Chapter 80: The Palace's Feast
What did Dong Zhuo do with his son and granddaughter's family?
Dong Zhuo and Ma Yue both know that for hostage and recognition, what else can they do besides these two things?
After receiving the news, the Liangzhou generals who were walking around Wangcheng in Longxian County put down their things and rushed to the royal court...... Ma Yue has not moved for a long time since he was named the king of Liang, and he did not summon the generals under his command, only Cheng Li executed a reward on behalf of Ma Yue to benefit the whole army, maintaining a bloated and huge standing army, Liang Guo got the most real benefits, and also tasted the consequences of military spending.
Before it was dark, Yang Feng, Ma Teng, Ma Zong, Cheng Yin and others who lived in Zhangjiachuan rushed to the royal city to meet the king, and even Guan Yu, Yan Xing, Ma Chao, Ma Dai and others who were stationed in the armor army rushed over, and it was another feast for the warriors of Liangzhou.
If it was normal, these generals would be scattered in various counties and counties of Liangzhou and even Sanfu, and even if Ma and Yue recruited each other, they would have to wait three or five days in advance. But now in the middle of winter, all the generals have returned to Zhangjiachuan, and the once penniless little Zhangjiachuan has almost become a prosperous place where generals walk everywhere, and if it is just a captain, the marquis is embarrassed to greet people.
Yan Xing, Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Ma Tie were led into the palace by the royal court's entourage side by side, and the four of them were in high spirits along the way. As the four young generals with the highest status in the Liang Kingdom, they have enough reasons to be proud, since Ma Yue became a lonely, the Ma family has become the royal family of Liang, not to mention the three nobles, Yan Xing is also a descendant general of Ma Yue who has accumulated military exploits, and only Guan Yu and Yang Feng are above him.
Now these four people are the four high-powered generals of the Liang Kingdom, and they are in charge of nearly 20,000 armored troops with Guan Yu and Gan Ning.
In terms of official positions, their identities surpassed those uncles.
Although they have their own personalities, they can be well coordinated together, and the four of them walked to the main hall with a smile, but after a hurried glance, the smile on Ma Dai's face froze. His eyes met Dong Zhuo...... The entourage sent by Ma Yue did not say exactly why they were drinking, so the four generals did not think about it, but Ma Yue thought about it and was willing to get together with the generals under his command and prepare to go out of the mountain to lead Liangguo, which is why they were so excited.
But now it seems, things are not what they imagined.
With Dong Zhuo and without Dong Zhuo, things are very different. Dong Zhuo is different from these generals, he is a great prince under the command of Liang State, and his relative relationship can almost be compared to the Cheshi State in the Western Regions, Liang State has no actual control over him, and it is he who remembers the old love and merges the state into the territory of Liang State.
With the presence of the princes, the voices of Ma Chao and the others chatting and laughing almost stopped abruptly, respectfully saluted Ma Yue, who was sitting at the top, and then looked for their respective seats behind Guan Yu and Yang Feng to sit down. Across from them sat a general from the state of Bingzhou whom they had never seen before. The generals on both sides stared at each other, most of them had heard each other's names, but no one knew who was who without speaking.
"Your Majesty, in fact, Dong Mou came today for two things, the first is a reluctant invitation." Dong Zhuo got up and said to Ma Yue, who was sitting tall, "The place in Bingzhou is uncomfortable, so the minister wants to leave his wife and children in the royal capital, and I hope the king will agree." ”
Ma Yue has been waiting for Dong Zhuo to speak, and now he really said it, as he expected, Ma Yue waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Zhong is going to send a son as a hostage, don't worry, you and I don't have to do these things." ”
His words are not fake, the trust between people is just a simple feeling, and what you want to be comfortable in working together is to be comfortable. If the comfort is gone, the trust is gone, and everything else is just a joke. Relying on women and children to contain a prince? Ma Yue asked himself if he would do such a thing...... What's more, if the person who wants to rebel, even if the family is locked up, should he not rebel?
They are fighting men, they are crazy and they don't even want their own lives and other people's lives, they are used to seeing the fight between iron and blood, in short, Ma Yue doesn't believe that these things can really bind a person.
In his opinion, this kind of hostage is a kind of thing that deepens hatred, and it is not beneficial to control his subordinates at all, unless he is an enemy and can still make some threats around him. Aren't they asking for trouble when they are friends and brothers who are friends and brothers in the end?
King Yingzheng of Qin was sent to Handan, the capital of Zhao State, as a hostage since he was a child, and in the end, didn't he go back and wipe out Zhao State? The slaughter of 400,000 Zhao people in the First Battle of Changping is a testimony to the truth of hatred.
"Your Majesty, Dong is sincere, and even brought his son!" Dong Zhuo was a little surprised by Ma Yue's unhesitating refusal, and was stunned for a moment and said: "After all, Bingzhou is outside Liangzhou, so it not only reassures you, but also reassures you." ”
Ma Yue smiled lightly, got up and waved his hand, and said with a smile: "Don't mention these, come here, and withdraw several cases." ”
The generals didn't understand why they had to remove all the cases from this dinner, and even Dong Zhuo couldn't figure out why they asked, "Your Majesty, why is this?" ”
"What's the matter?" Ma Yue ordered people to put the grill and dishes in front of everyone, and he jumped off the high platform and pointed at everyone very impolitely and asked, "Do you want me to be lonely to you?" Just like before, sit and eat as much as you like! Serve wine and play music! ”
The musicians in the corner played the Qiang flute and the beard, and a faction of military generals smiled in astonishment, and for a time the ears and cups were staggered, and the toasts were endless.
