Ma Mingyuan was stunned when he heard Zhang Jiayu say that the magistrate of Wuchang County was Chen Zilong. Chen Zilong was Ma Mingyuan's confidant. All hopes of Ma Mingyuan's recovery in the future will be Chen Zilong. If Chen Zilong's den is in this time, Ma Mingyuan will be very passive.

But Ma Mingyuan thought it was wrong. Chen Zilong had a close relationship with him, and in the same year, the most important thing was that Chen Zilong fully agreed with his new policy. If Chen Zilong wanted to oppose him, he would not have to work hard to go to Wuchang to investigate his family's fortunes, as long as he made his plan public, Shilin's counterattack would be enough for him to bear.

Chen Zilong must not betray him. Could it be that Zhang Jiayu in front of him was laying a rotten medicine for Chen Zilong? Ma Mingyuan knew that Zhang Jiayu was from Guangdong, but Zhang Jiayu was the prince's teacher. In addition, Zhang Jiayu was a little smart, so he leaned against him when he was in Guangdong. But Ma Mingyuan knew that Zhang Jiayu was handsome, but he was a completely villain in his heart.

"Yuanzi, what is the purpose of saying these words to me? Do you have any opinions on Chen Renzhong?" Ma Mingyuan decided to have an open and honest conversation with Zhang Jiayu.

Zhang Jiayu is also a smart person with Bingxue. He knew that Ma Mingyuan asked this and he knew that he was suspicious. He quickly said, "Yuan Fu, the subordinates definitely did not have any opinions on Chen Shangshu. Yuan Fu, please think that the prefect of Wuchang was Xu Fuyuan, the governor of Hunan was Xia Yunyi, and the governor of Huguang was Liu Silai. The 100,000 acres of land from Yuan Fu's family was probably not obtained in one day, right? There must be the cooperation of local officials. The few people just now were the East Zhejiang faction and the Donglin Party. Can they do good things for Yuan Fu for no reason?"

The person Ma Mingyuan asked for it was Liu Silai. At that time, Ma Mingyuan didn't think much about it. He thought that Liu Silai was burning a cold stove and was about to get a good seat after he got up. However, after Zhang Jiayu's analysis, Ma Mingyuan remembered that Liu Silai's teacher was Jiang Yueguang, a real Donglin Party member. Liu Silai had such a relationship, but he could also be promoted step by step without using his help. So, Liu Silai was willing to cooperate with him, so he had some tricks.

"Yuanzi, do you mean that the Donglin Party is ready to deal with me?"

"Yuanfu, you are now a mystery to the authorities! Now the big households in Nanzhili control 70% of foreign trade, but 80% of the taxes are paid by Guangdong. Do people in Huguang often come to Yuanfu to complain in the past six months? They said that the taxes are too high and they really can't afford them?"

Ma Mingyuan thought in his heart that this is true. In the past six months, more than 20 newcomers in Huguang have come to see him, hoping that he can stand up and make decisions for the people of Huguang. Now their taxes are too heavy. However, Ma Mingyuan did not take it seriously. He is a scholar himself, so naturally he does not have to pay taxes for his own industries. So he thought that it was just those newcomers in Huguang who were cheap and acted like a good person and wanted the scholars not to pay taxes. At that time, Ma Mingyuan also rebuked them that they had to pay taxes when doing business, which was the national law.

But now Ma Mingyuan thinks that it is completely wrong. If there are many scholars in the world, there are still many Southern Zhili and Zhejiang? There are more than 20,000 Jinshis of the Ming Dynasty, of which Nan Zhili and Zhejiang contributed one-third. So now, Nan Zhili is looking at the prosperity of business, but the country cannot collect much taxes in Nan Zhili.

Thinking of this, Ma Mingyuan knew what Zhang Jiayu meant to come to see him. The land in Guangdong was in the hands of the clans. The Huguang faction did not occupy much land. The main industries of the Huguang faction were all kinds of factories. Therefore, the increase in taxes on the Huguang faction indirectly affected the clans in Guangdong. After all, if the cost of supplying raw materials increases, it would inevitably affect the supply of raw materials. It seems that those Guangdong clans could not stand it.

After thinking it through, Ma Mingyuan smiled faintly, picked up the teacup and drank a sip of tea, and asked, "Yuanzi, is it the meaning of Mr. Chen this time?"

When Zhang Jiayu heard Ma Mingyuan ask about his backstage boss, he couldn't help but admire Ma Mingyuan very much. It seemed that the old fox was an old fox. Through his words just now, he analyzed the causes and consequences. None of these old guys were good people.

