Yangzhou Prefecture School is not far from Lianghuai Salt Transportation Office. Because it is the location for the hospital examination and is located in Yangzhou, which is not short of money, the Prefecture School is very broad.

Ma Jiyuan stood at the door and looked inside. Except for the several houses near the wall that were destroyed, the Dacheng Hall, which was worshipped in the center, was intact. Seeing that the tablet of Kong Lao Er was not destroyed, Ma Jiyuan breathed a sigh of relief. As a disciple of Confucianism, it would be very disrespectful to see that the tablet of the ancestor was destroyed.

Seeing the large Ming army appear at the gate of the school, the professor and the instructor hiding in the school were already scared. The professor rushed to the door with trembling fear and saw an official wearing a big red python robe standing at the door. He knew that this was a high-ranking official, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"The lower official...No, the sinner of the people, Professor Shen Chongwen of Yangzhou Prefecture School, please welcome the master!" The professor of the prefecture school was from the ninth rank, but Shen Chongwen was an official appointed by the Qing Dynasty. He dared to claim to be a sinner, so he quickly changed his words and claimed to be a sinner.

This kind of ninth-rank minor official is not in front of Ma Jiyuan. Ma Jiyuan is concerned about how Dacheng Palace is.

"Are you a professor in this school? OK, I ask you, are the most holy masters in Dacheng Palace not disturbed?"

"My Lord Hui, Lord Hong of the Qing Dynasty, no! Hong Zhe was also from the imperial examination, how could he garrison in this imperial school? In addition, the Tianjun was not infringed on the leadership of the emperor, and the imperial school did not suffer any military disasters!"

Ma Jiyuan doesn't care about the professor's flattery, as long as the Supreme Master is not disturbed.

"Okay! Don't be afraid when you wait for the clerk. Keep being your professor. However, this supervisor wants to use your house to handle government affairs, so you can clean up!"

After receiving Ma Jiyuan's lenient treatment, Shen Chongwen felt relieved and quickly brought four or five coaches and a dozen gangs to clean up a clean and bright room next to Dacheng Hall for Ma Jiyuan to use.

Yangzhou in the Ming Dynasty was not Yangzhou in later generations, but was just a relatively large second-level city. Yangzhou in the Ming Dynasty was under Gaoyouzhou, Tongzhou, Taizhou and Jiangdu, Taixing, Yizheng, Rugao, Haimen, Baoying, Xinghua, Liuhe and Chongming. The total population was three to four million in the heyday. Although a large number of people were lost in the Yangzhou Prefecture City in the late Ming Dynasty, there were still many gentry in the local area. In addition, Yangzhou, like eastern Zhejiang, was a fierce resistance to the Qing Dynasty. The gentry in this place was the target of Zhu Hongsan's regime's full efforts to win over, so Ma Jiyuan met with representatives of gentry from various prefectures and counties as soon as he occupied Yangzhou.

At the same time, Ma Jiyuan sent the Ming army to various prefectures and counties, and resolutely eliminated the resistance and retained the original position of Kaicheng surrender. Because Hong Chengchou had already drained all the troops south of the Yellow River, all the prefectures and counties under Yangzhou were governed by the gentry from all over the country. As soon as the Ming army arrived, they surrendered one after another. The entire Yangzhou Prefecture fell completely into the hands of the Ming army before the 12th day of the first lunar month. Zhu Hongsan finally had a buffer zone north of Nanjing.

Ma Jiyuan has been a local official for a long time. This kind of protection of the country and the people is his strength, but he is busy until evening and has not eaten a bite of food.

It was getting dark now, and Ma Jiyuan's family saw that no one was coming to visit, so they quickly brought dinner to their master.

Just as Ma Jiyuan was about to eat, a family member came in outside the door and whispered: "Master, the King of Qin is here and said, "Young Master!"

The family of the Ma family knew that this pair of grandparents and grandchildren was not in the way, so it was very strange that Zhu Jiang could come to see Ma Jiyuan on his own initiative.

Ma Jiyuan was stunned. What did Zhu Jiang do when he was so late? Ma Jiyuan looked at the supper in front of him and sighed and said, "It seems that supper is not enough. Ma Gui, go and bring Zhu Jiang in!"

Ma Gui is Ma Jiyuan's housekeeper, and Ma Fu, the housekeeper in Ma Mingyuan's mansion. When he was a child, he was Ma Jiyuan's book boy. When Ma Gui saw that the master was not eating, he had to see the King of Qin first, so he quickly said, "Master, you have been busy for a day. The King of Qin is not an outsider. You might as well meet him while eating!"

Ma Jiyuan shook his head and said, "Although the King of Qin is my grandson, he is also the prince of the country. How can I not respect etiquette and law!"

Ma Gui sighed when he heard Ma Jiyuan say this, and asked someone to remove the dishes and chopsticks, and then went out to greet the King of Qin by himself.

Zhu Jiang saw Ma Gui coming to greet him at the door, and quickly bowed and said, "Uncle Ma is here!"

Ma Gui's family has been slaves of the Ma family for generations. In addition, although Zhu Jiang's mother Ma Ruyan was born in a vain back then, she was mostly taken care of by Ma Gui, so Zhu Jiang was very respectful to Ma Gui.

But when Ma Gui dared to accept Zhu Jiang's gift, Ma Gui quickly avoided the side and said, "King of Qin, the master is waiting in the house. Please come in with the old slave!"

Ma Gui took Zhu Jiang into the house, served tea and retreated, leaving a separate space for the grandparents and grandchildren.

