On November 5, 263, Guan Yi came to Jiangzhou and met with Ma Cheng, the Taishou of Ba County.

The current Shu Han Ba County Taishou Ma Cheng is the second generation of the Shu Han regime. This first generation of Xianghou is, of course, the famous former Shu Han hussar general Ma Chao Ma Mengqi.

Mr. Ma Chao is a rather controversial figure, and most people who watch "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" like him. But in history, this guy was scolded very badly by the literati: both festival and righteousness. In fact, it means that he is disloyal and unfilial - strictly speaking, this assessment is not wrong.

Ma Chao first joined Han Sui to launch a rebellion in Liangzhou and attacked Guanzhong. At that time, Ma Chao's father Ma Teng, Ma Tie, Ma Xiu and other younger brothers were all hostages under the rule of Cao Cao in Yecheng. And Han Sui's son is also a hostage in Yecheng. So Ma Chao said to Han Sui before this time: We will raise troops this time, I will have no father, and you will have no son. So I will treat you as a father, and you will treat me as a son......

Wait until Cao Cao defeated the Ma-Han coalition army at Tongguan, and Han Sui surrendered. Ma Chao returned to Liangzhou, united with Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and quickly sent troops to seize the territory of the original Han Sui, and swept through Liangzhou for a while - at this time, Cao Cao couldn't bear it anymore and killed all Ma Chao's relatives in Yecheng.

In the battle for Liangzhou, Ma Chao killed the righteous Yan Wen, and acquiesced in Zhang Lu's subordinate Yang Ang to kill the Liangzhou assassin Shi Weikang. In addition, there are too many Qiang people in his body. aroused the collective resistance of the Liangzhou family. In this melee, Ma Chao's family fell into the hands of Yang Fu and Jiang Xu. More than 100 people were all killed. Ma Chao also killed Jiang Xu's mother to vent his anger - and Jiang Xu's (Bo Yi)'s brother is called Jiang Jian (Zhong Yi). Jiang Yin's son is called Jiang Wei......

Ma Chao, who was completely defeated in the battle for Liangzhou, had to flee to Hanzhong to rely on Zhang Lu. During his time in Hanzhong, Ma Chao restarted his family and had children. Later, Ma Chao returned to Liu Bei, and his family fell into the hands of Zhang Lu - Zhang Lu was a kind person and did not do anything to Ma Chao's family at that time. But later, after Cao Cao entered Hanzhong, he forced Zhang Lu to kill Ma Chao's son with his own hands.

As a result, Ma Chao had to start a family in Shuhan for the third time. In the second year of Zhangwu of the Shu Han Dynasty (222 AD), Ma Chao, who was only forty-seven years old, was seriously ill and was dying, and said in a note to Liu Bei that all his family had been killed by Cao Cao, leaving only one cousin, Ma Dai, and begged Liu Bei to let Ma Dai inherit his title.

As a result, less than five months after Ma Chao's death, his concubine gave birth to a son for him. Ma Dai named him Ma Cheng and wrote to the Shu Han government, asking Ma Cheng to inherit Ma Chao's title. As a result, Ma Cheng, the widowed son, became the second generation of villagers in infancy.

Ma Chao played a great role in helping Liu Bei pacify Hanzhong. But after all, the previous record is very bad. Therefore, after Liu Bei was promoted to the queen of Hanzhong, his attitude towards Ma Chao was that he was a high-ranking official and a great deal, and he didn't give any real power or anything. This also led to Ma Chao's extreme disambition in Shuhan, and he died early in depression.

After Ma Chao's death, Ma Dai followed Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, and his official position slowly rose. But what is good about not dying is that he chose Yang Yi as an ally, and in the incident of Yang Yi's killing of the Wei and Yan clans, Ma Dai played a very disgraceful role. Later, Yang Yi was quickly brought down by Jiang Wan and Fei Yi. Fan Jian, Dong Ju and others, who were also from Yiyang in Jingzhou with Wei Yan, began to ascend to the throne, so Ma Dai also quickly faded out of the Shu Han regime. The Ma family was reduced to an ordinary family of officials in Shu Han.

Having said all this, in fact, there are two main meanings.

First, the Ma family has never been a loyal and filial heirloom. As a member of the Ma family who has lived and fought with the Qiang people in Liangzhou for a long time. Believe in strength and profit. It's nonsense to talk about loyalty to the country with this family.

Second, the two generations of emperors of the Liu family were not good to the Ma family. As a person from Liangzhou, the Ma family has never been accepted by any of the Jingzhou faction, Dongzhou faction, and Yizhou faction. Finally, Jiang Wei, who is also from Liangzhou, controlled the military power of Shu Han, and he is a ...... who has a blood feud with the Ma family

Therefore, when talking to Ma Cheng, Guan Yi can only persuade purely from the perspective of form and interests.

"Guan Yi visited the Xianghou, ah, when he saw the Xianghou, it was as if Weihou himself was in person."

Weihou is not an official fiefdom name, but a nickname. Three years ago, when Liu Chan issued an edict to posthumously accuse the founding heroes, Ma Chao was posthumously named Weihou. Guan Yi said here that Ma Cheng is like Weihou, which is the kneeling licking of Hongguoguo.

