Ding Yuan saw that Ma Chao bowed his head and was silent, so he persuaded: "The imperial court has sent two Han clan relatives as state pastors this time, and Huang Taifu is also a famous minister in the world, and he can be trusted by ministers. And everyone in the court knew that the old man was promoted by the general, so the old man did not dare to think of joining the state pastor! But the virtuous nephew is not, you are from a famous family, you are a relative, you are also a general of Wei, and you have two parents who are officials in the court, the Son of Heaven will definitely trust you, and it is easy to ask for a state pastor! In addition, if you hand over the state to your nephew, the old man can rest assured! ”

Ma Chao carefully weighed the pros and cons, and he was determined to win, but at the same time, he didn't want to give up the fat Jizhou. If he had to choose one of the two, he would rather give up Jizhou, mainly because the strategic position of Jizhou was irreplaceable, and it was the springboard and frontier position for him to march into the Central Plains from Hetao. Another reason is that the water in Jizhou is too deep, and it is nothing to mix with one foot, and it is difficult to sit firmly in Jizhou, unless all the forces are transferred, it is possible to hold Jizhou, but this is obviously not worth the loss, and all his plans will be disrupted.

After thinking about it, Ma Chao decided to test it again, and said, "Is Uncle Ding's words serious? Chao was ordered to beg for thieves, and the soldiers were stationed in the party, but there was no intention of being anti-guest-oriented! Although my uncle and I have a difference in age and age, we are like-minded, and we are really friends who have forgotten the year! If Uncle Ding is dissatisfied with the little nephew's stationing troops to the party, I should immediately raise troops and rush to Jizhou! ”

Ding Yuan Zhengse said: "The virtuous nephew is too worried, having a virtuous nephew sitting in the party is really a blessing for the people of the state!" How could the old man be dissatisfied? This time he volunteered to let Kenichi the old man himself be old; The second is that the virtuous nephew does have the talent to govern the world, Shuofang, Jiuyuan, and Yunzhong are well organized by the virtuous nephew, and the old man thinks about the millions of people in the state, and he is really shameless to occupy this position again! ”

Ma Chao was solemn when he heard this, Ding Yuan was dedicated to the country and the people, and he was indeed a model of loyalty to the Han family and caring for the people, such people should be respected, even if they were foolish and loyal, thinking of this, he suddenly turned over and dismounted, gave Ding Yuan a deep salute, and said with a solemn face: "Uncle Ding is worried about the country and the people, he is really a great sage in the world, and he dares to disobey his fate!" ”

Ding Yuan hurriedly dismounted and helped Ma Chao up, and said with a smile: "The virtuous nephew is better than the third duke, wouldn't it be a shame for the old man to do such a big gift?" I immediately reported to the Son of Heaven and asked the general to make this happen, and the virtuous nephew only needs to wait a few days before he can take office directly! ”

Ma Chao was slightly happy in his heart, he wanted to wait for Liu Hong to hang up before taking the state, but if it was a year in advance, it would be fine. With the name of the governor of the state, it is justifiable to do things, and even blatantly recruit talents, especially Wenchen celebrities, will no longer be as restrained as before.

As for Jizhou, he has to make another plan, he also has the name of General Wei, nominally the governor and the military of the two states. As long as he can actually control Jizhou, he can fully mobilize Jizhou's resources for his own use, and even if the imperial court sends Jizhou Mulai, he can completely empty him.

After entering the city and placing 10,000 troops, Ding Yuan set up a banquet in the mansion for Ma Chao and his subordinate generals to receive the wind and wash the dust, and the state officials were all present, but Lu Bu refused to show up. During the banquet, Ma Chao also frequently talked to Gao Shun, Gao Shun was in his early thirties at this time, he was rigorous, he didn't talk much, but he didn't drink but he was nonsense, so he could only say that he drank less.

From Ding Yuan's mouth, it was learned that Gao Shun was a member of Liangzhou's Anding family, and he was originally an ordinary pawn in the Han official army, and he was included in Ding Yuan's account when Liu Hong sent troops to conquer Xianbei for the third time. Because of his extraordinary martial arts and brave combat, he was picked up by Ding Yuan, and later gradually became his left and right arms together with Lu Bu. Over the years, Gao Shun has often been instructed by Lu Bu in martial arts, although he is slightly older than Lu Bu, he has always regarded himself as a student and respects Lu Bu very much!

