Just as Chen Zizhuang left the Qian Mansion, Zhu Hongsan met a person in his study in the Chu Prince's Mansion. This person was Ma Mingyuan and Ma Laoer!

Ma Mingyuan is forty years old this year, and he was in his prime. After nearly a year of exposure, he has become much more calm and no longer as arrogant as before.

Zhu Hongsan is very satisfied with Ma Mingyuan now. This is the best way to see the rainbow without experiencing the storm? Ma Lao Er can only release him and fight Tong Yangjia when he grows up. Now Tong Yangjia's power has become a bit uncontrollable. Most of the forces of the Ma family have defected to Tong Yangjia in the past.

In the past, the court was roughly divided into two factions, one was the Huguang faction and the other was the Guangdong faction. The Huguang faction was brought by Zhu Hongsan from his hometown Wuchang, and was composed of some literati who fled to Guangdong in Huguang. This faction currently occupies most of the official positions in the court. Of course, the Huguang faction is not a monolithic part, and is generally divided into the Ma family, Tong family, and Feng family. The Ma family, led by Ma Laoer, had an absolute advantage, but since Ma Laoer was demoted, the Huguang faction joined the Tong family in order to compete for power and profit with the Guangdong faction. Facts have proved that Tong Yangjia is also a veteran in fighting in the Hengquan nest. After coming to power, he has made every effort to integrate the Huguang forces. In the past, the Ma family members were excluded if they did not join themselves and joined the Feng family. Now Tong Yangjia's power has dominated the Huguang faction.

This is not what Zhu Hongsan hopes to see. The Huguang faction is its foundation and needs to safeguard their interests, but to gain a foothold in Guangdong, it also needs to safeguard the interests of the Guangdong faction. Therefore, Zhu Hongsan took advantage of this opportunity to adjust the cabinet to suppress the general trend of the Tong family in Huguang, and added two local officials in Guangdong to the cabinet to enhance the capital of the Guangdong faction and the Huguang faction. At the same time, this is not enough. Ma Mingyuan, who has been grinding his teeth for half a year, let him come out to fight with Tong Yangjia.

Ma Mingyuan has seen through the cold and cold world at home in the past six months. In the past, his family was crowded with people, but now he is completely deserted. Ma Mingyuan's fall also involves Zhu Hai's position. It was reported in the Chu King's Mansion that Zhu Huai, the eldest son born to the Dong sisters, was as expensive as Zhu Hai. This news made Ma Mingyuan very scared. He knew that his roots were Zhu Hai. If Zhu Hai was not in the Taiwan Strait, he would sooner or later turn around. If Zhu Hai's position as the prince is gone, then it is different whether he and the Ma family can save their lives. With Zhu Hongsan's ruthlessness, if he changed his heirs, he would definitely kill the Ma family in order to clear the obstacles for the heirs.

Ma Mingyuan knew his lord very well. Although he had some feelings for his sister Ma Xiaofang, this kind of relationship between men and women was nothing in big things. After thinking about it at home, Ma Mingyuan felt that he still had to find someone to say good things for him. Ma Xiaofang was not good. The more she said good things, Zhu Hongsan became more afraid of him. After thinking about it, he had to go to Feng Ruoshu. Because the Feng family and his Ma family had the same fundamental interests, that is, he hoped that the heir was Zhu Hai. If Zhu Huai was replaced, Ma Mingyuan would be able to guarantee that Feng Zidian would lose his head on the first day and the next day. As for the unhappiness with the Feng family before, it was completely insignificant in the face of core interests.

Ma Mingyuan's trip to the Feng family was very successful, and the old man Feng Ruoshu also saw the crisis. The Feng family had promised to say good things to him in a suitable occasion.

Not long after Ma Mingyuan waited, news came from the Chu Palace that Zhu Hongsan was about to become emperor, and the empress was Ma Xiaofang, and Zhu Hai also became the crown prince as he wished. Ma Mingyuan was completely relieved when he heard the news. As long as Zhu Hai did not fall, he would have the chance to come out.

Then the King of Chu's edict arrived at the Ma Mansion, reviving Ma Mingyuan as the first deputy prime minister of the cabinet, responsible for the Ministry of Finance and Taxation. Ma Mingyuan had quite a few powers. At the same time, the eldest brother Ma Jiyuan added his in-laws Fu Wenlong to the cabinet in the same year. The power of the Ma family was slightly larger than before.

Looking at Ma Mingyuan kneeling on the ground, Zhu Hongsan sighed and said, "Second brother, get up! Come on, bring a chair for Mr. Ma!"

The little yellow door next to Ma Mingyuan brought an embroidery pier. Ma Mingyuan thanked Zhu Hongsan and sat down.

"Second brother, what have you been doing at home for a while?"

"Reporting to the regent, I know that my sins are serious, and I have reflected on myself every day for more than half a year."

"This is very good. In the future, the finances of the court will be handed over to my second brother. Now that the Qing Dynasty has fought in Fujian, there will be constant wars in the future, and the financial work will be very heavy!"

