Ma Mingyuan was completely confused when he heard Chen Zilong say it, and he stood outside the hall and scolded Zhang Jiayu for being shameless and obscene.

"Among people, my eldest brother will never say those words, these are all false accusations by Zhang Jiayu!"

Chen Zilong also looked helpless: "Yuanfu, Xia Guan has also been friends with the eldest brother for more than 20 years, of course he knows who the eldest brother is, but this matter is not up to us, it is all in the emperor's thoughts!" ”

Ma Mingyuan settled down at this time, thought about it and said: "Among people, do you think there is any reason for Zhang Jiayu's sudden change of hexagram?" "Ma Mingyuan had already promised the Guangdong faction yesterday, and now the Guangdong faction suddenly reversed itself and killed his eldest brother, there must be some reason for this.

"Yuanfu, I saw Zhang Jiayu and Tong Yangjia in the court just now, did they reach any contract?"

Ma Mingyuan thought about it, his buddies in the court had many enemies, but this kind of trick to play the dead hand was only capable of Tong Yangjia, after all, it was he Tong Yangjia who killed the Ma family brothers.

"Among the people, His Majesty will study the candidates for the local governor in a while, you look at the old man's eyes, you must not let the villains Zhang Jiayu and Tong Yangjia benefit!"

Chen Zilong nodded and agreed, and at this time, the little eunuch in the hall came out to find the two of them, and the rest time had come, and His Majesty began to convene the ministers to continue the discussion.

The little eunuchs in the hall moved out the seats and benches, and all the ministers were arranged in shifts, Zhu Hongsan said: "Let's discuss the candidates for local governors, now there are vacancies in the governors of Liangjiang, Liangguang, Fujian and Zhejiang, and there are vacancies in the governors, political envoys, and envoys of several provinces, let's see what good candidates there are!" ”

As soon as Zhu Hongsan's words fell, Tong Yangjia stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister recommends Zhang Jiayu to be the governor of Liangjiang!" Zhang Jiayu resisted the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Jiujiang to the death and made countless great contributions, which should be properly commended! ”

Tong Yangjia said this, Ma Mingyuan immediately knew that it was these two guys who teamed up to fix his eldest brother Ma Jiyuan, if he didn't rely on Tong Yangjia's temper of not seeing benefits and not talking about it, how could he speak for Zhang Jiayu?

Ma Mingyuan is well aware of the experience of political struggle, and stood up unhurriedly and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is inappropriate for Zhang Jiayu to be the governor of Liangjiang!" ”

Zhang Jiayu was very happy when he heard Tong Yangjia's recommendation, the governor of Liangjiang is in charge of Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi provinces, and it is the fat shortage of fart oil crotch. Who knows that Ma Mingyuan stood up against it after he was not happy, Zhang Jiayu angrily scolded Ma Mingyuan in his heart for having no morality, if it wasn't for himself, he wouldn't be the first assistant, how do you know that Ma Mingyuan would clean himself up after turning his hand.

Tong Yangjia frowned and asked, "Master Ma, Zhang Jiayu has enough qualifications and experience, why can't he be appointed as Liangjiang?" ”

"Hehe, Lord Tong, Zhang Jiayu fought to the death with the Manchu Qing in Jiujiang, and it was precisely because of his mistakes in the appointment of governor of Jiangxi that he was dismissed by His Majesty and went to Jiujiang. Although he has made a lot of contributions in Jiujiang, the merits and demerits are comparable! The minister thought that Zhang Jiayu should be promoted to a higher level and promoted to a political envoy! ”

Tong Yangjia scolded in his heart when he heard this, you Ma Mingyuan is really shameless, Zhang Jiayu was originally the governor, although he was dismissed, but the official position of the imperial history of the second grade is still there, but you have been demoted by one level like this, and you have become a political envoy of the third grade.

