Zhang Guozhu's promotion was expected by Ma Cheng, but what is Ma Xi? Just now, he was a big-headed soldier, why did he become a general soldier all of a sudden? Ma Cheng's own promotion speed is fast enough, but three months ago, Ma Cheng was also a thousand-year-old, and he was a middle-level officer no matter how he said it. But Ma Xi is now just an ordinary soldier in the Shenji Battalion, and he has become a general soldier at once, which is faster than Ma Cheng.

Ma Cheng is not worried about whether Ma Xi is the chief soldier, but whether he is the chief soldier under his command. According to Ma Cheng's setting, his subordinates will go into battle against the Manchu Qing in the future, how can Ma Xi's kind of waste be a real soldier?

"Dad, the third brother is just an ordinary soldier, and now he is suddenly promoted to the chief soldier, which makes his subordinates unconvinced!"

Ma Cheng said it very well, but he knew that Ma Shiying had already planned: "This Cheng'er can rest assured, his father has already asked for the title of Governor of the Jinyi Guard for Xi'er, and with your help in the plus army, there should be no problem in suppressing those soldiers." ”

Unexpectedly, Ma Shiying was really good to his third son, and he quietly gave him an errand as a governor. Ma Cheng couldn't help it when he heard Ma Shiying say this, what else could he do if Lao Tzu decided that he would be a son?

Ma Shiying was very happy to see that his son agreed, so that Ma Xi had a way out, now it is a troubled time, and there is nothing to rely on. Now the eldest son Ma Luan has followed him into his official career, and the second son Ma Cheng and the third son Ma Xi are in charge of the army, so that their position in the court can be more stable. (Historically, Admiral Ma Xi's Jingying was in February of the first year of Hongguang, and now the time has been advanced.) ）

Leaving from Ma Shiying, Ma Cheng returned to his small courtyard, and the original good mood of double happiness was diluted a lot, but it was still good to see Gu Xiying when he returned home. Ma Cheng thought that he would not be alone in the future, and swore in his heart that he must block the Manchus north of the Yangtze River, and he must not let them destroy his happy life.

Ma Cheng has been in the army for a month, and he finally came back once, so he naturally wants to be gentle with Gu Xiying, so Ma Cheng has been waiting at home for the military department for the past few days. According to Ma Cheng's understanding of the speed of the bureaucracy of the Ming Dynasty, this line could not be written in ten days and half a month. But Ma Cheng didn't expect that this matter was personally supervised by Shoufu, and the speed was surprisingly fast, and on the morning of the third day, the military department prepared the official documents for the appointment of more than 300 military generals, large and small, and handed them over to Ma Cheng.

Ma Cheng flipped through the thick stack of documents, the first one was his own appointment text, which was written very simply, Ma Cheng, the chief officer of the Shenji Battalion, was the acting commander of the colonel, and his official position was from Yipin. This text only shows that Ma Cheng is an agent, which is not very different from the emperor's holy decree, probably because Lao Tzu Ma Shiying was afraid that Ma Cheng would be too young and criticized too much, so he got the name of an agent.

The second appointment was written by Zhang Guozhu, appointing him as Ma Cheng's deputy and the chief military officer of Zhengyangmen, Zhengyangmen is the gate of the Son of Heaven, and this general soldier has very heavy rights.

Ma Cheng flipped over again, a total of four general soldiers, namely Zhengyangmen General Soldier, Jubaomen General Soldier, Tongji Gate General Soldier, Sanshanmen General Soldier, Zhengyangmen is Zhang Guozhu, Jubaomen is a person named Ma Bao, this person Ma Cheng does not recognize, Ma Cheng knows that the Ma family has a group of relatives in Guiyang, probably this Ma Bao is his own relative.

