Ma Chao also agrees with this, Liu Yu is a relative of the Han family, and in history, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao once wanted to support Liu Yu as the emperor, but Liu Yu refused to live or die, so it is not difficult to see that Liu Yu is a genuine loyal Han person. Ma Chao is now just coercing the princes of the Son of Heaven, although he has suppressed the Han family in name only, but after all, he has not called the king and the emperor, and the position of the Son of Heaven is still in the hands of the Liu family. If one day it is said that Ma Chao will abolish the emperor and ascend the throne himself, Liu Yu will definitely oppose it regardless of everything, and even send troops to conscript, even if Liu He is in hand!

The only way to deal with loyal people like Liu Yu is to adopt a consistent strategy, that is, to win them over first, and then slowly clean them up after the situation is stable. Liu Yu has been governing Youzhou for nearly ten years, and he has won the support of the people in the local area, and the army and officials from all over the country have supported him, thinking about the overall situation.

Seeing Ma Chao nodding again and again, the judge continued: "If the lord wants to win over Liu Yu, he can start from three points, first of all, he must stabilize his heart, and in the name of the Son of Heaven, he will issue an edict to crown Liu Yu as the king of Yuyang, and let him continue to govern Youzhou. Secondly, to deter by force, the lord can send a large army to be stationed in Youzhou in the name of guarding against Wuheng in the north, so that even if Liu Yu has different intentions, he will not dare to act rashly. In the end, we must try our best to win over and use Liu Yu's power to stabilize the situation in Youzhou, so as to obtain resources such as grain and grass, salt, refined iron, and war horses! And the fastest and most effective way to win over Liu Yu is nothing more than to marry him! ”

Ma Chao thought so, stroked his palms and praised: "Zhengnan's words are in the heart, but I don't know how to marry?" ”

The judge said: "The lord has a sister who is already in her prime, and Liu Yu's son Liu He has not yet married a wife, so it is better to marry Miss Ma to Liu He." With this marriage relationship, Liu Yu will definitely do his best to serve the lord! ”

Ma Chao frowned, he is such a sister, now he has just turned 14 years old, he doesn't want to marry his sister to Liu He, who is talented and virtuous, but as a prince, he must act in the overall situation.

When he was in a dilemma, Zhao Yun on the side interjected: "If the lord has the heart to marry Liu Yu, he doesn't have to be wronged Miss Ma, as far as Yun knows, Liu Yu still has three daughters in the boudoir in addition to his only son Liu He." Yun and Liu Yu have always had dealings, if the lord does not give up, Yun wants to be a matchmaker! ”

Ma Chao's heart moved when he heard this, and he looked at Zhao Yun with deep meaning, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that his face was calm, and his eyes were clear and unusual. Zhao Yun and Ma Yunlu have had several encounters, and Ma Yunlu has great respect for this handsome guy who saved his brother's life, but Zhao Yun has always regarded Ma Yunlu as his sister, is there a secret love between the two?

was about to speak, but he listened to the trial and echoed: "What Zilong said is reasonable, Liu Yu is the same generation as the first emperor, the lord is the concubine of the first emperor, and it is naturally not against the law of etiquette to accept Liu Yu's daughter as a concubine!" ”

Ma Chao pondered for a while, and inevitably hesitated in his heart, there were already more women around him, first Liu Li, Yang Wan, Dong Xuan, Diao Chan, Du Xiuniang, Cai Yan, Gan Qian, if you count Mi Zhen who has not passed the door and Zhen Mi, Fu Shou, and Qi Yan, his wives and concubines have reached as many as eleven, and he originally planned to collect Xiao Qiao or Bow Ji in the future to make up a dozen, but the sudden marriage caught him a little off guard.

