Ma Mingyuan was stunned when he heard Zhang Jiayu say that the person who ordered Chen Zilong in Wuchang County was stunned, Chen Zilong is Ma Mingyuan's confidant, whether Ma Mingyuan can recover in the future All hope is on Chen Zilong, if Chen Zilong's nest at this time can make Ma Mingyuan very passive.

But Ma Mingyuan didn't think it was right, Chen Zilong and himself had a bad relationship, and it was still the same year, the most important thing was that Chen Zilong completely agreed with his new policy. If Chen Zilong wants to oppose himself, he doesn't need to go to Wuchang to investigate his family background at all, as long as he announces his plan to the public, Shilin's counterattack will be enough for him.

Chen Zilong must not betray himself, could it be that this Zhang Jiayu in front of him is giving Chen Zilong bad medicine? Ma Mingyuan knew that Zhang Jiayu was from Guangdong, but Zhang Jiayu was the prince's teacher, and Zhang Jiayu was very smart, so he leaned on himself when he was in Guangdong. But Ma Mingyuan knew that Zhang Jiayu was handsome, but he was a complete villain in his heart.

"Motoko, what is the purpose of you talking to me these words? Do you have any comments on Chen Renzhong? Ma Mingyuan decided to talk openly and honestly with Zhang Jiayu.

Zhang Jiayu is also a smart person in Bingxue, and when he heard Ma Mingyuan ask this, he knew that he was suspicious, and hurriedly said: "Yuanfu, Xia Guan definitely doesn't have any opinions on Chen Shangshu." Yuanfu please think about it, the prefect of Wuchang is Xu Fuyuan, the political envoy of Hunan is Xia Yunyi, and the governor of Huguang is Liu Siyi. The 100,000 acres of land of the Yuan Fu family is estimated to be obtained in one day, right? There must be the cooperation of the magistrates, and those people just now are the Donglin Party in addition to the Zhedong faction, and they can do good things for Yuanfu for no reason? ”

At that time, Ma Mingyuan didn't think much about it, thinking that Liu Siyun was burning a cold stove, and he was going to get a good position after he recovered. But after Zhang Jiayu's analysis, Ma Mingyuan remembered that Liu Siyi's teacher was Jiang Yueguang, a real Donglin Party member. Liu Siyun has such a relationship, that is, he can rise step by step without relying on himself, so Liu Siyun was willing to cooperate with him back then.

"Yuanzi, do you mean that the Donglin Party is ready to deal with the old man?"

"Motosuke, you're a fan of the authorities now! Now those big households in Nanzhili control seventy percent of foreign trade, but eighty percent of the taxes are paid by Guangdong. Say that there are too many tax days, but you can't afford to provide for it? ”

Ma Mingyuan thought in his heart that this was really the case, in the past half a year, more than 20 new upstarts in Huguang have come to him, hoping that he can come forward to make decisions for the people of Huguang, and now their taxes are too heavy. However, Ma Mingyuan didn't take it to heart, he himself was a scholar, and his own property naturally didn't have to pay taxes, so he thought it was just those Huguang upstarts who were cheap and obedient, and those who wanted to be bachelors didn't pay taxes. At that time, Ma Mingyuan also reprimanded them, and they had to pay taxes when doing business, which was the law of the country.

But now Ma Mingyuan thinks about it, it's completely wrong, if you talk about the number of readers, where can there be more Nanzhili and Zhejiang? There are more than 20,000 Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty, of which Nanzhili and Zhejiang contributed one-third. So now Nanzhili looks at the prosperity of business, but the state can't collect much tax in Nanzhili at all.

Thinking of this, Ma Mingyuan knew what Zhang Jiayu meant when he came to see him, the land in Guangdong was in the hands of the clan, and the Huguang faction did not occupy much land, and the main industries of the Huguang faction were all kinds of factories. Therefore, the increase in taxes on the Huguang faction indirectly affected those clans in Guangdong. After all, they supply raw materials, and if the cost of goods increases, it will inevitably affect the supply of raw materials, and it seems that those Guangdong clans can't stand it.

After thinking it through, Ma Mingyuan smiled faintly, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and asked, "Yuanzi, is it what Chen Ge Lao means by coming this time?" ”

Zhang Jiayu heard Ma Mingyuan ask about his backstage boss, and couldn't help but admire Ma Mingyuan very much. It seems that the old fox is the old fox, and through the words just now, I can analyze the cause and effect, and none of these old guys are good.

"Yuanfu, now it's the Donglin Party and the Zhedong faction who are on our heads, are we going to wait for death? For the sake of our common interests, Lord Chen sent his subordinates to see Yuanfu, can we form an alliance to deal with the Donglin Party and the Zhedong faction together! ”

It's not impossible to form an alliance between the two factions, but a few years ago, the Guangdong faction was hit by Ma Mingyuan, and now there are only three or two kittens in the DPRK and China, what qualifications do you have to form an alliance with the Huguang faction?

"Yuanzi, the alliance is easy to say, but what can you do?" Ma Mingyuan's words are very direct, that is, what are you for?

"Hehe, Yuanfu underestimates us, although there are no Cantonese officials above the second rank in the DPRK, there are still some governors in various places, and there are more than 20 middle-level officials in the DPRK and more than 20 Cantonese, although they are not qualified to face saints, but they still have the right to write and say things, these can be entered into Yuanfu's eyes?"

Zhang Jiayu knew that it was useless to talk to this old fox about any big truth, only real interests could impress him. Our Cantonese faction is now weak, but we can't be a thug, let's always be a dog!

Ma Mingyuan sneered in his heart when he heard Zhang Jiayu finish speaking: You Cantonese faction really thinks highly of yourself, and you are not qualified to be a dog. However, Zhang Jiayu said that the support of the local governor made Ma Mingyuan very excited.

