Ma Shiying is definitely not a good person, but good people cannot survive in the large dye vat of the Ming Dynasty officialdom. Only loaches like Ma Shiying can emerge in the mud and water.

Ma Shiying brought Lu Jiude over with a few words and formed an interest alliance with Lu Jiude to fight Lu Zhenfei, who had the merit of supporting him.

Because of the same enemy, Ma Shiying and Lu Jiude were very close to each other. Lu Jiude smiled and said, "Brother Yaocao, Fengyang is less than a hundred miles away from Huai'an. You might as well think that tomorrow you will go to Huai'an to welcome the King Fengfu, and then go to Fengyang to worship the Emperor's Ancestral Tomb?"

Ma Shiying was funny when she heard Lu Jiude say this. You didn’t take out any benefits and just wanted me to work? I thought so beautifully!

"Haha, Brother Shuangquan said very well, but I am the Governor of Fengyang, but I left my post and went to Huai'an without permission."

When Lu Jiude heard Ma Shiying say this, he cursed in his heart. Why didn’t you say you left the post without permission a few days ago? However, Lu Jiude knew that Ma Shiying was negotiating conditions. Lu Jiude smiled and said, “This is simple. As long as King Fu is in Fengyang, he will immediately appoint Brother Yaocao as the Minister of War and the Grand Marshal of the World!”

"What? Give me a Minister of War? Then I might as well help Shi Kefa!" Ma Shiying secretly scolded Zhu Yousong for being stingy when he heard Lu Jiude say this. He could not even enter the cabinet because he had the merit of supporting him.

"Brother Shuangquan, it's hard for me to be! Gao Jie of Yangzhou is unruly. Without the suppression of his own, he is afraid that he will plunder the place, so I cannot leave Fengyang here without his own! "

Among the four towns in Jiangbei, Gao Jie has the strongest combat power. His 30,000 cavalrymen were not vegetarians. In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Gao Jie also broke through Yangzhou and robbed him. In the end, Ma Shiying sent troops to suppress him to make Gao Jie surrender. At the same time, Lu Jiude and Gao Jie were not related. If he wanted to win over the strongest town among the four towns, he could only pass by Ma Shiying, so Ma Shiying was confident and started a price.

After hearing Ma Shiying's words, Lu Jiude had no choice but to hand over his last trump card: "Brother Yaocao, how about the Grand Secretary of the Dongge and Minister of War?"

The cabinets in the Ming Dynasty did not have high or low rank. Everyone was a fifth-rank rank, and they could only distinguish between high and low in name. The cabinet members were named according to the major halls in the palace, namely the Grand Secretary of Zhongji Hall, the Grand Secretary of Jianji Hall, the Grand Secretary of Wenhua Hall, the Grand Secretary of Wuying Hall, the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Hall, and the Grand Secretary of Dongge. If the emperor did not designate who was the chief minister, the Grand Secretary of Zhongji Hall was responsible for overviewing the cabinet affairs.

When Ma Shiying heard that he gave the last one in his cabinet, he was still a little dissatisfied. What he wanted to be the chief minister of the cabinet.

Seeing Ma Shiying's expression, Lu Jiude was a little unsatisfied and smiled bitterly: "Brother Yaocao, King Fu has not ascended the throne yet, so it is really hard to make any guarantee. But Brother Yaocao should not forget the chief minister. The emperor is designated by the emperor. After King Fu ascends the throne, he will definitely not forget Brother Yaocao's contribution."

When Ma Shiying heard Lu Jiude say this, he knew that the Grand Secretary of the Dongge was already the highest official position given by Zhu Yousong. After all, he has not ascended the throne yet. Thinking of this, Ma Shiying no longer insisted: "The trust of King Fu made Shiying cry. Please ask Lu to guard the surrender of the heavenly voice. I will lead hundreds of thousands of soldiers under the bid to welcome King Fu to supervise the country!"

Now Ma Shiying has used the minister's claim, that is, it is to formally express his support for King Fu Zhu Yousong ascend the throne. Lu Jiude was overjoyed when he heard Ma Shiying say this. Although Ma Shiying is a bad guy, after all, a senior official has a much higher influence in the officialdom than Lu Zhenfei, who only became a Jinshi in the fifth year of the Apocalypse.

"Okay, since Brother Yaocao agrees, then we will go to Huai'an to welcome King Fu to Fengyang!"

Ma Shiying stood up and bowed and said, "Okay, I will go back and arrange it now. Gao Jie has an appointment with me. Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo will rely on Brother Shuangquan!"

Gao Jie actually agreed to support King Fu. Ma Shiying said this to Lu Jiude. I still have certain restraint ability to Gao Jie. As for Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo, although these two guys are nominally under the jurisdiction of Ma Shiying, they fought with Lu Jiude in the ninth year of Chongzhen. This relationship Ma Shiying cannot be separated.

Ma Cheng followed Ma Shiying out of the left-behind department. At the door, Ma Cheng couldn't help asking: "Dad, didn't you talk about the prime minister yesterday? Why today..."

Ma Cheng was interrupted by Ma Shiying before he finished speaking. Ma Shiying looked at the soldiers at the door of the left-behind staff, and then whispered: "There are so many people here, so let's talk about it if you have anything to do!"

When Ma Cheng heard Ma Shiying say this, he couldn't follow Ma Shiying back to the Governor's Office. Yue Qijie and Yang Wencong got the news and rushed over.

Ma Cheng entered the house and asked before he could sit down, "Dad, how could you easily agree to Lu Jiude's conditions just now? Didn't you agree to be the prime minister?"

Ma Shiying snorted coldly and said, "Hmph, do Lu Jiude thinks I am a nerd who has just entered the officialdom? He talked about Lu Zhenfei from here, just to use Lu Zhenfei to suppress me!"

