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Ma Fang is a slave who was captured by the Tartars and plundered to the grassland, and his background can be said to be grassroots. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since childhood, martial arts bow and horse have to be learned, dealing with people, dealing with officialdom, this learning more, Ma Dong heard Emperor Wanli say the well-known allusions to Datong border town, and said that Datong border town supports troops and self-respect, and all kinds of allusions to illegal things, immediately awe-inspiring.

The involvement before and after the Tumu Fort, and the actions of the Tatars who answered the border town of Kou Datong, this is not a secret, the Ming generals all know, not only they know, but everyone in the world knows, but they are all pinching their noses and reluctant to mention it.

Ma Dong thought that this visit to Beijing was a routine, and when he heard that Emperor Wanli was going to give a banquet to treat him, he just thought that it was his own Lao Tzu's face, or that his younger brother Ma Lin had made great achievements in Liao Town, which gave his family such a favor, but he didn't expect that this summoning was not for others, but for himself.

The deputy general of Datong Border Town, who is the second person in the military generals of the Datong Border Army, was suddenly promoted and said such things, which really frightened Ma Dong very much.

Emperor Wanli sighed, and saw Ma Dong kneeling down unexpectedly, smiled, and said:

"Ma Dong, you are going to be the deputy general of Datong Town now, what are you going to do?"

Ma Dong paused, then knocked down a few heads, and said eagerly:

"Your Majesty says how to do it, the last general will do it, even if it is broken!"

The voice was sonorous and powerful, and he seemed loyal, Emperor Wanli looked down at Ma Dong, whose head was on the ground, nodded and said:

"Your father Ma Fang guarded Datong and Xuanfu for the country, and made great achievements, your younger brother was a deputy general in Liaozhen, and now he is also quite a capable member, only you are a general in Datong, although there are a lot of merits in recent years, you can be sorted according to seniority, you will be able to sit in this position after five years at the earliest, why promote you, the widow is to see your loyalty to the family, loyal to my Ming Dynasty."

Ma Dong kowtowed again, and Emperor Wanli said with a smile:

"There are also some officials and imperial histories, and they say that your military exploits in the past three years were bought from someone for money, which is ridiculous, and the widow will not be left behind."

On the same day, Wang Tong won a great victory in Xuanfu and brought back thousands of ranks, when the Ma family and the Li family took a large sum of silver to buy the ranks, and gave them to their sons and nephews as a step to enter the body, and counted military merits year after year.

This is not a rumor, although grade trading is commonplace in Daming Border Town, but it can be done but not said, Emperor Wanli said it so lightly, and said "wind and rumors", but who can't understand it, Emperor Wanli already knows all this.

Ma Dong kowtowed a few more times on the ground, and said loudly:

"Your Majesty's heavenly grace, the last will be grateful, never forget, please rest assured, the last will go to Datong, must do his duty, loyal to Your Majesty, Datong in the past, if the minister is here, there will never be such a thing."

"I am optimistic about Datong for the widow, if the errand is done well, the position of this general soldier will be indispensable to you in the future!!"

At this point, Ma Dong only had to kowtow and thank him to express his loyalty.

…….

After saying what to say, he simply used some wine and food, Ma Dong thanked him again and said goodbye, Ma Dong was guided out of the palace by the eunuch, the door of the warm pavilion was closed, and Emperor Wanli said in a deep voice:

"Dongchang and Jinyiwei will send spies to Ma Dong's side, Ma Fang and Ma Lin should also watch, those who should be on guard should be guarded, don't stare at Datong, but ignore the Ma family, now his family can take root in three towns!"

Zhang Cheng replied in a low voice:

"Long live Lord, someone has been arranged to Ma Dong's side, and everything he has reported every day."

…….

"Long live the lord, Ma Dong left the palace and returned to his family's mansion in Beijing, and several Shanxi businessmen sent people to send generous gifts, but Ma Dong retreated, and closed the door to no outsiders."

Hearing Zhang Cheng's report, Emperor Wanli, who was sitting in the soft sedan chair, sneered, and said indifferently:

"I have said so much, he also wants to be a direct minister and a lonely minister, but I don't know what to do after going to Datong, or keep an eye on it!"

Zhang Cheng hurriedly bowed down to receive the order, Wang Tong's letter was sent, and the law of action of Emperor Wanli has also changed greatly, he lives in Zheng Guifei's palace every day, and never goes elsewhere, and even some government affairs are arranged to be handled in Zheng Guifei's palace.

In addition to going to Cining Palace every morning and evening to greet the Empress Dowager Cisheng, going to Wenyuan Pavilion to meet with the ministers, and then the middle of the month, as well as the New Year's ceremony, I don't go anywhere else, the queen has been completely left out there, and the Empress Dowager Li has been a little dissatisfied with this situation, or explicitly or secretly said that the Wanli Emperor has said a few times, but the Wanli Emperor is very stubborn in this matter, and the Empress Dowager Li is not easy to interfere too much, and Zheng Guifei is quite well-behaved, although she is used to the harem, she never expresses any opinions on political affairs, and she is very restrained, This style also makes others unable to say what is wrong.