Ma Mingyuan quickly stood up to express his loyalty. "Don't worry, the governor. I have calmed down and thought a lot in the past six months. After taking office, I want to set up the central bank that the governor and I mentioned before, so that private funds can be used by us and will not delay the governor's great cause of the Northern Expedition!"

Zhu Hongsan nodded. Now he should release the central bank, the money-making monster, or it would be impossible to fight against most of China in Guangdong.

Zhu Hongsan took out a booklet from the drawer. This is the operating procedures of the bank in later generations written by Zhu Hongsan in recent years according to his own memory.

"Second brother, look at this. Looking for a few people who understand the operation of the money house and build the central bank."

Ma Mingyuan stepped forward to take the booklet, and Zhu Hongsan had nothing to explain, so Ma Mingyuan stood up and said goodbye.

Next, it was simple. The whole city of Guangzhou mobilized to prepare for the throne ceremony of King Zhu Hongsan of Chu. For this grand occasion, Zhu Hongsan took out two million taels of silver to reward the citizens of Guangzhou. The elderly over 60 years old received ten taels of silver each. Citizens were divided into ten taels of silver based on households. For a time, millions of people in Guangzhou City praised the benevolence and righteousness of the King of Chu. It seems that no matter how good the principle is, it is not as good as money!

Five days before the throne ceremony, all officers above the regiment and above in the army of Zhu Hongsan, and local officials above the seventh rank and above returned to Guangdong to attend the celebration. However, at this time, bad news came out of Feng's mansion, that Feng Ruoshu and old man Feng would be in trouble.

Old Man Feng is already seventy years old and has one day less. His energy and physical strength have declined in recent years. In addition, he was awarded the best posthumous title "Wen Zheng" half a month ago, so he was extremely happy. He invited relatives and friends for several days, and finally made himself die of trouble.

Feng Ziyi went to the Chu Palace to report the funeral, and Zhu Hongsan also regretted it very much. He would have not given Old Man Feng a posthumous title if he had known it, but he did not expect it to become a death-seeking talisman.

"Second cousin, get up. Uncle is seventy years old, so don't be sad!"

Feng Ziyi wiped away his tears and said, "Your Highness, my father is newly mourned. I ask Ding You to return to his hometown to be filial for twenty-seven months!"

Specifically, if the parents of the court officials die, no matter what position the person is, from the day they learn about the funeral, they must return to their hometown to observe the system for twenty-seven months. This is called Ding You. After the expiration, you can return to the court to become an official, which is called revival. This system seems a bit unkind. If the official is done well, it will be completely removed at once. No one cares about the matter in charge. It not only misleads the matter, but also misleads people's mood. But this system has always been unmoved. No matter how troubles it is, all emperors have highly praised it and support it. If you think this is their brains and cannot be transformed, then it is wrong. Other people's calculations are extremely sophisticated. Because according to common sense of sociology, only where filial sons are produced can loyal ministers be produced. Think about it, if a person is not even loyal to his father, how can he expect him to be loyal to the emperor?

Of course, it is not all for Dingyou. If there is an important thing in the country, such as a war ahead, you can't say: Wait, wait for me twenty-seven months, Dingyou will come back and fight. So the Chinese created another system to seize love. The so-called robbery refers to a person who is too urgent and cannot leave. Through the instructions of the emperor, he will resume his post and carry out his work in sorrow. Considering that it seems inhumane to force people back in pain (usually not resisting) and it seems very inhumane, he named it "take love".

Looking at the Ding You memorial written by Feng Ziyong, Zhu Hongsan said: "The country is in danger now, and my second cousin should put the country first. I will not approve your memorial!"

Feng Ziyong also knew that Zhu Hongsan could not let him go at this critical moment, and he would definitely seize the love. However, the court system here, and he had to write a letter three times before the emperor could seize the love, and officials would also turn grief into strength and continue to work.

It's only the first time now, and it will be the second time in three days. Feng Ziyong is now in charge of the Ministry of Rites. He is so busy with the throne ceremony that he will immediately return to the cabinet to start work after Zhu Hongsan finished the procedure.

When later historians studied Feng Ruoshu, they didn't understand why Zhu Hongsan gave Feng Ruoshu the posthumous title "Wenzheng". You should know that few people in the Ming Dynasty won the posthumous title "Wenzheng", and most of them were ministers who made important contributions. Feng Ruoshu was the most former Ming official who worked in the local area and was later transferred to Beijing to serve as the chief minister of Dali Temple, and his performance was very mediocre. It was no different from those old officials at that time. Could it be that he received the posthumous title "Wenzheng" just because he was Zhu Hongsan's uncle?

In fact, these historians did not understand the sinister situation at that time. Zhu Hongsan came to Guangdong as an external force, and the early stage was very difficult. It was similar to Liu Bei's entry into Sichuan, and local intellectuals basically did not support Zhu Hongsan. Feng Ruoshu used his official positions as governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and governors of Guangdong to help Zhu Hongsan gain a foothold in Guangdong. Of course, these were not enough. What Zhu Hongsan most grateful to was that when Feng Ruoshu was the prime minister, in order to unite Guangdong scholars, he could give up the throne of the prime minister to Chen Zizhuang. This is so important.
Chapter completed!