On November 5, 263 AD, Guan Yi came to Jiangzhou and met with Ma Cheng, the prefect of Ba County.

Ma Cheng, the current prefect of Ba County of Shu Han, was the second generation of Jingxianghou of the Shu Han regime. This first generation of Jingxianghou was of course the famous former Shu Han cavalry general Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi.

Mr. Ma Chao is a controversial figure. Most people who read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" like him. But in history, this guy was scolded very badly by literati: both integrity and righteousness. In fact, he means he is unfaithful and unfilial - strictly speaking, this evaluation is not wrong.

Ma Chao first joined forces with Han Sui to launch a rebellion in Liangzhou and attack Guanzhong. At that time, Ma Chao's father Ma Teng, Ma Tie, Ma Xiu and several younger brothers were all hostages under the rule of Cao Cao in Yecheng. Han Sui's son also served as hostages in Yecheng. So before this revolt, Ma Chao said to Han Sui: This time we revolt, I have no father, and you will have no son. So I treat you as a father, and you will treat me as a son...

After Cao Cao defeated the Mahayana and Han Sui surrendered, Ma Chao returned to Liangzhou, joined forces with Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and quickly sent troops to seize the territory of Han Sui, and swept Liangzhou for a while. At this time, Cao Cao could no longer bear it and killed all Ma Chao's relatives in Yecheng.

In the battle for Liangzhou, Ma Chao killed the righteous man Yan Wen, and acquiesced to Zhang Lu's general Yang Ang to kill Liangzhou governor Wei Kang. In addition, he had too many Qiang styles, which aroused collective resistance from the Liangzhou family. In this melee, Ma Chao's family fell into Yang Fu and Jiang Xu's hands. More than a hundred people in the family were killed. Ma Chao also killed Jiang Xu's mother to vent his anger--and Jiang Xu's brother of the same clan was called Jiang Yu (Zhong Yi). Jiang Yu's son was Jiang Wei...

Ma Chao, who had completely failed in the Liangzhou battle, had to flee to Hanzhong to rely on Zhang Lu. During his time in Hanzhong, Ma Chao re-established his family and had children. Later, Ma Chao surrendered to Liu Bei, and his family fell into the hands of Zhang Lu. Zhang Lu was a kind man and did nothing to Ma Chao's family at that time. But later after Cao Cao entered Hanzhong, he forced Zhang Lu to kill Ma Chao's son with his own hands.

So, Ma Chao had to start a family for the third time in Shu Han. In the second year of Zhangwu in Shu Han (222 AD), Ma Chao, who was only forty-seven years old, was seriously ill and was about to die. In a memorial to Liu Bei, he said that all his family had been killed by Cao Cao, leaving only one cousin, Ma Dai, and asked Liu Bei to let Ma Dai inherit his title.

As a result, less than five months after Ma Chao's death, his concubine gave birth to a son for him. Ma Dai named him Ma Cheng and wrote a letter to the Shu Han government, demanding that Ma Cheng inherit Ma Chao's title. Therefore, his beloved son Ma Cheng became the second generation of the Yanxiang Hou when he was in his infancy.

Ma Chao played a great role in helping Liu Bei pacify Hanzhong. But after all, the previous historical records were very bad. Therefore, Liu Bei was promoted to the Queen of Hanzhong, and his attitude towards Ma Chao was that he had high officials and generous salaries, and he did not give any real power. This also led to Ma Chao being extremely unsuccessful in Shu Han and was depressed and died of depression very early.

After Ma Chao's death, Ma Dai followed Zhuge Liang to the northern expedition, and his official position gradually rose. But what was so desperate was that he chose Yang Yi as an ally. In the incident of Yang Yi killing the three tribes of Wei Yan, Ma Dai played a very disgraceful role. Later, Yang Yi was quickly brought down by Jiang Wan and Fei Yi. Fan Jian, who was from Yiyang, Jingzhou, and others, who were both from Yiyang, Jingzhou, began to take office, so Ma Dai quickly faded out of the Shu Han regime. The Ma family became an ordinary family of officials in Shu Han.

Having said so much, the main meaning is just two points.

First, the Ma family has never passed on loyalty and filial piety. As the Ma family who has lived and fought with Qiang people in Liangzhou for a long time, they believe in strength and interests. It is nonsense to talk to this family about loyalty to serve the country.

Second, the two generations of emperors of the Liu family were not good to the Ma family. As a person from Liangzhou, the Ma family has never been accepted by any faction of the Jingzhou faction, Dongzhou faction, or Yizhou faction. Jiang Wei, who was finally a person from Liangzhou, controlled the military power of Shu Han, and was another person with a blood feud with the Ma family...

Therefore, when talking to Ma Cheng, Guan Yi could only persuade him purely from the perspective of form and interests.

"Guan Yi paid a visit to the Housing Township. Oh, when he saw the Housing Township, he was like Marquis Wei himself was in front of him."

