Chapter 619 Reactions from all parties
It's normal for Liu Chan to be so panicked. After all, although Ma Su didn't rebel, what he did was not trivial at all.
That's Luoyang, where a wealthy family has marriages with many Kansai aristocratic families. The qualifications of many of these high-ranking officials are such that once they come to Chang'an, they will be candidates for the chancellery.
How dare you, Ma Su, to carry out a massacre on the scale of a household registration in a place like this!
Just seeing the list of rebels killed by Ma Su made Liu Chan panic. He has never dealt with such a big matter personally, and even the slightest carelessness can cause turmoil in the government and the opposition!
Fortunately, although Liu Chan didn't know how to handle this kind of thing, he knew who could. Although he didn't want to affect the Prime Minister's recuperation in Jingzhou, he was the only one who could control the situation at the moment.
Therefore, Liu Chan immediately sent someone to ask Zhuge Liang to return to Chang'an to suppress the situation. At the same time, he ordered Shi Huangquan, the chief minister of the prime minister's office, to lead 20,000 troops to occupy Hongnong, and to support Ma Su at any time if there was a chaos in Guandong.
Such a big thing has to be taken seriously.
Interestingly, as soon as this incident came out, all previous slanders against Ma Su became extremely weak. Even Ma Su's enemies had to admit at this moment that the Ma family was planning to divorce the country.
Soon, Liu Chan's letter was delivered to Jingzhou and handed over to Zhuge Liang, who was preparing to conquer Wu. After Zhuge Liang saw what Ma Su did, he fell into a long silence.
"You Chang... why are you doing this? Are you even willing to give up your posthumous reputation just to taint yourself?" After a long silence, Zhuge Liang sighed softly and shook his head bitterly.
As a politician, Zhuge Liang could naturally see the profound meaning of Ma Di's move. In addition to attacking the big families in Luoyang, the core point is self-destruction.
Only by massacre of a wave of dishonest scholar-bureaucrats could Ma Su's status as one who wanted to retire from the country be confirmed. After all, committing such a large-scale massacre of scholar-bureaucrats would obviously lead to the rejection of the entire gentry.
In this way, all the rumors about Ma Su were disproven. No one will say that Ma Di has any thoughts of rebellion. Whether it is Zhuge Liang or Liu Chan, they can rest assured that he will lead the troops outside.
But... Ma Su, is it worth it?
For this little thing, is it worth the shame of losing your posthumous name?
At least, Zhuge Liang only felt a moment of heartache for Ma Di's self-destruction.
"Prime Minister, your Majesty, please return to Chang'an as soon as possible. I'm afraid you are the only one who can calm the situation now." The imperial envoy bowed his hand to Zhuge Liang and asked for instructions cautiously.
"Old minister, I accept the order." Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, quickly accepted the order, and immediately set off back to Chang'an.
In the final analysis, this incident was caused by his apprentice's self-destruction. It would be unjustifiable if he didn't help.
At the same time, the impact of the Heyin Incident continued. Especially for such a large-scale organized killing of scholar-bureaucrats, the Han Dynasty has not appeared for hundreds of years.
As for what Ma Su said about rebellion... What qualifications do your fishing law enforcement have to say that they are rebelling!
For a time, whether it was Kansai or Kanto, all the Confucian scholars in the Han Dynasty found their enemies. Ma Di became the target of their daily criticism. In a very short period of time, Ma Di's reputation changed from Ji Han's most heroic general to a complete butcher.
In Chang'an, dozens of officials jointly petitioned for Ma Di's removal. Even if he is not removed from office, he must at least be demoted. Ma Su cannot be allowed to kill scholar-bureaucrats at will.
At this moment, most scholar-bureaucrats, whether in Kansai or Kanto, showed great unity. Even some of the Jingzhou sect's own people participated in the denunciation of Ma Di.
In this era when scholar-officials cannot be punished, acts such as the Heyin Incident are absolutely intolerable.
Liu Chan and Shangshu Tai all suppressed this request. Even in the face of the anger of hundreds of officials, Liu Chan did not back down and decisively chose to defend.
At the critical moment, Zhuge Liang returned to Chang'an in time and took over the political situation of Chang'an again. And quickly stabilized the chaotic situation and suppressed attacks from all parties on Ma Su.
But at the same time, Zhuge Liang also ordered someone to send his feather duster to Ma Su, and also asked the envoy to bring a message to Ma Su.
He made such a big mistake and caused such a big mess. Even if Zhuge Liang understands, it can't pass like this.
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While Zhuge Liang and others were trying to protect Ma Su in Chang'an and suppressing the scholar-bureaucrats' backlash against Ma Su, Ma Su was also vigorously promoting the work of clearing his father's land.
At any time, clearing land is a difficult task. Most of the time, it can only be implemented when the imperial power is strong enough or under the right circumstances.
For example, in history, Wang Meng of the Northern Dynasties relied on the intimidation of the Later Qin Dynasty in Kansai and used superb political means to promote the Qing Dynasty.
At the moment, Ma Su himself is the biggest deterrent, so naturally he cannot count on Kansai to provide deterrence. In addition, he himself was deeply affected by public opinion, so he had no choice but to make this decision.
However, the benefits of the Heyin Change are very obvious. After the diving competition ended, the entire Luoyang was so frightened that no one dared to resist.
Even the wealthy people who hated Ma Su with their bones shrank down at this time. Let Ma Su clear his land little by little, and no one would dare to make a stumbling block.
After all, the knife in Ma Su's hand really dared to cut them!
Under the threat of the Heyin Incident, Luoyang's power reached a short-term vacuum. Ma Su allowed Chen Zhi to quickly take over power, and at the same time quickly organized people to clear the land.
After Dong Zhuo, Ma Di once again penetrated the power of the court into the watertight Luoyang.
"It seems that this Heyin Diving Competition is effective. We need to keep up our efforts."
Ma Su looked at the rapid progress of clearing his father's land and nodded with satisfaction.
"This way, even if I am accused by the court, Guandong will not be in turmoil. I will feel relieved."
The only thing that makes Ma Su feel helpless is that the current situation no longer allows him to continue sending troops to Guandong. He could only keep his army in Sizhou and wait until the situation in Luoyang gradually stabilized before finding a way to move eastward.
However, such rewards are still possible. For example, Ma Di can feel that the assassinations against him have suddenly increased. If this continues, the wealthy people in this world will desperately want to kill him?
It has to be me...
"Father, don't worry. I have already written to my father, begging him to keep you alive!" At this time, Liu Xuan was in tears, extremely worried about what Ma Su had done.
For the sake of the Han Dynasty, Ma Su risked his own future and reputation. Even in order not to implicate him, Ma Su did not allow him to participate in the Heyin Incident, and he resisted everything by himself.
Therefore, Liu Xuan was very worried now, fearing that her father would cross the river and destroy the bridge, and even planned to return to Chang'an in person to ask for Liu Chan's orders.