Ma Shiying is definitely not a good person, but a good person can't survive in the big dye vat of Ming Dynasty officialdom, and only a loach like Ma Shiying can drill a piece of the world in the muddy water.

Ma Shiying brought Lu Jiu over in a few words, and formed an alliance of interests with Lu Jiude to deal with Lu Zhenfei, who had meritorious service.

Because of the same enemy, Ma Shiying and Lu Jiude have a lot of close relationship, Lu Jiude said with a smile: "Brother Yaocao, Fengyang is less than a hundred miles away from Huai'an, you think it is better to go to Huai'an tomorrow to welcome King Fengfu, and then go to Fengyang to worship the emperor's ancestral tomb?" ”

Ma Shiying was amused when she heard Lu Jiude say this, you want the old man to work without any benefits? It's so beautiful!

"Hehe, what Brother Shuangquan said is very true, but his official identity is the governor of Fengyang, but he left his post and went to Huai'an without permission, it's really unreasonable!"

Lu Jiude heard Ma Shiying say this, and scolded in his heart, why didn't you say that you left your post without permission when you went to Pukou a few days ago? However, Lu Jiude knew that Ma Shiying was talking about conditions, and Lu Jiude said with a smile: "This is simple, as long as King Fu is in Fengyang to supervise the country, he will immediately appoint Brother Yaocao as the secretary of the military department, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses!" ”

"What? Give a military department book? Then Lao Tzu might as well help Shi Kefa! Ma Shiying heard Lu Jiude say this, and secretly scolded Zhu Yousong for being stingy, and he couldn't even enter the cabinet if he had the merit of supporting it.

"Brother Shuangquan, it's difficult for this official! Yangzhou Gaojie is unruly, and without the pressure of the official, he is afraid that he will set up troops to plunder the place, so the official here in Fengyang cannot leave without permission! ”

Gao Jie's combat effectiveness is the strongest in the four towns of Jiangbei, and his 30,000 cavalry is not vegetarian, in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Gao Jie also broke Yangzhou and grabbed it, and finally it was Ma Shiying who sent troops to suppress Gao Jie to succumb. At the same time, Lu Jiude and Gao Jie have nothing to do with each other, and if they want to win over the strongest of the four towns, they can only pass through Ma Shiying, so Ma Shiying can sit on the ground without fear.

Lu Jiude had no choice but to hand over the last hole card after hearing Ma Shiying's words: "Brother Yaocao, what about the Dongge University Scholar and the Secretary of the Military Department?" ”

The cabinet of the Ming Dynasty did not have a high or low grade, everyone was a positive five grade, and only in the name could we distinguish between the high and the low. The members of the cabinet are called according to the major halls in the palace, namely the scholars of the Zhongji Temple, the scholars of the Jianji Palace, the scholars of the Wenhua Palace, the scholars of the Wuyingdian, the scholars of the Wenyuan Pavilion, and the scholars of the East Pavilion.

Ma Shiying listened to the last one in his cabinet, and he was still a little dissatisfied in his heart, what he wanted to do was the first assistant of the cabinet.

Lu Jiude was still a little dissatisfied with Ma Shiying's expression, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Yaocao, now that King Fu has not ascended the throne after all, it is really difficult to make any guarantees, but Brother Yaocao should not forget that the first assistant was designated by the emperor, and after King Fu ascended the throne, he will definitely not forget Brother Yaocao's merits." ”

Ma Shiying heard Lu Jiude say this, and knew that Dongge University Scholar was already the highest official position that Zhu Yousong could give, after all, he had not yet ascended the throne. Thinking of this, Ma Shiying no longer insisted: "King Fu's trust makes Shiying grateful, please Lu Zhen guard the heavens, and the ministers will lead hundreds of thousands of soldiers to welcome King Fu and prison the country!" ”

Now Ma Shiying has used the self-title of the minister, that is, he officially expressed his support for the accession of the blessed king Zhu Yousong to the throne. Lu Jiude was overjoyed when he heard Ma Shiying say this, although Ma Shiying was stinky, but after all, the influence of a party member in the officialdom was much higher than that of Lu Zhenfei, who had only been a jinshi in the fifth year of the Apocalypse.