Tongji Gate is a water pass, and the Qinhuai River flows out of Nanjing City from here, Ma Cheng didn't expect this general soldier to give Luo Bingran, Ma Cheng remembered that Luo Bingran was like a fine tank, but he didn't expect this guy to come to Nanjing with him, and this time he also got a general soldier's position, Ma Cheng remembered that this guy used to be a garrison, but he didn't expect to be promoted to five or six levels to become a general soldier, and probably gave Ma Shiying a lot of silver.

The last Sanshanmen general soldier is Ma Cheng's younger brother Ma Xi, Sanshanmen is located in the south of the city, prosperous business, the most important thing is that it is not far from Tongtian Palace, and Li Ma Cheng's home is not far away, Ma Shiying gave Ma Xi this position It seems that he is ready to run away.

Except for the four general soldiers, the others are all deputy generals, staff generals, garrisons and other positions, and the lowest position is also Baihu, it seems that Ma Shiying is ready to hold the army firmly in his hands.

There was also a big red flying fish suit sent along with the Ministry of War, Ma Cheng didn't know it at first, and thought that the Ministry of War had sent a dragon robe. Fortunately, the Ma family is a big family, and some people in the house know the goods, and after the knowledgeable family members pointed out Ma Cheng, they knew that this kind of dragon with two wings was a flying fish.

In the Ming Dynasty, the python robe was the most noble, only the emperor and the first-class master could wear it, and the second level was the bullfighting suit, which could be worn by civil officials who had made great contributions above the fourth grade. The last kind of clothing is the flying fish suit in front of Ma Cheng, this kind of clothing is much lower than the first two, in addition to the first and second rank of military attachés, some high-ranking brocade guards can also wear it, but they can only carry the flying fish complement, which is different from the red over-the-shoulder flying fish suit worn by Ma Cheng.

Ma Cheng put on his clothes and put on his official hat, and then put on his official boots, and stood in front of the bronze mirror to take a good look.

The concubine Gu Xiying was very happy to see her husband and heroine standing on the side, and the woman was the same when she saw her man as an official, Gu Xiying smiled: "The master is really a clothes rack, this kind of flying fish suit is still good to wear, and it is much stronger than those brocade guards." ”

Ma Cheng heard Gu Xiying say this and smiled: "You, don't look at what Jinyi Wei is wearing, they only have one complement, naturally they don't look good over the shoulder!" After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he tidied up his clothes and walked out of the door, Ma Cheng originally wanted to accompany Gu Xiying at home for a few days, but now that the military order has come, Ma Cheng has no choice but to say goodbye to his concubine and go to the barracks.

There are still many family members in Ma Fu who don't know about Ma Cheng's promotion, and now seeing Ma Cheng wearing a big red flying fish suit, they quickly knelt down and said congratulations one by one, Ma Cheng naturally couldn't be stingy, and ordered each person to reward one or two silver.

Out of the gate of the Ma Mansion, Gu Zhong and other eleven personal soldiers were standing at the door, and when they saw the red Ma Cheng coming out, they quickly knelt down and shouted: "Greet the Lord of the Military Gate!" "For the Academy

I don't know if it's a psychological effect, Ma Cheng feels that the military gate is better than the main town. Now that Gu Zhong has become a hundred households, Ma Cheng said to Gu Zhong: "Gu Zhong, order Zhang Guozhu, Ma Bao, Luo Bingran, and Ma Xi to go to the Yamen of the Admiral of Nancheng to obey orders!" ”

Gu Zhong bowed down to receive the order and went with a few people, and Ma Cheng left the Ma Mansion with the rest of the people and rushed to the Admiral's Yamen.

The Admiral Yamen of Daxiaochang is outside the city of Nancheng, not far from Ma Cheng's Shenji Battalion, and Ma Cheng also came here to meet the then Admiral Liu Zhaoji when he took over the Shenji Battalion, but at that time, Ma Cheng's door was hard, and he didn't put Liu Zhaoji in his eyes at all, and he came over just to meet him in courtesy.

