Ma Jin, the son of Ma Lu and the brother of Ma Gui, is in his forties and ranks as the chief military officer of Datong.
His younger brother Ma Gui met Gao Jingshi at the border of Datong more than ten years ago. At that time, he was a garrison at Desheng Fort. Now, eleven or twelve years later, he has also become the deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu. He and his brother Ma Gui
Jin and Jin have generally been working in Xuanda and Shanxi towns, but they are usually not placed in the same town.
Ma Jin was promoted from Deputy Chief Soldier to Chief Soldier after Ma Fang became an official. He has a good relationship with Ma Fang. In addition, the Ma family has guarded the Shanxi front line of Xuanda for generations, so they must be attached to the Jin Party and become a vassal of the Gao Party. Therefore,
Ma Jin had great respect for Gao Pragmatic and respectfully came forward to greet him.
"The last general, Ma Jin, respectfully welcomes the imperial envoy to Datong." [Wufeng's note: Baidu Encyclopedia's "Ma Gui" entry records that his brother Ma Jin "died in the fifth year of Wanli". This entry must be wrong!
Because there is a clear record in "Records of Shenzong" that Ma Jin was still in office in the tenth year of Wanli. Even in the eleventh year of Wanli, he was impeached by Chen Xingxue, the censor, because Ma Jin's son Ma Chengxun (who was the only one at that time)
General Shibao extorted a jade belt and two hundred taels of silver to go to Governor Zheng Luo to celebrate his birthday. The inspections and impeachments were basically accurate, so Ma Jin was soon dismissed from the Ministry of War;
The next month, Governor of Xuanda Zheng Luo Shangshu defended Ma Jin and said that the rumors heard by the inspector were wrong. However, Zheng Luo still asked to resign. Wanli offered gentle words of condolences but refused to resign. In the twelfth year of Wanli, the Ministry of War once again made it clear
Ma Jin was dismissed from his post and punished - please note this time. In the twelfth year of Wanli, it was after Zhang Siwei had returned to his hometown with Ding You. At this time, there was no one in Ma Jin's court, and the Jin Party was suppressed by some people. Therefore, Ma Jin was the general soldier.
Only a certain general (high rank but low status in the court) would be brought down in such a name.
As for Ma Gui, he had better luck. At the end of the tenth year of Wanli, he was transferred to be the commander-in-chief of Ningxia, so he was not implicated too deeply. From the above records, it can be seen that Baidu Encyclopedia really cannot be trusted too much.]
Ma Jin is not wearing armor now, so he is doing a hand-over salute.
Gao Pingshi smiled and returned the greeting casually, and said: "Mr. Ma, I came here twelve years ago and had a close relationship with you. It's not too late to make up for it today."
"It is a great honor for Jin Sansheng to meet Duke Gao."
The disparity in status between civil servants and generals was evident from Ma Jin's tone. Ma Jin was twice as old as Gao Pingshi, but he was still a dignified commander-in-chief, and he had to be called "Gao Gong".
Gao Jingshi smiled and asked again: "Where is your brother Ma Gui? Is he still in Xuanfu?" Gao Jingshi's tone was typical of talking from top to bottom.
But Ma Jin didn't feel anything was wrong at all, and bowed slightly and said: "I'm sorry for you, Duke Gao, but my brother is indeed in Xuanfu. My brother often mentioned Gao Gong's demeanor when he was in Desheng Fort in the past. When I saw him today, Jin Fang knew
It is even more famous when we meet. Gaogong is 'the real leader for two hundred years'. He is outstanding and his appearance as a man of heaven makes people feel ashamed."
Well...your brother is much better at flattering than your brother. No wonder he was promoted faster.
Gao pragmatically said a few words of humility, and then asked: "The Majiada soldiers have not had a big battle to fight in the past ten years, so they won't let the arrogant soldiers idle now, right? This time I am here, but it is possible to use troops."
"The possibility of launching troops" was quite unexpected by Ma Jin. If it were in front of ordinary people, Ma Jin would definitely keep his expression straight and his heart not beat. He would brag first and then talk about it.