But in addition to marrying his sister, he has to go out in person, Ma Dai and Ma Xiu are the son-in-law of Cao Bao in Xuzhou, and the other is Xu Huang's Chenglong fast son-in-law, Ma Tieshang is not known for life and death in the hands of Gongsun Zhan, so he cannot be used as a candidate for marriage. It would be very inappropriate to let Ma Dai and Ma Xiu take Liu Yu's daughter as a concubine, but Ma Chao is very different, not to mention his identity, he has to credit Ma Chao for having a prescient name, and he has already thought of today when he married a ghost.

The three of them carefully discussed some details, and finally Ma Chao adopted the strategy of trial matching. That night, Ma Chao hosted a banquet for a group of officials in Youzhou in the camp of Gaoyang City, and Liu Yu, Zhao Gai, Guo Qian, Qi Zhou, Sun Jin and others all attended.

After three rounds of drinking, Ma Chao raised his glass and said: "Now that Gongsun Zhan's army has been defeated and fled, there is no civil strife in Youzhou, just block the looting of foreign races in the north." On behalf of the imperial court, on behalf of the Son of Heaven, on behalf of all the people in the world, I salute you a cup! "Drink it all.

Everyone followed, Liu Yu put down his wine glass and hugged his fists and said: "If it weren't for the help of the general, even if we could pacify Gongsun Zhan, we wouldn't be so fast!" The general's corporal is elite, the armament is excellent, and there are more Xiangyang cannons, beds, crossbows and other strange things, and it is only a matter of time before the anti-thieves Yuan Shao and Cao ** are exterminated! ”

Ma Chao said with a smile: "Liu Zhoumu is too humble, this big victory is the result of sincere cooperation, and all the officials in Youzhou have merit, among which Liu Zhoumu is the first to take credit." The ancestor of Liu Zhoumu is the eldest son of Emperor Guangwu, Liu Qiang, the king of Donghai Gong, I am the concubine of the dynasty, and I am the younger generation when I talk about the future! ”

Liu Yu's face was smug and he smiled: "Don't dare!" It has been more than 400 years since Guangwu, and the Liu family is very large, how can it be generalized? ”

Ma Chao nodded, Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu had dozens of sons, and they were bred for more than ten generations in four hundred years, and there were countless descendants, plus the people of the Liu family in the Western Han Dynasty, most of the people surnamed Liu in the entire Han Dynasty were the descendants of Liu Bang. Intermarriage can be done outside the five generations, and Liu Yu's son has almost no blood relationship with Liu Xie, Liu Bei, Liu Yan and others, and intermarriage is not a problem. At the moment, he said: "Liu Zhoumu has made many achievements in Youzhou over the years, and most of the stability that Youzhou can have today is the work of Liu Zhoumu." Ben will decide to ask the Son of Heaven for Liu Zhou to be the king of Yuyang, eat 10,000 households, and continue to lead the post of Youzhou pastor, and his son Liu He will be promoted to the position of Taichang! Wangru father and son will continue to work hard and continue to serve the imperial court! ”

Liu Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately got up and clasped his fists and saluted: "Thank you to the general, but I dare not accept this throne, and I ask the general to take back his life!" ”

Ma Chao said: "Liu Zhou Mu is a relative of the Han family, and he has not violated Emperor Guangwu's will that he cannot be crowned king unless he is surnamed Liu!" All of this is your own earnings, and you will just push the boat down the river, so don't refuse! ”

Liu Yu knew that Ma Chao was wooing him, but why didn't he want to befriend Ma Chao? Since the Western Han Dynasty, the eunuch relatives have been in power, as long as Ma Chao does not have the heart of the emperor, he is happy to see Ma Chao calm the world for the Han family.

