After Huangfu Song went south, Dong Min, the Taishou of Wuwei County, took over from Huangfu Song and was stationed in Wuwei County to govern Guzang, and another one was stationed in Xuanwei, forming a corner with Lin Zecheng, but Wuwei City is now in the hands of Han Sui. The original garrison of Guzang was the five battalions of elite soldiers brought by Huangfu Song from the Central Plains, and now it was taken over by Dong Min, Dong Min adopted Li Ru's suggestion, and wantonly selected generals in the army, and then returned the original generals to the Central Plains, saying that mercy was actually to be cleaned.

Dong Min's measures quickly stabilized the situation in Wuwei County, and Han Sui of Wuwei and Bian Zhang, who were stationed in Jianmei, also surprisingly did not take advantage of the situation to go south, Dong Min of course didn't know why they suddenly became so warm-hearted, but it was better if they didn't come, Dong Min could seize the time to rectify the troops and build defense facilities, and be ready to go north at any time.

Another trouble brought by Dong Min's leadership of Wuwei was that Huangfu Song originally turned a blind eye to the grain merchants and players who trafficked grain to Han Sui and Bian Zhang, but as soon as Dong Min took office, this behavior was immediately strictly prohibited, which was simply a declaration of war.

But even so, Han Sui and Bian Zhang still did not come to attack Dong Min, which made Dong Min, who had made enough preparations, very depressed, but Li Ru didn't think there was anything strange about this, this situation was the embodiment of Dong Zhuo's effect of appeasing Han Sui and Bian Zhang, and now these two people must have begun to guard against each other carefully in their hearts, for fear that the other party would accept Dong Zhuo's appeasement first, and then use his own head to make a vote.

In Wuwei City, Han Sui's mansion, Han Sui was sitting opposite a burly man with deep eyes and a collapsed nose in front of him. This man exudes a trace of toughness and heroism, and Han Sui looks very upright. And there is some bookishness, especially compared with the rough man in front of him, it looks even more elegant and chic.

"Shoucheng, the people of the imperial court are about to arrive in Guzang, what do you think we should do?"

Han Sui and Ma Teng were originally enemies, and Ma Teng followed Geng Contempt, the former Liangzhou assassin, to crusade against Han Sui and Bian Zhang, and later, Geng Contempt found out that he was corrupt. was about to punish but was killed, Ma Teng did not want to be with this other driver, so he led the army to rebel, threw himself to Han Sui, and in turn killed the other driver, and then attacked Hanyang together, and was defeated by Huangfu Song, who led the army to support, and Fu Xie, the Taishou of Hanyang. and was driven all the way to Zhangye by Huangfu Song, who colluded with the Xianbei people and stabilized the current line of defense.

Later, the Central Plains was in turmoil, Huangfu Song had no intention of attacking, and the two sides were so peaceful for a few years, and now Dong Zhuo is uniting Yongzhou and Liangzhou, and sent an envoy to appease. Han Sui and Bian Zhang both had their own thoughts.

The facts have already told them that if it weren't for the fact that the troops in the Central Plains had no time to take care of anything else, their rebellion would have been nothing more than a joke, and the northwest of Xiliang was vast and sparsely populated, and there was not much land suitable for cultivation. Facing the attack and looting of the Xianbei people and the nomads of the Western Regions, it is impossible to form any powerful force relying on the four northern counties of Xiliang. The current Wuwei Taishou Dong Min almost doesn't have to do anything, as long as he concentrates on jamming food, salt and iron and other materials, Han Sui and Bian Zhang will collapse without a fight.

Ma Teng blinked, stroking his beard and not knowing how to speak, after all, he was a latecomer.

Han Sui's relationship with Ma Teng is much better than that with Bian Zhang, and Bian Zhang has a better relationship with the original Haoqiang Kingdom of Hanyang, and it is precisely because of this that Bian Zhang and the kingdom will be stationed in Jianmei and Fanhe in the west, while Han Sui and Ma Teng are stationed in Wuwei.

"Shoucheng, but it doesn't hurt to say it, I think I was also tied up by Bian Zhang to rebel, besides, I am because of the corruption of Xiliang officials, the rampant clan, the people are not happy, and the foreigners are uneasy, not to create a rebellion against the Son of Heaven, and Bian Zhang is originally a foreigner, and he has never obeyed the king, which must not be the same day."

Ma Teng nodded, smiled slightly awkwardly, and said: "Wen Yue, I know this, I am also a corrupt official, so I will vote for you, not for Bian Zhang." ”

"That's fine, you and I have the same aspirations, so why can't we say it? Now that the imperial court has sent a Xuanfu envoy, and it will arrive in Zhangye in the near future, we should also have a charter as soon as possible, if we continue to be muddy and depleted, we may be taken advantage of by others1

Ma Teng grinned: "Wen Yue is worried that Bian Zhang will fall to the Taishi first, and then take our sacrificial flag?" ”

"Exactly, the repeated rebellions here and there's only one thing to ask for, and that is wealth. As long as Master Dong can afford the price, not to mention you and me, he will not hesitate to pay for his own wife and children1

Ma Teng nodded slowly, although he didn't have much contact with Bian Zhang, but he could still see what kind of person Bian Zhang was, not to mention, the current situation Ma Teng can see clearly, and this is also an opportunity to clear the stigma on his body, Ma Teng actually remembered that he is the descendant of General Fubo, if he always carries this stigma on his body, even if he can be rich and famous, I am afraid that Ma Teng will not have the face to see his parents under the spring.