However, Gao Jingshi's great achievement of "locating Annan with his troops" was something the imperial court had just vigorously promoted. Ma Jin didn't know that Gao Jingshi was not very good at military affairs. He didn't dare to say "a man's name is like a tree's shadow".
Gamblers are pragmatic and don't understand military affairs, so they can only say honestly: "This, it usually looks fine, but at the end I'm afraid it's not as good as it was ten years ago. If it continues like this, for example, in another twenty years, then maybe it will be...
It’s really not working anymore.”
Very good, these words sounded quite sincere, and Gao Pragmatic was quite satisfied - because he also estimated this.
However, what he was satisfied with was Ma Jin's attitude, not Ma Jiajun's state.
The Ma family has been generals for generations, and people now have the saying of "Eastern Li and Western Ma". The core and main force of the Ma family's army, "Da Bing", cannot really be wasted. Otherwise, what will happen to the Ningxia Kuaibai Rebellion?
This life is different from the original history. I have no intention of letting people usurp the control of the Jin Party in Shanxi. I will also not allow the Liaodong Army who transferred Li Rusong to come to the northwest to suppress the rebellion - I will declare the three sides of Shanxi and Shaanxi.
If the Liaodong Army comes to suppress the rebellion on the territory of the Real School, wouldn’t it appear that our faction has no one?
Besides, their Ma family has a glorious history and is known as the "Mah family". It would be really ridiculous if it were to be wasted in my hands.
In fact, the Ma family's fortune initially followed the civil service route, and later they switched from civil service to military service.
During the Zhengde period, Ma Zhang, a member of the Youwei family, passed the Jinshi examination from Datong Prefecture and was promoted to the head of the Ministry of Rites. The Ma family's ancestral home was in the valley of Qishan Mountain, which later became the Qishan area of Gansu Province. His family was originally from Semu and was good at raising war horses. At that time, the border gates were in urgent need of war horses.
The imperial court asked Ma Zhang to return to his place of origin, and he was given the title of Tai Pu Qing, responsible for herding war horses.
After Ma Zhang took office, he did not dare to slack off at all, and expanded the two pastures in the south and north as official livestock areas. All tea horses and tribute horses from Fanren were collected for grazing in the temple garden, and excellent breeding horses were allocated for breeding.
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However, since the Loop was lost, the imperial court needed to raise a large number of horses. Ma Zhang felt deeply that he was short of manpower, so he simply recruited his brother Ma Quan as a benefactor and also raised horses for the imperial court.
Ma Quan had been familiar with the nature of horses since he was a child, and relied on Ma Zhang to take care of him. He became a horse breeder in Taipu Temple. He was able to herd horses, raise horses, and train war horses. He was unique. It was also this man who raised horses that Ma Quan started to watch.
The glory of the Laima family for the next several generations laid the foundation for generations of border warriors to shine in the annals of history.
The ancients said: "Straight like a string, guarding the border; curved like a hook, guarding the border." Let's not talk about the two generations after Ma Quan, let's just talk about Ma Gui's generation.
The eldest son, Ma Jin, needs no introduction. The second son, Ma Fu, was originally the most talented. He made many military exploits very early and was regarded as the strongest general of the Ma family's generation, just like Liu Wei when he was young. However, God is jealous of talents.
, Ma Fu had an accident.
In the Jiajing Gengshen year, Anda led his cavalry to invade Shuipo Temple on a large scale. Mafu led his soldiers to fight bloody battles on the battlefield. From Si Shi to Shen Shi, they fought many times. Even at the peak of the direct attack, Anda had to lead his troops to retreat and avoid
Open hemp with sharp edge.
But after repelling the enemy, Mafu was sweating profusely. He remembered that he had defeated the notorious Anda with a weak force. He was extremely excited. He laughed and took off his helmet and iron armor to enjoy the cool breeze.
Unexpectedly, after sweating profusely, his pores opened up, the golden wind penetrated his bones, the wind and cold hurt his body, and invaded his body. From then on, he could not get sick, and not long after, he died young.
The third son is Ma Gui. His courtesy name is Chongzhi and his alias is Xiquan. He has been very strong since he was a child. When he grew up, he was eight feet tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a leopard's head and eyes, a voice like a bell, and extraordinary power. In terms of martial arts, he was second only in the past.
