Ma Shiying was elected to Nanjing as the head of the household department after winning the Jinshi, and he has been living in Nanjing after Chongzhen was dismissed for five years, so the Ma family has a residence in Nanjing. Of course, the wealth of the Ma family at that time was not enough to buy a property in Nanjing, where every inch of land was valuable, and this mansion was bought by Gu Lao's commander back then.

Ma Shiying's mansion is in Jian'anfang in Xicheng, which is close to Chaotian Palace, and it is a first-class prosperous area in this and future generations.

Ma Cheng came to the door of his house and sighed, this Ma Shiying is too rich! The Ma family covers an area of more than 50 acres, with more than a dozen courtyards and hundreds of houses, not to mention that the governor of Fengyang can't compare with the yamen, even the prince's mansion can't be compared!

Ma Cheng stood at the door and waited for all the women's sedan chairs to be carried into the mansion, and then asked Ma Gui, "Uncle Gui, is my father at home?" ”

"Here, the old man and the eldest young master are in the mansion! The two aunts are also there! ”

I didn't expect everyone to be there, Ma Cheng called a family member to let him lead the way to his father's study, although Ma Cheng's memory knew that the study was there, but after all, he hadn't walked through it himself, so it was better to find someone to lead the way.

When he came to the study, Ma Cheng shouted at the door: "Dad, my son has escorted his family back!" ”

After Ma Cheng finished speaking, no one spoke in the house, and Ma Cheng thought that no one was in the house, but when he walked in, he found that the four of them were sitting in the house, but they were all worried.

Ma Cheng was very curious, stepped forward and saluted: "Ma Cheng has seen his father, two uncles, and eldest brother!" The son is back with his family! ”

At this time, Ma Shiying nodded to indicate that he knew, and Ma Luan stood up and said, "Dad, when my mother is back, I will go to ask for peace first!" After saying that, Ma Luan went out and went to the backyard.

Ma Cheng sat down on Ma Luan's chair, picked up Ma Luan's tea and took a sip, what's wrong today, why don't they all speak?

"Dad, what's wrong? Is something going on at home? ”

Ma Shiying sighed and said, "There is something wrong with the DPRK!" ”

When Ma Cheng heard this, he mentioned it in his heart, is the matter of Shoufu over?

"Dad, is it not possible to do Shousuke's business?"

Ma Shiying didn't speak, and Yue Qijie on the side spoke: "Zhonghe, you guessed very right!" On the first day of May, King Fu was already in charge of the country, but yesterday the court council was promoted into the cabinet, and your father just sealed a scholar of the East Pavilion University and a secretary of the military department. ”

Isn't it good for Ma Cheng to hear this, wasn't it the same as what he agreed with Zhu Yousong at that time?

"Dad, isn't this the condition that the prison state agreed to at that time?"

Yue Qijie sighed and continued: "Virtuous nephew, the old man hasn't finished speaking, in addition to these, he also serves as the governor of Fengyang, and is specifically responsible for controlling the towns in Jiangbei!" ”

No way! Ma Cheng scolded in his heart after listening to Yue Qijie, didn't he take off his pants and fart? I worked hard for you Zhu Yousong, but in the end, I changed my position, who can do this?

"Dad, is this what the prison country means? Who is the current cabinet chief? ”

Ma Shiying shook his head: "No, this is the meaning of the Donglin Party, and the cabinet Yuanfu naturally has Shi Xianzhi in charge!" Although the old man entered the cabinet, he was ranked last! ”

"Dad, why is it still the meaning of the Donglin Party? Aren't cabinet candidates appointed by the superintendent? Ma Cheng didn't understand the political regulations of the Ming Dynasty, and he thought that the Ming Dynasty was the same as the Qing Dynasty, the cabinet just knelt down to accept the transcript, and what the emperor said was what.

