The turbulent five years of Xingping made the entire Han family a little unable to react. Whether it is the princes and the powerful or the common people, they could never imagine that in just half a year, the two nobles who once tightly suppressed the Han Dynasty in the south and the north have disappeared.

In the first half of the year, many people of insight in the opposition were still talking about the victory or defeat of the Yuan family's internal struggle, either in the high hall or in the grass house, which is very likely to be the only factor that completely overthrew the authority of the Han family to its decline. However, in a blink of an eye, the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu quickly perished one after another as if they wanted to tease the world.

Some people call this year the 'Year of the Destruction of the Heavens', because those who dare not believe that there is no other explanation than the way of heaven to explain why the troubled times are so impermanent. But at the same time, some people call this year the 'first year of Qingping', because after the fall of Yuan Shu, the surging power of the younger generation of one south and one north is ascending to the stage of princes competing for hegemony with strong momentum and high spirits.

Especially on October 16 of this year, after the news that Ma Chao was named 'King Yong' in Chang'an Deyang Palace, the world was shocked. Many people were reluctant to believe their ears at first, but with the spread of the Ma caravan and the ubiquitous shadows, people heard the same news for a whole month, between the streets of the city. Then, as one after another exciting news came, they all believed it.

"Did you hear that? Ma Chao of Chang'an was named King Yong, which is the first king with a different surname after more than 400 years of the Han Dynasty! A person on the street said mysteriously.

"I already knew the news. Moreover, I also heard that Ma Chao's canonization ceremony cost 10,000 yuan! ”

"Really, so much money?!" The man's mouth was open for a long time, and then he shook his head and said, "How is this possible?" How can a canonization ceremony cost so much money?! ”

"You don't understand that, do you?" Another voice picked up: "Do you think that King Yong is the same as your daughter-in-law?" I heard that on the day Ma Chao was sealed, he wore a jade curtain and a pearl on his head, white tiger leather boots on his feet, and a splendid robe on his body! and the military parade after that, a full 10,000 soldiers of the Ma family were all dressed in battle armor made of gold, and even the saddle was gilded! Also, there is a banquet, the people of Chang'an, they may have a banquet on the street that day....... you say, is 100 million dollars enough for such an expense? ”

"This, this, this ......" This person 'this' for a long time, and finally came back to his senses from the phenomenon and said fiercely: "This Ma family is too rich!" Compared with the Ma family, the imperial court is less than half of the others, right?! ”

"That unlucky court, you say? Ha, can it compare with the Ma family? …….”

In January, everywhere in the Han Dynasty's throne was talking about the honor and honor of Ma Chao when he was enthroned. But without exception, every time it comes to the end, people will always unconsciously compare the richest, most noble, and most majestic court in their hearts with the Ma family, but the result makes people shake their heads: This world has really changed.

With the name of Cai Yong's master of scripture in front, Ma Chao's canonization ceremony this time did not exceed half of the system. No one can find fault with it, at most, the excuse they can attack is that this Xinyong King's personality is too perverse and unstoppable.

The feeling of spending money as painful and happy as running water has a perfect interpretation in Meng Da. On the day he was enthroned, Meng Da never imagined that he would see such a splendid Xuanhe, and the majesty and majesty of Ma Chao when he personally inspected the army, and the thunderous cheers of the people of Chang'an when they were even more excited than the festival.

But as soon as he thought that the gorgeous excitement of this boiling oil cooking was based on the cost of 100 million yuan, Meng Da felt that his liver, lungs, and intestines hurt...... Anyway, there is no place in his body that doesn't hurt - so far he didn't think of why Ma Chao would burn money like this, and Guo Jia didn't give him an explanation, just smiled: "Just wait and see." ”

That's burning money! Finally, one night in his sleep, Meng Da shouted this sentence hoarsely, and the beautiful lady beside him hurriedly blocked Meng Da's mouth with her Ruyu warmth.

However, strangely enough, Meng Da did discover a series of unpredictable events next.

