The Zhongdu Left-behind Division is the highest administrative and military governor of Fengyang established by Zhu Yuanzhang that year, and its main task is to protect the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum.

This position was held by the military generals during the Hongwu period, but it became a eunuch from the orthodox years, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were a total of three left-behind divisions in the country, Nanjing's southern capital was left behind, Fengyang's Zhongdu was left behind, and there was the Xingdu of Chengtianfu.

Chongzhen's seventeenth year of staying in the capital is the great eunuch Lu Jiude, this person was a good eunuch at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Jiude because he knew the art of war, in the ninth year of Chongzhen was sent to the important post of Zhongdu to deal with the rogue, he promoted a group of generals in office, such as Huang Degong, Chen Yongfu, Liu Liangzuo and others have served as important generals under Lu Jiude's account.

However, Lu Jiude could only manage the eight guards around Fengyang, and he could not reach the rogue whip in Shandong and Henan, so the imperial court promoted the governor of Fengyang to the governor of Fengyang, and let Ma Shiying, who also had experience in leading troops, take this official position, and Lu Jiude also served as Ma Shiying's supervisor.

The Zhongdu Left-behind Division is the second important institution in Fengyang City in addition to the Governor's Yamen, and the front of the gate is naturally full of soldiers standing guard.

The hundred households guarding at the gate saw that Ma Shiying's official sedan chair had arrived, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to salute: "Greetings to the chief system!" ”

Ma Shiying got out of the sedan chair with the support of Ma Cheng and asked, "Is your Lu Zhenshou here?" ”

"My adult is working in the second hall, and I have already ordered the mark to welcome the adult, please come in!" After speaking, the hundred households stood up and led the way in front, and Ma Shiying led Ma Cheng into the Zhongdu Stay Division.

The interior of the Zhongdu Left-behind Division is similar to the Governor's Yamen, when Li Zicheng occupied Fengyang, the Imperial City and all the Yamen were burned, but after all, the Zhongdu Left-behind Division belonged to the management of the inner court, and there was still some money for activities, so the restoration work in recent years was much faster than the Governor's Yamen.

Ma Cheng followed Ma Shiying around the lobby and entered the second hall, and saw an old man in his fifties standing at the door to welcome him. This old man has a white face and beard, and his long eyebrows and kind eyes are like the old grandfather of the neighborhood. If it weren't for the fact that this old guy was wearing a red python robe, Ma Cheng really thought that this person was Lu Jiude's housekeeper.

When the old guy saw Ma Shiying, he hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "What a rare guest, our family welcomes the Inspector to come!" ”

Ma Shiying laughed: "Haha, Brother Shuangquan said that he laughed, although this official supervises Huaiyang, he still has to be managed by you, the Lord of the Prison Army!" ”

The two old guys praised each other, and Ma Cheng looked at the dead eunuch in detail on the side. There are many images of eunuchs in later movies and television, but most of them are face-painted, either screaming like a dead ladyboy, or full of bad stomach and a traitorous appearance, but Ma Cheng looks at Lu Jiude in front of him and the image of eunuchs in later generations is completely different.

Lu Jiude wore a red dragon robe (this is a python robe, Ma Cheng doesn't recognize the difference between a python robe and a dragon robe), except that he has no beard, he is similar to an ordinary official, and Ma Cheng is very disappointed to see that the real eunuch is also similar to a normal person.

After Lu Jiude and Ma Shiying finished greeting, they saw Ma Cheng behind him, Ma Cheng was wearing Qianhu's uniform today, although Qianhu was a middle-level officer, but in front of a general like Lu Jiude, Qianhu was not much higher than Xiaoqi.

