The political system before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China was similar to that before the European Industrial Revolution. Both feudal aristocrats were in power, and they were basically a family, from emperors to dukes to literati and officials, but this system took a detour after the establishment of the Han Dynasty.

Under the promotion of Emperor Wu of Han, China respected Confucianism and abolished all schools of thought, established Confucianism as the national religion, and became the only standard for selecting officials. Starting from the Han Dynasty, these intellectuals who were brainwashed by Confucianism and embraced the ideal of family, country and the world, have devoted themselves to the melting pot of officialdom throughout the dynasties. Many famous officials have appeared in it, such as Xiao He, Cao Shen, Zhuge Liang and Zhang Zhao in the Three Kingdoms period, Wang Meng in the Former Qin Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, Wei Zheng and Di Renjie in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Wang Anshi in the Song Dynasty, Sima Guang, San Yang, Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng in the Ming Dynasty, etc.

These civil officials may have some taints in their personal morality, but they all adhere to one idea, that is, to serve the country and the people, and to die before oneself!

Humans are animals, and their instincts are selfish. Therefore, it is understandable if a person forces others' resources and strives to live a better life, it is all his instincts. However, the above civil officials are separated from the instincts of animals. When they can clearly meat the people, they have to choose a path full of thorns. This can no longer be called humans, but can only be called saints.

Confucianism has been going on for thousands of years. Although it has pedantic, rigid, conservative and other negative aspects, intellectuals who are deeply educated by Confucianism have strong moral beliefs. Fan Zhongyan said in the Yueyang Tower that worry about the world first and then enjoy the world first! It is a perfect portrayal of ancient Chinese intellectuals.

Chen Zilong is also a traditional literati who has been brainwashed for many years in Confucianism. In his heart, the world is the most important. So after Ma Cheng made it clear that he would become independent on the Ming Dynasty, although Chen Zilong was indeed a little resistant, Ma Cheng's words were full of splendor, such as completely solving problems that could not be solved in China for thousands of years, leaving a name in history, etc., which made Chen Zilong very moved. Thinking of becoming the actual executor of these two new laws that have passed down through eternal fame, Chen Zilong decided to let go of all his psychological burdens and go to the end with Ma Cheng, the lord.

When Ma Cheng heard that Chen Zilong finally agreed to help him, he bowed deeply and said, "Mr. Chen, he was the boy Menglang just now! The boy promised that as long as the boy succeeds in the future, Mr. Chen will definitely be the boy's assistant!"

"Ming Gong, Zilong is naturally willing to devote himself to Ming Gong! But please don't forget what happened today. In the future, you must implement those two new laws, establish your mind for the heaven and earth, establish your life for the people, and create peace for all ages!"

When Ma Cheng heard Chen Zilong say this, he patted his chest and said, "Please rest assured by Mr. Chen, but now there are few civil officials around him. Can you ask Mr. Chen to introduce friends to the boy to serve here?"

This is Ma Cheng's fundamental purpose. In the past, Ma Cheng's subordinates were scarce. It's not that Ma Cheng didn't want to recruit talents, but Ma Cheng also had my son Ma Shiying, and resigning to Ma Shiying was much more practical than resigning to Ma Cheng. Although Ma Cheng is semi-independent now, Ma Cheng's bottom is too bad. The impact of beating Hou Fangyu at the dock back then was too great.

Although Ma Cheng beat Hou Fangyu upset, don’t forget that Hou Fangyu’s son is not a fuel-saving lamp. Hou Xun’s qualifications are far more than Ma Shiying. Although Hou Xun is now at home to support his elderly care, he is in Shilin

The reputation in the world is not comparable to that of Ma Shiying. Ma Cheng beats his son, how can the reputation in this Shilin be good?

So now Ma Cheng has only Xiaoyu Xiaoxiao, and his highest education is just a scholar. As for those famous bachelors, there is not half of them.

Now it’s easy to deal with Chen Zilong. Chen Zilong is one of the founders of several associations and is also a core member of the Donglin Party Rehabilitation Society. His classmates and friends are everywhere in Nanzhili. In addition to the influence of the Chen family in Songjiang, isn’t it a matter of finding a few literati for Ma Cheng to hold hands?

Ma Cheng thought it simple, but Chen Zilong didn't think much. You, Ma Cheng, have a reputation and want to recruit talents. It's really a daydream. However, Chen Zilong has recognized Ma Cheng as his lord, so he naturally wants to save face for his lord, so Chen Zilong said: "Please rest assured about this. Zilong will write a letter to his friend when he returns to the city, but it is not guaranteed whether he can come to Zilong!"

Chen Zilong was also afraid of saying something big, so he would make a joke if he didn't come, so he left a bottom line. Ma Cheng didn't think so, and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen is a great talent, let this matter be left to Mr. Chen!"

The Suzhou incident was temporarily over. Zhang Sunzhen was going to deal with Qi Biaojia, Chen Zilong was going to handle the recruitment of talents, Wang Xian was going to handle the military affairs, and Ma Cheng was happy to relax. He started to travel around Suzhou with Changqing.