Yang Wencong listened to Ma Cheng say such a thing without political common sense, and smiled and talked about the process of the cabinet promotion. Only then did Ma Cheng know that the Ming Dynasty was so advanced, isn't this a preliminary democracy?

Ma Cheng had no idea after listening to Yang Wencong's explanation, what should you do if this thing was not set by the emperor? Now that there are many people in the Donglin Party in the DPRK and China, it is no wonder that Ma Shiying did not become the first assistant in voting.

"Dad, isn't there anyone in the court who speaks for you?" Ma Cheng knew that his son was stinky, but he didn't expect it to stink like this.

Hearing Ma Cheng say this, Ma Shiying stood up and said angrily: "Shi Kefa, Zhang Shenyan, and Gao Hongtu, these old guys, must be complaining that the old man temporarily changed his hexagram to support King Fu, so he deliberately made things difficult for the old man!" ”

Yue Qijie and Yang Wencong were also angry when they heard Ma Shiying say this, but there was nothing good for the two of them, their official positions were low, Yue Qijie was a five-grade person, Yang Wencong was even removed from office and became white, and they were not qualified to participate in the court meeting in the third year of junior high school. But even if they are given qualifications, it is useless, they only have two mouths, where can they say that there are hundreds of mouths of the North Korean and Eastern Forest Party?

"Dad, what do you want to do?"

Ma Shiying sighed and said, "No, I can only go back to Fengyang first, wait and talk about it!" ”

As soon as Ma Cheng heard this, it was not good, in a year the Manchu army was going south, and he had to use Ma Shiying's energy to train a new army, if Ma Shiying left the center of the imperial court, where could the state machine be used to increase Ma Cheng's strength?

Ma Cheng suddenly thought of the more than 100,000 troops on the north bank of the Yangtze River, which were all elite soldiers from various towns in Jiangbei, and he didn't know what reward Gao Jie had received.

"Dad, what rewards do Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Huang Degong, and Liu Zeqing have?"

"They? They were not mentioned at the court meeting, but the old man estimated that he was giving some official positions and silver! ”

Ma Cheng was overjoyed when he heard Ma Shiying say this, and hurriedly said: "Dad, you are still the governor of Fengyang, Gao Jie and they don't have any rewards, so they naturally have resentment in their hearts, we can unite them to come to the army again!" ”

Ma Shiying thought for a while and shook his head: "No, these towns will not be able to indulge them, and if they continue to make trouble, these Qiu Ba will probably not listen to the dispatch of the imperial court!" ”

Ma Cheng didn't expect Ma Shiying to say this, didn't the four towns in Jiangbei in history just rely on Ma Shiying to become big? These guys asked the court for money and land one by one, and finally the Manchus came and voted for the Manchus without fighting.

Yue Qijie is very optimistic about Ma Cheng's strategy: "My lord, what Zhonghe said is also the same way, why don't we give it a try?" ”

Yang Wencong on the opposite side is a pure military party with literature, and when he heard that Yue Qijie was going to play military advice, he hurriedly stopped him: "What my lord said just now is very right, there is really no way to restrain it after using these town generals!" ”

Ma Shiying thought for a while and said: "Although these town generals have military power, they have no right to speak in the court, they can make some benefits for themselves, but they don't help us much!" ”

Ma Shiying is right, those Qiu Ba don't study, and they have no say in the government at all. Now Ma Shiying is not facing the problem of the emperor's distrust, but that there is no one in the court to speak for him.

Ma Cheng thought at this time, didn't Ruan Dacheng and Ma Shiying have a nest of snakes and rats in history, why hasn't Ruan Dacheng appeared yet?

Thinking of this, Ma Cheng asked, "Dad, do you want to go to Ruan Dacheng?" Would it be nice to ask him to help? ”

Ma Cheng originally thought that Ma Shiying would agree, but he knew that Ma Shiying shook his head when he heard Ruan Dacheng's three words: "No, Ruan Jizhi is definitely not good!" He is a real eunuch, and the first emperor had an edict to cut off all the fame of Ruan Dacheng, and he is not qualified to go to court! ”

Ma Cheng heard Ma Shiying say that Ruan Dacheng is a eunuch and is so unhappy, you two brothers have left their names in the list of eunuch traitors in later generations, and now the eldest brother will not talk about the second brother.

