[One emperor and three kings harm Gao Yu]
Gao Jichang's routine is in sync with Li Cunxu's, which is to spread rumors in the Lianghu area, to the effect that "Gao Yu wants to rebel against Ma Yin, and everyone on earth knows it."
Faced with overwhelming rumors, Ma Yin always chose to trust Gao Yu unswervingly and remained unmoved.
Seeing that "carpet bombing" was not effective, Gao Jichang changed his mind and chose a new strategy of "precision guidance and targeted elimination", and selected the breakthrough point - Ma Xisheng, Ma Yin's second son.
Gao Jichang wrote to Ma Xisheng, to the effect that he wanted to get to know the famous Gao Yu through Ma Xisheng's network. He emphasized that he was a big fan of Gao Yu and particularly admired him. He thought about him day and night and looked forward to him day and night. Gao Yu was the He really wanted to meet Gao Yu, the lover of his dreams, and begged Mr. Ma to be a matchmaker no matter what, to help matchmaking...
At the same time, the messenger secretly "leaked" an important secret to Ma Xisheng according to Gao Jichang's instructions: Do you know why my lord Gao Jichang insisted on getting in touch with Gao Yu? Because my master often said to people around him: "Ma Yin favors Gao Yu so much that God will destroy the Ma family. Gao Yu will definitely take away the Ma family's foundation. I have to establish a good relationship with him first..."
Ma Xisheng is a second-generation kid like Yang Wo of Huainan and Wang Zongyan of Xichuan, who is mentally retarded (su-yu). Although Ma Xisheng is mentally retarded, his mother is deeply loved by Ma Yin, and a son is more valuable than his mother. Therefore, Ma Yin dotes on his idiotic son.
People are stupid, powerful, and easy to fool, which is why Gao Jichang used him as a breakthrough.
A clumsy alienation plan like "Jiang Qian stole books" made Ma Xisheng seriously suspicious of Gao Yu, the veteran humerus minister. Ma Xisheng's brother-in-law Yang Zhaosui has always been jealous of Gao Yu's power and wanted to find an opportunity to replace him. After finding out what Ma Xisheng was thinking, Yang Zhaosui began to speak ill of Gao Yu to Ma Xisheng.
Like Guo Chongtao, Gao Yu is not a perfect person, a pure person, and a person who has escaped from low-level tastes. Historical records say that he also advocates luxury, is greedy, and usually offends many people. Yang Zhaosui easily collected a lot of dark materials about Gao Yu.
With the help of Yang Zhaosui, Ma Xisheng became more convinced that Gao Yu had evil intentions and would be in trouble for Southern Chu sooner or later!
Ma Xisheng secretly inquired about what his brothers were saying, and Ma Xifan, who had been deceived by Li Cunxu, immediately expressed his strong agreement, "Li Cunxu, the Lord of the Tang Dynasty, also said so!"
Three people become tigers. In the eyes of the two stupid brothers, they have obtained the same information through different channels. There will be no mistake this time. Gao Yu wants to seize the Ma family's foundation. It is as clear as Sima Zhao's heart. Everyone knows it. !
Therefore, the two brothers repeatedly lobbied Ma Yin, saying that Gao Yu was not only proud of his merits, but also acted arrogantly, revealing signs of treason, and even secretly made friends with a neighboring vassal (Gao Jichang). If he is not eliminated now, he may not lose his tail in the future!
Ma Yin hated the fact that iron cannot be transformed into steel, "You idiots, what do you know? Gao Yu is my great businessman! Stop talking!"
In the end, Ma Yin's favorite son Ma Xisheng came forward and said that we should find a compromise and seize Gao Yu's military power first.
This was a famous political struggle at the end of the Ma Yin era of the Nanchu Group. It was a common fierce struggle between "veterans of the previous dynasty" and "new princelings".
At that time, Ma Yin had basically established Ma Xisheng's successor position. Ma Yin had dozens of sons, among whom Ma Xizhen was the eldest son.
According to records, the eldest son Ma Xizhen was "long and virtuous". He was good at poetry and could sit down with eminent monks to talk about Buddhism. He once wrote an inscription in the pavilion in the back garden, "The good fish are in the depths, and the quiet birds stand for a long time." According to the convention of "eldest son inheritance", Ma Xizhen will of course be Ma Yin's successor.
