The pleasant family trip lasted only half a day before it ended. Although Guan Yi's work is mainly to make decisions and set directions, he rarely engages in specific work. But in the end, it is the prime minister of a country, and just some things that require his decision, it is enough for him to be busy without touching the ground.

In the afternoon, after returning to his mansion, Ma Guo immediately delivered the latest reports.

"Huh? Sun Yuanzong actually promised to give us food? ”

"Yes, two million stones, Xingzong has not yet set off, and these grains have already been loaded onto the ship."

"Well, it seems that Sun Yuanzong hopes that we can gain a firm foothold in Yongliang, and then the Jin Kingdom will regard my Han as a big trouble and put the main force on my Han. After that, whether it was attacking Yizhou or continuing the Northern Expedition, it would be a lot of difficulty to alleviate a lot. ”

"That's right, and in the humble opinion of his subordinates, Da Sima, I'm afraid that Wu Guo's eyes are on our Yizhou."

"Hehehe, it's okay, let him come. Speaking of which, we don't have enough strength to crusade for the time being. The next time is a new round of preparations. My Han has always lacked an outlet to the sea, and if he dares to make a move on Yizhou, I will arrest his Jiaozhou. ”

"That's right."

"Well, anyway, with these two million stone grains, our food shortage in Yongliang can be regarded as completely over. Otherwise, what's the matter? ”

"There's something, there's a big thing, it's weird."

"Oh?"

"Ma Chengma, the left governor of the Yulin Army, died of a violent illness ten days ago!"

"What?!"

Before Guan Yi's Northern Expedition, there were many people who stayed to watch their families. But there are only five of the most important of these.

The first is to stay in the government for a simple history and manage government affairs. The second is the Dasi Nong Mizhao, who is in charge of the operation of the Fuxing Society. The third is Guan Suo, palm feather forest. Under Guan Suo, Ma Cheng (the son of Ma Chao) and Ma Bing (the son of Ma Liang) each led a part of the Yulin to monitor the court.

But now Ma Cheng is actually dead!

"I remember that Yu Ze is only forty-six years old this year, right? I'm usually in good health. How so? Have you ever had an autopsy? Did he kill? ”

"It's strange here, the report given after the autopsy is that he died of carbon poisoning (burning charcoal for heating in winter and carbon monoxide poisoning), if this is the case, although it is a pity, but it is indeed helpless. Therefore, at that time, Jian Wushuang did not use the flying pigeon to report the death of Yu Ze. But when attending the funeral of Yi Ze, Wushuang felt that the expressions of the Ma family were very suspicious. So he was going to call the report again to check, but now Jian Wushuang couldn't find the one who issued the report in Chengdu. ”

"There must be something wrong with this! The flying pigeon passed the book to Jian Wushuang, and then found a new one to conduct an autopsy! ”

"This, Da Sima, the first seven days of this will be left behind, and it should be in the ground."

"Hiss~~~ That's it." Guan Yi tugged at his beard and smiled after taking the test for a long time.

"Why is Da Sima laughing?"

"Hmph, it seems that our majesty is still a little unwilling in his heart. Also, the prime minister has the will of the first emperor, and Jiang Dasima and General Fei have the will of the prime minister. I, the ruler, am self-appointed. And His Majesty had already tasted the monopoly of power before that...... Plus we have been away from Chengdu for too long......"

"What does Da Sima mean, is His Majesty assassinating Yu Ze?"

"Hmph, Your Majesty is surrounded by most of our people now, and he has the heart and the strength. Let me ask you, Jian Wushuang was suspicious about this because he felt that the Ma family's expression was wrong when he attended the funeral, right? Who has the wrong expression? ”

Wushuang said that Yu Ze's wife still has the eldest son, although she cried to death at the funeral. But Wushuang himself died of his elders. That kind of crying is very different from the crying of the death of a loved one in your heart. ”

"I see. What a poisonous woman, what a poisonous son! ”

"Oh~~~ subordinates understand."

What did Ma Guo understand? That is, whether Ma Cheng's wife and eldest son had a motive to kill Ma Cheng.

Ma Cheng's eldest son is called Ma Heng, the word Boying. Not only the eldest son, but also the son-in-law. Under normal circumstances, Ma Heng would be a proper third-generation waiter.

But because of the traverser, the situation has changed. When Guan Yi led the Fuxing Army through Jiangzhou that year, as a kind of speculation, Ma Cheng let his second son Ma Jie get on Guan Yi's ship - Ma Cheng was actually not optimistic about Guan Yi at that time, so he was only willing to send his second son instead of his eldest son.

