Chapter 616: Qing Zhang’s Land Frustrated

Chapter 616: Qing Zhang’s Land Frustrated

"No... Your Majesty, I have no such intention!"

Yang Zhun was also shocked by this situation and hurriedly tried to explain. But before he could say anything, Liu Chan slammed the table and stood up,

"No need to say more about this matter! At the beginning, the prime minister said that the general had a strong temperament and was fortunate for the Han Dynasty. Now the prime minister has not said anything in Jingzhou. Are you as smart as Prime Minister Zhuge?"

"All of you retreat! Don't say anything more!"

Liu Chan's quick conclusion shut Yang Zhun's long speech in his mouth. The rest of the ministers had never thought that their emperor would trust Ma Su so firmly.

This stopped many ministers who were not used to Ma Su's style from making memorials. At least during Liu Chan's time, they probably had no chance to discredit Ma Su.

Well...even if the prince succeeded to the throne, the chances were probably not great.

Just when Liu Chan calmed everyone down with a firm attitude and made a final conclusion on this matter, suddenly another person stood up and made a memorial.

"Your Majesty! This old minister reports an auspicious omen!"

The person who reported the omen was Qiao Zhou, who had been lurking for many years and had always been a little-known person in the Shangshutai. This old speculator stood up at this time and reported to Liu Chan.

"This old minister observed the sky a few days ago and saw the imperial star in the west, which was dazzling! In addition, there was a big star moving eastward, guarding the imperial star, which was indescribably bright."

"And this Luoyang nursery rhyme is even more consistent with it, which is an auspicious omen for your Majesty. Among them, the words of the emperor on horseback, doesn't it mean that under the loyalty of the general, your Majesty should be the master of the world?"

"This is a great auspicious omen! I ask your Majesty to grant amnesty and announce the change of the year name to the world!"

Obviously, Qiao Zhou tasted the taste of speculation at this time. And as soon as Liu Chan made the decision, he quickly stood up to congratulate with the astronomical phenomenon to show that Ma Su had no intention of rebelling.

If Ma Su was in Chang'an at this time, he would probably feel unlucky. However, these words made Liu Chan turn his anger into joy, and he nodded gently, "What Minister Qiao said is very true. For this auspicious sign, we should naturally grant amnesty to the whole world. But the matter of changing the reign title will be put on hold for the time being." Liu Chan was able to distinguish what should be done and what should not be done. Finally, under Qiao Zhou's suggestion, Chang'an simply celebrated the matter and granted an extremely rare amnesty. In addition, Liu Chan once again sent someone to convey Ma Su's imperial decree to grant him the imperial seal. At the same time, Liu Chan also assigned Bingzhou and Jingzhou to the Eastern Palace, and ordered Ma Su to act at his convenience. Such a crisis of trust was easily resolved. …………

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Ma Su was not aware of the crisis of trust that had occurred in Chang'an. He was also not aware that if it were not for Liu Chan's firm attitude, he would have had a chance to go home. Now, Ma Su has been upset by the ongoing land survey. "You mean... you measured the land near Luoyang for a month, but didn't find a single acre wrong?" Ma Su stared at Chen Zhi closely, his tone a little unbelievable.

"Do you believe this result?"

Hundreds of thousands of acres of land, the measurement results are exactly the same as the land deed records, what kind of myth is this. Even in the future, it is impossible to be so accurate, right?

"Well... I don't believe it either, but the officials responsible for measuring the land reported it like this." Chen Zhi was also a little helpless, spreading his hands and said to Ma Su,

"We underestimated the difficulty of this matter, and also underestimated the influence of the Luoyang clan on the local area!"

"They didn't even specifically block it, just secretly put a little stumbling block, and our two months of efforts were all in vain."

Chen Zhi's words also made Ma Su finally realize that these Guandong clans have extraordinary control over the local area.

Even if he had specially identified the composition of the officials responsible for the measurement, most of them were poor families with no foundation. But even so, the big families in Luoyang were still able to interfere and interrupt Ma Su's surprise attack very elegantly.

Such means are 10,000 times stronger than the fire dragon burning warehouses of the rich and powerful in Longyou.

This is Luoyang!

Ma Su looked at Luoyang City outside the General's Mansion again, with deep murderous intent in his eyes.

The current situation means that the government's control over the local area has been extremely weak. If it can't even do the most basic measurement of land, what can the government do to Guandong?

"Guandong needs a huge change, otherwise the court's decrees will not be able to leave Hangu in the future!" Ma Su quickly judged the current situation and had to weaken the control of these big families as soon as possible.

However, just as Ma Su was thinking about how to solve this matter quickly and efficiently, a personal guard came in and reported to Ma Su.

"General, the head of the Cai family in Luoyang has sent someone to ask for an audience, hoping to invite you to a banquet!"

"Attend a banquet?" Ma Su frowned, and his first reaction was that this group of people were planning to make trouble.

These days, he has been repeatedly hinted and persuaded by this group of Luoyang big families. For this reason, Ma Su's way of dealing with it is very simple, just burn it with fire, read it and don't reply.

But now it seems that the ambitions of these local nobles in Luoyang are not ordinary. I have this attitude, and I still plan to come and get involved?

"Are you sick?" Ma Su shook his head and raised his hand to refuse. But at this time, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of an idea that would have the best of both worlds.

It can not only effectively strike the power of this group of nobles, but also solve his current rumor problem. Although the means may be a little radical, it doesn't matter to Ma Su.

"Send someone to reply to the head of the Cai family, I, Ma Su, will accept this!"

Ma Su immediately changed his story and asked his bodyguard to invite Cai's envoy in. Ma Su then received him with high standards and solemnly expressed his willingness to accept Cai's invitation to the banquet.

The major families in Luoyang were ecstatic about Ma Su's sudden change of attitude. The Cai family of Luoyang also immediately took the lead and organized a dinner party with dozens of Luoyang rich families.

Yes, dozens!

Although Luoyang is not a big place, there are many well-off families. The forces of all parties are intertwined with each other, and they are all prosperous. They have already established deep roots in Sizhou.

Not to mention Ma Su's appointment of officials, even if all officials from Kansai were hired, they would still have many ways to stumble Ma Su secretly.

But in the final analysis, these are all issues of interest. For these super wealthy families, it is not so unacceptable to clear their land.

Therefore, when Ma Su was willing to attend the banquet and his attitude relaxed, these wealthy people immediately used the land measurement as a bargaining chip to persuade Ma Su to enter.

Regardless of whether Ma Su wants to stand on his own feet or usurp the throne, they are willing to give their full support. I just hope that Ma Su can give them a hand when he starts up.

As for the issue of Ma Su's wife and children living in Chang'an, several wealthy families expressed their willingness to marry their legitimate daughters to Ma Su, either as wives or concubines...

All in all, it was a dinner party where all the dirtiest political negotiations took place.