According to the customs of the Han people in the Ming Dynasty, a man would tie his hair at the age of fifteen.

In this way, Ma Gan will be thirty years old this year.

This Ma Gan was also a heroic figure in the original history.

During the Apocalypse, the Rebellion of Lu'an broke out, and the war spread to Yunnan, in addition to mobilizing the officials and troops of the southwestern provinces to suppress the encirclement and suppression, the imperial court also encouraged the gentry in Yunnan, Guichuan and Sichuan to recruit villagers and form villages to protect themselves.

Ma Gan responded to the call of the imperial court as a member of Kunming, scattered his wealth, recruited village warriors, and joined the army to help in the war.

In the autumn of the second year of Chongzhen, the chaos in the southwest calmed down, and Zhu Xieyuan served as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou as the governor of Yunnan and moved to Kunming, and Ma Qian ushered in a turning point in his life.

Zhu Xieyuan likes martial arts as a literati, and the people he likes and admires the most in his life are the same people as him.

Therefore, when he arrived in Kunming and learned about Ma Gan's deeds of recruiting villagers to defend the township as a student, he greatly appreciated him.

It didn't take long for Zhu Xieyuan, as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, to recommend Ma Gan to enter the Guozijian in Beijing as a prisoner.

At the beginning of the third year of Chongzhen, Zhu Xieyuan wrote a secret letter to Emperor Chongzhen, and also specifically mentioned the talent Ma Qianqi in central Yunnan.

In the original history, this Ma Gan tried and failed repeatedly, and it was not until the autumn of Chongzhen's sixth year that he was admitted to the examination in Kunming City.

It was not until he had the status of a promoter that Ma Gan was exceptionally promoted and directly appointed as a governor of a certain place in Sichuan.

More than ten years later, this Ma Gan rose all the way through the ranks with his fame and served as the last governor of Sichuan in the Ming Dynasty.

During his tenure as governor of Sichuan, Ma Gan refused the surrender of the Manchus and led the anti-Qing struggle of the Sichuan army and people until he was defeated and killed.

In this life, his fate is not so bumpy and tortuous.

After getting Zhu Xieyuan's appreciation, he entered the Beijing Guozijian as a student to study, and soon entered the field of vision of Emperor Chongzhen, and as a student of the Guozijian, he directly entered the military aircraft department as a military aircraft housekeeper.

Therefore, in the final analysis, the fame he has achieved before is just a showman.

It was Zhu Xieyuan, the Marquis of Jingnan, who paved a career path for him outside the imperial examination.

The situation in this is not clear to the cabinet ministers, attendants, ministers and military attaches in the Wenhua Hall at this moment, but Emperor Chongzhen is clear.

For the setting up of the town guard mansion in Burma, Emperor Chongzhen had already planned to do so, but for the candidate for the town guard in Burma, he did not have a suitable candidate in his heart.

Li Guoyi, the first assistant of the cabinet, is indeed right, a candidate like the Burmese and Central Town Guard Envoy must be a civil and military all-rounder, able to manage the army on horseback, and be able to govern the people on horseback.

Moreover, we must be loyal to the imperial court, and we must have a view of the overall situation, resourcefulness and means, otherwise, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the complex situation of toast everywhere.

After all, the lesson that the Ming Dynasty had to take the initiative to withdraw its troops from Annam must be learned in this life.

So was there such a character in the late Ming Dynasty? Of course.

Zhu Xieyuan, Mao Wenlong, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng are among the outstanding leaders.

It's just that these people are now all officials of one side of the governor's marshal, and it is impossible to arrange them in Myanmar.

So are there any similar characters in the younger generation? Of course there are.

Li Xin is such a character.

However, at this time, Li Xin was already in the position of the envoy of Lushun Town, and he also held the position of the imperial history of the supervisor of Denglai Town, so he could not move lightly.

In addition, Ma Maocai, who was sent by Emperor Chongzhen to Yansui Town to serve as the imperial history of the supervising army and reclaimed in Ganquanyu, has also proved to be a civil and military all-round character.

However, Ma Maocai sat in the Yan'an Prefecture as a member of Shaanxi's political position, and the Ganquanyu Reclamation Area under his command was an important strategic material supply area for the situation in the northwest, and it could not be easily moved.

As for other characters, such as Yang Sichang, who gradually emerged in Henan, and Chen Shiqi, who was promoted by Emperor Chongzhen from Datong, their strategic talents are indeed remarkable, but it is a pity that they are too bookish and a little exaggerated.

Most of the remaining people who are favored by Emperor Chongzhen are military generals of the younger generation, such as Hu Dawei, Fierce as a Tiger, Huang Degong, You Yangkun and others.

These people should have no problem in their loyalty to the emperor, and there should be no problem in leading the army to fight.

However, if it is said that the Yungui Tusi who control the entry into Myanmar and deal with the complicated situation in Myanmar in the future, they may be far behind.

