The close minister named Yang Zhaosui was called in. The wife of Ma Xisheng, the second prince of Chu. Relying on this relationship, he was also arrogant and used to doing things. Not only did he often find out about the recent situation of King Ma Yin of Chu, but also made many slandering around Ma Xisheng, and arranged charges to attack other former ministers of the Chu State.

Yang Zhao then lowered his eyebrows and entered the hall. He turned a blind eye to the jade belt that Ma Xisheng played with. It seemed that he was used to the behavior of this brother-in-law and master in the past to rob him.

It is said that Ma Yin encouraged business and provided convenience to merchants everywhere as much as possible, and opened up the wealth path of Chu. Ma Xisheng now regarded himself as the actual ruler of Chu. Whenever he found any rare treasures, the other party refused to sell them at a discount or offered them... He was even too lazy to follow the process of weaving charges and falsely accusing the government of the government, and directly ordered his soldiers to kill and seize goods.

Such evil deeds became the norm. When the news spread, merchants from all over the country learned that the future monarch of Chu was indifferent to slaughtering wealthy merchants and doing robbers, which would inevitably cause a certain blow to the fiscal revenue of Chu.

However, Ma Xisheng does have the confidence to act recklessly, and does not mind destroying the good reputation he has built over the past few decades of hard work... Relying on the favor of his biological mother, Concubine Yuan De, he has long been in power. Now even his father, Ma Yin, is helpless to him. Ma Xisheng said to me that I am the master of my territory, who dares to say no to me in Chu State?

When Yang Zhao walked to Ma Xisheng, he said respectfully:

"The second prince, the king must not be able to hold on for a long time... We should prepare early and report to the Wei Dynasty as soon as possible to accept the enthronement to avoid another change. It was just that the Guangdong lord was arrogant and became a relative of our Chu State. He became an emperor and became a traitor and had a feud with the Wei Dynasty. The fourth prince went on a mission to Bianjing to find out the attitude of the Emperor of Wei towards our country.

In the future, the two princes will inevitably take charge of Chu territory, but the Wei Dynasty swallowed Shu and entered Yunnan. If it attacked Yue Kingdom, it would not be impossible to attack our Chu Kingdom again."

Ma Xi heard the words, suddenly snorted heavily, and then said with hatred:

"Liu? That guy thought that if he was my brother-in-law, he would implicate our Chu State to fight against the Wei Dynasty with him. He closed the door and asked Liu to be an idle person. Why should he proclaim the world and provoke the Wei Dynasty?

I had long been able to understand that when I succeeded to the position of Chu, I asked the Wei Dynasty to be named Wu'an, Wuzhen, and Jingjiang towns, and only called him vassal states but not kings. In this way, I would also let the Emperor of Wei understand that the Chu army had no intention of reorganizing and becoming emperors like Liu? He insisted on reorganizing and becoming emperors and competing with the Central Plains.

Under the Wei Dynasty, there were also Shuofang army Han Zhu, Zhaoyi army Li Jitao, and Zhe Congyuan, who were nominally subordinate to the prefectures such as Zhuobao and Lin, and were actually self-governed. Not only did our Chu State not be called emperor, but only regarded himself as the lord of several towns. So what name does the Emperor of Wei have to send troops to attack our Chu State?"

When Yang Zhao heard this, he first lowered his head and thought for a while, then showed a flattering smile on his face, and praised him repeatedly:

"The second prince is indeed brilliant! Even if you don't regard yourself as the King of Chu, you still have to take charge of the land of Xiang and Chu? This can be considered as a clear line with Yue. If the Wei Dynasty invades our country again, wouldn't it be a nameless army?"

"Of course, although I don't recognize that Liu? What is the emperor of the Great Yue Kingdom, I still have to interact closely with Yue Kingdom and take care of each other. I naturally know the principle of relying on lips and teeth..."

Ma Xisheng thought for a while and said in a deep voice:

"The Emperor of Wei will not allow the vassal states that nominally surrendered to him to proclaim himself emperor. Then I have given him this face, and I will even take a step back... But don't think that our Chu army is weak and can be bullied! After all, the Emperor of Wei is ambitious and has a high desire for Shu and swallowed Shu and into Yunnan... If he really thinks that the whole world belongs to his family and forces me to the extent, he will have to unite the countries in the south to fight against the Central Plains!

