Chapter 490 Undercurrent
Ma Di served as a shepherd in Yizhou and was ordered to clear out his land, specifically to do things that offended people. But the development of things made it difficult for Ma Su to accept. This may have gone too smoothly.
Several large counties with the most powerful wealthy families have almost made it clear that they are going to mess up. I fully cooperated with the people sent by the government to clear my father-in-law's land. All I had to do was write on my forehead that I was easy to bully.
This made Ma Su feel like he had kicked cotton, and there was no reaction at all, which gave Ma Su no sense of accomplishment.
If I had known that the Yizhou clan had been moved to the point of losing their temper, I would have come to Chengdu. Wouldn't it be better to run to the north and get bumped into by those barbarians?
"It's broken, we came to the wrong place." Ma Su shook his head helplessly, feeling melancholy while looking at the report below. So far, among the counties investigated, only Jiangzhou has shown resistance.
Moreover, the resistance force in Jiangzhou is not strong, there are only one or two thousand rebels making trouble. Ma Su didn't even bother to go to such a small-scale disturbance, and sent a confidant with hundreds of people to suppress it.
But just when Ma Su felt that there might be smooth progress again, a new battle report suddenly came up.
To the west, suddenly a rebel party raised troops in Wenshan County, expelled the government and started to cause chaos. Its scale is not large, with only two to three thousand people, but it is very close to Chengdu, which has already affected the security of Shu County.
In response to this, Ma Su planned to personally take action to make a quick decision and deal with this gang of rogues as soon as possible. But when Ma Su was about to leave, Li Mu rushed back from Jiangzhou and stopped his action.
"Your Majesty, you must not leave Chengdu now, something is strange!" Li Mu grabbed Ma Su who was about to leave, his expression became very serious.
"Is something weird?" Ma Su frowned and asked subconsciously.
"Yes, there is a problem with the unrest in Jiangzhou." Li Mu shook his head and quickly explained to Ma Di.
In fact, Li Mu had expected that the marriage was so smooth in the beginning. After all, after fighting for so long, most people plan to live a good life. And the matter of clearing their father-in-law's land does not cost their lives. Most wealthy families are not willing to cause trouble because of this.
However, the turmoil in Jiangzhou was beyond Li Mu's expectation. The wealthy families here gathered their clan tenant farmers to resist desperately. After Li Mu was defeated, this gang of rebels quickly began to counterattack the city, with an attitude of fighting the government desperately.
This situation was very abnormal, so Li Mu secretly sent someone to inquire about the situation. However, when the intelligence reports came in, Li Mu quickly realized something was wrong.
Careful investigation revealed that at first the wealthy families in Jiangzhou had no intention of resisting. But some time ago, it was reported somewhere that Ma Su came to Yizhou with the intention of fully promoting his land equalization method in Yizhou.
It was rumored that Ma Su wanted to confiscate the lands of the wealthy families and put them all under the control of the imperial court. The local wealthy families are also extremely panicked, and the entire Jiangzhou people are panicked.
But even so, the wealthy family did not intend to resist. After all, Ma Su's reputation was too great, and they had no will to resist. It wasn't until Qingzhang Tiandi arrived near Jiangzhou that this group of wealthy people suddenly started to cause trouble, uncharacteristically.
"So Ziwen, you guess there is someone behind them?" Ma Di raised his eyebrows and quickly understood what Li Mu meant.
"It's not a guess, I'm sure they were instructed by someone else." Li Mu shook his head, his tone extremely sure.
"And the turmoil in Wenshan County is most likely caused by someone else's instigation. And their real purpose is not to resist at all, but to lure you out of Chengdu!"
Now, no matter how congested the traffic is, Ma Di's name should have been heard by now. Knowing that Ma Su was in Chengdu, these people still dared to cause trouble, even if there was only one possibility.
They were instructed by others, and their purpose may be to lure Ma Su over. And their real purpose is probably Chengdu City!
"I see. It seems that Chengdu is not as peaceful as I thought." Ma Su nodded slightly and quickly understood what Li Mu meant.
Apparently, there was an undercurrent surging somewhere that he couldn't see. And judging from the current situation, there must be someone behind the scenes relying on his notoriety to scare the Yizhou clan and force them to become enemies of the Han Dynasty.
Things are getting interesting again…
"In this case, then I really can't do what they want!" Ma Su nodded heavily and quickly gave up the idea of going to Wenshan County to suppress them in person. Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief at this. He was really worried that Ma Su would get involved and have to fight with the troublemaker.
But before Li Mu could finish breathing, he heard Ma Di continue to say,
"Since someone is plotting behind my back and it is me who is afraid of me, then I will make them less afraid!"
"Ma Zhong! You immediately lead a thousand troops to Wenshan County to suppress the rebellion. The rest of the people are waiting with me in Chengdu. Let's meet the mastermind in person!"
"Seize the young master?" Li Mu almost suspected that his ears were malfunctioning. He had no idea that Ma Su would be so promiscuous.
There were a total of 2,000 troops stationed in Chengdu, and hundreds of people were sent to Jiangzhou to quell the rebellion. Ma Di sent out another thousand men at once, and Chengdu's military strength was reduced to only three hundred men!
There are only three hundred people left in such a big city?
"It doesn't matter! Only this small amount of troops is enough. If there are more people behind the scenes, we won't dare to take action." Ma Su waved his hand and said to Li Mu very confidently.
"I am in the light and they are in the dark. It will be very troublesome if they keep making trouble in Yizhou. It is better to take this opportunity to lure the snake out of the hole and catch all the masterminds behind it in Chengdu!"
"But it's too risky for you..." Li Mu felt helpless, but was interrupted by Ma Su before he finished speaking, and said with great pride.
"How can this be more dangerous than the million-strong army of the puppet Wei Dynasty? It's just a bunch of villains!"
"I have made up my mind! No need to say anything more!"
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Two days later, Ma Su's general Ma Zhong was ordered to go to Wenshan County to suppress it, and set off with most of Chengdu's garrison.
As soon as he left, the garrison of this city, which was the capital of the Han Dynasty a few months ago, quickly increased to three to four hundred people, and the entire Chengdu defense was extremely empty.
But what surprised Ma Su was that even at this point, Chengdu was still calm. For several days in a row, no one dared to show up, let alone the mastermind behind the scenes.
The wealthy families near Chengdu are as honest as ever, and no one has any idea of causing trouble. And not long after, several of the largest families in Chengdu also came to ask Ma Di to resign and prepare to move their families.
With all this, not to mention Ma Su, even Li Mu began to doubt his guess.
Could it be that they are just a bunch of stupid people making trouble? Is there no one behind the scenes?
After this situation lasted for more than ten days, one night, a figure came outside Chengdu.