Chapter 311 The Battle of Shu Destroying Wu (Feng Wang)
Chapter 311 The Battle of Shu to Destroy Wu (Kingdom)
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Once Jiangdong is at peace, the world will finally be unified after forty-four years of disintegration.
Sun Quan was deposed as emperor and was taken to Chang'an by the Shu soldiers to await his fate. Accompanying him were hundreds of officials and their family members of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, as well as representatives of major aristocratic families.
At the same time, Lu Xun also regained the entire Jingzhou, sent troops to Jiangling, and wrote to Liu Chan to express his respect.
The rest of the armies turned back one after another, and only Ma Di stayed in Wudi to deal with the affairs of the family.
Almost in an instant, the six counties in Jiangdong were completely controlled by 200,000 Shu troops. The terrified surrendered troops of the Wu army were placed in several isolated strongholds such as Wu Jun, Yuzhang, and Jianye, waiting for the Shu Han
General Ma Su's final verdict.
Ma Su didn't want to deal with these surrendered troops. What he wanted was to clear out the wealthy families in Wudi as soon as possible. In order to achieve this goal, he had to launch a vigorous attack on Wudi while he had 200,000 soldiers and horses in hand.
sports.
There was a fierce debate among the generals who defeated Wu as to whether to purge the intricately connected aristocratic families in Wu. Ma Di naturally rejected all opinions and set the tone.
That is to do it vigorously!
However, this proposal to clean up the aristocratic family was still opposed by most generals. They believed that the aristocratic family could not be completely cleaned up, and doing so was purely a thankless effort.
Ma Su did not comment on the objections of the generals, and there was no trace of joy or anger on his calm face. When the generals stopped arguing, he turned his head to the four generals and asked slowly: "Can you do it without missing a single step?"
Big fish?"
"able!"
The four major generals said loudly. They were answering Ma Di and expressing their determination to everyone present.
Ma Su nodded, took out four pieces of military orders from the table, and put them into the hands of the four major generals one by one.
"The strength of the major families in Wu County should not be underestimated. Every family has its own private armed forces, and there are quite a few of them. You must not be careless when you go here."
After a pause, Ma Su said solemnly: "When I come to Jiangdong, I only do three things. The Pingshi family, the Pingshi family, the Pingshi family!"
Ma Su ended the meeting with a joke from later generations. The four commanders of this military operation were thus determined. No one dared to say anything more about his decision, because to continue to oppose would be tantamount to challenging the authority of the general.
However, the opposing generals were not convinced, and some even privately believed that this was a way for Ma Di to collect money. This statement lacked sufficient evidence to support it, but it quietly planted a seed in everyone's hearts.
Ma Su watched the generals' reactions with satisfaction.
The operation to clean up the aristocratic family was launched with great vigor.
The four major ministries will begin a thorough investigation of the various major clans in Wu, and then select those with huge family properties and those with a lot of public resentment, and imprison them. Their property will be confiscated, the land will be equally distributed among the people, and all the servants and slaves will be sent away.
Anyone with more than 500 acres of land and more than a hundred servants will be subject to thorough investigation.
For a time, many aristocratic families in Jiangdong were imprisoned for investigation. In Wu County alone, there were as many as 500 wealthy families imprisoned.
In line with the purpose of "I would rather kill ten thousand shrimps by mistake than let go of a big fish", the four major generals strictly implemented the standard of "a powerful family" set by Ma Di.
Commonly known as "Horse Mark".
The people in Jiangdong applauded this move. The wealthy families that had not yet been liquidated hated Ma Su so much that they packed up their belongings overnight and fled to Chang'an, even leaving their property and servants behind.
After the investigation of Wu County, the four major generals who went crazy led their troops to start an investigation of the surrounding counties.
After three months, countless wealth was gained, which was all transported back to Chang'an by Ma Di's troops.
For a time, there was a tremor all over the country, and the major families in the Central Plains and Shu were also frightened, fearing that Ma Di would turn around and deal with them after finishing dealing with the Jiangdong family.
As a result, all the aristocratic families who heard the news rushed to Chang'an to meet Zhuge Liang, or used their connections to contact officials to try to stop Ma Di's idiotic behavior of "harming others but not benefiting himself".
For a time, the city of Chang'an was bustling with excitement, and the number of people welcoming and sending them was like crucian carp crossing the river.
