Ma Cheng's words angered Ma Shiying, not to mention anything else, that is, the spring palace picture on the paper can be made in a dream?

Ma Shi stood up heroically and was about to kick this rebel to death, Ma Cheng saw that he was going to be unlucky and hurriedly shouted: "Uncle! Eldest brother! Help me! ”

Ma Luan and Ma Cheng have a deep brotherly relationship, and when they saw that their father was really angry, they hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to hug Ma Shiying's legs, and at the same time begged for Ma Cheng to beg for mercy: "Father, the second brother is still young, and he will definitely be able to experience his father's hard work after he gets married in a few years!" ”

Ma Shiying was hugged by Ma Luan's legs and couldn't kick this rebel to death, so he had no choice but to give up.

Ma Shiying calmed down his anger, returned to the chair and sat down, then pointed at Ma Cheng and asked, "Okay, I'll settle accounts with you later, why did you say you sent someone to burn Huaiyang Tower?" ”

Ma Cheng didn't feel right when he heard Ma Shiying say this, didn't Yue Qijie send someone to burn it? At that time, Yue Qijie also said that he wanted to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, how can it all be on his head now?

Ma Cheng looked at Yue Qijie and asked, "Uncle, this... ”

Ma Cheng originally thought that Yue Qijie could explain for himself, but he knew that Yue Qijie was the first to speak: "My lord, Zhonghe is still young, and it is inevitable that he will do some bastard things, but this matter has been solved by the lower officials, and everything will be borne by Fengyang Zhixian!" ”

Ma Cheng didn't expect that Yue Qijie would sell himself and pretend to be a good person here, and the angry Ma Cheng was about to scold Yue Qijie for eating inside and out, so he knew that Ma Cheng had not spoken before he heard Ma Shiying say: "Zixing has done a very good job, hey!" I'm a rebel who worries about Zixing! ”

Yue Qijie hurriedly stood up and arched his hand and said: "My lord is serious, you and I are a family, please don't take this little thing to heart!" ”

Ma Cheng heard that Yue Qijie had all the benefits, and knelt there angrily and couldn't speak.

Ma Shiying looked at Ma Cheng and scolded: "You rebel, why did you go to provoke Huaiyang Tower?" Didn't the old man tell you that Huaiyang Building is the property of Wei Guogong? ”

Ma Cheng scolded Yue Qijie in his heart for buckling the basin on his head, but now there is no way, Ma Cheng thought about it and had to say: "Father, there is a reason why my son went to burn Huaiyang Tower!" ”

Ma Shiying heard that Ma Cheng was still scolding, and scolded angrily: "Rebel, you know that Huaiyang Tower is Wei Guogong's property and still provoke him?" Do you know how much influence you will have on the old man's plans? As soon as the old man reached an agreement with the Shi Pavilion Department in Pukou, you will stir up trouble for the old man, believe it or not, the old man will ask the family law to beat you to death, a rebel! ”

Ma Shiying really didn't pay attention to how many people Ma Cheng killed, and the lives of ordinary people were nothing in the eyes of a feudal official like him. Ma Shiying was angry because Ma Cheng didn't know the severity and angered Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, who had great power in Nanjing.

Now there are three major forces in Nanjing, one is Han Zanzhou, the eunuch of Nanjing, the other is Shi Kefa, the secretary of the military department, and the last one is Xu Hongji, the commander of Caojiang. These three people represent the three forces of eunuchs, scholars, and nobles, and none of them are guilty of crimes by an outsider like Ma Shiying.

In Pukou, Ma Shiying and Shi Kefa have reached an agreement to support King Gui, which has formed an alliance with the scholars in the tripartite forces, and Ma Shiying has a good relationship with Chengyi Bo Liu Kongzhao, so that the three forces have attracted the two parties, which has a great help to whether Ma Shiying can enter the cabinet.

Ma Shiying calculated very well in Pukou, and Shi Kefa and other Donglin party members have also promised themselves that as long as King Gui ascends the throne, then the Nanjing Military Department is Ma Shiying's, and at the same time, Ma Shiying also wants to unite the nobles to go further, that is, to enter the cabinet. knew that Ma Shiying's plan was very good, but he was disturbed by his son Ma Cheng.

Xu Hongji is the head of Nanjing's nobles, can he still enter the cabinet if he offends himself? The more Ma Shiying thought about this, the more angry he became, and he really wanted to stand up and kick this rebel to death.

Ma Cheng saw that Ma Shiying looked unkind to him, and quickly opened his mouth and said: "Dad, there is a reason why my son is doing this, that is, I don't want my father to go further and further on the wrong road!" I don't want you to isolate yourself from the people and the world! ”

Ma Cheng's words were a bit heavy, and even Ma Luan couldn't listen to it, Ma Luan shouted angrily: "Second brother, what are you talking about? ”

Ma Cheng didn't care about these now, and then said: "Dad, the whole world knows that no matter the law or bloodline, you should welcome King Fu, Dad, why do you want to go against the world, but what King Lu and King Gui should be established!" Isn't this self-isolation from the world? ”

Ma Shiying is a politician, although his character is not very good, but he still knows what kind of virtue Ma Cheng is. He is such a waste second ancestor son, and suddenly talks about national affairs, and there must be people who want to use their son's mouth to achieve some goals.

Among the two strategists under Ma Shiying, Yue Qijie is a staunch Fuwang faction, while Yang Wencong is pro-Donglin Party, so naturally it is needless to say who Ma Cheng said came from.

