The next day, Ma Chao welcomed Liu Xie back to the Luoyang Palace. The palace was badly damaged after the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants and the hijacking of Li Ru, and at this moment thousands of craftsmen and temporarily recruited refugees are stepping up construction and restoration.

Luoyang City is a treasure land of feng shui, surrounded by eight guards, the strength of defense is second only to Shuzhong and Guanzhong, Ma Chao has long had the intention to set up the base camp in Luoyang. Therefore, a few days ago, Chen Zhi was sent to Yecheng to take the Empress Dowager Dong, Princess Wannian, Ma Teng and his wife, Ding Yuan, Ma Yueyan and even Yang Wan and others to Luoyang, and they were on the way at the moment.

At the same time, a series of personnel appointments were also promulgated, including Ren Fu as the assassin of Jizhou, Li Yan as the assassin of Jizhou, Ma Xiu as the general of the expedition to the north, and the military of the two states of Ji and Ji. Zhang He was transferred to Bohai County to guard against the Qingzhou Yellow Turban thieves, and Zhao Yun was asked to return to Changshan County with his troops to guard against Youzhou Gongsun Zhan, and Huang Zhong was still stationed in Chaoge and Liyang. Ren Tianfeng was the commander of Chang'an, responsible for the political affairs and talent selection in Guanzhong, and transferred Dian Wei to Luoyang to listen to the order.

Now that the Sili area has all fallen into the hands of Ma Chao, Tongguan, the gateway to Guanzhong, Fenglingdu, and Hangu Pass, there is no need to be guarded by heavy troops. A large number of troops can be drawn out to defend Luoyang, such as Xu Huang, Chen Zhi, Wen Ping, Pang De, Gao Shun, Cao surnamed and others are all vacated, only need to hold the passes to the south and east of Luoyang, and the entire Luoyang area is impregnable.

As for the more than 20,000 Xiliang troops who were captured, more than half of them were broken up by Ma Chao and incorporated into the generals to replenish the military losses, and those who were strong and guilty were demoted to slaves and rushed to Bingzhou to work as coolies. The remaining more than 3,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people were directly dragged to Luoyang City and beheaded for public display.

In this regard, Ma Chao did not have any burden in his heart, these Xiliang soldiers were all guilty, and they had been captive in Luoyang for two years, so they had to kill some people to give an explanation to the people of the world! Besides, this part of the Xiliang army was captured by the war, not the part handed over by Li Ru. Therefore, there is no problem with Ma Chao no matter how he handles it.

Not only that, Ma Chao also plans to expand Luoyang City, and use ten years to develop Luoyang City into the first super city with a population of more than one million in the history of the city. The main reason for this is that the geographical location of Luoyang is too nb, eight gates of Gongwei, Luoshui passes through it, surrounded by mountains, according to the world, there is absolutely a need for deep development.

In addition, there are nearly 100,000 prisoners of war slaves engaged in mining and kiln work in Bingzhou, and under the guidance of Ma Chao, these craftsmen can not only use coal to burn high-quality red bricks, but also mass-produce high-quality cement.

In fact, ordinary civil cement is very simple, using limestone and clay as raw materials, mixed in a ratio of three to one, calcined in a vertical kiln similar to burnt lime, and then smashed and ground into powder is cement. Limestone and clay are both the most prevalent raw materials, and finding them is not a struggle at all. The difficulty lies in the inconvenient transportation and difficult transportation; Lack of mechanical power, low yield.

Ma Chao also had a headache about this matter, although he knew the principle of steam engines, generators and motors, but even junior high school students understood these theoretical knowledge, it was almost impossible to do it in this era, and the conditions were far from mature.

Today's Luoyang City has been governed for two months, and many of the fleeing people have returned to their hometowns, as if they have recovered a little vitality. placed Liu Xie in the Jiade Palace, and Ma Chao also occupied the General's Mansion that had been greatly expanded and renovated by Dong Zhuo, and it was justified for him to live in it.

Ma Chao entered Luoyang and not only seized the property looted by Dong Zhuo, but also emptied the gold, jewelry and other things obtained by the original ten permanent servants for many years. At the beginning, Zhao Yun and Pang De captured Su Song under Ma Chao's arrangement, and Su Song, as the only one of the ten permanent servants who escaped from the surname, offered the giant treasure in exchange for his life.

After Ma Chao learned about it, he handed over Su Song to the trial and Fa Zheng for interrogation, and it was too easy to deal with a Su Song with the skills of the two. It turned out that this batch of giant treasures was buried under the water of a pond in Zhang Rang's mansion by the ten permanent servants, and with the ten permanent servants being exterminated by Yuan Shao and others, this batch of giant treasures did not have a chance to dig out until Ma Chao occupied Luoyang, which was as many as two hundred carriages.

After initially stabilizing the situation, Ma Chao began to recruit Xun You and Zhong Xuan. This time, Ma Chao held a banquet in the mansion and invited two or two people to the mansion in the name of discussing political affairs. After the greetings, Ma Chao said: "Both of them are talented people in the world, if there is chaos today, the formation of a group of heroes and separatists, the Han country has fallen apart, what do you think?" ”

The two glanced at each other, Xun You said: "The general trend of the world, divided for a long time, will be united, and the Han family will be divided for a long time, the Han family was sold by the first emperor and the eunuch party was in power, which first triggered the Yellow Turban Rebellion, after this incident, the foundation of the Han family has been damaged, and then after the eunuch relatives in power and the Dong thief rebellion, the Han family is irretrievable!" Unless" he sighed deeply and shook his head before he spoke again.

