Ma Shiying entered the study when he came back from the palace, and he really couldn't understand what his second son was doing. Ma Cheng was stubborn when he was young, these Ma Shiying knew it, and he didn't pay much attention to it, his career has been inherited by his eldest son, and the second son can let him do whatever he likes.

But after Ma Cheng was broken in Fengyang two years ago, the second son became more and more incomprehensible, and it can be said that he was a different person. It makes sense to recruit soldiers alone in Fengyang, after all, bloody fighting on the battlefield is the dream of every young person. But when he arrived in Nanjing, Ma Cheng's various actions were completely to push Ma Shiying into the fire pit.

Ma Shiying knew what his son thought, it was nothing more than taking advantage of the chaos in the world to let himself learn from Cao Cao and Sima Yi, and also engage in Zen to become the emperor. But Ma Cheng didn't know that this era was different from the Three Kingdoms era, and Ma Shiying himself was neither Cao Cao nor Sima Yi.

Although Cao Cao said that he was a powerful minister, Cao Cao's own territory was completely defeated by a knife and a gun, and it is reasonable to say that Cao Cao independently established a new dynasty. And Sima Yi was born in the Hanoi Wang family, his grandfather Sima served as Yingchuan Taishou, and his father Sima Fang served as Jing Zhaoyin, and the strength of the family helped Sima Yi a lot later.

On the other hand, Ma Shiying, although he is also a famous family in Guiyang, cannot be compared with the Sima family at all. Ma Shiying's grandfather and father were just ordinary scholars, and the Ma family arrived in Ma Shiying's generation, and only then did they produce two Jinshi, Ma Shiying and Ma Shisheng. Although in the barren countryside of Guizhou, he can be regarded as a local tyrant, but this kind of family background is nothing at all in Nanzhili.

Looking at Ma Shiying's personal ability, although Ma Shiying also served as the governor of Xuanfu for a time, he can be regarded as having military experience. However, when Ma Shiying was the governor, there was no major movement on the border, and the focus of the imperial court at that time was Liaodong, and Mongolia opposite Xuanfu was very quiet. It is impossible for Ma Shiying to fight for decades like Cao Cao and gather a group of henchmen and generals. So when Ma Cheng showed all kinds of ambitions, Ma Shiying beat him to make this ambitious second son more stable.

Although Ma Shiying asked Ma Cheng not to be delusional, it does not mean that he can give up the rights in his hands. In the afternoon in the Qianqing Palace, Ma Shiying originally wanted Ma Cheng to hand over the post of the town guard of the southern capital, but he didn't expect this son to hand over all the rights in one go, leaving only the title of marquis of a town.

Ma Cheng's actions can make Ma Shiying panic, although Ma Shiying is the first assistant, but he can't make a word in the court, he also needs Ma Cheng, the son who leads the troops outside, to echo, so Ma Cheng is most anxious to hand over power is Ma Shiying. After Ma Shiying returned to the mansion, he immediately called his family to find Ma Cheng, so that he could ask what this son thought in person.

After Ma Cheng finished cleaning up at home, he came to the Ma Mansion in Chaotian Palace, and when he walked into the study, he saw his father Ma Shiying sitting in the house in a daze.

Ma Cheng stepped forward and saluted and asked, "Dad, is there anything wrong with looking for your son?" ”

Seeing her son enter the house, Ma Shiying drove out the maid who was waiting in the study, and then asked in a low voice, "Cheng'er, what do you think about being in the palace in the afternoon?" Why did you hand over all your official positions? Why don't you consult with your father? ”

Ma Cheng looked very funny when he saw Ma Shiying in a hurry, he usually looked sanctimonious, but he actually had power in his heart

Force is very important. Ma Cheng didn't want to explain to Ma Shiying why he did this, because Ma Cheng didn't dare to guarantee what Ma Shiying was thinking now.

"Dad, didn't you tell your son before that let your son do what he wants? The son is afraid that it will affect our family, so after thinking about it, it is better to hand over the military power and now go home and become a rich man, isn't it great? ”

Ma Shiying scolded angrily when she heard Ma Cheng say this: "Bastard, does the old man let you do it yourself so that you can hand over all your official positions?" The old man is telling you to be careful, don't be caught by the emperor! Now it's better for you to hand over the military power without consulting your father, do you let your father know very passively? ”

Ma Cheng was amused in his heart, but he pretended to be innocent and shouted: "Dad, you know that your son doesn't study, where you know this kind of twists and turns, the son thinks that his father is afraid that his son's achievements will be high, so he handed over all the military power!" But please rest assured that the northern captives have not yet been pacified, and the emperor will definitely use his son in the future, and the son will remember his father's instructions at that time, and the military power will be firmly held! ”

Seeing Ma Cheng pretending to be stupid and stunned, Ma Shiying really didn't know what to say, this son was a monkey when he was shrewd, and he was not much stronger than a pig when he was stupid, he didn't know that as long as the emperor mastered the army, he would have no strength to compete with the emperor, and then the emperor would have the power of life and death over the Ma family, and the life and death of the Ma family would be between the emperor's thoughts.

"Cheng'er, the northern captives have returned to Jiangbei, and they will not commit in the south again for a year and a half. How many things can you do in a year? Can your prestige in the army be higher than that of the emperor? Can you give more money than the emperor? You're still too young! ”

Ma Shiying is right, Zhu Lunkui doesn't matter what his background and bloodline are, but now he is the emperor and the supreme head of the country after all. is in an orthodox position, and Zhu Lunkui's influence is definitely not comparable to Ma Cheng alone. As long as Zhu Lunkui is given a year, under the dual pressure of high-ranking officials and national orthodoxy, no one can maintain loyalty to Ma Cheng.

