Chapter 4: Cool and Divided

Ma Yu came back, carrying a cart of treasures from the Western Regions, as if paying tribute, he set up a palace courtyard for Ma Yue.

Rare and exotic treasures, exotic beasts in the Western Regions, ore armor.

It's just that Ma Yue didn't care much about those things, he was just happy with the return of the horse's play.

In eleven years, Ma came back with four cubs who could run and jump.

"Brother, it's been too long to go all the way to the west." On the second day and night of Ma Play's return to Longdu, Ma Yue personally entertained Ma Play in the royal court, and between the clapping, there were already attendants holding the official seal and stepping forward, "General Zhenxi, Marquis of Pingyuan, how is it?" ”

In fact, Ma Play couldn't have any temptation for him to the official or something, just to take care of Ma Yue's emotions, Ma Yu still made a very happy appearance and put the official seal on his body...... He hung the seals of twenty-seven generals in the Western Regions, listened to his orders for four thousand miles, and these things were already empty things for him, and they were not worth mentioning.

"Now, you are the commander in chief of the twenty-eight generals of Kansai. How does it feel? Ma Yue smiled, he basically knew everything about horse play, and naturally knew that Liangguo Jiangyin was nothing to horse play, "How about it, take a good rest, it's time to use troops against Yizhou in the past few years, and I plan to use you as a handsome when the time comes." ”

"Huh? San Lang, no, your lordship, it is far-fetched to be a general in the Western Regions, and it is absolutely impossible to attack Yizhou with me as the commander. "Ma Play knows that he has a few catties and a few taels, although he has suffered a lot in the Western Regions over the years, but in the final analysis, it is actually difficult to live up to the fame, and the war in the Western Regions is still too simple compared to the Central Plains after all." There are so many generals in Liangguo, and they always have to give others the opportunity to command, and in my opinion, it is best to attack Yizhou with General Guan as the commander. ”

Ma Yue shook his head, looking at the horse joking, he had read all the battle reports of Ma Play, maybe at the strategic level, the general policy set by Jia Xu Cheng Li's remote control was realized one by one, but how could the specific implementation be dangerous and replaceable? The twenty-seven countries of the Western Regions even include large countries like Qiuzi, Wusun, and Dawan, and have fought against the Kushan Empire established by the Dayue clan, in his opinion, it is a real battle feat.

"Brother, I won't hide it from you, in fact, Liangguo is not as stable as it seems." Ma Yue's expression became serious, and he sighed and said: "Dong Zhongying is getting older, and in recent years, she has become more and more uneasy about the status quo, and she has said several times that she wants to cross the mountain range to attack Jizhou, but I have suppressed it...... I'm afraid that today's Dong Zhuo does not have the surrender of the past, and the state may split from the country at any time. ”

People's desires are unlimited, and Dong Zhuo longs for greater authority, greater fame, and more land...... Leave it to the little fat man who doesn't know the world.

"This ......" Ma Play was stunned, and he traveled all the way back to most of the Liang Kingdom, and what he saw was stability and wealth everywhere, and suddenly heard that Bingzhou might have a grudge with the Liang Kingdom, which made him feel a little unacceptable, "Brother Dong doesn't want to rebel at this time, right?" Is the merger state an adversary? ”

"It's not enough to rebel, thanks to Brother Zhong's support all the way over the years, otherwise I wouldn't be able to go now, if he wants to be this King of Liang......" Ma Yue smiled and shook his head: "I let it be to him, what a big thing, it's just that I do it and state pastor." Look at the way Bingzhou was by Brother Zhong, it's a miasma! ”

Dong Zhuo is a rebellion, and what he created is also the rebellion of the Han Dynasty, so he will not rebel and come to Liangguo...... Ma Yue said that the state is in chaos, and the state is really in chaos, and it has been more than ten years and it is still the same as before. Ma Yue is not good at interfering in the major affairs of the state, and the state has been dragging on, and now the state is suffering millions of Qiantou, and he is rich and handsome.

"Let's talk about these things here, Brother Zhong will come over by himself in a few days, and I plan to talk to him about Liangguo." Ma Yue waved his hand, feeling extremely bored about this matter, and at the same time, he also felt ridiculed for Dong Zhuo's uneasiness in his heart, "Brother Zhong is over half a hundred years old, and he is still so idle, don't talk about this, come and have a drink." ”

Ma Yue lifted the wine bottle and squinted at his knife.

Although he deeply felt Dong Zhuo's kindness to him in his heart, he also knew that the heart of letting people go was indispensable, Dong Zhuo wanted to take Dong Zhuo back to the state at this time, and he didn't know what his idea was. What's more, Dong Zhuo's connections are better than his own. It is within his duty to reward his subordinates, but Dong Zhuo's treasures and horses are escorted by soldiers and horses to the mansions of the dignitaries of the Liang Kingdom, and he also knows it.

If the two of them seize power, it is really difficult to say who supports themselves and who supports Dong Zhuo in this Liang country.

At this time, the return of horse play is really a great help for Ma Yue. At the very least, he had one more sharp knife in his hand.

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In the winter of the ninth year of Jian'an, Dong Zhuo returned to Longdu in Liangguo again.

Along with it, there are a thousand Flying Bear Army. All of them are high-headed horses from Xianbei, with excellent precision-forged armor, and they drove into Longdu under the banner of the word Mu Dong of Bingzhou, and were stationed in the camp in the outer city.

Receiving Dong Zhuo, Ma Yue did not arrange it in the palace, but summoned the generals of Liangguo and a group of family members in the courtyard of the deep mansion in the inner city of Longdu and held a big banquet.

