Later, until the evening, Liu Xuan was talking to Ma Teng and his son, and Liu Xuan promised that in the next few years, the northwest land would still be governed by Ma Teng, but the army in the northwest must be reorganized.

Ma Teng also chose to accept this, not to mention that Liu Xuan did not deprive him of all his military powers, leaving him with 10,000 people, and at the same time allowing him to recruit a Qiang cavalry with no more than 10,000 people to help in the war.

At most, 20,000 soldiers, Ma Teng was already very satisfied-he already knew that the number of forbidden troops in the imperial court was less than this number, and in this expedition to the northwest, the imperial court had already brought out all the available soldiers, and it was only about 15,000. The emperor left him 20,000 people without moving, which was already very much to save face for him.

Of course, Liu Xuan also said that Ma Teng would not be responsible for the defense of the northwest alone, and after the division returned to the dynasty, a forbidden army would be sent to assist Ma Teng to defend the northwest, and at the same time, the military and political power in the northwest would gradually separate, and Ma Teng needed to make a choice at that time, whether to continue to command the army, or give up military power to concentrate on civil affairs.

When Liu Xuan said these words very bluntly, everyone present felt a cold sweat on their foreheads, because none of them expected the emperor to be so direct, and clearly told Ma Teng: "You can't hold so much power anymore, I have to take back some of it." ”

Many people are worried that Ma Teng will turn his face, but they are not afraid of Ma Teng, but if Ma Teng wants to turn his face, even if they kill Ma Teng at this time, the northwest will not be quiet - there are too many Qiang people in that place, and the Qiang people are friendly with Ma Teng, if Ma Teng dies, the Qiang people will rebel.

At this time, everyone's eyes turned to Ma Teng, staring at this Xiliang Thorn History.

I saw that Ma Teng did not hesitate to directly ask for the guilt: "The minister is the history of the Xiliang Thorn, and the authority of the assassin is not in charge of a state. ”

"Today, Your Majesty has personally conquered, swept away the bandits, the northwest has been pacified, the road is smooth again, and the minister is justified in pleading for the crime, and I also ask Your Majesty to punish him. ”

To put it bluntly, he is to inspect the civil affairs, officials, systems, etc. of a state, to put it bluntly, he is to inspect the place on behalf of the imperial court, and he has no right to govern the place, Ma Teng is in charge of the military and political power of Liangzhou in the west of the Liang Thorn History, which is not in line with the system of the Han Dynasty, if Liu Xuan grasps this point and treats him for a crime of rebellion, Ma Teng has nothing to say.

Now Ma Teng also took the initiative to ask for guilt, and then put the fault on that Li Dao Guo Yan, and he showed loyalty to the emperor, and it is estimated that the emperor will not be entangled in this issue, but his rights will definitely be weakened.

Sure enough, after Liu Xuan nodded, he directly issued an edict, with Ma Teng as the Wuwei Taishou and in charge of the military and political affairs of Liangzhou. The former is the actual official title, and the latter sentence is equivalent to the emperor's casual canonization, which is not accurate. Today, the emperor can give you this right, and you can take it back when you turn around.

However, Yang Biao still said: "It seems inappropriate to take charge of the military and political affairs of Liangzhou with the post of Wuwei Taishou, and what if the counties of Liangzhou do not obey their orders on the grounds that they do not conform to the imperial court system?"

Liu Xuan thought about it for a while, but it was definitely not possible to directly add Liangzhou Mu, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly thought of a very popular position in the Three Kingdoms period.

"In this case, Gamateng is the governor of Liangzhou, and has the right to supervise and supervise the counties of Liangzhou, and the counties of Liangzhou obey the orders of the governor during the war. ”

Governor, this title should have been the first to be used in the later Eastern Wu, but in fact this is not a formal official position, in the final analysis, it is a product of the chaos of the system later.

In the following period of time, the rank of general was messy, and the various departments were not subordinate to each other, in order to facilitate the command, the position of the governor was born - several soldiers and horses who were not subordinate to each other were gathered together, and then they were all included under the account of the governor, and they listened to his orders during the war, and when the war ended, they returned to each department, and the post of governor was naturally relieved.

This title is a bit like the commander appointed temporarily in the later wars, and the power is only big enough when necessary, and there is no power in peacetime.

It can be seen from Liu Xuan's reappointment of Ma Teng's official title that Ma Teng is actually Wuwei Taishou - Wuwei is the seat of Liangzhou, and the territory is also the largest, which is to highlight Ma Teng's status in Liangzhou.

The governor of Liangzhou usually only has the responsibility of supervision, and does not have the right to directly reach into other counties, if he does so, it is a transgression, as long as the local county guards the above table, Ma Teng has to eat and walk.

Of course, Liu Xuan also knows Ma Teng's status and importance, so this governor is not so simple, as long as something goes wrong in Liangzhou, Ma Teng can instantly become the biggest person in Liangzhou, and the military, government and people's livelihood must be controlled by him, and all soldiers and horses must also obey his orders, which retains Ma Teng's rights to a certain extent.

But if that's it, maybe Ma Teng will be a little dissatisfied, so Liu Xuan added the title to Ma Teng - Marquis of Huaili. This time, Ma Teng's identity is different, his status has been raised a lot, and Ma Teng has nothing to be dissatisfied with.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Thanks to the order, this is a very happy thing, Ma Teng himself has no objections, and then took his son to rest in the camp arranged for them.

