Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty is also rare to be diligent once, and the next morning dynasty will meet hundreds of civil and military officials in the Deyang Palace. Brother Xiao Ma was notified, and he waited outside the palace gate with Ding Yuan and Xu Bugu.

Luoyang Imperial Palace is divided into South Palace and North Palace, which are located in the north and south of Luoyang City respectively, and the middle distance is seven miles, and the two palaces are connected by a double road. In the recovering road, the emperor took the middle road, guarding the left and right, ten steps and one guard.

The main hall of the South Palace is the Deyang Palace, the hall is three zhang high, and His Majesty is one zhang high. The temple can accommodate a thousand people. The hall is surrounded by pond water, jade steps and beams, the altar is made of grained stones, the walls are decorated with colorful paintings, and the golden pillars are carved with beautiful figures. It is said that Yanshi City, which is forty-three miles away from Luoyang, can see the Deyang Hall and the Vermilion Bird Que Yuyu connected with the sky.

The North Palace is the residence of the Son of Heaven, and there are more than 1,000 palace maids in it, including the queen, the beauties, the prince, the princess, and the small yellow gate and the middle yellow gate who are responsible for labor all live in it. The entire palace was guarded by the Yulin army on the left and right of the Beijing Division, and the defense was extremely strong.

On the main hall, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty was wearing an imperial crown and a royal robe, his face was pale and slightly haggard, apparently he had spent the night on the belly of two Yue's beauties last night.

As soon as Liu Hong sat down, a small yellow door shouted: "The Son of Heaven is coming to the court, there is something to do, and there is nothing to do!" ”

As soon as the words fell, He Jin first stood up and bowed and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, and the state assassin Shi Ding Yuan, Sima Ma Chao under the command of Xiliang Taishou, and the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Bugu has been waiting for a long time, so I implore Your Majesty to summon you!" ”

Emperor Ling nodded and said, "Bingzhou Ding Thorn Shi and General Xiliangma are both meritorious ministers, I should summon them immediately!" After that, he instructed the little yellow door beside him: "You quickly summon Ding Tingshi, General Ma and Xu Bugu to come to Deyang Hall to discuss matters!" ”

After a while, the three of them walked side by side, and after the ceremony, Liu Hong said: "The three don't need to be polite, Ding Tingshi and General Ma are all ministers of my Han Dynasty, this time they will work together to quell the rebellion of the Southern Xiongnu, so that the people of my Han Dynasty will not suffer from poison, and I will definitely have a heavy reward!" ”

Ding Yuan was the first to speak: "The old minister doesn't dare!" If there is no Xiliang army to cut off the back road of the rebels, and the state is in danger! The old minister's merits are not enough to mention! However, General Ma was a young hero, with 50,000 elite soldiers to fight the Southern Xiongnu rebellion and collapse into an army, in addition to the right Xian King Yu Fuluo, the white horse copper, the left Xian Wang, Tu Gehu, Hu Han and other rebel chieftains have been ambushed. ”

Emperor Ling nodded and said loudly, "Okay!" I have heard of General Ma's exploits, this time the Xiliang Iron Cavalry crisscrossed the northern prairie, leveled the Huns, broke Wuheng, conquered Xianbei, invincible, and conquered, and my Han Tianwei once again deterred the northern aliens, which is really an immortal achievement! I deserve a generous reward! ”

Ma Chao said respectfully: "The minister is afraid, the northern alien race has repeatedly harassed and plundered the border of my Han Dynasty since the pre-Qin period, all my Han people, Yan and Huang descendants are responsible for protecting the family and defending the country, the minister is not only doing his duty for the Han people, and he is willing to lead the Xiliang men under his command to step on the north and south of the desert with a sword, and drive the alien races of the Han who dare not to attach themselves to the wild and bitter cold land in the north, and expand the territory for the Han Dynasty. ”

Emperor Ling was overjoyed, stroked his palms and said: "Well said, General Fubo has been fighting horses all his life, conquering foreign races for decades, and his great military exploits are admired by all the people. ”

