Yue Qijie's words made Ma Cheng sigh. Although Ma Cheng was a time traveler, he had integrated Ma Cheng's past memories and still had some father-son feelings for Ma Shiying. Now, he heard that Ma Shiying was plotting against him, and he couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

In fact, Ma Cheng doesn't have to be sad. His relationship with Ma Shiying has undergone essential changes. In the past, he and Ma Shiying were fathers and sons who supported each other. Ma Shiying could use all national resources to help Ma Cheng, and Ma Cheng could naturally repay his kindness, use his military ability to achieve one victory and support his father Ma Shiying in the court.

However, with the improvement of Ma Shiying's identity and now he has become the actual ruler of the Nanjing small court, the identity of the father and son has begun to change, from a community of interests to a rival who competes and guards against each other.

Ma Shiying's biggest enemy in the court was the Donglin Party. Now the Donglin Party is no longer in its current state. The only way to threaten Ma Shiying's status is Ma Cheng. In order to prevent Ma Cheng from losing control and also prevent Ma Cheng from taking risks, Ma Shiying naturally has to suppress Ma Cheng everywhere. In addition, Ma Shiying's successor he recognized in his heart is Ma Luan, so suppressing Ma Cheng has become inevitable.

Yue Qijie was able to analyze Ma Cheng today, so it was not because he was kind or thoughtful about Ma Cheng, but because Yue Qijie also had his own plans.

These intellectuals in ancient China have different knowledge and experience, and their methods of using them to govern the country.

Generally speaking, intellectuals are divided into two factions on how to govern the country. One faction hopes to change the reformists of the country through upper-level institutional changes.

Another faction is that it is against the reformists, hoping to change the country's conservatives from the bottom up through the healing nature of society.

There are no praises and criticisms of the reformists here. Their ultimate goals are the same, but the paths they take are different, so there have been many fierce conflicts between reform and conservatives in Chinese history. For example, Shang Yang's reform in the Qin Dynasty, Huang-Lao dispute in the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang's new policy, Wang Anshi's reform in the Song Dynasty, Longwan New Policy in the Ming Dynasty, Hundred-1899 Reform in the late Qing Dynasty, Westernization Movement, etc.

Yue Qijie is different from Yang Wencong. Yue Qijie leads troops in Henan for many years to quell the rebellion, so he hopes to govern the country with severe punishment and severe laws.

Unlike Yang Wencong, who was an official in Nanzhili, he had a good relationship with the Donglin Party, so he naturally hoped to change this society through slow social changes. This would have a conceptual conflict with Yue Qijie, who advocated the Legalists.

In the past, the two had conflicts under Ma Shiying's hands, but because Ma Shiying was just a governor at that time, the conflict between them was not revealed. But now it is different. Ma Shiying has embarked on the road of a powerful minister. Whether for himself or for the future, these two must choose one of Ma Shiying's sons to ensure that their political ideas can be carried forward in the future.

Yang Wencong naturally chose Ma Luan, who had a good relationship with him, while Yue Qijie chose Ma Cheng, who was preparing to implement the new law.

Because Ma Cheng came from the later world of rule of law, he revealed a message from the Legalists between the lines of the new law. This made Yue Qijie, who was also a Legalist, feel like he was a treasure. He decided to support this second-generation ancestor and compete with Ma Luan, who was supported by Yang Wencong, for the position of heirs.

This time, Yang Wencong returned to Beijing without showing mercy to his relatives. He slandered Yue Qijie in front of Ma Shiying, saying that he was trapped in the enemy camp with an ambiguous attitude. This made Yue Qijie, who had been in prison for several years in Hangzhou angry.

But for the sake of the bureau, Ma Shiying believed that Yue Qijie had not made any achievements in recent years and was suddenly promoted to an important position, so Yue Qijie only obtained the title of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Although the Minister of Personnel

Lang is also very important, but the status is important and the essence is not changed. However, Yang Wencong, who is like Yue Qijie, was promoted and became the Zuodu Censor, one of the nine ministers.

Ma Shiying naturally had his own considerations for this action, but in Yue Qijie's view, Ma Shiying was suppressing him. Thinking of his future he would be inferior to his brother-in-law and political enemy Yang Wencong, Yue Qijie was so angry that he was angry. At the same time, after learning that Yang Wencong encouraged Ma Shiying to seize Ma Cheng's military power, Yue Qijie decided that if you, Yang Wencong, help Ma Luan, then I will help Ma Cheng, see if you are powerful or are powerful.

Yue Qijie saw Ma Cheng full of frustration and smiled and said, "Zhonghe, don't be discouraged. Although the prime minister suppresses you, he doesn't have the ability to fight back at all!"

Hearing that he still had a chance, Ma Cheng was a little better and asked quickly: "My uncle, what should I do?"

"You don't have to do anything, just wait!"

Ma Cheng didn't understand, just wait? Can you wait until a pie falls from the sky while sitting?

"Uncle, my nephew doesn't understand, why should I wait?"

"This is simple. Your military ability is your guarantee. Although the Beilu suffered heavy losses two years ago, they occupied half of China after all, and they would definitely go south in time. Although your father asked Ma Xi to go out and lead the army alone, do you think your third brother is capable of winning? So when things cannot be done, you, the god of war, still need to come out!"

Ma Cheng nodded repeatedly after hearing Yue Qijie's analysis. He knew what Ma Xi's level was. Even if he could stand alone, the army was full of Ma Cheng's direct descendants. Although he could not turn against him at the last minute, it was still okay to pull Ma Xi's back.

After hearing Yue Qijie say it, Ma Cheng regained his confidence, stood up and poured a glass of wine for Yue Qijie, and then asked, "Uncle, you are a scholar, so you should be close to my elder brother, why do you get close to your nephew?"