According to the rules of officialdom in the Ming Dynasty, the governor belonged to the nature of the central imperial history, so when he went to the governor's place, he was hung with a central deputy minister-level official position. However, the political envoys can be different, the political envoys, the envoys according to the inspection, and the provincial officials set by Zhu Yuanzhang at this time are absolute local food stamps. Zhang Jiayu became a political envoy and was about to hand over the part-time job of the imperial history, but his rank was downgraded by one level.

The other ministers of the DPRK and China admired Ma Mingyuan very much when they heard Ma Mingyuan say this, this Ma Mingyuan is not too old in the officialdom, and this hand is very beautiful.

Zhu Hongsan only cares how the three governors are arranged, and Zhu Hongsan, the governor and political envoy, does not care about these petty officials, they are all drafted by the cabinet and approved by the emperor. So today, Zhu Hongsan didn't want to care when he saw Ma Mingyuan attacking Zhang Jiayu, after all, Zhang Jiayu's party was too strong in the morning and offended too many people.

"Then who is this second brother of the Governor of Liangjiang going to recommend?"

"Your Majesty, the minister recommends Zhang Guowei, the governor of Jiangsu, to be the post! Your Majesty's Northern Expedition is imminent, and Liangjiang is the main battlefield and logistics base, so we must use an old and serious person to take over. Zhang Guowei is old in political affairs, and he is the best candidate! With the fall of Ma Jiyuan, his second-year apocalypse reunion in the court lost its backstage boss. After all, Ma Mingyuan is Ma Jiyuan's younger brother, and he is naturally close to these people, so Ma Mingyuan decided to win over these people for his own use.

Zhu Hongsan nodded, Zhang Guowei was the governor of the ten prefectures in the Hongguang Dynasty, and his ability and qualifications were enough, so he was it.

"Good! This person has chosen the right person! How does Zhang Jiayu arrange it? ”

"Your Majesty, Zhang Jiayu is young and capable, and he is just going to serve as the political envoy of Henan, I believe that Zhang Jiayu's ability will definitely be able to govern this Central Plains stronghold!"

When Zhang Jiayu heard that he wanted to go to Henan, or to be a political envoy, he really had a dead heart. Henan is of course a good place in peacetime, the land of Zhongzhou, with a population of 10 million. But now the whole of Henan has been plagued by the rogue for more than ten years, coupled with the tug-of-war between the Manchu Qing and the Ming army, there are less than 500,000 people left in the entire Henan Province, except for a few big cities such as Kaifeng and Luoyang, other small prefectures and counties are like ghosts. At the same time, what is more critical is that now Henan is still in the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, how do you let Zhang Jiayu take office?

Zhu Hongsan is only in charge of the macro level, so what kind of petty official is the political envoy, he didn't think much about it and nodded and said, "Okay, quasi-play!" What are the candidates for the next Governor of Liangguang and the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang! ”

At this time, Tong Yangjia said again: "Your Majesty, the minister recommended Yuan Pengnian, the governor of Fujian, to take over as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang!" "Yuan Pengnian is Tong Yangjia's person, of course, he has to plan for his own people at the critical moment.

How do you know that Ma Mingyuan objected again: "Your Majesty, the minister recommends Yu Shilong, the governor of Zhejiang, after all, Zhejiang is a big tax province, and its status is much higher than that of Fujian!" ”

"Your Majesty, now there is Zheng Chenggong entrenched in Taiwan opposite Fujian, Yuan Pengnian has been in Fujian for many years and is very familiar with Zheng Chenggong, so the minister thinks that it is appropriate for Yuan Pengnian to take over as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang!"

Ma Mingyuan's heart moved when he heard this, how could he forget Zheng Chenggong. Zheng Chenggong is now far from being as strong as it was in history, he fled Kinmen with more than 200,000 soldiers and more than 100,000 civilians, and has been in Taiwan for four years. In recent years, under the blow of Li Zhi, the former governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, life has become more and more difficult.

