pjbooks Chapter 223 Du Tian 2.0
Chapter 223 Du Tian 2.0
Eastern Han Dynasty
Upon hearing this, Ma Yuan felt a pang of bitterness in his heart; he had never imagined that his future would end like this.
However, his life's ambition was to dominate the battlefield, so he can be said to have died a worthy death!
It's just hateful that His Majesty has been deceived by treacherous people!
Ma Yuan sighed a few more times, seemingly mixed with regret and pity.
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Lin Ke uttered a few words of lament, then suddenly remembered another meritorious official who had been unjustly killed and was so similar to Ma Yuan!
After a moment, she continued, "Liang Song had a long-standing grudge against Ma Yuan. Now that Ma Yuan is dead, Liu Xiu sent him down to check on the situation. He can say whatever he wants!"
"In addition, there was another group of people who spoke ill of Ma Yuan to Liu Xiu. When Ma Yuan was in Jiaozhi, his rheumatism flared up, and he often ate a fruit called Job's tears to relieve it."
"Although this fruit is very large, it can treat rheumatism and dispel evil winds and miasma, so it is quite a local specialty. Therefore, when Ma Yuan returned to the capital, he specially brought a whole cart full of it. In addition to using it himself, it can also be used to make seeds. Now his rheumatism can be cured!"
The other nobles, envious: This man pulled so much money and didn't give any to them! We'll remember this!
Ma Yuan: What?! You guys have rheumatism too?!
"However, Ma Yuan did not expect that such a large cart of local specialties would be regarded as rare treasures from the south by the powerful and wealthy. They even thought that Ma Yuan's refusal to share with them was a sign of disrespect, so they all began to speak ill of Ma Yuan."
"However, at that time, because Ma Yuan was still favored by the emperor, no one dared to flaunt his power in front of Liu Xiu. But now that Ma Yuan is gone, as the saying goes, when a person dies, it's like a lamp going out. Why don't they hurry up and follow Liang Song's lead and slander Ma Yuan as much as possible?!"
"So after Ma Yuan's death, someone submitted a memorial claiming that Ma Yuan's cart full of things were pearls and rhinoceros horns, yet he didn't present them to His Majesty!!! Subsequently, Ma Wu, Hou Yu, and others also began to submit memorials in agreement, which greatly angered Liu Xiu!"
Ma Wu and Hou Yu: How could it not be real! We saw it for sure! That was definitely a truckload of rare and precious items!
Liu Xiu (in a fit of rage): ...
"Ma Yuan's family didn't know whether Liu Xiu had taken the wrong medicine or whether Ma Yuan was really guilty. In any case, they were terrified. They even brought Ma Yuan's body back, but they didn't dare to bury him in the original place. They just bought a few acres of land and buried him hastily."
"Then they rushed to Liu Xiu to apologize. Anyway, it was all wrong, you were wrong, he was wrong, but the emperor couldn't possibly make a mistake. Liu Xiu even showed them Liang Song's memorial. Look at what you Ma Yuan did!"
"If the emperor can't be scolded, I think Ma Yuan's wife would be furious. It's clearly just a cartload of medicine for treating rheumatism, but everyone is acting like they're jealous of this stuff, and they even make a fuss about it if they don't get it!"
"Later, Ma Yuan's wife learned the whole story and why the emperor had treated her husband this way. She then submitted six petitions to the emperor, appealing for justice and declaring that nothing of this was true! Listen to the voice of the people!!!"
"Liu Xiu only ordered Ma Yuan's burial after hearing the family's request. It was only during the reign of the next emperor, Emperor Ming, that Ma Yuan was fully exonerated and his honors were restored."
A scion of a prominent family in the Song Dynasty: Liang Song was Liu Xiu's son-in-law, while Ma Yuan was the father-in-law of Liu Xiu's son. The relationship is quite complicated!
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu: ...
A bystander from the Ming Dynasty commented: "So, Emperor Ming of Han is exonerating his father-in-law?!"
A scion of a prominent family in the Tang Dynasty: Some say that the Ma Yuan incident was to help the Crown Prince accumulate merit!
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