No one or anything in the world will go smoothly.
Just as Ma Chao, Sima Yi, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Hu, with the Ma family's unique conspiratorial laughter, were discussing how to take advantage of this opportunity for the Western Region countries to pay tribute, they launched a public opinion offensive to push Cao Cao away.
When the Han family and the Han Dynasty were completely underfoot and unable to stand up, someone came up to the Chancellor's desk and told Chen Qun that he wanted to see something.
The meeting came to an end temporarily, and after Ma Chao heard Chen Qun tell him this, he immediately stood up and changed his expression and said: "This matter can be taken seriously."
Reprimanding the rest of the minister's desk, Ma Chao looked directly at Chen Qun, His Highness: "Long article, This matter is not trivial.
You don’t know that man has accomplished a great deed during these days.
If this matter is true, it will really make it difficult for me to handle it."
His Highness Chen Qun was promoted to the head of the Household Department of Yushitai and the Grand Administrator of Hongnong when Ma Chao was appointed King Yong.
He usually did not come to Chang'an unless he was transferred.
This time he came to the Chancellor in person and saw Ma Chao's reaction.
He became serious.
He said to Ma Chao: "My lord, I know the importance of Shadow in the Ma family, so I came here specially."
Seeing Chen Qun's expression unchanged, Ma Chao felt a little clear.
Historically, Chen Quntong was an upright person.
He had accepted the sage's teachings from his father since he was a child and was extremely strict with himself.
Therefore, after many considerations, Ma Chao promoted Chen Qun, who had an elegant and even old-fashioned name, to the high position of Yushitai.
From this, Ma Chao sat down again, waved his hand and said, "Sit down and talk."
Chen Qun nodded and sat down: "My lord, I have received reports one after another recently.
These reports all point to one person, and what they say does not seem to come from nowhere.
I didn't take it seriously at first, but as time went by, I became more and more surprised.
Later , I feel a sense of panic.
After thinking about it today, I dare not not report it to my lord. " Ma Chao smiled calmly: "It's okay to say it's a long article.
As long as you violate the laws of the Ma family, don't say you are a shadow person, just say you are a relative of the Ma family.
As long as the evidence is solid, you will not be exempted."
Chen Qun sat upright and said, "Since my lord has said this, I will speak out."
After saying that, Chen Qun took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Ma Chao.
When Ma Chao opened it and read it, there was a copy of the paper.
The pleading is written in blood: The pleading states that a wealthy businessman from Hongnong relied on his power to bully He suppressed his peers, exploited and robbed more than 20 iron ore mountains in Hongnong, and occupied more than 400 hectares of official land.
He also forcibly purchased more than 30 factories and smelting companies. , killing more than 20 people, a heinous crime.
This kind of criminal lawsuit cannot be traced back to Ma Chao's level at all, but the reason why Chen Qun, the minister of Yushitai and the prefect of Hongnong, made a trip to Chang'an was because the wealthy businessman had something to do with the most mysterious army of the Ma family.
There is an unexplainable connection: the wealthy businessman is none other than the uncle from the Yuanfang clan who had just recently obtained the belt edict Mu Yang from Xuchang.
Mu Yang's achievement in stealing the Clothes and Belts Edict was, at the very least, a clear victory for the Ma family over the Cao family's efforts to pacify Cao; but at the most serious level, it was a fatal magic weapon for the Ma family to seize the Cao family's life.
At the same time, this kind of thing cannot be commended and conferred in a grand manner.
It can only be given to Shadow by Ma Chao's personal instruction and considerable rewards and preferential treatment.
But more often than not, Shadow's family doesn't know why they lost their loved ones.
It can be said that Shadow's contribution to the Ma family can be regarded as great.
Ma Chao always felt that even though he gave Shadow extremely high military treatment, it was difficult to make up for their sacrifices.
Moreover, there is another aspect to the nature of this matter.
This is the first business case of extremely egregious nature since the Ma family started business.
The promotion of commerce during the Three Kingdoms era was what made farming civilization deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Ma Chao had to take a tough stance, resolutely crack down on those scholar-bureaucrats and powerful families who held objections, and carry out drastic reforms to support commerce.
As a result, the industrial and commercial development momentum in the Ma family territory was surprisingly strong.
Although Ma Chao only engaged in one "investment attraction" transaction in recent years, the Ma family's business centered on Chang'an and gradually expanded to the entire rule, forming a large industrial and commercial base.
Among them, Ma's Trading Company in Fufeng, Han's Trading Company in Chang'an jointly owned by Liu Yue and Fu Shou, the trading firm managed by Zhang Yupan, Li's Trading Company in Jinyang, the newly built Guan's Trading Company in Liangzhou, and the Zhen's Trading Company in Weijun Trading houses, as well as various Han-Qiang trading houses, Han-Hungarian trading houses and other border shops and clubs, have become a powerful emerging force that cannot be ignored in the Han Dynasty.