"San Lang, don't care what you say, Dong really needs to put his wife and children in Liangzhou, and he really has to take care of you." Dong Zhuo sat next to Ma Yue with a wine bottle, and watched the generals toast and feast with each other, but frowned and said: "Bingzhou is not stable now, the Southern Huns are grabbing orders, and the chaos is not as stable as Liangzhou, Dong is not afraid of those Hu children, but once they fight, they can't take care of their wives and children." So San Lang, you have to promise, Dong can only rely on you now. ”
Dong Zhuo's son is called Dong Yu...... From the name, Ma Yue knew that Dong Zhuo didn't have much extravagance for this son, and didn't expect him to make any achievements, he just wanted him to spend his life in peace.
Blunt, dull, also has the meaning of solid.
"Isn't it unstable now?" Ma Yue looked around at the faces brought by Dong Zhuo, and asked casually: "Li Dao and Guo Yan are stationed in Tongguan, so what about Lu Bu and Zhang Liao in Bingzhou?" Look at Brother Zhong's cool belt this time, all of them are fresh faces. ”
"Yes, Lu Fengxian's cronies are also easy to use, especially those named Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, and Gao Shun are all brave and courageous, and they are just fierce generals, which is more than enough. But Zhang Liao, don't mention it! Dong Zhuo first said that Lu Bu's cronies' faces were quite normal, and when he mentioned Zhang Liao, he waved his hand and said: "On the day and night of Yiqi in Bingzhou, this kid ran away alone, and eighty percent went to the imperial court. ”
"Zhang Liao ran away?" Ma Yue was surprised for a while, he originally wanted to find a chance to get Zhang Liao to his side, but he didn't expect that this time he would go to the imperial court...... Isn't the imperial court Cao Cao's subordinates, this is good, Zhang Wenyuan ran to Cao Cao's hands like history again.
"Run, run, not one of them. In fact, he ran away just right, that kid broke Niu Fu's arm, and I can't keep him in the cloth robe! Dong Zhuo shook his head and said, as if Zhang Liao's escape made him feel a lot easier: "He has a talent to do, and he can't bear to kill Dong like this, but he can't help but kill, he ran away so that Dong doesn't have to think about it, it's just right!" ”
"Haha, what Brother Zhong said is that a talented person like Zhang Wenyuan is still alive!" Ma Yue held the wine bottle and drank with Dong Zhuo, and suddenly remembered that his son and Dong Zhuo's son were not much different in age, and suddenly said with a smile: "Brother Zhong, since the state is not stable, the nephew and sister-in-law will live in Liangzhou first, and the age difference between Qing'er and Dull Er is not much, so let him grow up together, so that they can be like brothers." I just don't know what Brother Zhong means? ”
"Haha, you and I are like brothers? In the future, you and my heirs will be like brothers. Dong Zhuo was overjoyed when he heard this, and suddenly patted Ma Yue on the shoulder with a smile and said: "Okay, you kid, Dong is your brother, but your Qing'er is one year older than a certain blunt, isn't it for my brother's son to call your son brother?" ”
"Not bad!" Ma Yue also reacted, clapped his hands and laughed happily. "Ma will tell Qing'er that he will take care of Brother Dong more in the future, haha!"
"That's it, it's also his blessing to be able to call the prince of Liang Wang a brother, don't talk about this." Dong Zhuo waved his hand and drank with Ma Yue again, and said with red eyes: "San Lang, you really don't plan to come out?" Although the emperor didn't let you Ma enter the customs, he didn't let you stay at home, your generals have gone to fight the Western Regions, how can you do it if you don't care about anything here? ”
Ma Yue showed an embarrassed look on his face, to be honest, these few months were his easiest days, he didn't have to think about how to kill, he didn't have to worry about being killed, he stayed in his palace all day long, drinking and playing the piano, or practicing martial arts and studying, even if he didn't do anything but accompany Cai Yan, it was safe enough.
Although he is not a person who can endure loneliness, there are still too many worries in this world.
But it also makes stability even more precious.
"Even if you don't worry about the Western Regions, you always have to worry about the south, and now the northwest is stable. But do you think that Cao Mengde alone can withstand the two people of Gongsun Zan and Sun Jian in the north? Dong Zhuo shook his head and said with a serious face: "In winter, Gongsun Zhan raided Yecheng and killed Han Fu, and this winter the Youzhou army will be able to occupy the entire territory of Jizhou." Sun Jian in the south has also hit Nanyang, do you know all these things? Now the emperor really only has one Guanzhong left, Sun Jian not only set up a position in Nanyang with the little guy named Liu Bei, but his son Sun Ce is also as brave as his father, leading his troops to occupy Yangzhou and then marching towards Guangling, Xuzhou, I am afraid that it will also become the bag of the Sun family! ”
"San Lang, it's okay if you don't move forward, but no one else stops!"