Liu Bei's decision to appoint Pang De as the captain to protect the Qiang could not avoid Ma Chao.
And putting aside political factors, in fact, the person who is really suitable to be the captain of the Qiang protection should be Ma Chao. Is there anyone who can convince the Qiang and Hu more than General Shenweitian? !
But as the leader of one party, Liu Bei cannot only consider the military aspect when considering problems. I really can't trust Ma Chao.
And now that Ma Chao is General Zuo, a senior military attache of the Central Government, you appoint him as Colonel Protecting the Qiang. Those who don’t know may think that Ma Chao has been demoted and exiled.
As for the appointment of Ma Chao as the governor of Liangzhou and Pang De as the captain of the Qiang Protector. Well, Liu Bei is not old enough to do such a heartless thing.
Therefore, Liu Bei personally came to Ma Chao and asked him about the possibility of appointing Pang De as the captain to protect the Qiang.
Ma Chao hesitated for a moment.
Ma Chao is not a fool. He knows very well that once Pang De becomes the Colonel Protecting Qiang, his Liangzhou governor will be completely hopeless.
After all, Ma Chao has been a ruler for several years. Although his political ability may be low, Ma Chao can still understand this obvious sign.
How could Liu Bei allow Liangzhou to be handed over to Ma Chao's people? !
It is true that Liu Bei is benevolent, but he is not short-sighted. What is Liu Bei's attitude towards Ma Chao these years? Does Ma Chao still have some idea? !
Therefore, Ma Chao's original intention was not to let Pound become the Colonel Protecting the Qiang. Even Ma Chao had the intention. If he really couldn't win the title of governor of Liangzhou, should he lower himself and become the Colonel Protecting the Qiang? !
But Liu Bei is obviously not someone with limited political IQ like Ma Chao. His handling method is much smarter than Ma Chao.
Liu Bei said that Ma Chao had made great contributions in the Northern Expedition this time, and there happened to be a vacancy in the position of Yongzhou governor. He asked Ma Chao if he was willing to take up the position of Yongzhou governor.
The position of governor of Liangzhou cannot be given to Ma Chao, but it is not impossible for him to be governor of Yongzhou.
After all, among the aristocratic families in Yongzhou, Jiang, Liang, Yin, Zhao, and Yang, who among them has no hatred against Ma Chao? !
That's all on weekdays. If Ma Chao dares to rebel in Yongzhou, let's see where Ma Chao can go this time.
And to be on the safe side, Liu Bei also left a back-up. Leaving Yongzhou alone, Liu Bei planned to appoint Jiang Xu as the governor, and set up another military governor of Yongzhou, under the governor, to be in charge of military affairs, Wei Yan.
To put it simply, Ma Chao is the governor of Yongzhou and is in charge of the military affairs of the state. However, when necessary, Jiang Xu and Wei Yanyi can join forces to directly sideline Ma Chao.
Of course, as long as Ma Chao does not seek death, both Jiang Xu and Wei Yan are just his subordinates and must obey his orders. In a broad sense, Ma Chao is still the powerful governor of a state.
Ma Chao was very satisfied with this.
Ma Chao is not stupid. With Liu Bei's heroic qualifications and defensive attitude towards himself, if he is allowed to be the governor of Yongzhou without any backup, Ma Chao will have to consider whether there is any trap in it.
Now Liu Bei has left so many backup options for himself, and he also puts these backup options on the bright side, just to tell himself that as long as he obediently contributes to the Han Dynasty, he can still repeat the Ma family lintel and become a famous general of the Han Dynasty and a public minister for many generations. .
At this time, Ma Chao had basically understood the situation, and the idea of separatism and self-reliance had long been forgotten by him.
Ma Chao also knows that the things he did in the past are indeed very annoying. What he fears most now is that Liu Bei has a grudge and refuses to use him. Now Liu Bei is willing to give him the position of Yongzhou Governor, although there are many restrictions. But always a good start.
Ma Chao accepted the appointment as the governor of Yongzhou without hesitation, and at the same time sent Pang De to formally accept Liu Bei's appointment as a captain to protect the Qiang.
From this moment on, Pound's master is no longer Ma Chao, but Liu Bei. Ma Chao is the old master, and Pound must still respect him, but Liu Bei is the current master, and Pound must do his best.
And sometimes even Liu Bei doesn't understand Ma Chao, where is the lower limit of his moral integrity.
The first thing Ma Chao did after taking over as the governor of Yongzhou was to officially marry Zhao Ang's widow Wang Yi as his wife. At the same time, he regarded Zhao Ang's son Zhao Yue as his adopted son, but allowed Zhao Yue to keep his surname.
