After the Shangyuan Festival, the imperial court requisitioned 3,000 craftsmen from Gyeonggi, and the restoration of the palace presided over by Ma Yue began in full swing.

One of the ten permanent servants of the hook shield ordered Song Dian to repair the Nangong Yuhua Palace, and the court ordered Bi Lan to recast the four bronze figures and four yellow bells, the bronze figures were listed outside the Nangong Canglong and Xuanwu Que, and the yellow bells were hung in front of the Yuntai and Yuhua Palace. In addition, the Tianlu (the legendary beast name) and the shrimp toad were cast to swallow the water, and the water was turned into the palace, and it was used as a rollover car and a thirsty bird to sweep the road, which was extremely exquisite, and the architectural composition indicated that the palace would be more magnificent and more expensive than before the restoration.

Ma Yue tried with Da Si Nong to persuade Liu Hong that the treasury was about to run short, but it had no effect. In the final analysis, the palace is Liu Hong's home, and how to decorate it is naturally up to him, and Ma Yue has no right to interfere at all.

In February, a soldier named Zhao Ci in Jiangxia raised an army against the Han Dynasty and besieged Nanyang County. This news shocked the government and the opposition, Qin Zhe's background was not high, but he made a great effort in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he had formed a soldier to defend Nanyang, and united with Xuzhou Thorn Shi to counterattack the Yellow Turban Marshal Zhang Mancheng's department, and even beheaded Zhang Mancheng on the battlefield, but at this time he was defeated by the devastation, and the head was taken down by Zhao Ci.

Taiwei Zhang Yan was deposed, and Liu Hong ordered the envoy to worship Zhang Wen in Chang'an as Taiwei, which was an unprecedented situation, and the three dukes were outside.

Then, Liu Hong worshiped Zhao Zhong as the general of the chariot cavalry, and ordered him to reward the counterinsurgency generals during the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

However, this time the imperial court did not take the rebels in Nanyang seriously, or Liu Hong did not consider it as a major matter. Nanyang is the hometown of the great general He Jin, and almost at the same time as the war report came, He Jin sent several letters to his hometown, and at the same time assigned Linjun Taishou to fight for thieves. He Jin and Liu Hong both know that the place they need to pay attention to most at the moment is in the northwest.

With the cooperation of the two permanent attendants and the efforts of the craftsmen who will be the supervisors, the restoration work of the palace is about to come to an end, and one morning in March, Ma Yue just woke up and saw Pei Ruo wandering in front of the Liang Mansion.

"Uncle Jun Hao, Your Majesty is going to hold a court meeting today, you can change your clothes, it was Jian Huangmen who asked me to come."

After a few months of getting along, Pei Ruo is much more familiar with Ma Yue, a cheap uncle, and he speaks much more normally.

Ma Yue frowned and went back to change his clothes, and asked Pei Ruo: "But what news is there in the palace, why does Your Majesty want to go to court early today?" ”

"Not the palace." Pei Ruo stood aside, pointed to the west and said: "It's news from Liangzhou, I heard what Jian Huangmen said, the rebel leader named Han Sui in Liangzhou killed others, annexed several rebel armies, and raised 100,000 soldiers and horses to besiege Longxi, and Longxi Taishou also rebelled, His Majesty planned to let Yilang Fu Xie serve as Hanyang Taishou, most of which was about this matter." ”

When Ma Yue arrived at Xiyuan, the court meeting was about to start, and he didn't have time to say hello to the ministers he was familiar with, so he heard the eunuchs teaching hundreds of officials to join the ranks, and hurriedly stood in his position.

"The rebels in Liangzhou are strong, do you have any suggestions?"

Liu Hong frowned and stood on the main hall with his hands behind his back, he could not care about the rebellion in Liangzhou, but the rebellious army in Liangzhou could not be ignored when it hit Sanfu, although there was a captain Zhang Wen guarding in Chang'an, but that was the last line of defense.