Ma Shiying said with a smile after hearing Ma Cheng finish speaking: "Brother Zixing, my son has always been very stubborn, and Brother Zixing has bothered at home these days!" ”

Ma Shiying's words are very heart-wrenching, on the surface he is thanking Yue Qijie for teaching his son Ma Cheng, but in fact, he already complains that Yue Qijie and himself are not of the same heart.

Yue Qijie was originally older than Ma Shiying, and he also married Ma Shiying's own sister as his wife, so Yue Qijie didn't show anything when he heard Ma Shiying say this, just smiled: "Hehe, my lord, this is not what the old man asked Zhonghe to say, but what Zhonghe said is also right, don't adults want to listen to the thoughts of the world?" ”

Yang Wencong, who was sitting on the side just now, didn't speak, he was much younger than Ma Shiying and Yue Qijie, and Yang Wencong's wife was Ma Shiying's cousin, so the relationship was naturally worse. But now don't say no, Yue Qijie has already questioned Ma Shiying's established policy, if Yang Wencong doesn't stand up and fight back, it is likely that the alliance with Shi Kefa will be over.

"Brother-in-law, can you please listen to what my little brother has to say?" Yang Wencong is much smaller than Yue Qijie, so he uses honorifics.

Yue Qijie twisted his beard with his hand and motioned to Yang Wencong to say it. Yang Wencong sat on the chair and began to talk!

"My lord, brother-in-law! Now that the country has become like this, you have all seen that it is not to support that prince as the emperor, but that the emperor can end this troubled era as soon as possible after ascending the throne! Shi Xianzhi has already said that King Fu has seven that cannot be established, if we have to support King Fu at this time, then this broken Ming Dynasty will be split immediately, and how will the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and end the troubled times at that time! ”

Later, many people on the Internet overturned the case for Ma Shiying, and the main responsibility for the demise of Nanming was deducted from the head of the Donglin Party. But there are also different opinions on the Internet, that is, they think that the Donglin Party is doing the right thing. The reason is very simple, the entire Nanzhili is the world of the Donglin Party, if there is an emperor recognized by the Donglin Party, there will naturally be no party disputes in the court, and it is good to gather China's strength to do a battle with the Manchus. You must know that at that time, the entire south of the Yangtze River, half of Shandong was in the hands of the Southern Ming, and the economic strength and population of the entire Southern Zhili were not comparable to the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty.

It was the first time Ma Cheng had heard this point of view, Ma Cheng was different from these people in the house, and Ma Cheng knew the history of later generations. In later generations, it was because Ma Shiying and the four towns of Jiangbei subdued the Donglin Party with the army, which led to the turmoil of the entire Southern Ming Dynasty, and finally the Donglin Party colluded with Zuo Liangyu in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to make a farce on the side of the Qing monarch in order to protect itself. Ma Shiying had no choice but to guard the Fengyang area, Huang Degong, who was a strategic mobile force, was transferred to deal with Zuo Liangyu, and Gao Jie in Yangzhou was killed by his generals, so that the Manchu Qing Dynasty occupied Nanjing without blood.

Ma Cheng knelt on the ground and listened to Yang Wencong's explanation, only to know that the Donglin Party in Nanjing was not all waste, if they followed their steps to support King Gui, and then unite to fight with the Manchus and Liukou, it is really unknown who loses and who wins!

In fact, many people in later generations were blinded by history, and only saw that Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng's party were the same and different, and the Donglin Party misled the country, but if you think about it from your own position, you can understand that Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, Jiang Yueguang, Qian Qianyi, Lu Daqi and others of the Donglin Party are all old bureaucrats who have been in the sea for a long time, can they not know what this country is like? At that time, I made all those stupid tricks that seem like now, but I couldn't help it.

Ma Shiying nodded when he heard Yang Wencong finish speaking: "Zixing, what Longyou said is very right!" Now that the country has become like this, it can no longer withstand any blows, so the old man decided to abandon his previous suspicions with the Donglin Party and cooperate to support King Gui! The Shi Cabinet Department has promised the old man to serve as the secretary of the military department of the new dynasty, and when the time comes, the old man will be in charge, and the Shi Pavilion will be in charge, and the old rivers and mountains will be repeated! ”

Ma Shiying's words were so righteous that Ma Cheng's eyes almost didn't jump out, he didn't expect Ma Shiying, a white-faced traitor, to say such words for the country and the people!

In many operas in later generations, such as the peach blossom fan written by Kong Shangren, Ma Shiying is portrayed as a white-faced traitor. In fact, Ma Shiying's appearance is very good, Ma Shiying is fifty-four years old this year, with a medium-sized figure and a face like a crown of jade, and a half-foot-long beard on his chest, plus just after saying this, Ma Cheng feels that Ma Shiying is shining like a saint.

What Ma Shiying and Yang Wencong said can make a rookie like Ma Cheng boil, but where can an old Jianghu like Yue Qijie be easily convinced?

After listening to Yang Wencong, Yue Qijie sneered and asked, "Hmph!" According to what Long You said, as long as King Gui ascends the throne, then the world will be peaceful? What if King Fu's side is supported by a general? When the time comes, King Fu will occupy Jiangbei and King Gui will occupy Jiangdong, what will you use to go to the Central Plains and end the troubled times? ”

Ma Shiying heard the smell of gunpowder from Yue Qijie's words, and hurriedly asked: "Zixing, is there any collusion between King Fu and the generals in Jiangbei?" ”

Yue Qijie sighed and said: "My lord, in the ten days that you left Fengyang, Lu Jiude sent a letter, a letter of service from Gao Jie, Huang Degong, and Liu Liangzuo to support King Fu's accession to the throne!" ”