Zhuge Liang was very efficient in his work. After he left the palace, he immediately drafted an edict reprimanding Mi Yang for the emperor Liu Bei as the prime minister.
After writing the document, Zhuge Liang originally wanted to send his assistant Dong Yun to Nanzheng.
After all, most of the envoys sent by the imperial court to meet Mi Yang in the past were Dong Yun. Dong Yun was very familiar with the matter of sending envoys to Mi Yang.
But Zhuge Liang then thought about it, Mi Yang was now a shepherd, and Dong Yun was a close minister of the emperor in the palace.
As the two were sensitive to each other, they could not always send Dong Yun as envoy to Mi Yang.
After considering this, Zhuge Liang summoned Ma Di.
Under Zhuge Liang's summons, Ma Su quickly came to him.
After Ma Su arrived, Zhuge Liang handed the document with the seal in his hand to Ma Su.
Zhuge Liang suddenly made such a move, which already made Ma Su a little puzzled.
What Zhuge Liang said next made Ma Su even more surprised.
"This is your majesty's edict of rebuke to Liangzhou Mu. You have just become minister and have not yet achieved any merit.
Now I plan to ask you to go and deliver this edict to Liangzhou Mu. "
The first half of Zhuge Liang's sentence explains why there are so many ministers in the ministerial office, but he singled out Ma Di to complete this task.
This is Zhuge Liang paving the way for Ma Su's future.
Ma Su was very grateful for Zhuge Liang's thoughts.
The prime minister always thinks highly of him.
But the second half of Zhuge Liang's words made Ma Su feel a little worried.
It is an honor to serve as the emperor's messenger and rebuke his subordinates on behalf of the emperor.
But this also depends on the identity of the minister being reprimanded.
General Zuo, Champion Hou, Liang Zhoumu, not to mention the deep background behind Mi Yang.
Just any one of his three identities is definitely something Ma Su can't afford to offend now.
Although Ma Su didn't know why Liu Bei suddenly issued an edict to reprimand Mi Yang, Ma Su, who had a smart personality, knew that if this matter was not handled well, it would probably become a big trouble.
Even though he was worried, Ma Di couldn't refuse Zhuge Liang's appointment.
What Zhuge Liang needs are subordinates who can share his worries, not close ministers who can shirk responsibility when things happen.
After realizing this, Ma Su, who weighed the interests in his heart, did not appear abnormal on the surface.
After taking the document from the official's hand, he respectfully bowed to Zhuge Liang and said, "I will live up to the Prime Minister's high expectations."
Seeing that Ma Su was willing to take on this task, Zhuge Liang nodded lightly with satisfaction.
He specifically asked Ma Su to be the envoy to Liangzhou. On the one hand, he wanted Ma Su to go out for training, and he also had an idea in mind.
Among the current young heroes of the Han Dynasty, Mi Yang is the first.
When Zhuge Liang recruits disciples, he naturally wants to recruit the best.
In addition to Mi Yang, Ma Su and Guan Xing are also rising stars that he deeply values.
It's a pity that Guan Xing was sick and worried that he would never live forever, so he used to attach great importance to Ma Su.
Regarding Ma Di and Mi Yang, Zhuge Liang's personal feelings are now more biased towards Mi Yang.
It's just that in Zhuge Liang's view, Ma Su and Mi Yang were both young heroes of the Han Dynasty, and after a few years they would eventually serve together to annihilate the Han Dynasty.
In this case, it is better to take this opportunity to let Ma Su and Mi Yang get in touch in advance.
Anyway, the edict he asked Ma Su to send to Liangzhou was nominally Liu Bei reprimanding Mi Yang.
In fact, it is better to say that it is a kind of praise from Liu Bei to Mi Yang, which can also invisibly draw in the relationship between Ma Di and Mi Yang.
Zhuge Liang had a good idea, but he overlooked one thing, that is, Ma Di still doesn't know the specific content of the document.
So he feels uneasy now.
Of course, it cannot be said that this was Zhuge Liang's suddenness.
But he never imagined that Ma Su, who had been "wholeheartedly serving the public" in the past, would have doubts about shrinking back before arriving in Liangzhou.
After accepting the task assigned to him by Zhuge Liang, Ma Di slowly exited the hall.
After exiting the hall, Ma Su looked at the sunset and sighed deeply.
I just hope that Mi Mu is as good as His Majesty as rumored.
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On the next day, under Zhuge Liang's arrangement, many messengers went to various places in Yizhou carrying the emperor's notice reprimanding Liangzhou Mu.
It was Ma Su who set off with them, who was full of worries.
According to etiquette, even though Ma Su was the emperor's messenger, he could not open the edict in advance and read it without permission before arriving at the destination.
After arriving at the destination, Mi Yang will check the wax seal.
So when the night passed, the doubts in Ma Su's heart not only did not diminish, but became more serious anyway.
