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What Ma Yunlu said really surprised Fang Shao. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In fact, she has been secretly thinking about herself for many years, which Fang Shao is not surprised, he is surprised that one of her daughters' family will turn around and openly "propose" to herself, which makes Fang Shao a little at a loss for a while.

But soon he calmed down, he knew that although Ma Yunlu's surname was unrestrained, he would never have been unrestrained to this extent, otherwise, she would not have waited for so many years, and there must be another reason for what is happening today.

"Miss Ma, let me take the liberty of asking, are you here today, completely out of your own mind?"

Fang Shao suddenly asked, Ma Yunlu looked stunned, that kind of look quickly betrayed her heart, Fang Shao could see that she really had other intentions.

Ma Yunlu sighed and said silently: "Sure enough, I can't hide your eyes, in fact, half of what I came here today was entrusted by my second brother." ”

She was referring to his cousin Ma Dai.

Fang Shao frowned, his thoughts were rolling in his heart, and he had already begun to ponder Ma Dai's intentions.

At this time, Ma Yunlu said without concealment: "You don't have to guess, I'll tell you." The second brother said, only if I marry you, the eldest brother can come back from Youzhou with confidence, and our Ma family can be safe. ”

So it sees, it seems that Ma Dai's political sense is also quite keen, his strategy, in fact, coincides with Zhuge Liang's strategy, they all want to rely on political marriage to solve, the difference is that the former is for his own interests, while the latter is from the overall situation of the country.

At this time, the doubts on Fang Shao's face disappeared, but he became calm, he took a deep breath, and said lightly: "I understand." Then I have to ask again, Miss Ma, are you willing to do this, our Shao has always been unwilling to take advantage of others. ”

Ma Yunlu's eyebrows flowed darkly, and he lowered his head and muttered, "My mind, don't you still understand?" ”

With her words, Fang Shao's heart felt better for a long time, and he got up immediately and said lightly: "Okay, it's not early, Miss Ma, please go back." ”

"And what about that just now?" Ma Yunlu looked a little anxious.

Fang Shao smiled: "Miss is so kind to me, if I am still indifferent, wouldn't it be better than a beast, Miss rest assured, I have my own opinions." ”

Fang Shao's words were regarded as a guarantee, and Ma Yunlu was finally relieved at this time, so he also smiled and said: "Okay, I believe you, then I'll go back, I'll wait for you." ”

Fang Shao personally sent Ma Yunlu out of the Great Sima Mansion, and when he returned to the lobby, dinner had already been prepared, and the two ladies were already waiting there, waiting for him to come back and eat together.

"Oh, I've been busy all day, and I'm really hungry, let's eat."

Fang Shao behaved very relaxed, as if nothing had happened just now, he sat down and ate with a good appetite.

The two ladies didn't know how to eat, and between the two of them, they looked at each other from time to time and exchanged ideas.

Finally, halfway through the meal, Sun Shangxiang asked first: "Husband, I don't know what Miss Ma is looking for you about?" ”

"It's not a serious matter, just ask his brother Ma Mengqi about it." When Fang Shao spoke, the chewing in his mouth did not stop.

"Oh." Of course, Sun Shangxiang couldn't guess it, and was easily prevaricated back by Fang Shao's words.

Just as Fang Shao was gobbling it up, Zhuge Rong, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke: "Husband, don't hide it from us, if my guess is correct, that Miss Ma came this time, I'm afraid I want to beg you to marry her." ”

With all the rice in his mouth squirting back into the bowl, Fang Shao raised his head, looked at her smart wife in surprise, and asked, "Ah Rong, did you just overhear us?" ”

Zhuge Rong snorted lightly: "It seems to be true." Do you still need to eavesdrop, now everyone knows that Ma Mengqi has a self-respecting army in Youzhou, and he doesn't dare to return to Beijing, it is nothing more than afraid that our Jingxiang people will fix him, except that his sister married into our Fang family, what else can make this person feel at ease. ”

Zhuge Rong is really Zhuge Rong, and the brother and sister both thought of going together.

"Is it true, husband?" Sun Shangxiang also asked nervously, with disbelief on his face.

Fang Shao originally planned to tell them directly, but these two women were not from ordinary families, and it was not easy to get together at the beginning, how could they accept it as obediently as ordinary women. What's more, Sun Shangxiang is pregnant now, and if she is mentally stimulated, it will inevitably be detrimental to the baby in her arms.

After weighing it, Fang Shao already had an idea, so he said: "This matter is not what I want, don't worry too much, ladies, come, let's have a good meal." ”

With Fang Shao's words, the two of them were much more relieved, so they didn't interrogate too much.

Two days later, Fang Shao appeared on Zhuge Mansion again.

"Sir, I thought about it again and again, and I think you are right, for the sake of the overall situation of the country, I promise."

Hearing Fang Shao's words, Zhuge Liang was relieved, thinking that my student was really still my student, and he still had to listen to me, so he smiled and said, "Great, Zhongzheng has figured it out best." ”

Fang Shao immediately said: "Sir, I promised yes, but there is one condition. ”

"On what terms?"

