When Ma Zhong heard Wang Mang ask about his family background, he had no idea and immediately replied: "I am from Maoling County, Fufeng."

"You Fufeng Maoling? Is your surname Ma?"

Wang Mang couldn't help but think about it carefully. In his memory, Youfufeng Maoling had a peerless general from the late Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty.

This person also has the surname Ma, and is called Ma Yuan. He is also from Maoling County, Youfufeng. However, counting the time, Ma Yuan should not have been born yet. So, are Ma Zhong and Ma Yuan related?

This made Wang Mang start to fantasize.

In fact, there should be nothing wrong with Wang Mang's fantasy at the moment.

Because this Army Sima named Ma Zhong was the father of the future Fubo General Ma Yuan. He once served as the Xuanwu Sima, and was the guard of the Xuanwu Gate in Chang'an. However, because of his untimely death, he was regarded as the most important person in history.

His reputation is not obvious, and there are only a few words recorded in his writings.

This is also the reason why Wang Mang couldn't guess who Ma Zhong was. But since this man had a quick wit and was already his military chief, Wang Mang no longer bothered about Ma Zhong's origin. He was the only one who

If he has talent and can use it for himself, are he afraid that he will not be able to leave his name in history in the future?

Wang Mang adjusted his mentality and praised Ma Zhong: "There are many heroes in Wuling. Since Ma Juncheng is from Wuling, he must be one of the heroes in Wuling. I am very lucky to have the help of Juncheng!"

After Ma Zhong heard Wang Mang's praise, he immediately bowed and said, "General, I don't dare to accept your kindness."

After Wang Mang chatted with Ma Zhong for a few more words and learned about Ma Zhong's family background, Wang Mang believed that Ma Zhong must be involved with General Fubo Ma Yuan. Ma Zhong's father, named Ma Bin, was Chijie Lang during the reign of Emperor Xuan.

The ancestor was also granted the title of Chonghehou by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. This information completely corresponds to the lineage of General Fubo Ma Yuan.

Therefore, Wang Mang couldn't help but think more highly of Ma Zhong, and he couldn't help but think about how to win over him. If his family really gave birth to a child named Ma Yuan in Calais, he could get close to Ma Zhong and win over Ma Yuan first.

Collect it in the net!

After chatting with Ma Zhong, Wang Mang looked at Yan You again.

Wang Mang knew Yan You very well. In the history that Wang Mang knew, Yan You was Wang Mang's new dynasty general.

Although he was very capable, he was very unlucky. In the Battle of Kunyang, he fought against Liu Xiu, and was defeated by a meteorite falling from the sky. In the end, he was afraid of Wang Mang's crime and made a rebellion.

Still being killed.

It can be said that he is a tragic figure. Although he was once a rebel general in Wang Mang's memory, he will not betray Wang Mang now.

Moreover, now Wang Mang is also confident that he is not the original Wang Mang, so Wang Mang is also confident that he can continue to control Yan You and make him his loyal confidant!

Wang Mang looked at Yan You and asked, "Where is your hometown?"

After Yan You heard Wang Mang's question, he immediately explained his situation in detail according to Ma Zhong's answer just now.

Wang Mang was not surprised after hearing this. Because he already knew Yan You's life story, he naturally had a certain understanding of his life history.

After Yan You finished explaining his situation, Wang Mang said to Yan You earnestly: "Since Yan Sima is my camp army commander, I take him very seriously. I hope that if you can strictly enforce military discipline and supervise the atmosphere, you can clarify Yulin for me and create a

Create a victorious army!"

Yan You didn't expect Wang Mang to have such high hopes for him. Yan You was immediately moved and bowed: "The general will obey the general's orders and perform his duties conscientiously. He will strictly enforce Yulin military discipline for the general, clarify the atmosphere, and do what is ordered and prohibited!"

Wang Mang looked at Yan You's performance with satisfaction, and praised Yan You approvingly. At the same time, he once again made it clear the importance of military discipline. If there are any military discipline issues in the Yulin, Wang Mang will take it as an issue!<

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After finishing the conversation with Yan You, Wang Mang looked at the remaining two people.

The names of these two people, Wang Mang, are not yet known.

So, Wang Mang asked these two people: "What do you call them?"

These two men were Sima from another department under Wang Mang. They bowed to Wang Mang and said, "I am inferior to Wen Qi (Lian Dan)."

After hearing their names, Wang Mang's eyes suddenly lit up. Is this a coincidence of fate?

Wen Qi and Lian Dan actually appeared in front of Wang Mang like this, which made Wang Mang sigh at the wonder of fate!

Wen Qi is also a famous general of the New Dynasty in history. His greatest achievement during the Mang Xin period was to clean up Lian Dan's mess and stabilize the southwest. Later, he was appointed by Wang Mang as the prefect of Yizhou. While in Yizhou, Wen Qi organized border people to reclaim wasteland.

Land was created, irrigation canals were built, and more than 2,000 hectares of farmland were reclaimed.

At the same time, they trained troops and raised horses, built roadblocks, and consolidated border fortresses to ensure border security, so that the people of Yizhou had enough food and clothing, and lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Later, after the fall of the New Dynasty, Wen Qi surrendered to Liu Xiu and was granted the title of Marquis of Chengyi by Liu Xiu.

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As a result, Wang Mang looked at Wen Qi with eyes that turned to admiration. Wang Mang said: "Wen Sima has the style of a Confucian general. Is it considered that he is detracting from his talents to be the Sima of my department?"

When Wen Qi heard what Wang Mang said, his body trembled with fright and he quickly replied: "I can serve the general, and there is no need to be humble!"

Wang Mang nodded in approval and said: "I hope you can remember what I said today and don't let me down."

Wen Qi immediately bowed again: "I humbly obey the teachings."

At this time, Wang Mang turned his attention to Lian Dan again. Lian Dan was a scammer, but he was extremely loyal to Wang Mang.

In history, Lian Dan was murderous and committed all kinds of evil. Wang Mang made Lian Dan the Gengshi General and sent him to suppress the Red Eyebrow Uprising. As a result, the Red Eyebrows were not wiped out, and they also brought disaster to the people who had been ravaged by the Red Eyebrows.

Complete a circle.

So much so that the common people made up ballads to describe Lian Dan’s cruelty!

The content of the folk song is like this, "I would rather meet the red eyebrows than meet the grand master; the grand master is acceptable, but Gengshi will kill me"!

These four sentences powerfully reveal the turbulent scenes of the Xinmang period.

The Red Eyebrow Rebel Army was raging all over the world and caused suffering to the people when they resisted Xin Mang. However, compared with Grand Master Wang Kuang, Red Eyebrow seems to be a good person.

As a result, Lian Dan was even worse than Wang Kuang! As soon as he went on the expedition, he was almost barren. He not only allowed the officers and soldiers to plunder wantonly, but also killed people, set fires, raped and looted everywhere. So in the end, the ballad also sang about Wang Kuang, the Grand Master. It was okay, but when it came to Lian Dan

There is no way to survive at all, and it has become a new plan to kill me!

This shows how tyrannical Lian Dan is, and he is also a fool. He ruined the last bit of court credibility in Wang Mang's new dynasty. In the end, the red eyebrows were not wiped out, and he himself was killed by the rebels!

Therefore, at this moment, Wang Mang couldn't help but frown when he looked at Lian Dan, looking disgusted. He really didn't know how to "praise" this general of reform!

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