The best people in Liangguo are this, the big guy is wearing cotton clothes around the bonfire, even if it is a deep house in the cold winter months, the high walls of the house can block the wind and snow, and the happiness is the most pleasant.

Dong Zhuo didn't go to the banquet by himself, with fifteen concubines, no one brought attendants carrying things, as soon as Dong Zhuo came in, he looked for horses and chatted with himself, and the concubines behind him found the wives and children of various generals and guards, what kind of well-forged swords, luxurious accessories, and sent them out one after another.

"Brother Zhong, what are you doing?" Ma Yue looked at Dong Zhuo's wife stuffing gold cakes into Ma Qing's arms, and hurriedly asked, "You and I are like brothers, why is this so." Qing'er, send it back to the fake mother. ”

Dong Zhuoman didn't care, waved his fat hand and said: "His Royal Highness King Liang, who is like a brother, cares about this, it's just a little money, Qing'er has also grown up, there should be some money to reward people, come to Qing'er, come to the uncle." ”

Dong Zhuo and Ma Yue sat together and talked, for Ma Qing and Dong Yu, it was the most useless two old men in the world to sit together. One will beat his son, and the other will drink wine and eat meat. When the kid never thought of what kind of entanglement there was behind the two actual rulers of Liangguo, Ma Qing ran over when he heard Dong Zhuo's greeting and let Dong Zhuo take him in his arms. The steel thorn-like beard scrubbed Ma Qing's face, and he hurriedly dodged.

In this era, it is popular to hug grandchildren but not children, but Dong Zhuo and Ma Yue don't care about these, and their sons don't have grandpas to hug them, and they are very close to their children...... It's just that Ma Qing is always in trouble, and Ma Yue is not very happy when he sees him, although the love in his heart has not diminished in the slightest, but his face is always frosty.

But Ma Qing likes Dong Zhuo very much, he has lived in such an environment since he was a child, and so many vicious uncles and uncles have taken care of him to grow up, so the earliest life philosophy he learned is not to judge people by their appearance.

Although these uncles are more vicious than the other, they are better for his eldest nephew, and it is really too good to be boundless.

"Brother Zhong, Bingzhou is also stable now, those places are too guarded, let's go according to the rules of Liangguo, how about it?" Ma Yue sat aside, he was prepared for the worst. Dong Zhuo is the actual ruler of the state now, and he is also one of the actual gainers, and he may not be willing to let the Taishou of the state follow the rules of the Liangguo Taishou. If even the duties of the Taishou are clearly stipulated, it will inevitably cause them to benefit a lot less as the state ministers and generals...... But Ma Yue must let them accept it, if the state still goes his own way, what he is afraid of is not the poverty of the state, but the state under the rule of Liang will only know that Dong Zhuo does not know Ma Yue, and it will be chaotic for a long time.

"By the way, Your Majesty, let's attack Jizhou." Dong Zhuo hugged Ma Qing and played affectionately for a while, then tore off a gold ornament from his waist and stuffed it into Ma Qing's hand, then patted him and let him go to the side to play, looked up and said to Ma Yue: "I have already supervised three troops to be stationed in the mountains to build a village, whether it is Gongsun Zan or Cao Cao, they can't stop our soldiers and horses, let's go to war!" ”

"Brother Zhong, Liangzhou is about to start a war against Yizhou, and the state will fight Jizhou independently, what are the chances of victory?" Ma Yue shook his head and asked, "And how did my brother think about the affairs of the various Taishou in the state?" ”

"You're going to war against Yizhou? Yizhou is a poor and remote country, and those demons in Hanzhong, it's not appropriate to fight Yizhou, let's fight Jizhou, the north is connected, pointing directly to Youzhou, who can be the enemy of my Liangguo? Dong Zhuoman waved his hand indifferently and said to Ma Yue: "Defend those things too much, I don't think it's appropriate for my brother, and the state is special, so don't do those regulations, is the people's heart important or the army's heart important?" As long as the generals are loyal, there will be no shortage of soldiers and horses, the military strength will be the same, and although the taxes will be less, the war can still be won! What's more, generals like such a system, what is there to change? ”

Ma Yue shook his head, this feeling made him a little unhappy, it was difficult for two different thoughts to find common ground while reserving differences. Dong Zhuo's thoughts are not at all the same as his, what can be changed at all?

"Brother Zhong, you can't do this......" Ma Yue frowned and looked at Dong Zhuo, "If Brother Zhong's Annexation Pastor does not respect the order, then I'm afraid I can only change to a Consolidation Prefecture Pastor, it's better for Brother Zhong to go back to Liangzhou to be a Marquis of Wudu, how about it." ”

In a word, the atmosphere is not tense.

Dong Zhuo was already uncomfortable, and he wanted to fight Jizhou for several years, but he was rejected this time...... What the is it now, grinding and chirping. Gongsun Zan and Sun Jian, who understand, have already divided the land to fight for the king to dominate the world, others are fighting the world, but Liangguo is guarding the country, what is the reason?

"Joke! I'm a state pastor in Bingzhou, and I want Wudu to do something! Dong Zhuo stood up suddenly, pointed at Ma Yue and shouted, "Do you think Dong is still the martial capital Taishou?" Do you know who I am? I'm Dong Zhuo! When Lao Tzu was born, your brother was still chopping wood in Zhangshan! If there was no Lao Tzu Gongwei, would you, the king of Liang, be able to sit safely back then? I haven't tried to take your throne yet, and now you're going to move Lao Tzu out of the state? ”

A cadre of generals hurriedly dissuaded him, and dragged Dong Zhuo away...... Liangguo, it's not good!