"I can't come forward in person in this matter, so I want to ask Mr. to do something, and it is best for His Majesty to personally issue an edict to give marriage, if not, then I have no choice but not to agree."

"Your Majesty's marriage?" Zhuge Liang was also stunned, and immediately understood Fang Shao's intentions.

If it is the emperor's marriage, then in the eyes of others, it is completely a political marriage, and Fang Shao is in a position of "passive" acceptance in this political marriage, which can be regarded as blocking the mouths of the two ladies in the family.

"I understand, don't worry, this matter won't make you too embarrassed." Zhuge Liang agreed, and Fang Shao breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

Three days later, the new emperor Liu Tai issued an edict to marry the sister of Zuo Da Sima Fang Shao and Taiwei Ma Chao.

The emperor's edict soon spread to Youzhou, and when Ma Chao heard the news, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although Ma Chao is not an excellent politician, he still has the least political sense, and the high-level Jingxiang leaders in the DPRK and China have released such a strong signal of reconciliation and friendship to him, and it is certainly impossible for Ma Chao not to see it.

Soon after the marriage edict was sent to Youzhou, Ma Chao found a reason to return to the court, accepted the position of the third prince of the Tai Lieutenant, and successfully handed over the military power.

Due to Ma Chao's return to the court, the military commander of Youzhou was vacant, and under the recommendation of Fang Shao, after discussion, the general Wang Ping was ordered to supervise the military of Youzhou.

The internal strife of the Great Han Kingdom, with the return of Ma Chao, came to an end temporarily, and the whole country seemed to be closely united.

As soon as the infighting ended, the goal of the struggle quickly shifted to the external enemy.

At the end of the autumn of that year, Sun Quan, the king of Wu, proclaimed himself emperor in Jianye, and the founding of the country was called Great Wu, and sent envoys to the Han and Wei countries to report.

When Emperor Cao Ying heard the news of Sun Quan's proclamation as emperor, he not only treated the envoy well, but also sent the envoy Jiang Gan to Jianye with a large number of congratulatory gifts to congratulate Sun Quan on his proclamation as emperor. When the news of Sun Quan's proclamation as emperor reached Chang'an, the mood of the Han monarchs and ministers was quite complicated.

The alliance established during the Battle of Chibi was nominally based on the restoration of the Xing Room and the elimination of the Cao thieves. Now, the Han regime in Chang'an claims to have inherited the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, and in theory, Sun Quan should have submitted to the Han court in Chang'an, at least nominally.

But now, Sun Quan refused to be a minister, and openly established the title of emperor, legally speaking, this is a "betrayal" of the Chang'an Han regime, like a betrayal of rebellion.

Therefore, as soon as the news of Sun Quan's proclamation as emperor came, some ministers in the court suggested changing the original foreign strategy, turning to Wu to start a war, and first destroying Wu and destroying Wei, and this proposal was naturally supported by many people.

However, under the deliberation of Zhuge Liang and several other high-level officials, they all agreed that the biggest enemy of the Great Han State at present was still the Wei State. Although Wei suffered heavy losses in the previous wars, its national strength was still strong because it still possessed a large population and economically developed territory along the two rivers, and the potential for war should not be underestimated.

If the target of the attack is changed at this time and the spearhead is pointed at Wu, then, if Wu cannot be destroyed in a short time, it will inevitably leave Wei a chance to breathe, and once it recovers from the trauma of war, it will become a thorny enemy again.

Attacking Wei can launch an attack from many directions, if you attack Wu, you can only attack Jingzhou, down the east of the Yangtze River, and fight in a narrow area along the Yangtze River, and at this time, the Han Army's military superiority and cavalry superiority will be significantly weakened, and in terms of naval army, the Han State does not have an advantage, whether it can destroy Wu in a short period of time, there are still great unknown factors.

Therefore, destroying Wu first and then destroying Wei will be more beneficial than disadvantageous.

After such a thorough analysis, the Great Han State also sent envoys to Wu to congratulate Sun Quan on his proclamation as emperor and to try to reaffirm the alliance between the two countries. But this time, Emperor Sun Quan of Wu did not respond positively to the continuation of the alliance, and after some false words, the Han envoy could only return in vain.

Sun Quan's performance made the Han people realize that Wu's policy had returned to the line of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, but this time, Wu's policy changes had little impact on the development of Han's grand strategy.

At this time, the Han State actually had the ability to destroy Wei alone.

Winter goes to spring, and in a blink of an eye it is the end of summer.

At this time, the pacification of the northern Jizhou had come to an end, and the county-level ruling institutions were gradually perfected, and in the second year of the new emperor's accession to the throne, the three prefectures could already levy grain and raise troops on the spot, and no longer needed the assistance of the central government.

In the affluent Guanzhong, due to the bumper harvest of summer grain, not only the problem of feeding more than 200,000 people who had newly moved into Guanzhong was solved, but also the country was provided with more adequate grain, grass and soldiers. In the same year, the grain harvest in Yongyi, Jingliang and other states also provided the most important prerequisite for the next strategy.

Therefore, with the support of various favorable factors, less than ten days after the end of the summer grain harvest, the edict of Chang'an City was issued again.

(To be continued)