Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 199 New Year's Eve
Wang Chengen waved his hand and said, "Brother, you have been kind enough to my brother for so many years, and my brother has seen it in his eyes. My brother knows that you are cautious in doing things and will not go out and talk nonsense. Don't worry about being a brother and brother with you. If you don't agree, is it because you look down on your brother?"

Hearing Wang Chengen's elder brother shouting shortly, Ma Wu knew that Wang Chengen was not joking with him. Ma Wu had done intelligence work for many years and knew the importance of connections. How could he benefit from being Wang Chengen's brother? I don't know?
After all, Ma Wu had been a bandit for many years, so he didn't hesitate any longer, got off his seat, walked up to Wang Chengen, and respectfully kowtowed three times: "Brother is on top, I'll be bowed down by brother!"

Wang Chengen laughed loudly, pulled Ma Wu up and said, "Okay! Okay! Come on, let's have a drink!"

Ma Wu hurriedly filled the wine for Wang Chengen, then raised his glass and said, "Brother respects brother."

The two toasted their glasses and drank them all in one gulp, then pointed their glasses at each other, and then burst out laughing at the same time.

When Ma Wu filled up the wine again, the two drank two more glasses.

Picking up the chopsticks, Wang Chengen took a bite of food and pressed the wine, then said with a smile: "Brother, brother knows that you know a lot of people in the capital, and many of them have backgrounds, but it's not brother who wants to tell you something." Big talk, it's better for my brother to speak up when doing things in the capital."

Ma Wu ate a few mouthfuls of food, and replied with a smile: "That's, compared to my brother, what are the people I met in the capital?"

Wang Chengen smiled, thought for a while and said: "Brother, since we have become brothers, the elder brother has to take care of you. Think about it, do you have any good friends who are waiting for a replacement in the official department or dismissed from office at home, or If you are a little bit talented, tell your brother, and your brother will give him a good job."

"This..." Ma Wu couldn't help hesitating after hearing this.

After hearing Wang Chengen's words, Ma Wu's first thought was to ask him to help his elder brother Li Jing get promoted.

From the bottom of his heart, what Ma Wu hopes most is naturally that Li Jing can rebel and become emperor, so that these old brothers can follow suit.But Li Jing never said anything rebellious, no matter how noisy the outside world was, he always did his own thing calmly.

At first Ma Wu thought that Li Jing was keeping a low profile and biding his time, but a few days ago Li Jing was appointed as the Jiangzhou garrison, but he didn't say anything, which made Ma Wu puzzled.

From Ma Wu's point of view, what kind of official is the garrison? It seems that the grade is not low, but he has no bullshit power. Basically, an official can control him. What is there to be such an official?At least it's interesting to be a lieutenant general or something.

But after Ma Wu thought about it, Li Jing never seemed to show any intention of becoming an official. This Jiangzhou garrison was recommended by Cao Wenzhao, and it had nothing to do with Li Jing himself. I wonder if Li Jing will be unhappy when he finds out.

Ma Wu bowed his head and thought hard, but Wang Chengen thought he was thinking about the right candidate.

Smiling, Wang Chengen said: "Brother, you don't need to think too much. Right now, the imperial court employs people, as long as they have a good relationship with you, which is about the same. Some time ago, a man named Li Jing was promoted to the defense of Jiangzhou. You know him What is your background? Hehe, you are a businessman just like you brother, and today you have been promoted by the emperor to be a general."

After a pause, Wang Chengen continued with a smile: "Do you know? That bastard Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi, even recommended a businessman to be the magistrate of Pingyang Prefecture. Spit it out."

Ma Wuwen asked in amazement: "Xu Dingchen recommended a businessman to be the magistrate, can the emperor agree?"

Wang Chengen sighed and said: "There is no way, the thieves in Pingyang Mansion are making trouble, and no one wants to be an official there. Xu Dingchen said that this businessman, like Li Jing, has made great contributions to calming the chaos, so I recommend this person to be the prefect of Pingyang Mansion One is praise, and after he became the magistrate, he naturally worked harder to put down the chaos, so although the emperor was angry, he finally agreed. However, he was demoted one level and became a co-prefect of Pingyang Prefecture. It turned out that the county magistrate of Lingchuan was arrested He is the magistrate of Pingyang Prefecture. There are several other scholars who have been promoted as magistrates, and some scholars have served as county magistrates."

Speaking of this, Wang Chengen took a sip of wine, and then scolded: "Xu Dingchen, a bastard, did this, and he will have to mess it up in the future, but those ministers in the court are short-sighted, and they don't understand the severity of it at all, and they will suffer in the future. "

Ma Wuqi said: "Why?"

Wang Chengen shook his head and said: "Brother, there is a reason for this. Think about it, even a scholar can be a county magistrate, so how can those who come from Jinshi deal with themselves? In the future, when Pingyang Mansion is stable, there will definitely be some people who want to do this. Argument, but don't talk about it when it's difficult, if you don't mention it, it's fine, if you mention the emperor, you must make use of it."

Ma Wu nodded silently. Wang Chengen thought that Xu Dingchen promoted these people by accepting bribes, but Ma Wu knew that it must be Li Jing's handwriting. The businessman who the stupid goose Xu Dingchen went to find the magistrate must be Shen Zheng.

Although Ma Wu didn't go back often, it was relatively clear what happened at home. Ma Wu sent someone to report to Li Jing. How could the sender not report to Ma Wu what happened at home?
Ma Wu knew that Li Jing had promoted a group of scholars to work. Hearing what Wang Chengen said, he immediately knew that Li Jing had selected a group of talents and promoted them. These people would definitely be Li Jing's most effective team in the future.

