After everyone was seated, the boatman began to put the wine and food on the table. Intellectuals naturally can't drink big fish and meat, so the wine and dishes prepared today are very light, and a braised small chop is considered a dish with a heavy taste, and other vinegar fish, Song sister-in-law soup, osmanthus duck, snail shrimp, etc. are very light.

Xu Fuyuan first said a few words and then opened the table, Ma Cheng was half hungry and half full of the pastry he had just eaten, and after listening to Xu Fuyuan's speech, he immediately chatted on a braised short rib and began to chew.

Hou Fangyu, who was sitting next to Ma Cheng, was an absolute child of the family, and when he saw Ma Cheng like a mud leg who had never eaten meat, he was very contemptuous, and couldn't help but sneer: "Brother Zhonghe, why don't you have meat to eat at home?" ”

Hou Fangyu's Laozi is Hou Sui, and his grandfather is Hou Zhipu of Taichang Temple, a serious scholarly family. Hou Sui in the forty-fourth year of Wanli Jinshi, and then went to the Imperial Inspectorate as the imperial history, since then out of control, from the beginning of the imperial history successively served as the servant Shaoqing, the military department of the squire, the military department of Shangshu, to the governor of the seven towns of Baoding, this kind of identity experience is not Ma Shiying can compare.

So Hou Fangyu hates Ma Cheng sitting next to him very much, this guy doesn't know etiquette and shame if he doesn't read, what do you think of the big car shop on this occasion? Shake off your cheeks and eat and drink.

Ma Cheng also looked down on this Hou Fangyu very much, and listened to this guy ridiculing himself, Ma Cheng sneered at each other: "Yes, my father is strict in discipline, and he is not allowed to eat if he doesn't study, my eldest brother can only eat half full, not to mention my white ding!" ”

What Ma Cheng said was to poke Hou Fangyu's lungs, the lowest status at this table was Hou Fangyu and Ma Cheng, the others were either Jinshi or Juren, only Hou Fangyu was Xiucai, and Ma Cheng was Bai Ding. Although Ma Cheng was belittling himself just now, he was indeed secretly a nest Hou Fangyu, and you were not much better than me.

Hou Fangyu didn't expect Ma Chengchang to be stunned and his mouth was very poisonous, and the angry Hou Fangyu was just about to reply, when the two singing singers suddenly increased their volume and cried.

Wu Weiye, who was listening to the play, sighed and said, "Stop, don't sing!" It turned out that the two kabuki were singing about the unjust death of Yue Fei in the Storm Pavilion, and Wu Weiye was distressed when he heard it, so he told them to stop.

Wu Weiye took a sip of his wine glass, and then sighed: "When Gaozong crossed to the south back then, the situation was similar to today, but at that time, there were Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Li Gang and others in the text, which maintained the Song Dynasty for another hundred years. But I'm so stumped that I don't know how long I'll last! ”

Xu Fuyuan heard Wu Weiye say this and said with a smile: "Brother Xian is pessimistic, although the first emperor is difficult and arrogant, but I heard that Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, has borrowed 100,000 iron horsemen from the Manchu Qing Dynasty to enter the customs, and the 200,000 army of rebels has been defeated in a stone outside Shanhaiguan, and has retreated to the northern capital!" ”

"Brother Yan is right, just five days ago, news came from the north that the Manchu Qing Dynasty had occupied the northern capital, and he had retreated to Shanxi, so it seems that he won't be able to hold out for long." Chen Zilong is in the middle of the military department, so he still knows some insiders.

"Brothers, I heard that the imperial court intends to send an envoy to cede the north of the Yellow River to the Manchu Qing in exchange for joining forces with the Manchus to suppress the rebellion!" The person who said this was Ma Cheng's eldest brother Ma Luan, and Ma Luan's Laozi was the first assistant Ma Shiying, so his words were not groundless.

Ma Cheng knew that in history, the Nanming regime did send a delegation to Beijing, intending to negotiate with the Manchus to deal with Li Zicheng, and finally proved that the peace talks were a failure, so this became one of the evidences in history that Ma Shiying brought disaster to the country and the people.

