Ma Cheng listened to Ma Shiying tell him what had happened, and of course he didn't want Ma Shiying to clean up the Donglin Party. Ma Cheng does not have such a high political level as Ma Shiying, and he can't see that the next step after the Donglin Party is finished is the competition between Ma Ruan and the two, but Ma Cheng understands history and knows that the main reason for the demise of Nanming in the end is Zuo Liangyu's eastward movement along the river.

In history, it was Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng who used the three major cases to fight the Donglin Party, and finally forced the Donglin Party to have no way to live, so they colluded with Zuo Liangyu to make a clean side. At that time, in order to deal with Zuo Liangyu's million-strong army, Ma Shiying could only urgently transfer Huang Degong's unit, a mobile corps in Jiangbei to defend against the Manchu Dynasty, to Jiujiang to block Zuo Liangyu here.

It was precisely because of the transfer of Huang Degong's troops, coupled with Gao Jie's strategy that Xu Dingguo's strategy was killed, and the two most combative towns of the four towns in Jiangbei collapsed. The remaining generals who were capable of Liu Zhaoji, Li Chengdong and others had no prestige, but the prestige Shi Kefa was not capable of commanding the army, so Yangzhou, a strong city in the world, was broken by the Manchu Qing Dynasty in one day, and 800,000 citizens in the city died tragically under Duoduo's butcher's knife.

"Dad, don't listen to Ruan Dacheng's bad idea, there are many people in the Donglin Party, can they all be killed there? There is also a lot of relationship between the Donglin Party and Zuo Liangyu in Wuchang, if we clean up the Donglin Party, it is easy to give Zuo Liangyu the truth, what if this guy leads the troops east? ”

Ma Shiying was also shocked when he heard Ma Cheng say this, he just estimated the political form of the DPRK, but forgot Zuo Liangyu in Wuchang. In addition to Zuo Liangyu Wuchang, there are He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, Yuan Jixian, the governor, and Huang Shu, the superintendent of the army, all of whom are members of the Donglin Party. Especially Huang Shu, an old guy, went to the city to worship the new monarch in October, and raised a wat board in front of the palace to beat Ma Shiying.

Of course, Huang Shu and Ma Shiying have a long history of grievances, in the past, Huang Shu somehow offended Zhu Shengnong of the Chu clan when he was an official, and was sued by Zhu Shengnong to the first assistant Ma Shiying, saying that Huang Shu destroyed the system, humiliated the sect, embezzled bribes, and changed drastically. At the beginning, Ma Shiying was just handling an ordinary case, and asked Jinyiwei to go to Huguang to arrest Huang Shu back, so he knew that he would offend the hooligans.

Huang Shu, as the No. 1 general of the Donglin Party, suffered this loss, and immediately gave full play to his strengths, and counted Ma Shiying's ten major sins, saying that Ma Shiying offended the second ancestor and the sect, and offended the people of Zhaomin; The whole country wants to kill, and the dog abandons the remainder. With treacherous and evil selfishness, and with the king as a traitor, ten can be beheaded. The gist is that this kind of garbage traitor will not be able to relieve his hatred if he cuts off his head ten times.

In addition to scolding Ma Shiying by name, Huang Shu also had to beat Ma Shiying after entering Beijing, so Ma Shiying knew that as long as there was a slight change on the side of the Donglin Party, this Huang Shu would definitely push Zuo Liangyu to go east. Although Ma Shiying's brother-in-law Gu Congxin said that Zuo Liangyu's soldiers are all goods, a million goods are also quite scary. After listening to Ma Cheng's scruples, Ma Shiying felt that it was better not to be ruthless in cleaning up the Donglin Party.

Ma Shiying twisted his goatee and nodded: "Cheng'er is right!" But Ma Shiying thought that this matter could be relieved for a while, but Zuo Liangyu in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River was hanging over his head like a sword after all, and he couldn't sleep well if he didn't solve it.

"Cheng'er, Zuo Liangyu claims to be one million, but there are actually 800,000 people, how do you think we can solve this big trouble once and for all?" Ma Shiying had already regarded Ma Cheng as a qualified strategist at this time, so he wanted to listen to his son's advice.

Ma Cheng only knows the general course of history, and he doesn't know how Zuo Liangyu's million-strong army failed, but Huang Degong's tens of thousands of troops can defeat Zuo Liangyu, and it seems that the combat effectiveness is not high. It just so happens that he has already organized and trained 25,000 new troops, so it is better to use this kind of fish belly troops to train and train first.

Thinking of this, Ma Cheng said: "Dad, my son's new army has been trained, it is better to send my son to Jiujiang, and then let Zuo Liangyu enter Sichuan to pacify Zhang Xianzhong with the order of the imperial court, if Zuo Liangyu does not go, then we will have a truth, and my son will take 25,000 people up the river and go to Wuchang to defeat Zuo Liangyu!" ”

Seeing Ma Cheng swearing here about how to repair Zuo Liangyu, Ma Shiying laughed in his heart, his son didn't know how thick the sky was after a few days of soldiers, and his 25,000 men and horses were farmers half a year ago, even if Ma Cheng was Qi Jiguang's second, it was impossible to turn farmers into elite soldiers within half a year, so to deal with Zuo Liangyu, the four towns of Jiangbei still need to contribute.

