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Ma Cheng remembered that the third brother Ma Xi was not very friendly to him just now, and asked, "Gu San, was that Ma Xi my mother born just now?"

"Second Master, the third master was born by Aunt Zheng. Aunt Zheng was the top official in Huaichun Pavilion in Datong, Shanxi. The master was the prefect in Datong, Shanxi. He was given to the master by the local Shanxi merchants. The third master was born by Aunt Zheng at that time!"

Oh, it turns out that he was a concubine and gave birth to a son! Ma Cheng knew that the Ming Dynasty was born. Although Ma Laosan was Ma Shiying's biological son, his mother's status was too low, so Ma Laosan and Ma Xi's status in the family was stronger than Gu San in front of him. However, Gu San was the eldest son of Ma Cheng, and his true favor was even greater than Ma Xi's.

Ma Cheng touched his hairless chin and pondered: Unexpectedly, Aunt Zheng was still Datong's wife, so she was really open!

Datong Lady is a general term. Of course, this Lady does not mean a wife, but is one of the four types of prostitutes and girls that were famous throughout the country in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the natural wind and moon industry also ushered in a great opportunity for great development. There are four famous prostitutes and female practitioners in China, namely Yangzhou Skin Horse, Datong Po, Taishan Guzi, Hangzhou Shipwoman. Yangzhou Skin Horse, Hangzhou Shipwoman and Datong Po, everyone knows what they do, but this Taishan Guzi is a real nun. In fact, the degree of fun played by ancient Chinese people is not much worse than that of later generations. Later generations like to play with some uniform temptations, and ancient people also had this need.

Ma Cheng was an only child in his previous life and liked such a younger brother quite well, but just now, Ma Xi didn't like him very much. Has he bullied him before?

Ma Cheng asked the question in his heart, Gu San sighed and said, "Second Master, the villain is not clear about the specific situation. However, after the master passed the Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli, he was elected as the head of the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue, so the old lady brought his family to Nanjing. In the seventh year of Tianqi, the master was transferred to Datong, Shanxi as the prefect. At that time, the second master was just born, and the old lady wanted to stay in Nanjing to take care of the second master. At the same time, the old lady had already entered school and could not go to Shanxi with him, so the master went to take office alone at that time."

Gu San said this and looked at Ma Cheng, and then said carefully: "San Master, do you know what the old lady is? The old lady is taking care of the old lady at home. You are very hard-working at the eldest lady and the second master. However, I thought that the old lady had taken Aunt Zheng again in Shanxi. This old lady was naturally unhappy, and then... Second Master, you know!"

So that's it! Ma Cheng knew why. His mother worked hard at home to take care of the children and trained her elder brother Ma Luan to be a juren. She made great contributions. But when she knew that her father had found another young and beautiful wife outside, her mother was naturally unhappy. What is my mother Gu's personality? She had already seen it yesterday, so she naturally had no good face toward Aunt Zheng. As the son of Aunt Zheng, the third son Ma Xi naturally hated the house and was very angry.

In fact, Ma Cheng didn't know that Ma Xi was not good at him. Ma Cheng himself had a reason. Ma Cheng used to bully Ma Xi because of his identity as a legitimate son. It would be strange if the relationship between the two brothers was good.

"Gu San, does my father still have a concubine?"

"Second Master, in addition to Aunt Zheng, there is also a concubine, Aunt Zhao. However, Aunt Zhao lives in seclusion and does not come to the front yard!"

Ma Cheng didn't expect that his father was quite romantic, and his wife was so well in charge of him and even got two little wives.

"Gu San, does Aunt Zhao have children?"

"Miss II was born to Aunt Zhao, but Miss II has already gotten married and is now in Nanjing with her second son-in-law, not at home!"

While introducing Ma Cheng's situation at home, Gu San accompanied Ma Cheng forward. Soon the two of them came to a gate. This was a red painted gate, which was obviously different from other black painted gates in the home.

When Gu San saw this, he quickly stopped Ma Cheng and said, "Second Master, you can't move forward anymore. There is the Governor's Office in front of him, which is the master's office!"

The Ming and Qing dynasties implemented the official residence system, and the entire yamen and residence were one. The back was the place where officials lived, and the front was the place where officials worked.

Although Ma Shiying's official position is simply called the Governor of Fengyang, his full name is the Minister of War, and he ordered the military affairs of Fengyang, Henan, Shandong, Yangzhou, Huai'an and other places. According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the supervisor had greater power than the governor. The governor only managed the military affairs of one province or two provinces, but the supervisor was different. The supervisor basically controlled the military affairs of several provinces and civil affairs, and was truly a vassal official who held great power.

But Ma Cheng didn't know these things in the officialdom. He only knew that his father was the governor. What was the governor? Isn't it the same as the commanders of the military region in later generations? Now he has such a great man, and he can show off as much as he doesn't want to show off.

"Gu San, open the door, I want to see what the Governor's Office is like!"

Gu San really has no choice but to this second-generation ancestor. You, a white-pin, visited the Governor's yamen? Gu San quickly stopped Ma Cheng and said, "Second Master, this is not possible! You are not an officer, and you are not an yamen member, and you are not an official yet. It would be a bad impact to go to the Governor's yamen!"