Ma Cheng was having fun, but there was a big problem in Nanjing. This problem occurred in Zhang Sunzhen's letter. I don't know what happened to the letter, but the content in the letter was leaked.

Ma Shiying was also shocked after receiving Zhang Sunzhen's letter. Ma Shiying is different from Ma Cheng. He is an old bureaucrat and knows the role of these two new laws. Ma Shiying immediately wrote a reply to Zhang Sunzhen, praising Zhang Sunzhen for his care and asking Zhang Sunzhen to discipline Ma Cheng to avoid the troublesome second-generation ancestor.

Although Ma Shiying was angry that his son caused him trouble, he was still very pleased. In the past, Ma Cheng was a brave but unscheming warrior in Ma Shiying's heart. Although he was a legitimate son, he was still incomparable to his eldest son Ma Luan. However, after this incident, Ma Shiying realized that this second son was not a bullshit, at least these two new laws were not something that ordinary people could think of.

Ma Shiying knew that there were a few literati around Ma Cheng, but those literati were of average quality and could never think of such a wonderful new method. Since those literati couldn't think of it, it was naturally what his son thought of it. When Ma Shiying thought of it, his incompetent second son finally matured.

Ma Shiying was happy and put Zhang Sunzhen's letter on the desk. Ma Shiying was the assistant. His study was tightly protected and not everyone could enter, so Ma Shiying was very relieved, but Ma Shiying forgot that someone would clean up the study. Ma Shiying had complicated daily affairs, so there were three book children in the study. These people were responsible for classifying Ma Shiying's daily documents and then sorting and archiving them according to different levels of confidentiality.

But today Ma Shiying placed Zhang Sunzhen's letter in the diary. The Ming Dynasty newspaper wanted to be in the world, which was similar to the reference information of later generations, to convey some information from the central government to local officials. The book boy sent the letter to the Tongzheng Department and prepared to print it to various prefectures and counties.

Tongzhengsi Municipal Administration newspaper printing

The person was a sixth-rank official. After reviewing the original document sent by the cabinet, he now wrote a letter in it. This situation has happened before. After all, the cabinet masters were busy with everything every day, so how could they cover everything? In the past, such things happened to return the letters that were sent by the wrong ones. However, today, the sixth-rank official saw that the envelope was written with Jiangnan Gongwu and Chengyuanfu.

Gongwu is the name of Zhang Sunzhen. The little official knew at a glance that this was a personal letter from the Jiangnan governor to Ma Shiying. The little official was very curious and curious about what these big men in the imperial court could write in the letter, so open it and watch it in detail.

This optimistic view did not scare the small official to death. Although this small official has a small official position, he is also a juren. Naturally, he knows what it means to pay food and pay fire to the public. Isn’t this the life of all scholars in the world?

This small official dared not hide such a big matter. He quickly submitted this letter to the Tongzheng envoy Xu Dingchen. The Tongzheng envoy was responsible for the official documents of the six ministries, and has always been the most important department, so Ma Shiying handed over this department to his confidant Xu Dingchen. If the letter fell into Xu Dingchen's hands, there would be nothing wrong, but who would have thought that the small official happened to meet the censor Guo Weijing when he went out.

Guo Weijing is the main cadre of the Donglin Party, and the Censorate is also the traditional sphere of influence of the Donglin Party. Guo Weijing saw this little official look panicked and snatched the letter to watch it, and then this shocking conspiracy appeared.

Of course, this incident is a big conspiracy in the eyes of the Donglin Party. You, Ma Shiying and Zhang Sunzhen, are both traditional officials who have been reading the books of Confucian sages. They have gradually come from scholars, juren, and jinshi, but now they want the lives of all officials and scholars. Isn’t this a big conspiracy?

After the Donglin Party found out, the general trend was immediately promoted, and immediately caused turmoil in Nanjing's political arena. The Qingliu controlled by the Donglin Party immediately submitted memorials to impeach Ma Shiying and Zhang Sunzhen, the bad behavior of scolding the chef when they were full and scolding the monks, and after reciting the scriptures, such scumbags must be defeated and stepped on ten thousand feet, which will definitely make such villains never have a day to turn over and will never be reborn.

The Donglin Party has been overwhelmed by Ma Shiying in recent years. It has finally gotten this opportunity, so it has to use its strength to knock Ma Shiying down.

Of course, Ma Shiying is not a dough stick. After years of being immersed in the officialdom, how could Ma Shiying be afraid that you, the innocent people, would cause trouble? Ma Shiying immediately executed the unlucky book boy, and then handed over the memorial to impeach the Donglin Party to capture the situation. Anyway, the witness was dead, so who knows how the letter came from? It is very likely that your Donglin Party would frame the loyal and good-natured ones.

The two parties were in a fight, and the Donglin Party had a moral advantage. After all, these two new laws directly point to the vital interests of all officials and scholars in the world, so the Donglin Party dominated the reputation. But the Ma Shiying's party was not completely powerless to fight back. In recent years, Ma Shiying did nothing else. By eliminating dissidents, all officials above the fourth rank in the court were replaced. Most of the senior officials were Ma Shiying's party. Therefore, although Ma Shiying was at a disadvantage, the defense was also very exciting.
Chapter completed!