Ma Cheng is now a first-class admiral, according to the rules can bring 200 pro-soldiers into the city, these 200 pro-soldiers are not big road goods, most of them are old people who have followed Ma Shiying for many years, many of them are old soldiers who have been fighting in Yungui and Yi people all year round, and now I see that someone wants to be disrespectful to the military gate, and more than ten people rushed over from the side to capture that life.

Ma Shiying is now the first assistant with high power, and there are not a hundred or fifty or sixty people who come to the door every day to ask for officials, but today this guy is the first to see Ma Cheng. Ma Cheng looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, with a long medium build, wearing a military attache uniform from the first grade, with a full beard, and he looked like a soldier.

Seeing that this person was on the same level as himself, Ma Cheng waved his hand and asked his soldiers to let this person go, and then said with a smile: "This old man, you seem to have found the wrong person, my brother is just a military attaché, and if my brother wants to ask the official, he should go to my father!" ”

Ma Cheng thought that this guy was also here to ask for an official, and he didn't want to deal with him, so he said that you are going to step into the door if you find the wrong person. The guy who knew that shouted: "Brother Ma Xian, it's a foolish brother!" ”

Ma Cheng heard him say this, turned around and looked at it in detail, but he still didn't have any impression, so Ma Cheng had no choice but to ask: "Brother, junior brother really can't remember who you are?" ”

The man was not angry, and said with a smile: "Brother Ma Xian, the foolish brother is Chen Hongfan!" You are really a noble person who forgets things, have you forgotten that you had a relationship at the wharf outside Jinchuan Gate in July? It was Chen Zilong and Chen Xiandi who introduced us to each other! ”

Ma Cheng only remembered when he heard him say this, it turned out that he sent Zuo Maodi north to know Chen Hongfan, isn't this guy the deputy envoy of the mission? How did you go back to Nanjing? Ma Cheng still has hope for Zuo Maodi, hoping that this die-hard man loyal to the Ming Dynasty will become his spy in Beijing, and now that he is back, what are he still playing?

Ma Cheng frowned and asked, "Brother Chen, didn't you follow Zuo Shilang to the Northern Capital?" How did you get back? Is Zuo Shilang back too? ”

Chen Hongfan sighed when he heard Ma Cheng ask this: "Hey, I didn't expect Zuo Maodi to be a man with a beast heart, on the surface, benevolence and morality are actually a belly of male thieves and female prostitutes, and he died with a generous statement here in the southern capital, but when he arrived in the northern capital, he immediately took refuge in the northern capital, Prince Rui Dolgon, although the foolish brother is not a well-read literati, but he is loyal to the Ming Dynasty and loyal to His Majesty the Emperor can still do it." Zuo Maodi has cleared up, and this peace talks will not be able to continue, and there is no way for the foolish brother to come back alone and continue to serve the court! ”

It is true that Zuo Maodi belongs to the Donglin Party, whether it is a male thief or a female prostitute Ma Cheng I don't know, it is estimated that it is similar to other Donglin Party, but it is absolutely unbelievable to say that this Zuo Maodi surrendered to Ma Cheng. Looking at Chen Hongfan's sad and indignant look, if Ma Cheng didn't know that Zuo Maodi was dismembered by Dolgon a year later because he didn't surrender, he probably believed Chen Hongfan's words.

After more than half a year of training, Ma Cheng has long been different from what it used to be, where can he be fooled by Chen Hongfan's one-sided words? Although he didn't believe what he said, Ma Cheng still grabbed Chen Hongfan's hand, pretended to be shocked and asked, "Really?" I didn't expect such a thick-eyed guy as Zuo Maodi to betray Da Ming? Brother Chen, please come in, and tell me the details with my little brother! ”

Zuo Maodi will be an important part of Ma Cheng's anti-Qing Dynasty in the future, so it is natural to understand the details of his journey to the north. Chen Hongfan didn't know what Ma Cheng was thinking, and thought that Ma Cheng believed him, so he was overjoyed and followed Ma Cheng into the Ma Mansion.

