Chapter 90 Ma Teng’s Thoughts

Looking at the two people sitting in front of him, Liu Xuan seemed to be able to vaguely see the harsh environment in the northwest. Baidu search "" Quickly enter the site

Although today's northwest is not as deserted and full of yellow sand as it was later, the complex ethnic structure and the strategic location on the border, surrounded by powerful enemies, still make any official stationed there mentally and physically exhausted.

Looking at Ma Teng and then Han Sui, they must be in their prime, but their temples are already covered with white frost, and there are several wrinkles on their foreheads like knife carvings.

However, these two men are both extremely strong and strong. Even when they are sitting there, they have a mountain-like aura. Even if they don't recognize the two of them, they will know that these two are definitely famous figures in the world today.

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While Liu Xuan was sizing up the two of them, Han Sui was also secretly sizing up the emperor.

Unlike Ma Teng who had met Liu Xuan earlier and expressed his allegiance, Han Sui chose to avoid seeing him at first, and then returned to Liangzhou to seize power.

He only expressed his loyalty to the imperial court in name. Later, the tentacles of the imperial court gradually penetrated into Liangzhou, making his strength gradually weakened. Seeing that it was no longer possible for a separate regime, he went to Beijing to express his allegiance. It was for these reasons.

, Han Sui was in a very nervous mood today because he was afraid that the emperor would care about past events with him.

After all, it is no better now than it was back then. I had enough confidence at the time, but now? Ma Teng and the imperial army are stationed in front of my house. If I really have different intentions, those guys can immediately attack Lieutenant General Jincheng County's troops.

Kill them all.

Especially after he learned through Ma Teng that the imperial court had some magical powers, and that the generals in the imperial court, such as Lu Bu, were incredibly powerful, Han Sui became even more frightened.

Perhaps sensing Han Sui's fear, Liu Xuan was secretly proud and at the same time comforting the general guarding the border. Although he would no longer use Han Sui to guard Xiliang, even if he stayed in the court, he would have to

If you continue to use it, it is always a good thing to win over you.

In comparison, Ma Teng doesn't need to worry too much. Since Ma Teng sent Ma Chao here, it means that Ma Teng will not have any objections, not to mention that he has gone to Beijing in person to hand over the post of Wuwei Governor.

Ma Teng's Wuwei Prefect and Han Sui's Jincheng Prefect will be handed over to others to take over. Although they did not bring their families to the capital this time, it is clear from this posture that neither of them is ready to leave the capital. It depends on the emperor.

How are you planning to arrange it? If the arrangements are in order, you will continue to be an official. If you are not satisfied, you may go home and become a rich man. The two of them have accumulated a lot of money in the northwest over the past few years. They will definitely not have to worry about it in the second half of their lives.

Liu Xuan did have enough arrangements for the two of them. First of all, the positions of Guang Luxun and Shaofu had not been decided yet. Liu Xuan saw that the princes in the court could not come up with suitable candidates, so he planned to use these two positions.

Come and bribe the two people in front of you.

After discussing with Sangong and the Six Ministers, since these two people were quite famous, there was no objection. Therefore, after chatting with Han Sui and Ma Teng about trivial matters, they roughly confirmed their ideas. Liu

Xuan basically settled this matter.

Naturally, the two of them were not dissatisfied with this. They were promoted from a county guard to one of the nine ministers. What else could they be dissatisfied with? Originally, Han Sui thought that it would be good to find a job in the court, but the emperor did not care at all.

After all the things he had done in the past, he still made himself the Young Master... Without him, he just had to serve the emperor well.

As for Ma Teng, he was extremely happy after receiving the title of Guang Luxun, but his thoughts were actually more complicated than Han Sui's.

In the final analysis, it still lies with his son Ma Chao.

His son Ma Chao is now doing well in the Forbidden Army. Not long ago, I heard that the emperor transferred Ma Chao to the Yulin Cavalry to serve as Zhang Liao's deputy.

Regarding this withering, Ma Teng actually had some misunderstandings.

Ma Teng knew Zhang Liao well. His general impression was that this young man was the emperor's guard, and the Yulin Cavalry he commanded was the emperor's guard. They were not usually mobilized and were stationed most of the time.

The capital will occasionally turn around to the north.

Since Liu Xuan came to the throne, the Yulin Cavalry has never really been on the battlefield. Although such a unit has sufficient status, it is obviously not a good place to go if you want to make contributions.

Ma Teng thought that Liu Xuan was worried about his father and son. After all, his father was the governor of the region. He had soldiers and people and was also the governor of Liangzhou. He had great power.

If the son continues to lead the army outside, it will be difficult for the court to control the father and son once they unite. Therefore, it is a very normal move for the emperor to transfer Ma Chao to the Guards for close surveillance.

Ma Teng thought for a long time and felt that he could not work outside for a few years. After all, the court would definitely take back local power. Instead of waiting until then to be forced to hand over power, it would be better to take the initiative and strive for a better development for his son.

future.

