China's political system before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was similar to that before the European Industrial Revolution, in that feudal aristocrats were in power, from the emperor to the duke, to the scholars, they were basically a family, but this system took a detour after the establishment of the Han Dynasty.

Under the impetus of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, China deposed the hundred schools of thought by respecting Confucianism alone, and established Confucianism as the state religion as the only criterion for selecting officials. Since the Han Dynasty, after Confucianism brainwashing, these intellectuals who hold the great ideal of the family and the country have devoted themselves to the melting pot of officialdom in all dynasties, among which there have been many famous ministers, such as Xiao He and Cao Shen in the Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang and Zhang Zhao in the Three Kingdoms period, Wang Meng in the former Qin during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Wei Zheng and Di Renjie in the Sui and Tang dynasties, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang in the Song Dynasty, Sanyang, Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng and so on in the Ming Dynasty.

These ministers may have some stains on their personal morality, but they all adhere to one idea, that is, to serve the country and the people, and die for themselves!

Man is an animal, and animal instinct is selfish, so if a person forcibly occupies other people's resources and strives to live a better life, it is all his instinct. However, these above-mentioned scholars are detached from the instinct of animals, and when they can obviously eat the common people, they have to choose a path full of thorns, which can no longer be called people, but can only be called saints.

Confucianism has developed for thousands of years, and although there are pedantic, rigid, conservative and other negative aspects, intellectuals who are deeply educated by Confucianism have strong moral convictions. Fan Zhongyan said in the story of Yueyang Tower, the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world! It is a perfect portrayal of ancient Chinese intellectuals.

Chen Zilong is also a traditional literati who has been brainwashed by Confucianism for many years, and in his heart, this world is the most important. So just now after Ma Cheng made it clear that he wanted to stand on behalf of Ming to stand on his own, although Chen Zilong did have some resistance in his heart, what Ma Cheng said was out of the blue, what completely solved the problems that China could not solve for thousands of years, what left a name in history, etc., which made Chen Zilong's heart move too much. Thinking that he wanted to become the actual executor of these two eternal new laws, Chen Zilong decided to let go of all psychological burdens and go to the end with Ma Cheng, the lord.

When Ma Cheng heard that Chen Zilong finally agreed to help him, he quickly bowed happily and said, "Mr. Chen, it was the boy Meng Lang just now!" The kid promises that as long as the kid succeeds in the future, Mr. Chen will definitely be the kid's first assistant! ”

"Ming Gong, Zilong is naturally willing to do his best for Ming Gong! But please don't forget today's events, and in the future, we must implement those two new laws, establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, and open peace for all generations! ”

Ma Cheng heard Chen Zilong say this, patted his chest and said: "Please rest assured Mr. Chen, but now that the kid is short of Wenchen, can you ask Mr. Chen to introduce more friends to the kid to work here?" ”

This is the fundamental purpose of Ma Cheng, in the past, Ma Cheng's subordinates were scarce, not that Ma Cheng didn't want to recruit talents, but Ma Cheng still had Lao Tzu Ma Shiying on it, and it was far more practical to take refuge in Ma Shiying than to refuge in Ma Cheng. Although Ma Cheng is semi-independent now, Ma Cheng's background is too stinky, and the impact of beating Hou Fangyu at the dock back then was too great.

Although Ma Cheng beat Hou Fangyu out of anger, don't forget that Hou Fangyu's Lao Tzu is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Hou Sui's qualifications far exceed Ma Shiying's, although Hou Sui is now at home for the elderly, but in Shilin

The prestige of the company is not comparable to that of Ma Shiying. Ma Cheng beat his son, can the wind in this Shilin be good?

So now, Ma Cheng's subordinates only have small fish and shrimp to take refuge, and the highest education is only a showman, as for those famous bachelors, there are no half.

Now that Chen Zilong has taken refuge in him, Chen Zilong is one of the founders of several societies, and at the same time he is a core member of the Donglin Party Restoration Society, Nanzhili is all over his classmates and friends, plus the influence of the Chen family in Songjiang, it is not a matter of finding a few literati for Ma Cheng to come in?

Ma Cheng thought simply, but Chen Zilong didn't think much about it, your Ma Cheng has a bad reputation, and you still want to recruit talents, it's really a pipe dream. However, Chen Zilong has now recognized Ma Cheng as the lord, so he naturally wants to save face for the lord, so Chen Zilong said: "Please rest assured at this point, Duke Ming, when he returns to the city, Zilong will write to his friends, but there is no guarantee whether he can come to Zilong!" ”

Chen Zilong was also afraid of talking big, but if he didn't come, it would be a joke, so he left the bottom line. Ma Cheng didn't think so, and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen is talented, this matter will be handed over to Mr. Chen!" ”

The matter in Suzhou is temporarily over, Qi Biaojia has Zhang Sunzhen to deal with, Chen Zilong to recruit talents, Wang Xian to deal with things in the army, Ma Cheng is also happy to relax, and he is not happy to take Changqing to start touring the mountains and rivers in Suzhou.

Ma Cheng was happy to have fun, but there was a big problem in Nanjing. This problem appeared in Zhang Sunzhen's letter, I don't know what happened to this letter, and the content of the letter was leaked.

