Anhua County is exactly the same as when Zhang Fan left last time, the difference is that there are still more than ten days to celebrate the New Year, and people in the city are very busy. Regardless of whether you have money or not, you have to buy some New Year's goods, whether it is good or bad, you have to have a celebration. Today is the twenty-third day of the lunar month, which is the festival of the northerners to worship the king of the stove, and the pedestrians on the street are in a hurry, preparing to go home for the festival. The hidden dangers of the tartars disappeared, and the faces of the people were clearly filled with joy.

Along the way, a few people walked very leisurely. Wang Degui sent Zhang Fan to the gate of Anhua County, refused Zhang Fan's request to invite him to go home and sit down, and hurried home to celebrate the holiday with his family.

Zhang Fan walked into the city alone, and he was not in a hurry to go home. Before leaving from Ningxia Wei, Wang Chonggu told him that Ma Xianling wanted to meet him, so he walked to the county government first. Pedestrians on the street greeted Zhang Fan, many people didn't know Zhang Fan, and it seemed that his trip with the army this time also spread.

Zhang Fan came to the county office, and the official did not stop him, and directly invited him in.

"Your Excellency!" Zhang Fan came to the county yahou mansion and met the Ma county order.

"Virtuous nephew, have you been tired these days?" Ma Xianling saw Zhang Fan, asked him to sit down, and said, "When did you come back?" ”

"I just came back, and I haven't returned home yet, and I heard that Lord Wang said that the adults were looking for me, so I came over immediately." Zhang Fan said, "I don't know what the adults called me for?" ”

"Actually, it's not a big deal." Ma Xianling said, "It's just that there are some things about you." ”

"Oh? I don't know what the adults want to say? Zhang Fan was a little puzzled, and Ma County's tone was a little wrong.

"Along the way, you've seen a lot, I don't know how you feel?" Ma Xianling asked.

"I've seen more along the way than I've ever done in my life."

"Tell me about it."

"Although today's border troubles are not as powerful as those of the previous decades of the Ming Dynasty, the Tartars still have the heart of invading the south, but over the years, the imperial court has increased its defense, so that they dare not attack. But the Tartar's heart does not die. Zhang Fan thought for a while and said.

"Tartar is indeed the number one problem of my Ming Dynasty, and it has not stopped since the day Emperor Taizu opened the country. Taizu and Chengzu have personally led a large army to conquer many times, but they have never been able to completely eliminate this hidden danger. After Ma Xian Ling finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Fan again.

"The Tartars are strong, if they are the same number, my Ming army is not an opponent." Zhang Fan said again.

"Yes, the Tartars live by riding and shooting, and they have grown up on horseback since they were children, and my Daimyo's army is indeed invincible." Ma Xian Ling nodded again.

"I heard the old sergeants on the road that in the past the Tartars attacked and caused a lot of damage. The fact that the situation was calmed down so quickly this time is related to the timely response of the imperial court and the delivery of government decrees. Zhang Fan said.

"Yes, the order of the imperial court can arrive quickly, and this is the key." Seeing that Zhang Fan finally pointed out the key point, Ma Xianling was very happy.

Seeing Ma Xianling's expression, Zhang Fan felt that there was something else to do when he came to the county government this time, and then asked, "My lord, what is the matter?" ”

"You should have seen the envoy of the imperial court in Datong." Ma Xianling said.

"Yes, thanks to the love of the emperor and Lord Zhang in the court, the emperor also rewarded me with some money." Zhang Fan said, "I don't know if you have anything to tell me?" ”

"In fact, it is really difficult for the imperial court to issue an order to suppress bandits so quickly this time!" Ma Xianling said.

Zhang Fan didn't speak, he didn't know what the county order was going to say, so he had to listen quietly.

