Ma Cheng stood at the door of the back house and waited for the notice, and after a while, the family member came out, bowed down and said, "General, my lord invites the general in!" ”

Ma Cheng was very unhappy to see that Zhang Sunzhen didn't come out to greet him, no matter how he said it, he was also the governor of Jiangnan, even if he didn't have a clerical job, but he was also the sister-in-law of Zhang Sunzhen's lord Ma Shiying, if he didn't come out to greet him, didn't he have a son?

Although Ma Cheng was unhappy in his heart, he came to beg Zhang Sunzhen today, Ma Cheng still knew the seriousness of the matter in his heart, so he had no choice but to suppress his anger and take Chen Zilong to follow the family into the back house of the political envoy Yamen.

The back house of the Ming Dynasty official uniform yamen is not too big, that is, as a provincial high-ranking official's political envoy, the back house only has three courtyards.

Soon Ma Cheng was taken by his family to the door of the study, Zhang Sunzhen was standing at the door to welcome Ma Cheng, seeing that Ma Cheng had arrived, Zhang Sunzhen stood in the door and clenched his fists and said: "Shame, shame, the lower official should go to see the Inspector first, but the affairs of the lower official are annoying, so let the Inspector come first!" ”

Zhang Sunzhen was just very polite and polite, but he knew that Ma Cheng walked a few steps, stepped forward and knelt on the ground to hug Zhang Sunzhen's thigh and cried: "Uncle, it's great that you're here, this Qi Biaojia is bullying his nephew too much, please let your uncle call the shots for your nephew!" ”

Zhang Sunzhen and Ma Cheng are not familiar with each other, in the past, Ma Cheng basically didn't go home much in order to train the new army, and Zhang Sunzhen, as a scholar, didn't want to have anything to do with this Qiu Ba, but because of the relationship between the same literati, Zhang Sunzhen and Ma Cheng's eldest brother Ma Luan had a good relationship.

Now Zhang Sunzhen saw Ma Cheng kneeling down in front of him and crying bitterly, but he panicked, and quickly helped Ma Cheng up and asked, "Master Inspector, why is this time?" Hurry up, please! ”

Knowing that Ma Cheng borrowed a donkey on the slope, not only did he not get up, but he also howled: "Uncle, you and my father have a good relationship, my father wrote to his nephew saying that he must listen to his uncle in everything, and now his nephew is being bullied by Qi Biaojia, please call the shots!" ”

When Qi Biaojia was a student politician in Shanxi, Ma Shiying was the governor of Xuanfu, although he had seen two faces, he definitely couldn't be called a friendship. Later, Qi Biaojia was dismissed from the official position and went home, and the contact was cut off. But everyone loves to listen to good words, Qi Biaojia heard Ma Cheng say that Ma Shiying said that he had a relationship with him, although he didn't believe it, but he was still happy in his heart.

"Virtuous nephew, get up, don't worry, there is something uncle to call the shots for you!"

With Zhang Sunzhen's guarantee, Ma Cheng stood up crying, and helped Zhang Sunzhen to sit on the top before he sat down with the prime minister.

Zhang Sunzhen waited for Ma Cheng to stop crying before asking, "Virtuous nephew, this Qi Biaojia only arrived today, how can he still bully you?" ”

"Hey, uncle doesn't know, after the battle of Lucheng, this Qi Biaojia was caught by his nephew, originally the nephew wanted to make friends with him because of his identity as a scholar, but when he thought of this, Qi Biaojia actually beat his nephew, if it weren't for his nephew's strong martial arts, he probably wouldn't have seen his uncle!" After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he showed the wound on his head and began to wipe his tears again.

Although Ma Cheng pretended to be pitiful, how could this superficial acting skills deceive the old fritter Zhang Sunzhen? This old guy has been in the sea for more than 20 years, and he has never seen any strong winds and waves, so can he be deceived by such a small loach as Ma Cheng?

Zhang Sunzhen watched Ma Cheng's performance and knew why this kid came to see him, it was nothing more than wanting to let himself help him suppress Qi Biaojia. To tell the truth, Zhang Sunzhen came to sing against Qi Biaojia this time, and wanted to kill Qi Biaojia more than Ma Cheng. But Zhang Sunzhen's old fritters can reveal his thoughts so easily, and there is no benefit, he can't help Ma Cheng at all.

"Virtuous nephew, the old man really empathizes with you when he sees your wound, the old man promised Yuanfu to take good care of you, don't worry, the old man will go to Qi Biaojia tomorrow to theorize, I have to ask him to apologize to you!"

Zhang Sunzhen said vigorously and awe-inspiring, but it had no practical effect, does Ma Cheng need Qi Biaojia's apology? What he needs is the fall of Qi Biaojia so that he can implement his strategy of dominating Nanzhili. But I didn't expect Zhang Sunzhen to be very slippery, and he didn't say anything at all. Ma Cheng had no choice but to look at Chen Zilong behind him, hoping that he would come out to help him.

Chen Zilong, regardless of his status and status, is not as good as Zhang Sunzhen, so there is no seat in front of the two, just standing at the bottom. He was very funny when he saw Ma Cheng just now, and this master was too contrived.

