The big and small officials in Nanjing City made a lot of trouble, but Ma Cheng, who was far away in Suzhou, wandered around comfortably. Now the rainy season in Nanzhili has passed, but it has entered the typhoon-prone season, so Ma Cheng's army is still motionless outside the city, and can only wait until the autumn weather is cool in the first month to march.

There is nothing to do in the army, Ma Cheng's natural and happy leisure, this month will be all the places of interest inside and outside Suzhou City to visit, today with Changqing and his henchmen to Hanshan Temple to visit the stele forest.

Hanshan Temple is one of the top ten famous temples in China, during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the famous monk Hanshan and Xiqian two monks founded Hanshan Temple. In more than 1,000 years, Hanshan Temple has been destroyed by fire five times, the most recent one was in the 46th year of Wanli, the main hall was destroyed by fire, and it was repaired in the second year, so the Hanshan Temple that Ma Cheng sees now has just been built less than 30 years.

Of course, Ma Cheng doesn't understand the historical value of Hanshan Temple, he can know the name of Hanshan Temple, completely because he has read the Tang Dynasty great poet Zhang Ji's popular Fengqiao Night Park, this time in Suzhou naturally to see Zhang Ji's true works.

Zhang Ji's poems are preserved in the stele forest of Hanshan Temple, but the first poem tablet written by Wang Si in the Song Dynasty has been destroyed in the war, and the current Fengqiao Yebo is written by Wen Zhengming at the end of the Ming Dynasty. In addition to Zhang Ji's poems, there are other poetry tablets left by literati in the past dynasties, such as Yue Fei, Wen Zhengming, Tang Bohu and so on.

Now Ma Cheng is wearing a lake-green robe, holding a folding fan in his hand, and wearing a scarf of mountains and rivers on his head.

Ma Cheng looked at Zhang Ji's poem, shook his head and read: "The moon is falling and the sky is full of frost, and Jiang Feng is sleeping. Hanshan Temple outside the city of Gusu, the bell rings in the middle of the night to the passenger ship! It's really a good poem! ”

As soon as Ma Cheng finished reading, there was a compliment with stinky feet on the side: "Dashuai, the artistic conception of this poem is very in place, and Zhang Ji's thoughts on detention, the worries of his family and country, and his worries about having no place to return in troubled times are fully expressed!" ”

The master of Hanshan Temple, who accompanied Ma Cheng to visit, looked at the person who spoke and found that although this person looked thick and thick, like a bandit more than a scholar, the words he said were very close to Zhang Ji's artistic conception.

"This donor is right, Zhang Ji was admitted to the Jinshi in the twelfth year of Tianbao. And in January of the 14th year of Tianbao, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and in June of the 15th year of Tianbao, Xuanzong rushed to Shu. Because the political situation in Jiangnan was relatively stable at that time, many scribes fled to the Jiangnan area to avoid chaos, including Zhang Ji. On an autumn night, Zhang Jibo boat on the Fengqiao outside Suzhou, he was attracted by the beautiful scenery of the autumn night in the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, which attracted this guest with travel sorrow, so that he appreciated a kind of poetic beauty with a timeless taste, and wrote this small poem with a clear artistic conception. ”

Ma Cheng listened to the master of sexuality and laughed so much, it was Ma Cheng's barbarian An Zhennan who was holding the stinky feet just now.

An Zhennan is a Yi person in Guizhou, and he doesn't speak Chinese very well, but after he arrived in Nanzhili, he was afraid that his colleagues around him would laugh at him for not being educated. Just now, An Zhennan was able to say Zhang Ji's artistic conception, probably because the literati under him taught him, and then recited it to give himself a long face.

Ma Cheng couldn't help but smile and said: "Lao An's level is good, very good, you all have to learn from Lao An in the future,

Don't shout headaches as soon as you study! ”

In addition to Wang Xian'an Zhennan, who came with Ma Cheng today, there are also Tian Boguang, Gu Yong, Gu Xing, Wang Shuang and other generals, these guys are about the same level as An Zhennan, and they are not reading materials.

Wang Xian is a long history, and he also serves as the chief bookkeeper in the army, and when Ma Cheng didn't have time to go to class, Wang Xian taught these guys to read and write, so he had a good relationship with the generals in the army.

Wang Xian said with a smile: "Marshal, several generals have studied very hard, and they can already remember seven or eight hundred commonly used words!" ”

There are more than 1,000 commonly used words in Chinese Chinese, and it is no problem to remember seven or eight hundred daily writing, Ma Cheng is also very satisfied, and is just about to open his mouth to praise these guys, when a pro-soldier walked into the stele forest in a panic, came to Ma Cheng and knelt down on one knee and said: "Dashuai, the political envoy in the city, Lord Zhang, please go back to the city to discuss important matters!" ”

Zhang Sunzhen told himself to go back, is there anything good? Ma Cheng didn't dare to delay, and after saying goodbye to the master of sexuality, he rode back to Suzhou City with his men.

When Ma Cheng entered Zhang Sunzhen's three-hall study, he found that Chen Zilong was also here, and sighed with Zhang Sunzhen.

Could it be that something is going on? Ma Cheng hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Uncle, what's the matter with calling the little nephew back?" ”

Zhang Sunzhen glanced at Ma Cheng, sighed and said: "Hey, virtuous nephew, something big happened in Beijing, the two new laws you said have leaked the news, and now the city is in chaos, and those Qingliu imperial historians in the court refuse to let go of Yuan Fu, and they have to force Yuan Fu to resign to thank the people of the world!" ”

"What? So soon, Nandu actually knew about it? Who leaked the news? ”

After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he looked at the two people in the room suspiciously, at that time, there were only Ma Cheng, Zhang Sunzhen, and Chen Zilong in the room, and Ma Cheng himself definitely did not leak the news, so it must have been leaked by these two people.