Watching Zhang Cheng receive the order, Emperor Wanli casually put down the sedan curtain, Zhao Jinliang hurriedly clapped his hands, and the eunuch carrying the soft sedan chair was about to get up and act, but Emperor Wanli opened the curtain again, Zhao Jinliang hurriedly ordered the sedan chair man to stop, and Emperor Wanli said:

"Chen Sibao and Tang Sihai will quickly arrange for the guards, and the celebrant will make an order tonight, and tomorrow let the cabinet supervise the criminal department, and the prefectures and counties of Beizhili will investigate the cult, such a thing, Mr. Zhang, they will definitely not stop it, let them come up with the momentum to implement a whip law!!"

"Please rest assured! Slave maid will do it today!! ”

After the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month of the ninth year of Wanli, each yamen was left on duty, and everyone else went back for the New Year, and only came to report if there was something important.

Cabinet assistant Zhang Juzheng's status is precious, he does not have to go to the cabinet to be on duty in shifts, and whatever important matters and important tasks that need to be drafted by the cabinet are all sent directly by the cabinet secretary.

But Zhang Ge Lao is also the kind of person who can't be idle, even if he is at home, he is still in the study all day long to deal with government affairs sent from everywhere.

The palace decreed, and there was an auxiliary mansion where Shuxun came from the cabinet, and Zhang Ge's old porter did not block this, and opened the door directly and put it in, all the way to Zhang Juzheng's study.

When I stopped outside the study, a servant who was waiting outside hurriedly entered to report, and it didn't take much time, but You Qi flashed out, took the newspaper, asked a few words, shook his head and said with a smile:

"The will of the celebrant will be chosen, the elder of the pavilion is happy these days, this errand will definitely not be delayed, Brother Chen will wait for a while!"

He spoke like this, but the cabinet secretary who sent the document scroll over couldn't be so polite to him, and hurriedly bowed down and said that the seventh brother worked hard.

You Qi took the official document in, and it really didn't take much time, so he walked out with it and handed the two folds to Nazhong:

"The elder has approved it, take it and submit it as soon as possible!"

The cabinet secretary agreed with a smile, and hurriedly left the errand, You Qi sent the middle book away, and stopped in the courtyard for a while, but did not go back to the study to serve, but went directly to the front door.

His status in Zhang's Mansion is understood in everyone's hearts, no one dares to slack off, and he is a big porter to the third-grade officials, but when he saw You Qi, he quickly stood up with a smile, and asked respectfully:

"The seventh master is so excited today, he actually came to the front door, what are your orders?"

You Qi patted the concierge on the shoulder with a smile and said with a smile:

"It's all on errands, if you have any orders or not, come over and tell you something, in the future, Dong Qianhu from Shandong will come to the door, just invite it in!"

"You Qiye, don't worry, when Dong Qianhu comes, the little one will definitely send people in respectfully."

You Qi smiled and nodded again, then turned around and entered the house, the porter had been smiling and bowing, and when You Qi disappeared from view, he straightened up, turned around and sat on the seat at the door in a big way, picked up the teapot on the clay stove beside him, poured himself a cup, picked it up and smelled the aroma, and said to himself:

"Isn't it just that the old man took the medicine and felt that the effect was good, and his spirit was refreshing, I didn't expect that sending this sea dog would be able to earn such a big creation, ....... life?"

"Master, now the third master doesn't take the silver from the outside, the second master has no choice but to send people around to make money, the second master let Shuangxi report to the master, saying that the people sent out may be targeted by the government, but if they are caught, they will be caught, and there is no way to find us here!!"

"It can't be done, does he keep that silver for his own funeral!!"

Hearing the report of double happiness, Lin Shulu's eyes widened, and he roared out in a low voice, but after saying a word, he gasped violently, and it calmed down after a while, and after panting, his face was already much worse, and he leaned back in the chair dejectedly, waved his hand and said:

"No matter, no matter, now let's take care of ourselves, let the second child take care of the third child, and everything will be fine."

Shuangxi's mouth moved a few times, but he still hesitated to speak:

"The third master spent 50,000 taels of silver on his side, and the talents sent and the captain of the guard of the monk Guleng saw it, and the other party was very cold, if you want to do something, I'm afraid that you can't beat it with more than 100,000 taels of silver, and the third master has money over there, but now there has been no input, I'm afraid it's distressing......."

"Silver money is a trivial matter, and the Naturalization City is also a trivial matter, what matters now is here, it's here!!"

After Lin Shulu finished speaking, he was panting again, Shuangxi stepped forward to help pat a few times, and when his breathing calmed down, he asked again:

"How's it going over there?"

"Please rest assured, the master will come ashore, and our credit people will pass a hand, although the amount is small, but it can accumulate into a lot......"