Chapter 574 Dong Zhao
"Secret me as the General of Hussars, fake festivals, and rank higher than Sangong?"

Holding the imperial decree in his hand, Ma Chao couldn't help showing a smile: Fazheng's propaganda team really did a good job.For a while, the whole of Luoyang was full of rumors that Cao Cao had ulterior motives and wanted to replace the Han and stand on his own.And those rumors spread more and more mysteriously, from the illusory prophecy of destiny at the beginning, to the few words between Cao Cao and His Majesty, and finally spread to the point that "Luoyang city is bloody and rainy, and the big man is about to fall in the hands of the Cao family" .

Ma Chao never imagined that Fazheng's propaganda team could have such supernatural powers.Just as he was about to praise Fazheng wantonly, he got a piece of information from Diaochan: the rumors spread by the Ma family in Luoyang were fueled by other princes...

This news made Ma Chao both excited and somewhat gloating.Even when he was in the same room with Diao Chan at night, he had to ask Diao Chan to report the latest developments between Cao Cao and Liu Xie before he could fall asleep with a wicked smile.

However, the rumors stop at the wise.In the end, Liu Xie took the initiative to ask to move the capital to Xuchang!

According to the news brought back by Shadow, after Cao Cao was slandered by rumors, on the one hand, he treated Liu Xie with more humility and respect; The prophecy confronts the raging rumors in Luoyang.

However, the effect was minimal. After all, Li Ru persuaded Dong Zhuo to move the capital to Chang'an, which made the Han Dynasty gradually decline.With people's minds set, Cao Cao's later prophecies are somewhat untenable.For this reason, Cao Cao often woke up in the middle of the night and sighed at the dilapidated Luoyang.

At this moment, Liu Xie took the initiative to have a secret talk with Cao Cao overnight.In the early morning of the second day, Liu Xie issued an imperial decree in the side hall of Luoyang. Chang'an, the western capital, was ravaged by the Huns, and Luoyang, the eastern capital, had been abandoned for a long time. On the grounds that the palace, money, food and civilian objects are sufficient for spare use, it was decided to change Xuchang to Xudu and move eastward to Xudu.

Later, an imperial decree was drafted, saying that Ma Chao, the general of the Fuguo, was loyal to protect the country, and he made great contributions to the country by expelling the Xiongnu. Ma Chao was promoted to be the general of hussars.

Since then, the rumors in Luoyang have gradually traveled farther and farther with the driving of Liu Xie, Emperor Xiandi of the Han Dynasty, without a sound...

At this time, Ma Chao casually threw the imperial decree aside, and then focused on his subordinate's approval.However, it is obvious that after reading the imperial decree, he wrote a lot more easily and neatly.

Jia Xu still squinted his eyes and stepped forward, seeing that Ma Chao's subordinates belonged to one party's list, which was being smeared in a mess by Ma Chao, he couldn't help asking, "My lord, what are you doing?"

"It's nothing," Ma Chao replied without raising his head, "Your Majesty will return to Xudu in the east. Naturally, there will be a hundred officials and counselors. As a general of the big Han hussars, I naturally have the responsibility to select some loyal and capable officials of the Han Dynasty for your majesty." minister……"

Jia Huhu is such a smart person, once he heard Ma Chao's words, he knew what Ma Chao was planning: After Chang'an was captured, Liu Xie did lead all the officials to flee, but Liu Xie escaped alone, leaving all the court officials to be intercepted by Ma Chao , escorted back to Chang'an by Huangfu Li, Zhao Yun, and Ma Dai.Now that Liu Xiedong is returning to Xudu, all the officials of the Manchu Dynasty will naturally accompany him to Xudu.

Of course, these are just superficial reasons.In fact, Jia Huli knew that the Ma family was a special group that was incompatible with the gentry, warriors, and royal families.Keeping those civil and military officials is not only useless to the Ma family, but also wastes food, and may also bring resistance to the Ma family's governance and development.Therefore, Ma Chao wants to take this opportunity to throw those civil and military officials to Liu Xie, so that they can continue to talk and fight, and let Liu Xie continue to have a headache.

On the other hand, although Ma Chao didn't know what kind of agreement Cao Cao and Liu Xie had reached, he knew that it was impossible for Liu Xie and Cao Cao to work together.However, Liu Xie fell into the hands of Cao Cao alone, and he had no strength to contend with Cao Cao.As a result, Ma Chao threw those ministers who were loyal to the Han Dynasty to Xudu, causing Cao Cao a headache.

