visor ▁of ▁the ▁palace ▁gu ards . ▁Zh uge ▁Li ang ▁was ▁further ▁im pressed ▁by ▁Ma ▁Zh ong ' s ▁conduct . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 2 5 , ▁Zh uge ▁Li ang ▁launched ▁a ▁campaign ▁against ▁Y ong ▁K ai ▁( <0xE9> <0x9B> <0x8D> <0xE9> <0x97> <0x93> ) ’ s ▁re bell ion ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁Zh uge ▁Li ang ' s ▁Southern ▁Camp aign , ▁and ▁appointed ▁Ma ▁Zh ong ▁as ▁the ▁Grand ▁Administr ator ▁of ▁Z ang ke , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁in ▁re bell ion ▁since ▁the ▁commander ▁Deput y ▁Z hu ▁Ba o ▁( 朱 <0xE8> <0xA4> <0x92> ) ▁re bel led . ▁Though ▁the ▁command ery ▁had ▁been ▁in ▁revol t ▁for ▁two ▁years , ▁Ma ▁Zh ong ▁effort lessly ▁suppress ed ▁the ▁reb els ▁and ▁pac ified ▁the ▁region . ▁As ▁the ▁Grand ▁Administr ator , ▁he ▁remained ▁there ▁and ▁helped ▁the ▁region ▁recover , ▁prov ing ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁excellent ▁governor ▁as ▁he ▁brought ▁relief ▁and ▁reasonable ▁government . ▁Ma ▁Zh ong ▁deeply ▁had ▁authority ▁and ▁kind ness . ▁ ▁Ma ▁Zh ong ▁remained ▁in ▁Z ang ke ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁five ▁years ▁and ▁restored ▁prosper ity ▁to ▁the ▁region , ▁in ▁ 2 3 0 , ▁Zh uge ▁Li ang ▁sum mon ed ▁him ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁Ad visor ▁to ▁the ▁Army ▁in ▁Zh uge ▁Li ang ' s ▁Northern ▁Ex ped itions , ▁and ▁assist ed ▁the ▁Chief ▁C ler k ▁Ji ang ▁W an ’ s ▁office ▁in ▁headquarters ▁affairs ▁during