Last night, it was late at night, Gao Shun didn't say much to Ma Liang, just took care of someone, and went back to sleep.

Early morning.

Gao Shun's whole army came to Dunse, and Wang He directly opened the gate and announced his surrender.

There were many Ming troops, but Dunse was not large, so except for Gao Shun and others, about 10,000 people lived in Dunsai, and the rest of the people camped nearby and were stationed in the north.

Ma Liang also lived in Dunse again, and the room was still the same room as before, but his identity had changed drastically. In this regard, Ma Liang was also emotional.

Subsequently, Ma Liang thought that Gao Shun would march again, but he didn't expect to stop there. At this time, he realized that what Chen Deng said before was not false, and he was both moved and uncomfortable in his heart.

Evening.

"Governor, the people have been brought."

"Well, stand down."

"Yes, Governor."

When his subordinates left, Gao Shun looked at Ma Liang and said, "Ji Chang and take a seat." ”

"Thank you." People had to bow their heads under the eaves, and Ma Liang bowed his hand and then took his seat.

After three rounds of drinking, Gao Shun suddenly put down the wine cup.

Seeing this, Ma Liang knew that business was coming, so he also put down the wine cup.

"This time I went south, Your Majesty intends to dominate the world, and it is only two months now, and the preliminary plan has been completed, and I want to meet the class in October at most."

After talking, Gao Shun saw that Ma Liang was silent, and said: "Before leaving, Your Majesty has a word, hoping that Ji Chang can go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to serve, or serve as the commander of the army." ”

Worried that Ma Liang felt that the long history of the First Army was too low, Gao Shun explained: "Chen Changshi is the long history of our Southern Army. ”

Ma Haoqi said: "Emperor Ming has the right to march the army with a long history? ”

"Yes and no."

Chen Deng, who was accompanying him, spoke, and Ma Liang turned his face to look over.

"Earlier, the official positions in the army were divided according to the previous dynasty, but since His Majesty became emperor, it was divided into six armies. Among them, the Chinese army is the most elite, which can be regarded as His Majesty's pro-army, responsible for guarding the national capital. The remaining five armies, except for the naval army, were divided into four towns, according to the southeast, northwest and northwest. ”

"All armies are under the command of the governor and the deputy governor, and are assisted by a long history, including marching operations, logistics, etc. Unlike in the past, Changshi did not have the right to command the army, except for the orders of the governor and the deputy governor, but usually not more than three or four times, depending on the number of people. ”

"In addition, the armies are guarding the place, and they are not allowed to move lightly without a holy decree."

"Emperor Ming is really clever!"

After hearing this, Ma Liang said with emotion: "Since ancient times, there have been many people who raised troops and gathered people to make trouble. This division is to put an end to this. ”

Gao Shun and Chen Deng also nodded in agreement.

Ma Liang pondered for a while, and then said: "Rao is like this, the commanders of all armies are very numerous, and the power of the governor is also very heavy, how to avoid it?" ”

Gao Shun was silent when he heard this, but Chen Deng pondered for a moment and said: "At present, I don't know what Your Majesty is going to do, but the army is about to be expanded, maybe Your Majesty will reduce the number of each army to prevent the occurrence of chaos." ”

Gao Shun smiled coldly in his heart at this time, and said secretly: Committing trouble? I'm afraid I don't want to die! His Majesty has long held the heart of the army firmly in his hands, and it is the kind that will still be mastered by His Majesty even after a hundred years. The rest is just a little cover-up.

But Gao Shun would not say this, even his son Gao Xian never mentioned it.

Ma Liang pondered for a while, nodded, and then continued to ask: "According to Ma, the number of the Ming army is no less than 1.5 million, and the Ming Emperor still wants to expand the army?" Isn't that a bit too much? ”

Because of his identity, Ma Liang didn't dare to say that he was ruthless, but how could Gao Shun and Chen Deng not understand?

Chen Deng smiled: "One and a half million? No, no, no, it's almost doubled! ”

"What? That's too much, right? ”

Ma Liang was shocked, and suddenly thought of expanding the army, his face suddenly lost blood, and he said in a panic: "Isn't Emperor Ming going to do the act of the first emperor?" ”

"Presumptuous!"

Gao Shun was furious and said in a cold voice: "Ma Jichang, Your Majesty values you, we don't treat you as a prisoner, but you don't want to kick your nose in the face, otherwise, do you think Your Majesty really has to ask you?" ”

Ma Liang's heart couldn't help but be cold, and he found that Gao Shun really had the intention of killing him.

Chen Deng hurriedly persuaded: "The governor is angry! Ma Jichang just didn't know the truth about the empire, so he said such foolish things, and asked the governor to put out his anger for the time being. ”

After speaking, seeing the cold light in Gao Shun's eyes, Chen Deng looked at Ma Liang and said, "Ma Jichang, apologize!" Otherwise, the governor will be able to spare you, and if this word spreads today, I am afraid that you will not escape your life. ”

Ma Liang was already in cold sweat on his forehead, and he hurriedly said: "Please also ask the governor of Gaodu to forgive the sin, Ma poured some yellow soup, lost his mind, and talked nonsense, so that he offended Emperor Ming, this is Ma's fault, please forgive me!" ”

Then Chen Deng persuaded again, and Gao Shun restrained his anger, but he also shook his hand and turned his head: "This bureaucrat is presumptuous, and the governor of Pontus does not want to look at it, and he blasts it out." ”

Hearing this, Chen Deng got up and pulled Ma Liang, who bowed down to accuse, and went out of the room directly.

