential treatment.But more often than not, it's the shadow's family members who don't know why they lost their loved ones.It can be said that Yingying's contribution to the Ma family can be called great. Ma Chao always felt that even though he gave Yingying extremely high military treatment, it was difficult to make up for their sacrifices.

Moreover, the nature of this matter has another level - this is the first commercial case of an extremely vile nature that has appeared since the Ma family started a business!
What is deeply rooted in farming civilization is the promotion of commerce in the Three Kingdoms era. Ma Chao had to take a tough attitude, resolutely crack down on those scholar-bureaucrats and powerful families who held opposing opinions, and carried out drastic business support reforms.As a result, the industrial and commercial development momentum in Ma's territory was surprisingly violent.Although Ma Chao has only engaged in one "investment attraction" business in recent years, the Ma family's business has gradually expanded to the whole of Chang'an as the axis, forming a large industrial and commercial base.

Among them, the Ma’s House in Fufeng, the Han’s House in Chang’an (a joint venture between Liu Yue and Fushou and managed by Zhang Yupan), the Li’s House in Jinyang, the newly built Guan’s House in Liangzhou, and the Weijun’s The Zhen's House and all the border shops and clubs such as the Han and Qiang Trading Houses and the Han and Hungarian Trading Houses have become a powerful emerging force that cannot be ignored in the Han Dynasty.The scope of transactions included is as small as firewood, rice, oil and salt, as large as houses and farms, and there is a faint tendency to attack the old and powerful brands that have always been based on farmland.

On this point, Ma Chao didn't feel much until he saw Meng Da's latest tax report at the beginning of this year.As a result of the great prosperity of commerce, the recovery and development of the Ma family was more than three times faster than that of other princes who generally only rely on self-sufficient farming economy.In just over a year, the Ma family has gone from having to buy grain from Yizhou and Jingzhou to the point where the treasury still has surplus.It is foreseeable that with another year of accumulation, the Ma family can use a large amount of money to purchase countless food reserves through various commercial firms to support the Ma family in another tough battle.

As for such achievements, Ma Chao was secretly complacent.He has been in this era for so long, his career can be said to be flourishing, and he is now considered a leader, but he has not inflated himself because of this-this is almost a common problem of all leaders. Can’t be too successful, if it’s too successful, it’s bound to be too self-confident, and if it’s too self-confident, it’s unavoidable to mess around. In history, there are too many bosses whose reputations have been ruined because of this, such as bouncing around in modern Chinese history. Progressive movements and the like are proof of that.

In Ma Chao's view, engaging in production, doing business, and even developing the economy are very, very professional activities. Obviously, he himself really lacks the talent in this area. Its consistent practice is to control the government, military and other power agencies from reaching out to business, and let the group of industrial and commercial owners to toss about.The Ma family's political system and army only acted as thugs. For example, if the powerful and powerful families who refused to open the market were stubborn or something, the Ma family's army would crush them with some legitimate reasons.

However, since the economy is to be developed, it is inevitable that those who are interested will take advantage of it to make a fortune.Ma Chao remembered that when the Ma family army was reorganized, civilian items such as military uniforms, military shoes, bandages, and luggage were uniformly distributed.A guy who was originally just a bum in a remote village in Chang'an saw the right time and took the lead in organizing the villagers to engage in the textile industry. He made a lot of money in that short three months, and finally became a rich man with a net worth of two hundred horseshoe gold.At that time, for the sake of some political factors and economic development, Ma Chao asked the propaganda team of the Ministry of Rites to promote that person as a model.Zhong Yao also went to the countryside in person, and sent a plaque of "Expert in getting rich".

The encouragement and publicity of such events led to various handicraft workshops springing up everywhere under the Ma family's rule. Ma Chao was amazed by this prosperous scene, and always reminded Ma Chao of the myth of Shenzhen's reform and opening up.Fortunately, Ma Chao has always been very strict with government agencies and the military, and there has never been any collusion between officials and businessmen.

Because of this, the behavior of Mu Yang, the uncle of the distant family, completely touched Ma Chao's bottom line.Chen Qun may have considered the status of Shadow in Ma Chao's heart and Ma Chao's vigorous promotion of industrial and commercial prosperity, so Chen Qun felt that this matter was very difficult to handle, so he came to Chang'an to ask for instructions in person.

After reading the complaint, Ma Chao also felt that the incident was a bit of a headache, he couldn't help but rubbed his brows, and unconsciously said what he had already said: "Is this really true?"

Chen Qun stood up dignifiedly, moved a large pile of letters, papers, and silk volumes behind him, and said: "These are all originals of the plaintiff, the handwriting was not done by one person, and the facts are often clear, and some of them are actually written by me. I know, so I dare not hide it, so I came here to report to the lord." After finishing speaking, Chen Qun knelt down again: "Since ancient times, martial arts have fought to the death, and Wen has died to remonstrate, my lord, please be aware of the details!"

Seeing Chen Qun like this, Ma Chao was extremely surprised at first, and then felt heavy in his heart.Hurriedly stepped down in front of Chen Qun and helped Chen Qun up, and said, "Changwen, these things will stay with me. This matter is of great importance and must be kept secret for the time being. You know, I know, don't pass it on to others. Otherwise, once you offend the army, you will know the consequences."

Chen Qun was able to report this to Ma Chao in advance without making a sound, so he naturally understood this and obeyed immediately.

After Ma Chao saw Chen Qun stepping down, looking at the stack of case files, his face suddenly lost the previous solemnity, and he even showed a little smile: "Uncle Yuanfang Clan? Hmph, how courageous! ——But , On the other hand, Mu Yang, Mu Yang, you are really miserable. You said you don’t want to send letters anymore, so I let you steal things; now you say you don’t want to steal things anymore, but God just doesn’t want to let you go. I passed you..."

(End of this chapter)