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Chapter 42: A Different Traitor

Ma Cheng's words angered Ma Shiying. Not to mention anything else, is the erotic pictures on paper that can be made in dreams?

Ma Shiying stood up so angry that she was about to kick the rebellious son to death. When Ma Cheng saw that he was going to be unlucky, he shouted: "Uncle! Brother! Help!"

Ma Luan and Ma Cheng had a deep brotherly relationship. Seeing that their father was really angry, they hurried forward and knelt down and hugged Ma Shiying's legs. At the same time, begged for Ma Cheng and said, "Father, my second brother is still young. After getting married in a few years, he will definitely be able to understand his father's painstaking efforts!"

Ma Shiying was held by Ma Luan and couldn't kick this rebellious son to death, so she had no choice but to give up.

Ma Shiying calmed down his anger, sat down on the chair, then pointed at Ma Cheng and asked, "Okay, I'll settle the score with you later. Why did you send someone to burn Huaiyang Tower?"

Ma Cheng felt something wrong when he heard Ma Shiying say this. Didn’t Yue Qijie send someone to burn it? At that time, Yue Qijie also said that he wanted to eliminate the roots, but now he is all on his own?

Ma Cheng looked at Yue Qijie and asked, "Uncle, this..."

Ma Cheng originally thought Yue Qijie could explain to him, but he knew that Yue Qijie spoke first and said, "Sir, Zhonghe is still young, and it is inevitable to do some bastards, but this matter has been solved by the officials, and everything will be borne by the magistrate of Fengyang!"

Ma Cheng didn't expect that Yue Qijie sold him and pretended to be a good person here. Ma Cheng was so angry that he wanted to scold Yue Qijie for being treacherous. Then he knew that Ma Cheng had not said it yet and heard Ma Shiying say, "Zi Xing did a good job, hey! I, a rebellious son, worried Zi Xing!"

Yue Qijie quickly stood up and bowed and said, "Sir, you and I are all a family. Please don't take this little thing to your heart!"

When Ma Cheng heard that Yue Qijie was all the benefits, he was so angry that he knelt there and couldn't speak.

Ma Shiying looked at Ma Cheng and cursed: "You rebel, why did you go to provoke Huaiyanglou? Didn't I tell you that Huaiyanglou is the property of Duke Wei?"

Ma Cheng cursed Yue Qijie in his heart and held the shit basin on his head, but now there is nothing he can do. Ma Cheng thought about it and had to say, "Father, there is a reason for his son to go to burn Huaiyang Tower!"

When Ma Shiying heard that Ma Cheng was still stubborn, he cursed angrily: "Disappointed son, do you know that Huaiyanglou is the property of Duke of Wei and is still provoking him? Do you know how much impact you will have on my plan? I just reached an agreement with Shige's Ministry in Pukou, and you will disrupt the situation. Do you believe it or not and ask the family law to kill you, the rebellious son!"

Ma Shiying really didn't take Ma Cheng's death seriously. The life of an ordinary person was nothing to the eyes of a tyrant like him. Ma Shiying was angry that Ma Cheng didn't know the importance of it, and angered Xu Hongji, Duke of Wei who had great power in Nanjing.

Now there are three major forces in Nanjing city, one is the eunuch Han Zanzhou, the eunuch of Nanjing, the other is Shi Kefa, the Minister of War, and the last one is the admiral of Caojiang, Xu Hongji. These three people represent the three forces of eunuchs, scholars, and nobles. None of them can be punished by an outsider like Ma Shiying.

In Pukou, Ma Shiying and Shi Kefa have reached an agreement to support King Gui, which has formed an alliance with scholars among the three forces. In addition, Ma Shiying and Chengyi Bo Liu Kongzhao have a good relationship, so the three forces have won over both sides, which will greatly help Ma Shiying enters the cabinet.

Ma Shiying had a good plan in Pukou. Shi Kefa and other Donglin Party members had already agreed to himself that as long as King Gui ascends the throne, the Minister of War in Nanjing will be Ma Shiying. At the same time, Ma Shiying also wanted to unite the nobles to further the situation, which was to enter the cabinet. He knew that Ma Shiying had a good plan, but was disturbed by his son Ma Cheng.

Xu Hongji is the leader of the Nanjing nobles. Can he still enter the cabinet if he offended him? Thinking of this, Ma Shiying becomes more and more angry the more he thinks about it. He really wants to stand up and kick this rebellious son to death.

Seeing that Ma Shiying looked bad to him, Ma Cheng quickly opened his mouth and said, "Dad, there is a reason for my son to do this, that is, he doesn't want you to go further and further on the wrong path! If you don't want you to be cut off from the people and the world!"

Ma Cheng said this very heavily, and even Ma Luan couldn't listen. Ma Luan angrily shouted: "Second brother, what were you talking about?"

Ma Cheng didn't care about this anymore and continued: "Dad, everyone in the world knows that whether it is legal or blood, they should be appointed King Fu. Dad, why do you want to go against the world, but you want to establish King Lu and King Gui! Isn't this a way to cut off oneself from the world?"

Ma Shiying is a politician. Although his character is not very good, he still knows what Ma Cheng is. He is a useless son of a second-generation ancestor who suddenly talks about national affairs. Some of them must have wanted to achieve certain goals through his son's mouth.

Ma Shiying's two strategists, Qijie, was a firm Fuwang faction, while Yang Wencong was a pro-Donglin Party. Naturally, it is not necessary to say whoever Ma Cheng said it.