Ma Cheng looked at Ma Shiying's demeanor very funny, not that Ma Cheng didn't believe that Ma Shiying didn't tell him the truth, but Ma Cheng didn't believe that Ma Shiying's ability could handle this matter. According to the evaluation of Ma Shiying by later generations, Ma Shiying's ability is very average, and he can only be ranked in the middle and lower among the more than 40 cabinet chiefs and assistants in the Ming Dynasty. If it was peacetime, Ma Shiying would have no problem handling some ordinary government affairs, but now that the world is in chaos, Ma Shiying's character of looking ahead and looking forward and looking forward will not work.

Later, Gu Cheng said when he wrote the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty that Ma Shiying was not the prime minister of the time at all, and it was really difficult for him to control the crisis in the Southern Ming Dynasty.

After Ma Cheng heard what Ma Shiying said, he pretended to be suddenly enlightened and asked, "Yes, Dad, you say, what now?" ”

Ma Shiying smiled bitterly when she heard her son ask, "What should I do?" What else can I do? Now that this is the case, you can honestly be a Guiyang Marquis at home! Ma Shiying wanted to comfort herself, now it is not bad, he is the prince of the country, and the title can be left to the eldest son Ma Luan after his death, and the second son Ma Cheng is a marquis, and a double lord is rare in the dynasty.

Ma Cheng saw that Ma Shiying had no problem, and got up to say goodbye. Ma Cheng still has a lot to do, the training of recruits, the production of weapons, although Ma Cheng has no official position now, but these things can't be stopped.

In the next half a month, Ma Cheng honestly became a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and couldn't help but hand over the military power, and even the two guards Ma Cheng who should be configured by the Marquis of Zhenguo were also handed over, and only 300 honor guards were retained according to the permission of the law.

Ma Cheng's actions shocked Qian Qianyi, who was sharpening his knife on the side, originally Qian Qianyi thought that Ma Cheng's statement that handing over the military power was just perfunctory, and he didn't know what arrangements were behind his back, and he was likely to take advantage of this opportunity to mutiny again. Therefore, Qian Qianyi had already discussed with Lu Jiude, and deployed a large number of troops around Ma Cheng's mansion, so he was afraid that Ma Cheng would take risks.

Knowing that Ma Cheng was very divided, he handed over all the guards in his hands, and now there were only 300 honor guards left in Ma Cheng's mansion, as well as more than 200 family members. Although the combat effectiveness of the three hundred personal soldiers left by Ma Cheng is very considerable, the number is too small and has no effect in the city at all, so Ma Cheng's actions made his originally not very good reputation slowly improve.

Negative news about Ma Cheng has been circulating in the city, but after Ma Cheng's performance for more than half a month, the city's impression of Ma Cheng has completely changed. In addition, Ma Cheng did guard the Jingshi and protected everyone's safety. So half a month later, after the emperor thought that he had completely controlled the army, he began to feel a little indebted to Ma Cheng.

On the first day of the seventh month, a holy decree was passed down in the palace, and Ma Cheng, the eldest son of Ma Cheng, who was originally the captain of the light car, was promoted again and became General Mingwei, and was directly promoted from the seventh rank of martial arts to the fourth rank. Ma Cheng's second son, Ma Ying, was also promoted from a white Ding to the captain of Zhaoxin who was the sixth grade, which was also regarded as the emperor's compensation for Ma Cheng.

All the ministers of the DPRK and China believed that Ma Cheng really wanted to retire and go home to coax his children, but Qian Qianyi did not think so. Lao Qian knows Ma Cheng's personality very well, and knows that this guy will definitely not give up, and there must be a bigger conspiracy to hand over the guards now. Therefore, Qian Qianyi called Luo Bingran, the new governor of Jiangnan, to his own mansion, and asked him to master the army as soon as possible and eliminate the power of the Ma family in the army.

Luo Bingran has now become the emperor's confidant, so he naturally has to do things for the emperor wholeheartedly. But although Luo Bingran agreed very well, he knew that Ma Cheng was a ruthless person, and he took the opportunity to kill thousands of nobles back then, but Ma Cheng didn't even blink his eyes, and he didn't know what kind of problem he left for himself this time.

Luo Bingran took the emperor's decree the next day and took his five hundred personal soldiers to take office tremblingly. Originally, Luo Bingran thought that he would definitely fall into Ma Cheng's trap if he went, but what Luo Bingran didn't expect was that the generals in the army were very supportive of the emperor's decision and respectfully welcomed Luo Bingran as the second governor of Jiangnan.

Standing in the big tent, Luo Bingran couldn't believe it, although Luo Bingran was the four major generals under Ma Cheng before, his status was similar to that of Ma Cheng's cronies, and he couldn't control the military leaders of Gu Changwei and Xu Dahu at all. But now these military leaders also knelt respectfully in front of Luo Bingran, saying that they would meet the military lord!

Luo Bingran didn't really believe that these guys could really obey him at first, so when Luo Bingran came, he was going to come down first, kill a few Ma Cheng's irons, and see how Ma Cheng reacted. But I didn't expect this group of military leaders to be so respectful, so that the tricks that Luo Bingran prepared couldn't be used at all, and Luo Bingran had no choice but to announce the end of the gathering.

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