Ma Shiying was also taken aback after receiving Zhang Sunzhen's letter, Ma Shiying is different from Ma Cheng, he is an old bureaucrat, he knows too well how these two new laws work, Ma Shiying wrote a reply letter to Zhang Sunzhen at the first time, praising Zhang Sunzhen's carefulness, and at the same time asking Zhang Sunzhen to discipline Ma Cheng to avoid this unconscious second ancestor from making any trouble.

Although Ma Shiying was angry that his son was causing trouble for him, he was still very relieved in his heart. In the past, Ma Cheng was a brave and unscrupulous martial artist in Ma Shiying's heart, although he was a son-in-law, he was still incomparable with his eldest son Ma Luan. But after this incident, Ma Shiying found that this second son is not bullshit, at least these two new laws are not something that ordinary people can come up with.

Ma Shiying knew that there were a few literati around Ma Cheng, but those literati were very ordinary, and they would never think of such a subtle new method. Since those literati can't think of it, it is naturally their own son who came up with it, thinking of this Ma Shiying, the old man is very relieved, and his second son, who is not a weapon, has finally matured.

Ma Shiying was happy and put Zhang Sunzhen's letter on the desk, Ma Shiying is the first assistant, his study is well guarded, not everyone can enter, so Ma Shiying is very relieved, but Ma Shiying forgot that someone will clean up if there is a study. Ma Shiying's daily affairs are complicated, so there are three scholars in the study, who are responsible for classifying Ma Shiying's daily documents, and then organizing and filing them according to different levels of confidentiality.

But today, Ma Shiying put Zhang Sunzhen's letter in the Di Bao, which was intended to be published in the Ming Dynasty, which was similar to the reference news of later generations, and conveyed some information and policies of the central government to local officials. The scholar sent the letter to the Department of Communications and Administration, along with the newspaper that should be issued, to be published and distributed to the prefectures and counties.

Printing of the newspaper of the General Administration

is a six-grade petty official, after he reviewed the original newspaper sent by the cabinet, he found that there was a letter in it, this situation has happened before, after all, the cabinet elders take care of everything every day, where can they be comprehensive? In the past, this kind of thing was to return the wrong letter to the original way, but today, this six-rank petty official saw that the envelope was written Jiangnan Gongwu, and the words Shangcheng Yuanfu were written.

Gongwu is Zhang Sunzhen's word, and the petty official knew at a glance that this was a personal letter from the political envoy of Jiangnan to Ma Shiying, and the petty official was very curious and curious about what these court bigwigs could write in the letter, so he opened it and watched it in detail.

This optimism scared this petty official to death, although this petty official has a small official position, but he is also from a good background, so he naturally knows what it means for the official gentry to pay food and pay for the errand and return to the public with fire, isn't this the life of all the scholars in the world?

This kind of big thing this small official didn't dare to hide, and hurriedly sent this letter to the political envoy Xu Dingchen. The general envoy is responsible for the transmission and distribution of six official documents, which has always been the most important department, so Ma Shiying handed over this department to his close confidant Xu Dingchen. If this letter fell into the hands of Xu Dingchen, it would be fine, but who would have thought that when the little official went out, he happened to meet the imperial historian Guo Weijing.

Guo Weijing is the main cadre of the Donglin Party, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is also the traditional sphere of influence of the Donglin Party.

Of course, this matter is a big conspiracy in the eyes of the Donglin Party, you Ma Shiying and Zhang Sunzhen are both traditional officials who were born in Confucian sages and sages, and have come up step by step from Xiucai, Juren, and Jinshi, but now they want the lives of all officials and scholars, isn't this a big conspiracy?

When the Donglin Party learned about this incident, it immediately spread the trend and immediately caused turmoil in Nanjing's political arena. Those Qingliu controlled by the Donglin Party immediately went up to impeach Ma Shiying and Zhang Sunzhen, who were full of scolding cooks and beating monks after reciting scriptures, this kind of scum must step on 10,000 feet after being knocked down, and this kind of villain will never turn over again, and there will be no recovery.

The Donglin Party has been overwhelmed by Ma Shiying in recent years, and finally got this opportunity, so it used its strength to bring down Ma Shiying.

Of course, Ma Shiying is not a face melon, after many years of officialdom, Ma Shiying, can be afraid of you gangs of clear streams to make trouble? Ma Shiying executed the unlucky scholar as soon as possible, and then mobilized his subordinates to impeach the Donglin Party. Anyway, the witness is dead, who knows where that letter came from, and it is likely that your Donglin Party framed Zhongliang.

The two parties have been caught up in a struggle, and the Donglin Party has a moral advantage, after all, these two new laws directly target the vital interests of all officials and scholars in the world, so the Donglin Party occupies a dominant position in prestige. But Ma Shiying's party is not completely powerless, Ma Shiying has not done anything else in recent years, and has replaced the officials above the fourth rank in the DPRK and China by eliminating dissidents, and most of the senior officials are Ma Shiying's party, so although Ma Shiying has the upper hand, he is also on the defensive.

The court does not distinguish between winning and losing, but it will be a pain for the place, and those bigwigs in the court don't care about these things, but the local small landlords are very afraid that the court will really implement the two new laws, so that those small and medium-sized landlords will immediately reduce their incomes, and it is really a bit painful.