Yue Qijie smiled: "Haha, my nephew is right, but your brother doesn't have one husband, just have another uncle, Yang Longyou!"

When Ma Cheng heard Yue Qijie say this, he suddenly realized that this old guy was jealous of Yang Wencong and came to help him. Ma Cheng had some literati around him, but there were no old officials like Yue Qijie. Ma Cheng was ecstatic when he heard Yue Qijie come to help him and quickly promised: "Please rest assured, as long as the uncle helps his nephew to inherit his father's position, when that day comes, his uncle will be the chief assistant of his nephew!"

Ma Cheng is best at making wishes for officials. Chen Zilong and Wang Xian have already made the position of Chief Supervisor. Now he is promised to Yue Qijie, but Yue Qijie is over 60 years old. It is possible that he can survive until then.

After drinking, Ma Cheng sat down again and asked, "Uncle, you said my father's favorite successor is my eldest brother, what should I do?"

"This is very simple. Now you have military capabilities, just show your ability to govern the country! I heard that a few literati under you are working as a member of the officials and gentry, but is there such a thing?"

After hearing Yue Qijie's words, Ma Cheng quickly promised: "Please rest assured by my uncle. I will disband them when I go back!"

Ma Cheng's decision to fight was that since Ma Shiying didn't like this new method, he would wait and say it. But unexpectedly, Yue Qijie said: "If you are not busy, let them do it first, it will be of great use in the future!"

Yue Qijie said this and Ma Cheng didn't understand. Didn't he just say that Ma Shiying didn't like to make some new tricks on himself? Why do you still tell yourself not to stop now?

"Uncle, you just said that your father wanted to win over the Donglin Party and hated my nephew's new law. Why do you say don't stop now?"

"Nephew, this is the difference between you and your father

!Now, your father is naturally going to win over the Donglin Party in order to stabilize the political situation of the court, but do you really think your father doesn’t know about the stubborn problems among the people? Now suppressing you is just for those Donglin Party to show you, but after your father truly controls the political situation, you must solve the problem of land annexation, and then your new law will have a great effect!”

When Ma Cheng heard Yue Qijie say this, he suddenly realized that the land annexation in the Ming Dynasty became more and more intense. It was not that Ma Shiying and other court ministers did not understand, but that the country was internal and external troubles and could not be changed and they dared not change them. If Ma Shiying was given enough time, as long as Ma Shiying could solve the external troubles, he would definitely turn back to solve the major problem of land.

Yue Qijie rekindled Ma Cheng's confidence today. Ma Cheng stood up and bowed to thank him and said, "It's better to listen to my uncle's words today than to read for ten years. If my nephew has any questions in the future, please help me to solve my doubts!"

Yue Qijie smiled and said, "Now Zhonghe is relieved! Remember, your father is fifty-nine this year and his life is in his twilight years. If I guess it is good, I will choose a successor in a few years. Zhonghe you have to work hard, and you will surpass your brother!"

With Yue Qijie's enlightenment, Ma Cheng decided to change his mind and live in simplicity. Ma Shiying, don't you want to be so arrogant? Then, play with women and children at home. From this day on, Ma Cheng will never go out again, and will not contact his subordinates in the army, and will have a low-key attitude of not caring about the world.

Just when Ma Chenggui was huddling at home to decorate his grandson, a major incident happened in Beijing. Dorgon, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, was ordered by the young emperor Shunzhi to be named the regent of the emperor's uncle.

Two years ago, the Qing Dynasty's 400,000 troops were wiped out under the city of Nanjing. Although the losses were heavy, the one who really hit Dorgon the worst was Duoduo's death.

In addition to being Dorgon's younger brother, Dodo was also a political ally of Dorgon. With Dodo in control of the army outside, Dorgon could control the government with confidence and avoid being seized by Daishan, the two red flags in the court and Haoge, the two yellow flags.

However, this time Duoduo was killed outside Nanjing City, and Dorgon had no trustworthy person in charge of the army. At the same time, the destruction of 30,000 Eight Banners of Manchuria made Dorgon very passive in the court.

After receiving the news of the defeat in the south, the forces in the court and Dorgon were enemies united one after another to force Dorgon to hand over the rights. But Dorgon knew very well how to hand over the rights so easily? While handing over the rights, it was also the end of Dorgon's life, so Dorgon was absolutely impossible to hand over the rights in his hands.

The first step for Dorgon to save himself was to divide and disintegrate the hostile forces. He first used various means to suppress the old slippery Daishan. Daishan, a scheming old fox, naturally refused to fight Dorgon to death, so he was easily suppressed by Dorgon.

The second step was to clean up the two yellow flags, and the head of the two yellow flags was Huang Taiji's eldest son Haoge. In the fourth year of Shunzhi, that is, in August of the third year of Shaowu in the Southern Ming Dynasty, Haoge led his army to pacify Sichuan and returned. The young emperor of Shunzhi personally went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to comfort Haoge. Dorgon took this opportunity to conceal his general's contribution to the crime of using the criminal's brother to imprison Haoge. Half a month later, Haoge died in prison inexplicably.

Haoge's death means that the two yellow flags have completely lost their backbone. Dorgon took over the power, but in order to strengthen his authority, Dorgon stipulated that in the future, he would not be allowed to call himself the Ninth Prince or Prince Rui in official documents, and he would be called the regent of the emperor. At the same time, Dorgon wrote a letter to the emperor, and on the grounds that the letter of the young emperor Shunzhi was stored in the palace, and every time he dispatched troops, he would ask for seals, he would move all the seals to his mansion to collect them for later use.
Chapter completed!