Yue Qijie really thought of Ruan Dacheng, but Ma Shiying was right, Ruan Dacheng didn't even have the qualifications to enter the cabinet, where could he speak for Ma Shiying? The most important thing now is how to solve the matter of the governor of Fengyang.

Ma Cheng was also very anxious, he only remembered that in history, Ma Shiying used means to squeeze Shi Kefa away, and then replaced Shi Kefa as the first assistant, but Ma Shiying used what means Ma Cheng didn't know.

The wheel of history turned at this time, and just when everyone was worried, a family member came to report, and Liu Kongzhao, a sincere man outside the door, came to ask to see!

Liu Kongzhao also participated in yesterday's court meeting, but of course he did not have the right to speak, so he saw how Ma Shiying was secretly promoted by those Donglin stirring sticks, and went back to Fengyang to be the governor.

After Liu Kongzhao returned home after the court meeting, he carefully analyzed and found that this was a big opportunity, an opportunity to make Chengyi Bo the first wealthy family in Nanjing. The reason is very simple, at that time, Ma Shiying was lonely at the court, and no one spoke for him at all, if he spoke for Ma Shiying, it would be really a charcoal in the snow, can Ma Shiying not help himself after gaining power? That's why Liu Kongzhao came to see Ma Shiying, in order to give a big gift.

Ma Shiying was also very surprised to hear the visit of the nobles, why did he come to see him today?

However, Ma Shiying did not hesitate, and hurriedly took Yue Qijie and Yang Wencong out to greet him, Ma Cheng knew that whether his father could enter the cabinet was on this Liu Kongzhao, and at the same time, in order to witness the historical moment, he also followed out cheekily.

Ma Cheng followed Ma Shiying out and saw a middle-aged man standing at the door, probably Liu Kongzhao, Liu Bowen's unscrupulous descendant.

Liu Kongzhao, who was standing at the door, saw Ma Shiying personally greet him, and hurriedly bowed down and said with a smile: "How can the lower official be able to greet him, but Lao Ge Lao personally greeted him!" ”

Ma Shiying took Liu Kongzhao's hand and said with a smile: "There, the uncle is a pillar of the country, super noble, Yaocao naturally has to meet him!" ”

"Elder Ge doesn't need to be so outside, just call me by the word!"

"Okay, the old man will call Brother Fuyang! The elder brother also calls the old man brother! ”

The two old ghosts touted each other, and then entered the horse mansion hand in hand. Entering the study, Ma Shiying introduced Yue Qijie, Yang Wencong, Ma Cheng and others to Liu Kongzhao, and several people saluted each other, and then sat down as guests. Ma Cheng had no seat at this time, so he could only walk behind Ma Shiying and stand.

After the greetings, Ma Shiying asked, "Brother Fuyang, I don't know what happened to see my brother this time?" ”

Liu Kongzhao smiled when he heard Ma Shiying's question: "Hehe, Brother Yaocao, the junior brother of the court meeting was also present yesterday, these literati of the Donglin Party are really hateful, obviously the elder brother has made the first meritorious contribution according to the strategy, and even let the elder brother supervise Fengyang, which really makes the younger brother angry!" ”

Ma Shiying smiled after listening to Liu Kongzhao's words: "There, the foolish brother has already entered the cabinet, and the foolish brother was originally the supervisor Fengyang, and now it is reasonable to go back to his own job!" ”

Although Ma Shiying said that he had no grievances, could Liu Kongzhao believe it?

"Brother, originally the younger brother wanted to help the elder brother become the first Yuanfu, but now the elder brother says so, that is the junior brother Meng Lang!"