Ma Chao said: "Gongda may as well speak up if he has something to say!" ”

Xun Yu hesitated slightly, and said: "Unless the general is willing to be a loyal minister like Lu Xiang, but this matter is obviously impossible, if so, can the Great Han Yan have today?" ”

Ma Chao was depressed for a while, frowned, and said: "Gongda said so, the big man died at the hands of my Ma Chao?" ”

Xun You said: "Definitely! The Great Han died at his own hands! There is no feast in the world that will never be dispersed, and it is impossible to have a dynasty that will never die. The troubled times are the era of heroes, in the past, there were five hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period, there were seven heroes in the Warring States, and the world was returned to Qin, and the Chu and Han dynasties at the end of Qin had the Han family for 400 years, and now the Han family has existed in name only, and the world will return to the era of the hegemony! ”

After a pause, he said: "The general debuted in Xiliang at the age of twelve, the Southern Huns are famous in the world, and since then it has been smooth sailing, and he can take advantage of the momentum of the Quartet with foresight, isn't it the chaos in the world that he is looking forward to?" ”

Ma Chao was shocked, and secretly praised Xun You's talent, he was able to see himself so thoroughly, and said with a deep sigh: "In Gongda's opinion, who will kill the deer in this battle for the deer?" ”

Xun You pondered for a while and said: "The world is in turmoil, the big waves are sweeping the sand, and you still need to refine the real gold to know who the real hero is!" I don't dare to say who can achieve great things, but in terms of the current situation, the general has the greatest advantage, but it is absolutely impossible to annex the princes of the world with this advantage? ”

Ma Chao said: "How do you say this? ”

Xun You said: "As the saying goes: if the wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it!" Although the general coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes to be good, he also pushed himself to the forefront like a thief. If it weren't for Liu Yan in Shuzhong who claimed to be the emperor, the general would have been condemned by the princes of the world! Even so, this is also a sensitive period at this moment, the general is really walking on thin ice, once he shows a little strength, the Kwantung princes will definitely put aside their previous suspicions and unite against the general! ”

Ma Chao thought so, although he was not afraid of the coalition of the Kwantung princes, but if he fought, he would also wipe out his own family, and at the same time, countless people would die, and the people would be even more miserable. At that time, the world will only be more chaotic and the situation will be more difficult to predict, but it will allow Liu Yan in Shuzhong to take the opportunity to become bigger, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

"The words of Gongda are like morning bells and dusk drums, great goodness! According to Gongda, what should Ben do next? ”

Xun You said: "The time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people!" The general occupies the geographical advantage and the people at the same time, and he has nothing to fear! Now the general is concerned about the four grain-producing regions of Zhongzhong, Sili, Jizhou and the Southern Xiongnu, and there are northern grasslands to provide war horses and cattle, so they only need to accept the homeless, improve the law, and gather and cultivate talents, after a few years of recuperation, its advantages will only become more and more obvious! ”

On the other hand, the Kwantung princes, in fact, did not agree with each other, and they would annex each other as soon as they had the opportunity, and the war would be endless. In this way, the poorer and poorer the fight, the bigger the fewer the people, the general can completely watch the tiger fight from the mountain, while fanning the flames everywhere, and when they make a result, he can send troops to destroy them in one fell swoop! Such a big thing can be done! ”

Ma Chao was overjoyed, and laughed: "Gongda's words are exactly what I want, good birds choose trees to perch, virtuous ministers choose the master and do things, there is still a lack of a capable strategist under the command of the general, is Gongda willing to take responsibility?" After speaking, his heart was also up and down, since he was rejected by Xun Yu last time, his confidence was greatly hit.

Xun You didn't answer and asked: "You still have a question, and I ask the champion Hou to answer it!" ”

Ma Chao said, "Gongda, please speak up!" ”

Xun Yu said: "My Yingchuan Xun family is a world-renowned family, assisting the emperor's family for generations, coinciding with the chaos in the world, the children of the Xun family have come out to find a way out, just hoping that the Xun family can prosper forever." Dare to ask, if the general will one day step on the ninety-five position, how should I treat my Xun family! ”

Ma Chao pondered for a while: "It is true that I will attack the family, but I will only attack those powerful families who gather people to gather in the fields and raise slaves and private soldiers. The sea has ebbs and flows, the bright moon is also cloudy and sunny, a family is like a dynasty, it is impossible to prosper forever, including my Ma family! ”

"Survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest. If a family or even a generation of dynasties wants to prosper longer, only by constantly adapting to the development of the times, being prepared for danger in times of peace, and constantly improving themselves, is the way to prosperity! The harm of the family, Gongda must know it! This strategy was developed out of a multifaceted consideration, and there will be no wavering! Therefore, I really dare not make any promises to Gongda, and will only give priority to the talents of the Xun family under the same conditions! In addition, as far as Ben Jiang knows, the Xun family is not a family dominated by Tuntian! Why should Gongda worry about suppressing the family? ”

Xun You groaned for a while, suddenly got up and bowed down, and said: "The lord is a genius, and his reputation is known in the sea!" You have been interested in each other for a long time, and now I am grateful for my love, and I dare not follow the work of dogs and horses! ”

Ma Chao was overjoyed, hurriedly got up and helped Xun Yu up, and said with a smile: "I have to be public, like a fish in water, and like a tiger with wings, from now on, I can see the princes of the world like grass mustard!" Great business can be expected! ”

Xun You said: "The lord's command is full of talents, such as Jizhou Fuzhu, Tian Feng, trial and others, even Fa Zheng, who came from Xiliang with the princess, is not a general, and joining in the next is just icing on the cake!" ”

Ma Chao shook his head and said, "Definitely! Tian Feng's talent lies in internal affairs, his talent lies in the overall situation, the trial is stronger than the military, the law is still lacking in experience, and Gongda is good at judging the situation, acting carefully and low-key, full of strategies, and it is difficult to compare with anyone in the world! (To be continued.) )