Although Chen Zilong has decided to take refuge in Zhu Lunkui, he can't run out of the city and kneel in front of Ma Cheng to ask for him, wouldn't that lose Chen Zilong's arrogance?

Ancient Chinese literati all had Zhuge Liang plots, and it was best for the lord to take refuge in them to invite three or four people, so that they could reflect their own style and bones when they went out of the mountain again. Although Chen Zilong is not pedantic, but he is also arrogant in his heart, you Ma Cheng is an illiterate Qiu Ba, although he had a good relationship with Chen Zilong before, but if you want Chen Zilong to kneel in front of you and beg for mercy, don't think about it.

That's why Chen Zilong ordered his subordinates to stand at the door, and let him come in to see him if Ma Cheng came.

Ma Cheng is a rough man, he knows this little Jiujiu in Chen Zilong's heart, but Ma Cheng didn't see it doesn't mean that there is no one around him, Wang Xian can see Chen Zilong's small means, but at this time, Chen Zilong and Wang Xian did not have any conflict of rights, so Wang Xian did not say anything.

Ma Cheng listened to Chen Zilong talk about what happened in the past few years, sighed and said: "Brother Chen has worked hard in the past few years, but now it's okay, this governor was appointed by the emperor as the governor of Jiangnan, and now there is a lack of civil officials under this governor, please Brother Chen temporarily belong to the position of Libu political envoy, and wait for this governor to write to the emperor, and you can come down after the official appointment!" ”

When Chen Zilong heard that he had given himself such an important official position, he quickly stood up and bowed down and thanked: "Then thank you to the general system!" ”

Ma Cheng also stood up and smiled: "What are you and my brother talking about?" Brother Chen is Zhuge Liang of the governor, now that the army is outside, there is only enough grain and grass for half a month, please take office now and raise grain and grass for the army! ”

Ma Cheng took half a year's grain from Nanjing, but when he arrived in Zhenjiang, he gave half to the poor, and his own army could only eat potatoes to survive.

Chen Zilong was originally a qualified bureaucrat, so he was naturally not afraid of this kind of difficulty, and after listening to Ma Cheng's words, he happily bowed down to accept the order.

Chen Zilong and Ma Cheng were happy, but Wang Xian was a little unhappy, he knew that Chen Zilong was Ma Cheng's old friend, but Wang Xian was not very worried about Chen Zilong seizing his position before. But now it's different, Ma Cheng just called Chen Zilong with Zhuge Liang, which made Wang Xian a little depressed.

The literati are light, although Wang Xian is not as good as Chen Zilong, who was born as a jinshi, but Wang Xian himself does not feel much worse than Chen Zilong, a second minister. Wang Xian has always regarded himself as the number one strategist by Ma Cheng's side, but now Ma Cheng calls Chen Zilong Zhuge Liang, Wang Xian is inevitably a little jealous in his heart.

From today onwards, Wang Xian has completely begun to be hostile to Chen Zilong, this pattern has an extremely far-reaching impact on the future, even if Ma Cheng dies in the future, it will have a great impact on his successor, but this is all a later story, so I won't mention it here.

Chen Zilong didn't know a few words of his own, so he set up a lifelong enemy for himself. However, Chen Zilong did not know at this time, and after he accepted Ma Cheng's appointment, he began to devote himself to the construction of Suzhou. Chen Zilong was the only high-ranking official who surrendered after the city of Suzhou was broken, and with Chen Zilong's joining, Ma Cheng could easily control the counties of Suzhou, and at the same time, a large amount of money and grain continued to enter Ma Cheng's army.

The rainy season in Minami Naoli comes in June because of the temperature of the Xiaoice River

There were only a dozen degrees, coupled with the continuous light rain, so Ma Cheng stopped all military activities, just went forward for more than 20 miles, stationed the forward in Wujiang County, and the main force stopped outside Suzhou City and did not move.

Up to now, Ma Cheng has occupied all the Jiangnan parts of Nanzhili, and with such a great achievement, it is natural to repay the merit, and on the second day of the occupation of Suzhou, Ma Cheng gave Zhu Lunkui a long list of meritorious heroes. However, these are all superficial articles, and Ma Cheng already has the right to appoint officials independently, so this list is just a formality.

Ma Cheng thought that no one would read the list he had reported, and after he was done, he began to assign his cronies to serve as low-level officials in the various provinces of Nanzhili. But what Ma Cheng didn't expect was that his list was rejected by the cabinet.

Seeing that his list was rejected, the angry Ma Cheng was about to scold, Ma Cheng thought that this must be Qian Qianyi's ghost, only he couldn't see his own power. However, the secretary office of the ministry who came back with him to pass the order said that this time it was really not Qian Qianyi who was playing tricks, but Ma Cheng's Laozi, and Ma Shiying rejected the list.

Ma Cheng was a little confused when he heard that his own Lao Tzu did it, he and Ma Shiying are father and son, so he doesn't need to suppress himself? There must be some reason for this, but Ma Cheng asked the secretary of the ministry, he was just a messenger of orders, and he didn't know anything else.

After waiting for three days, Ma Shiying's letter came, and the original reason for the rejection was very simple, you Ma Cheng has a group of cronies, Ma Shiying doesn't have it?

Ma Shiying has been up and down in the sea for more than 30 years, and although his protégés and former officials are not as rich as Qian Qianyi of the Donglin Party, they are also a lot. There are only so many positions in the central government, can you arrange all of them to the central ministries? Therefore, Ma Cheng's list of heroes has become a good thing for Ma Shiying to settle his own people.

