After Ma Yuan was a famous general Zhao Hao, the reason why it was different from the ancestral surname was that Zhao Hao's title was Ma Fujun, and future generations took Ma as their surname. From the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Ma family had always had people serving as officials in the court, until Ma Yuan's great-grandfather Ma Tong was implicated in the rebellion of his brother He Luo, and the Ma family began to gradually decline.
When it came to Ma Yuan's generation, the Ma family finally came out of the trough. At that time, Ma Yuan and several brothers were all talented, and in addition to Ma Yuan, several other brothers had sought a position of 2,000 stones in the DPRK. The reason why Ma Yuan was not reused by the imperial court like his brothers was only because he did not like to manipulate writing and only wanted to cultivate and graze.
After the death of his brother Ma Quan, Ma Yuan began to take up the right business and became the county's postmaster. At that time, it was the time of Wang Mang, and there were many harsh governments, so many people were wrongfully made prisoners. On a certain way to escort prisoners, Ma Yuan actually released prisoners because of his experience of pity for prisoners. As a last resort, Ma Yuan had no choice but to abandon his official position and flee.
Ma Yuan fled to the long right area in the north, where he seemed to have a very comfortable life, because he finally realized his dream of farming and grazing. When the imperial court finally pardoned Ma Yuan,he had already raised a lot of cattle and sheep in the north and cultivated a lot of fields. According to records, Ma Yuan was engaged in farming and grazing at that time, and thousands of cattle and sheep were accumulated, and tens of thousands of grains were accumulated.
In the last years of Wang Mang's reign, there were many wars in the world, but long right side was still stable. However, Ma Yuan was unable to live a stable life, and after distributing all his wealth to his guests and brothers, he was summoned by the imperial court to become a new Chengda Yin. Not long after, Wang Mang was defeated, and Ma Yuan defected to Kui Huan.
To be practical, Kui Huan is indeed not a good boss, he has been bouncing left and right between Liu Xiu and Gongsun Shu, just wanting to get some benefits from it. And Ma Yuan was also unlucky, just escaped from Wang Mang and followed such a master, even if he had great talent, he was in vain.
After coming to Kui Huan's side, Ma Yuan's first important mission was to send an envoy to Shudi to observe gongsun Shu's situation. After Ma Yuan came to Shudi, he found that Gongsun Shu was not an emperor material, but he arrogantly claimed to be an emperor. Therefore, Ma Yuan suggested that Kui Huan return to Liu Xiu in the east.
Listening to Ma Yuan's suggestion, Kui Huan asked him to send an envoy to Luoyang to observe how Liu Xiu, the Emperor of Guangwu, was doing. Ma Yuan took the order and left, and after full communication with Liu Xiu, he determined Liu Xiu's personality, and his heart was broken that the world would definitely belong to Liu Xiu. Therefore, after Ma Yuan returned, he praised Liu Xiu's level far exceeding that of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, and Long Right should return to Han.
Kui Huan was told by Ma Yuan that his heart finally began to lean towards the side of The Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu. Therefore, Kui Huan sent his eldest son Kui Ke to Jingshi as a hostage. Ma Yuan also took his family and went to Luoyang with Kui Gong.
Unfortunately, after Ma Yuan came to Luoyang, he was never reused. After a few months, Ma Yuan could not bear it any longer, so he asked Emperor Guangwu to temporarily lend him Tuntian of Shanglin Yuan. At this time, the world experienced several years of war and natural disasters, and it was precisely when there was a lack of food, and emperor Guangwu thought that ShanglinYuan was idle and idle, so he agreed to Ma Yuan's request. As a result, Ma Yuan returned to the life of ploughing the fields and herding.
However, not long after, Kui Huan began to suspect Ma Yuanlai under the influence of Wang Yuan, and eventually rebelled against the Han Dynasty. When Ma Yuan learned of Kui Huan's rebellion, he immediately went to the court to explain the situation, explaining that he was not with Kui Huan. In addition, he also asked him to return to Luoyang and state his strategy to eliminate Kui Huan. Therefore, Emperor Guangwu summoned Ma Yuan to Luoyang.
After coming to Luoyang, Ma Yuan did offer Liu Xiu a lot of strategies, and in the end he personally led his troops to Longyou, using his previous connections to alienate the generals. In the end, the situation of the disengagement of the monarch and the subject gradually appeared on the Long Right, and many generals betrayed Kui Hu and surrendered to the Han Dynasty, completely forcing Kui Huan to a dead end.
In the end, Emperor Guangwu decided to personally lead a large army to the west. When Ma Yuan learned of this, he informed Emperor Guangwu of the terrain of Longyou in detail. After Ma Yuan's description, the terrain of Longyou was completely presented to emperor Guangwu. Emperor Guangwu sighed and said, "The enemy is already in my eyes! ”
The next day, Kui Huan collapsed. After quelling Kui, Ma Yuan was finally reused by emperor Guangwu and worshipped as Taizhong Dafu.