Ma Cheng knew that except for the two brothers here, they were all Donglin Party, and now that the eldest brother talked about this matter in front of this group of Donglin Party, he would definitely be refuted.

Ma Cheng was about to explain to his eldest brother, but Xia Yunyi nodded and said: "Yuan Fu is really prescient to do this, he is our biggest enemy, and it is also feasible to use the Manchu soldiers to quell the chaos!" ”

Ma Cheng knew that Xia Yunyi was a hardcore anti-Qing faction, but what he said just now really surprised Ma Cheng. The most important thing is that after Xia Yunyi finished speaking, the others echoed one after another, looking like Ma Shiying was doing it right.

Ma Cheng wiped the oil from the corner of his mouth and asked, "Brother Xia, why did you negotiate peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty?" Who came up with such an unethical idea? ”

As soon as Ma Cheng finished speaking, Ma Luan scolded: "What nonsense is the second brother talking about? This is what my father brought up! ”

Sure enough, it was Ma Shiying, Ma Cheng scolded in his heart, Ma Shiying was described by later generations as a white-faced traitor, and it was really not wronged. At this time, Ma Cheng didn't care about Ma Luan's scolding, and hurriedly asked: "A few brothers, you can't negotiate peace with the Manchus, the ambitions of the Manchu wolves have been coveted for a long time for my rich Central Plains, and it is good to say that there was originally a natural danger in Shanhaiguan, but now that the Manchus occupy the northern capital, they will definitely become a big trouble for my Ming Dynasty!" ”

Xia Yunyi said with a smile when he heard Ma Cheng finish speaking: "Brother Zhonghe Xian is a little worried, the entire Beiyu clan has a population of less than one million, and there are only more than 200,000 people in armor, and it is the opponent of my Central Plains billions of trillion Hanmin!" In the past, it was the imperial court that was busy dealing with the rogues in the Guannai, so that the northern captives sat down. Now as long as we first unite with the northern captives to exterminate the liukou, and then concentrate our million Ming army, and under the leadership of a few generals, the northern expedition can drive the northern captives outside the pass! ”

Ma Cheng listened to Xia Yunyi's words, and secretly scolded these stinky old men in his heart for only talking on paper. Although you think very well, you can't imagine that the four towns of Jiangbei on the Great Wall will become the pawns of the Manchus.

Ma Cheng had to continue to explain why he couldn't negotiate peace with the Manchus, and Hou Fangyu beside him was a little unhappy. Hou Fangyu's life experience and status are not inferior to Ma Cheng, and Hou Fangyu is still a famous literati and celebrity in the south of Zhili, and now listening to Ma Cheng, a Qiu Ba, dare to comment on the decisions of the princes of the DPRK and China, Hou Fangyu feels that he should teach this boy who doesn't understand the rules a lesson.

Hou Fangyu sneered: "Brother Ma Xian, these things are just concerned about the princes of the DPRK and China, you better train your soldiers!" ”

Ma Cheng was furious when he heard Hou Fangyu say this, and now in addition to lifting people on the table, Xia Yunyi, Xu Fuyuan, and Chen Zilong are already forty years old, and Wu Weiye and Mao Xiang are also much older than Ma Cheng, and these people Ma Cheng still respects them.

But what is your Hou Fang Domain? According to your identity, your Lao Tzu Hou Sui is just a scholar of the Ministry of Soldiers, and Lao Tzu's Lao Tzu is still the first assistant! Hou Fangyu, your fame is just a hanging neck showman, and your identity is two miles worse than Lao Tzu's general soldiers. As for the age, you Hou Fangyu is only five or six years older than Lao Tzu, they are all the same age, what kind of big cloves of garlic do you pretend?