However, no matter how deep the doubts in his heart were, Ma Su knew that after he took over the task, the only way he could take was to go north.
It was the spring and summer flood season, and with the help of convenient water transportation, the dozens of people headed by Ma Di quickly arrived outside Nanzheng City.
And when Ma Di came outside Nanzheng City, he was frightened by what he saw.
I saw many dried human heads placed on the top of the city of Nanzheng.
Looking at the many heads with horrible death signs, Ma Di estimated in his mind that there were probably nearly a hundred heads hanging high!
Ma Di was born into a noble family, and his elder brothers had protected him from wind and rain since he was a child. When he grew up, he was highly regarded by Zhuge Liang and held important positions in important positions.
He had never experienced fighting on the battlefield, and he had never seen such a terrifying sight.
Almost as soon as he saw this scene, Ma Su asked Fa Miao beside him in a surprised tone: "Why is this?"
The day before Ma Di arrived, Mi Yang in Nanzheng City learned the news in advance.
So he specially sent Fa Miao to greet Ma Di at the city gate today.
Seeing Ma Su pointing at the nearly a hundred hanging heads and asking questions in a surprised tone, Fa Miao didn't think there was anything fuss about it.
Unlike Ma Di, although Fa Miao also came from a famous family, he had participated in the war with Fa Zheng.
Moreover, that war was an extremely fierce Battle of Hanzhong.
With such a past, Fa Miao's psychological quality is much better than Ma Su's.
What's more, he personally imprisoned nearly a hundred criminals some time ago.
Fa Miao said in a nonchalant tone: "Not long ago, some military officers outside Nanzheng City were in turmoil because of corruption.
After the turmoil was put down by Uncle Mu, Uncle Mu, who strictly enforced the law, sentenced them all to abandoning the market.
Later, he ordered the heads of these criminal generals to be hung on the city wall as a warning. "
When Famiao told the reason, although Ma Di showed a look of understanding on his face, he still couldn't help but sigh.
Ma Su wanted to say something, but when he thought about his mission, he consciously swallowed what he wanted to say.
Fa Miao saw that Ma Su looked a little hesitant after looking surprised and doubtful. He didn't know what the messenger was thinking for a while.
In Yizhou, because Zhuge Liang valued him, Ma Di's reputation was very wide.
Fa Miao had naturally heard of Ma Su's reputation before.
However, after meeting him in detail today, Fa Miao felt that Ma Su, whom he had an excellent reputation in the past, was not such a perfect person.
It's just that Fa Miao didn't think much about this. Maybe Ma Su was acclimatized?
After Fa Miao received Ma Su, he immediately proposed to take Ma Su to see Mi Yang.
Ma Di, who had long wanted to complete the mission and return to Chengdu as soon as possible, would certainly not refuse Fa Miao's proposal.
So under the leadership of Fa Miao, Ma Su and his party quickly entered Nanzheng City.
After Ma Su entered Nancheng City, the scene in the city quickly attracted his attention.
Nanzheng was the original seat of Hanzhong County and now Liangzhou. According to its size, it must be a big city.
Although a lot of Hanzhong's population was moved away by Cao Cao before, after several years of recuperation and the continuous migration of refugees from Yizhou, it is difficult to say about other counties in Hanzhong County. Nanzheng City has long been restored to a county of ten thousand households.
In today's world, the larger the city, the greater the population in the city, which means the city's economy is more prosperous.
But similarly, because there is no very scientific and coordinated management method in this world, the more prosperous a city is, the more chaotic it will be inside.
Factors such as human congestion, illegal construction of houses, and unreasonable city divisions are all important causes of clutter.
Ma Di, who had served as magistrate of Mianzhu and Chengdu, knew this best.
But when he entered Nanzheng City, he discovered that at least in Nanzheng City, although the place he looked at could not be called orderly, it was definitely not chaotic.
Pedestrians in the city and street vendors in the city are basically moving around in their respective areas peacefully.
Even as he went deeper into Nanzheng City, Ma Di found that many county soldiers were demolishing some high walls.
Moreover, he also saw that beside the county soldiers who demolished the high wall, there were many private soldiers from wealthy families.
But even though there were more private soldiers than county soldiers who demolished the wall, those private soldiers could only watch silently.
Many of those high walls belong to wealthy families. Of course, it doesn't matter who those high walls belong to. The important thing is that they are in the way.
The high wall built to block the street is a way for the wealthy families in the city to enclose their territory and protect themselves, and it is also a way for them to show their identity.
Not only do they make the streets appear crowded, they also create a huge hidden danger.
For a city, streets are its lifeline.
When a foreign enemy invades, the streets can continuously send the defenders in the city to the walls of all sides.
And when a certain city wall is in trouble, as long as the streets in the city remain clear, it is also very convenient to draw reinforcements from other city walls.