Ma Teng left, all the civil and military forces were still in the tent, and the captain Yang Biao waited for Ma Teng to go away, and then said: "Your Majesty, the governor of Liangzhou...... Is that too much of a mandate?"

Governor, in Yang Biao's opinion, there is almost no difference between him and Nazhou Mu, so wouldn't Ma Teng still control the northwest?

Originally, Yang Biao meant to let the emperor give Ma Teng the rank of general, according to Liu Xuan's current system in the imperial court, as long as Ma Teng added the rank of general and commanded the soldiers and horses in the northwest, then he had to let go of the people's livelihood.

Then after the imperial court sent someone to take over, he slowly controlled the people's hearts in the hands of the imperial court, so even if Ma Teng had a military horse in his hand, he would not dare to move easily.

But Liu Xuan knew that now Ma Teng had the will of the people in the Northwest Pole, and if he directly seized his rights, he was afraid that it would cause panic among the people - especially the Qiang people, this alien problem was the most headache, and a careless one would be an endless disaster.

"Retain some of its power first, let the officials sent by the imperial court adapt to it for a while, and then slowly take over the civil power to the imperial court. ”

Liu Xuan chose the method of Xu Xu Tuzhi, and after the people adapted to the rule of the imperial court, he would return Ma Teng's last bit of people's livelihood power to the imperial court.

Yang Biao listened to the emperor's explanation and also recognized this, but the governor ......

"The power of the governor, he will give it, and he will accept it, after all, except for Ma Teng in Xiliang, the rest of the county guards will be replaced by people who can be trusted by the court, at that time, as long as the court has an edict and goes to Ma Teng's position as the governor, those people will no longer listen to Ma Teng's orders. ”

This is very different from the state pastor - the state pastor's subordinates are all promoted and appointed by himself, while the governor's subordinates are all appointed by the imperial court, and the key personnel appointment power is still in the hands of the imperial court, which avoids the opportunity for Ma Teng to promote and appoint his cronies in Xiliang.

"I see. ”

It's not that these people can't think of this, it's just that the position of governor was just proposed by Liu Xuan, so they won't be able to figure out the power of this position for a while, but when they understand it, they will understand Liu Xuan's intentions.

So in fact, Ma Teng's power has been weakened, and it will continue to be weakened, and everyone discussed it again, in order to prevent the Ma family from being dissatisfied, maybe they have to continue to compensate from other aspects.

"It's a way to make Ma Teng the Marquis of Huaili, but it's not enough. ”

Liu Xuan thought about it, and finally felt that it was more appropriate to start with Ma Chao: "There is no father in the world who doesn't care about his son. If I reuse Ma Chao, even if Ma Teng is still dissatisfied at this time, it is estimated that it will disappear later. ”

Thinking about it this way, the next thing to discuss is how to appoint Ma Chao.

A few people, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end, Zhang Liao opened his mouth first: "Why don't you incorporate Ma Chao into the Yulin Army?"

This is a way, but the Yulin Army will have to follow the emperor for a long time in the future, which means that this is a pure pro-guard team, even if the status is high, Ma Chao will not be happy, right?

However, Xiahoudun suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the tiger and leopard ride has begun to take shape, but there are not many generals available, why don't you send that horse to the tiger and leopard ride?"

As soon as Liu Xuan heard this suggestion, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Yes, the tiger and leopard cavalry formation has been completed, and the next thing to do is to keep fighting to exercise the combat effectiveness of this army." Ma Chao in the tiger and leopard riding, one can show his status, the other can also show his attention, and at the same time in the tiger and leopard riding can also accumulate military merits, as long as he is rewarded according to the merits, it is estimated that Ma Chao will not be long before he can achieve the position of general. ”

"By then, what else will Ma Teng say?"

As for Ma Chao's safety, he didn't think there was anything, with Ma Chao's martial arts and bravery, and then learning the exercises he taught, if he could die on the battlefield, it could only be said that this Ma Chao was a copycat.

In addition to these reasons, Liu Xuan found it interesting because of a bad taste: in the original history, Ma Chao escaped with his life by jumping chickens and dogs chased by Cao Cao, cutting his beard and abandoning his robe. Now that he has given Ma Chao to Cao Cao as his younger brother, he doesn't know what interesting changes will happen - in fact, the most likely change is that there is no change, but Liu Xuan doesn't care about this.

This is the same as him letting Diao Chan practice the nine-section whip and pumpkin hammer, it is just a little bad taste in his heart, so he nodded in agreement after a long silence: "Ma Chao has been in the northwest for a long time, and he is also quite familiar with the method of riding and fighting, so it is appropriate to send the tiger and leopard to ride down." ”

In fact, Xiahoudun will put forward this point, that is, he values the fact that Ma Chao is familiar with the cavalry, and he has lived in the northwest for a long time, and the Xiongnu and Qiang have seen a lot, and as far as he knows, Cao Cao's formation of the tiger and leopard cavalry is aimed at these two departments. With Ma Chao, the odds of victory can also be improved by a few points when the tiger and leopard ride against foreign races.