(The manuscript is used up, the work of the unit is too busy, and the two watches are a little unbearable, so it's better to be a change!) ）

At this time, there were two people in the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yousong and Ma Cheng, so Ma Cheng lost the restraint just now, and opened his mouth and said: "Brother-in-law, it's not that Xu Jiujue offended the minister, but that the minister saw that this Xu Jiujue was very domineering, and he actually beat our people from Fengyang on the street, so the minister came forward for Lu Siye!" ”

Ma Cheng has not been by Zhu Yousong's side for a long time, but after the experience of salesmen in later generations, he has a good grasp of human feelings. Although Zhu Yousong is the emperor, he is also a person, and at the same time, Zhu Yousong probably suffered some setbacks when he was young, so he attaches great importance to family affection. Ma Cheng knew Zhu Yousong's character, so he said so.

Zhu Yousong was very satisfied when he heard Ma Cheng say this, nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, what Aiqing said is very right, this kind of guy should be beaten!" ”

Zhu Yousong is only the eldest son of the old Fu King, and the old Fu King Zhu Changxun didn't care much about him, Zhu Yousong has been growing up with his biological mother Zou when he was young. In addition, Zhu Yousong escaped from the city when Luoyang City was broken, and he was displaced along the way, and the local clan officials in Huai'an did not want to see him, this kind of encounter made Zhu Yousong realize early that the world is warm and cold, so Zhu Yousong attaches great importance to Ma Shiying's father and son who helped him when he is in trouble, which is also one of the main reasons why Ma Shiying's power leaned towards the government and the opposition in the later period of the Hongguang Dynasty.

"Brother-in-law, at that time, the minister just wanted to beat him out of anger, but I didn't expect this Xu Jiujue to insult the minister's sister, the minister's sister is very friendly to the minister, and the minister naturally can't see his family being bullied, so he wants to kill Xu Jiujue, a bastard!"

Ma Cheng shed crocodile tears when he said this, and choked up: "Brother-in-law, minister. . . Chen remembered that when he was a child, he had a cold, and his sister took care of him personally before leaving the bed, or the minister would have died! Brother-in-law, you know that Chen's sister has a hard life, and she suffered a lot in Shanxi in the first half of her life, so she hopes that her sister can find someone who loves her in the second half of her life! ”

Zhu Yousong watched Ma Cheng's feelings and thought that the first half of his life was not very good, when he was a child, Lao Fu Wang was all his energy on how to win the heir, and naturally he didn't pay much attention to this eldest son, and later came to Luoyang Lao Fu Wang gave up on himself, and it was even more impossible to care about Zhu Yousong, thinking of his lack of family affection, Zhu Yousong couldn't help but cry with Ma Cheng.

After crying for a long time, Zhu Yousong sighed and said: "I am really touched by the deep love between Aiqing's sister and brother, but unfortunately I don't have a sister and can't experience the joy of family!" ”

Zhu Yousong is the eldest son of King Lao Fu, and there are several brothers, but they all died in Luoyang City. Ma Cheng heard Zhu Yousong say this, and hurriedly patted his ass and said: "Brother-in-law, now that you are married to the minister's sister, you should give birth to the prince as soon as possible, won't it be a family happiness when the time comes?" ”

Zhu Yousong had a son when he was young, but the survival rate of young children in the Ming Dynasty was really not high, and Zhu Yousong's son died before the full moon. Zhu Yousong is now Chinese New Year's Eve nine, and naturally hopes that a son can inherit his throne, and now he heard Ma Cheng say this and scolded with a smile: "You guy, you are born when you give birth to a child!" ”

"Brother-in-law, this naturally requires my brother-in-law and sister to work together, if my sister can give birth to a prince to my brother-in-law and a nephew to my minister, won't the Ming Dynasty be stable? Nature's sister will be guaranteed for the rest of her life! Of course, Ma Cheng hopes that his sister Ma Hongning will give birth to a child for Zhu Yousong, so that even if Zhu Yousong escapes a year later, he will have a big banner, and then he can learn from Yang Jian and usurp the throne of his nephew.

Zhu Yousong saw Ma Cheng's excited expression, and thought that he was excited for his sister in the second half of his life, if he knew Ma Cheng's dirty thoughts, he would definitely directly order Jinyi Wei to pull this guy out and cut it with a thousand cuts.

What Ma Cheng said really made Zhu Yousong's heart move, although Ma Hongning is a widow, she is beautiful and knowledgeable, much better than the daughter of a small family, if she really gives birth to a son and a half daughter, she is the right person for the prince.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yousong became more and more satisfied with his brother-in-law, and asked with a smile: "Boy, I heard that you have trained very well outside the city, do you need your brother-in-law to help you?" ”

Ma Cheng was overjoyed when he heard Zhu Yousong say this, he is not short of money now, but he is short of manpower. The Shenji Battalion is only 5,000 people, although it looks like a lot, but it is not enough in front of the hundreds of thousands of Manchu troops, so Ma Cheng really hopes that the power in his hands will be several times greater.

Ma Cheng also told his Lao Tzu about this, but Ma Shiying is fighting to the death with the Donglin Party, there is a affair with Ma Cheng, and the appointment of senior officers in the Ming Dynasty is in the hands of the emperor, Ma Cheng is now the chief soldier, so it is naturally impossible to rise further.