Ma Cheng brought Chen Hongfan into the signing room next to the gate, let the family vacate an empty house, and then pulled Chen Hongfan into the house and asked with concern: "Brother Chen, you and your younger brother are not outsiders, you also know that my father and the Donglin Party are not on good terms, now please ask the eldest brother to tell all the illegal things of Zuo Maodi, so that everyone in the world can recognize what the Donglin Party is like!" ”

Chen Hongfan's heart sank when he heard Ma Cheng say this, don't look at him outside, he said that Zuo Maodi could do anything, but he was still stunned in his heart if he really wanted to deal with the Shangdonglin Party. After all, Chen Hongfan has no roots in the court, and he looks like a first-class admiral, but the Donglin Party wants to kill him like an ant.

Ma Cheng saw Chen Hongfan hesitate and knew what this guy was thinking, Ma Cheng smiled and took Chen Hongfan's hand and said: "Brother Chen, stepping on two boats has never ended well, you have to think clearly!" ”

Chen Hongfan went south this time to shoulder Dorgon's secret mission, which was to win over and divide the ministers of the Southern Ming Dynasty, but he had been back for more than a month, and the imperial court had not arranged for him, and now he couldn't even see a head of the military department, let alone win over the big men in the court.

Thinking of this, Chen Hongfan gritted his teeth, now it seems that Ma Shiying in the DPRK has the greatest power, since this is the case, it is better to take refuge in Ma Shiying, and let the eunuch party and the Donglin party fight to the death, isn't this also considered to complete the task of the regent?

Thinking of this, Chen Hongfan opened his mouth and said: "Brother Xian, you know that Brother Fool was afraid of the Donglin Party before, and he never dared to go against their will. But seeing Zuo Maodi's ugly face in the northern capital, the foolish brother decided to tell the world what Zuo Maodi had done! After Chen Hongfan finished speaking, he gave a detailed explanation of the peace talks mission in the past few months, and anyway, all the basins were detained on Zuo Maodi's head.

The peace talks delegation set out from Nanjing on the 10th day of July, carrying the imperial letter of "Emperor Ming to the Khan of the Northern Kingdom," a letter to Wu Sangui and others, as well as 100,000 taels of silver, 1,000 taels of gold, 10,000 horses of silk and other property, and arrived in Beijing on 1 November after a long journey.

After arriving in Beijing, the Manchus were not bad to the mission at first, but they knew that on the third day, all the members of the mission would be imprisoned in the Tai Hospital, and soldiers would be sent to strictly guard them. At this time, the chief envoy of the mission, Zuo Mao, changed his generosity and passion in Nanjing, and showed his cards to the little emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the regent Dolgon, and at the same time asked himself to shave his hair and submit to the Manchu Dynasty. Bayi Chinese Network

At this time, the two deputy envoys of the peace talks, Ma Shaoyu and Chen Hongfan, were unyielding, especially Chen Hongfan, who was severely beaten by Manchu soldiers for many days and refused to shave his hair and change his clothes, and finally Dolgon was moved by his loyalty and put Chen Hongfan back alone, while the other deputy envoy Ma Shaoyu continued to be imprisoned in the Tai Hospital.

Chen Hongfan said that he kowtowed in the direction of the palace and cried: "Although the minister is vulgar and unliterate, he is deeply favored by the first emperor and still knows that he is loyal to the country, so he would rather break his head and bleed than surrender to the north!" After Chen Hongfan finished speaking, he took off his coat, revealing a crimson scar, indicating that he had really been beaten by Manchu soldiers.

Ma Cheng listened to Chen Hongfan's words, and compared it with the history in his mind, he knew that the Chen Hongfan in front of him must have been cleared, and eighty percent of the scars on his body were also caused by himself. However, Ma Cheng did not intend to expose him, and leaving a Manchu spy by his side can sometimes play an unexpected role.