Ma Cheng looked at Hou Fangyu and glared and scolded: "Brother Hou is right, the younger brother is indeed Qiu Ba, but the younger brother knows how to serve the court even if he doesn't study!" But what about Brother Hou? Lingering in the flower street and willow lane here in the southern capital, he set fire to Ruan Dacheng's home for a prostitute, Ruan Dacheng gave you silver to redeem his concubine, this hand unloads the mill and kills the donkey's little brother really can't learn and doesn't want to learn! ”

Hou Fangyu's Liudu incident is indeed a bit unauthentic, Ruan Dacheng gave you money to redeem Li Xiangjun in order to curry favor with you, you are good, turn over and burn Engong's house. Although Hou Fangyu can stand up morally, he does go a little too far.

Now that these bad things have been turned over by Ma Cheng, Hou Fangyu angrily pointed at Ma Cheng and was speechless.

Seeing Hou Fangyu's angry appearance, Ma Cheng then scolded: "What? Still not convinced? Aren't you a literati, now Lao Tzu gives you a poem, and the two dynasties should raise the prince of Hou and endure to say Li Xiang to the peach blossoms! Go for yourself! ”

After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he stood up and arched his hand, and after saying goodbye to everyone in the house, he turned around and got off the boat, these intellectuals are ambitious and talented, which really disappointed Ma Cheng!

The two lines of poetry that Ma Cheng said were written by Zhang Wentao, a literati of the Qing Dynasty, in order to ridicule Hou Fangyu, and the two dynasties in the poem indicate the two dynasties of the Qing Dynasty. But now none of the people in Nanming believe that Daming can die so quickly, so the people in the boat understand the two dynasties as two imperial examinations. Hou Fangyu became a young man, and he was selected for Xiucai at a young age, but this person did not pass the exam twice or for six years, so Ma Cheng said it very appropriately.

Ma Cheng's poem became a different meaning when he heard Hou Fangyu's ears, this is Ma Cheng's ridicule that he has been taking the exam for many years and is still a showman, but he lingers here in Nanjing, and hooks up with the famous prostitute Li Xiangjun. Hou Fangyu was half angry after reacting, and was just about to get off the boat to reason with Ma Cheng, knowing that the people had already gone ashore in a small boat.

Ma Cheng boarded the boat and asked the boatman to find a nearby place to go ashore, and then directly hired a carriage to go home, he wanted to go home and find Ma Shiying to ask in detail what was going on.

Before Ma Cheng returned to the house, he grabbed a family member and asked, "Who is that, has my father come back?" ”

The family member saw that it was Ma Cheng and hurriedly said: "Second master, it's only noon, and the master won't be back until the afternoon!" ”

Ma Cheng came back in a hurry, forgetting that it was noon, and it seemed that he had no choice but to wait at home. Ma Cheng asked the family to go to Shence Gate to retrieve his horse, and then went to his father's study alone, where he waited for Ma Shiying to return.

Now that the new dynasty is in a busy state of affairs, Ma Shiying is busy in the cabinet until it is getting late.

Ma Shiying walked into the study and saw his second son sitting in the room, which made Ma Shiying very surprised, this son was absolutely not in the study when he was fine before, how did he change sex today?

Ma Shiying took off his official uniform and changed into a foreign uniform under the service of his family, and asked, "Cheng'er, how can you find something to be a father?" ”

Ma Cheng sat here for an afternoon, and finally waited for Ma Shiying to come back, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Dad, is the DPRK going to deal with the Liukou with the Manchu peace talks?" ”

Ma Shiying didn't say anything when she heard Ma Cheng ask, but sat down and took a sip of tea before asking, "Cheng'er, who did you listen to?" ”

"Dad, my son went out with his eldest brother to meet friends at noon, and listened to what the eldest brother said during the banquet!"

Ma Shiying snorted and scolded: "Luan'er is already thirty, and he is still so unstable in his first year, how can he go out and talk nonsense about such a major matter!" ”

Ma Cheng heard Ma Shiying say this, and knew that what Ma Luan said was true, and it seemed that the DPRK really wanted to negotiate peace with the Manchus.