After hearing Ma Cheng's words, Ma Shiying laughed and said, "Brother Zixing, my son has always been very naughty. I have troubled Brother Zixing at home these days!"

Ma Shiying said this sentence very heart-wrenchingly. On the surface, he was thankful to Yue Qijie for teaching his son Ma Cheng, but in fact he had already complained that Yue Qijie was not the same as himself.

Yue Qijie was originally older than Ma Shiying and married Ma Shiying's sister as his wife, so Yue Qijie didn't show any signs when he heard Ma Shiying say this, but he just smiled and said, "Haha, sir, this is not what I asked Zhonghe to say, but Zhonghe said it is correct. Don't you want to hear what people in the world think?"

Yang Wencong, who was sitting aside just now, hadn't spoken. He was much younger than Ma Shiying and Yue Qijie. In addition, Yang Wencong's wife is Ma Shiying's cousin, so naturally the relationship is a little worse. But now it's not possible to say it anymore. Yue Qijie has questioned Ma Shiying's established policy. If Yang Wencong doesn't stand up and fight back, it is likely that his alliance with Shi Kefa will be over.

"Brother-in-law, please listen to me?" Yang Wencong was much younger than Yue Qijie, so he used honorific words.

Yue Qijie twisted his beard with his hands and signaled Yang Wencong to tell you. Yang Wencong sat on the chair and started talking!

"Sir, brother-in-law! Now that the country has become like this, you have seen that it is not to support that prince as emperor, but to end this troubled time as soon as the emperor ascends the throne! Shi Xianzhi has already said that there are seven kings of blessings that cannot be established. If we insist on supporting King Fu at this time, then the broken Ming Dynasty will split immediately. How can we attack the Central Plains in the north and end the troubled times at that time!"

Many people in later generations overturned the case for Ma Shiying and put the main responsibility for the demise of the Southern Ming Dynasty on the Donglin Party. However, there were different opinions on the Internet, that is, they believed that the Donglin Party members did the right thing. The reason is very simple. The entire Nanzhili was the world of the Donglin Party. If an emperor recognized by the Donglin Party came out, it would naturally be gone for the party struggles in the court, and it would be better to concentrate China's efforts to fight with the Qing Dynasty. You should know that at that time, half of Shandong was in the hands of the Nanming River, and the economic strength and population of the entire Nanzhili were not comparable to those of the Eastern Jin and Southern Song Dynasty. If the national superstructure had no disputes and had to do its best to reorganize the army and prepare for war, the Qing Dynasty might not have won that easily.

This was the first time Ma Cheng heard this view. Ma Cheng was different from the people in the house. Ma Cheng knew the history of later generations. It was because Ma Shiying and Jiangbei towns used their troops to suppress the Donglin Party that the entire Southern Ming Dynasty was in chaos. In the end, the Donglin Party colluded with Zuo Liangyu, who was in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and made a farce of clearing the monarch. Ma Shiying had no choice but to transfer Huang Degong, who was a strategic mobile force to deal with Zuo Liangyu, and Gao Jie from Yangzhou, was killed by his generals. In this way, the Qing Dynasty occupied Nanjing without any bloodshed.

Ma Cheng knelt on the ground and listened to Yang Wencong's explanation, and then he realized that the Donglin Party in Nanjing was not all waste. If they followed their steps to support King Gui, and then united with the Qing Dynasty and fight with the bandits, it is really unknown who will lose and who will win!

In fact, many people in later generations were blinded by history, and only saw that Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng's party attacked each other. The Donglin party ruined the country. But if you put yourself in the shoes of a moment, you will understand. Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, Jiang Yueguang, Qian Qianyi, Lu Daqi and others of the Donglin party, were all old bureaucrats who had been in the officialdom for a long time. How could they not know what this country looks like? At that time, they made all kinds of tricks that seem to be foolish, but there was nothing they could do.

After hearing Yang Wencong's words, Ma Shiying nodded: "Zi Xing, Long You are right! Now that the country has become like this, I can no longer withstand any blows, so I decided to abandon past grudges with the Donglin Party and cooperate with the King of Gui to support King Gui! The Shige Department has promised me to serve as the Minister of War in the new dynasty. At that time, I will be in charge of the outside and the Shige Department will be in charge of the old rivers and mountains!"

Ma Shiying said this so well-intentionedly, and Ma Cheng's eyes almost jumped out. Unexpectedly, Ma Shiying, a treacherous minister, could say such words for the country and the people!

In many later operas, such as the peach blossom fan written by Kong Shangren, portrays Ma Shiying as a treacherous minister. In fact, Ma Shiying has a very good appearance. Ma Shiying is fifty-four years old this year, with a medium figure and a half-foot-long beard on his chest. In addition, after saying this, Ma Cheng felt that Ma Shiying shines like a saint.

What Ma Shiying and Yang Wencong said can make a rookie like Ma Cheng excited, but can an old world like Yue Qijie be simply convinced?

After hearing Yang Wencong's words, Yue Qijie sneered and asked, "Hmph! According to what Longyou said, as long as King Gui ascends the throne, the world will be peaceful? What if King Fu is supported by the generals? Then King Fu is in power in Jiangbei and King Gui is in power in Jiangdong. What will you use to fight the Central Plains in the Northern Expedition and end the troubled times?"

Ma Shiying heard the smell of gunpowder from Yue Qijie's words and asked quickly: "Zi Xing, is it that King Fu and Jiangbei's army general colluded?"
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