Situ Cui Lie was about to speak, Liu Hong stretched out his hand and said, "Lord Situ, if you want me to abandon Liangzhou, you can be spared, and if you abandon it, you will hit Sanfu!" ”

After a pause, Liu Hong suddenly thought of Fu Xie, who scolded Cui Lie in the court last time, and said to Fu Xie: "Yilang Fu Xie, do you have any way to solve the Liangzhou rebellion?" I'm going to order you to go back to Liangzhou to be the Taishou of Hanyang, how about it? ”

Fu Xie gave up his hand, he always wanted to repay Ma Yue's friendship with the eunuchs in the court, and replied: "Your Majesty asked Wei Chen a good prescription, and the minister didn't know, and ordered Xie to be the Taishou of Hanyang, if Xie didn't die, the rebels would not enter the Longguan!" ”

"Okay, the edict is going to be edicted, and Fu Xie will be the Taishou of Hanyang from now on!"

"Your Majesty." Fu Xie arched his hand and continued: "I will be a master craftsman who grew up in Liangzhou, why don't you ask him what he can do?" ”

"Will you be a master?" Liu Hong asked differently, in his heart, although Ma Yue grew up in Liangzhou, he had no achievements in Liangzhou except for fighting the Xianbei people, but the greater feats were obtained in the Central Plains when he crusaded against the Yellow Turban Thieves, what can Ma Yue do to deal with the Qiang people.

At this moment, the general He Jin glanced at the captain of Sili Zhen Ju, and Zhen Ju arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to raise the general to be the captain of the Qiang Guard, the general leader of Xiqiang affairs, and the rebels of Pingliangzhou!" ”

"Oh?" Liu Hong didn't see He Jin's eyes, glanced at Ma Yue, and asked, "Will be a master, what do you think?" ”

"But your majesty will drive!" Ma Yue also wants to go back to quell the rebellion, but not now, especially not to go back as a captain of Huqiang. If you change the period, the captain of Huqiang is an excellent official position, but the history of the state assassin is a fool, most of the soldiers in Liangzhou are in the hands of the rebels, go back to an empty rank of captain Huqiang, like this, since the beginning of the rebellion, Liangzhou has already died three...... He didn't feel like he was special. But he couldn't say that.

Liu Hong nodded lightly and said: "The master is still younger, and the captain of Huqiang is too heavy, let's put this aside for the time being, what do you think of the Liangzhou rebellion?" ”

"Your Majesty, Liangzhou is located in a high mountain, and most of the Central Plains soldiers will be in a miasma when they go up, and the minister has heard that Cui Situ has said that Liangzhou is self-defending, which is right, if Wang Shi advances into Liangzhou, I am afraid that there will be many deaths and injuries, and the lives of the soldiers will be harmed in vain." Ma Yue said Situ Cui Lie nodded slightly, he also considered this reason at that time before saying that he wanted to give up Liangzhou, and then he heard Ma Gao say in a loud voice: "But Your Majesty, Liangzhou cannot be abandoned, if Liangzhou is abandoned, my Han will lose the best horse farm, if Liangzhou and Xianbei people are united, I am afraid that it will be more difficult to resist, not to mention that if Liangzhou is chaotic this time, my Han will abandon Liangzhou, then next time Sanfu is in chaos, do you want to abandon Sanfu?" Running away will not work. ”

His Royal Highness had no one to talk to, and He Miao muttered in a low voice: "It's not that there is no way to talk about it for a long time." ”

Ma Yue continued: "The rebels are strong, and the four counties of Jiuquan, Zhangye, Jincheng, and Longxi in Liangzhou have all been captured by the rebels, and they must not be given a chance to breathe, otherwise it will be like giving up the four counties of Wuwei, Beidi, Hanyang, and Wudu to the rebels!" Liangzhou's inability to defend itself and the rebellion is fundamentally incompetent, too guarded! The minister recommended a few people for His Majesty, and I implore His Majesty to appoint them as appropriate. ”

The court instantly became noisy, Ma Yue is a Liangzhou person, recommending his friends as officials, all officials are actively avoiding, even if they want to do this, they are all dredged up the relationship below, and they dare to say it only if they really make some political achievements, there has never been a person like Ma Yue, who told the emperor directly, I think many people are available, I tell you, you look at the call.

Liu Hong looked at Ma Yue and was noncommittal.