Chapter 67: The Wall Has Ears
In the backyard of Ma Shiying's house, Ma Shiying quietly looked at the letter from Qin Zhao, written by Qian Qianyi to Shi Kefa.
Qin Zhao and Qin Ning stood at the lower head and looked at Ma Shiying quietly.
Ma Shiying is a cabinet master, only one step away from the prime minister of the cabinet, which is often called the prime minister by the people. The cabinet chief has the right to vote, that is, to deal with opinions on the draft memorials in various places for reference by the emperor. If the emperor trusts the prime minister, it will be allowed to criticize the winner of the eunuch, so the cabinet chief minister has extremely strong power.
In fact, Emperor Hongguang has been planning to promote Ma Shiying to the Prime Minister of the Cabinet recently, but the imperial edict has not been issued yet.
Ma Shiying has a long and thin face with a pointed chin. He has a little bald head, and the scalp on his head can be seen from the edge of his black hat. However, he has a long beard on his chin, which is grown under a straight nose, adding a bit of majesty to his appearance.
After watching for a while, Ma Shiying sneered.
"These party members are really interesting. In order not to offend Ding Kuichu, they even ignored the recommendation of the Zheng family."
A master next to Ma Shiying smiled and said, "After all, the Zheng family is the Fujian general. It grew up by its family power and does not rely on the Donglin Party. How could the Donglin Party let the cabinet elder fight with the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi for the recommendation of Zheng Sen, the fourth son of the Zheng family? Although these thousand households are small, it is obviously impossible to allow it."
Ma Shiying sneered and said, "This Qian Qianyi is really knowledgeable as an official. Boss Qin found him. He knew that it was so strange that he was bypassing Ding Kuichu. He knew that Shi Kefa would not do anything, but he did not tell it. He asked Boss Qin to go to Shi Kefa's family and was bleeding, so that Shi Kefa, the straightforward son of the Zheng family, rejected Zheng Sen, the fourth son of the Zheng family, but he was a good person himself."
The master next to Ma Shiying smiled and said, "If you can be so slippery as Qian Qianyi, you can still be a minister even if the country is destroyed!"
Ma Shiying laughed and said, "Isn't he still the Secretary of the House of Rites now? The late emperor was hanged by a white su in Beijing, and he was still the Minister of Rites."
When the master and Ma Shiying talked about this, they also laughed together.
When Qin Zhao heard this, he realized that he had been perfunctory by Qian Qianyi. Qian Qianyi knew that Shi Kefa could not sell this thousand households, but he guaranteed to write a letter of recommendation to him to go to Shi's mansion in order not to offend Zheng Chenggong and Qin Zhao.
Qin Zhao looked at Qian Qianyi's letter and couldn't help but shake his head.
Ma Shiying looked up at Qin Zhao standing and asked, "This guy, since Shi Kefa rejected you, what are you doing when you ask me?"
Qin Zhao bowed and said, "Xiaomin comes to find the elder of the court and buy you an official and a thousand households."
Ma Shiying and his master looked at each other and laughed.
"How did you think I, a person who is not masked, will sell you official positions!"
Qin Zhao bowed and said, "Gei Master, Xiaomin has made contributions. Xiaomin is named Qin Zhao, who is from Renhoufang, Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture. A few years ago, a group of robbers called a tiger. More than 60 people gathered on the Chiyun Peak. The people could not stand the plunder and were even slaughtered by the village. Xiaomin led a few villagers of the affairs, under the pretext of giving gifts to him, and they bombed him and his group with gunpowder to death."
People in the Ming Dynasty also called birthdays the descending day.
"There is peace in Renhoufang. The county magistrate also gave me a good bow."
"oh?"
Ma Shiying became a little interested.
"The county magistrate will report these achievements. The Ministry of Personnel can investigate them. You must not lie to me!"
Ma Shiying suddenly became interested and said, "Tell me carefully how you killed more than 60 robbers."
Qin Zhao bowed and said, "It's nothing more than stocking up gunpowder in a big iron box and making a lead outside. I carried this big box into the thief's nest and said it was a gift. I ran away as soon as I pressed the gun. After a while, all the robbers who drank and gambled were blown to death."
Ma Shiying's eyes lit up and she smiled and said, "What a clever young man. He can actually blow the robber to death."
