Ma Chao's heart was shocked, he didn't expect Wang Yun to encourage him to follow Huo Guang's example, he couldn't do anything to kill him! Not to mention the number of Han dynasty qi, Liu Hong is his nominal father-in-law, if he comes forward to abolish Liu Hong and establish Liu Wei or Liu Xie as the emperor, it is not false to be able to get rid of the eunuchs, and he can also dominate the world's most powerful ministers.

But he was disloyal to his ministers; It is unfilial piety to grow up with young waste; Liu Hong trusted and reused the Ma family, and he in turn wanted to abolish Liu Hong, which was unjust; Even if you can succeed, you will end up with a reputation of disloyalty, filial piety and injustice, and the gains will definitely outweigh the losses!

Wang Yun saw that Ma Chao frowned and was silent, and persuaded again: "The champion Hou has a heavy army and a strong reputation, if he can successfully abolish Liu Hong and set up a new king, not only can he get rid of the eunuch party, but the position of general is also yours!" Although the old man is in exile, he has been paying attention to the movements of the DPRK and China, and learned that the Son of Heaven will rush to Jizhou Hejian next month to worship his ancestors, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"Shut up!" Ma Chao stood up suddenly, and said in a fierce voice: "Since ancient times, there is a difference between monarchs and ministers, my Ma family has been favored by the emperor for generations, and I am doing my best to serve the court!" You are just a white body, and you dare to talk to the general about the abolition of the establishment, what is your intention? If I dare to mention this matter again, I will take you down and send you to Luoyang for punishment! At the same time, send troops to attack your Taiyuan Wangjia Wu Fort, Zhulian Nine Clans! ”

Wang Yun and Ding Yuan glanced at each other, and suddenly laughed, and the two of them didn't pay attention to the emotional Ma Chao, Wang Yun stroked his beard and smiled: "It seems that Brother Jianyang is too worried, and the champion Hou is loyal to the monarch and the country, how can he have different intentions?" I'm afraid this is redundant! ”

Ding Yuan nodded, and said apologetically: "Virtuous nephew is not strange! The old man recently said that he saw that you recruited displaced people, attracted talents, and expanded military strength, and he was afraid that you would be arrogant and complacent and act that Wang Mang, so the old man specially invited Wang Yuzhou to come and have a try, and if you offended, please Haihan! With that, he got up and bowed deeply.

Ma Chao secretly called out the danger: Fortunately, Lao Tzu is a person who travels through to know the direction of historical development, if it is an ordinary thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, he has to be fooled by these two old guys. However, this matter is also true and false, and it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, because Liu Hong's trip to patrol the river is true, these two people are loyal to the Han family, not loyal to Liu Hong, and it is not impossible to conspire with Wang Fen, the assassin of Jizhou, to abolish the emperor!

Ma Chao didn't want to know whether it was true or not, anyway, he would never be involved in this matter, so he returned the salute and said, "I see! Uncle Ding's move scared the little nephew! My father taught his little nephew to be loyal and patriotic since he was a child, as long as the Han Dynasty does not fall, my Ma family will always be the minister of the Han Dynasty, and will never make a big rebellion! ”

Ding Yuan nodded again and again, his face calm. Wang Yun said with a smile: "The champion Hou is brave and loyal, it is really admirable, the old man has a little wine at home, it is better to move to a line, so that the old man is fortunate to have the friendship of the landlord!" ”

Ma Chao was thinking about how to take the opportunity of visiting Wang Yun to inquire about Diao Chan in the future, where would he refuse? He arched his hand and said, "In this case, it will be disturbed!" ”

"It doesn't matter! Anyway! ”

The three of them walked out of the post house, Ma Chao only asked Dian Wei to bring a dozen guards with him, and soon came to a Wu Fort ten miles southwest of Jinyang City, which was the foundation of the Taiyuan royal family.