Zhu Hongsan nodded when he heard Tong Yangjia say this, and said, "Okay, let this Yuan Pengnian serve as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang!" ”

Tong Yangjia was happy to see that he had won back a city, and said persistently: "The minister recommended Lu Shiyuan, the governor of Guangdong, to take over the post of governor!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister recommended Yu Shilong, the governor of Zhejiang, to take over as the governor of Liangguang, Yu Shilong served as the political envoy of Guangdong, and was very familiar with the situation in Guangdong. The minister thinks he can do it! ”

Yu Shilong is good, and just now gave Tong Yangjia face, Zhu Hongsan thought about it and agreed with Ma Mingyuan's choice of Yu Shilong.

After the three feudal officials finished their work, there are still a few governors left, Tong Yangjia and Ma Mingyuan quarreled again, and at this time, the Donglin Party also joined the battle group under the leadership of Jiang Yueguang. In the end, Ma Mingyuan, the governor of the five provinces who were vacant, got two, Tong Yangjia got one, and Donglin Party got two. It's not that Tong Yangjia is inferior to the Donglin Party, it's that Tong Yangjia has no one available.

On the other hand, Ma Mingyuan and the Donglin Party are qualified to serve as governors, let alone a governor.

Tong Yangjia held his breath in his heart, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister's nephew Tong Tuchang has been studying at home for the past few years, and has deeply reviewed his mistakes. ”

Tong Tuchang blocked the sword for the emperor for the sake of the peace talks, Zhu Hongsan was also a little reluctant in his heart, and just about to speak, Ma Mingyuan said on the side: "The peace talks were originally broken by Tong Tuchang, the emperor didn't behead Tong Tuchang and already took care of him, why did he come out to be an official?" What wishful thinking! ”

"Ma Mingyuan, why is it your Ma family in the court? The emperor hasn't spoken yet, what do you answer? ”

Ma Mingyuan smiled contemptuously: "Hmph! The old man is the first assistant and has the right to make suggestions, your nephew Tong Tuchang has no merit and no war merits, and he became the governor by relying on the party to attach you, such an official should have been cleaned up a long time ago! ”

"Your Majesty, Tong Tuchang followed His Majesty's side in Huguang, and this kind of disposal really chills the old department of Huguang!" Tong Yangjia couldn't speak clearly to Ma Mingyuan, and spoke directly to Zhu Hongsan, who was sitting on the dragon chair.

"Your Majesty, Tong Tuchang must not recover, he has no fame, it was just an extraordinary period in the past, and now everything in the country is on the right track, and he can't convince the public with such a villain!"

Zhu Hongsan was so troubled by the quarrel between the two of them that he waved his hand and said, "Okay!" Don't talk about it, two of you! After all, Tong Tuchang has followed me for so many years, and Fujian has contributed a lot anyway, so I decided to get him back up and become a political envoy first! ”

Tong Tuchang was a governor before he was dismissed, and now it is good for the emperor to give a political envoy a little over. Tong Yangjia was overjoyed, and was just about to ask the emperor which province his nephew would go to as a political envoy.

How do you know that Ma Mingyuan's eyes rolled, and he stood up and said: "Your Majesty, since you have nothing to say about the reinstatement of Tong Tuchangchen, but the minister suggested that Tong Tuchang go to Shaanxi to serve as a political envoy!" ”

As soon as Ma Mingyuan's words came out, all the ministers in the hall knew that this old guy was going to play the hand of Mingsheng and Secretly Descending, and Tong Yangjia was even more angry when he heard that he let his nephew go to Shaanxi. Shaanxi! Liukou came from Shaanxi at the beginning, and if Zhang Jiayu went to Henan to count the Longtan Tiger's Den, Shaanxi would be a place of ten deaths.

According to Jinyiwei's intelligence, only Xi'an in Shaanxi is still under the control of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and all other prefectures and counties are chaotic people, and cannibalism occurs from time to time.

Zhu Hongsan also felt that Ma Mingyuan was a little too ruthless, Henan was okay to say, no matter how he said it, it was also under his nose, and it took a few months to recover. But Shaanxi is far away in Guanzhong, and it hasn't been able to hit that place for a year and a half, so should Tong Tuchang be an empty political envoy?