Ma Jiyuan has not seen his grandson lose a lot in the past few days, but after the war training, he is full of heroism. If he was still a piece of uncensored jade when he met him in Guazhou, Zhu Jiang has now been polished into a piece of beautiful jade. It seems that the battlefield is still a training person.

After the two sat in the room for a while, Ma Jiyuan asked first: "King Qin, is there anything wrong with seeing me late at night?"

It was not surprising that Ma Jiyuan called him King of Qin Zhu Jiang. This grandfather never liked him. But he always had something to do in his mind these days, and he couldn't tell anyone about such things, so he could only talk about it with his relative grandfather.

Under the protection of Xu Dingbang, Zhu Jiang participated in the entire Yangzhou Battle without any danger, and personally experienced the fierce battle between the Lianghuai Salt Transport Office. Seeing his comrades, the enemies opposite him, and ordinary people he didn't know on the battlefield, these people died in front of him, which was very touched by Zhu Jiang. Is it true that as the history books say, the people who Cheng Wang and Zu were all cruel, ruthless and unrighteous? But this question cannot be asked by others, so Zhu Jiang could only come over and ask his grandfather.

Now hearing Ma Jiyuan’s question, Zhu Jiang said, “Grandpa, grandson is here tonight to ask grandpa to answer the questions! Grandpa has been on the front line these days. Why did the Ming army also attack ordinary people and rob their money and property? Isn’t the military law saying that plundering is strictly prohibited? Aren’t these people the father’s emperor’s people?”

Ma Jiyuan smiled and asked, "King of Qin, are you going to report to me that your superiors are not strict in their rule?"

"Grandpa, as the governor of Liangjiang, you are also in charge of the Yangzhou Army and Navy. Shouldn't you ask about this kind of matter?"

Seeing Zhu Jiang's angry expression on his face, Ma Jiyuan said: "King Qin, are you going to report your colleagues and your superiors? Have you forgotten Jiang Pengju's kindness to you? Have you forgotten how Zhang Bao saved you?"

Zhu Jiang was shocked when he heard his grandfather talk about these two people, yes! These two were good to him, and Jiang Pengju even gave him the chain mail he gave to him. He heard that he had suffered a lot of injuries on the battlefield. If there was that chain mail, it should be avoided. But what should I do if I spared the laws of the two people in the country?

"Grandpa, I also know that these two people are kind to me, but what should I do with the country's laws? The father often talks about the people. Now these two people let the soldiers kill each other, how can they deserve the trust of the father in them?"

When Ma Jiyuan heard Zhu Jiang talk about Zhu Hongsan, his heart was full of anger and cursed: "King Qin, don't mention your bastard father. Do you know who the generals in the army killed the people now? It's your bastard father!"

Zhu Hongsan's image in Zhu Jiang's heart has always been bright and majestic, and he is extremely heroic. He is really a good emperor who angered Li Shimin to death to kill Zhao Kuangyin. Now, when he heard his grandfather scolding his father so much, no one could give up.

When Zhu Jiang heard Ma Jiyuan scolding his father, he jumped up and pointed at Ma Jiyuan and said, "Grandpa, why did you insult your father? Your father trusts you so much and scolds him?"

Looking at the angry Zhu Jiang and Ma Jiyuan, he sneered: "What? King Qin, do you still want to go out with your husband?"

Zhu Jiang thought for a long time but sat down. After all, the one in front of him was his own grandfather. If he really wanted to give up his head, his mother would not let him go.

When Ma Jiyuan saw Zhu Jiang sitting down, he sighed in his heart. The child is only seventeen years old this year. In addition, as Zhu Hongsan's son, it is nothing to admire his father.

Ma Jiyuan sighed and said, "Child, you are old now and have experienced it on the battlefield. Now my grandfather wants to tell you about the past and let you know what kind of person your father is!"

Zhu Jiang admired his father since he was a child, and reached its peak after Zhu Hongsan became emperor. He believed that his father was the best emperor in the world. No one told him about Zhu Hongsan's bad things in the past, and no one dared to tell him. Now that he heard that his grandfather wanted to talk to him about his previous father, Zhu Jiang quickly listened.

Seeing Zhu Jiang's respectful look, Ma Jiyuan was very funny. There was nothing he could do about this. Zhu Hongsan now whitewas himself, and the things he did now were not bad for any emperor. He could deceive ignorant young people like Zhu Jiang.

"Child, do you know how your mother married your father?"

After hearing what Ma Jiyuan said, Zhu Jiang was stunned. Didn’t he marry his father with Queen Ma Xiaofang?

"Grandpa, didn't my mother marry her father with the queen?"

Ma Jiyuan shouted, "Nonsense, your mother and the queen are aunts and nephews. Since ancient times, there have been sisters who marry the same person together, which has been said to be a good story, but no aunts and nephews have ever married the same person together! As a disciple of a saint, how could your grandfather do such a disrespectful thing!"

After reprimanding Zhu Jiang, Ma Jiyuan continued, "Your mother was born in vain. Your great-grandmother-Manchu Xianggong had a son in the same year who wanted to re-string his relationship with your great-grandmother. Your great-grandmother promised your mother to the Guo family in Wuchang. The Guo family has been an official for generations and is considered to be a match with me! But Guo Huaiyi didn't know why he angered your father. Your father led people to kill the entire Guo family, leaving your mother alone. Your mother was forced to marry your father. Do you know these?"
Chapter completed!