Yue Qijie and Yang Wencong were both treacherous and sloppy. They knew that Ma Shiying would never suffer any loss, so they all lowered their eyebrows and said nothing. Only Ma Cheng was a naughty man in the room. He heard Ma Shiying say this and asked quickly: "Dad, what should King Fu rely on Lu Zhenfei? Will Lu Zhenfei enter the pavilion together!"

Ma Shiying glared at Ma Cheng like this, then cursed: "Cheng'er, you are already an adult now and are still a thousand households in the army, why are you not at all cunning?"

When Yue Qijie heard Ma Shiying scolding Ma Cheng, he rescued the siege and said, "Haha, Zhonghe, you still have too little experience. Lu Zhenfei was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Tianqi. Because of his good official reputation, he was promoted to the Governor of the Cao Transport in recent years. Your father was a Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli, the 19th place in the second place, and he was also a Shujishi at that time. His disciples and old officials were everywhere in the world. There was something that Lu Zhenfei could compare with, a new official!"

The Chinese officialdom has always been concerned about seniority. No matter how high the official you are, you should respectfully call retired cadres as seniors whenever you see them. You should visit your home during festivals and holidays. You should humbly accept what others have to do with their opinions on governing the country. Although it is your business to listen or not, you must maintain respect on the surface. If you have a little disgust, you will be scolded immediately and do not know how to advance or retreat!

Ma Shiying has not retired yet, and it is still the same year. Although he is on par with Lu Zhenfei, his prestige in the officialdom is not comparable to that of a young Lu Zhenfei. Ma Cheng was afraid that he would be squeezed out of the cabinet by Lu Zhenfei. Now, after Yue Qijie said this, he realized that he was not a good-looking person.

After Yue Qijie praised Ma Shiying, he asked, "Master General, don't know what official position King Fu gave?"

Before Ma Shiying could speak, Yang Wencong said on the side: "Hmph, what other official positions can you have? It's just entering the cabinet and serving as a minister!"

Ma Shiying knew that Yang Wentong was angry that he did not join forces with Shi Kefa according to his arrangement, but the situation had developed to this point, and it was really unwise to join forces with Shi Kefa.

Ma Shiying pretended not to see Yang Wencong's expression and smiled: "My friend Long is indeed a talented person. He is right at all. He is the Grand Secretary of the Dongge who also serves as the Minister of War!"

Yue Qijie and Yang Wencong are not new official Ma Cheng. After hearing Ma Shiying say this, he nodded repeatedly. This is already the biggest official position that Zhu Yousong can take out.

"Since King Fu is like this, it seems that he has to rely on the general system!" Yue Qijie was very happy to hear Ma Shiying say this. It is true that he is Ma Shiying's aide, but he is still a military commander in Huaibei. If Ma Shiying enters the cabinet this time, his own official position can also be moved.

"Don't be too happy too early. King Fu has not ascended the throne now, so everything is not counted! I have already discussed with Lu Jiude and will leave tomorrow to Huai'an to welcome King Fu! Zixing, you will send a letter to Gao Jie in a while and ask him to bring elite troops north to Huai'an to wait for my official! Longyou, arrange it and draw 20,000 troops from the guards around Fengyang, and go to Huai'an with me tomorrow!"

Yue Qijie was the Huaibei Bingdao and Gao Jie's logistics minister, so he had a good relationship with Gao Jie. Yang Wencong was a little confused. During the Chongzhen period, Yang Wencong was originally the magistrate of Yongjia County, Zhejiang, but because of unclear hands and feet, he was impeached and lost his official position. He has been a magistrate of Ma Shiying in recent years.

Yang Wencong was in charge of the internal affairs of the Governor's Office. Although he was a little unhappy, he still stood up and bowed to accept the order after hearing what Ma Shiying said.

Yue and Yang went out to prepare, but Ma Cheng was stopped by Ma Shiying as soon as he was about to go out: "Chener, wait a moment!"

Ma Cheng came back from the door and asked, "Dad, have something to come to me?"

Ma Shiying hesitated and asked, "I heard that your third brother was taken to the army by you this morning?"

Ma Cheng heard Ma Shiying say this and knew that Lao Ma felt sorry for his son. This is understandable. Although Ma Si was born by his mother, he is Ma Shiying's biological son after all. Whoever is a father doesn't care about his son?

“爹,您可是心疼老三?”

Ma Shiying sighed and said, "There is no way to let your third brother enter the military position. You know what your mother's temper is, but your third brother is a scholar after all, and he will still have to prepare for the hospital examination in a few months. Do you have to let him participate in the training?"

Ma Cheng knew what Ma Shiying meant, but he just used joining the army as a shield to block my mother Gu's mouth.

Ma Cheng is the son of Gu, so he naturally has to stand on my side. In addition, Ma Cheng also hates Ma Xi very much, so he doesn't want Ma Lao San to take the imperial examination and become an official.

"Dad, you know your temper! Although she lets your third brother go now, it may not be certain in the future! With her mother's temper, it is very likely that she will cause something before the hospital examination, so that the third brother will be ruined in the whole life! So according to her son's arrangement, it is better to let the third brother develop in the army. With the care of her son and the remaining power of her father, the third brother will definitely not suffer any losses!"

Ma Shiying was right when she heard Ma Cheng say this. The Hedong Lion in his backyard was very capable and busy with his official affairs. If there was nothing to take care of, Ma Xi's life would be ruined. It would be different in the army. After being busy with the ascension of King Fu's throne, it would be better to get Ma Xi's official position than to go back to his hometown in Guiyang to guard his ancestral home.

"Okay, you have to take good care of your third brother and don't let him suffer any grievances!"
Chapter completed!