Zhang Sunzhen was embarrassed by Ma Cheng's question, and replied after a long time: "After you left, the old man wrote a letter to inform Yuanfu of the news, but I didn't expect the scholar in Yuanfu's study to accidentally send the letter to the General Political Division, which was caught by the Donglin Party!" ”

Ma Cheng scolded in his heart when he heard Zhang Sunzhen say this, this old guy is really not enough to succeed and more than to lose, what kind of letter does he have to write for this kind of thing, can't he send his confidants to pass on the message? But what should we do now?

"Uncle, Mr. Chen, what should I do now?"

"Now that the court is tight, the whipping method originally implemented by the old man can only be temporarily stopped." Zhang Sunzhen looked at Chen Zilong after speaking, and then continued: "But I'm going to be wronged!" In the morning, there was a message from the governor's yamen that he wanted to remove the Suzhou prefect from his post, but the old man had no choice but to second! ”

The governor of the Ming Dynasty did not have the right to directly appoint magistrates, and the magistrates of a province were under the management of political envoys. Chen Zilong is the prefect of Suzhou, which is already a high-ranking official, and even the political envoy cannot be arbitrarily appointed or dismissed. Only when the political envoy goes to the Ministry of Civil Servants and puts forward the reasons for appointment and dismissal, and the cabinet deliberates on it, can the Ministry of Officials remove the prefect of the four grades.

Zhang Sunzhen just went to the Ministry of Clerks a month ago and confirmed Chen Zilong's position as the prefect, but now he wants to remove Chen Zilong's official position in the previous article, which is a bit too ironic. But Zhang Sunzhen can't help it, and now everyone knows the content of the letter

, The new law was studied and decided by Ma Cheng, Zhang Sunzhen, and Chen Zilong, Zhang Sunzhen is the political envoy, and the governor Qi Biaojia has no right to dispose of it, Ma Cheng is the governor of Jiangnan, and the governor Qi Biaojia can't move, only Chen Zilong is a four-grade prefect, so Qi Biaojia took Chen Zilong as soon as possible and asked Zhang Sunzhen to remove the culprit.

Zhang Sunzhen is now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect himself, where can he take care of such a petty official as Chen Zilong? At the same time, now that the news has spread in Suzhou City, Chen Zilong, as the prefect, has no way to do it, so he can only be dismissed from office.

Chen Zilong has been in the officialdom for more than ten years, and finally became a four-grade emperor, but now he has been dismissed, and he feels very uncomfortable. But Ma Cheng had no effect, and said to Chen Zilong with a smile: "Mr. Chen, don't worry, what's so great about a mere fourth-grade official, it's just inappropriate!" It just so happened that there was a lack of a marching senator in this overseer's army, so he wronged Mr. Chen to take this position first, and when the limelight passed, he was arranging other official positions for Mr. Chen! ”

The culprit of this turmoil is Ma Cheng, Chen Zilong looked at the smiling Ma Cheng and had no choice, so he had to stand up and say: "From then on, Zilong will follow Ming Gong!" ”

Chen Zilong's official position is small, so he can go to Ma Cheng as a staff officer, but what about Zhang Sunzhen? Could it be that the political envoy of Zheng Sanpin also went to Ma Cheng as a subordinate? Don't say whether Zhang Sunzhen can lower his posture and be Ma Cheng's subordinate, even if Zhang Sunzhen goes, there is no civil official in Ma Cheng's army to place Zhang Sunzhen.

Zhang Sunzhen glanced at Ma Cheng and asked, "Virtuous nephew, the matter among the people is solved, what can the old man do?" ”

Now that Zhang Sunzhen has become the target of public criticism and the antagonist of the entire civilian-official group, he can't stay here in Suzhou, so he naturally wants to ask Ma Cheng what good way he can do. But Ma Cheng doesn't care about this, he took in Chen Zilong because he took in Chen Zilong's connections, what is the use of you Zhang Sunzhen? is more than fifty years old, and he is not a famous family in Nanzhili, and his name is still very stinky, Ma Cheng doesn't want to help this guy.

"Hey, uncle, there's no way for the little nephew, why don't your uncle resign first and make a comeback after the limelight passes?"

Zhang Sunzhen was so angry when he heard Ma Cheng say this, he stood up and scolded: "Ma Cheng, Zhuzi, your kid ran to the old man to cry and beg at that time, the old man was really blind and agreed to help you, but now you want to stay out, no way!" ”

Ma Cheng also stood up when he saw Zhang Sunzhen scolding and said: "Since my uncle said so, the little nephew has nothing to say, so my uncle should go to my father!" The little nephew said goodbye! After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he pulled Chen Zilong and scolded Zhang Sunzhen, who jumped to his feet, and left the political envoy's yamen.

After Ma Cheng left, Zhang Sunzhen had no choice, and after thinking about it, he could only resign from the office. Zhang Sunzhen knew that this matter was too big, and only by shouldering all the responsibilities could he protect Ma Shiying, and only if Ma Shiying did not fall, could he Zhang Sunzhen have the possibility of going out of the mountain again.

This turmoil caused by Ma Cheng finally ended with the resignation of Zhang Sunzhen and Chen Zilong, but although the matter has passed, the impact has not been eliminated at all. A large number of literati families in Nanzhili, because they resisted the new law, gathered around the Donglin Party one after another, intending to confront Ma Shiying. But this matter is not no benefit to Ma Cheng at all, some knowledgeable young literati in Nanzhili, after discovering that the new law is the only way to solve the land annexation, began to observe Ma Cheng, the second ancestor, head-on, and some people did it more extremely, and prepared to contact Ma Cheng through Chen Zilong.