However, Ma Yin liked the new and disliked the old, and became increasingly alienated from the old and beautiful wife. Instead, he doted on the young and beautiful concubine Yuan Shi (who had been awarded the title of Concubine, so it was also recorded as "Concubine Yuan"). When Ma Xisheng was born, Ma Yin was already nearly fifty years old. He had a son in old age, so he doted on Ma Xisheng even more.
When Ma Xisheng became a little longer, Ma Yin deposed his eldest son Ma Xizhen and appointed his concubine Ma Xisheng as his successor. Mahi resigned out of fear and became a Taoist priest.
Ma Yin deliberately cultivated Ma Xisheng, and as he grew older, he continued to delegate power to Ma Xisheng, allowing him to gain experience and develop his own team.
Therefore, in Ma Xisheng's view, these entrepreneurial veterans who have followed Ma Yin through life and death are the key obstacles that affect whether he can successfully take over. They often hold high positions of power, even hold heavy troops, and are proud of their achievements and are unwilling to obey the orders of their young masters. Therefore, taking the opportunity to clean up these old guys is the top priority of the "princelings".
Now, the "princeling" has targeted Gao Yu.
Ma Yin wanted to suppress it, but the "princelings" were becoming more powerful, and Ma Yin was no longer able to do what he wanted. After a short battle, Ma Yin had to compromise with the "princelings" and agreed to a compromise, depriving Gao Gao of his power. Yu's military power.
Gao Yu was deprived of power and demoted, and he felt indignant. In anger, he said to the people around him: "I have assisted the king for so many years, and I just want to build a house in Xishan after retirement and live in retirement. I didn't expect these bastards to grow up. He can already bite!"
He is obviously a pony, but he is called a son of a bitch. Although they all have four legs, Ma Xisheng was very dissatisfied with this rounded classification of creatures.
In July of the fourth year of Tiancheng (929), Ma Xisheng ordered his men to kill Gao Yu, and conducted a large-scale search for "Gao Yu's accomplices" in the city. He killed Gao Yu's entire family, and all his close friends were also massacred. The massacre lasted for a whole day. . Subsequently, Ma Xisheng posted a notice claiming that Gao Yu was treasonous under the guise of Ma Yin's order.
One emperor and three kings harmed Gao Yu. One emperor (Li Cunxu) and three kings (Gao Jichang, Ma Xisheng, and Ma Xifan).
On that day, Changsha was shrouded in a rare heavy fog, which was said to have reached the point where you could not see your fingers. Ma Yin had no knowledge of Gao Yu's death and felt uneasy, so he said to his left and right officials with sadness: "In the past, when I followed the old commander Sun Ru to fight for Huainan, whenever an upright and kind-hearted person was killed in vain, I would Weird celestial phenomena will occur. Could it be that some good people died unjustly today?"
The next day, his subordinates reported the murder of Gao Yu. Ma Yin, who was nearly 80 years old, was filled with grief and anger. He beat his chest and cried loudly, saying: "Gao Yu is my hero and my old friend, and he has suffered such a misfortune!" After crying for a long time, Ma Yin said to the people around him sadly. : "I can't protect Gao Yu today, can I still protect myself tomorrow?"
Gao Yu's death represents that the political struggle in Southern Chu has reached a new historical high. The "princeling party" headed by Ma Xisheng has completely ousted Ma Yin.
Four months before he massacred Gao Yu, Ma Xisheng had already been the deputy envoy of the Wu'an Army in Tanzhou, the judge of Changsha government affairs, the magistrate of government affairs, and the general director of all internal and external military affairs. He was equivalent to the highest military and political leader of the Southern Chu State, and the real The top leader in Nanchu, and Ma Yin became a spiritual leader. From then on, Ma Xisheng had the final say in all matters in Nanchu. Therefore, when Gao Yu was killed, Ma Yin was still completely in the dark. inside.
This is also the reason why Ma Yin told people around him that he would not be insured. He already felt that he had made a mistake in handing over real power too early.
