Ma Shiying entered the study after returning from the palace. He really couldn't understand what his second son was doing. Ma Cheng was naughty when he was young. Ma Shiying knew all these things and didn't care much about them. His career was already inherited by his eldest son, so let him do whatever his second son likes.

However, after Ma Cheng was broken in Fengyang two years ago, the second son became more and more incomprehensible. It can be said that he had changed his own person. It is reasonable to recruit soldiers alone in Fengyang. After all, bloody battles on the battlefield are the dream of every young man. But when he arrived in Nanjing, Ma Cheng's various actions were to push Ma Shiying into the fire pit.

Ma Shiying knew what his son thought, but he was just taking advantage of the chaos in the world to learn from Cao Cao and Sima Yi, and also abdicate himself to become the emperor. But Ma Cheng didn't know that this era was different from the Three Kingdoms era, and Ma Shiying himself was neither Cao Cao nor Sima Yi.

Although Cao Cao was a powerful minister, Cao Cao's own territory was completely shot down with one sword and one shot. It is reasonable to say that Cao Cao independently established a new dynasty. Sima Yi was born into a prominent family in Hanoi, his grandfather Sima served as the prefect of Yingchuan, and his father Sima Fang served as the Jingzhao Yin. The strength of the family helped Sima Yi later.

On the other hand, although Ma Shiying is also a prominent family in Guiyang, it is completely incomparable to the Sima family. Ma Shiying's grandfather and father are just ordinary scholars. The Ma family was only in Ma Shiying's generation, and Ma Shiying and Ma Shixing were promoted to two Jinshi. Although they were considered a tyrant in the barren countryside of Guizhou, this family background was nothing to be considered in Nanzhili.

Let’s look at Ma Shiying’s personal abilities. Although Ma Shiying also served as the governor of Xuanfu, he had military experience. However, there was no big noise on the border when Ma Shiying was the governor. At that time, the focus of the court was Liaodong, and Mongolia opposite Xuanfu was very quiet. Ma Shiying could not have fought like Cao Cao for decades and recruited a group of confidant generals. So when Ma Cheng showed all kinds of ambitions, Ma Shiying beat him, making this second son with afloat ambitions more stable.

Although Ma Shiying told Ma Cheng not to be foolish, it did not mean that he could give up his rights. In the afternoon, Ma Shiying wanted Ma Cheng to hand over the position of Nandu garrison in the Qianqing Palace, but unexpectedly, the son handed over all the rights, leaving only the title of Zhenguo Marquis.

Ma Cheng's actions made Ma Shiying panic. Although Ma Shiying is the prime minister, he cannot make a sermon in the court. He also needs Ma Cheng, the son who leads troops outside, to respond, so the most anxious thing Ma Cheng is to hand over power is Ma Shiying. After Ma Shiying returned to the mansion, he immediately called his family to find Ma Cheng to ask in person what the son was thinking.

After Ma Cheng finished cleaning up at home, he came to the Ma Mansion in Chaotian Palace. When he walked into the study, he saw his father Ma Shiying sitting in the room in a daze.

Ma Cheng stepped forward and saluted and asked, "Dad, is there anything wrong with finding your son?"

Seeing his son enter the house, Ma Shiying drove out the maid who was serving in the study and asked in a low voice: "Cheng'er, what did you think in the palace in the afternoon? Why did you hand over all your official positions? Why didn't you discuss it with your father?"

Ma Cheng was very funny to see Ma Shiying's anxious look. He usually looked hypocritical, but in fact he was in his heart

Li attaches great importance to it. Ma Cheng does not want to explain to Ma Shiying why he did this, because Ma Cheng does not dare to guarantee what Ma Shiying is thinking now.

"Dad, haven't you told your son before that you should take care of yourself? My son is afraid of implicating our family. It's better to hand over the military power. Now I'm going home and becoming a rich man. Isn't that great?"

Ma Shiying cursed angrily when he heard Ma Cheng say this: "Bastard, did I ask you to hand over all the official positions? I told you to be careful not to be caught by the emperor! Now you are fine, if you don't discuss with your father, you will hand over the military power. Do you know that your father is very passive?"

Ma Cheng was amused, but pretended to be innocent and shouted: "Dad, you know that your son doesn't study, and you know how to be so trampled. The son thought that his father was afraid that his son's achievements would be too great, so he handed over all the military power! But please rest assured, the Northern Barbarians have not yet been pacified, and the emperor will definitely use his son in the future. At that time, the son will remember his father's instructions and must hold the military power firmly!"

Seeing Ma Cheng pretending to be stupid, Ma Shiying really didn't know what to say. When this son was smart, he would be a monkey. When he was stupid, he would not be much better than a pig. He didn't know that as long as the emperor controlled the army, he would have no strength to challenge the emperor. At that time, the emperor would have the power to kill the Ma family. The life and death of the Ma family were all in the emperor's thoughts.

"Cheng'er, the Northern Ru retreated to Jiangbei and would not invade the south again in a year or two. Think about how much you can do in this year? Can you be better than the emperor if your prestige in the army? Can you give more silver than the emperor if you give? You are still too young!"

