Chapter Twenty-Four: Famous Ministers

"Lord Wang, why are you still in the barracks? Hurry up and get ready, let's go meet the angels? ”

Li Xiang rarely had such an anxious look, and Ma Yun couldn't help but slander in his heart: Angel, is it a man or a woman, how does it look? A big man, we welcome each other with such a big gift.

Looking at Ma Yun's smiling expression, Li Xiang said in a rare hurry: "Lord Wang, you can't underestimate this person, this person is indeed talented, last time I chatted with Brother Wanjing (Wu Ban, word Wanjing) with this person, I found that this person is extremely knowledgeable, and he is by no means an ordinary scholar. ”

Ma Yun has been a bit bullish recently, and he doesn't get by like in the past, why? Because there are Zhao Pu and Pan Meiya under him, and these talents are doing things, Ma Yun's self-confidence is "puffing" upward, and even with the eyes of looking at people. Who is the most awesome person among the five generations of Wenchen: Wang Pu, but with the help of Ma Yun (Ma Yun feels that he still played an active role in Wang Pu's getting rid of Sang Weihan), he has already broken off his shell and gone to Hedong. Among the rest of the people, the most awesome one is already on Jack Ma's side.

Right now, seeing that Li Xiang was a little anxious, Ma Yun suddenly thought that this guy had suggested that he go to Wang Pu a few months ago, indicating that this guy still has some vision, so his curiosity rose again and asked, "Sir, who is this person?" ”

Li Xiang was stunned, didn't Peng Shuang send the situation in Changsha to Yuezhou every once in a while? Why doesn't this fifth prince know? He didn't know that Ma Yun had just joined the work recently, and his work enthusiasm was quite high, and he was really busy, and he couldn't care about watching this Changsha news for a while.

Li Xiang said: "This person's surname is Fan, his name is qualitative, and his characters are primitive. It is a Hanlin bachelor of the Great Jin. ”

Paradigm? Ma Yun was stunned, this is also a cow. Historically, after Chai Rong became emperor, he basically waged wars against foreign countries every year. If you don't have money and food, if the people themselves can't eat enough, can you still fight a war with other countries? This man is very good at raising money and food to pacify the people.

However, Fan quality is not without its faults. He has at least two problems, first, as Chai Rong's close minister, the chief minister after Wang Pu's death, he did not restrain the officials below well, and did not understand what the officials below were doing. After Chai Rong died, Zhao Kuangyin soon launched a coup d'Γ©tat, to say that Zhao Kuangyin launched a coup d'Γ©tat was a helpless move in a hurry, I'm afraid no one would believe it. Then Zhao Kuangyin's coup d'Γ©tat must have been premeditated, Zhao Kuangyin should have had this idea a long time ago, and he had a group of powerful cronies a long time ago, but as the prime minister, Fan Zhen didn't notice it at all, which can't help but say that Fan Qian's work is still good, and it is a little worse to look at people; Second, as the elder of the Three Dynasties of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Guo Wei promoted Fan Zhen from a corner to an important minister of the court, which should be not small. But after Zhao Kuangyin's coup, he first panicked, and then directly learned from his predecessor, Feng Dao, a strange man of the fifth generation, and his integrity as a minister has always been criticized by later generations.

Brother-in-law, since your brother-in-law helped your chief strategist abduct him, for the sake of fairness, let's leave Fan Zhen behind. This can be regarded as your brother-in-law's compensation for you. Ma Yun followed Li Xiang and thought as he walked.

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Fan Zhen, who took a boat north on Dongting Lake, never thought that he would receive such a warm reception in Yueyang. Of course, along the way, Fan Zhen probably kept talking in his heart: Lord Xu, why didn't I promise you.

Before the official ship arrived at Yueyang Gate, I saw the pennant waving at Yueyang Gate, although there were not many people, it can be seen that the momentum of the leaders and the vigilant expressions of the surrounding warriors, those people must be the leaders of Yuezhou.

Fan Zhen sorted out his mood and slowly got off the board of the boat on the shore, but before he came to the shore, he saw someone on the shore stretching out his hand, helping him and saying, "Master Fan, it's been hard all the way." Xiao Wang is a little thin in the Thorn Mansion, and I hope that Mr. can stay for a few more days. ”

Fan Zhen just wanted to stretch out his arm and shake off his hand, but when he said this, he quickly withdrew his arm again. This person is actually the fifth son of the King of Chu - Ma Guangyun.