Ma Cheng heard Zhu Yousong ask him what difficulties he had, and immediately put forward what he thought: "Brother-in-law, there are only 5,000 people under the minister, although they train day and night, the number is too small, and they can't play any role on the battlefield at all. The minister hopes that his brother-in-law can give the minister the right to expand the scale of the Shenji Battalion! ”

Zhu Yousong shook his head and said, "The establishment of the Shenji Battalion was set by the ancestors, how can it be changed at will?" But since you say so, it's also a problem, so let's do it, it just so happens that Liu Zhaoji, the commander of the school, was transferred to Yangzhou, and you will be the vacant commander! ”

The highest military rank in the Ming Dynasty is the admiral, this is already a high-ranking official, Ma Cheng was only the second ancestor in Fengyang City three months ago, and now he has become the commander of the military region, this kind of promotion speed is rare in the Ming Dynasty, even the veteran generals who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the world did not have this speed. bar

Ma Cheng has always been in the army in the past few months, and the station of the Shenji Battalion is in the big school field outside the south city, Ma Cheng naturally knows what weight this admiral school field has.

After Zhu Yuanzhang occupied Nanjing, he built a huge city wall to protect the capital, built the imperial city and the palace city in the east of the city, and set up large and small school fields inside and outside the city for the garrison training.

The setting of large and small school fields has a lot to do with the military system of the Ming Dynasty. According to the "History of the Ming Dynasty: Soldiers": "At the beginning, Taizu built the Marshal's Mansion of the Unified Army, and unified all roads and martial arts. Seek to change the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, with his brother Wenzheng as the Metropolitan Governor, to control the Chinese and foreign armies. There are two large and small fields inside and outside the capital, and there are 48 guards. Already, it is divided into the front, rear, center, left and right five military governors. In the four years of Hongwu, the number of soldiers was 27,800. ”

In order to protect the capital, Zhu Yuanzhang placed the most elite army in the area of the capital, divided into 48 guards, totaling more than 200,000 people, and was directly governed by the Governor's Office of the Five Armies. The large and small school grounds are the daily training places of the 48th Garrison Capital Garrison.

After Zhu Di moved the capital, the 48th Guard of Nanjing was gradually transferred north or dismantled, and by the Jiajing period, there were only more than 30,000 garrisons left in Nanjing. However, the coastal rebellion in the later period of Jiajing made the imperial court pay attention to the defense of Nanjing.

In the early years of Wanli, the imperial court divided the entire city of Nanjing into two parts, inside and outside, and the twelve guards in the city were under the jurisdiction of the commander of the small school field, and the training site was in the small school field in the north of the city. The 24 guards outside the city are under the management of the admiral of the university, and the training site is the university outside the south city.

Ma Cheng estimated that now he has 24 guards under his command, if each guard is calculated according to 5,600 people, it is 134,000 people, thinking that he has changed from a middle-level general who manages 5,000 people to a military commander who manages more than 100,000 people, Ma Cheng quickly knelt down and thanked him.

Zhu Yousong attaches great importance to the family relationship with his family, and he is also very happy to see Ma Cheng so happy, and said with a smile: "Okay, your kid is promoted to be promoted, but don't provoke those nobles in the city, although I also hate them, but after all, these guys are heroes, and I can't do anything about them, you know?" ”

Ma Cheng is still immersed in the joy of being promoted, and he can listen to Zhu Yousong's persuasion, but he doesn't know what to say. Zhu Yousong also knew that this guy didn't listen, so he had to wave his hand to let Ma Cheng go down.

After Ma Cheng left, Zhu Yousong was a little moved by what Ma Cheng just said, and said to the eunuch outside the palace: "Come on, drive the harem, I want to go and see Ma Xuan's servant!" ”

Ma Cheng happily left the Qianqing Palace, and as soon as he walked to the Xihua Gate, he saw Lu Siye and his uncle Lu Jiude standing in front of the palace gate waiting for him.

Although Ma Cheng looks down on Lu Siye, he doesn't dare to be disrespectful to Lu Jiude, this old guy has a good relationship with Zhu Yousong, and the creatures like eunuchs are all very insidious, Ma Cheng can't offend these yin and yang people.

Ma Cheng hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and said, "Uncle Lu, the little nephew is polite here, I don't know what Uncle Lu is doing here at the palace gate?" ”

Lu Jiude looked at Ma Cheng left and right, and then said with a smile: "Zhonghe, our family is waiting for you here, and our family wants to thank you for standing up for Lu Siye!" ”

It turned out that this was the case, Ma Cheng didn't deliberately save Lu Siye at that time, and he didn't look down on Xu Jiujue's arrogant and domineering appearance at all. But now that Lu Jiude said this, Ma Cheng had no choice but to smile and say: "There, although the little nephew and the heir are a little festive, but after all, we are all from Fengyang, and the little nephew can't see his family being bullied by outsiders!" ”

Lu Jiude laughed when he heard Ma Cheng say this: "Okay! Zhonghe Xian's nephew, our family heard that there is a shortage of officers in your Shenji battalion, although Lu Siye is not a weapon, he has also learned martial arts for a few years, why don't you let Lu Siye help you? ”

Ma Cheng was very surprised to hear Lu Jiude say this, Lu Jiude and his son Ma Shiying had a general relationship, and they were still faintly opposed when they were in Fengyang, what did Lu Jiude mean by this? Do you want to ally with Ma Shiying?

However, Ma Cheng hopes to ally with Lu Jiude, Lu Jiude is in charge of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and the War Bureau in the palace is also under the management of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and the craftsmen of the War Bureau are more skilled than the craftsmen of the Weapons Bureau of the Ministry of Industry. ”

The general is already a high-ranking official of the third grade, Lu Jiude saw that Ma Cheng was very sincere, nodded with a smile and said: "Okay, tomorrow our family will let Lu Siye report to the Shenji Camp!" ”