The high walls that can be built to block the streets of wealthy families have undoubtedly become cancerous tumors in these arteries. Apart from satisfying their selfish desires, these cancerous tumors have no benefit to the country or the city.
It's not that Ma Su was unaware of these hidden dangers in the past, but because Chengdu and Mianzhu are both large counties, the wealthy families entrenched in them are powerful.
Therefore, when Ma Su wanted to solve this hidden danger in the past, his efforts were always in vain due to various reasons.
Since taking charge of the county government, his county soldiers have not only demolished those illegal high walls, but even when they want to perform official duties, they have to take a detour because of the many illegal high walls in the city.
So when Ma Su entered Nanzheng City and saw this scene that he had wanted to do but was unable to do in the past, his feelings would be deeper than ordinary people.
Ma Di knew very well how much resistance Mi Yang would encounter if he wanted to do this, but at the same time, he also felt how powerful Mi Yang's authority was in Nanzheng.
What you are tearing down is the face of the wealthy family.
What we protect is the interests of the public.
After seeing this, Ma Di turned to point at the wealthy private soldiers who were watching helplessly, and said excitedly to Fa Miao, who was riding half a mile behind him:
"Liangzhou, Zhenzhou Muye!"
Ma Su's words may sound confusing at first.
It's just that there are really false governors and false state pastors in this world.
The reason for this phenomenon is nothing more than the local wealthy families.
Fa Miao felt the excitement in Ma Su's words, and a smile appeared on his face.
During this period, Mi Yang shocked everyone in Nanzheng City with nearly a hundred bloody heads.
Especially when Wu Yi stayed behind closed doors, no one could restrain the power in Mi Yang's hands.
No matter what the wealthy families in Nanzheng City think, at least on the surface they are extremely obedient to Mi Yang's orders.
I don't know when, but a saying gradually spread in the city, which is to compare Mi Yang to the "summer sun" of the world.
Who wouldn’t be afraid of the bright and scorching sun?
But although there was a smile on Fa Miao's face, he didn't say anything.
He just continued to lead Ma Di towards the Prefecture Mufu.
Soon after, Fa Miao brought Ma Su to Mi Yang in the Prefectural Mufu.
Facing the arrival of the emperor's envoy, Mi Yang still showed full respect despite knowing in advance that it was Ma Di, the god of war in the street pavilion.
When Ma Su arrived, Mi Yang had already ordered incense eucalyptus to be set up in the main hall.
Due to Mi Yang's advance preparation, Ma Su could read Liu Bei's edict as soon as possible.
However, before the official reading, Ma Su reminded Mi Yang in advance out of doubts in his heart: "This is your majesty's edict of rebuke."
Mi Yang led a group of important officials in Liangzhou to welcome Liu Bei's edict.
So when Ma Su's words fell into the ears of Mi Yang and his ministers, confusion appeared on their faces.
Especially Mi Yang.
He wondered if his taking over Wu Yi's military power really caused Liu Bei's dissatisfaction?
Seeing that Mi Yang and the officials behind him changed their expressions because of these words, Ma Su felt even more uneasy.
Feeling anxious, Ma Su quickly removed the wax seal in front of everyone and took out Liu Bei's edict to Mi Yang.
After unfolding the edict and seeing its contents, Ma Di was completely relieved of his heart.
Only then did he fully understand Zhuge Liang's real intention in sending him.
Being smart, he certainly understood the true meaning of the content in the edict.
The anxiety in Ma Su's heart disappeared instantly, and was replaced by joyful emotions.
After heaving a long sigh of relief, Ma Di quickly read out the contents of Liu Bei's edict in front of everyone.
After listening to the contents of the edict, the doubts on Mi Yang's and other ministers' faces instantly disappeared.
This is not an edict of rebuke. It is clearly an edict from Liu Bei to support Mi Yang!
After realizing this, everyone admired Liu Bei's wisdom.
Seeing the joy on everyone's faces in Mi Yang, Ma Su felt more and more relaxed.
Feeling relaxed, Ma Su remembered what he wanted to say just outside the city.
He saw that Mi Yang was in a good mood now, and he felt that Mi Yang was indeed well-deserved, so he reminded everyone in public:
"Liangzhou is barren, the people are tough, and the ambitious people are emboldened and have been dissatisfied for a long time.
Although the shepherd uncle breaks it today, he may break it tomorrow. Now Mu Bo is stationed in northern Xinjiang to shock the northern thieves, and his first move should be to stabilize people's hearts.
Today, Uncle Mu wants to kill all the guilty ministers to eliminate future troubles. This is not the way of a benevolent person, so how can he achieve his wish?
The way to govern is the same as the way to use military force. Conquering the heart is the highest priority, and destroying the body is the lower priority. I am worried about the shepherd. "
After listening to Ma Su's reminder, Mi Yang had not yet reacted, but most of the important ministers behind him had an idea in their minds.
Where does this nerd come from?