Ma Cheng stepped forward and pulled up Chen Hongfan and sighed: "Brother Chen, your sincere heart for the first emperor will never forget you, now get up first, and when the younger brother goes to see his father, he will definitely be able to appoint Brother Chen to an important position!" ”

Chen Hongfan was overjoyed when he heard Ma Cheng say this, with Ma Shiying as a backer, he would definitely be able to hold an important position, and when the time came, when the regent army went south, he would definitely be able to make new contributions.

But Ma Cheng sat there without moving after speaking, and kept looking at Chen Hongfan, Chen Hongfan was furious by Ma Cheng's heart, and quickly asked: "Brother Xian, what else do you have to order?" ”

Seeing that Chen Hongfan was not on the road, Ma Cheng secretly scolded in his heart: You have not been as stupid as you as a traitor throughout the ages, don't you know how to do things with money?

Seeing that Chen Hongfan still looked helpless, Ma Cheng had no choice but to sigh and say, "Brother Chen, you see that little brother has been a little tight these days!" ”

Hearing Ma Cheng say this, Chen Hongfan knew that people were waiting for him to send silver, Chen Hongfan hurriedly smiled: "Foolish brother forgot this, capital crime, capital crime!" After speaking, Chen Hongfan took out a silver ticket from his pocket and sent it to Ma Cheng.

Ma Cheng saw that the amount was one thousand taels, and couldn't help frowning: "Brother Chen, didn't the younger brother say you, what are you foreign officials doing are all petty families, what about this thousand taels of food?" ”

Chen Hongfan secretly scolded Ma Cheng in his heart, but he had no choice but to take out two silver tickets from his arms, and put together enough three thousand taels to send to Ma Cheng.

Knowing that Ma Cheng was still not satisfied, he looked at the silver ticket and said with a smile: "Yes, the younger brother knows that Brother Chen is shy in his pocket, three thousand taels is three thousand taels, and it is still possible to find a thousand households for Brother Chen!" ”

Chen Hongfan used to be the commander of the five coastal towns, and he was a serious member of the first grade, but now he has become a thousand households here in Ma Cheng. Chen Hongfan had no choice but to grit his teeth and take out another two thousand taels from his arms and hand them to Ma Cheng, and then cried: "Brother Xian, the foolish brother really has no money!" ”

Ma Cheng looked at the five thousand taels of silver tickets in his hand, which was not bad, enough for half a month's food for the new army. Ma Cheng put the silver ticket into his arms and pulled Chen Hongfan and said with a smile: "Brother Chen, the new one doesn't go and the old one can't come, money can make ghosts grind, your business is on the younger brother!" ”

Ma Cheng was in a good mood when he got the silver, so he went out and called a family member and asked him to get a pot of overnight tea, and send it to Chen Hongfan with hot water, which is also worthy of this guy's five thousand taels of silver.

Ma Cheng left the gatehouse and walked to the backyard, and saw that the number of faces in the family had increased significantly on the way, Ma Cheng grabbed a family member and asked, "Who is that, why are there so many outsiders in the house?" ”

When the family saw that it was Ma Cheng, they hurriedly saluted and said: "It turned out that the second master is back, a great happy event, the uncle came from Guiyang, and there are several sons who came with him, and now they are all talking to the old lady in the backyard!" ”

It turned out that his uncle Gu Congxin came, Ma Cheng knew that his uncle was not simple, although he was only a commander of the second grade, but he fought against ethnic minorities in Guizhou all the year round, and he had a group of elite soldiers and fierce generals, and Ma Shiying's 300 Guizhou soldiers were supported by his uncle.

But this uncle is not a local official in Guiyang, what is he doing in Nanjing? Ma Cheng thought for a moment to let go of the housekeeper, then pushed open the door in the backyard and walked in.