Ma Chao valued Gao Shun no less than Zhang Liao, and until now he understood why Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others could still work for him after Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan. Lu Bu bravely crowned the three armies, invincible, and most of the generals in the state army were instructed by him in martial arts, coupled with Ding Yuan's busy political affairs and little contact with his subordinate generals, so that Lu Bu's prestige in the army gradually surpassed Ding Yuan, and it can also be said that Ding Yuan was basically set up in the army.

At that time, Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan suddenly, and as soon as Ding Yuan died, tens of thousands of troops were leaderless. With his prestige in the army and the favor of peace, Lu Bu naturally accepted some of Ding Yuan's soldiers and horses. But the military generals bought his account, but the grassroots generals and soldiers were dissatisfied with Lu Bu's father-killing behavior, and scattered to Bingzhou in a hurry to flee for their lives, and there was not even half of the Bingzhou army that was forcibly incorporated by Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo.

I already have an idea about Gao Shun Ma Chao, I accept that the state is about to mess up, how can you Ding Yuan leave some local generals! Otherwise, how can I quell the rebels if I am not familiar with the place? How to deal with the affairs of each county? Even if you are cheeky, you have to leave Gao Shun behind, and it doesn't matter to the others. But this can't be said yet, after all, the eight characters haven't been skimmed yet! Ding Yuan is a simple and honest person, and he will raise this matter first.

After the banquet was dismissed, Ding Yuan immediately sent someone to Luoyang. Ma Chao has made up his mind and is no longer hypocritical, and he also asked for the appointment of the state pastor on the grounds of facilitating the extermination of thieves. Liu Hong is lustful but not stupid, otherwise he would not have only been appointed as three state ministers, including two Han clan relatives. In the current situation, it is absolutely necessary for him to support a group of loyal local princes, in case there is a counter-threat to his throne, these loyal local princes are his dependence.

After Ma Chao was the founding general, Ma Teng was his son-in-law in Beijing, not to mention that he was still his son-in-law, and he had already been listed as an absolutely trustworthy person, so Liu Hong agreed very happily after receiving the two of them. He Jin wanted to drive Ma Chao from the central government to the local government, but he had no reason to oppose it, but secretly rejoiced, because Ding Yuan was a powerful local figure, and once he officially served as the ruling Jinwu, his soldiers and horses would naturally be under his own command and dispatch.

Although Ma Chao is full of confidence in this matter, he can't rely on Jinyang City not to leave, even if this matter goes well, it will take a month to get the official appointment. Therefore, he only rested in Jinyang City for a while, and the next day he was about to say goodbye to Ding Yuan to return to the station of the eldest son city, but Ding Yuan rushed to the post house to visit first, and there was also a scribe in his fifties, with a thin face and strong spirits.

After the guests and hosts sat down, Ding Yuan said with a smile: "Tang suddenly came to visit, and invited the virtuous nephew to be strange, but today I want to introduce a famous person in the world to the virtuous nephew." ”

Ma Chao said: "Uncle Ding is polite, I don't know this"

Ding Yuan smiled and said, "Do you remember that you have asked the old man many times about the famous prince of the royal family of Bingzhou?"

"Oops!" Ma Chao suddenly realized, hugged his fists and said: "Could it be that this is the famous king Yuzhou?" ”

"Yes!" Ding Yuan said: "Wang Yuzhou took refuge in Hanoi and Hedong because of offending the eunuchs, and recently rushed back to the Taiyuan Wang's house for temporary refuge due to the sudden rise of the chaotic army. ”

This person is Situ Wang Yun, who set up a beauty plan in later history and used Lu Bu to get rid of Dong Zhuo. Wang Yun was born in the Taiyuan Wang family, a family of eunuchs, and began to serve in public office at the age of nineteen, and served as the assassin of Yuzhou in his prime. Because of the failure in the struggle with Zhang Rang, he was imprisoned twice, but fortunately, he was very famous, and there were generals He Jin, Taiwei Yuan Kui, Situ Yang Ci and others interceded for him many times, and it coincided with the amnesty of the world, so he was exonerated and released. But at this time, he was a white body, and it was not until Emperor Ling died and Liu Xie succeeded to the throne that he was promoted by Dong Zhuo to serve as Situ and Shangshuling.