Ma Chao said: "Although the young general is not talented, he is willing to share his worries for His Majesty, is willing to serve the Han Dynasty, and is willing to do his best for the people of the world to live and work in peace and contentment!" After a pause, he said: "I heard that the Southern Xiongnu slipped through the net and the remnants of Fuluo and the black mountain thief Zhang Yan mixed up to make trouble, and the black mountain thief even developed his power to the land of Hanoi, and its momentum has threatened Luoyang Kyoto, as the saying goes: Eliminate evil, there should be a beginning and an end!" The young general asked for orders to take the rest of his command to exterminate the Yufula and Black Mountain thieves, and I hope Your Majesty will allow it! ”

As soon as these words came out, there were many discussions among the officials of the imperial court, are the Black Mountain thieves so easy to exterminate? That's millions! Since the Yellow Turban Thieves were pacified, the Black Mountain Thieves have become the most powerful thieves in the world, and the land of the two states has suffered greatly!

Emperor Ling nodded and said: "Ma Aiqing's heart of loyalty to the country is really rare, and you have asked for your life to pacify the Black Mountain thieves, and I have no reason to allow it!" But I'm going to reward you for my deeds first, and I'll give you a name! After that, he raised his head and asked the ministers: "General Ma and Ding Thorn Shi have also seen the merits, especially the heroic deeds of General Ma have been rumored more than once, and everyone thinks that I should reward the two of them!" ”

Everyone whispered, and He Jin said: "General Ma is young and brave, Wen Cheng is martial, and his merits are not worse than Huo Quzhi, Jia Fu, and Dou Xian. As for Ding Thorn History, he should also be rewarded, since Yuan Feng died of illness a few years ago, the one who holds Jinwu has been vacant, so it is better to let Ding Thorn Shi lead the position of Jin Wu and concurrently serve as the history of the State Thorn! ”

Although the ministers were a little surprised when they heard this, it was not too much to receive the title of champion marquis and the general of the expedition to the north by virtue of Xiao Ma's background and merits. Besides, Ma Chao has an excellent reputation, not to mention that he is also from a famous family, and there is a clan uncle who is a great Confucian in the world, Ma Yueyan, who is an official in the court, and if you want to criticize it, you have to think about it carefully.

Not only that, but they also had to take care of Yuan Kui and He Jin's face. You must know that the Yuan family and the Ma family are actually in-laws, Yuan Kui's wife, and Ma Lun, the aunt of Yuan Shao's brothers, is the daughter of Ma Rong, that is, Ma Yueyan's aunt and Ma Chao's grandmother. Once he criticizes Ma Chao, it is not only the general He Jin who raised the matter that will be offended, but also Ma Yueyan and Yuan Kui, the prince of the dynasty.

It's okay to offend Ma Yueyan, but Yuan Kui and He Jin can't afford to offend, one of these two people is a Taifu, and the other is a general, which is equivalent to the prime minister and generalissimo of later generations, offending them and wanting to continue to mix?

After He Jin finished speaking, the entire Deyang Hall was silent, and no one was willing to do such a thankless thing. Several people who were bewitched by Yuan Shu and wanted to make trouble also closed their mouths when they saw that the situation was not good, although Yuan Shu was also present, but his official position was only that of a tiger general, and he was not qualified to speak at all!

Yuan Kui didn't mean to object, because yesterday Ma Yueyan personally went to visit his aunt Ma Lun in the Taifu Mansion, but secretly said that Ma Chao and Yuan Shu were not in harmony, and Yuan Shu told Ma Yuan about his disrespect. When Mrs. Ma heard this, she immediately found Yuan Kui and cried, what do you mean by your nephew! My Ma family's descendants have been in decline for several generations, and finally a young genius has come out, why can't your nephew get along with him? People in their thirties still bully a twelve-year-old little doll, in vain your Yuan family has the name of the fourth world and the third prince?

Yuan Kui is already in his sixties, how can he bear to see his wife who has been in love for decades and crying? immediately called Yuan Shu to scold him with his head and face, and almost didn't let him apologize to Brother Xiaoma. Yuan Kui's ability to become a general is not unrelated to Ma Rong's son-in-law's identity, so Yuan Kui and his wife Ma Lun have been respectful of each other for decades!