At the same time, if he can become an official in the court, the emperor can naturally use Ma Chao with confidence and boldness, and at the same time, he can also serve as an internal support for Ma Chao.

Compared with young people, Ma Teng understands better that if there is no familiar person in the court, life will not be very comfortable even with military power in hand. Therefore, he feels that only by having father and son inside and outside can the Ma family be guaranteed.

prosper.

Although Liu Xuan doesn't know about these little Jiujiu, he doesn't care. Anyway, as long as the Ma family doesn't rebel against him and does things well, what's the point of being a little selfish? Who can be without selfishness? Some people even have selfishness just because of their selfishness.

can be used by him.

"By the way, did Shoucheng have any conflicts with the Qiang people when he was in the northwest?"

While chatting, Liu Xuan suddenly wanted to ask about the foreign tribes in the northwest, especially the Qiang people's fighting strength. Ma Teng was the closest to the Qiang people, and he didn't know if he had ever had any armed conflict with the Qiang people.

Ma Teng nodded: "In fact, there are many conflicts. After all, the Qiang people are not monolithic. They also have internal disputes from time to time. Although the ministers are on good terms with the Qiang people, they are only part of the Qiang people!"

"I see..." Liu Xuan nodded: "When Shoucheng conflicts with the Qiang people, will those Qiang people who are good friends with you send troops to help?"

Only then did Ma Teng understand the reason why the emperor asked this: "Sometimes, sometimes not... It mainly depends on the situation within their own family at that time. If they are all in harmony, they will definitely not help me!"

Seeing that the emperor was silent, Ma Teng thought for a while and speculated that the emperor wanted to use Qiang soldiers to help stabilize the world? He felt that he couldn't guess the answer here, so he asked: "Does your Majesty want to use Qiang soldiers to help the world?"

Use Qiang soldiers?"

The northwest has a tradition of using Qiang people as soldiers. In fact, the imperial court also has specialized foreign corps, including Wuhuan, Xiongnu, Qiang Di and other ethnic groups. They are fierce in combat, but difficult to discipline.

"If this is the case, even though the humble minister is not talented, he can still help His Majesty plan for 10,000 Qiang cavalry!"

In the past, Ma Teng would never have said such a thing, because it would be tabooed by the emperor. But now he doesn't care. He has stayed in the capital. It can be said that Ma Teng is basically using himself as a hostage. If anything happens,

He was the first to lose his life.

The emperor could see this even after thinking about it, so he could say this with confidence and boldness.

Of course, he would make this suggestion because of another consideration. That is that these Qiang people are difficult to control. If he cannot lead the army, the emperor can only appoint his son Ma Chao as the general to command the army - Ma Chao is the son of Ma Teng who married a Qiang girl.

His son has Qiang ancestry and has excellent martial arts skills. Despite his young age, he has great prestige among the Qiang people, and only he can subdue that group of Qiang people.

Ten thousand Qiang cavalry can be regarded as a bargaining chip for his son. With such a troop of soldiers and horses, the emperor will definitely think highly of Ma Chao, so Ma Chao's future will naturally be bright.

But Ma Teng didn't expect that his thoughts would definitely lead to the wrong direction. Liu Xuan asked these questions because he didn't want the Qiang people to participate in the war in the Central Plains - no matter how restrained the Qiang people were, they would still cause a lot of trouble.

.Especially in a war, there is almost no such thing as binding force. He does not want the Central Plains to be harmed by alien races.

When he asked these questions, he actually wanted to know the situation of the Qiang people and whether there was any possibility of the Qiang people being assimilated.

From the current point of view, the Qiang people are not incapable of assimilation, especially since they are not a monolith within themselves. As long as they win over the weaker faction, they can even use the Qiang people's own hands to eliminate each other's vitality.

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Then the rest... I can kill them if I want, and stay if I want to stay. Even if they stay, they won't cause any big trouble.

Then he chatted with Han Sui about Di. Compared to Ma Teng, Han Sui was not particularly friendly with any foreign race, and he was in an important place in the northwest, so it was impossible not to communicate with foreign races. Therefore, Han Sui interacted with most of the foreign races in the northwest.

They all have some connections, and even when it comes to purchasing war horses, Han Sui has more connections than Ma Teng.

Especially the countries further away, Han Sui knew about them, mostly through passing businessmen.

"In addition, the Kushan and Parthian people who live further away often come to Dahan to exchange for some things. Because there have been frequent wars in the Central Plains in recent years, most of them just stay in Liangzhou and rarely go to the Central Plains.

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Liu Xuan knew that these two were the two most powerful countries from the Middle East to Europe at this time. He originally wanted to know more about them, but judging from Han Sui's story...there was nothing good about these guys.

It is true that the Han people have basically defined the world as the area around the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins since ancient times. The richness of this land makes the Han people look down on other areas at all, so after controlling this area, few want to continue to develop.

The kings who expanded their territory continued to engage in foreign wars, mostly with the purpose of attacking the surrounding foreign races so that they could not invade the Central Plains.

However, this situation is expected to change fundamentally in Liu Xuan's case.
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