The judge also persuaded him: "Liu Zhoumu has the right name for the throne, and no one can find fault with it, this matter is so decided, not to say that there will be an edict from the Son of Heaven, and at the same time it will be announced to the world to commend Liu Zhoumu's governance work!" ”

Liu Yu saw that he couldn't shirk it, so he had to clench his fists and bow: "Thank you to the general, if you need it in the future, Liu Yu should do his best to help!" ”

"Well said! Say! Ma Chao immediately saw the stitches, hugged his fists and saluted: "This year, there is a great drought in the Central Plains, and locust plagues are everywhere, which has led to a decrease in grain production in several counties in the Central Plains, and the people are hungry!" Youzhou has been a place of grain production since ancient times, and in the year of wind and rain, I wanted to transfer grain from Youzhou to support Qingzhou and Jizhou, I don't know what Liu Zhoumu thinks? ”

Liu Yu and Zhao Qi glanced at each other, nodded slightly, and said: "I have also heard of the great drought in the Central Plains, even if the general doesn't say it, I will not stand idly by." I just don't know how much food and grass the general still lacks! ”

Ma Chao was overjoyed in his heart and said: "The Central Plains will be affected, and the rebellion of Yuan Shao and other rebels is even worse, and the imperial treasury is still more than enough to support the logistics supply of hundreds of thousands of troops, but it is greatly insufficient to take care of the millions of victims affected by the disaster in the Central Plains." I also hope that Liu Zhoumu can see that for the sake of the people of the world, he will temporarily support 8 million grains and grass for disaster relief! ”

Liu Yu frowned when he heard this, eight million grains is not a small number, but it is not a painful amount for Youzhou. At that moment, he discussed with Zhao and the others in a low voice, and said with his fists clenched: "Since the general has opened his mouth and used it for disaster relief, we have no reason to do it, and to raise such a large amount of grain and grass, we still need to collect it from the treasury of various parts of Youzhou before it can be completed, how about I wait for the delivery to be completed within three months?" ”

Ma Chao is overjoyed, this attack on Gongsun Chan is for the grain of Youzhou, although there is grain in the Central Plains now, but it is only the beginning of the year, and it will take more than half a year to the autumn harvest, and a large amount of food is needed during this period to ensure that the refugees tide over the difficulties. Now with the support of the two major grain production bases in Youzhou and Jizhou, we can basically ensure that we have no worries.

Then everyone discussed the details, Ma Chao took the opportunity to let Du Xi and Qin Yi lead 10,000 troops to garrison the valley of the northern town of Youzhou in the name of preventing Wuheng from looting, not only that, Ma Chao was also ready to implement the three-point grain system in Youzhou with great fanfare. Liu Yu did not object to Ma Chao's garrison in Youzhou, but suggested postponing the implementation of the three-point grain system on the grounds that the civil strife had just been pacified, mainly because there were too many powerful families in Youzhou, and it was very easy to cause chaos if the high-pressure policy was rashly implemented.

Ma Chao also felt that he was in a bit of a hurry after thinking about it carefully, in the past few years, Youzhou has gathered a large number of powerful families, most of whom escaped from Jizhou and Qingzhou. If they are pressed step by step, if they unite to support a small warlord to secede the territory, they will inevitably have to send troops to quell the rebellion, it is better to wait for Yuan Shao to be cleaned up and then carry out unified reforms.

After discussing the official affairs, Ma Chao began to move his heart, and asked at the moment: "In recent years, Taoism has flourished in the three states of Hebei, You, and Qing in the north, and the name of the three immortals of Penglai is known to women and children. I heard that Zhao Beijia and General Guo have a lot of connections with these three people, I wonder if they can introduce them? ”

When a few people heard this, they didn't know what Ma Chao meant, Zhao Cai and Guo Qian discussed it slightly, hugged their fists and said: "It's rare for the general to see it, but the whereabouts of my sister and others are erratic, and they are all over the north all the year round, and I am afraid it will be difficult to do it now!" But if we see it later, we will definitely introduce it to the general in person! ”

"That's it!" Ma Chao couldn't help but be a little disappointed in his heart, and said immediately: "In this way, there are two Lao, I heard that the three immortal aunts studied under the generous scholar Zuo Ci, and if I am lucky enough to see Mr. Zuo, I am even more overjoyed!" I also asked the two to send a message to Mr. Zuo, saying that they would like to promote Taoism in the Han Dynasty and have important matters to discuss with him" (to be continued.) )