Chapter 64: Stealing Chickens Doesn't Make Rice
Seeing Ma Shiying angry, Ma Cheng secretly scolded himself for being careless, how to get out the mantra of marketing in later generations, and those MLM in later generations like to play this kind of gimmick, and make it look like you participated in the national plan, so as to take the opportunity to cheat you out of your money.
Although Ma Cheng's later generations are not pyramid schemes, there are still such things as cheating the old man and the old lady's pension, and his favorite thing at that time is: "Uncle, this is a great thing for the country and the people!" But the new national medical insurance policy is supported! ”
But Ma Cheng's trick can fool those retired workers, and it won't work to deceive Ma Shiying, who is also an old liar. Ma Cheng saw that Ma Shiying really wanted to beat herself, and hurriedly shouted: "Mother! Daddy's going to beat me to death! The Ma family is about to die! ”
Although Gu felt sorry for his son, he felt even more sorry for his daughter. Ma Hongning was already very miserable, his husband and son died at a young age, and he was swept out of the house by his in-laws, so he thought of being sold by his own brother when he returned to his parents' house! Gu Shi gritted his teeth when he heard Ma Cheng shouting for help, and when he didn't hear it, he made up his mind that he would have to let this son suffer some hardships today!
Ma Cheng saw that the old lady didn't care, and shouted in a hurry: "Big brother! The wagtail is in the plain, and the brothers are in trouble! Come and save me! ”
The wagtail is in the plain, and the brother is in trouble. This sentence comes from "The Book of Songs, Xiaoya, Tangtang", which is a metaphor for brothers sharing weal and woe and caring for each other. This is the only original sentence of the poem that Ma Cheng remembers in his mind, probably the former dead ghost Ma Cheng was afraid of being beaten by his father Ma Shiying, so he remembered this sentence in case of emergency.
Ma Luan is a lifter, of course he knows what this sentence means, and Ma Luan is also very angry with Ma Cheng about this matter today, why don't you go home and discuss it with your father about such a big matter. Originally, Ma Luan wanted to ignore the life or death of the second child, and let his father repair him well, but after hearing what Ma Cheng said just now, coupled with the fact that he had been a sibling for eighteen years, Ma Luan had no choice but to hug Ma Shiying's legs, and then knelt on the ground and persuaded: "Dad, give the second brother a chance, listen to what he has to say, what if there is really any hidden secret?" ”
Ma Luan is the eldest son, and Ma Luan is a man at a young age, and he has always been regarded by Ma Shiying as his successor, so Ma Shiying can still listen to what Ma Luan said.
Ma Shiying looked at Ma Cheng and scolded: "Okay, listen to your eldest brother today, if you don't say one, two, three, four, Lao Tzu will beat you!" ”
Ma Cheng finally got the opportunity to speak, just now Ma Cheng and his eldest brother Ma Luan's opportunity to intercede had already been thought of, anyway, that toad Tianzi was very mediocre, and it would be good to buckle his head with any.
"Daddy! Mother! Eldest brother! Here's the thing! You know that I became the guardian of the prison country, and after returning from the ancestral tomb outside the city this afternoon, You Er, the personal eunuch of the prison country, found his son and asked him to find a woman for the prison country to have fun with! ”
As soon as Ma Cheng said this, Gu scolded: "Bastard, will you come back to find your sister if the prison country asks you to find a woman?" ”
Ma Cheng said with a sad face: "Mother, can you listen to your son and then scold?" At that time, it was like this, and the prison said that he liked little widows, and it was better to have given birth to children, what to say had charm! The son is an honest man, go there to find such a suitable person! In a hurry, I can only think of my sister! ”
Ma Cheng looked up at Ma Shiying and Gu, and then said: "What my son thought at the time was that my sister was virtuous and virtuous, although she was widowed at home, but the prison country was also a widower, isn't this just right?" There is a princess in the prison country, and my sister has a home, if my sister gives birth to a nephew in a few years, won't my father and mother also have a heart! ”
Ma Cheng's words were half-truths and half-truths, and he said that he himself offered his sister for flattery as Zhu Yousong wanted to find a woman to have fun, but this kind of thing is the most deceptive, plus Zhu Yousong's original reputation is not good, or Shi Kefa can't say "seven can'ts".
Ma Shiying listened to what Ma Cheng said, put down the family law and sat back on the chair, Ma Cheng saw that there was a play, and then said: "Dad, my son still has an idea, that is, my father will definitely enter the cabinet when he goes to Nanjing this time, but the-stirring sticks of the Donglin Party will definitely deal with Dad, if my sister marries into the palace, then we will not be considered relatives of the emperor!" When the time comes, won't the emperor trust his father more? ”
Ma Shiying lowered his head and pondered when Ma Cheng said this, Ma Luan sighed and stopped talking after hearing this, Ma Cheng didn't know what was going on, what he did was wrong? Cousin! How awesome is this!
Ma Cheng doesn't know how to learn, all his historical knowledge is learned from later TV and online novels. What kind of palace fighting scenes, crossing scenes, originally a woman from a humble background, was favored by the emperor and gave birth to a prince, and her identity immediately became important, and her mother's family was even more prestigious. It is precisely because Ma Cheng has this understanding that he thought of selling his sister to Zhu Yousong, anyway, his sister is widowed at home, so she will be used as waste.