Ma Yun didn't seem to see Fan Qian's handshake action, and when he saw Fan Zhen on the shore, he took Fan Qian's hand warmly and said, "Come... Come... Come, I'll send my husband on the horse and go back to the assassination mansion together. ”

Fan Zhen also felt a lot of emotion in the Chu State in the past two days, and this weak man with a smile on his face was not easier to deal with than the generals on the powerful side of the Great Jin. Hurriedly said modestly: "Don't dare, don't dare, how can the subordinate officials be virtuous, and dare to work for the five princes." I really don't dare to be it. ”

This Ma Yun may really be the true biography of Xu Zhongya, if Fan is humble, Ma Yun is left ear in and out of right ear, he actually came as if he had not heard of it, and insisted on pulling Fan Zhen to the front of the horse, and then helped Fan Zhen to get on the horse.

Fan Zhen was helpless, and thanked him: "There is the fifth prince of Lao, I don't dare to do it below... ”

Before getting on the horse, Fan Zhen saw a leaf falling on the saddle, and gently patted the saddle. When Fan Zhi got on the horse, he actually saw Ma Yun personally holding the reins for him and leading the horses towards the Yuezhou Thorn Mansion. Fan Zhen's brain was stunned for a moment, and he was completely stunned.

It's just that Fan Zhen was stunned, and any of the Wenchen generals under Ma Yun were also stunned. They looked at each other and silently made eye contact: Who is this? The prince actually led the horse himself. Only Li Xiang and Wu Ban showed shallow smiles.

Fan Zhi was in the saddle, fidgeting, as if he was now riding not a horse, but a man-eating tiger. This kind of etiquette is not something that he can afford as a young Hanlin bachelor who has just been promoted. He seemed to feel the cold eyes of the deputy envoy behind him, as if he could see the corners of the deputy envoy's slightly upturned sneering mouth.

It would be nice if I didn't make a mission. Fan Zhen regretted a little that he didn't fall, he didn't expect that he knew the joy of going to the Chu State at that time. At that time, he only thought that this envoy was for the king of Chu to be added to the rank of knight, which was not only risky, but also increased seniority. What a good thing, how did it come to be like this?

In the Assassin's Mansion, Ma Yun personally presided over the welcome banquet: "Lord Fan, the name is shocking to China, we have long admired the name, I have long heard that Mr. Fan is coming to Yuezhou, I really look forward to the stars and the moon, and I look forward to you every day." Today I finally look forward to you, enough to comfort my life... These words did not say anything except to express admiration for Fan Qian. The envoy's eyes changed a little when he looked at Fan Zhen, and after a long time, this banquet was not to welcome the mission at all, but only to welcome Fan Zhen. When I think of Fan Zhen's affairs in Changsha, this Fan Zhen has a great reputation in Chu State.

Fan Zhen listened to it and said a few words of modesty, Li Xiang, Wu Ban and others immediately replied with a few words, and that's it, and then Zhang Wenbiao, with the strength of wine, forced the deputy envoy to say that Fan Qian's reputation shocked the world. Looking at the face of the deputy envoy, Sang Weihan's cronies, Fan Zhen almost wanted to cry bitterly and express his heart.

The banquet finally ended, and Fan Zhen got up and said goodbye: "Thank you Lord for your hospitality, it's getting late today, and I'll thank you tomorrow." ”

Ma Yun pulled him and said, "I have a few heartfelt words, and I will send Mr. back to sleep after speaking." ”

Fan Zhen looked at the deputy envoy and was about to speak.

Ma Yun said again: "It is the words of the heart, out of my mouth, like your ears." After speaking, Chong Zhang Wenbiao and the others made a color.

These Wenchen generals immediately got up and retreated, Zhang Wenbiao dragged the deputy envoy, and said, "Let's go, let's continue to drink." ”

Ma Yun pulled Fan Zhen with a bitter face and returned to the study, where Li Xiang, Wu Ban, and Zhao Pu were all inside. Looking at Fan Qian's suspicious face, Li Wu Zhao and they didn't speak.

After Ma Yun asked Fan Zhen to sit down, he said: "I can't hide it, I want to ask Mr. to stay in Yuezhou to help me achieve a career." ”

Fan Zhen was about to speak, Ma Yun continued: "Of course, in order to contact Mr.'s worries, a month ago, Zai Xia had already ordered someone to go to Bianjing to persuade Mr.'s relatives to go south, and he should be in Yuezhou soon." ”

Fan Zhen was stunned for a moment, stood up and said, "Lord Wang, how can you... ”

Before Fan Zhen finished speaking, Li Xiang smiled on the side: "Brother Wen Su, you stayed in Yuezhou to help the prince, but in fact, you are also helping yourself." Presumably, Brother Wen Su knows very well that this time the King of Chu paid tribute to the Central Plains, and the requirements are not low. Brother Wen Su, sandwiched in the middle. If the two ends are not good, I am afraid that the future career will be precarious. And just now, looking at the look of the envoy, Brother Wen Su returned to the Central Plains, I'm afraid it will be a disaster immediately? With such a tone, it is better to keep Yuezhou. ”

Fan Zhen sighed heavily, pondered for a long time, and said, "If the fifth prince can promise me four things, I will serve in Yuezhou." ”