"The cabinet of the DPRK and China is now headed by Gao Gong and Xu Jie, and Zhang Juzheng is Xu Jie's student." Ma Xianling said, "Gao and Xu are both ambitious people, but when Emperor Jiajing died in the past, Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng drafted an edict, but they did not inform Gao Gong. Under the edict, Gao Gong thought that he was the new emperor's minister, but he didn't know anything about the edict, so he had a deeper grudge with Xu Jie. After the emperor ascended the throne today, Xu Jie's Shuode veteran was still in the first auxiliary position, and Zhang Juzheng was introduced into the cabinet.

"This time, the imperial court issued a will to exterminate the Tartars, if Gao Gong invited the emperor first, Xu Jie would definitely agree, this is nothing. It's just that this time it was Xu Ge who played first, so that Gao Gong and Xu Jie's-for-tat. If it weren't for the emperor's deep understanding of the righteousness, the war would have dragged on and held the shelf of the dispute between the two sides, and I don't know when the holy decree of this peaceful tartar would be issued! ”

"It seems that the struggle of the cabinet is bad! Although the two first assistants are all for the sake of Daming, once there is a contradiction, they don't care about anything! Zhang Fan was a little helpless about this situation, it seems that infighting is really the tradition of the Chinese nation, and then asked, "I don't know why the adults told me these things?" ”

"I used to have some friendship with Xu Ge Lao and Zhang Juzheng, and I received a letter from Master Zhang a few days ago." Ma Xianling said, "That day, Lord Qi mentioned you in the good news that he sent back to the court, and Lord Zhang immediately checked your affairs, saw the article you wrote during the township test, liked it very much, and wanted you to help him now." ”

"Ah, this ......" Zhang Fan was stunned at this time, he didn't expect that he would be taken by Zhang Juzheng, who was "full of phoenix feathers and straight to the end".

"Huh...... The virtuous nephew doesn't need to panic, the old man is just curious, what did you write when you took the township exam? Ma Xianling said with a smile.

"It's nothing, it's just that the test questions have to comment on current affairs, and I just wrote some statecraft." Zhang Fan said with affection that the central idea of those statecraft came from five hundred years later, and it was only after the polishing of Zhang Fan's body's memory that ordinary people saw only a gorgeous article and some nonsense general truths, and those who could read it could see the substance. In fact, it is not that Zhang Fan really has any intentions to write an article like this, but Zhang Fan's personal factors, even if he wants to change things beyond recognition, what he wants to keep is still in it, but it takes some effort to find it. It seems that Zhang Juzheng is called a famous minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he is really worthy of his reputation, and he can understand those things that have been practiced and revised by countless people five hundred years later.

"The virtuous nephew doesn't have to worry, Master Zhang probably just wants to cultivate some talents." Seeing that Zhang Fan was pondering, Ma Xianling thought that he had some concerns, so he hurriedly persuaded, "Now that the New Year is approaching, you will move to the capital after the New Year. ”

"So, I want to thank you for my late life!" Zhang Fan said.

"What do you thank me for, the old man didn't make any effort." Ma Xianling said.

"Hehe, adults don't have to be too humble, they also know some of the mysteries in their later lives." Zhang Fan looked at Ma Xianling and said with a smile.

"Alas, it's all an unbearable past, and it's important to mention him." The magistrate of Ma County sighed, infinitely sighing.

"Now that the politics of the DPRK and China are also clear, although some struggles are just matters of will, why haven't you thought about going back?" Zhang Fan asked.

"It seems that you have also seen the identity of the old man, nephew." Ma Xianling said, "When the old man was deposed because of the Yan Party's false accusations, there was a fire in his heart at this time. But after coming to this Anhua county for a few years, my heart gradually calmed down. I remember that in the second year after I came here, Xu Ge Lao moved to Yan Song's party, and he also wrote to me to persuade me to go back. It's just that I find that I'm old, not only physically, but also mentally. For so many years, I have found that many of my ambitions cannot be realized at all, but I have been here for three years, but I can really do something for the people. ”

"......" Zhang Fan listened to what Ma Xianling said, he didn't speak, he knew that Ma Xianling was right, but he, Zhang Fan, would not do this, for young him, he couldn't easily draw conclusions about things that he hadn't tried. He believed that God must have a good intention to bring him back to this era, and he wanted to try.