"Okay, since Brother Yaocao agrees, then we will go to Huai'an to welcome King Fu to Fengyang!"

Ma Shiying heard Lu Jiude say this, stood up and arched his hand and said: "Okay, the official will go back and arrange, Gao Jie has the official to meet, and Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo will rely on Brother Shuangquan!" ”

Gao Jie has actually agreed to support King Fu, Ma Shiying is saying this to Lu Jiude to show Lu Jiude, Lao Tzu still has a certain ability to restrain Gao Jie. As for Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo, although these two guys are nominally under Ma Shiying's control, they fought with Lu Jiude in the ninth year of Chongzhen, and Ma Shiying can't separate this kind of feeling.

Ma Cheng followed Ma Shiying out of the Left-behind Division, and at the door, Ma Cheng couldn't help but ask: "Dad, didn't you say Shoufu yesterday?" How is it today... ”

Ma Cheng was interrupted by Ma Shiying before he finished speaking, Ma Shiying looked at the soldiers at the door of the left-behind division, and then said in a low voice: "There are many people here, let's talk about it when I go back!" ”

Ma Cheng heard Ma Shiying say this, and there was no way to follow Ma Shiying back to the governor's yamen, and Yue Qijie and Yang Wencong also rushed over when they got the news.

Ma Cheng entered the room and asked without waiting to sit down, "Dad, how did you easily agree to Lu Jiude's conditions just now?" Didn't you say that it was good to be the first assistant? ”

Ma Shiying snorted coldly and said, "Hmph, does Lu Jiude think that the old man is a nerd who has just entered the officialdom?" came up and talked about Lu Zhenfei, just wanting to use Lu Zhenfei to suppress the old man! ”

Yue Qijie and Yang Wencong are both rape and slippery people, and they know that Ma Shiying will definitely not suffer, so they all lowered their eyebrows and did not speak. Only Ma Cheng was stunned in the room, and when he heard Ma Shiying say this, he hurriedly asked, "Dad, what should I do if King Fu relies on Lu Zhenfei?" Will this Lu Zhenfei also enter the cabinet together! ”

Ma Shiying glared at Ma Cheng like this, and then scolded: "Cheng'er, you are now an adult, and you are still a thousand households in the army, why don't you have a city government at all?" ”

Yue Qijie listened to Ma Shiying scolding Ma Cheng, and relieved the siege on the side: "Haha, Zhonghe, you still have too little experience, that Lu Zhenfei is a five-year jinshi of the Apocalypse, because of his good official reputation, he has only been promoted to the governor of Caoyun in the past few years." Your father is a Jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, the nineteenth in the second class, and he is also the Jishi of the year, and his protégés are all over the world, where Lu Zhenfei can compare with a new official! ”

No matter how big an official you are, as long as you see a retired veteran cadre, you should also call yourself a senior, and you will go to visit your home during the New Year's holidays, and you must humbly accept any opinions on governing the country. Although it's your business to listen or not, you must maintain respect on the surface, and if you are a little disgusted, you will be scolded immediately for not knowing how to be respectful and humble, and not knowing how to advance or retreat!

Ma Shiying is not retired yet, he is still in his prime, although he is on the same level as Lu Zhenfei, but the prestige in the officialdom is not comparable to the young Lu Zhenfei. Ma Cheng was afraid that his Lao Tzu would be squeezed out of the cabinet by Lu Zhenfei, and now after listening to Yue Qijie's words, he realized that his Lao Tzu was not a fuel-efficient lamp.

After Yue Qijie finished praising Ma Shiying, he asked, "Lord Chief, I don't know what official position King Fu will give you?" ”

Before Ma Shiying could speak, Yang Wencong said on the side: "Hmph, what other official position can you have?" It's nothing more than entering the cabinet, plus concurrently serving as a book! ”

Ma Shiying knew that Yang Wencong was angry that he didn't unite Shi Kefa according to his arrangement, but the situation had developed to such an extent that it was really unwise to unite Shi Kefa.