But the real history of the relatives is not always so smooth sailing, if Ma Cheng traveled to the Han Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, then the relatives will be awesome, but there is also the danger of half being beheaded. However, since the Song Dynasty, successive rulers have seen the danger of their relatives, and since the Song Dynasty*, the queens have been selected from small families. In the Ming Dynasty, it was even more powerful, and Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to prevent his relatives from interfering in politics, even set a rule that his relatives were not allowed to hold official positions.
Ma Cheng, a second ancestor, knew this kind of law, so he did a bad thing with good intentions today.
Ma Cheng saw Ma Shiying and Ma Luan bowing their heads and was silent, and hurriedly asked, "Dad, big brother!" What's wrong with you guys? Am I doing something wrong? ”
Ma Luan sighed and said, "Second brother, my brother told you before that you should study more, just to avoid making a big mistake like this now and not knowing it!" ”
"Big brother, what the hell is going on? Tell me quickly! ”
Ma Shiying glanced at the Gu family beside her, and then said, "Madam, please go back, Cheng'er has an old man to clean up!" ”
Gu knew that this was a big matter for the men in the family to discuss, so he had no choice but to stand up and return to the back house with the support of Yahuan.
Ma Luan kicked out all the family members in the house, leaving only the father and son, and then said: "Second brother, it is very clear in the Emperor's ancestral training that relatives are not allowed to interfere in politics, and once the women in the family are elected to the harem, the father and brother are not allowed to be officials!" Second brother, you can cause a big trouble for your father this time! ”
Ma Cheng knows that there is still this regulation, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who wants to eat, still has this idea? Ma Cheng scolded: "Dad, is this really what Zhu Baba, the flower son who wants to eat, said?" ”
There were no outsiders in the house, Ma Shiying glared at Ma Cheng and scolded: "If you don't study, can your eldest brother lie to you?" ”
Ma Cheng's heart was cold when he heard this, this is over. Originally, he expected that his son Ma Shiying would be the first assistant, and then his sister in the palace would be the queen, so that he would be happy with everything, but how could he have thought that he would go home to be a duke when he was so confused? What is the Ming?
"Dad, is there no other way?" Ma Cheng is not dead yet, how can a living person suffocate urine to death, there is always a way.
Ma Shiying sighed and said, "No! It seems that the old man can only go home to retire! ”
Seeing that Ma Shiying and Ma Luan were both crying and mournful, Ma Cheng said, "Dad, what about breaking off relations with my sister?" ”
Ma Shiying shook his head and said, "I all know that your sister is the old man's daughter-in-law, what's the use of cutting off the relationship?" ”
"Dad, listen to me! It's okay like this, doesn't the prison country have a will to canonize my sister as a side concubine, we can resolutely not accept it, and then my father will write to say that my sister Ma Hongning does not abide by women's morals, and she dares to marry without her parents, and then your father tells the world to cut off relations with your sister, isn't that okay? ”
Ma Cheng's strategy is very poisonous, it is completely a ruthless commodity of unloading the mill and killing the donkey and pulling out the birds, Ma Luan heard Ma Cheng say this and scolded: "Second brother, why are you so vicious, can you still make the eldest sister alive?" Didn't you force your eldest sister to commit suicide? ”
Ma Luan felt that Ma Cheng was vicious, but Ma Shiying felt that this strategy was very operational. Ma Shiying is fifty-three this year, and this is the last chance to enter the cabinet in this life, so Ma Shiying must seize all possibilities to strive for the cabinet. At this time, don't say that Ma Hongning is his daughter, that is, his own wife, but also say that he will abandon it.
Ma Shiying twisted his beard and groaned for a moment and asked, "Cheng'er, can your plan succeed?" ”
"Dad, now that the prison country has not taken the throne in Nanjing, I still need the full support of my father, so my son feels that eighty percent can be about the same!"
What Ma Cheng said was the same as Ma Shiying's thoughts, now there is only one Wenchen left on Zhu Yousong's side who can show his hand, Ma Shiying, if Zhu Yousong doesn't want to become a puppet of the Donglin Party in Nanjing, then Ma Shiying must be kept.
Ma Shiying nodded, then took out a pen and paper and wrote a note on the table, the content is very simple, that is, his son and daughter Ma Hongning does not abide by women's morals, and now he has cut off relations with her, so you don't need to give me your canonization edict in prison, love to whom!
Ma Shiying finished writing and looked at it, and then called a family member to send him to the imperial city overnight, handed it to the great eunuch Lu Jiude, and asked Lu Jiude to transfer it on his behalf. Ma Shiying is now a political ally with Lu Jiude, so Lu Jiude will definitely be able to help with this. Because of the absence of Ma Shiying, Lu Jiude had to face another great eunuch Han Zanzhou when he arrived in Nanjing, and it was not a fuel-efficient lamp.
After sending the recital and the canonization edict away, Ma Shiying said to Ma Luan: "Luan'er, next step you go to the imperial city to meet your eldest sister, and talk to her about your father's arrangement!" Your eldest sister has a soft personality on the outside and strong on the inside, and if you don't know, you will definitely commit suicide, so you must stabilize her! ”
Ma Luan heard Ma Shiying say this: "Dad, this incident was caused by the second brother, why don't you let him go?" ”
"Now your eldest sister is angry, isn't your second brother going to add fuel to the fire? It's best if you go! ”
Ma Luan heard his father say this, and he had no choice but to bow down and take orders. As soon as Ma Luan walked to the door, he was stopped by Ma Shiying: "Luan'er, you and the eldest sister said that your father can't stand her, let her take care of it!" ”
Ma Shiying is a father after all, although he is ruthless in the political struggle, but when it comes to his own flesh and blood, Ma Shiying is still a little hesitant.