Ma Chao made a visual inspection and found that this Wu Fort was rectangular, about two miles long, one mile wide, the city wall was three zhang high and one zhang thick, all of which were made of bluestone, which was a few points stronger than Jinyang City. The arrow towers on the city wall are full of sentry posts, and dozens of soldiers are patrolling back and forth with swords. The next moat of Wubao is three zhang wide, and it is the same as Jinyang City, which is the living water that leads Fenshui into it! There are only two gates in the north and south of the whole Wu Fort, the city gate is strong, and the suspension bridge is high, just like a miniature city!

Looking at it, Ma Chao couldn't help but sigh secretly, no wonder these families could survive the Yellow Turban Rebellion, such a strong Wu Fort, not to mention the rabble of the Yellow Turban Army, it was his five thousand Shenwei battalion that came to attack, and it would never be able to attack it in ten days and a half months, and even if it was captured, it would suffer heavy losses.

Before entering Wubao, Wang Qi, the head of the Wang family, came out with a few young people in Chinese costumes. This Wang Qi is Wang Yun's own brother, Ma Chao had seen him last time in Ding Yuan's mansion, but at that time he had not yet been officially appointed to the official position, and Wang Qi also treated him politely in front of Ding Yuan. It's different at this moment, the champion Hou, General Wei, the concubine of the dynasty, any identity is enough to make him stutter, and the most important thing is that they have learned that Ma Chao is about to serve as the pastor of the state, it can be said that Ma Chao's attitude determines the rise and fall of their Wang family, and they have to tie up Ma Chao.

After everyone greeted each other and entered Wubao, after entering the reception hall and taking their seats, Wang Yun said: "According to Brother Jianyang, General Ma is the key to the position of the state pastor, and the champion Hou has hundreds of thousands of male soldiers, and it is easy to exterminate the black mountain thieves and white wave thieves, and the people of the state have also benefited immensely, which is really gratifying!" ”

Ma Chao shook his head and said: "It is easy to pacify the chaotic party, but it is difficult to govern the people of the state!" The generals are all generals who are good at charging into battle, and the country is enough, but Anbang is very insufficient! If there is a great talent like Wang Yuzhou to help Ben Jiang govern the place, why worry about the state not prospering? ”

Wang Yun shook his head and said: "The old man is getting older, and he has already lost his career, so he just wants to stay here and sit and watch the situation change, and he has to rely on young people to wait for the Xinghan Dynasty." ”

Ma Chao's heart moved, and he suddenly remembered a talent from the Wang family, so he said: "I heard that the two sons of the head of the Wang family, Wang Chen and Wang Rui, are quite talented!" When the general was edicted to ask for the thief to use people, he wanted to hire him as a rafter, but I don't know what the Wang family thinks? ”

Wang Qi was stunned for a moment, and even couldn't believe it, and asked tentatively: "What the general said is the eldest son Wang Chen and the second son Wang Rui?" ”

Ma Chao nodded and said: "Exactly, the general's mansion still lacks a scholar and a master Bo, the Wang family is a local noble family, a generation of eunuchs, and the two royal brothers are also scholars who have read poetry and books, and they just follow the general to serve the country!" ”

Ma Chao learned from later generations that Wang Yun had three sons and two nephews. The three sons were executed along with Wang Yun when Li Dao and Guo Yan attacked Chang'an, but his two nephews escaped, and Wang Chen later succeeded to the throne of the Wang family. Wang Rui was made a subordinate of the prime minister by Cao Ying, raised filial piety and honesty, and moved to Zhongshan Taishou. After Cao Pi ascended the throne, he served as the assassin of Yanzhou, and Zhang Liao and others went to Guangling to discuss Sun Quan, and sealed the Yicheng Pavilion Marquis with merit, and added the general of Jianwu, and finally died of poison due to the failure of the political struggle with Sima Yi.

As long as these two people are brought under their command, the Taiyuan Wang family will be counted as their own carriage, and then they can ride the tiger and devour the wolf to support the Wang family to annex other small families in the state. In this way, in the end, only one royal family needs to be weakened to pacify and merge all the families in the state, saving time and effort. Although Wang Chen and Wang Rui are not talented people, it is enough to govern internal affairs and be a clerk or something. As for Wang Yun's three sons, they don't have any usable value, so let them fend for themselves!