Lu Jiude looked at Ma Cheng and asked, "Brother Yaocao, this Qianhu Qiyu Xuanang is not a mortal at first glance, is it a handsome man of your Ma family?" ”

Ma Shiying smiled, turned around and patted Ma Cheng's shoulder and said, "Brother Shuangquan, this is the dog Ma Cheng!" Bring it to Brother Shuangquan today! ”

"Haha, my nephew is very stubborn, and he has caused a lot of trouble for our family, and it's not bad to have Ma Cheng's nephew educate him!" After Lu Jiude finished speaking, he let Ma Shiying into the second hall.

In the middle of the second hall of the left-behind division is the image of Yue Fei, with four big characters on it "eternal Liufang", Ma Cheng has read a lot of novels in later generations, and knows that the Ming Dynasty spy organization Dongchang is to take Yue Fei as an idol, it seems that these dead eunuchs are all vicious and vicious, but I really hope that I am as loyal as Yue Fei.

After entering the second hall, Ma Shiying and Lu Jiude sat down, and a little eunuch brought tea, Ma Shiying took a sip and said: "Brother Shuangquan, anyway, it's really wrong for the dog to do it first, and today the old man made a special trip to apologize to Brother Shuangquan!" ”

"Hey! Brother Yaocao, you and I are ministers in the same palace, so there is no need to make a special trip for this kind of trivial matter! After Lu Jiude finished speaking, he glanced at Ma Shiying, and then asked, "Brother Yaocao, I heard that you went to Pukou to meet with the Shi Pavilion Department in the past few days, I don't know how the negotiation went?" ”

Yesterday, Yue Qijie actually came to the front station for Ma Shiying, but the specific details were not discussed, so Lu Jiude also knew about the secret meeting between Ma Shiying and Shi Kefa.

Ma Shiying listened to Lu Jiude turn to the topic, and said with a smile: "Hehe, I didn't discuss anything, Shi Xianzhi belongs to King Gui, and wants to ask for the old man's opinion!" ”

"Then I don't know how Brother Yaocao answered?"

"Brother Shuangquan, according to the Lun Order, King Fu should always ascend the throne, plus King Fu is in Huai'an, but King Gui is in Huguang, so there is a reason to give up the near and seek the far!" Ma Shiying's words were as righteous as Ling Ran, as if it was not him who went to Pukou to talk to Shi Kefa secretly.

Ma Shiying's eyes were open and talking nonsense, Ma Cheng admired in his heart, he didn't expect these scholars to be so shameless, just yesterday they were still swearing about the benefits of supporting King Gui, and now their faces immediately turned into loyal ministers of King Fu.

Of course, Ma Shiying's words can only deceive Ma Cheng, the new Ding of officialdom, and it is not easy to deal with Lu Jiude, who is also an old fritter in officialdom.

Lu Jiude heard Ma Shiying say this, hehe smiled: "Hehe, what Master Ma said is different from the news we received!" ”

Ma Shiying knew that he wouldn't believe it just by fooling Lu Jiude, so he could only come up with some dry goods.

Ma Shiying sighed, and then said emotionally: "Brother Shuangquan, now that the country is in danger, those Donglin rebels actually turned their backs on their ancestors and prepared to support King Lu, who was estranged in blood. Shi Xianzhizhi is talented and sparse, he doesn't know how to adjust yin and yang, not to mention, and he also added fuel to the fire and launched King Gui! The official had a big quarrel with Shi Xianzhi in Pukou and broke up unhappily! ”

At that time, Ma Shiying and Shi Kefa in Pukou had a secret talk, so Ma Shiying bullied Lu Jiude definitely didn't know the details of the secret talk, so he detained all the basins on Shi Kefa. However, what Ma Shiying said does have a certain truth, it doesn't matter whether King Fu is virtuous or mediocre, the key is that the succession must not be chaotic. If the so-called virtuous emperor is established at this time, then all the other kings say that they are virtuous and can be called emperors, then won't this world be chaotic?

Lu Jiude didn't want to make more trouble in this matter, after all, now that Ma Shiying had promised to support King Lifu, the next step was to share the cake.

