Chapter 619 Reactions From All Parties
It was normal for Liu Chan to be so panicked. After all, although Ma Su did not rebel, what he did was not a small matter at all.
That was Luoyang, where the big families had marriage alliances with many Guanxi families. Many of the senior officials had the qualifications to be candidates for the Shangshutai as long as they came to Chang'an.
How could you, Ma Su, dare to massacre people in such a place according to the scale of the household registration book!
Liu Chan was a little panicked when he saw the list of rebels killed by Ma Su. He had never dealt with such a big thing personally. If he was not careful, it would cause turmoil in the court and the country!
Fortunately, although Liu Chan could not handle such a thing, he knew who could handle it. Although he did not want to affect the prime minister's recuperation in Jingzhou, only he could calm the situation at the moment.
So, Liu Chan immediately sent someone to invite Zhuge Liang back to Chang'an to calm the situation. At the same time, he ordered Huang Quan, the chief historian 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, you have to take it seriously.
Interestingly, once this happened, all the previous slanders against Ma Su became extremely powerless. Even Ma Su's enemies had to admit at this moment that the Ma family was going to die with the country.
Soon, Liu Chan's letter was delivered to Jingzhou and handed over to Zhuge Liang, who was preparing to attack Wu. After Zhuge Liang saw what Ma Su did, he fell into a long silence for a while.
"Youchang... why are you doing this? Do you even want to be famous after death just to defile yourself?" After a long silence, Zhuge Liang sighed softly and shook his head bitterly.
As a politician, Zhuge Liang could naturally see the deep meaning of Ma Su's move. In addition to attacking the Luoyang clan, the most important point is self-defilement.
Only by slaughtering a wave of dishonest literati on a large scale can Ma Su's identity of dying with the country be confirmed. After all, such a large-scale slaughter of literati would obviously be despised by the entire gentry.
In this way, all the rumors about Ma Su were refuted. No one would say that Ma Su had the idea of rebellion, and both Zhuge Liang and Liu Chan could let him lead the troops outside without worry.
But... Ma Su, is it worth it?
Is it worth it for you to defile yourself even after death for this matter?
At least, Zhuge Liang felt a pang of heartache for Ma Su's self-defilement.
"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 court envoy bowed to Zhuge Liang and asked carefully.
"Old minister accepts the order." Zhuge Liang nodded gently, quickly accepted the imperial edict, and immediately set off to return to Chang'an.
In the final analysis, this matter was caused by his own apprentice's self-defilement. If he didn't help, it would be a bit unreasonable.
At the same time, the impact of the Heyin Incident continued. Especially such a large-scale and organized killing of scholars and officials, the Han Dynasty has not seen it for hundreds of years.
As for Ma Su's rebellion... You are a fishing enforcement, what qualifications do you have to say that they are rebellious!
For a time, whether it is Guanxi or Guandong, all the Confucian scholars in the Han Dynasty found enemies. Ma Su became the target of their daily spraying. In a very short time, Ma Su's reputation changed from the most heroic general of the Ji Han to a complete butcher.
In Chang'an, dozens of officials jointly submitted a memorial requesting the removal of Ma Su. Even if he was not removed, he should at least be demoted. Ma Su should not be allowed to kill scholars and officials so casually.
At this moment, whether in Guanxi or Guandong, most of the scholars and officials showed great unity. Even some of the people of the Jingzhou faction participated in the condemnation of Ma Su.
In this era when scholars and officials are not punished, such behavior as the Heyin Incident is absolutely intolerable.
In response to this memorial, Liu Chan and the Shangshutai all suppressed it. Even in the face of the anger of hundreds of officials, Liu Chan did not back down and decisively chose to protect him.
At the critical moment, Zhuge Liang returned to Chang'an in time and took over the political situation in Chang'an again. He quickly stabilized the chaotic situation and suppressed the attacks on Ma Su from all sides.
However, at the same time, Zhuge Liang also ordered people to send his feather duster to Ma Su, and also asked the messenger to bring a message to Ma Su.
Such a big mess was made and the matter was so big. Even if Zhuge Liang understood, it couldn't be let go.
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While Zhuge Liang and others were trying their best to protect Ma Su in Chang'an and suppress the backlash of the literati against Ma Su, Ma Su was also doing his best to promote the work of measuring the land.
At any time, measuring the land is a difficult job. Most of the time, it can only be implemented when the imperial power is strong enough or in the right situation.
For example, in history, Wang Meng of the Northern Dynasty relied on the deterrence of the Later Qin in Guanxi to promote the work of measuring the land with superb political means.
At present, Ma Su himself is the biggest deterrent, so he can't rely on Guanxi to provide deterrence. In addition, he is deeply influenced by public opinion, so he can only resort to this last resort.
However, the benefits of the Heyin Change are very obvious. After the end of this diving competition, the whole Luoyang was shocked and no one dared to resist.
Even the big families who hated Ma Su to the core shrank back at this time. Let Ma Su measure the land bit by bit, and no one dared to trip him up.
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 asked Chen Zhi to quickly take over power while quickly organizing people to survey the land.
Since Dong Zhuo, Ma Su once again infiltrated the power of the court into the impenetrable Luoyang.
"It seems that the Heyin diving competition is effective, and we must continue to work hard."
Ma Su looked at the rapid progress of the survey and nodded with satisfaction.
"In this way, even if I am punished by the court, Guandong will not be in turmoil, so I feel relieved."
The only thing that makes Ma Su feel helpless is that the current situation does not allow him to continue to send troops to Guandong. He can only stabilize the army in Sizhou and wait for the situation in Luoyang to gradually stabilize before finding a way to go east.
However, such rewards are still acceptable. For example, Ma Su can feel that the number of assassinations against him has suddenly increased. If this continues, won't the big families in the world desperately want to kill him?
It has to be me...
"Don't worry, my father. I have already written to my father, begging him to protect you!" At this time, Liu Xuan was in tears, extremely worried about what Ma Su did.
For the sake of the Han Dynasty, Ma Su threw his future and reputation into it. In order not to implicate him, Ma Su did not allow him to participate in the Heyin Incident, and took on everything alone.
So Liu Xuan was very worried at the moment, fearing that his father would destroy the bridge after crossing the river, and even planned to return to Chang'an in person to ask Liu Chan for his life.