As for Ding Yuan's matter, no one has any objections, who doesn't know that he is He Jin's confidant? Besides, Ding Yuan's qualifications are old and boundless, although some people are jealous of the position of Jinwu, but He Jin has always put this position in the air, and no one can be able to do it if he wants to.

Things went surprisingly smoothly, none of the civil and military officials objected, and even Zhang Rang and other eunuchs who liked to find trouble collectively kept their mouths shut. Clear-eyed people have long guessed the greasy here, and naturally refuses to touch the moldy head.

Emperor Ling was slightly surprised, obviously he didn't expect Brother Xiaoma's popularity to be so good, and all the words he had thought of were saved, and he said at the moment: "What the general said is very agreeable, since all Aiqing have no objections, please Ding Yuan and listen to the seal first!" ”

"The minister is here!"

"The state assassin Ding Yuan Ping thief has merit, I talk about meritorious deeds, and I am appointed as the ruling Jinwu, with a rank of two thousand stones, and concurrently lead the post of the state assassin."

"Thank you, Your Majesty! The old minister will definitely do his duty conscientiously and live up to his holy hopes!" Ding Yuan secretly smiled bitterly in his heart. Zhi Jinwu, the same as Jiuqing, is the supreme commander of the guarding Beijing Division, especially the Northern Army of the Imperial City. Similar to the commander of the central garrison in modern times, sometimes he has to go out to fight against rebellions, and there is a saying that "Shi Eun is regarded as the ruling Jinwu, and marrying a wife is Yin Lihua" is quite popular, which is about the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu and his queen Yin Lihua, which also illustrates the high and powerful position of the ruling Jinwu from the side.

But a name has a fart, the Northern Army under the command of the original Jin Wu is now under the command of He Jin's brothers, and the subordinate officials who originally belonged to the Jin Wu are also under He Jin's orders, he is only in name, how can He Jin really give him power?

Liu Hong nodded and said: "With an old minister like Ding Tingshi in charge of the defense of the capital, I will feel at ease, that is, the five departments of the Northern Army will be handed over to you to command, and you will discuss the handover with the general later!" ”

Ding Yuan smiled bitterly in his heart and said respectfully: "The old minister obeys orders!" ”

"Ma Mengqi listens to the seal!"

Brother Xiao Ma didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly saluted: "The minister is here!" ”

Emperor Ling said with deep meaning in his eyes: "Ma is more than famous, the daughter of General Fubo Ma Yuan was Emperor Ming Empress Ma and the adoptive mother of my great-ancestor Emperor Zhang. For more than 100 years, the Ma family has produced talents from generation to generation, Wu has Ma Yuan, Ma Liao, Ma Yu, Wen Youru Ma Yan, Ma Rong and the Guanglu doctor Ma Yueyan of the current dynasty, and the auxiliary work can be seen! Today, Ma Chaowen has become a martial artist, performed his military exploits, pacified the northern rebellion and tried to protect the border people from the plundering of foreign tribes in the grassland, his merits are very great, I now say that Feng Ru is the fourth champion of my Han since Gaozu, leading the post of general of the north, supervising and merging the military of the two states of Hebei, and immediately going to the two places to recruit troops to recruit the Black Mountain thieves, there must be no mistake! ”

Ma Chao said respectfully: "The last general will take the order!" Thank you, Your Majesty! ”

Emperor Ling nodded and said, "Although your father Ma Teng once rebelled, he has had many military exploits since he was recruited, and I have been crowned as a general of the conquest and restored the position of the hereditary new marquis of the Ma family. ”

Brother Xiao Ma is overjoyed, although the general is a miscellaneous general, but the new Hou is indeed the title of Ma Yuan back then, a hereditary prince, only because he was slandered after his death was removed by Emperor Guangwu, and now it is restored by Emperor Ling, and the prestige of the Ma family will definitely increase!

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" Brother Xiao Ma was grateful, and almost had the heart to really work for Liu Hong!

Liu Hong said: "Since you conquered the north and became the champion marquis, then I will give you the land of the Southern Xiongnu as a place to eat, I hope you will do it yourself!" ”