The scope of transactions covered ranges from firewood, rice, oil, and salt to houses and farmland, and there is a faint tendency to impact the old powerful companies that have always been based on farmland.
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Ma Chao was deeply impressed by this after seeing the latest tax report produced by Meng Da at the beginning of this year.
As a result of the boom in commerce, the Ma family's recovery and development was more than three times faster than that of other princes who generally only relied on a self-sufficient farming economy.
In just over a year, the Ma family has gone from the original dilemma of having to purchase grain from Yizhou and Jingzhou to a point where the national treasury still has surplus.
It is foreseeable that with another year of accumulation, the Ma family can use a large amount of money to purchase countless grain reserves through various commercial banks to prepare for war, and support the Ma family to fight another tough battle.
Ma Chao was secretly proud of his achievements.
He has been in this era for so long, his career can be said to be flourishing, and he can be considered a leader now, but he has not inflated his ego.
This is a common problem among almost all leaders.
The so-called person cannot be too big.
Success, if you are too successful, you will be too confident, and if you are too confident, you will inevitably mess up.
There are too many bosses in history who have ruined their reputations because of this, such as those who jumped forward in modern Chinese history.
Sports and the like are proof of this.
In Ma Chao's view, production, business and even economic development are all very professional activities.
Obviously, he himself does lack the talent in this area.
In this case, Ma Chao took out the hand-off shopkeeper China's consistent practice is to control the government, the military and other power agencies from reaching out to business, allowing the industrial and commercial owners to do whatever they want.
The Ma family's political system and army only play the role of a thug.
For example, if a powerful family refuses to open the market and is stubborn, the Ma family army will crush them with some legitimate reasons.
However, since we want to develop the economy, there are bound to be people who are interested in making a fortune out of it.
Ma Chao remembered that when the Ma Jiajun was restructured, civilian items such as military uniforms, military shoes, bandages, and luggage had to be distributed uniformly.
A guy who was originally just a second-rate boy from a remote village in Chang'an saw the right opportunity and took the lead in organizing the villagers to engage in the textile industry.
He made a lot of money in just three months and eventually became a rich man with a net worth of two hundred horseshoe gold.
At that time, for some political reasons and economic development, Ma Chao also asked the propaganda team of the Ministry of Rites to promote that person as a typical example.
Zhong Yao also went to the countryside in person and sent a plaque for a rich expert.
The encouraging publicity of such events caused various handicraft workshops to spring up like mushrooms under the Ma family's rule.
This prosperous scene simply amazed Ma Chao and always reminded Ma Chao of the myth of Shenzhen's reform and opening up.
Fortunately, Ma Chao has always had strict control over government agencies and the military, and there has never been any incident of collusion between officials and businessmen.
Therefore, the behavior of Mu Yang, an uncle from a distant clan, completely touched Ma Chao's bottom line.
Chen Qun may have considered the two factors of Shadow's status in Ma Chao's heart and Ma Chao's vigorous promotion of industry and commerce to enrich the country, so he felt that this matter was very difficult to deal with and came to Chang'an to ask for instructions in person.
After reading the complaint, Ma Chao also felt a little headache about the incident.
He couldn't help but rub his brows and unconsciously said what he had already said: "This matter is serious."
Chen Qun stood up solemnly, moved a large pile of letters, papers, and silk volumes behind him, and said: "These are the original documents of the plaintiff.
The handwriting was not written by one person, and the facts are clear in every statement.
Some of them are actually mine."
I know it, so I don’t dare to hide it, so I came here to report it to my lord.”
After saying that, Chen Qun knelt down again and said: “Since ancient times, warriors have fought to the death, and civil servants have died to give advice.
Please be aware of everything, lord.”
Seeing Chen Qun like this, Ma Chao was extremely surprised at first, and then his heart became heavy.
He hurriedly walked down in front of Chen Qun, helped Chen Qun up, and said: "Changwen, these things will stay with me.
This matter is of great importance and must be kept secret for the time being.
You know it, I know it, and it cannot be spread to other people's ears.
Otherwise, if you offend the military, you know the consequences."
Chen Quneng quietly revealed this to Ma Chao in advance, so he naturally understood this and immediately obeyed.
When Ma Chao saw Chen Qun retreat and looked at the pile of cases, his face suddenly lost its previous solemnity and even showed a bit of a smile: "Uncle from the distant clan, you are so brave, but on the other hand, , Mu Yang, Mu Yang, your life is really miserable.
You said you didn’t want to send letters anymore, so I let you steal things; now you say you don’t want to steal things anymore, but God just doesn’t seem to want to let you go
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