Ma Mingyuan's background is far lower than his brother Ma Jiyuan, Ma Mingyuan is only a Jinshi of Chongzhen for ten years, and most of his same year is now serving as some prefects and middle and middle-level officials, and only Shangshu Chen Zilong is a second-class high-ranking official, plus the Sichuan governor who has just surrendered.

But Ma Jiyuan is different, Ma Jiyuan is a jinshi in the second year of the Apocalypse, his same year is a group of bigwigs, not to mention the local governors, half of the two years of the Apocalypse, and the thirteen Shangshu in the court are from the second year of the Apocalypse, and this is not counting the squires of the various departments. Therefore, Ma Jiyuan's power is far stronger than Ma Mingyuan.

What really moved Ma Mingyuan was the governors from Guangdong, such as Li Zhi, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Chen Bangyan, the political envoy of Guangxi, Yu Shilong, the governor of Zhejiang, Huang Gongfu, the political envoy of Fujian, Wang Xian, the governor of Jiangxi, and Zhang Jiayu in front of him, all of whom were senior ministerial-level officials in the second grade province.

Ma Mingyuan weighed the pros and cons and decided to ally with the Guangdong faction, after all, there are many friends and many roads, and the Guangdong faction is also a force in the poor.

"Yuanzi, it's okay for the old man to form an alliance with you, what do you need? You don't want Chen Jisheng to recover, right? Ma Mingyuan believed that it would not be early if there was no profit, and the Guangdong faction sent someone to inform him that the Donglin Party was preparing to deal with him, which was definitely not a discovery of conscience, but a desire for rights. Everything else is easy to say, that is, Chen Zizhuang must not recover. Chen Zizhuang was driven away by Ma Mingyuan back then, and now let him come back, can Ma Mingyuan still have a good life?

"Yuanfu rest assured, Chen Ge is already very old, and he has no intention of recovering. But we hope that Yuanfu can say something for Li Zhi, is it okay to enter the cabinet? ”

Li Zhi? Ma Mingyuan thought about it and still couldn't do it, the Guangdong faction must not have anyone enter the cabinet again.

"Yuanzi, the old man has been dismissed, and now he is cloth, he really doesn't have that much energy, is this good? How about the old man promise you a book? ”

Zhang Jiayu scolded the insatiable old guy in his heart, we have wasted so much effort for you, just give a book?

"Yuanfu, if Li Zhi can't do it, can Feng Ziyong, the governor of Liangguang, enter the cabinet?"

Feng Ziyong was born in Zhu Hongsan's four major strategists, and he was a revolutionary veteran, and his qualifications were fully sufficient to enter the cabinet. But Feng Ziyong was squeezed out of the cabinet by Ma Mingyuan back then, so can he come back?

Ma Mingyuan shook his head after hearing this: "This is not good, Feng Ziyong supervises Liangguang, the emperor will not agree to him coming back!" ”

Zhang Jiayu saw that the two candidates he proposed were vetoed by Ma Mingyuan, and after thinking about it, he decided to come up with a killer idea.

"Motosuke, what if we can get Motosuke back to you?"

Ma Mingyuan's eyes lit up when he heard Zhang Jiayu say this, and of course he was happy, but does your Guangdong faction have so much energy?

Ma Mingyuan knew that his recovery would be sooner or later, but it would definitely not be now. Now that the emperor is about to go on a northern expedition and needs the stability of the court, can he replace the first assistant at this time?

Zhang Jiayu smiled and said: "Hehe, Yuanfu, this matter of recovery is too important, and we can't do it alone." We only provide the beginning, and the rest will be up to Motosuke to work his own! ”

Ma Mingyuan frowned when he heard it, from the head? What is so big that the emperor can change his first assistant? You must know that Ma Jiyuan is Ma Mingyuan's eldest brother, although the two brothers have different political views, but Ma Mingyuan can't watch his eldest brother lose his head!

"Motoko, what's the matter? Is it a rebellion? ”

"Please rest assured that this is not a big crime of losing his head, but it is enough for Yuanfu's eldest brother to be dismissed!"

Ma Mingyuan was relieved when he heard Zhang Jiayu say this, as long as his life was worry-free.

"What's that? Tell me about it? ”

Zhang Jiayu lowered his voice and said: "Yuanfu, Xu Bengao of Songjiang Huating wrote a letter to Zhang Tongchang three years ago, and now this letter is in our hands!" ”

Ma Mingyuan was very interested when he heard it, what kind of letter can make the court turbulent?

"What letter? Do you have it on you? ”

"This is natural, please watch it from Yuansuke!"

After Zhang Jiayu finished speaking, he took out the letter written by Xu Bengao to Zhang Tongchang and handed it to Ma Mingyuan, Ma Mingyuan opened it to watch, and on it was Xu Bengao's letter of allegiance, writing that he looked up to Emperor Wanli to go north, as long as Wanli's army hit Zhejiang, he would definitely raise the banner against Emperor Zhu Hong's three dogs, and at the same time contact the Nanzhili clan to support Emperor Wanli together.

If this letter exposes those scholars in Nanzhili, they must be unlucky, but what does this have to do with changing the first assistant?

"Yuanzi, this letter can make those landlords unlucky, but just one letter can make the old man recover a little, right?"

"Yuanfu, you know best what the financial situation of the imperial court is now, right? If we write to Your Majesty at this time, saying that the country is in financial difficulties, and Ma Jiyuan is not worthy of being the first assistant at all, and then Yuanfu's henchmen will come to a counterattack, I believe that the position of the first assistant will definitely belong to Yuanfu! ”