So after thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen did not decide on this candidate, and today he took the opportunity to summon the envoys of the Donghu Dynasty to ask the opinions of the cabinet ministers, and it was also for this reason.

However, Ma Gan suddenly came out and recommended himself, which made Emperor Chongzhen's eyes suddenly brighten.

Although I don't know if this Ma Gan has not experienced the setbacks and hardships of his previous life in this life, and whether he still has the ability and skill of the previous life, but in the face of what he just said, Emperor Chongzhen still made up his mind, it was him.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the cabinet ministers in the Wenhua Palace, and when he saw that none of them spoke, he stood up, walked down the steps in front of the throne, and walked towards Ma Gan.

Li Guoyi, Sun Chengzong, and Xu Guangqi, the three elders, all stood up separately when they saw Emperor Chongzhen leave the throne.

I saw Emperor Chongzhen walk in front of Ma Gan, look down at Ma Gan who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "You can have such ambitions, it means that I am not wrong about you!" I am very relieved! I am very relieved! Aiqing is flat! ”

As he said this, Emperor Chongzhen bent down and stretched out a hand, lifted the kneeling Ma Gan up from the ground, and said to him at the same time:

"That's you! I will hand over the position of the envoy of the town in Burma to you! ”

Ma Gan, who had just stood up and had not yet stood firmly, heard Emperor Chongzhen's words, and immediately knelt down again, and said loudly while thanking him excitedly:

"Your Majesty's grace is high and the sea is wide! His Majesty entrusted the Wechen with the land in central Burma, and the Wechen swore to defend it for His Majesty, and would not make the regrettable incident of Annam reappear in Burma! ”

Things have developed here, and there is naturally no suspense about the selection of the envoy to the town of Burma and China, and the cabinet ministers headed by Li Guoyang have also heard the dictation of Emperor Chongzhen.

And the words that Ma Qian said, especially the enthusiasm and sincerity contained in them, also moved these old ministers who had been up and down in the sea for many years, even if they still had some doubts in their hearts, but they did not stand up to raise objections after all.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at several cabinet ministers who were silent and silent, knowing that they had basically approved of this arrangement, so he said:

"The Military Aircraft Department sent the above edict to the Nanjing Military Department, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Yunnan-Guizhou Governor's Mansion as soon as possible, the imperial court took back Ava City, and set up the Burmese Central Town Guard Mansion in Ava City, with the Military Aircraft Department Sheren Ma Gan as the envoy of the Burmese Central Town, Xu recruited Han people from Huguang, Sichuan, and Yunnan to garrison the tun, and the military and civilian affairs of the town guard house were all under the control and command of the Yunnan-Guizhou Governor's Office, and the required ordnance and materials were transferred by the Nanjing Military Department and transferred through the Yunnan-Guizhou Governor's Mansion!"

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Ma Gan, and then said: "As for the civil and military officials needed to guard the palace in central Burma, they are all selected by Ma Gan in this edict!"

"Civil officials can be selected from the national sub-supervisors of the northern and southern capitals, military attaches can be requisitioned from the Jingshi Wutang, and others such as the southern capital of Jingying, under the command of the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, are all among the candidates!

"Anyone who is selected to go can be promoted to the next level, and those who are selected and resist to move will be punished for resisting!"

After Emperor Chongzhen said this, he left the Wenhua Hall with the ministers and attendants around him.

The three cabinet ministers had no objection and bowed together to receive the decree, while Ma Gan once again received the decree and thanked him.

Thirty-year-old Ma Gan served as a military aircraft housekeeper by Emperor Chongzhen's side for less than a year, but he was very clear about many of Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts.

Emperor Chongzhen brought these characters to his side, of course, there were factors such as nearby investigation, but his main purpose was to get these to his side, personally guide and cultivate them anytime and anywhere, and instill some of his ideas into them.

Let these people have the loyalty and ability of the original history, and at the same time, add a kind of insight and vision that the original history did not have.

For example, in the case of Burma, Emperor Chongzhen let the Yungui Tusi march into northern Burma, not only to take advantage of the opportunity to reward them for their military exploits, but more importantly, he wanted to open up an outlet to the Indian Ocean on the southwest territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The southwest region of the Ming Dynasty is no longer a purely inland place living in the southwest.

This idea or this strategy, after Emperor Chongzhen's repeated explanations, and repeatedly led the scholars and attendant military attaches around him to study and deliberate next to the Huangming sand table in the Wuying Palace, and it was understood by these people around the emperor.

Ma Gan is certainly no exception.

This is also one of the reasons why Emperor Chongzhen decided to let him go to Ava for development in a short period of time.

As for other reasons, of course, there are.

For example, Ma Gan himself happened to be born in Kunming, Yunnan, and he was recommended by Zhu Xieyuan to get Beijing to enter the Guozijian, and since then he has been on the rise, and this time he returned to the southwest and became the envoy of the town in central Burma, and returned to the control and command of Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou.

In public and private, it is convenient.