Chapter 293 The prince goes north to supervise the country
With Ma Di's three-month mission to the Western Regions, all thirty-two countries in the Western Regions voluntarily accepted the management of the Western Regions Protectorate of the Han Dynasty. Among them, Wusun and other big countries also handed over their princes to Ma Di and asked them to study at the Imperial College in Chengdu.
The entire Western Region has since been brought under the control of the Shu Han regime, and it can now provide feedback to the imperial court.
However, this was not without requirements. For example, when King Wusun requested a marriage, Ma Di sent someone to Chengdu to ask Liu Chan to make a decision.
However, in Ma Su's opinion, although the late emperor Liu Bei was a clan relative, there were actually no other royal relatives in the Shu Han territory. In other words, the only people Shu Han can offer for marriage now are Liu Chan's six daughters.
I have to say, the quota is quite tight.
Ma Di's messenger arrived in Chengdu and immediately reported it to Liu Chan, asking the Han Emperor to make his decision.
But when Liu Chan saw Ma Su's letter, his first reaction was,
"Oh no, why did I forget to give marriage to my father-in-law and the prince?" Liu Chan put his hand on his forehead, as if he just remembered that Ma Di and Zhuge Liang both had sons.
These two big men are the current and future pillars, but so far he has not granted marriage.
It has to be said that this was his negligence as an emperor.
"Your Majesty, we are currently discussing the marriage..." Dong Zhao listened helplessly and could only remind him.
His Majesty's thinking is really fast. He thought about marriage issues to the point of granting a marriage to the Prime Minister and Ma Zhengbei. If this is a jump, should he consider how to deal with Cao Wei's captured harem in the future?
But don’t tell me, Liu Chan has really considered it...
After all, so far, Liu Chan only has twelve concubines, including dozens of palace maids. Therefore, Liu Chan sometimes fantasizes about whether he can expand his harem in the future after his prime minister helps the Han Dynasty return to the old capital.
All in all, after Dong Zhao's reminder, Liu Chan returned to the topic and agreed to King Wusun's marriage request. However, because most of Liu Chan's biological daughters were not of marriageable age, Liu Chan selected one of his maids with a given surname and married him away.
In fact, Ma Su's idea was wrong. Liu Chan had no intention of letting his daughter go.
It sounds outrageous, but this was normal in the Han Dynasty. Most of the time, the princesses in the Han Dynasty were palace maids with given surnames, not the heroines of the clan.
After all, as a small country in the Western Region, with less value than the Zhuge family and the Ma family, it is not qualified to marry an orthodox royal woman.
Later, after agreeing to the Western Region Peace, Liu Chan passed another resolution at a faster speed.
He granted marriage to the Zhuge family and the Ma family, and let his eldest daughter and second daughter be engaged to Zhuge Liang and Ma Su respectively. Zhuge Zhan and Ma Su's son Ma Ping both became princes-in-law.
It can only be said that Ma Su's son is a casual winner. He has done nothing and his cheap father keeps taking credit for him. In a few years, the Ma family in Yicheng might be led away by Ma Su.
While granting the marriage, Liu Chan also sent someone to the East Palace to inform the prince to set off for Liangzhou together. After all, the Crown Prince is busy working in Liangzhou, so your Crown Prince must study with him, right?
As a result, the prince Liu Xuan had only been playing in the East Palace for a few days before Liu Chan drove him away to Yongliang to supervise the country like a wild child.
Liu Chan was impeccable in giving trust to his ministers. No one knew how to delegate power better than Liu Chan. In order for Ma Su and Zhuge Liang to rule Yongliang with peace of mind, he could throw his prince to Yongliang.
In this regard, Liu Xuan did not dare to say anything, but the look in Liu Chan's eyes before leaving was extremely sad. It felt as if his father was planning to exile him.
The crown prince of the Shu Han Dynasty was ordered to come to Yongliang from Chengdu to supervise the country, and Ma Di was responsible for continuing to teach the prince how to govern the country. When this news reached Yongzhou, everyone was shocked, including Zhuge Liang.
"Your Majesty, even the prince has been sent to Yongliang?" Zhuge Liang put down his government affairs and felt that the excitement was a bit too great for a while.
Even if Ma Su managed to pacify the Western Regions in three months, how come His Majesty also started to live in peace?
"Prime Minister, Your Majesty said that since ancient times, the Han Dynasty and traitors have been incompatible, and the emperor should live in the north. But because the government affairs in Chengdu cannot be left, he asked the prince to live in the north to supervise the country on your behalf..." Yang Yi curled her lips secretly, hiding her envious eyes. Report to Zhuge Liang.
"This... Your Majesty is making nonsense." Zhuge Liang was dumbfounded and didn't know what to say for a moment.
This level of accommodation is better than the late emperor's treatment of Zhuge Liang.
"Then Prime Minister, do we need to persuade His Majesty..."
"Forget it, since His Majesty has made a decision, we can just obey his orders." Zhuge Liang shook his head gently, but did not stop Liu Chan's move to win people's hearts.
At least he knew Ma Su's character, and he would definitely not try to usurp the country. What's more, Zhuge Liang will not stop most of the things His Majesty does.
Let your majesty go.
"By the way, who escorted the prince out of Qishan and to Yongliang?"
"It's the old general, Liao Hua."
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"The prince is coming to Liangzhou?" Ma Di, who was handling affairs in Dunhuang, was stunned when he heard the news.
He remembered that when Liu Chan appointed him as the Crown Prince and Tutor, he had said that the Crown Prince should go north with the army. At that time, Ma Su didn't think much about it and just thought Liu Chan was making casual remarks to win over people.
Now when I look at it...fuck, Your Majesty, you are serious!
"Prince and Tutor, you should hurry back to Wuwei. The prince's chariot has now left Qishan." The messenger cupped his hands and respectfully addressed Ma Su.
"In less than ten days, the prince will arrive in Wuwei and officially start overseeing the country in Yongliang."
"Cheh, this happened too suddenly!" Ma Su rolled his eyes and thought about the current situation speechlessly.
His Majesty Liu Chan doesn't seem to like to play his cards according to the usual routine, and he is more bold than him in making trouble. In order to get the prince to be tied to death, he even came up with the reasons why the prince lived in the Northern Supervisory Country.
Of course, we can also see how much Liu Chan attaches great importance to him now.
This will lead to the famous question of later generations. If you are a general leading troops and the prince disappears in the place under your jurisdiction, what should you do?
Ma Su: Your Majesty, the prince has escaped. Let's send another prince to oversee the country.
Liu Chan: Okay, who does Aiqing want to be the crown prince?
Ahem... of course this is a joke.
The prince suddenly came to Liangzhou, and Ma Di had to return to Wuwei as soon as possible due to both emotion and reason. After all, if the prince had any shortcomings, Liu Chan would definitely not do anything to him, but Zhuge Liang would definitely have to give him a good beating.
As for Dunhuang, Chen Zhi can theoretically be busy with the follow-up operations of Heqin and the Protectorate. What's more, with Jiang Wei leading the troops to help, the countries in the Western Regions would not dare to cause trouble in the short term.
After handing over all matters in Dunhuang to Chen Zhi, Ma Di quickly returned to Wuwei with his troops to meet his cheap student.
There are only two chapters today, because there is another exam for the internship in Shuzhong the day after tomorrow...
It hurts, it hurts too much, and the internship is not over even on January 10th...
All I can say is that it’s very good.