In the end, there were some Hanchens who neither respected the Han family, had no liking for Cao Cao, and were somewhat capable.Ma Chao has to choose carefully, and keep it for his own use...

Sure enough, Jia Xu casually picked up a piece of paper that Ma Chao had reviewed, and saw that most of the lists were circled or crossed.Jia Xu frowned slightly, and then said, "My lord, the person with the cross in the back is probably either a clan member of the Han Dynasty or a minister loyal to the Han Dynasty, right? And the circled one in the back should be a mediocre minister with a corpse and a vegetarian meal, right? "

"That's right..." Ma Chao didn't care about Jia Xu at this time, and after he said something, he murmured and continued: "Han Rong, the eunuch, is very famous, and he is also a member of the imperial power, fork!" Doctor Zuo Ling There is nothing wrong with this guy in history, circle!; Taichang Shi Liuli? The clan of the Han Dynasty, fork! Servant Yang Qi, the guy who escorted Liu Xie back to the east in history, fork!; The one who yelled at you? Hmm...it remains to be seen; Zhonglang general Yang Mi? I haven't heard of it, I guess it's a waste, circle again!..."

Jia Xu watched Ma Chao engrossed in playing, but couldn't hear what he was muttering.So he didn't bother Ma Chao any more, and sat silently by the side, closing his eyes.After a short time, Ma Chao finally stretched himself, waved over a civil servant, and ordered: "Write the crossed ones on one piece of paper, and the circled ones on another piece of paper. The remaining ones are neither crossed nor crossed." Show me the ones that don’t draw circles... Huh? Old fox, you haven’t left yet?”

"My lord, Luoyang is occupied by Han Siam..." Jia Xu said lightly, as if talking about an extremely trivial matter.After Ma Chao heard this, he just frowned slightly, and gave a soft 'oh', indicating that he knew.

Afterwards, Ma Chao scratched his head and picked up the pen and paper.After thinking about it, he called another civil servant and said, "In my name, write a letter and tell Han Xian to get out of Luoyang. Otherwise, you will be at your own risk..."

After the civil servant heard this, his expression turned bitter, but it seemed that he had received too many bloody tasks from Ma Chao. After thinking about it for a while, he began to splash ink on his head.

"These officials who passed the imperial examinations really have a few tricks." Ma Chao said, as if joking, and said to Jia Xu: "How does the military advisor think of my efficiency?"

Jia Xu's face couldn't help but a little bit of pain, and he was deeply saddened by these officials who served under Ma Chao.But for the great cause of the Ma family, he still opened his mouth and said: "My lord, although the defeat of Han Siam's remnant army is nothing to worry about, it's just a letter, I'm afraid..."

"It doesn't matter," Ma Chao waved his hand casually, and said, "Winter is not over yet, Han Xian can stay there if he wants to. If he sees that letter, he can raise his troops to surrender. But if he dares to give me Zha Thorn, I will let him know that the shadow under the Ma family is not just for nothing. The two sword masters Wang Yue and Shi A joined forces, and I don’t believe that late at night they can’t take his head..."

Jia Xu was startled, and immediately realized: It really is Ma Chao!This move of knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger really shows the style of a Hussar general!Jia Xu originally thought that the worst case scenario would be to tolerate Han Xian for a while, and after the spring of next year, he would lead his troops to defeat Luoyang.But he never thought that he had forgotten that Ma Chao had a shadow force that eluded him.

To use shadows to deal with bandits like Han Siam, you only need to kill Han Siam, the leader, and the rest of the mob will naturally fight among themselves and lead to self-defeating.

Looking at Ma Chao's random actions now, all of which are excellent political means and military tactics, Jia Xu couldn't help but think of one thing: If he faced Ma Chao at this time, how likely would he be to win?
However, immediately Jia Xu shook his head, lamenting that he was worrying too much.But at this time, the previous civil servant had already copied the list that Ma Chao reviewed. Ma Chao smiled wryly after reading it.After Jia Xu took it, there were only a few names on it.And the top ones are: Huangfusong, Zhu Jun, Xu Rong, Huangfu Li...

However, the name of the last person made Jia Xu's eyes light up slightly: Dong Zhao, Dong Gongren.

(End of this chapter)

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