Ma Shiying pretended not to see Yang Wencong's demeanor, and said with a smile: "Long You is really talented, what he said is not bad at all, it is the Dongge University Scholar who is also the secretary of the military department!" ”

Yue Qijie and Yang Wencong are not the new Ding Ma Cheng of officialdom, hearing Ma Shiying say this, he nodded again and again, this is already the biggest official position that Zhu Yousong can come up with.

"Since King Fu is like this, it seems that he is going to rely on the master system!" Yue Qijie was very happy when he heard Ma Shiying say this, he was Ma Shiying's staff, but he was still a soldier in Huaibei. If Ma Shiying enters the cabinet this time, then his own official position will also be moved.

"Don't be too happy, everyone is too early, now King Fu has not ascended the throne, so everything is not counted! The official has already finished discussing with Lu Jiude, and he will set off for Huai'an tomorrow to welcome King Fengfu! Zixing, you will send a letter to Gao Jie in a while, and ask him to take the elite north to Huai'an in Yangzhou to wait for the official! Long You, you can arrange that 20,000 horses will be transferred from the guards around Fengyang, and you will go to Huai'an with this official tomorrow! ”

Yue Qijie is the Huaibei Military Reserve and Gao Jie's logistics minister, so he has a good relationship with Gao Jie. Yang Wencong is a little bit back, Yang Wencong was originally the commander of Yongjia County, Zhejiang during the Chongzhen period, but because of his unclean hands and feet, he was impeached by the imperial history Zhan Zhaoheng and lost his office, and he has been a master here with Ma Shiying for several years.

Yang Wencong was in charge of the internal affairs of the governor's yamen, although he was a little unhappy in his heart, but when he heard Ma Shiying say this, he still stood up and gave up the order.

Yue Yang and the others went out to prepare, and Ma Cheng was just about to go out when Ma Shiying shouted: "Cheng'er, wait a minute!" ”

Ma Cheng came back from the door and asked, "Dad, is there something to look for me?" ”

Ma Shiying hesitated and asked, "I heard that your third brother was taken to the army by you this morning?" ”

Ma Cheng heard Ma Shiying say this and knew that Lao Ma felt sorry for his son, which is understandable, although Ma Xi was born by his mother, but after all, he is Ma Shiying's own son, who is a father, who doesn't care about his son?

"Dad, do you feel sorry for the third child?"

Ma Shiying sighed and said: "There is no way to let your third brother enter the military, you also know what your mother's temper is, but your third brother is a scholar after all, and he has to prepare for the college exam in a few months, do you have to let him participate in training?" ”

Ma Cheng knew what Ma Shiying meant, it was nothing more than using the army as a shield to block the mouth of the old lady Gu.

Ma Cheng is the son of the Gu family, so he naturally wants to stand on the side of the old lady, and Ma Cheng also hates Ma Xi very much, so he doesn't want Ma Laosan to take the imperial examination to become an official.

"Dad, you know my mother's temper! Although she has let go of her third brother now, it may not be in the future! According to her mother's temper, it is likely that something will happen before the hospital exam, so that the third brother's life will be ruined! Therefore, according to the son's arrangement, it is better to let the third brother develop in the army, with the care of the son and the father's residual power, the third brother will definitely not suffer any losses! ”

Ma Shiying was right to think about it when he heard Ma Cheng say this, the Hedong lion in his backyard was superb, and he was busy with things in his officialdom, in case there was anything that could not be taken care of, then Ma Xi's life would be ruined. It's different in the army, and after being busy with King Fu's accession to the throne, it's better to get an official body for Ma Xi than to go back to his hometown in Guiyang to guard the ancestral house.

"Okay, you have to take good care of your third brother, don't let him suffer any grievances!"

Ma Cheng was overjoyed when he heard Ma Shiying say this, with Ma Shiying's will, it would be easy to do, Ma Xi, you were raised by a little mother and fell into the hands of Lao Tzu, can you still have a good life?