Weihou is not a formal fief, but a posthumous title. Three years ago, when Liu Chan issued an edict to posthumously posthumously named the founding hero, Ma Chao was posthumously named Weihou. Guan Yi said here that Ma Cheng was like Weihou, which was the licking of Hong Guoguo.

"Hahaha, this metaphor of Jun Hou made Ma flattered. If you say that, wouldn't Ma Cheng also say Jun Hou was like Zhuang Miu Hou in front of him?"

Okay, everyone is descendant of the Five Tiger Generals, so the eldest brother will not talk about the second brother.

"Since you talk about this, Guan Yi will not hide it. Today I came to pay homage to you, but it is actually only one thing. You need to give your help."

"Uh, Zifeng, the name Cheng is Yize. Let's call each other a character "Phe". What did you say just now? You have to be proud of yourself? You must never be aware of this. Zifeng has done a great job in Fuling County over the years, and Ma Cheng always admires you whenever you mention it. If you have anything to do, do you still need me to proud of yourself?"

"I really need to raise my hands." Guan Yi smiled slightly and looked somber: "Yi received an urgent report from the Mi Family Business two days ago. The pseudo-Wei army had about 30,000 people, and had bypassed Jiangge and broke into Jiangyou from Jinggu Road. Now the Jiangyou is broken. CD is as dangerous as it is. Although Your Majesty has not summoned me to come to Fuling to serve the king, Guan Yi has decided to lead his troops to the CD by himself!"

"This..." It's really a big deal. After hearing Guan Yi's words, Ma Cheng was speechless for a while, and then hesitated: "Cheng received a report from the imperial court this morning. Jiangyou was indeed broken eight days ago. He didn't say much of the enemy's army... But the report also said that General Zhuge Siyuan of Guard and Yan Wenping of the Right have led 18,000 people to intercept. Well, these are not the key points. The key points are, Zifeng, do you know what you are doing? He will lead troops to CD without orders! No matter what you think in your heart, others will think that you ignore your king and father and have ulterior motives!"

"It's true, but the country is in danger. Guan Yi can no longer care about it! Please give up your good fortune! Let Guan Yi's fleet go there in three days!"

"This... brother, you really have a big problem for Brother Wei. It would be fine if Zifeng did everything for the country, but if Brother Wei let you go, he would have to follow him and eat!"

"Haha, so that my brother can learn it. I not only want my brother to let me go, but also want my brother to take two thousand Ba County soldiers to CD to serve the king. After all, my brother's five hundred personal guards are the last bloodline of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry."

"You!" Ma Cheng was so angry that he threw the teacup when he heard Guan Yi's request. But in a flash, he laughed again: "Zifeng, you don't want to be strong against your brother, right? You need to know that you are in the prefect of Ba County now."

"Hahaha, brother, I'm here alone today, which means I have no idea of ​​using force."

"and you……."

Guan Yi was too lazy to get involved with him anymore and directly offered a price: "Lili Fuxing Society's dry stock."

"Nee~~~" Ma Cheng is not stupid. He knows how prosperous the business of the Fuxing Society has been in recent years. Although Ma Cheng dared not make any mistakes in the Shu Han regime because the Ma family belongs to an alternative that no one likes in the Shu Han regime, it is impossible for you to say that Ma Cheng is not jealous - you should know that due to the small territory of Shu Han, these marquises are all empty titles and have no fiefs! If the officials of Shu Han are not greedy, they really don't have much money.

"Three...three cents."

"Haha, brother, don't be too greedy. The turnover of my Fuxing Society last year exceeded one billion, and the net profit was more than three hundred million. The dividend of two cents is normally six million."

"really?"

"really!"

"...Okay. This, please ask my brother's army to pass through Jiangzhou at night. Brother Yu pretended to be asleep and knew nothing."

I will tell me this every year if I give you six million yuan? Humph, this won’t work.

"Brother, now we are two brothers. If the younger brothers are willing to talk to you with all their hearts. If the Han Dynasty is destroyed this time, with the brother's knowledge, what status do you think the Ma family will have in the Sima family's future world?"

What status is it? It’s hard to say. But one thing is certain: in the Cao Wei regime where the nine-rank Zhongzheng system is already very mature, a family like the Ma family, which is mixed with Han and Qiang blood, cannot be ranked first-class families no matter what. Not to mention first-class, second-class, third-class, no matter how long! In the nine levels of upper, upper, upper, upper, upper, middle, middle, middle, middle, middle, upper, lower, upper, lower, lower, lower, lower, lower, lower, lower, lower, would be very good to be ranked middle and upper.

There is no doubt that although the Ma family has an awkward position in the Shu Han regime now, since Ma Chao's starting point in Shu Han is very high, the Ma family is at least a second-rate family in Shu Han. If Shu Han is destroyed...
Chapter completed!