Although Liu? Although he was too arrogant, he still wanted to protect his country of Yue, which made the Emperor of Wei worry. In short, no matter how many countries such as Wu, Chu, Yue, etc., the Wei Dynasty would not remain indifferent no matter which side he intended to attack. Although we still surrendered to the Central Plains in name, if the Emperor of Wei thought that he could defeat each of them and successively annex the countries in the south...that would be his delusion!"

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Ma Xisheng, the second son of the King of Chu, realized that the time for him to take over the monarch of a country was getting closer, and began to plot how he would deal with Emperor Li Tianqu in the future. As for Ma Yin's fourth son, Ma Xifan, who was the commander of the Yamana and Ma Crab Commander of the State of Chu, had rushed to Bianjing and received the summoning of Li Tianqu in the name of congratulating the Wei Dynasty to destroy the Later Tang Dynasty and Shu Kingdom.

Compared to Ma Xizhen, who is a little submissive, and Ma Xisheng, a chicken-eating expert who always exudes a sense of hostility between his words and actions... Ma Xifan, who is only in his twenties, looks more upright and seems very calm and decent.

However, Li Tianqu talked with Ma Xifan, and although he was smiling on his face, he couldn't help but complain in his heart:

You are quite good at pretending, but you are not a good bird...

Speaking of the official history, after the Chu King Ma Yin was old, Ma Xifan would indeed be the envoy of Chu and be summoned by the Emperor of Central Plains. However, he should have met with Li Cunxu, the Emperor of Later Tang Zhuangzong, and was highly praised for his words and deeds. However, Li Cunxu expressed his appreciation for Ma Xifan and had no good intentions, and intended to alienate Ma Yin and Gao Yu, the powerful minister who would serve in Chu, so he said that the Ma family had a son, so the country would not be taken by Gao Yu...

The Wei Dynasty heard some rumors in the current situation in Chu. When Li Tianqu learned that Ma Yin was old and weak, his second son Ma Xisheng had controlled internal and external military and political affairs, he realized that although the King of Chu had not passed away yet, the power of Chu had fallen. Not only was Ma Yin unable to make the decision in the country's major affairs, but he could basically be sure that Ma Xisheng would succeed to the throne to the throne and become the lord of Chu.

Gao Yu, who had been purged by the Wei Dynasty, was not only a capable minister who was good at managing finances, but also a powerful minister. However, no matter how greedy he was to take power, he was indeed not as good as he wanted to rebel and usurp the throne... However, according to the historical trajectory, Gao Yu and Ma Xifan were in a tit-for-tat confrontation between the old and new factions of the Chu State.

However, for a precious jade belt, Ma Xifan would instruct the fang soldiers to kill and seize them. If he wanted anything, he would be simple and crude, and would not tell you any reason... So he fought against Gao Yu and said that if you wanted to rebel, you would want to rebel. As long as Ma Xifan had military power in his hands, he would not say anything even if it was fabricated evidence, and would not care about his own son Ma Yin, so he directly sent troops to massacre all the Gao Yuyi tribes.

After Gao Yu died in the official history line, Ma Yin immediately noticed it when he saw heavy fog falling from the sky. He said, "I used to cross the Huai River from Sun Ru. I killed many people in this way. How could there be someone who died unjustly in the Mafangyuan?"... Until it was confirmed that Gao Yu was unjustly killed, Ma Yin was deeply saddened, and shouted with hatred, "I am old and old, and my old rule is not my own, so that my old and old people are unjustly and cruel!"... When it comes, I will still say to my followers, "Why can I stay here for a long time?"...

However, Ma Yin had already shouted to the left and right servants that I was afraid I would not live long, but he did not take any measures to deal with Ma Xisheng, who killed his confidant old minister without authorization... This is enough to show that Ma Yin was angry with his second son Ma Xisheng, and he was increasingly not taking him as a father, but he realized that the Chu court could no longer make a decision now... Moreover, Ma Yin could not think of who would replace Ma Xisheng and take over the position of the king of Chu. Therefore, even if he was angry, he was disliked by his second son, and was upset that he should not delegate power to Ma Xisheng, but had to accept reality.

Even if Ma Xisheng is not Gao Yu to kill, the current situation in Chu is still similar... Li Tianqu thought in his heart, and smiled, and signaled to Ma Xifan, who was sitting upright in his head, and said in his heart:

The second king of Chu State must be made by Ma Xisheng... But isn't Ma Xifan sitting in front of me the third king of Chu State in the historical trajectory...
Chapter completed!