There was a small episode, and the atmosphere became heavy, and Liu Yan suddenly said: "Don't mention the matter of General Ma for the time being, if the old man has a suggestion, it will be easy to calm the chaos in the world!" ”

He Jin said: "Uncle Liuhuang, please speak clearly!"

Liu Yan got up and said: "Since the Yellow Turban, there have been many thieves in the world, and the imperial court has long been exhausted from raising troops for many years. In this way, it will be able to effectively concentrate the military and political power of a state to exterminate the thieves! Otherwise, it will be difficult for the states and counties to cooperate sincerely, and the thieves will have an opportunity, and the state assassin only has the right to supervise in name, and it is impossible to effectively and timely mobilize the troops of the states, which is really a drawback! ”

He Jin nodded when he heard this, and said: "Uncle Liu Huang's words are reasonable, but the state pastoral system began with Wang Mang in the Western Han Dynasty, and I have not set this precedent in the Eastern Han Dynasty. ”

Everyone nodded when they heard this, because the establishment of a state pastor is indeed not a long-term solution, although it can effectively suppress the thieves in various places, but it also has great risks. Because once the state pastor has a heart of disobedience, the world will repeat the Warring States era. All of you here are old and sophisticated people, so you can naturally see this clearly.

Cao Ying even objected: "This matter must not be allowed! At present, the thieves in the world are all rabble with their own policies, and they are also fighting each other. I don't think it's enough to be afraid, just use an elite division to slowly figure it out, break it one by one, and the world will repeat the peaceful and prosperous era in less than ten years! On the contrary, if the history of the state is divided into state pastors, the Han family is in danger, but I don't know that it is easy to invite God and difficult to send God! If some state ministers unite to divide one side and do not respect the imperial power, how should the imperial court control it? ”

Liu Yan said: "With all due respect, the old man said bluntly, now that the world is no longer in the Guangwu period, there have long been assassins from all sides who took the opportunity to become bigger in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, they have won over local families and county guards, and the military and political power of a state is in the bag, such as Wang Fen of Jizhou Thorn History, Liu Yu of Youzhou Thorn History, Dong Zhuo of Liangzhou Thorn History and others, even so, it is better to push the boat down the river to make its name justified, and then try to take back the position of state pastor after quelling the rebellion in various places. ”

After a pause, he said: "Besides, the state pastor does not need to be set up in all states, only need to appoint important ministers to serve as some state pastors, so that not only can quickly pacify the thieves in various places, but also have a deterrent effect. After that, he looked at Cao Ying fiercely.

Cao Ying was white at this time, and even the general He Jin and others did not explicitly object, he was really inconvenient to say more, and sighed and said: "Those who mess with the world must be herdsmen!" "Say no more.

He Jin couldn't help nodding secretly after carefully weighing the pros and cons, because he, the general, was nominally the generalissimo of the national soldiers and horses, but in fact he was limited to the left and right Yulin armies directly under the imperial court, and the local warlords were often yin and yang, and they didn't take him as a general in their eyes at all. If the state pastoral system is established, it will be easy to do, and only a few confidants will be arranged to serve as the state pastors, which will undoubtedly increase their power.

"What Uncle Liu Huang said is very serious, I don't dare to talk about the gains and losses, this matter needs to be decided by the Son of Heaven!" He Jin finally chose to acquiesce and kicked the ball to Emperor Han Ling.

Liu Yan was overjoyed, he had spent several months of work to facilitate this matter, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others around the Son of Heaven had already been bought by him, as long as He Jin did not object, this matter could be done.

Ma Chao's heart was moved, knowing that the state pastoral system would be implemented in a few months, and then thinking about Yizhou, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, sitting in the country of abundance, he kept making small calculations in his heart: Do you want to try to send Liu Yanyu to Jiaozhou? The original intention of Liu Yan to put forward the state pastoral system was to avoid disaster, and he originally planned to go to Jiaozhou in the south, but later heard that Yizhou had a son of heaven and temporarily changed his mind and asked Yizhou to be the pastor.

After Liu Yan arrived, he quickly won over the major local forces, and received the support of Zhang Lu, the leader of the local family and the folk sect "Wudou Mijiao", and soon pacified the local thieves. Then his ambition swelled, and he sent Zhang Lu to block the traffic in Hanzhong, kill the Han envoy, and develop his power in the secession of one side, if it was not for the recurrence of the old disease and early death, I am afraid that this Uncle Liu Huang would be the emperor first Yuan Shu.

After thinking about it again, Brother Xiao Ma still decided not to change this history, because once Liu Yanyu was sent to Jiaozhou, the matter of Yizhou would be unpredictable. Rather than this, it is better to let Liu Yan go to pacify and subdue the thieves first, and only need to seek it from his pus-filled son Liu Zhang in the future. It's just that in this way, it's a pity that the beauty of Wu Amaranth, who later became Queen Liu Bei, is destined to marry Liu Yan's third son Liu Mao first, and then be widowed. However, Wu Yi is a native of Chen Liu, not a local family in Yizhou, as long as Wu Yi and his family can be prevented from entering Shu with Liu Yan, his sister-in-law Little Lori Wu Amaranth can still get it.

A banquet was not dispersed until the afternoon, and Brother Xiaoma, a big celebrity, naturally attracted the attention and co-optation of all parties, and invited them to the house for the banquet. Ma Chao didn't want to have a deep friendship with these people, so he politely refused at the moment, but only the clan uncle Ma Yueyan couldn't refuse, and said that he would go to visit him next time.

After the three of them returned to the Heart Cultivation Palace, Brother Xiao Ma went to Ding Yuan's room to discuss it carefully, and the two of them had already discussed it when they sang and talked about it.