The result was unexpected, Guan Yi succeeded in the first battle of Xindu, and Ma Jie made great contributions in this battle. While gaining Guan Yi's high trust, it also made the Ma family and the Fuxing Society completely tied together.

In addition to the title of Marquis of Xiangxiang, Ma Jie himself created a new title by virtue of his military exploits. And because of his military exploits, he legally got a tax-free quota of 500 people. Not only that, but the annual dividends of the Fuxing Society are now ranging from one billion to hundreds of millions. Although the shares of the Ma family are small, they also have millions of dividends every year - and these dividends are all Ma Jie's.

Of course, as a relatively pure general, Ma Jie has no concept of these share dividends. So far, there is no talk of separating. Therefore, Ma Cheng is responsible for taking care of this huge property.

For Ma Cheng, although he didn't push out his eldest son because he was not optimistic about Guan Yi, the second son was also his son. Now that the second son has achieved so much, and his official position has also risen, the Ma family has finally returned to the center of the Han Dynasty's power. Then the hope of the Ma family in the future will undoubtedly fall on Ma Jie. Then, for the people of this era, the prosperity of the family is far more important than the feelings of the individual. Therefore, Ma Cheng naturally put all the resources of the Ma family into Ma Jie......

You say, if you are Ma Heng, what do you feel?

Now Ma Jie is the Pavilion Marquis, and Ma Cheng is the Townsman. If Ma Cheng dies of illness at this time, then Ma Heng, who inherited the title of Marquis of Ma Chengchu Township, can still suppress Ma Jie and grab the position of the head of the Ma family. So as to use the identity of the head of the family to control the huge dividends behind Ma Jie. But what if Ma Jie achieves military exploits again and becomes a county marquis? It is estimated that Ma Cheng will change his wife and make Ma Jie his heir, right?

In fact, Ma Cheng's idea of changing Ma Jie as the heir is already very obvious. This made Ma Heng, who is the eldest son, and his wife very uneasy.

And what if at this time, as the emperor, Liu Chan discovered the key and vaguely stretched out his hand to Ma Heng?

"Hmph, our majesty is really powerful. Such a stare made him find a loophole. ”

"Hehehe, Da Sima, a thousand days of anti-thieves, after all, it can't be prevented."

"Well, that's true. So, change it, you send a letter to Wushuang. Let Ma Heng inherit the title of Xianghou, and the left part of this feather forest will also be handed over to Commander Ma Heng. When the capital was moved, let the left part of Yulin follow to Chang'an to replace with the field army here. ”

“…… The subordinates understood. The national strength of our Han Dynasty has been significantly enhanced, and the way we handle these things should indeed be changed. ”

The meaning of Ma Guo's statement refers to the fact that since the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu have had great differences in their countermeasures for dealing with political crises.

For Cao Wei, who was powerful in the country, if the political enemy had the possibility of launching an attack on him, then the emperor or the powerful minister always patiently let the opponent complete the preparations and officially launch it. In this way, although all kinds of coups and rebellions seem to be powerful, for those in power, they can do everything to eradicate evil. And it can also have the upper hand in public opinion.

For example, in the Huainan Three Rebellions, the Sima family deliberately created conditions for the other party to facilitate the launch of political enemies. In this way, after the rebellion is suppressed, the forces loyal to the Cao family will be cut off again.

And Shu Han's body is too small to withstand the toss. So they deal with political crises and never let them erupt. Instead, before the outbreak, it intervened in advance when there were only some signs.

For example, Liu Bei killed Peng Yi, Zhuge Liang abolished Li Yan, abolished Liao Li, and abolished Laimin. It's all about taking precautions when the other party doesn't do anything particularly big and substantial – the advantage of this is, of course, to prevent it from happening. But in fact, the hidden danger is very great: the elimination of the top ones is only a temporary suppression. If the root is not removed, something will happen after all.

Therefore, this time Guan Yi decided to give Liu Chan a ruthless slap - my low profile is that I have cultivation, and I am merciful if I do not destroy the three clans of others. But I'm a powerful minister!

"Da Sima, what does Zhong Ying say over there?"

"What happened just now is all our speculation, and there is no real evidence. In this way, you personally go to Xiping and tell Zhongying our analysis. If he wants to pursue this matter, then he can go to Jian Wushuang after he returns to Chengdu, and secretly open the museum for an autopsy when necessary. Remember, secretly. ”

"The subordinate understood. I think Zhong Ying will cooperate with Da Sima. ”