Ma Shiying is right. No matter how he is from a bloodline, Zhu Lunkui is now an emperor and the highest head of the country. He is in the orthodox position, and Zhu Lunkui's influence is definitely not comparable to Ma Cheng alone. As long as Zhu Lunkui is given one year, under the dual pressure of high officials and high salaries and national orthodox, no one can maintain his loyalty to Ma Cheng.

Ma Cheng saw Ma Shiying's expression very funny. It was not that Ma Cheng didn't believe that Ma Shiying would not tell him the truth, but Ma Cheng didn't believe that Ma Shiying's ability could handle this matter well. According to the later evaluation of Ma Shiying, Ma Shiying's ability was very average, and he could only be ranked in the middle and lower among the more than 40 cabinet chiefs in the Ming Dynasty. If it was a peaceful period, Ma Shiying would have no problem dealing with some ordinary government affairs, but now the world is in chaos, and Ma Shiying's personality of looking forward and looking back will not work.

Later generations Gu Cheng said when writing the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty that Ma Shiying was not the norm to save the times, and it was really hard to let him control the crisis in the Southern Ming Dynasty.

After hearing Ma Shiying's words, Ma Cheng pretended to be enlightened and asked, "Yes, Dad, what should I do now?"

Ma Shiying smiled bitterly when she heard her son ask, "What should I do? What else can I do? Now that is, you can be a marquis of Guiyang at home!" Ma Shiying wanted to comfort herself. It's not bad now. She is a Duke of the State, and the title can be left to her eldest son Ma Luan after her death. The second son Ma Cheng is a marquis. It is rare for a two-legged title in the national dynasty.

Seeing that Ma Shiying had no problem, Ma Cheng stood up and said goodbye. Ma Cheng still has a lot to do, training for recruits and production of weapons. Although Ma Cheng has no official position now, these things cannot be stopped.

In the next half month, Ma Cheng honestly became a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty and could not help but hand over the military power. Even Ma Cheng, the two guards that the Marquis of Zhenguo should have been assigned, also handed over the tribute of Ma Cheng, who was allowed by the law, and only retained the ceremonial guard force of 300 people.

Ma Cheng's actions surprised Qian Qianyi, who was sharpening his knife on the side. Originally, Qian Qianyi thought that Ma Cheng's claim to hand over military power was just perfunctory, and he didn't know what arrangements were behind his back. He might take this opportunity to make another mutiny. Therefore, Qian Qianyi had already discussed with Lu Jiude and controlled a large number of troops around Ma Cheng's mansion, for fear that Ma Cheng would take risks.

He knew that Ma Cheng was very peaceful and handed over all the guards in his hands. Now there were only 300 honor guards left in Ma Cheng's mansion and more than 200 family members. Although the combat effectiveness of the 300 personal soldiers left by Ma Cheng was very impressive, the number was too small and had no effect in the city at all, so Ma Cheng's actions gradually improved his reputation.

Negative news about Ma Cheng was circulating in the city, but after Ma Cheng's performance for more than half a month, his impression of Ma Cheng had completely changed. In addition, Ma Cheng did guard the capital and protect everyone's safety. So half a month later, after the emperor thought he had completely controlled the army, he began to feel a little guilty about Ma Cheng.

On the first day of the seventh month, an imperial edict was issued in the palace. Ma Cheng's eldest son, Ma Yuan, who was originally the commander of the light chariot, was promoted again to General Mingwei, and was directly promoted from the seventh-rank Wusan rank to the fourth-rank. Ma Cheng's second son Ma Ying was also promoted from a Bai Ding to a sixth-rank Zhaoxin lieutenant, which was also considered a little compensation from the emperor to Ma Cheng.

All the ministers in the court believed that Ma Cheng really wanted to retire and go home to coax the children, but Qian Qianyi didn't think so. Old Qian knew Ma Cheng's character well and knew that this guy would never give up. Now there must be a bigger conspiracy to hand over the guards. Therefore, Qian Qianyi called the new Jiangnan Governor Luo Bingran to his mansion, and asked him to come to the army to control the army as soon as possible and eliminate the power of the Ma family in the army.

Luo Bingran has now become the emperor's confidant, so he naturally has to do his best to do his best. However, although Luo Bingran agreed well, he knew that Ma Cheng was a ruthless person. He took the opportunity to kill thousands of nobles back then, but Ma Cheng didn't even blink. He didn't know what was left to him this time.

The next day, Luo Bingran took the emperor's imperial edict and took his five hundred personal soldiers to take office tremblingly. Originally, Luo Bingran thought that he would definitely fall into Ma Cheng's trap after he went there, but what Luo Bingran did not expect was that the generals in the army supported the emperor's decision very much and respectfully welcomed Luo Bingran to become the second governor of Jiangnan.

Standing in the tent, Luo Bingran was a little unbelievable. Although Luo Bingran was the four generals under Ma Cheng's past, his status was similar to that of Ma Cheng's confidants, and he had no control over the military leaders of Gu Changwei, Xu Dahu and others. But now these military leaders were kneeling respectfully in front of Luo Bingran, saying that they would pay homage to the military master!
Chapter completed!