As soon as he entered the door, Ding Yuan said: "The virtuous nephew is a great talent, but it is a pity that he is young and shallow, and he has shown extraordinary insight and assertiveness. ”

Ma Chao was unwilling for a while, and frowned: "What does Uncle Ding mean by this?" The little nephew not only gave a heavy gift for this, but also showed his heart of service three times and twice, could it be that the general is a person who is wide on the outside and jealous on the inside? ”

Ding Yuan shook his head, then nodded and said: "If the princes rise up today, the party is in chaos, the general is in a high position, and the virtuous nephew is like a tiger. But the bad thing is that the virtuous nephew is too sharp, just imagine if you are recommended from the local government to the central court as an official and important position, it is inevitable that you will not compete with him for power and profit in the future, how can the general let you take the important position of the three princes? ”

Ma Chao suddenly realized, and secretly said that he was too underestimated He Jin, it seems that gold, silver and jewelry are not omnipotent. No wonder Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun agreed with Ding Yuan's suggestion, it turned out that these two also wanted to share the power of He Jin! It must be known that it is not only the eunuchs who are in trouble, but also relatives!

After thinking about this, Brother Xiao Ma couldn't help but feel depressed for a while, and now he can only put his hope on Zhang Rang and other eunuchs, but those boxes of jewelry are not in vain, at least He Jin promises to recommend the position of champion Hou for himself. If you can mix the title of champion Hou, it is not a loss, you must know that there are few champion Hou since the founding of the Han Dynasty, and at most there are no more than one hand.

Ding Yuan saw Ma Chao's face gloomy, and comforted him: "This matter is not the fault of the virtuous nephew, but it is actually caused by the negligence of the old man, I didn't expect He Jin to be like this, so now I can only look at the meaning of the Son of Heaven." However, the old man will definitely recommend the title of champion marquis for you, if the virtuous nephew wants to pacify the Montenegrin thieves and make meritorious contributions, I should fully cooperate with the state! ”

Ma Chao was moved in his heart, and said: "Thank you Uncle Ding for taking care of me, Uncle Ding's great kindness to the little nephew is really difficult to repay him, but the little nephew has his own calculations in this matter, and it is not so easy for He Jin to suppress me!" ”

While the two were talking, a guard suddenly came to report to Zhang Rang, and Zhao Zhong and the two asked to see him. Brother Xiao Ma was overjoyed when he heard this, it is that the east is not bright and the west is bright, since you He Jin does not want to see Lao Tzu, then don't blame me for defecting to the eunuch to pit you. said goodbye to Ding Yuan with a complicated face at the moment, and went out to greet him in person!

"I've seen two adults!"

Zhang Rang smiled and said: "General Ma doesn't have to be polite, the two of us have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, but this time I came here to say goodbye to General Ma." ”

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, Xindao wouldn't have done it so quickly, right? At the moment, he asked weakly: "Please also ask the two adults to say clearly, I don't know how to be happy?" ”

Zhang Rang said: "The Son of Heaven summoned General Ma in Xiyuan, I don't know if it's a big joy?" ”

"That's true!" Ma Chao was slightly shocked in his heart, and he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of the two.

"Naturally, take it seriously, General Ma quickly prepare, wait for me to go out of the city to meet the Son of Heaven, the two of us heard that you have returned from He Mansion and came to report, don't delay the hour and provoke the Son of Heaven to blame!"

Ma Chao was in a state of turmoil, so he could only take one step at a time, and bowed down and said: "I'm tired of the two adults, Chao will go out of the city with the two adults immediately!" "I didn't bring any entourage at the moment, and when I went back to the house, I said to Ding Yuan and Du Xiuniang and then stepped on the thunderbolt and left.

It turned out that Zhang Rang couldn't wait to dedicate the two Yue's beauties to Liu Hong, the Emperor of Han Ling, who was staying in Xiyuan, and Liu Hong pampered the two that night, and he was in good spirits when he got up in the morning, plus Zhang Rang. Zhao Zhong and the others kept saying good things for Ma Chao, and said that Ma Chao had gone to Hefu for a banquet, and Liu Hong sent someone to summon Ma Chao after thinking about it.

Along the way, Ma Chao also learned the general story of the matter from Zhang Rang's mouth, and only heard Zhang Rang say: "I don't know if General Ma came to see the Son of Heaven this time?" Or is it a court meeting with the general? ”

Ma Chao had no clue in his heart, and said: "The two adults laughed, the supernatural is here to meet the Son of Heaven!" ”

Zhang Rang said with deep meaning: "It's good to come to the court to see the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven is very unhappy when he hears that you went to He Mansion for a banquet first, then He Jin is just a butcher, if it wasn't for our promotion, how could I have it now?" Now he thinks that he can be arrogant and domineering with the Yulin Army on the left and right sides of the capital, but he is very wrong, you must know that this world belongs to the Liu family, not his He family! ”

"The two adults are reasonable, super young and ignorant, please say a lot of good words in front of the Son of Heaven!" Ma Chao sweated wildly in his heart, he didn't expect the contradiction between He Jin and the Ten Standing Servants to be so deep that it was almost incompatible. And it seems that Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty also wants to weaken He Jin's power, and it seems that there is a "Eight Captains of the West Garden" in history, and even his henchman Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo has been pushed to the head of the Eight Captains, and his power is greater than He Jin, and its purpose is to divide He Jin's power.

It's a pity that He Jin's wings have been completed, and he has Cao Ying, Yuan Shao, Chen Lin and others under his command, and Emperor Ling has not been able to eradicate He Jin until his death, and Jian Shuo was also killed by He Jin instead of killing He Jin.