Later on, Liu Xuan was talking to Ma Teng and his son until the evening. Liu Xuan promised that in the next few years, the northwest would still be governed by Ma Teng, but the army in the northwest must be reorganized.

Ma Teng also chose to accept this, not to mention that Liu Xuan did not deprive him of all his military power, leaving him with a strength of 10,000 people, and allowing him to recruit a Qiang cavalry of no more than 10,000 people to assist in the battle.

Ma Teng was already satisfied with the maximum number of 20,000 soldiers - he already knew that the number of imperial guards was less than this number. For this expedition to the northwest, the imperial court had brought out all the available soldiers, and it was only one day.

Around 50,000. The emperor left him with an establishment of 20,000 people, which was considered to be a great honor to Ma Teng.

Of course, Liu Xuan also said that Ma Teng would not be responsible for the defense of the northwest alone. After Banshi returned to the court, a Forbidden Army would be sent to assist Ma Teng in guarding the northwest. At the same time, the military and political power in the northwest would gradually separate. At that time, Ma Teng would need to make a decision.

One choice is whether to continue to lead the army, or to give up military power and concentrate on civil affairs.

When Liu Xuan said these words very straightforwardly, everyone present felt a cold sweat break out on their foreheads, because none of them expected that the emperor would be so direct and clearly told Ma Teng: "You can no longer hold such great power.

Now, I have to take some of it back."

Many people are worried that Ma Teng will fall out, but they are not afraid of Ma Teng, but if Ma Teng wants to fall out, even if they kill Ma Teng at this time, the northwest area will not be quiet - there are too many Qiang people there, and the Qiang people

Befriend Ma Teng. If Ma Teng dies, the Qiang people will rebel.

At this time, everyone turned their attention to Ma Teng, staring intently at the governor of Xiliang.

I saw that Ma Teng did not hesitate to plead guilty directly: "I am the governor of Xiliang, and the power of the governor is not to control a state. Previously, because of Li and Guo's rampage, they were cut off from the capital, so I had no choice but to take this overstep.

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"Now, Your Majesty personally went on an expedition to wipe out the bandits, pacify the northwest, and make the roads smooth again. I justly plead guilty and ask Your Majesty to punish me."

The governor is an envoy who inspects the civil affairs, officials, systems, etc. of a state. To put it bluntly, he inspects the local area on behalf of the imperial court and does not have the right to govern the local area. As the governor of Xiliang, Ma Teng holds the military and political power of Liangzhou.

It was not in line with the Han Dynasty system. If Liu Xuan seized on this and punished him for treason, Ma Teng would have nothing to say.

Now Ma Teng also took the initiative to plead guilty, and then put the blame on Li Jue and Guo Si, and then expressed his loyalty to the emperor. It is estimated that the emperor will not get entangled in this issue, but his rights will definitely be weakened.

Sure enough, Liu Xuan nodded and immediately issued an edict, appointing Ma Teng as the prefect of Wuwei and in charge of the military affairs of Liangzhou. The first one is the actual official title, and the second sentence is equivalent to the emperor's casual canonization, which cannot be done accurately. Today's emperor

I can grant you this right, and you can take it back later.

However, Yang Biao still commented: "It seems inappropriate to use the post of Wuwei Grand Administrator to control the military and political affairs of Liangzhou. What if the counties in Liangzhou do not obey their orders on the grounds that they are inconsistent with the imperial system?"

Liu Xuan thought about this, but it was definitely not possible to directly add Liangzhou Mu. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly thought of a very popular position during the Three Kingdoms period.

"In this case, Jia Ma Teng is the governor of Liangzhou and has the right to supervise and supervise the counties in Liangzhou. During the war, all counties in Liangzhou will obey the orders of the governor."

Governor, this title should have been first used in Soochow later, but in fact it was not a formal official position. In the final analysis, it was the product of the chaos of the later system.

In the following period, the titles of generals were in a mess, and the ministries were not subordinate to each other. In order to facilitate command, the position of governor was born - to bring together several soldiers and horses that did not belong to each other, and then put them all under the governor's account.

During the war, they will obey their orders. When the war is over, they will return to their respective ministries, and the post of commander-in-chief will naturally be relieved.

This position is a bit like the temporarily appointed commander in later wars. It has great power only when necessary and has no power at ordinary times.

It can be seen from the official title Liu Xuan reassigned to Ma Teng that Ma Teng was actually the governor of Wuwei - Wuwei was the seat of Liangzhou and had the largest territory. This was to highlight Ma Teng's status in Liangzhou.

As the governor of Liangzhou, he usually only has the responsibility of inspection and does not have the right to directly extend his hands to other counties. If he does so, it will be an overstep. As long as the local county governor comes forward to give advice, Ma Teng will have to go around in pain.

Of course, Liu Xuan also knows Ma Teng's status and importance, so this governor is not that simple. As long as something goes wrong in Liangzhou, Ma Teng can instantly become the biggest person in Liangzhou, and the military, government and people's livelihood will be under his control.

In his hands, all troops and horses also had to obey his orders, thus retaining Ma Teng's rights to a certain extent.