Ma Wu believed in Li Jing's vision and ability. Even an illiterate bandit like him could be trained by Li Jing to be the leader of the intelligence department, let alone those scholars?I'm afraid that Li Jing will tidy them up and obey them with a quick swipe of his hands.

And Ma Wu knew very well that these people were only pretending to be scholars, and Li Jing, a nerd who only knew how to study hard, would never use them.

Recalling that Li Jing used to say that as long as he has a skill, he should reuse it. Ma Wu finally understood what Li Jing was doing.

Li Jing used these methods to slowly change people's inherent mentality. He was telling people that if you want to be an official, you don't have to take the Jinshi exam or pass the exam. As long as you have the ability, scholars can still be officials, and ordinary people can also be officials.

These people who were promoted by Li Jing belonged to those with vested interests, and they would definitely try their best to protect their own interests. In fact, they were protecting Li Jing's interests.

Ma Wu gave a deep praise, the elder brother is still clever, he used the pawn of the rogue to play around with the emperor and those ministers.

But Ma Wu still didn't understand what method Li Jing used to bring Cao Wenzhao in.

Ma Wu knew that it would be impossible for these people to be promoted if Cao Wenzhao hadn't contributed to the flames.Cao Wenzhao only needs to say that all parts of Shanxi have been pacified, and those officials of the imperial court must have gone to Shanxi to take up their posts. How can it be these people's turn to be officials?Therefore, when promoting these people, Cao Wenzhao made great efforts.

Thinking that he hadn't seen Li Jing for a long time, Ma Wu couldn't help worrying that he didn't understand Li Jing's intentions in doing things, and that he would inevitably make mistakes in doing things in the future.

After thinking for a while, Ma Wu said, "Brother, I haven't been back to my hometown in Henan for the New Year for two years, and I plan to go back to celebrate the New Year this year. I wonder if I have anything to do?"

Wang Chengen heard silently, and after a while he said: "You are going home for the New Year, I'm afraid the journey will not be peaceful, I will let Jin Yiwei Commander Luo Yangxing send some people to protect you."

Ma Wu smiled and shook his head and said: "Brother Meng loves you very much, but we should not let outsiders know about our brothers. As for the people who protect me, brother, don't worry. I still have people who guard the home. It's just that after I leave I have to ask my elder brother to take care of the business in Beijing, don’t be bullied.”

Wang Chengen nodded: "Brother, don't worry, whoever dares to touch your business, brother, I will take his skin off."

Ma Wu raised his wine glass and touched Wang Chengen, and the two drank it down in one gulp.

……

On the first day of the first month of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Jiangxian County Government.

After Li Jing got up, he took a shower and changed his clothes, and then prepared to take his wife to pay New Year greetings to Yuan Keli and Mrs. Yuan.

A few years ago, Zhuzi traveled at full speed, day and night, to bring Yuan Keli's family to Lingchuan County, and then led troops with Gao Qi to escort Yuan Keli's family to Jiang County.

When Yuan Keli's family arrived in Jiang County, the next day was New Year's Eve.

However, Li Jing had already ordered Yang Liufeng and Fang Fang to arrange a residence for the Yuan family. As for the things used by the Yuan family, they had already been delivered by carriages, without the dragging of women, the speed of the carriages was obviously faster.

Knowing the arrival of Yuan Keli's family, Li Jing ordered Zhang Chu, Wang Ermao, Zhou Daqing and others to continue to monitor Wang Ziyong and other ministries. At the same time, he sent Chen Dazhuang to assist Wang Ziyong and others in attacking the city, and he took Sun Hutou to rush back to Jiang County.

Back in Jiang County, Li Jing knew that Yuan's family was exhausted from the journey. Yuan Keli, his wife, son and grandson hadn't seen each other for many years.

When it was the first day of the new year, Li Jing wanted to bring his wife and belt to pay a solemn New Year greeting to his husband.

Li Jing was about to take Shen Ying and Li Anguo out, when he heard footsteps coming from outside the door, and then he heard the soldiers shouting: "Commander! Commander! Congratulations, the fifth master is back! The fifth master is back!"

Li Jing was startled, Ma Wu is back?Then I saw Ma Wu walking into the room with a dusty face outside the door.

Li Jing felt his voice dry and hoarse for a while, so he walked up quickly, hugged Ma Wu's shoulders, looked him up and down, and said, "Fifth Brother! You're back!"

Ma Wuzhong nodded emphatically: "Brother, I miss my brother, and I also miss my brothers."

After all, Ma Wu pulled Li Jing into the house, pushed Li Jing to sit on the chair, then knelt down, and kowtowed three times: "Brother, brother Ma Wu wished Big Brother a New Year greeting, Big Brother Happy New Year!"

"Okay, okay, Happy New Year to you, Fifth Brother," Li Jing said.

Seeing that Li Jing was about to get up, Ma Wu hurriedly held him down: "Brother, don't worry, your younger siblings are here, and your nephew is also here this time. I'll ask them to kowtow to you for the New Year."

Li Jing was overjoyed: "Sister-in-law is back too? With her nephew? Come in, come in quickly. Who, Xiaodie, Xiaodie, please come here quickly, sister-in-law fifth is back."

Ma Wu's first wife was married in Hongshanling three years ago. The wife is the niece of the landlord Yang Baifu's wife. At that time, Yang Baifu wanted to give Li Jing's niece to Li Jing as a concubine. Being virtuous and virtuous, she made the decision and promised Ma Wu to be his regular wife.

　Urgently looking for a reward, monthly ticket support~
　　
　
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