He seemed to be interested in Qin Zhao and looked up and down several times.
Qin Zhao bowed and said, "Xiaomin has such achievements. He is willing to change his Huang family and join a military household, and then spend money to buy a thousand households by himself. It shouldn't be difficult, right?"
Ma Shiying laughed, picked up the teacup and said, "Let me think about it!"
Qin Zhao was stunned for a moment and bowed his hand and said, "Gei Master, the powerful and powerful people in the Donglin Party control the government affairs one by one, plundering excessively, and arousing the people's rebellion everywhere. The late emperor was the one who wanted to cheer up the court, but because of trusting these party members, he lost the Kyoto of God. What reactions are these party members in Beijing? They all beggar Tartars!"
Qin Zhao knew the history of the Ming Dynasty and knew that Ma Shiying was definitely in conflict with the Donglin Party, so he simply became more and more excited as he spoke.
"This Donglin Party is really the enemy of the world. If the Donglin Party does not go, the Ming Dynasty's ruling will not be able to be excited!"
"The Master Ge is the hope of the Ming Dynasty, and the Master Ge's idea must be different from the Donglin Party's Wuya."
Ma Shiying's eyes lit up when he heard Qin Zhao scolding Donglin Dang.
He actually stood up excitedly and grabbed Qin Zhao's hand.
"Young man, who taught you these words?"
"The old master was joking, and he said it from the bottom of his heart, so why do you need others' guidance?"
Qin Zhao gave a silver note of 2,000 taels and said, "It's all thanks to the support of the cabinet."
Ma Shiying took the silver note and took it away for the master. He looked at the open space outside the hall and carefully pulled Qin Zhao to the chair and sat down.
"Young man, be calm in your work, speak softly, there are ears in the wall!"
Qin Zhao sat on the chair and found that Ma Shiying really hated the Donglin Party. When he scolded the Donglin Party, Ma Shiying actually let himself sit on the chair. You must know that Ma Shiying had always let himself stand in the hall just now.
Ma Shiying smiled and said, "What do you think of Ding Kuichu, Shi Kefa, Qian Qianyi and others?"
Qin Zhao bowed and said, "These people either blackmail the villain, or play with the villain, or reject the villain for a long time. The villain will regard them as enemies in the future."
Ma Shiying laughed.
"Interesting! Something interesting!"
"This guy from Guangdong is not a vulgar person!"
Seeing that Ma Shiying seemed to be in a good mood, Qin Zhao bowed and said, "Gei Master, Xiaomin now has several thousand taels of silver, so you can quote a price. Xiaomin really wants to have a military official position."
Ma Shiying laughed and used the lid to pluck the tea leaves in the tea cup.
"I'm in love with you, so I won't play with you anymore." Ma Shiying smiled and said, "But you have been cheated by Ding Kuichu now. I want to promote you to the Ministry of War and use the Ministry of War to write a document. You must ask the emperor's imperial edict to be appointed. If the Ministry of War documents are sent to Guangdong and Guangxi, Ding Kuichu can discuss and stop them, and then report back to the court for discussion."
“There are more than a thousand differences?”
Qin Zhao asked, "Is Ding Kuichu not the Minister of War? How dare he contradict the Secretary of War's writings."
"He will soon become the Minister of War. The imperial edict that he was appointed as an official five days ago has been issued."
Qin Zhao then realized how difficult this matter was, and he actually forced Ma Shiying to use the emperor's imperial edict to do it. In this way, when Qian Qianyi saw Qin Zhao coming from Guangzhou and bypassing Ding Kuichu, he might immediately know that Qin Zhao's affairs could not be done with Shi Kefa.
Even if Shi Kefa sent the Ministry of War to Ding Kuichu, Ding Kuichu could still slap Xingwen back as the Minister of War.
But the old fox pretended not to know at all.
Qin Zhao gritted his teeth and took out the remaining 4,000 taels of silver notes from his arms.
"Please help me with this, this is my entire net worth."
Ma Shiying and his master looked at each other and laughed.
"Enough! Enough! I'll take you into the palace to meet the saint and do this."
Qin Zhao was stunned and asked, "Is it still necessary to see the emperor?"
Chapter completed!