His second brother Ma Fu was stronger than his eldest brother Ma Jin. After Ma Fu's death, Ma Gui had no rival among the young generals in Datong.
But Ma Gui had very bad luck in his early years. He followed his father Ma Lu to guard the right guard. In his eagerness to capture the defected Qianhu Wei Ang, he accidentally injured a man during the capture and was demoted to an official. Later, due to constant border troubles, he was promoted to Dai Zui.
Transferred to the garrison of Xinping Fort in Datong.
After Ma Gui was transferred to Xinpingbao, he thought that he was a guilty person. Although he was on guard, he was carrying a blame for his sin. He was always depressed and unhappy. He acted more cautiously and conscientiously, not daring to make any mistakes.
Neglect.
In the third year of Longqing, Anda Khan still couldn't forget the incident where the Ma family father and his son followed Liu Han to destroy Daban Shengcheng, which led to a massacre and the disastrous defeat of Shachangwa (mentioned in the first volume of this book, "Xiao Ge Lao").
In September, when autumn was high and the horses were fat, Anda Khan led one hundred thousand cavalry into the fortress from the upper valley and attacked the right guard directly. The right guard, which originally seemed impregnable, was vulnerable, and the Ming army was quickly restricted to a few fortresses.
Stick to it.
After capturing the right guard, I heard that the father and son of the Ma family were in charge of Datong and Xuanfu. In order to avenge their hatred, they went straight to Yingzhou, Huairen, Shanyin, Hunyuan and other places to kill.
As soon as it was captured, Duzhuang's guard Han Shangzhong died in battle, and Shizhou Zhizhou Wang Liangcai was killed.
Unexpectedly, when Anda's army returned, they were about to leave Xinpingbao, but they encountered the guard Ma Gui.
At that time, Anda's army was looting all the way, and its horses were already carrying heavy property, salt and grain. Anda's tribe was attached to the property and had no intention of fighting, while Ma Gui pursued and killed them bravely and gained a lot.
I answer: After this invasion, the imperial court strictly inspected the defensive fortifications in various places, and punished officials who failed to resist and defended poorly one by one. Only the Maguiti brigade had meritorious service in the killing. Logically speaking, this merit should be guaranteed.
However, an accident happened - this was the third year of Longqing. Gao Gong was forced to retreat by Xu Jie's introduction, and the Jin Party lost its strongest ally. Therefore, Ma Gui, the younger brother of the Jin Party, certainly did not get the credit. Not only did he not get his turn,
Even though he got the credit, something big happened.
The origin of this matter was laid as early as the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing's reign when Anda attacked the Werat tribe in the west. At that time, Anda stationed troops in Zalmahan Mountain and persuaded the Gaole and Ming'an tribes to surrender to the Tatars and negotiate with the local Hui people.
They form a brotherly relationship.
It stands to reason that what I do has nothing to do with the Ma family, but some people use this incident as an excuse to make false claims: Ma Gui is a Hui tribesman, and now that the Hui tribe has formed an alliance with An Da, they colluded with Ma Gui to make Ma Gui.
Guimingli was protecting the border for the Ming Dynasty and was actually having an affair with Anda. Therefore, the Tatar army deliberately did not attack the Ma family, so the Ma family army could win repeatedly.
Fortunately, Long Qing was a kindhearted king and not stupid. He judged that Ma Gui had probably been framed. However, since Yan Guan was not even afraid of him as the emperor, and he did not have Mr. Gao to protect him at that time, he did not
He dared to rehabilitate Ma Gui, so he had no choice but to transfer Ma Gui to Fort Desheng. This was also the reason why when Gao pragmatic met Ma Gui for the first time later, he was a guard at Fort Desheng.
In this way, Ma Gui, the unlucky guy, was able to remain unafraid even when a hundred thousand cavalry rolled in like a grassland storm, but he was tricked by hidden arrows shot from the gutter. Twelve years ago, he faced Gao
Being taciturn when it comes to pragmatism is actually rooted in a depressed mood.
Fortunately, with the success of Gao Pangshi's sneak attack on Anda Zhongjun, Ma Gui's future became bright again - of course, the more important thing is that if Gao's party is stable in this life, so will Jin's party. Ma Gui's future is bright again.
