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It was already very cold in Zhejiang in September, and I heard that it had snowed in the mountainous areas of northern Zhejiang, but Ma Cheng's heart was hot. The occupation of Ningbo marked the complete end of the two forces that posed the greatest threat to Nanjing, the Luwang Group and the Luwang Group, and the entire Taihu Lake basin became Ma Cheng's sphere of influence.

Although the Taihu Lake basin covers less than one-fiftieth of the country's area, it accounts for one-tenth of the country's population and one-quarter of the country's economy. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang only accounted for half of the Taihu Lake Basin, and he could achieve hegemony, and now Ma Cheng has occupied the entire Taihu Lake, and this hegemony can be expected!

Ma Cheng rode a high-headed horse to the outside of Ningbo City, and saw a group of generals kneeling in front of him, Ma Cheng got off the horse and smiled and helped up the first one, and asked, "Is this General Fang Guoan?" ”

Ma Cheng's cordial greeting made Fang Guoan goosebumps, he had fought many battles with Ma Cheng, and knew that the hippie smiling guy in front of him was cruel, and now he was not saying the opposite to himself.

Fang Guoan didn't dare to get up, but lay on the ground and kowtowed: "General, the guilty Fang Guoan has repeatedly fought against the Heavenly Army, and he really deserves death!" ”

"In the past, they were all their own masters, and they couldn't complain about you, but now aren't you surrendering for Ningbo to avoid war? How can this dome condemn you? ”

After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he helped Fang Guoan up, and then continued: "Get up quickly, since you are obedient to the governor, then don't say anything about the crime that deserves death, now the governor wants to sweep away Fujian and Liangguang, but the Manchu Qing in the north must be guarded, so the governor wants you to guard Zhenjiang, are you willing?" ”

Fang Guoan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Ma Cheng say this, since he used himself, it meant that he would not kill himself, thinking of this, Fang Guoan said: "Please rest assured, the general will not be dishonored!" ”

"Okay, you can take these generals of yours to Zhenjiang, but you don't need to bring the army! You also know how powerful your army is, this governor left you 20,000 troops in Zhenjiang, including 10,000 of the most elite new troops, you have to use them well! ”

Fang Guoan had fought countless battles with Ma Cheng, and he knew how powerful Ma Cheng's new army was, and now he was very happy to hear that he was allowed to lead the new army. However, Fang Guoan also knew that it was impossible for a surrendered general to lead his previous lineage, but the life he could keep was good, and Fang Guoan didn't dare to ask for more, so after listening to Ma Cheng's words, he quickly kowtowed to receive his life.

Ma Cheng asked Fang Guoan to guard Zhenjiang as a general, Ma Cheng has a lot of generals, but now only Zhang Guozhu and Ma Bao can be alone, as for his younger brother Ma Xi is a complete waste, it is not bad to stay at home and take care of the family, it is absolutely impossible to let him take charge of himself.

Although Fang Guoan suffered repeated defeats under Ma Cheng, he was not bad in terms of marching formation and overall situation, and his failure was mainly because the quality of the soldiers was not as good as Ma Cheng, so Ma Cheng asked Fang Guoan to lead the new army to guard Zhenjiang, which was also considered to be the best use of everything.

Ma Cheng entered Ningbo after all the arrangements were made, according to Ma Cheng's arrangement, he wanted to spend the New Year in Ningbo, and after the spring of the next year, he would raise troops to go south, Ma Cheng was determined to eliminate the Tang regime in Fujian next year, and to get rid of Liangguang in two to three years. Only after solving the large rear can we concentrate our forces against the Manchus in the north.

Now King Lu has fled, Fang Guoan

surrendered, and there was no strong resistance force in the whole of Zhejiang, so it was decided by several prefectures in southern Zhejiang, and Ma Cheng did not bother much. At this time, the cold snap in the north has reached eastern Zhejiang, and it began to snow here, seeing that the weather is so good, Ma Cheng also decided to rest here in Ningbo, and wait for the beginning of spring tomorrow to use troops against Fujian.

Just when Ma Cheng was bored, on October 10, a holy decree came from Nanjing, but this holy decree was not for Ma Cheng, but an edict issued by Ming, Emperor Shaowu will get married on the first day of the next year, and let all the officials above the fourth grade in the world go to Nanjing to congratulate.

Ma Cheng was very annoyed when he saw this holy decree, Lao Tzu was working the front line, but this guy was marrying a daughter-in-law in Nanjing. However, the second holy decree extinguished Ma Cheng's anger a lot, it turned out that the emperor wanted to reward the meritorious ministers after the wedding, and the first place was Ma Cheng, the marquis of Zhenguo.

Now that Ma Cheng is already the Marquis of Zhenguo, can he take another step up and become the Duke of Zhenguo? That's as big as Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao. Although Ma Cheng was excited, he was not a fool, Emperor Shaowu Zhu Lunkui inherited the tradition of the old Zhu family, and he was very picky, how could he easily give himself the title of Duke of Zhenguo?

Ma Cheng couldn't understand what the emperor thought, so he had no choice but to call his two strategists over to discuss.

Chen Zilong was very happy when he heard the news, and urged Ma Cheng to return to Beijing to accept the position. But Wang Xian disagreed, his views were similar to Ma Cheng's, Emperor Shaowu was very picky, and he would definitely not give benefits for no reason.