When he arrived at Ma Liang's temporary room, Chen Deng smiled bitterly: "Ji Chang, you are really confused today, you shouldn't say something like that!" That is, the governor, if you become an ordinary sergeant, you have to be hacked to death. ”

Ma Liang was really scared at this time, and said thoughtfully: "Ma is confused, and I ask Chen Changshi for guidance." ”

"I can't talk about it."

Chen Deng sighed and said, "It's also because you don't know the situation of the empire that you said something like that." ”

Ma Liang put his mind at ease and said very solemnly: "I want to hear it in detail!" ”

When Chen Deng heard this, he fell silent and did not speak immediately.

Ma Liang thought that he just wanted to think about what to say, but he was not in a hurry. However, a quarter of an hour passed...... Half an hour passed...... Chen Deng still didn't have a tendency to speak, and Ma Liang couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

At this time, Chen Deng laughed: "Haha......"

When Ma Liang heard this, he instantly understood why Chen Deng didn't speak, so he said: "Since the world is about to be unified, who else can Ma leak secrets to?" Could it be that Chen Changshi thinks there will be an accident? ”

Heart-wrenching words!

Chen Deng glanced at him and said, "Could it be that the people of the empire should know the details of the empire?" ”

Ma Liang couldn't help choking: "Eh...... This ......"

Chen Deng ignored his embarrassment and said: "The territory of the empire far exceeds that of the Qin and Han dynasties, several times!" The people of the empire, in the tens of thousands. ”

"Hiss~"

Ma Liang suddenly gasped, the former was fine, and the latter was ...... Tens of thousands? How many people are that?

Han, with tens of millions of people, has more than one million soldiers.

Ming, there are tens of thousands of people, and tens of millions of soldiers are considered to be poor soldiers? What is that Han? What's more, the number of Ming troops is far less than 10 million.

Ma Liang still didn't hold back and asked, "Are there really so many people?" ”

"What about sweet potatoes and other things, Master Ma should understand, right?"

Ma Liang nodded and said, "The yield is extremely high, enough to satisfy your stomach." ”

"Do you know how many years we've had things?"

Chen Deng said smugly: "Decades! Decades, how many more people do you say? The family has more than three or five children, and the children have grown up for more than ten years, and they are married and have children, and the family has five or six children, seven or eight people...... How many people can there be in a few decades? ”

"Yes...... Ma Liang lost his mind, and the upper and lower petals touched from time to time, "Yes, with this divine object, in a few decades, even if it is hundreds of thousands of people, it can increase to at least millions, not to mention the Northland...... Tens of thousands are not dreams! It's not a dream! ”

After speaking, after a while, Ma Liang's divergent thoughts gradually converged, and when he turned around to see Chen Deng, he said apologetically: "Ma is rude!" ”

"It's okay!" Chen Deng smiled faintly and said, "You will know these sooner or later." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a shout from outside the house: "Report~"

"Lord Changshi, the governor has an order, and he orders the adults to return to the house, and there must be no mistakes!"

"Master Ma, farewell!" Chen Deng suddenly got up, said a word to Ma Liang, and left in a hurry.

Ma Liang didn't say anything, but his heart was fluctuating: Could it be that Emperor Ming has news coming?

With this in mind, Ma Liang did not stay in the house, but went to the previous mansion again, not caring about the threat of Gao Shun before. It's just that when he arrived outside the house, Ma Liang couldn't get in for a while, so he could only wander outside the house.

"Your Majesty Shenwu!"

When Chen Deng heard Gao Shun's words, he was overjoyed and said: "Jingzhou can surrender without a fight~"

Gao Shun shook his head when he heard this, he didn't see it that way.

"Governor?" Chen Deng was puzzled.

"In addition to the news that Liu Bei is dead, His Majesty also informed that Guan Yu will be killed, and at this time Guan Yu has already passed Jiangzhou, and it will probably be a few days before Guan Yu's death is reported!"

Gao Shun said: "As Guan Yu's eldest son, how does Guan Ping choose?" ”

Chen Deng was silent for a while, and said, "In this case, we can ask Ma Liang to come over and ask first." In any case, in terms of understanding Guan Ping, he should be the first among us. After speaking, he looked at Gao Shun with burning eyes.

Gao Shun's face turned dark and said, "Could it be that Pontus is the kind of person who doesn't believe in his words?" ”

Chen Deng was stunned, and then he was overjoyed: "The governor is wise!" ”

After speaking, without waiting for Gao Shun to say more, he walked out of the room quickly.

When Chen Deng arrived at the gate of the mansion, he saw Ma Liang pacing outside the mansion, hurriedly stepped forward to hold him, and said in his mouth: "I was looking for you, go, follow a certain person into the mansion." ”

"Forehead ......"

Ma Liang wanted to ask Liu Bei if he was really dead, but seeing Chen Deng's appearance, he finally held back.