On October 20, Liu Bei, the Taishou of Runan, and Uncle Liu Huang came to Chang'an to congratulate and pay tribute to Ma Chao. After the news broke, the world was in an uproar. Some people say that Liu Bei has lost the face of the Han family, but some people say that Liu Bei conforms to the general trend and is a hero in troubled times.

If Liu Bei's congratulations brought about just a group discussion, then Cao Cao later sent Cao Tai to Chang'an again to congratulate him, which brought the effect of an earthquake - everyone knows that the Ma family and Cao Cao just fought to the death in Jizhou, but they never imagined that these two families are like children playing at home, and if they are reconciled, they will be reconciled? !

No one wanted to believe such an absurd fact, but Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Zhang of Yizhou were the first to sit still, and after hearing the news, they immediately sent envoys to Chang'an to congratulate the Ma family. Especially Liu Biao, he also deliberately brought a lot of money and food to make up for the small misunderstanding between the two families when the Ma family prevented Liu Biao from sending troops to Yingchuan. This made the fact that the Ma family should have stretched out his hand for too long, but it was transformed into Liu Biao's humility after realizing it. Although this change is unknown, it has really become the Ma family today, and it is a proof that the most powerful princes in the Han family are the strongest.

On October 30, Ma Chao's faction sent only one general, Pang De, and a mere 5,000 soldiers and horses, and successfully accepted the four counties of Jizhou. When Pang De rushed to Wei County, the general of Cao Jun had already put his swords and guns into storage, and the grain and grass were sealed, just waiting for Ma Jiajun to come and accept it. The same was true of the three counties that followed, and the process went unbelievably smooth.

After this incident, Ma Jiazhen really took the title of King Yong, commanding three counties and four counties in six states, and became the first prince of the Han dynasty in one fell swoop. And there is no trouble in the northern Xinjiang, and the internal generals are like clouds, and the strategists are like rain, and the strength is like the sky for a while, and the sky is monstrous. Any class of the Han Dynasty, even if they regard the Ma family as a noble family that hates the chieftain, they will not have much confidence to slander the Ma family - in the face of absolute strength, any clever rumors will not be applicable.

Such a series of chain reactions occurred one after another, and Meng Da finally realized why Ma Chao and those foxes were desperately slapping their swollen faces and becoming fat: in such an iron-blooded and vain chaotic world, people's hearts are floating and swaying like duckweed, and the illusion of smoke and clouds taking advantage of the void can best become the judgment standard for their return. Ma Chao and those foxes just saw through the hearts of the people, and they would use the most grand, exaggerated, and confusing canonization ceremony to make the hearts of the subjects of the whole world beat with the grand future of the Ma family, becoming an internal driving force for the complete transformation of the Ma family.

Now that Li Shu, who still thinks that the Ma family is just a martial arts family born on the side? Under the effect of the repeated bombardment in this month, everyone has raised the Ma family to the level of a strong existence that divides the territory and divides the land, and can compete with the current imperial court. Can you get the princes of the Quartet to congratulate you? Can you sit on nearly half of the territory of the Han Dynasty?! ”

Therefore, after settling the accounts back and forth, Meng Da found that this 100 million yuan was not unjustly spent! Those intangible benefits are really hard to change! As a result, with a tangled expression that hurts but doesn't hurt his heart, he bowed to Ma Chaoshen: "The lord is well versed in people's hearts and has insight into the overall situation, and Zidu has been taught this time." ”

But Ma Chao's face was not half happy, he casually threw the Dongzhu jade curtain Boguanwang table worth thousands of gold, and spit out a smoke ring leisurely, and then said incomprehensibly: "Hey, this is like a young couple's life." When you are happy, you have to have a honeymoon romance. But after all the savings are really spent, it is time to fall from the clouds to the dust and enjoy the helplessness of firewood, rice, oil and salt. ”

At this moment, the smoke was shrouded, and Ma Chao suddenly had the temperament of a lonely housekeeper, and Meng Da was confused.