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Zhejiang was already very cold in September. I heard that it had snowed in the mountainous areas of northern Zhejiang, but Ma Cheng was in a hot heart. Ningbo's occupation marked the two forces that pose the greatest threat to Nanjing. The Luwang Group and the Luwang Group were completely destroyed, and the entire Taihu River Basin became Ma Cheng's sphere of influence.

Although the Taihu River Basin is less than one-fifty of the country, its population accounts for one-tenth of the country and its economy accounts for one-quarter. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang only occupied half of the Taihu River Basin and could achieve hegemony. Now Ma Cheng has occupied the entire Taihu Lake, and this hegemony is expected!

Ma Cheng rode a tall horse and came to Ningbo City with a spirit. Seeing the generals kneeling in front of him, Ma Cheng came down from the horse and smiled and helped the one in front, asking, "Is this General Fang Guoan?"

Ma Cheng's cordial greetings made Fang Guoan get goosebumps. He had fought many battles with Ma Cheng, and knew that the hippie guy in front of him was cruel and that he was not a slander when he was so unprepared to him.

Fang Guoan did not dare to get up, but lay on the ground and kowtowed, "General, I blame Fang Guoan for repeatedly confronting the Heavenly Army, and I deserve to die!"

"In the past, everyone was responsible for their own masters, and they couldn't blame you. Now you surrendered to Ningbo for the sake of avoiding war? How can this governor blame you for this?"

After Ma Cheng said that, he helped Fang Guoan up and then continued, "Get up quickly. Since you surrender to this governor, don't say that you should die. Now I want to wipe out Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi, but the Qing Dynasty in the north must be guarded. So I want you to guard Zhenjiang, are you willing?"

Fang Guoan breathed a long sigh when he heard Ma Cheng say this. Since he used himself, it means he would not kill him. Thinking of this, Fang Guoan said, "Please rest assured, General, I will definitely be lucky to be unwilling to be the last general!"

"Okay, you can take all your generals to Zhenjiang, but you don't need to bring the army! You also know how powerful your army is. This governor has left you 20,000 troops in Zhenjiang, among which there are 10,000 most elite new troops, you must use it well!"

Fang Guoan had fought countless battles with Ma Cheng and knew how powerful Ma Cheng's new army was. Now, I heard that he was leading the new army, and I was very happy. However, Fang Guoan also knew that it was impossible for him to lead his former direct lineage, but it would be good to save a life, and Fang Guoan did not dare to ask for it, so after hearing Ma Cheng's words, he quickly kowtowed to take the order.

Ma Cheng asked Fang Guoan to surrender to guard Zhenjiang as a general. Ma Cheng had many generals under him, but now only Zhang Guozhu and Ma Bao can stand alone. As for his younger brother Ma Xi, he is a waste. It is not good to stay at home to guard the house. It would be impossible to let him stand alone.

Although Fang Guoan suffered many defeats under Ma Cheng, he was not bad in terms of marching and formation and overall situation. His failure was mainly because the quality of the soldiers was not as good as Ma Cheng, so Ma Cheng asked Fang Guoan to lead the new army to guard Zhenjiang, which was also considered as the best use of the goods.

After Ma Cheng made arrangements, he entered Ningbo. According to Ma Cheng's arrangement, he would celebrate the New Year in Ningbo. After the spring of the next year, he would raise an army south. Ma Cheng was determined to eliminate the Tang Dynasty regime in Fujian next year and to solve the problem of Guangdong and Guangxi in two to three years. Only after the Great Rear was solved can he concentrate his strength against the Qing Dynasty in the north.

Now the King of Lu escapes, Fang Guoan

After surrendering, there was no more powerful resistance in Zhejiang, so several prefectures in southern Zhejiang made an announcement, but Ma Cheng did not bother. At this time, the cold current in the north had reached eastern Zhejiang, and it began to snow here. Seeing the weather like this, Ma Cheng decided to rest in Ningbo and wait for the beginning of spring tomorrow to fight against Fujian.

Just when Ma Cheng was bored, an imperial edict was sent from Nanjing on October 10th, but the imperial edict was not for Ma Cheng. It was an imperial edict that Emperor Shaowu would be married on the first day of next year, and all officials above the fourth rank in the world would go to Nanjing to congratulate him.

Ma Cheng was very annoyed when he saw this imperial edict. I was fighting to the death on the front line, but this guy got married in Nanjing. However, the second imperial edict extinguished Ma Cheng's anger a lot. It turned out that the emperor wanted to reward the meritorious ministers after the wedding. The first one was Ma Cheng, the Marquis of Zhenguo.

Now that Ma Cheng is the Marquis of Zhenguo, can he take another step forward and become Duke of Zhenguo? That is as big as Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao. Although Ma Cheng was moved, he was not a fool. Emperor Shaowu Zhu Lunkui followed the tradition of the old Zhu family and was very stingy. How could he easily give himself a Duke of Zhenguo?

Ma Cheng didn't understand what the emperor was thinking, so he had no choice but to call his two counselors over to discuss.

Chen Zilong was very happy when he heard the news and insisted that Ma Cheng return to Beijing to accept the position. However, Wang Xian disagreed. His views were similar to Ma Cheng. Emperor Shaowu was very stingy and would never give benefits for no reason.