In the letter, Ma Shiying sternly reprimanded Ma Cheng's immaturity, what are the candidates for local officials you arranged yourself, and a Xiucai wants to be the official of Suzhou Mansion? A child wants to be the magistrate of Wujiang County? I don't know a big character, so I arranged for him to be a county magistrate because of some merits? It's simply not a system!

Ma Cheng couldn't help it when he saw Ma Shiying scolding himself, the highest education of his subordinates was Xiucai, how could those guys with fame come to join Ma Cheng? As for the county Cheng, Qiu Ba was the hero of the defense of Nanjing, and left the army after breaking a leg, Ma Cheng couldn't be sorry for his brother, so he naturally wanted to give his brother a good way out.

As for the officials selected by Ma Shiying, they are all literati, and the most recent ones are the prisoners of Guozijian, and even Ma Cheng's two uncles, Gu Chun and Gu Pu, have also ascended to heaven and become two county orders. Ma Cheng shook his head when he saw this, but he couldn't help it, these guys who came were inextricably linked to him, and they could be said to be the cornerstone of the Ma family, could he drive these guys away?

Although Ma Shiying tampered with Ma Cheng's list, but those heroes were not all deposed, and the Qiu Ba with the broken leg was demoted one level and became a county lieutenant from the county seat, which can be regarded as matching his identity. Seeing this, Ma Cheng didn't say anything anymore, handed over the list to Wang Xian, and asked him to arrange it according to the list.

Ma Cheng saw that the fruits of his victory were usurped by some wine bags and rice bags, but he had nothing to do but watch those good places being occupied by a bunch of waste. However, fortunately, the army that Ma Cheng valued most was not used

The occupation of these guys is also a hint of luck in Ma Cheng's regret.

Ma Cheng thought that this was the end, but he didn't expect that half a month later, the official edict of the imperial court arrived, and the new governor of Jiangnan, Qi Biaojia, arrived immediately to take over the government affairs of Suzhou Mansion and the entire Nanzhili.

The political envoy is in charge of the civil affairs and finances of a province, and the judicial and criminal prisons of a province are all important officials of a province. According to the inspection, Ma Cheng couldn't control it, but this political envoy Ma Cheng had already arranged for Chen Zilong to do it, and had already sent a letter to Ma Shiying, asking Ma Shiying to help in the court, but he didn't expect that the matter was in chaos, and the duck cooked in Ma Cheng's pot flew.

Ma Cheng took the holy decree and saw that the political envoy was Zhang Sunzhen, and the envoy was Xie Qikun.

Xie Qikun Needless to say, the original prefect of Zhenjiang was promoted to the rank of envoy. But that Zhang Sunzhen was originally an imperial history, just because he was commanded by Ma Shiying every time to fight dissidents in the court, which gave him a fat difference as a political envoy?

Ma Cheng really couldn't stand Ma Shiying's repeated changes in his decision, so he stood up angrily and was about to write to Ma Shiying, asking what was wrong, why couldn't he get the position of a political envoy?

Ma Cheng's movements were stopped by Wang Xian, and Wang Xian said in a low voice: "Master Hou, this Zhang Sunzhen is the old lady's person, this time the old lady asked him to be this political envoy must have a deep meaning!" ”

"Deep meaning, what deep meaning can there be, isn't it just to wear small shoes for Qi Biaojia?" Ma Cheng said as he angrily looked for a pen and paper.

"Master Hou, think about it, although you want Chen Zilong to be the political envoy, what can the old lady think? Chen Zilong is a student of Qian Qianyi, and he has a very close relationship with the East Forestry Party in the DPRK, if Chen Zilong is allowed to be the political envoy, then all the provincial officials in Nanzhili are not members of the Donglin Party? The old lady will never agree! ”

Ma Cheng felt right when he heard Wang Xian say this, although he was good friends with Chen Zilong, but this relationship was nothing in Ma Shiying's eyes, and no matter how good the relationship was, it would be difficult to guarantee that he would stand on the opposite side when he disagreed in the future. Therefore, in order to ensure that Nanzhili would not become the self-reserved land of the Donglin Party, the official in charge of finance, the political envoy of Nabu, must use his own people.

And Zhang Sunzhen was basically stinky in officialdom because of his attack on Yuan Keli back then, and now only by hugging Ma Shiying's thigh tightly can he ensure his own glory and wealth, and at the same time, Zhang Sunzhen is Qi Biaojia's sworn enemy, and he can also reduce some of the burden on Ma Cheng by pulling Qi Biaojia's hind legs.

Thinking of this, Ma Cheng sighed and asked, "But this governor has already promised the middle brother, what can I do if I go back on my word now?" ”

"This is simple, Xia Guan will hand over the holy decree to Chen Zilong in a while, he is a smart person, and he will not embarrass Hou Ye!"

Wang Xian is a very capable person, but his heart is too small, and he can't see anyone who can be trusted more than himself. Now that Chen Zilong is a new recruit, he wants to climb on his head, so he naturally wants to do everything possible to get Chen Zilong off.

Ma Cheng couldn't help it when he heard Wang Xian say this, so he had to sigh and said: "Okay, just bother Mr. Wang, and at the same time tell the middle brother to let him temporarily live in the position of Suzhou prefect, and the governor will find a way in the future!" ”