"Brother Yaocao really has a splendid chest, and when the country is in crisis, it needs a national talent like Brother Yaocao! Now the commander-in-chief Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, and Cao Yun Governor Lu Zhenfei have all agreed to support King Lifu to ascend the throne, I don't know what Brother Yaocao means? ”

The most important thing is that Lu Zhenfei immediately wrote to the Nanjing Military Department after learning that Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide, and said that "Lunxu should be in the Fu King, and it is advisable to determine the head of the society as soon as possible", and he has been ahead of Ma Shiying in terms of support.

In addition to the merit of supporting, Lu Zhenfei's official reputation is also very good, when Wei Zhongxian's power was tilted into the government and the opposition, officials all over the world rushed to build a shrine for Wei Zhongxian, but Lu Zhenfei, who was only a county order at the time, resolutely disagreed. This made Lu Zhenfei gain a very high officialdom prestige in the Chongzhen Dynasty, and he was able to climb from Qipinzhi County to the governor of Zhengerpin in more than ten years, and it was this prestige that brought him benefits.

On the other hand, Ma Shiying has a good relationship with a group of eunuchs, and when he was the governor of Xuanfu, he also praised Wei Zhongxian's stinky feet, although his reputation in the officialdom is not to say that it stinks home, but it is completely incomparable with Lu Zhenfei.

Now Ma Shiying heard that Lu Zhenfei also joined the Yongfu Alliance, which is not good, so can he keep his position as the first assistant in the future?

However, Ma Shiying has been up and down for decades, and he has an idea as soon as his eyes roll, Ma Shiying patted his chest and promised: "Brother Shuangquan, although Ma Shiying is not a famous minister, he still knows how to stick to the country's ethics and maintain the orthodoxy of the royal family!" After saying this, Ma Shiying turned his words and continued: "As for Lu Jianbai, the old man heard that when he first arrived in Huai'an, he came to Fengyang to pay homage to the imperial mausoleum, pointed to the high wall and said that there was a son of heaven in it, and now he said that King Fu should stand, this kind of capricious, villain at both ends of the head and rat must be speculative, not to support King Fu to ascend the throne!" ”

Ma Shiying wanted to make his competitor Lu Zhenfei stink, but Lu Jiude was not a fuel-efficient lamp, so he couldn't hear what Ma Shiying meant.

"Hey, Brother Yaocao is serious, Lu Jianbai may not have said these words, Brother Yaocao, don't worry!"

Ma Shiying looked at Lu Jiude and the mud, and knew that this dead eunuch had the intention of not committing two crimes, but who was Ma Shiying? That is a character who was included in the legend of traitors by later generations, can this means still be there?

"Hehe, it's a pity that Brother Shuangquan, I don't know that the catastrophe is coming! That Lu Jianbai is good friends with Donglin Dang Qu Shiyun, if he climbs on the head of you and me, will he be able to have our good fruits to eat in the future? ”

Ma Shiying is worthy of being a master of demagogic tricks, this short sentence reveals a lot of information, first of all, Lu Zhenfei and you Lu Jiude are not a party, and they are good friends with the Donglin Party. The second is that only I, Ma Shiying, am your political ally.

Lu Jiude was silent after listening to Ma Shiying, Ma Shiying was right, Lu Zhenfei has never looked down on eunuchs, and he dared to contradict Wei Zhongxian when his position was low, if he was allowed to make a great contribution to the cabinet this time, will Lu Jiude still have a good life in the future?

At the same time, after Ma Shiying's awakening, Lu Jiude remembered that the Ma Shiying in front of him was dismissed from office because he wanted to give Wei Zhongxian a shrine, and he was already politically stained. However, it is not terrible to have a stain, which can ensure that Ma Shiying will not defect to the Donglin Party and be firmly tied to himself.

Lu Jiude quickly divided the enemy and us, that is, to win over Ma Shiying to fight Lu Zhenfei, thinking of this, Lu Jiude said with a smile: "Hehe, what Master Ma said is right, our family knows what to do!" ”