Ma Cheng rode his horse listlessly back to his home, and happened to meet Ma Shiying who was next to the door.

Ma Shiying just became the chief minister today. When she was in high spirits, she saw her son coming back and asked with a smile: "Cheng'er, what's wrong? Why are she listless?"

When Ma Cheng saw that it was his own son, he handed the horse to his servants, and then sighed and said, "Dad, my son just went to Shenji Camp, and I'm so disappointed!"

Ma Shiying was the governor who led the army, so he naturally knew what the morals of the Ming army was. The army in Fengyang had to deal with bandits all year round, so he could still watch it. There had not been a war in Nanjing for nearly a hundred years, so it would be strange if the army could be well!

"Haha, you don't need to say that you know what the situation is. Is it because there is insufficient military service and lack of military equipment?"

"Dad, you are so sensible, just as Dad said!"

Ma Shiying just became the chief assistant today and was in a good mood. When she saw her son asking, "What? What do you need to do for your father?"

After hearing Ma Shiying's question, Ma Cheng quickly said, "My son wants to recruit soldiers alone, and wants to make firearms by himself. I don't know if it's OK!"

If Ma Shiying hadn't dared to agree a few days ago, because although Ma Shiying was the Minister of War at that time, his actual position was Governor of Fengyang, and the Minister of War was just a false title. But now it's different. Ma Shiying stayed in Nanjing as the chief minister, so naturally the Minister of War would go from virtual to real.

"This is simple. You have five thousand units in the Shenji Camp. You can make up for the missing quotas yourself and go to the Ministry of War to register a number afterwards! As for the manufacturing of firearms, although the Ministry of Works has a weapon bureau, the best craftsmen are in the military battle bureau in the palace!"

Ma Shiying pondered for a while and continued, "The person who manages the military battle now is Han Zanzhou. He is not familiar with him for his father! Otherwise, he will allocate the craftsmen from the Welfare Bureau of the Ministry of Works to you for his father, and you can see how it is done first!"

Ma Cheng was very happy to hear Ma Shiying say this. The Shenji Camp lacked at least 4,000 yuan. Didn’t that say he could recruit 4,000 soldiers? There were also craftsmen in the Weapon Bureau, but they were much better than the craftsmen in the army he found in Fengyang at that time. Ma Cheng quickly bowed and thanked: "Son, thank you father!"

Ma Shiying saw Ma Cheng so respectfully and said, "This is the first time you are so respectful to your father!" Ma Shiying is a father, so she naturally hopes to see her son concentrate on doing serious things. Now, seeing that the second-generation ancestor who was doing things before finally looks a little bit, I can't help but feel very relieved.

Just when the father and son were in harmony, someone shouted loudly beside him: "Master Ma! Governor Ma! Please save the official!"

Ma Cheng turned his head and saw that it was a middle-aged man in his thirties, calling loudly at the door.

This was in front of Ma Shiying's mansion, and naturally a servant came forward to intercept him, but the man shouted for help.

"Mr. Ma, the lower official is Xu Zhenye, the magistrate of Fengyang. He also gave you five thousand taels of silver!"

The fool shouted at the gate to give gifts to Ma Shiying. Ma Shiying was so angry that he cursed: "The madman who came, my official is as clear as a mirror. Can he accept your bribe? Drive this madman away!"

After Ma Shiying said that, she waved her sleeves and entered the mansion. When Ma Cheng heard the man say this, he remembered that this was Xu Zhenye, the magistrate of Fengyang, because Yue Qijie set fire to Huaiyang Tower, this guy was probably implicated and lost his official position.

Four or five people from the Ma Mansion stepped forward and beat the unlucky Xu Zhenye. Originally, Xu Zhenye was pretty good, wearing a white linen gown and a short beard. Now he was pressed on the ground by the servant and beaten up. His clothes were torn and half of his beard were pulled away. He was so embarrassed.

Ma Cheng couldn't bear to see the scholar being beaten like this, so he stepped forward and waved his hand to drive away the servants, helped Xu Zhenye up and asked, "Mr. Xu, why did you look like this?"

Xu Zhenye didn't know Ma Cheng's identity, but when he saw Ma Cheng and Ma Shiying's expressions were intimate, he knew that they must be Ma Shiying's closeness. He quickly took Ma Cheng's hand and said, "This brother, can you help me? Seeing that you are close to Lord Ma, I can't survive anymore!"

After Xu Zhenye said that, he started crying. Ma Cheng was very funny when he saw such a big man crying: "Mr. Xu, what's going on? Are you not the magistrate of Fengyang? Why did you fall into Nanjing?"

Xu Zhenye wiped his tears and said, "Brother, you don't know. Lord Ma's second son is very naughty. He killed Duke Wei's relatives in Fengyang. It was me who came to the door to help to resolve the hatred between Lord Ma and Duke Wei. But then he knew that Duke Ma was not a good person. Afterwards, he burned Duke Wei's property to kill people and silence him. The fire was too great and burned all the Fengyang Nancheng. Lord Zhang, the prefect of Fengyang, blamed him and took my official position to the end!"

When Ma Cheng heard Xu Zhenye talk about this, he realized that this unlucky guy was really unlucky enough. Although he was Xu Hongji's godson, Xu Hongji was angry that he did not maintain his own industry, so he did not reach out to help Xu Zhenye. At the same time, most of the money Xu Zhenye made in recent years was given to Ma Shiying. He originally wanted to be promoted again, but when he thought that when he encountered this incident, it was too big. Originally, Xu Zhenye should have been exiled. Ma Shiying gave him a dismissal for the 5,000 taels of silver.