Now seeing Ma Cheng giving himself a look, Chen Zilong stood up and bowed and said: "Lord Fantai, the mortal enemies of the imperial court now are King Lu and King Lu of Ningbo, if these two feudal domains are not eliminated, how can His Majesty the Emperor correct his name?" How do the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee deal with themselves? But now that there is a shortage of food and salary in the army of the Governor, Lord Futai must be on this to take office, doesn't this give King Lu a chance to breathe? If King Lu eases up, then the world will be unpredictable! ”

"There is also the fact that Lord Fantai and Lord Futai are not on good terms, and the court knows that even if Lord Fantai takes the court as the priority and cooperates with Lord Futai in his work, it will be difficult to protect what Lord Futai thinks! In this case, why don't the Lord of the Domain join forces with the Lord Inspector to solve Lord Futai as soon as possible, and when the time comes, Lord Futai will go, and this Governor will definitely be replaced by Lord Fantai! ”

Chen Zilong is worthy of being an intellectual, and this mouth is much more powerful than Ma Cheng. Chen Zilong started from the aspect of national affairs, now the front line is fighting, if there is a problem with logistics, Ma Cheng will not be the only one who will be unlucky, Zhang Sunzhen, you are responsible for money and food, and you have to carry most of this black pot. At the same time, Chen Zilong also pointed out that Zhang Sunzhen, the relationship between you and Qi Biaojia Everyone knows that Qi Biaojia is not a good man and a woman, if you don't do it, do you think Qi Biaojia won't do it? It is better to take this opportunity to unite with Ma Cheng to kill Qi Biaojia in one fell swoop.

Zhang Sunzhen waited for Chen Zilong to finish speaking and cast an appreciative gaze: "Among people, I didn't expect you to have such a great talent, following Huang Daozhou is really condescending!" ”

Chen Zilong's teacher is Huang Daozhou, Huang Daozhou and Qi Biaojia are Jinshi classmates in the second year of the Apocalypse, and the teacher of these two is Zhang Sunzhen's sworn enemy Yuan Keli. So Zhang Sunzhen didn't have a good impression of Chen Zilong, Chen Zilong had more than ten remarks back then, but there was no movement in the court, and this Zhang Sunzhen didn't play a good role in it.

Ma Cheng heard Zhang Sunzhen mention Huang Daozhou, knew that this old guy and Huang Daozhou did not deal with each other, and was afraid that he would deal with Chen Zilong, so he hurriedly said on the side: "Uncle, Brother Chen is now following his nephew and has broken away from the Donglin Party's gang of-stirring sticks!" ”

Zhang Sunzhen laughed when he heard Ma Cheng finish speaking: "Virtuous nephew, the word-stirring stick is well used, these Donglin."

Party members often claim to be upright men and gentlemen, but what do you look at what they do? They scolded the old man for fighting against each other and obstructing the way of speech, but did they do less? This time, the old man got Yuan Fu's letter and went to Suzhou as an official, precisely to eradicate these Donglin rebels and return the court to a bright future! ”

Ma Cheng listened to Zhang Sunzhen's awe-inspiring righteousness, the corners of his mouth foamed, and he scolded in his heart: You eunuchs are embarrassed to say that other people's parties are the same, this seems to be your old guy's specialty, right?

In fact, Ma Cheng didn't know that although Zhang Sunzhen had a bad reputation in the officialdom, he was still a good official, and he didn't die for the Ming Dynasty after the fall of the Southern Ming Dynasty, but he didn't learn from those Donglin Party who went to succeed as officials for the Manchu Dynasty. Zhang Sunzhen lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests as a monk in history, and lived until 1680 before his death.

Zhang Sunzhen didn't know Ma Cheng's dirty thoughts, and said impassionedly: "The old man came this time to solve the problem of Suzhou and Songjiang, and this time the old man wants to re-promote a whip law in these two mansions, which requires the cooperation of the virtuous nephew!" ”

A whip method Ma Cheng knows, isn't it a new law invented by Zhang Juzheng? Because of this incident, Zhang Juzheng was also dug up and whipped after his death, and I heard that his son was also killed. Ma Cheng admired Zhang Juzheng very much when he watched TV series in later generations, and he was able to break a new path in the mess in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and this Zhang Juzheng's means and methods were much stronger than his own son Ma Shiying.

Ma Cheng thought of Zhang Juzheng, and immediately thought of another reformer, that is, the Yongzheng Emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Ma Cheng thought of this and said: "Uncle, since this is the case, why don't you implement the integration of officials and gentry in these two mansions to pay food and return fire to the public?" ”

If Zhang Sunzhen just said that it was a bomb to reopen a whip, then Ma Cheng's words were atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs.

A whip method is very simple, that is, to unify the previous harsh taxes into asking for money for land, that is, you only need to pay one type of land tax, and you don't have to pay any other forced labor. This kind of system is completely Zhang Juzheng and thin mud, except for simplifying the procedures, the cake of the vested interests has not been moved. But because of this, Zhang Juzheng was still scolded when he was alive, and he couldn't live in peace after his death.

And the two things Ma Cheng just said are not simplifying the procedures at all, but to end the benefits of the Shiren Group for thousands of years. From the Sui and Tang dynasties, scholars are the top of the society, they have all kinds of privileges in the society, as long as you are in the show, you yourself can not pay taxes and serve in the service, as long as you are in the lift, your whole family can not pay taxes and serve in the service, if you are in the Jinshi, it is even worse, all the towns and villages will spread your name, and everyone will take you as a model. The official gentry paid the grain as an errand and order, and the purpose of the official and gentry was to end the privileges of these scholars, and all intellectuals had to pay taxes and work like those mud legs.

The officials and gentry offended the scholars when they paid the food, and the officials who offended the public when the fire was consumed. Fire consumption is an additional fee legally charged by the government when collecting taxes, because the silver content varies from place to place, so the government has to charge a certain fee to re-smelt the silver ingots, which is fire consumption. In the past, this money was the legal income of all officials, but now you Ma Cheng said that you are not allowed to accept it, don't the officials across the country play with you?