He was successfully promoted to deputy commander-in-chief of Xuanfu.
If it weren't for his brother Ma Jin who was already the commander-in-chief of Datong, it stands to reason that with Ma Gui's qualifications and family background, he should be able to be the commander-in-chief by now.
Ma Gui was a general whom Gao Jingshi was optimistic about, and Gao Dang had taken some care of him over the years, so Gao Jingshi came to Datong this time with the intention of giving Ma Gui another ride.
Gao pragmatic turned to look at Zheng Luo and said with a smile: "Fan Xigong, the deputy commander of the Xuanfu, Ma Gui, used to attack the Anda Chinese Army under my command, and also fought against Anda's most powerful general Qia Taiji.
This time I am going north to enthrone outside the Great Wall, and I also want to take him with me as my escort. I wonder if you are willing to part with me?"
Zheng Luo knew about that incident. He was an official in Shanxi at the time, so he naturally knew about it. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "The Holy One has decreed that I arrange for an army to protect him. Since the imperial envoy has an old relationship with Ma Gui, I ordered his general."
, that is his blessing, how could I disobey him? Come, give me a card to the Xuanfu, let Ma Gui pick the best, come to Datong immediately, and at the same time explain to the Xuanfu, Ma Gui must be careful after leaving.
There must be no mistakes at the border."
Ma Jin was not upset when he saw that Gao Pragmatic had appointed his younger brother's general. After all, he was already the commander-in-chief and could not be promoted in terms of dispatch. As for the commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief knew everything, the commander-in-chief on both sides, and so on.
Everyone knows that it is a false title and there is no need to take it seriously.
In this case, it is obviously the best thing for his brother to get this credit. Maybe Gao Shizhong is really his lucky star. The last time he came here, he got his brother out of bad luck, and this time he came to give the Ma family a chance to "learn a lesson".
"Two General Soldiers".
That's even more impressive than the Li family in Tieling!
Therefore, Ma Jin was not only not annoyed, but even very excited, and his attitude became more and more humble.
Next, everyone returned to the Governor's Yamen - the Governor's Yamen was not here.
Zheng Luo smiled and said pragmatically to Gao: "The imperial envoy is bringing a large army with him on this trip. I have ordered General Ma to arrange a camp and garrison for the imperial envoy. However, the place has been vacant for several years and was temporarily tidied up recently.
, if there is any negligence, please ask the imperial envoy Haihan."
Gao Pingshi naturally smiled and thanked Ma Jin politely, then nodded to Ma Jin and said, "Mr. Ma also took the trouble."
Ma Jin hurriedly said: "How dare you bother with matters that are part of your duty? If there is anything inappropriate, please ask the imperial envoy to inform the general, and the general will give his full cooperation."
Gao pragmatic smiled and responded, then straightened his face and coughed lightly.
Everyone knew that the show was coming, and his demeanor showed that he was about to get down to business.
From Zheng Luo to Jia Yingyuan, to Liu Ping and Ma Jin, they all had straight faces, sat solemnly, and spoke pragmatically.
Gao Pingshi said: "This canonization is not a simple canonization - the emperor has a secret decree. The person who will be canonized as King Shunyi this time is not Xin Ai, but Han Naji!"
Everyone was shocked. Jia Yingyuan even stood up in shock, then felt lost and quickly sat down again.
And Zheng Luo also hurriedly asked: "What about Xin Ai? In this case, if Xin Ai starts a rebellion, the Tumote tribes will probably fall apart! Also, what is the attitude of Zhongjin Hatun?"
Ma Jin subconsciously grabbed the armrest of the seat, revealing his veins. But Liu Ping, the Datong guarding eunuch, was the calmest. Although his eyes gradually became filled with surprise and suspicion, he sat calmly.
Gao Pragmatic waved his hand and said, "Don't be alarmed. Please wait for the details to come one by one from me."
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Thanks to the book friend "Sitting at the door of the tavern" for the reward, thank you for your support! I have been ill for several days this time, and it has not improved at all. The update time is getting later and later, I am really sorry.