After Ma Shiying passed the Jinshi, he was elected as the head of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing. After being dismissed from office for five years in Chongzhen, he had been living in Nanjing, so the Ma family had a residence in Nanjing. Of course, the Ma family's wealth was not enough to buy a property in Nanjing, where every inch of land was worth every inch of land. This house was bought by the commander Gu at that time.

Ma Shiying's mansion is located in Jian'anfang in the west city, close to Chaotian Palace, and it is a first-class and prosperous area in this and the next generation.

Ma Cheng came to his house and sighed when he saw it. Ma Shiying was too rich! The Ma family covers an area of ​​more than 50 acres, with more than a dozen yards in front and back, and hundreds of houses. Not to mention that the size of this scale cannot be compared with the Governor's Office in Fengyang, even the Prince's Mansion cannot be compared!

Ma Cheng stood at the door and waited for all the female family members to carry the sedan chair into the mansion, and then asked Ma Gui: "Uncle Gui, is my father at home?"

"Here, the master and the eldest master are in the mansion! The two aunts are here too!"

Unexpectedly, everyone was there. Ma Cheng asked a servant to lead him to his father's study. Although Ma Cheng knew in his memory that the study was there, he had never walked by himself, so it would be better to find someone to lead the way.

When he arrived at the study, Ma Cheng shouted at the door: "Dad, my son is escorting his family back!"

After Ma Cheng said that, no one spoke in the house. Ma Cheng thought that the person was not in the house. Then he knew that when he walked in, he found that the four of them were sitting in the house, but they were all frowning.

Ma Cheng was very curious and stepped forward and bowed: "Ma Cheng has met his father, two uncles, and elder brother! His son is back with his family!"

At this time, Ma Shiying nodded and signaled that he knew. Ma Luan stood up and said, "Dad, I'll go to pay my respects first when I'm back!" After that, Ma Luan went out to the backyard.

Ma Cheng sat down on Ma Luan's chair, picked up Ma Luan's tea and took a sip. What's wrong with this today? Why did they all silently say?

"Dad, what's wrong? Is something happening at home?"

Ma Shiying sighed and said, "There are some problems in the court!"

When Ma Cheng heard this, he mentioned it in his heart, was the Prime Minister's work over?

"Dad, is it impossible for the Prime Minister to do anything?"

Ma Shiying didn't say anything, Yue Qijie next to him spoke: "Zhong and you guessed it right! On the first day of May, King Fu was already in charge of the country, but yesterday the Chaohuigong recommended the candidate to join the cabinet, and your father just appointed a Grand Secretary of the East Pavilion and Minister of War."

When Ma Cheng heard this, he was not good. Wasn’t it the same with Zhu Yousong at that time?

"Dad, isn't this the condition that the regent agreed to at that time?"

Yue Qijie sighed and continued, "Nephew, I have not finished speaking yet. In addition to these, I also serve as the Governor of Fengyang, and are responsible for controlling the towns in Jiangbei!"

Damn! After hearing Yue Qijie say this, Ma Cheng cursed in his heart, isn’t he taking off his pants and farting? He worked hard for you, Zhu Yousong, but in the end he changed his position. Who can do this?

"Dad, is this what the country is about? Who is the prime minister of the cabinet now?"

Ma Shiying shook her head: "No, this is what the Donglin Party means. Yuan Fu of the cabinet is naturally Shi Xianzhi! Although I entered the cabinet, I was ranked last!"

"Dad, why is it still the Donglin Party's meaning? Isn't the candidates for the cabinet appointed by the state?" Ma Cheng did not understand the political regulations of the Ming Dynasty. He thought that the Ming Dynasty was just like the Qing Dynasty. The cabinet only knelt down and received transcripts, and what the emperor said was.

When Yang Wencong heard Ma Cheng say such unpolitical common sense, he smiled and told the process of pushing the cabinet. Only then did Ma Cheng realize that the Ming Dynasty was so advanced. Isn’t this a preliminary democracy?

After listening to Yang Wenxuan's explanation, Ma Cheng lost his mind. What should you do if this thing was not decided by the emperor? There are many Donglin Party members in the court now, no wonder Ma Shiying did not become the chief minister for voting.

"Dad, isn't anyone in the court talking to you?" Ma Cheng knew that he was stinky, but he didn't expect that stinky was so smelly.

After hearing Ma Cheng say this, Ma Shiying stood up and said angrily: "Shi Kefa, Zhang Shenyan, Gao Hongtu, these old guys must have complained that I temporarily changed my mind and supported King Fu, so I deliberately made things difficult for me!"

Yue Qijie and Yang Wencong were very angry when they heard Ma Shiying say this, but they had no good idea. Their official position was low, Yue Qijie was a fifth-ranked person, and Yang Wencong was even dismissed from office and turned into a white body. They were not qualified to participate in the third grade of junior high school meeting. But even if they were qualified, it was useless. They only opened their mouths. Can they say that the Lin Party in the Middle East had hundreds of mouths?

"Dad, what do you want to do?"

Ma Shiying sighed and said, "If you can't do it, you can only go back to Fengyang first, wait before talking about it!"

When Ma Cheng heard that this was not good. One year, the Qing army was going south, and he had to use Ma Shiying's energy to train a new army. If Ma Shiying left the center of the court, could he still use the state machinery to increase his strength to Ma Cheng?

Ma Cheng suddenly thought of the more than 100,000 troops on the north bank of the Yangtze River. They were all elite soldiers from various towns in Jiangbei. I wonder what rewards Gao Jie and the others received.

"Dad, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Huang Degong, Liu Zeqing and others have any rewards?"