Finally, considering that Ma Su held military power and had a high prestige that was extremely difficult to shake, representatives of all the aristocratic families came together and made a joint proposal to ask Liu Chan to make Ma Su a public servant and transfer him back to Chang'an to raise him, so that everyone would be safe.
It's really scary to have Ma Di leading the troops all the time.
In the past few months since Ma Su started to attack the Jiangdong family, no one had slept peacefully for a day. In their dreams, it was Ma Su who led the soldiers to break into the door aggressively and announced loudly, "You are under arrest, your property has been confiscated, and yours has been confiscated."
The horrific scene of confiscation of wives, concubines and children.
As a result, memorials from all over the country flew to the Chang'an Palace like snowflakes, with the words "The world has decided that it is not appropriate to go to war", "Aristocratic families have existed since ancient times, how can they be eliminated", "Aristocratic families are not wrong, but this era is wrong", "Aristocratic families are wrong.
"Loyal to the Han Dynasty, loyal to His Majesty, I can learn from the sun and the moon" and other excuses, and asked Liu Chan to collect his magical powers and stop letting Ma Di out to harm everyone.
As a result, political affairs became increasingly complicated, and Liu Chan was also troubled and felt that he had been wronged.
Although he was the one who benefited in the end, he did not instruct Ma Di to clean up the family at all.
Although Zhuge Liang had previously stated that he was about to retire to the mountains and forests, he was overwhelmed with many affairs and had no chance to escape. In addition, this unexpected incident was too violent, so he had to continue to work hard.
Compared with the timid and incoherent speeches of the aristocratic families, the letters written by all the civil and military officials in the court were very unified. They all said that Ma Di had contributed to the victory of Wei and Wu, and they all petitioned Liu Chan to make him a duke and transfer him back to Chang'an to take care of him in his old age.
Liu Chan was named the emperor, and the division of government had just begun for more than a year. In fact, most things were still not autonomous. Both political and military matters were decided by Zhuge Liang. Therefore, although these memorials came to Liu Chan first,
If Zhuge Liang did not agree, it would be difficult for this memorial to take effect.
So Liu Chan summoned Zhuge Liang to the palace to discuss important matters.
As soon as Zhuge Liang entered the Guangming Hall, Liu Chan quickly approached, handed over the memorial, and asked cautiously: "My lord, sir, please make Ma Su the Duke. May I ask my lord to make a decision for me?"
Zhuge Liang silently read the memorial, pondered for a long time, and then said: "In front of Ma Su, there was the merit of strengthening Shu, pacifying the Qiang, and seizing Liang; later, there was the merit of conquering Wu, pacifying Wei, and defeating Wu. One of these six merits can be listed as a candidate for a title.
Sir, however, Ma Su has all the six merits, but he is now only a general. The ministers are using His Majesty's hand to test the old ministers. If Ma Su is not made a prince now, the rewards and punishments will be unclear, and everyone will not accept it openly, but secretly
I am horrified in my heart; if I only grant him the title of Duke, it will show that Your Majesty treats meritorious ministers poorly."
"In my opinion, I think it would be better to make him king."
When Liu Chan heard this, he turned pale with shock, and his forehead instantly turned into big particles: "My father-in-law wants to make Ma Su the king?"
Being crowned king is no joke. A king is the king of a country. If Ma Su is crowned king, wouldn't it mean that the newly unified world will be divided again?
Zhuge Liang nodded: "My intention is to make Ma Su the King of the Western Regions, stationed in Liangzhou, and in charge of the Western Qiang tribes and the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions. What do you think, Your Majesty?"
It turned out to be just the King of the Western Regions.
That's okay.
Liu Chan stretched out his chubby hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and breathed a long sigh of relief, "I'll just follow my father's advice."
"Come here, I will go to Wu soon to recall the general and canonize him as the king of the Western Regions!"
When Ma Su received the imperial edict, it was already the early spring of the 14th year of Jianxing. The six counties of Wudi were in ruins and waiting for reconstruction, and not a single aristocratic family was left.
He looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction, led an army of 200,000 back to Chang'an, and was granted the title of King of the Western Regions. His jurisdiction was Liangzhou, the Western Qiang tribe (most of the areas had not yet been captured), and the thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions (not including Shu).
Within control), the capital was set in Wuwei, Liangzhou.