Chen Zilong heard Wang Xian say this and retorted: "There is a gift, you can't say it!" Now that the lord is still the emperor's general, can he shirk the emperor's reward? ”

"Lord Chen is right, but Wang can't understand why the emperor is doing this? What if the lord returns to Beijing and is controlled by the emperor? ”

It turned out that Wang Xian was afraid of this, Chen Zilong smiled and said: "Lord Wang, you are living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, although the emperor is not a Ming monarch, but the means of self-destruction of the Great Wall will not be done, now the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the north is eyeing the tiger, and the Tang King and King Gui in the south dominate one side, as long as the emperor still has the intention of reviving the Ming Dynasty, he will definitely not do it at this critical moment!" ”

Ma Cheng couldn't make up his mind when he was told by these two people, he was afraid that the emperor would deal with him when he went back, and he couldn't get by nominally if he didn't go back, after all, he was now under the banner of the emperor.

Chen Zilong saw Ma Cheng hesitating, and said on the side: "My lord, I must go back this time, my lord is now nominally a vassal of the emperor now, if you don't go back, there will be no righteousness, which is very unfavorable to your grand ideals!" ”

Ma Cheng's ultimate goal is to unify the whole country, but Ma Cheng's strength is weak now, and at the same time, Zhu Lunkui's banner is still very useful, if this banner is abandoned at this time, then Ma Cheng's strength is not enough to stand on his own.

Thinking of this, Ma Cheng nodded and said: "What Mr. Chen said is very right, the governor is going back, but we can't help but guard against the emperor's reckless risk, we still have to prepare!" ”

Now the city defense of Nanjing City is in charge of Lu Siye, and the safety of the imperial city is in charge of the commander Mei Chun, but Ma Cheng still has 50,000 troops outside the city, which is Ma Cheng's descendant, and it can be trusted.

"Wang Xian, you inform Zhang Erpei, who stays in the southern capital, to try his best to buy the military attaches in the inner city and the imperial city, and you must find out the specific situation!"

Zhang Erpei stayed in Nanjing to be in charge of the Military Intelligence Department, and he bought a lot in the past year

The military attache in many cities, this is Ma Cheng's last resort to save his life. After all the arrangements were made, Ma Cheng left Ningbo Mansion on the first day of November with his two guards and returned to Beijing along the canal.

The speed of the return journey was much faster than that of the south, and it took only a month for more than 10,000 people from Ma Cheng to arrive at the camp outside Nanjing. After Ma Cheng saw Ma Xi, he left his two guards here, and only brought a thousand personal soldiers into the city to meet his father Ma Shiying.

Ma Cheng entered the city from the south gate Jubao Gate, although now it is in the last days of war and chaos, but because of Ma Cheng's east block and west killing, the situation around Nanjing is not bad, and the whole Nanjing city is also a peaceful scene, and everyone is busy preparing for the New Year.

Ma Cheng found that after a year's time, the whole Nanjing had lost the panic of the war at that time, and now there are traders everywhere, and the goods are very rich, from furs in the north to fish gelatin in Guangdong, everything is sold.

Seeing the fur Ma Cheng's heart moved, this kind of thing is only found in the bitter cold land of the Northeast, and now he is fighting with the Manchu Qing, the fur is a northern specialty that can be transported to Nanjing without hindrance, it seems that the Manchu Qing are still using this form to renew their lives.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, due to the weather of the Xiaoice River, grain production in northern China was reduced, and a large area of land in the northeast was even more lost. In order to maintain their rule, the Manchus could only use trade to transfuse blood from the Ming Dynasty. The only things that the Manchus could take were luxury goods such as fur and ginseng.

Thinking of this, Ma Cheng decided that after the New Year, he must ask the Military Intelligence Department to investigate why the trade with the Manchus has not been severed, and at the same time take this opportunity to clean up the merchants who trade with the Manchus in Nanzhili.

After Ma Cheng got on the horse and returned to his door, the family at the door saw that the second master was back, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "The second master is back!" The villain heard that the second master won a big victory this time, and the villain wishes the second master a hundred victories! ”

"You've got a clever mouth! I'll reward you with a tael of silver! When the family heard Ma Cheng say this, he kowtowed again and again.

"Alright, get up, is my dad home?"

"Back to the second master, the master is not at home, he is still working in the cabinet, but the uncle is at home!"

It turned out that the eldest brother was at home, Ma Cheng nodded, and said to the family: "Go find a few people, the second master will bring some local products from Ningbo, and you will send them to each hospital according to this gift list in a while!" ”

Ma Cheng because he occupied Wei Guogong's industry, so he was not short of money, and this time he came back from Hangzhou to purchase more than 20 carts of local products, shark fin bird's nest and so on, everything. The family didn't dare to delay, quickly took the gift list, and then called someone from the house to start unloading.

Ma Cheng entered the house alone, and he had to go to see his mother Gu first. Ma Cheng fused the memories of the dead ghost Ma Cheng, and was very attached to the Gu family, and now that he has been away from home for more than a year, he naturally wants to see the old lady first.

When he came to the backyard, the Gu family had already learned the news, and sent a maid to wait at the arch of the backyard, and when he saw Ma Cheng coming, he led him directly to the door.

Entering his mother's room and seeing his mother Gu sitting in the middle, Ma Cheng quickly knelt down on his knees and said, "Mother, my son is back!" ”

As the saying goes, the old son and the eldest grandson are the life of the old lady. Ma Cheng is the youngest child of the Gu family, and now they haven't seen each other for more than a year, the Gu family has already thought of it in the bones, and when he saw this son who had been thinking about it day and night coming back, Gu Shi choked up and said: "My good baby, come over and let Wei Niang see if she has lost weight!" ”