Wang Qi is also an old and sophisticated person, and he didn't rush to agree, and after a little eye exchange with Wang Yun, he hugged his fists and said: "Thank you for the general's love, you still need to ask for the dog's opinion on this matter, how about giving the general an answer in a few days?" ”

"Well said! Say! Ma Chao is not in a hurry, after all, the title of state pastor has not yet come down, and it is understandable for the Wang family to wait and see for the time being.

Several people talked about the wind and moon for a while, and Wang Yun said proudly: "The arrival of the champion Hou has made my Wang family shine, and at this time, when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, the old man is preparing a banquet in the backyard. The general is not a layman, the old man is happy with the wind and the moon, and there are dozens of family records. ”

"I heard that the records of the Wang family are unique in the world, and now I just see it!" Ma Chao has long been itching, there are no people in the Eastern Han Dynasty who specialize in music, dance and other literary arts, but all families or powerful people have family records. These family records are between concubines and maidservants, most of them can sing and dance, and simply say that family records are kept in wealthy families. Female, she is a singer, dancer and restaurant girl, and China's thousands of years of literature and art have been passed down by these family records.

It is extremely difficult to cultivate family records, not only to provide them with food and clothing, but also to teach them various skills from an early age, such as playing the piano and playing music, singing and dancing, and even observing words and feelings, pleasing people. Cao Ying's Mrs. Bian, Cao Pi's mother Bian is from the family.

When the four of them came to the backyard, they saw a pavilion with a unique shape and four machines placed side by side, in front of the pavilion was a bluestone slab paved open space, and the ground was extremely smooth. Behind the clearing is a rockery with dozens of peach trees around, in early spring and March, the sun is shining, the peach blossoms are blooming, delicate, and the blue sky in the distance is set against each other, which is indescribably beautiful.

After taking a seat, Wang Yun smiled, and with a clapping of his hands, dozens of young women wearing long skirts of various colors lined up. Playing the piano, drumming, beating, blowing, the rest of the dance, dancing charmingly, the music is touching, making people feel as if they are in a fairyland.

Ma Chao has seen countless live performances in his previous life, but they are all performed by a few people for the majority of people, and the second time it is performed by the majority for a few people, and a sense of superiority arises spontaneously, which makes people fluttering and wonderful!

At the end of the song, Ma Chao was so engrossed that he couldn't extricate himself, and whispered: "When you wake up, you sit in front of the flowers, and when you are drunk, you fall asleep." Before the flowers, it is said that the flowers are repeated, and the flowers fall year after year. Pity! It's a pity!"

Wang Yunqi said: "I don't know what the general's pity is? Could it be that my Wang family's song skills are not in the eyes of the general? ”

Ma Chao shook his head and said: "It's not a lack of skills, the records of the Wang family are better than the official records in the Luoyang Palace, the fly in the ointment is that such a beautiful scenery is matched with some vulgar powder, it is really insulting to the words 'beautiful and delicious', and the maidservants who are casually pulled out of the house are also more handsome than them!" ”

Wang Yun couldn't help but feel angry when he heard this, his family records are all excellent people who have been cultivated since childhood, and any one of them is enough to be called a "beauty", but now he is devalued by Ma Chao, and he is even inferior to a maid in General Wei's mansion, and he said with a little sarcasm at the moment: "It turns out that the general is also a person outside the door, only paying attention to the surface hue, but ignoring the inner charm!" ”

Ma Chao argued: "No matter how beautiful Shen Yun is, it must be displayed through appearance, and the family record should be superior to the color and art, Wang Yuzhou prides himself on loving Fengyue, and he won't even know this truth!" Don't you think that the general is not worthy of appreciating the beauty of the martial arts background! ”

Wang Yun's face turned red, and he said: "The general's words are serious, since this is the case, the old man will order someone to offer another one, and the general will see if it can be called a double masterpiece of color and art!" After that, he turned around and shouted: "Wait until you go and call Xiaohong to the old man!" Show the general another dance! ”

"Yes!" Dozens of people responded in unison, and soon a few singers surrounded this petite woman in white. (To be continued.) )