Xu Zhenye lost his official position and returned to Nanjing, and used all the remaining money to manage the officials of the Ministry of Personnel. He originally wanted to make a comeback, but he knew that he had met Zhang Shenyan from the Donglin Party. Lao Zhang originally hated Ma Shiying. When he saw that Xu Zhenye was the magistrate of Fengyang, and Xu Zhenye had a lawsuit, such an official with a dirty background wanted to become an official? So Zhang Shenyan burned all Xu Zhenye's files and opened the chief who collected Xu Zhenye's money to his home.

In this way, Xu Zhenye's official position was gone and his money was gone. Now he had nothing left. Xu Zhenye had no choice but to come to find Ma Shiying, hoping that Ma Shiying would find him a job for the sake of the five thousand taels of silver he gave him.

It was Ma Cheng's responsibility to fall to this point. Xu Zhenye said that he had forgotten that this was Ma Shiying's mansion and began to curse Ma Cheng, the second-generation ancestor.

The Ma family's servant was very funny when he heard Xu Zhenye scolding Ma Cheng here. This guy really pointed at the monk and scolded the bald donkey. Didn't he know that the person in front of him was the second young master of the Ma family?

Ma Cheng was also very angry. Fengyang's incident had nothing to do with him, and setting fire was Yue Qijie's idea. Now the shit basin is tied to his head.

Ma Cheng cursed: "Old Xu, stop talking, do you know who I am? I am the second young master of the Ma family you scolded, Ma Cheng!"

When Xu Zhenye heard Ma Cheng say this, he felt a chill from his heart to his butt. He scolded him in front of Ma Cheng himself. Is this okay?

Xu Zhenye quickly knelt on the ground and hugged Ma Cheng's thigh and shouted: "Second Young Master, isn't the villain scolding you, the villain scolds Yue Qijie, who eats people but doesn't mess with people, speaks people but doesn't do people's affairs!"

Xu Zhenye also gave Yue Qijie five hundred taels of silver at that time, asking Yue Qijie to say a few good things in front of Ma Shiying, but then he knew that Yue Qijie was more despicable than Ma Shiying. Ma Shiying at least helped Xu Zhenye. Yue Qijie didn't help at all, and even gave advice to Fengyang Prefect Zhang, let Xu Zhenye stand up and take the blame.

Seeing that Xu Zhenye was very sleek, Ma Cheng smiled and said, "Old Xu, do you know who Yue Qijie is? That is my second master, my uncle, and his wife is my father's sister!"

Xu Zhenye was stunned when he heard Ma Cheng say this. Can he let him go if he is a relative? Could it be that he is done like this?

Xu Zhenye thought so, but Ma Cheng didn't take it to heart. Yue Qijie, an old guy, was very insulting, and Ma Cheng had suffered a lot of losses. Now Xu Zhenye scolded Yue Qijie and made Ma Cheng feel a sense of confidant.

Ma Cheng helped Xu Zhenye up and asked, "Old Xu, what are you doing now?"

Xu Zhenye lowered his head and said, "I lost my official position and I have lost all the money I have saved in the past few years. This time I have no way to live and can only take my family back to my hometown to farm!"

"Okay, why don't you, Xu, follow the Second Master, and I'll do it! Second Master still lacks literate people!" Ma Cheng took a fancy to Xu Zhenye's official experience. Ma Cheng had suffered a lot of losses because of his lack of official experience. Xu Zhenye has been in the officialdom for more than ten years and will definitely be able to help himself in many things.

Xu Zhenye was a little unwilling to hear Ma Cheng say this. Xu Zhenye is a juren. He is on the same level as Ma Cheng's elder brother Ma Luan. He asked a juren to be a follower for Bai Ding. Xu Zhenye could not let go of his figure.

When Ma Cheng saw Xu Zhenye, he knew what this guy was thinking. Ma Cheng sneered and asked, "Hehe, Lao Xu, who else is there in your family?"

Xu Zhenye didn't know what Ma Cheng meant, so he replied casually: "I am still alive, with a wife, a concubine, and a son and a daughter!"

"Okay, Lao Xu, you insulted Yue Qijie just now. What if the Second Master revealed these words to Yue Qijie? Lao Xu, do you know what kind of virtue Yue Qijie is? I guess you will definitely be exiled this time. Son, of course, go with you. Your wife and daughter will probably go to teach Fangsi! But Lao Xu, don't worry, Second Master, I am a nostalgic person, and will definitely go to patronize your wife and daughter's business!"

Xu Zhenye heard Ma Cheng's vicious tricks and scolded him for being a second-generation ancestor in his heart, but Ma Cheng said it was right. Yue Qijie would revenge. Xu Zhenye's words were really spread to his ears. Xu Zhenye's scolding was definitely not allowed to let Xu Zhenye go. It seems that only the second-generation ancestor in front of him can protect himself.

Xu Zhenye thought about it and had no choice but to bow and salute, "Okay, my subordinate Xu Zhenye has met the master!"

Ma Cheng secretly scolded Xu Zhenye for being ungrateful. When I become more powerful in the future, I want to come and I don’t want it!

However, after all, Xu Zhenye was the first senior intellectual to be accepted by Ma Cheng. In the past, Wang Xian was a scholar and could only be considered an intermediate intellectual, so Ma Cheng was still very happy.

Ma Cheng patted Xu Zhenye on the shoulder and asked, "Okay, Old Xu is a hundred taels of silver. You can take it to An's house first. After that, my family will find the second master!" After Ma Cheng said that, he handed over the 100 taels of silver given by Qi Tai to Xu Zhenye from his arms.
Chapter completed!