"They didn't mention them at the court meeting, but I probably only gave them some official positions and money!"

Ma Cheng was overjoyed when he heard Ma Shiying say this and quickly said, "Dad, you are still the Governor of Fengyang now. Gao Jie and the others have no rewards, so they are resentful. We can join forces with them to give another military advice!"

Ma Shiying thought about it and shook her head: "No, these towns can't indulge them anymore. If the trouble continues, these Qiu Bas are likely to not listen to the imperial court's order!"

Ma Cheng didn't expect Ma Shiying to say this. Didn't the four towns in Jiangbei in history rely on Ma Shiying to become big? These guys all asked the court for money and land with their achievements. In the end, when the Qing Dynasty came, they even threw themselves into the Qing Dynasty without fighting.

Yue Qijie was very optimistic about Ma Cheng's plan: "Sir, what Zhonghe said is the same way, why don't we give it a try?"

Yang Wencong, the opposite side, was a purely civilized military party. When Yue Qijie was still trying to play military admonition, he quickly stopped him and said, "What sir just said is right. I really can't restrain you after using these town generals!"

Ma Shiying thought for a while and said, "Although these town generals hold military power, they have no say in the court. They can get some benefits for themselves, but it is not very helpful to us!"

Ma Shiying was right. Those Qiu Ba did not study and they had no say in the government affairs. Now Ma Shiying was not facing the problem of the emperor's distrust, but that no one in the court spoke for him.

Ma Cheng thought at this time that history did not record Ruan Dacheng and Ma Shiying's nest of snakes and rats, why did Ruan Dacheng not appear yet?

Thinking of this, Ma Cheng asked, "Dad, why don't you go find Ruan Dacheng? Is it okay to ask him to help?"

Ma Cheng originally thought Ma Shiying could agree, but then he knew that Ma Shiying shook his head when he heard the words Ruan Dacheng: "No, Ruan Jizhi absolutely cannot! He is a real eunuch party, and the late emperor had an edict that he had removed all his fame and reputation from Ruan Dacheng, so he was not qualified to go to court!"

Ma Cheng heard Ma Shiying say that Ruan Dacheng was a eunuch party and was so happy. You two have left their names on the treacherous ministers of the eunuch party in later generations. Now let’s not talk about the second brother.

Yue Qijie really thought of Ruan Dacheng, but Ma Shiying was right. Ruan Dacheng didn’t even have the qualifications to enter the cabinet. Where can he speak for Ma Shiying? The most important thing now is how to solve the problem of Governor Fengyang.

Ma Cheng was also very anxious. He only remembered that in history, Ma Shiying used methods to run Shi Kefa away and then replaced Shi Kefa as the prime minister, but he didn't know what methods Ma Shiying used.

The wheel of history turned at this moment. Just when everyone was frowning, a family came to report, and Liu Kongzhao, the sincere uncle outside the door, came to ask for a meeting!

Liu Kongzhao also attended the court meeting yesterday, but he, a nobleman, certainly had no right to speak, so he saw how Ma Shiying was promoted and secretly by those Donglin messing sticks, and then went back to Fengyang to be the governor.

After returning home after the court meeting, Liu Kongzhao carefully analyzed and found that this was a big opportunity, an opportunity to make Chengyibo the number one noble family in Nanjing. The reason is very simple. At that time, Ma Shiying was alone and no one spoke for him at the court meeting. If he spoke for Ma Shiying, it would be a timely help. Can Ma Shiying not help him after he gained power? So Liu Kongzhao came to see Ma Shiying in order to give him a big gift.

Ma Shiying was also very surprised to hear the visit of the nobles. Why did Chengyi Bo, a branch of the nobles who have always been away from the circle of Nanjing?

However, Ma Shiying did not hesitate and quickly took Yue Qijie and Yang Wencong out to greet him. Ma Cheng knew whether his father could enter the cabinet was Liu Kongzhao. At the same time, in order to witness the historical moment, he followed him with shamelessness.

Ma Cheng followed Ma Shiying out and saw a middle-aged man standing at the door, probably Liu Kongzhao, the unfilial descendant of Liu Bowen.

Liu Kongzhao, who was standing at the door, saw Ma Shiying coming out to greet him in person, quickly bowed and smiled, "What kind of virtue is the best at the lower official? I actually asked the elder of the Pavilion to come out to greet him in person!"

Ma Shiying held Liu Kongzhao's hand and smiled: "Where is the pillar of the country and a super noble, Yaocao will naturally welcome you!"

"Your Majesty doesn't need to be so fond of me, just call me my name!"

"Okay, I will call you Brother Fuyang! I can also call you Brother!"

The two old ghosts praised each other, then entered the Ma Mansion hand in hand. Entering the study, Ma Shiying introduced Yue Qijie, Yang Wencong, Ma Cheng and others to Liu Kongzhao, and several people saluted each other, and then sat down with the guests. Ma Cheng had no seat at this time and could only walk behind Ma Shiying and stood.

After the greetings, Ma Shiying asked, "Brother Fuyang, are you wondering what's wrong with seeing your brother this time?"

Liu Kongzhao heard Ma Shiying ask and laughed, "Haha, Brother Yaocao, my younger brother was also present yesterday. These literati from the Donglin Party are really hateful. He clearly made his contributions to the strategy, but he actually asked his older brother to supervise Fengyang, which really made me angry!"

After hearing Liu Kongzhao's words, Ma Shiying smiled: "Where is Brother Yu, Brother Yu has entered the cabinet. In addition, Brother Yu was originally the supervisor of Fengyang, so it is reasonable to do his job now!"

Although Ma Shiying said he was not resentful, how could Liu Kongzhao believe it?
Chapter completed!