But if that was the case, Ma Teng might still be a little dissatisfied, so Liu Xuan gave Ma Teng another title - Marquis of Huaili. This time, Ma Teng's identity was different, and his status was much higher.

There is nothing to be dissatisfied with.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Xie En accepted the order, which was a very pleasant thing. Ma Teng himself had no objections, and then took his son to rest in the tent arranged for them.

Ma Teng left, but the civil and military personnel remained in the tent. Taiwei Yang Biao waited for Ma Teng to go away, and then said: "Your Majesty, the governor of Liangzhou...is this power too great?"

From Yang Biao's point of view, the governor was almost no different from the Zhou Mu. In this case, wouldn't Ma Teng still be allowed to control the northwest?

Originally Yang Biao wanted the emperor to give Ma Teng the rank of general. According to Liu Xuan's current system in the court, as long as Ma Teng was given the rank of general and commanded the troops in the northwest, he would have to let go of the people's livelihood.

Then the imperial court sent people to take over, and slowly controlled the people's hearts in the imperial court's hands. Even if Ma Teng had troops and horses in hand, he would not dare to make any move.

But Liu Xuan knew that Ma Teng was very popular among the people in the northwest, and if he directly seized his power, it would probably cause panic among the people - especially the Qiang people. The problem of this alien ethnic group is the most troublesome, and if you are not careful, it will cause endless disasters.

"First retain some of its power, let the officials sent by the court adapt for a period of time, and then slowly return the power of civil affairs to the court."

What Liu Xuan chose was Xu Tuzhi's method. After the people had adapted to the rule of the imperial court, he would then return Ma Teng's last bit of power over people's livelihood to the imperial court. At that time, he would not be able to do anything if he was removed from the post of governor and given the title of general.

If they are dissatisfied, people will not panic and be taken advantage of by others.

Yang Biao listened to the emperor's explanation and agreed with this, but the governor...

"The power of the governor can be given when given, and taken away when asked. After all, except for Ma Teng in Xiliang, the other county governors must be replaced by people the court can trust. At that time, as long as the court issued an edict, Ma Teng's governor

Those people will no longer listen to Ma Teng's orders."

This is very different from Zhou Mu's - Zhou Mu's subordinates are all promoted and appointed by himself, while the governor's subordinates are all appointed by the court. The key personnel appointment power is still in the hands of the imperial court, which avoids Ma Teng's

Xiliang has the opportunity to promote and appoint his cronies.

"I see."

It's not that these people can't think of this, it's just that the position of Governor was just proposed by Liu Xuan, so they were not clear about the power of this position for a while. Now that they understand it, they understand Liu Xuan's intention.

So in fact, Ma Teng's power has been weakened, and will continue to be weakened. Everyone discussed again that in order to prevent the Ma family from being dissatisfied, they may have to continue to compensate in other ways.

"Sealing Ma Teng as Marquis of Huaili is one way, but it is not enough."

Liu Xuan thought about it, and finally felt that it would be more appropriate to start with Ma Chao: "There is no father in the world who does not care about his son. If I reuse Ma Chao, even if Ma Teng is still dissatisfied at this time, it will probably disappear later."

With this in mind, the next discussion is how to appoint Ma Chao.

Several people looked at me and I looked at you. Finally, it was Zhang Liao who spoke first: "Why don't you recruit Ma Chao into the Yulin Army?"

This is a way, but the Yulin Army will have to follow the emperor for a long time in the future. In other words, this is a pure personal guard. No matter how high the status is, Ma Chao will not be happy, right?

However, Xiahou Dun suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry has begun to take shape, but there are not many generals available. Why not send that horse Chao to the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry?"

When Liu Xuan heard this suggestion, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Yes, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry has been organized. The next thing to do is to fight continuously to train the combat effectiveness of this army. Ma Chao can be among the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

To show his status, he can also show his importance, and at the same time, he can accumulate military merits in the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. As long as he rewards according to his merits, it is estimated that Ma Chao will be able to achieve the position of general in a short time."

"When that happens, what else will Ma Teng have to say?"

As for Ma Chao's safety? He didn't think it was anything. With Ma Chao's bravery and the skills he taught him, if he could die on the battlefield, it could only be said that this Ma Chao was a copycat.

In addition to these reasons, Liu Xuan found it interesting to do this because of a bad taste: in history, Ma Chao chased Cao Cao like crazy and escaped with his life by cutting off his beard and abandoning his robe. Now he gave Ma Chao to

As Cao Cao becomes the younger brother, he doesn't know what interesting changes will happen - in fact, the most likely change is that there will be no changes, but Liu Xuan doesn't care about this.

This was just like when he asked Diao Chan to practice the nine-section whip and pumpkin hammer. It was just a small evil taste in his heart, so he pondered for a while and then nodded in agreement: "Ma Chao has been in the northwest for a long time.

I am also quite familiar with the method of riding on horseback, so it is appropriate to send tigers and leopards to ride on them."

In fact, Xiahou Dun would raise this point because he valued Ma Chao's familiarity with the cavalry, and he had lived in the northwest for a long time and had seen a lot of the Huns and Qiang people. According to his understanding, Cao Cao formed the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to target these two groups. With Ma Chao,

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry's chances of winning against foreign races can also be improved by a few points.

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Chapter completed!