This coquettish operation directly confused Liu Bei. Liu Bei always thought that all four members of Zhao Ang's family, except Zhao Ying, who was taken as a concubine by Jiang Wei, had been killed by Ma Chao.
This guy has been busy in Ji County for so many days and only killed one Zhao Ang? !
This operation was really beyond Liu Bei's imagination.
Originally, Liu Bei wanted to see Jiang Wei's face, if he should persuade Ma Chao not to kill all the Zhao family, but at least leave some blood to the family, at least to persuade Ma Chao not to kill the Zhao family. Liu Bei felt that this He couldn't do it. After all, it was a serious crime that killed his wife and son. Being able to persuade Ma Chao to retain a lineage of the Zhao family was already a manifestation of Liu Bei's benevolence.
In the end, Ma Chao, you actually did such a thing? !
How dare you marry Wang Yi and accept Zhao Yue as your adopted son? !
Are you really afraid that the world will accuse you of being heartless and ungrateful? !
But thinking about it afterwards, what Ma Chao did was really beautiful.
The purpose of killing Zhao Ang to death was to avenge his wife. With such a drastic method, no one could say that Ma Chao had no desire for revenge.
Marrying Wang Yi is not the point at all. The point is to retain Zhao Yue. Wang Yi is just a tool to make Ma Chao and Zhao Yue known as father and son.
Ma Chao's doing this was tantamount to easing the relationship with Zhao in disguise.
And Zhao Ying was Jiang Wei's concubine, so Ma Chao was related to the Jiang family. Sure enough, the next day, Ma Chao hosted a banquet for Jiang Xu in the name of Zhao Ying's adoptive father, and became relatives with Jiang Xu.
This move almost made Jiang Xu sick to death, but he had to smile. This was his immediate boss in the future. At least as long as Ma Chao didn't rebel, Jiang Xu had to give face to his boss.
After Ma Chao hosted a banquet for Jiang Xu and established a relationship with Jiang Xu, he turned around and visited the Yang family and asked to take Yang's daughter as a concubine. He also disgusted the Yang family half to death.
It’s not a question of whether to be a concubine or not. The key lies in Ma Chao’s age. He asked to marry a daughter of the Yang family as a concubine. Now the unmarried women in the Yang family are all nieces of Ma Chao’s ex-wife. This is a mess of generational lines. Okay? !
Although, when aristocratic families marry, sometimes things like seniority can be ignored, but... can Ma Chaoqian have some face? !
But there is nothing Yang can do.
The Jiang family, the Liang family, and even the Yin family all contributed a lot during the Northern Expedition of Liu Bei's army. Now that the overall situation in Yongzhou has been decided, Liu Bei's occupation of Yongzhou is a certainty, and the Yang family is in this battle. In the future, in Yongzhou, if there is no reliable backer, the Yang family's survival will become very difficult.
Therefore, when faced with Ma Chao's proposal to marry him, the Yang clan leader endured his nausea and could only choose to agree, but the nausea was really disgusting.
In this way, Ma Chao's tricks made all the major families in Yongzhou disgusted, but on the surface, Ma Chao also eased the relationship with the various families in Yongzhou, which was of great help to him in governing Yongzhou in the future.
Liu Bei was a little surprised. On the one hand, he was surprised at where the lower limit of Ma Chao's character was. On the other hand, he was also very curious, where did Ma Chao get his political IQ? !
Is this still the "one-man" Ma Chao? !
Originally, Liu Bei appointed Ma Chao as the governor of Yongzhou. One of the reasons was that Ma Chao was not in harmony with the major families in Yongzhou, and there was no one to help him rebel. But after Ma Chao did this, after a few decades of buffering, the relationship between the Ma family and the local families in Yongzhou After a while, wouldn’t they be completely integrated? !
This made Liu Bei very worried.
But all of Ma Chao's actions were done under Liu Bei's nose. It was made clear that Liu Bei should know about it. Moreover, Ma Chao, the governor of Yongzhou, could ease the relationship with the Yongzhou family. This would actually help the Liu Bei Group inform Yongzhou that Liu Bei was really Can't say anything.
You can't just announce an appointment and then take it back later. Then who is Liu Bei? !
Thinking about it again, after all, Wei Yan is still one of his own, and the Jiang family has fully supported him. With Jiang Wei by his side, there is no need to worry about the Jiang family and Ma Chao getting together.
The military power and government affairs of Yongzhou are still under the control of his own people, and it will take at least several decades for Ma Chao to completely eliminate the barriers with the Yongzhou aristocratic families. For such a long time, let’s not say whether Ma Chao can still survive. Living, even if Ma Chao can live, by that time, both himself and his children and grandchildren should be able to complete the great cause of supporting the Han Dynasty, right? !
In this case, Ma Chao and Ma Jia just don't need to care too much.
(End of chapter)