Wang Yun arched his hand and said: "The name of the champion Hou is like thunder, the old man has already heard about it, and he doesn't want to see it in Jinyang today, fortunately!" Hurry! ”

Ma Chao was overjoyed, being able to find Wang Yun meant that he was not far from Diao Chan, maybe Diao Chan was in Jinyang City at this time. And Wang Yun has a lot of friendship with Ding Yuan, Cai Yong, Ma Yueyan and others, Cai Yong is also in exile everywhere at this time, if you can learn the news of Cai Yong from Wang Yun's mouth, how can Sister Cai, who has both beauty and wisdom, escape from her "tiger's mouth"? At the moment, he suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, hugged his fists and said: "Don't dare, Wang Yuzhou is high-spirited, not afraid of the powerful, and has repeatedly spoken out about the harm of eunuchs. ”

Wang Yun was slightly proud, and then sighed and said: "The eunuchs messed with the government, confused the Son of Heaven, fished the people, framed Zhongliang, the old man has always hated it, but his strength is limited, just because he refused to succumb to Zhang Rang and other eunuchs, after all, he was jealous of the Son of Heaven, and he could only live in exile among the rivers and lakes with his crippled body!" ”

Ma Chao shook his head and said, "Definitely! The Son of Heaven was just confused by the eunuchs for a while, Wang Yuzhou was loyal to the Han family and the people, and he said that he would have a future. A truly talented person should be able to bend and stretch, and a moment of dissatisfaction will only sharpen people's minds even more. Just like the change of the dragon, it can be big and small, and it can be raised and hidden; The big one is the clouds and the fog, and the small one is hidden and hidden; The rising is soaring between the universe, and the hidden is lurking in the waves. ”

Wang Yun couldn't help but praise when he heard this: "The champion of human words, Hou Wenwu Shuangquan, is really worthy of his reputation when he sees it today, and the old man has seen the new inscription of the imperial court in Hanoi a few years ago. The three articles of "Shu Road Difficulty", "Shi Said" and "Yugong Moving Mountains" are also simple and incisive, with far-reaching meanings, and should be a masterpiece that has been passed down through the ages and is popular among the people! ”

Ma Chao didn't even dare to take it. Recently, Ma Yueyan, Yang Biao and others have achieved initial results in promoting fonts, and Ma Chao's three articles written in two fonts of Xingshu and regular script have also been carved into inscriptions by craftsmen and stood in the county markets near Luoyang, just like Cai Yong Chuangfei Baiti was very sought after.

Wang Yun said again: "If there are many chaotic armies today, the people are greatly poisoned, there are many local warlords, and the government decrees of the DPRK and China are not clear, and the root cause is the disaster of the eunuchs!" The champion is high and powerful, and you are the concubine of the dynasty and have won the trust of the Son of Heaven, and you should contribute to the country, why not advise the Son of Heaven to get rid of the eunuchs and eunuchs, and return the world to a bright future! ”

Ma Chao secretly sneered in his heart, he didn't want to be used as a gunman by Wang Yun, shook his head and said: "The eunuch is not only a one-time eunuch, I don't know how many loyal people have been planted under the eunuchs for more than ten years, and even the grandmasters and generals in the court can't help it, they can't surpass a martial artist, how can they have the ability to let the Son of Heaven order to get rid of the eunuchs?" ”

Wang Yun shook his head and said, "Champion Hou's words are wrong! In the old man's opinion, the champion Hou not only has the ability to get rid of the eunuchs, but also can be admired by future generations through the ages! ”

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Ding Yuan nodding his head, he became more and more confused, so he asked, "What does Wang Yuzhou mean by this?" ”

Wang Yun's face was extremely solemn, and he looked at Ding Yuan and nodded, before he whispered: "Champion Hou knows about the abolition of Huo Guang in the previous dynasty?" (To be continued.) )