Now that Ma Cheng has become a commander, and he has also been given a flying fish suit by the emperor, the degree of favor is far above Liu Zhaoji. Therefore, the big and small officials of the Admiral's Yamen had already received the news, and they were all standing at the gate waiting for the new Admiral.

Ma Cheng rode a horse to the Admiral's Yamen, and saw that there were more than 100 people standing in front of the door, these people were tall, short, fat and thin, and everyone had them.

After Ma Cheng dismounted, he helped up a middle-aged general at the front, and saw that this guy was wearing a three-grade official uniform, probably a mid-level officer from the Admiral's Yamen.

Ma Cheng smiled: "This old brother, you are... ”

The man hurriedly bowed down and said, "The last general is Zhu Tong, a Chinese officer!" ”

The middle officer is equivalent to the chief of staff of later generations, and is the most important officer in addition to the chief and deputy chief officers, Ma Cheng is now the commander, and his middle officer will be demoted by two ranks, and this Zhu Tong is also a general.

Most of the army in Nanjing is controlled by Xungui, this Chinese officer surnamed Zhu, is he the descendant of that Xungui?

Ma Cheng asked, "Brother is the queen of that honor?" ”

Zhu Tong heard Ma Cheng say this, and hurriedly replied politely: "How dare you, the grandfather of the last general is the third generation of Funing Marquis Zhu Gang's concubine!" ”

Funing Hou? Isn't that the knighthood of Zhu Guobi, the biggest waste in Nanming? Ma Cheng is too familiar with Zhu Guobi, Qin Huai Bayan Kou Baimen's husband, and it was this Zhu Guobi who finally surrendered with 200,000 garrison troops, but he didn't expect to meet this big traitor's clan today.

Ma Cheng said with a smile: "It turned out to be my own family, what kind of relative is my brother Baoguogong?" ”

The family of Funing Hou is a bad account, the first generation of Fu Ning Bo is Zhu Qian, in the first year of Jingtai was named Fu Ning Bo, after Zhu Qian's death, his son Zhu Yongcheng Fu Ning Bo, after the title of Baoguo Duke, descendants were allowed to be hereditary dukes. But after Zhu Yong's death, only Zhu Hui was allowed to attack the Duke of Baoguo, and the title of his descendants was somehow lowered by one rank and became the hereditary Marquis of Funing.

However, in this generation of Funing Hou Zhu Guobi is a very toss-up guy, Zhu Guobi and sincerity Uncle Liu Kongzhao are very good, and naturally they also took advantage of Liu Kongzhao to catch up with Ma Shiying, just half a month ago Ma Shiying wrote a letter to Zhu Guobi to raise a first-class level, and became Baoguo Gong, with this relationship, Ma Cheng said that he and Zhu Tong are his own people.

Zhu Tong was very happy to hear Ma Cheng say this, after all, he didn't know Ma Cheng's temper, he only knew that this guy was a second ancestor, and now seeing that this second ancestor was very talkative, Zhu Tong also let go of his heart.

Next, Zhu Tong was Ma Cheng's subordinate official who recommended the Admiral Yamen, and the commanders of the Yuanmen officials, grain transportation officials, Changshi, and the guards of the southern city were all in command. Ma Cheng didn't have any shelves, and according to what he learned on TV in later generations, he shook hands with every subordinate official, and it was really harmonious.

Zhu Tong was very happy to see that Ma Cheng had no shelf, and said to Ma Cheng after introducing his subordinate officers: "Lord Junmen, this is the first time I met with my lord, and the last general and others didn't prepare anything, this is a little heart, please smile!" After Zhu Tong finished speaking, he took out a thick envelope from his arms and handed it to Ma Cheng.

Ma Cheng took it and weighed it, if it is a hundred taels of silver tickets, there are more than a hundred here, it seems that Nancheng is very rich here, these guys are so generous one by one.

Ma Cheng didn't open it, but smiled and said, "Okay, today's brother is the first day, let's get together!" ”