"Hahaha, the metaphor of the king makes the horse flattered. If you say so, then wouldn't Ma Cheng also say that the monarch is like a strong miaohou in person? ”

Okay, everyone is the descendant of the five tiger generals, and the eldest brother doesn't talk about the second brother.

"Since it comes to this, then Guan Yi will not hide it. Coming to meet you today is actually just one thing. It is necessary for the king to raise his noble hand. ”

"Uh, Zifeng, inherit the word. Let's call each other by our names. What did you just say? Do you want to hold your hands high? I don't dare to do that. Zifeng has done a great job in Fuling County over the years, and Ma Cheng admires it every time he mentions it. Is there anything you still need me to hold up my hand? ”

"I really need to raise my noble hand." Guan Yi smiled slightly, and then looked solemn: "Yi received an urgent report from the Mi family firm two days ago. The puppet Wei army, about 30,000 people, had bypassed the Sword Pavilion and broke into Jiangyou from Jinggu Road. Now Jiangyou has been broken. CD is at stake. Although His Majesty has not yet sent a clear summons to Fuling to ask me to enter King Qin, Guan Yi has already decided to lead his troops to the CD on his own! ”

"This ......" is really a big deal. After listening to Guan Yi's words, Ma Cheng was very open for a while, and then said in a slurred voice: "Cheng received a report from the imperial court this morning, and it was true that Jiangyou was broken eight days ago, and I didn't say how many enemy troops there were...... However, Di Bao also said that General Wei Zhuge Siyuan and General Yan Wenping had already led 18,000 people to intercept it. Well, that's not the point, the point is, Zifeng, do you know what you're doing? No will to lead the troops to the CD on your own! No matter what you think in your heart, others will think that you ignore your father and have ill intentions! ”

"It is true, but the country is at stake. Guan Yi can't take care of it anymore! Please also raise your noble hand! Three days later, Guan Yi's fleet passed! ”

"This ...... Brother, you've really given your brother a big problem. Zifeng is desperate for the country, but if you let you go like this, you will have to eat and fall when the time comes! ”

"Hehehe, so that my brother knows. The younger brother not only wanted his brother to let the younger brother go, but also wanted the elder brother to take 2,000 Ba soldiers with the younger brother to CD King Qin. After all, the five hundred guards of the elder brother are the last bloodline of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. ”

"You!" When Ma Cheng heard Guan Yi's request, he was so angry that he dropped the teacup. But in an instant, he laughed again: "Zifeng, you don't want to be strong against your brother, right?" You know, you're in the Bajun Taishou Mansion now. ”

"Hehehe, brother, the younger brother came alone today, which means that there is no strong idea."

"Then you ......."

Guan Yi didn't bother to entangle with him anymore, so he directly offered: "Two percent of the dry shares of the Fuxing Society." ”

"Hiss~~~" Ma Cheng is not stupid. He knows how prosperous the business of the Renaissance Society has been over the years. Although Ma Cheng did not dare to have a bad idea about the Fuxing Society because the Ma family belonged to an alternative that no one wanted to see in the Shu Han regime, it is impossible for you to say that Ma Cheng is not jealous - you must know that due to the small land and sparse population of Shu Han, this marquis is all virtual and has no fief! If the officials of Shu Han were not greedy, they really didn't have much money.

"Three...... Three cents. ”

"Hehehe, brother, don't be too greedy. Last year, the turnover of our Fuxing Society exceeded one billion, and the net profit was more than 300 million. A dividend of two percent, under normal circumstances, is six million. ”

"Really?"

"Seriously!"

“…… All right. This, also asked the army of the virtuous brother to pass from Jiangzhou at night. The foolish brother should have fallen asleep, and knew nothing. ”

Lao Tzu divides you with six million a year, so you tell me this? Hmph, that's not going to work.

"Brother, now it's our brothers. As a younger brother, I will tell you what I want to say. If the Han Dynasty dies this time, with my brother's knowledge, what status do you think the Ma family will have in the world of the Sima family in the future? ”

What status? It's hard to say. But one thing is certain: in the Cao Wei regime, which is already very mature in the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, the Ma family, a family with mixed Han and Qiang blood, cannot be ranked into a first-class family no matter what. Not to mention the first class, the second class and the third class are impossible! In the nine levels of upper, upper, upper, upper, middle-up, lower-middle, lower-up, lower-middle, lower-middle, lower-lower. It's nice to be in the upper middle ranks.

There is no doubt that although the Ma family's current position in the Shu Han regime is very embarrassing, because Ma Chao's starting point in Shu Han is very high, the Ma family is at least a second-rate family in Shu Han. If Shu Han dies......

Seeing Ma Cheng thoughtful, Guan Yi followed up and said: "Since the death of Pingbei (Ma Dai), the Ma family has not made a sound in the court of the Han Dynasty for many years. What if in this battle of King Qin, the Ma family's Xiliang Iron Horse reappeared in the world and turned the tide? ”