"Wenyue, needless to say, I always hope to be able to return to the imperial court, in the next person as the descendant of General Fubo, if you carry the stigma of your body, I am afraid that I will not dare to be buried even if I die, and I am ashamed to see the ancestors under the spring! Therefore, you ask my opinion, now that the Chang'an court has stabilized, Dong Taishi has made a clever move to resolve the original situation, and to steer the political situation in Chang'an to a stable situation with many parties, while outside it is to strengthen the military presence and start to control the locality, not to mention whether Dong Taishi's actions are right or wrong, if it can bring peace and prosperity to Yongzhou and Liangzhou, then it is worth it, and we should not fight for the sake of war, and increase the military disaster to the people of Liangzhou in vain1

Han Sui nodded and said: "I understand, what Shoucheng means is that under the premise of stabilizing Liangzhou, we can accept the appeasement, so what about the conditions?" ”

"Zhangye Taishou and Jiuquan Taishou, open trade routes, we assume the responsibility of resisting Xianbei and the Hu people of the Western Regions, the imperial court supplies grain and grass, of course, we can exchange war horses, cattle and sheep."

Ma Teng's idea is good, it is equivalent to using a substantial truce in exchange for two legitimate positions, and rightfully occupy the current territory, but in Ma Teng's plan, there is no border chapter and the position of the kingdom at all.

Han Sui naturally ignored these two nominal partners, in fact, there are four counties in the northwest of Liangzhou, in addition to the adjacent Jiuquan and Zhangye, as well as Dunhuang and Xihai, those two counties now have no Han settlements at all, basically all of them are Hu, even if there are Han people, they are also slaves of the Hu people, or those who have mixed with them have forgotten that they are Han descendants of the Han people.

"Shou Cheng said this very much! I think so too, but it's hard to say whether the court can accept it. ”

"This was originally meant to be discussed, but it really can't be done, and it can be appropriately compromised, but Zhangye's position is very important and cannot be separated lightly."

Han Sui understood Ma Teng's thoughts, Ma Teng meant to say that he could not be easily deceived from Zhangye, if Dong Zhuo let Han Sui and Ma Teng go south to take office, it would definitely not be agreed, Han Sui glanced at Ma Teng, in fact, Ma Teng's heart was very careful, and his rough appearance was definitely incommensurate with his rough appearance, many people would be deceived by his rough appearance, Ma Teng was a very scheming person.

Han Sui smiled knowingly and changed the topic.

"I heard that this time the envoy Wang Situ once wanted to assassinate Dong Taishi, but Dong Taishi did not blame him, but sent him out as a special envoy to appease him, what does Shou Cheng think of this matter?"

Ma Teng squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and said: "Wen Yue, Dong Taishi used to like to suppress people by force, this is not because Dong Taishi is arrogant and invisible, and he feels that he is invincible, but that Dong Taishi is a soldier and practices military law, so he kills people at every turn, this is military law, presumably Wen Yue also understands that the twenty-eight beheadings in the army, and the same is true for Dong Taishi." ”

Han Sui glanced at Ma Teng in surprise, and couldn't help nodding, thinking about it this way, Dong Zhuo's past behavior is not difficult to understand.

"Moreover, Dong Taishi is used to saying one thing in the army, but it is not possible to do this in the court, even if it is the Son of Heaven, he still has to take into account the interests of all parties, and the Son of Heaven is the most balanced, and he must not act arbitrarily. Therefore, Mrs. Dong was frequently criticized before, and his reputation was not very good. Now it seems that Taishi Dong has understood how to convert the identity of a military into the identity of an auxiliary minister, and he has gradually become a Taoist for state affairs. In this way, Dong Taishi should be able to slowly integrate Liangzhou and Yongzhou, and even Hanzhong, which is a sign from Huangfu Song's softness, if even Huangfu Song is soft, we can't resist hard, if we can't appease, we must flee away. ”

Han Sui looked at Ma Teng and sighed in his heart, Ma Teng is a character, by no means a person who has lived under people for a long time, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to suppress him all the time, if he can't be subdued or killed, he must establish a stronger relationship.

"Shoucheng, how old are you this year?"

"Three out of thirty? Why did Wen Yue ask this? ”

"Have children? Is it male or female? How old"

"There are three sons and one daughter, the eldest son Ma Chao is twelve this year, Ma Xiu is nine years old this year, the third son Ma Tie is six years old this year, and the daughter Yunlu is four years old this year."

Although Ma Teng was strange, he still replied honestly.

Han Sui's widow was punished ⊥ (19) and the servant succeeded. About dry acresExcellent  i.e., what is the best way to send Huai Yi fresh persimmon? p> "Shoucheng, in the future, this thing in the northwest of Xiliang, I'm afraid you and I will need to support each other, originally I wanted to form a family with Shoucheng and achieve the beauty of in-law, but unfortunately my children are older, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, if not, you and I will be brothers?" ”

Ma Teng was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "That little brother is really going to climb 1."

"You and I rob each other, they are brothers, but now they are just to the gods as evidence, officially worship, what to say Gao Pan is ashamed to be a brother, for the brother is forty and five this year, and the longevity of the idiot is a few years old, so he calls a 'brother' in vain, in the future, you and I brothers should support each other, and jointly benefit Liangzhou and serve the Han is 1

"The eldest brother's words are extremely true, and the younger brother dares to disobey his orders1