Ma Cheng looked at Gu San and stopped him and cursed: "Damn, the young master is going to go. This young master in Fengyang City is the biggest, so can I go there?"

Gu San quickly advised with great sincerity: "Second Master, it's true that the master is the supervisor, but this Fengyang City is not the biggest master! At least there is also a Zhongdu eunuch Lu Jiude, who is the military supervisor sent by the emperor, and the master and Lu Zhenshou have never dealt with each other. If Lu Zhenshou knew that the second master entered the Governor's Office in vain, he would definitely use this matter to make things difficult for the master! Please think twice!"

Ma Cheng knew that the Ming Dynasty was the eunuch dynasty. The court had always established the position of eunuch supervisor in the army. As a chief official in the border area, Ma Shiying had a heavy army, so he naturally had to have a military supervisor. But isn’t Ma Shiying a eunuch party? What is the eunuch party? Isn’t it just a eunuch? As an eunuch party, he has a bad relationship with eunuchs. This is too weird!

"Gu San, my father has a bad relationship with the eunuch? Isn't my father a eunuch?"

Gu San was shocked when he heard Ma Cheng say this and quickly said, "Second Master, don't talk nonsense. How can the master be an eunuch? The master was the prefect in Datong and had no choice but to build a temple for Wei Zhongxian. But at that time, the official in the world did not repair it? That official dared not repair it? The master had no choice!"

Ma Cheng nodded when he heard Gu San say this, but is Ma Shiying a singular party and Ma Cheng have nothing to do with him? Anyway, Ma Shiying will become the chief minister and grand sir who is less than one person and more than ten thousand people in a few months. Will he be afraid of an old eunuch?

Regardless of Gu San's persuasion, Ma Cheng stepped forward and kicked the red painted door open and walked in quickly. Gu San saw that this man was so bold, but he had no choice but to follow him in.

There is no difference inside the red painted gate, and it is also a long alley, but the surrounding houses are mostly dilapidated, and many of the houses have been burned through the roof, just like they have just been stolen.

This is different from the majestic yamen in Ma Cheng's heart. Later generations were a small county-level government, all of which were high-ranking families. Why was the Governor's yamen in the Ming Dynasty so dilapidated?

What Ma Cheng didn't know was that nine years ago, in the eighth year of Chongzhen, the bandit Li Zicheng and his gang captured Fengyang and burned Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral tomb. Before leaving, he set a fire in Fengyang City. At that time, the Governor's Office was still the Governor's Office in Fengyang, so naturally he could not escape the bandit's robbery, and burned the yamen with fire.

After Ma Shiying took office in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, he also repaired the Governor's Office, but the time was too short and the funds were insufficient. Except for the renovation of several main buildings, other annexes were still the same.

The red painted gate that Ma Cheng had just walked was the gateway of the Governor's Office and the back house. It was already the backyard of the Governor's Office, and there were no people. After passing two moon gates, Ma Cheng came to the third hall of the Governor's Office. Here, the Governor's staff office and Governor Ma rested, and there were more people starting from here.

Ma Cheng came out of the corner of the moon, and there was a large yard in front of him. Except for the main room, there were ear rooms on both sides. These rooms were divided into small compartments. There were wooden signs hanging outside the door, which read names such as pedestrians, brushstrokes, experiences, etc. It was probably the office of the Governor's Office.

The Governor's Office is a military institution, and of course there are guards guarding him. Four soldiers stood at the gate of the Santang. These four people saw a stranger coming in the yamen. They were about to come over to ask, but they knew that Ma Cheng turned around behind him.

As the Governor of Fengyang, Ma Shiying was guarded by his personal soldiers. Because Ma Shiying and Guizhou Gu Congxin were close to each other, the personal soldiers in the Governor's yamen were all elite soldiers sent by Gu Congxin. The four soldiers standing guard at the door recognized Gu San, one of them was Gu San's cousin.

"Uncle San, why are you here?" The soldier stepped forward and saluted Gu San, and looked at Ma Cheng behind Gu San, and then asked in a low voice: "Uncle San, this is the important place, who is that person?"

Gu San patted the soldier on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Wu, you are on duty today? Brothers are all good!" Gu San hugged the other three soldiers, saying hello.

Gu San is a hereditary family and is also a confidant of the old lady. His status is naturally higher than that of these personal soldiers. The three soldiers dare not be too arrogant and hurriedly bowed. Some were called Uncle San and some were called San Brother.

Gu San said to the four soldiers: "Several, this is the second son of the Governor. Come and have a look in the front yard today!"

These four soldiers were different from Gu San. They came from Guizhou after Ma Shiying became the governor, so they had never seen Ma Cheng. Now, I heard Gu San say that this is the famous second-generation ancestor of the Ma family, and they all knelt down on one knee and saluted: "I have seen the little Yanei!" Ma Cheng couldn't help but feel very satisfied when he heard them calling him. This is the majesty that a second-generation official should have.

Ma Cheng pretended to behave and coughed, "Well! Thank you for your hard work! Gu San, each of them will be rewarded with ten taels of silver!"
Chapter completed!