Ma Shiying saw that his son was full of momentum and didn't want to discourage his son's enthusiasm, so he smiled and said: "Cheng'er, you don't have to worry about these things, you just need to train the soldiers to protect the southern capital, and the father will do other things." ”

Seeing that Ma Shiying didn't let him send troops, Ma Cheng had no choice but to ask: "Dad, when my son came back in the morning, he met Chen Hongfan at the door, and it was Chen Hongfan who followed Zuo Maodi to the Northern Capital." This guy said that Zuo Maodi had defected to the enemy in the northern capital, and he ran back to find a position. ”

Ma Shiying sneered when he heard Ma Cheng say this: "Although Zuo Maodi is pedantic, he will never surrender. His mother, Chen, would rather die on a hunger strike in the Northern Capital than eat the Northern Captives, can this kind of child raised by a mother surrender? However, this Chen Hongfan is a little suspicious, Chen Hongfan is a general of Liaodong, and all his relatives are officials in Beidu, as for what he did in Beidu, this is not certain. ”

Ma Cheng didn't expect Ma Shiying to have this kind of understanding, it seems that Ma Shiying is not in vain, and he can see through Chen Hongfan's treason at a glance.

"Dad, since you know that Chen Hongfan is suspicious, why don't you behead this guy?"

Ma Shiying sighed and said: "This Chen Hongfan is from Liaodong, and he has a good relationship with Zuo Liangyu, and at the same time has a relationship with some people in the Donglin Party. In fact, Chen Hongfan is not as important as Ma Shiying said, he has a good relationship with the Donglin Party, but he is only a military general, and the Donglin Party only uses this kind of goods, far from the point where he can stand out for him. Now keeping Chen Hongfan is just that Ma Shiying wants to leave a channel to contact the Manchus, after all, it is not good for anyone to block the door to peace talks. Yunnan

So that's the case, Ma Cheng hurriedly asked: "Dad, why don't you hand over this Chen Hongfan to your son, and let your son watch him?" ”

What kind of character is Ma Shiying, it is very unusual for Ma Cheng to speak so much for Chen Hongfan today, Ma Shiying asked, "What?" This Chen Hongfan gave you money? ”

Ma Cheng blushed when Ma Shiying said that the central matter was true: "I gave my son five thousand taels of silver, and I took people's money and people to eliminate disasters, and my son is a trustworthy person!" ”

Seeing Ma Cheng's shy appearance, Ma Shiying said with a smile: "Since you can control him, he will give it to you, and you can arrange the position yourself, and then report to the military department." ”

After solving Chen Hongfan's question, Ma Cheng asked again: "Dad, there is another thing that my son wants to discuss with you, which Zuo Maodi does my son want to use, do you think it's okay?" ”

Dead? Ma Shiying is familiar with history, and of course knows what it means to be dead. There are many jokes in history in which the two countries send each other to listen to the military situation, but there is really no time to use a three-grade waiter as a dead person.

"Cheng'er, this Zuo Maodi is more upright but not sleek enough, and he needs bold and careful people in death, I'm afraid this Zuo Maodi is not suitable!"

Ma Cheng has been thinking about this for a long time, Zuo Maodi is stinky and hard, but it is this kind of person who will not be suspected when he is a spy.

"Dad, let's just do the opposite, Chen Hongfan, this guy is a roe deer rat at first glance, but do you look like a spy with thick eyebrows and big eyes like Zuo Maodi?" In fact, Chen Hongfan is very manly, after all, he is a military general, but he didn't expect to become a roe deer in Ma Cheng's mouth.

Ma Shiying was right to think about it, but Zuo Maodi's famous hard bones, how could he make the Manchus believe that he could take refuge in the past?

"Cheng'er, what you said is okay, but how can you trust the Beiyu?"

"This is simple, the son heard that Zuo Maodi's two sons and a daughter are in the southern capital, and now since Chen Hongfan said that Zuo Maodi surrendered to the north, let's use this reason to let Xing Bei's family sentence Zuo Maodi's family to death. Zuo Maodi is the Donglin Party, and when the time comes, his henchmen in the DPRK will naturally intercede for him, so we can borrow a donkey from the slope to release his family and sell Zuo Mao's first favor. Then the son was sending someone to contact Zuo Maodi, knowing the righteousness of the country, Zuo Maodi would definitely be able to agree to be this death. ”

Ma Shiying heard Ma Cheng say this, it was okay, even if things didn't work out, there would be no loss to himself, but if it became enough to send important information from the Beiyu, Ma Shiying agreed with Ma Cheng's idea after thinking about it in his heart.

After the big event was done, Ma Cheng began to think about his own small problems, Ma Cheng liked Ruan Lizhen very much as a young woman, and at the same time it was very exciting to cuckold Cao Taiwang, Ma Cheng didn't want to give up like this, so on the way back, he decided to find some work for Cao Taiwang, at least let him have no time to go home, so that Ma Cheng could continue to occupy Ruan Lizhen.

"Dad, there is another thing, when my son was drinking with my second brother-in-law at noon, the second brother-in-law begged my son to help him say a good word in front of his father, and he wanted to go out to be an official."

Ma Shiying snorted when she heard Ma Cheng say this: "Hmph, Zhang Erpei found you?" The old man has already told him, wait a little longer, now the power of the East Forest Party in the DPRK is still there, and when the old man finishes cleaning up the East Forest Party, it is not a matter of the old man to become an official at that time! ”

"Dad, that's the way it is, but after all, the second brother-in-law has passed the age of establishment, and there is no income in the family. Dad, you also know how strict my mother is in managing money, and the few stones of rice in Guozijian are not enough for the second brother-in-law to make friends. There are only a few servants in the second sister's family, and you don't want the second sister to suffer! ”

Ma Cheng's second sister Ma Yuning was born to Aunt Zhao, Aunt Zhao was born in a large family, because her father who was an official committed a lawsuit, the male of the whole family was killed, Aunt Zhao was sold to the Teaching Department when she was a child, and she was ransomed by Ma Shiying as a concubine when she became an adult.