Of course, having said that, Ma Chao was not happy at all. He knew exactly what role he played here.
Although Ma Chao worked very hard to fight with others and risked his life to win the position of Qiang King, in the end he found that in fact every step he took was planned in advance, and even to put it harshly, Fa Xiaozhi Although he was not around, he, Ma Mengqi, was the opponent's puppet.
¡¾Is this the wisdom you are proud of? It's really awe-inspiring. ¡¿Ma Chao has calmed down his mentality. Although if you sit in this position and think about the past, you will find too many facts, but what can you do, crying and complaining like a child?
That can¡¯t solve any problem at all. After understanding all this, Ma Chao, who was originally very happy to become the Qiang King, quickly calmed down his mentality. The joy in his heart was greatly diluted by the anger of being a chess piece.
But because of this, Ma Chao suddenly seemed to have matured a lot. At least he no longer looked down upon the heroes of the world. It can be said that every hero grew up from setbacks. A smooth road cannot give birth to a true hero. of heroes.
¡¾Sure enough, only the Central Plains is the place where the strongest and the wise are the most powerful in the world. Other places are not even a little bit worse. Fa Xiaozhi, I finally understand what you mean by the composure under your smile. ¡¿
Ma Chao fully understood the next step, but he did not shirk the situation. In this situation, continuing on would be good for the Ma family and himself. He was no longer a young man who needed family protection. On the contrary, he is already an adult of the sheltered family.
Heroes always need to bow their heads and succumb at some point, harming their own interests in order to gain momentum and show their determination to fight against the opponent. This is very irrational behavior.
¡°Perhaps before he had been exposed to these things before, Ma Chao might have simply given up the fight and fought against the Qiang people, as well as the Ma family. He risked the Ma family being exterminated to fight for such a breath, but now he won't. At least when he understands this, he can already distinguish the importance.
"Maybe you knew that I would discover this at this time. Maybe you also know that I was furious when I found out. Maybe you know better when I understand the burden of my father's family. What choice will you make after how loyal you are? ¡¿
At this moment, countless thoughts emerged in Ma Chao's mind. But in the end, just as Fazheng expected, he continued to walk down the road he had prepared before. Sometimes people's hearts are already destined to have only one way to go.
Ma Chao smiled and replied to the Qiang headman's words, and then selected several suitable Qiang nobles to go to Chang'an together. It didn't matter whether they had an audience, concluded a contract, or established the prestige of the Han Dynasty. These were not important. The important thing is that these roads are probably already destined for success.
Xun You looked at Ma Chao. He had noticed the subtle changes in Ma Chao's face. Then he tried a few words, and an obvious fact appeared in front of Xun You. Although Ma Chao still maintained his aloofness, he was trying his best. Curb the edge that hurts others and yourself.
Although the effect is not very good, it can even be said that Ma Chao is still showing his sharpness, but a very important point is that Ma Chao has noticed this aspect. And working hard to improve.
To put it simply, Ma Chao suddenly changed from a self-centered and wanton young man. Beginning to transition into an adult who is responsible for the life and death of a family. Although it is very slow, it can be said to be a huge change.
At Fazheng's residence in Yecheng, Fazheng, who was casually flipping through the classics, suddenly thought of Ma Chao and couldn't help but smile, "I don't know what the gift I gave you is like. Maybe you should have realized other things while feeling angry. "The biggest difference between the two of us is that I can think about my family, country and world from an adult's perspective, but you can't think about this from an adult's perspective."
The reason why Fazheng did not investigate with Ma Chao is actually very simple. His mentality is different, and his perspective on things is also different. Although there is ridicule and teasing, Fazheng is essentially looking at these issues at another level, almost All yesterday's events are gone in the blink of an eye.
Although I was angry, I didn¡¯t feel that way at the time. I just did it casually. Especially when Fazheng saw Ma Chao and his naive self with almost the same expression, he knew that the other party was missing something.
¡¾Xiaozhi, do you know how to make a young man grow up? ] Guo Jia's joking voice appeared in Fazheng's mind.
[Filial piety, carrying a heavy burden, or making a huge and irreversible mistake, or seeing something far beyond yourself in someone you have always been hostile to, these are enough to make a person undergo earth-shaking changes. A dragon or an insect is also clearly visible. ¡¿
Fazheng thought of Guo Jia's words in his mind, and then slowly raised his hand and looked at the lines on his palm. The heaviest responsibility he has ever undertaken is everyone's trust in him, whether it is the Prime Minister of Qi, or he has shouldered it all To conquer Yuzhou and pacify Xuzhou, everyone supported his plan that even he himself was not confident about.
It can be said that the most obvious change in Fa Zheng's mentality was at that time, when Fa Zheng's seemingly free and easy expedition to Yuzhou was the time when Fa Zheng's psychological burden was heaviest, and he even had to use some means to reduce his own psychological burden.
[Meng Qi, I think your mentality will mature a lot after this. If you still maintain the self-centered mentality before, and are even unwilling to deal with it, sooner or later you will hurt others and yourself. . ¡¿
There was a mocking smile on Fazheng's face. This was his last advice before the Ma family took refuge with Liu Bei. As for whether Ma Chao could understand, that was not important to Fazheng. He only needed to give advice to those who had taken care of him. The Wang family can just return the favor.
In this way, not long after Ma Chao was promoted to King of Qiang, he went to Chang'an under the leadership of the envoy Xun You in the name of King Qiang to meet the emperor, and prepared to formally sign a series of contracts with the Han Dynasty.
This was very good news for Cao Cao, so both the Emperor and Cao Cao received the Qiang King Ma Chao and the leaders of the Qiang tribe very grandly, and made a series of favorable terms as Ma Chao guessed.
Similarly, the Ma family also received a lot of rewards. The relationship between Cao Cao and Ma Teng became a lot more harmonious. The relationship between Han Sui and Ma Teng became even closer. Everything went in the direction that Fazheng told Ma Chao. developed.
Of course, these things are kept secret. At least until the Xianbei invasion is resolved, Cao Cao will not be stupid enough to show his cards. (To be continued.)