Chen Zilong retorted when he heard Wang Xian say this: "The emperor has a gift, so he must not refuse! Now that the lord is still the emperor's general, can he refuse the emperor's reward?"

"Mr. Chen is right, but Wang can't understand why the emperor does this? What if the lord returns to Beijing and is controlled by the emperor, what should he do?"

It turned out that what Wang Xian was afraid of was this. Chen Zilong smiled and said, "Mr. Wang, you are judging a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Although the emperor is not a wise ruler, he will not do the trick of destroying the Great Wall. Now the Qing Dynasty in the north is eyeing him, the Tang King in the south, and the King of Gui dominates the side. As long as the emperor still has the intention to revive the Ming Dynasty, he will never take action at this critical moment!"

Ma Cheng was so unsure of the two of them that he was talking about it. He was afraid that the emperor would deal with him when he went back, so he would not be able to get through the name if he didn't go back. After all, he was now under the banner of the emperor.

Seeing Ma Cheng hesitating, Chen Zilong said on the side: "Sir, you must go back this time. After all, you are nominally a subordinate of the emperor. If you don't go back, you will lose your righteousness. This is very unfavorable to your grand ideals!"

Ma Cheng's ultimate goal is to unify the whole country, but Ma Cheng is now weak, and Zhu Lunkui's big flag is still very useful. If he abandons this big flag at this time, Ma Cheng's strength is not enough to stand on his own.

Thinking of this, Ma Cheng nodded and said, "Mr. Chen is right. I want to go back, but I must be careful of the emperor taking risks. We still need to prepare!"

Now the city defense of Nanjing City is under Lu Siye's responsibility, and the security of the imperial city is under Mei Chun's responsibility. However, Ma Cheng still has a 50,000 army outside the city. This is Ma Cheng's direct lineage, and it is completely trustworthy.

"Wang Xian, please inform Zhang Erpei who is staying in Nandu to try to buy military officers from the inner city and the imperial city as much as possible, and you must find out the specific situation!"

Zhang Erpei stayed in Nanjing to be in charge of the Military Intelligence Department, and has been bribed this year.

The military officers in many cities were Ma Cheng's last means to save his life. After all the arrangements were made, Ma Cheng took his two guards and escorts to leave Ningbo Prefecture and returned to Beijing along the canal north.

The return journey was much faster than that of the past. Ma Cheng's more than 10,000 people arrived at the camp outside Nanjing in just one month. After Ma Cheng met Ma Xi, he left his two guards here and brought only a thousand personal soldiers into the city to pay homage to his father Ma Shiying.

Ma Cheng entered the city from Jubaomen in the South Gate. Although he is in a chaotic end of war, because Ma Cheng blocks east and west, the situation around Nanjing is quite good, and the entire Nanjing city is also in peace, and everyone is busy preparing for the New Year.

After this year, Ma Cheng has lost the panic of the war in Nanjing. Now there are vendors everywhere, with a lot of goods, from furs from the north to fish glue from Guangdong, everything is sold.

When Ma Cheng saw fur, he felt a move. This kind of thing was only available in the bitter and cold places in the northeast. Now he is fighting with the Qing Dynasty. Fur, a northern specialty, can be transported to Nanjing without any obstacles. It seems that the Qing Dynasty is still using this form to prosper his life.

In the late Ming Dynasty, due to the small ice weather, northern China reduced grain production, and the land in the Northeast was even more unsuccessful. In order to maintain its rule, the Qing Dynasty could only use trade to transfusion blood from the Ming Dynasty. The only ones that the Qing Dynasty could take were fur and ginseng.

Thinking of this, Ma Cheng decided that after the New Year, the Military Information Department would investigate why the trade with the Qing Dynasty had not been cut off. At the same time, he took this opportunity to deal with the merchants who traded with the Qing Dynasty in Nanzhili.

After Ma Cheng got on the horse, he returned to his doorstep. When the servant at the door saw that the second master was back, he hurried forward to salute: "The second master is back! The villain heard that the second master won a great victory this time. I wish the second master a victory here!"

"You guy has a clever mouth! You're rewarded with a ounce of silver!" The servant kowtowed after Ma Cheng said this.

"Okay, get up, is my dad at home?"

"Go back to the second master, the master is not at home and is still in the cabinet office, but the uncle is at home!"

It turned out that the eldest brother was at home. Ma Cheng nodded and said to the clerk: "Go and find a few people. Second Master brings some local specialties from Ningbo. You can deliver them to each hospital according to this gift list!"

Because Ma Cheng occupied the property of Duke of Wei, he was not short of money. This time he came back and purchased more than 20 trucks of local specialties from Hangzhou, such as shark fin bird's nest, etc., all kinds of things. The servant did not dare to delay, so he quickly took the gift list and then called out someone from the mansion to start unloading the goods.

Ma Cheng entered the mansion alone, and he wanted to visit his mother Gu first. Ma Cheng merged with the memory of the dead ghost Ma Cheng and was very attached to Gu. Now that he has been away from home for more than a year, he naturally has to see me first.

When he arrived at the backyard, Gu had already learned the news and sent a maid to wait at the arch of the backyard. When he saw Ma Cheng coming, he led him directly to the door.

When he entered his mother's room and saw his mother Gu sitting in the middle, Ma Cheng quickly knelt down on his knees and said, "Mom, my son is back!"
Chapter completed!