"Yuan Fu, now the Donglin Party and the Zhejiang East Sect are riding on our heads. Do we have to wait for death? Lord Chen sent officials to meet Yuan Fu for our common interests. Can we form an alliance to deal with the Donglin Party and the Zhejiang East Sect!"

The two faction alliance is not bad, but a few years ago, the Guangdong faction was hit by Ma Mingyuan. Now there are only three or two kittens in the court. What qualifications do you have to join the Huguang faction alliance?

"Yuanzi, the alliance is easy to talk about, but what can you do?" Ma Mingyuan said this very directly, what's the use of you?

"Hehe, Yuan Fu underestimated us. Although there are no Guangdong officials at the second rank and above in the court, there are still some governors and governors in various places. There are more than 20 intermediate officials in the court who are Guangdong. Although they do not have the qualifications to meet the saint, they still have the right to write a letter and speak. Can these be seen by Yuan Fu?"

Zhang Jiayu knew that it was useless to tell this old fox any great truth. Only real interests could impress him. Our Guangdong faction is now in a weak position, but the thugs cannot be used as a dog. Let’s be the one who can be a dog!

After hearing Zhang Jiayu's words, Ma Mingyuan sneered in his heart: You Guangdong faction is so arrogant. You are not qualified to be a dog. However, the support of the local governor and governor Zhang Jiayu was quite moved by Ma Mingyuan.

Ma Mingyuan's background is far lower than his brother Ma Ji. Ma Mingyuan was only a Jinshi in the tenth year of Chongzhen. Most of his in the same year are now serving as prefects, middle-level officials, and the only ones who became the second-rank high-ranking officials are Shangshu Chen Zilong, and the newly surrendered governor Du Yinxi.

But Ma Jiyuan is different. Ma Jiyuan was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi. He was a group of big men in the same year. I won’t talk about the local governors. I can account for half of the second year of Tianqi. Five of the thirteen ministers of the court came from the second year of Tianqi. This is not considered the ministers of each department. Therefore, Ma Jiyuan’s power is far stronger than Ma Mingyuan.

What really touched Ma Mingyuan were the governors from Guangdong, such as Li Zhi, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Chen Bangyan, the governor of Guangxi, Yu Shilong, the governor of Zhejiang, Huang Gongfu, the governor of Fujian, Wang Xian, the governor of Jiangxi, and Zhang Jiayu in front of him, all of them were second-rank provincial and ministerial officials.

Ma Mingyuan weighed the pros and cons and decided to join forces with the Guangdong faction. After all, there were many friends and multiple ways, and the Guangdong faction was not good enough.

"Yuanzi, I can form an alliance with you, what do you need? I won't want Chen Ji to recover, right?" Ma Mingyuan believed that there would be no profit, so the Guangdong delegation sent someone to inform him that the Donglin Party was preparing to deal with him, not because of his conscience, but because of the power. Everything else is easy to say, but because Chen Zizhuang would never recover. Chen Zizhuang was driven away by Ma Mingyuan. Now, let him come back, can Ma Mingyuan live a better life?

"Don't worry, Chen Ge is already very old and has no intention of restoring. But we hope Yuan Fu can say something for Li Zhi, is it good to enter the palace?"

Li Zhi and Ma Mingyuan thought about it and still couldn't do it. The Guangdong faction must not be able to enter the cabinet again.

"Yuanzi, I have been removed from office. I am now a commoner. I really don't have that much energy. Is that good? How about I promise you a minister?"

Zhang Jiayu cursed the greedy old guy in his heart, "We have ruined such a great deal for you, so I will give you a Shangshu?"

"Yuan Fu, if Li Zhi doesn't work, can Feng Ziyong, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi enter the cabinet?"

Feng Ziyong, who was born in Zhu Hongsan, was a revolutionary veteran and had a full qualification to join the cabinet. But when Feng Ziyong was excluded by Ma Mingyuan, how could he be allowed to come back?

After hearing this, Ma Mingyuan shook his head: "This is not OK. Feng Ziyong supervises Guangdong and Guangxi, and the emperor will not agree to him come back!"

Seeing that the two candidates he proposed were rejected by Ma Mingyuan, Zhang Jiayu thought about it and decided to take out his trump card.

"Yuanfu, what if we can get Yuanfu back up?"

Ma Mingyuan's eyes lit up when he heard Zhang Jiayu say this, and of course he was happy to recover, but does your Guangdong school have such great energy?

Ma Mingyuan knew that it would be a matter of time before he recovered, but it would definitely not be the present. Now the emperor is about to make an expedition in the north and needs stability in the court. So how can he change the chief minister at this time?

Zhang Jiayu laughed and said, "Hehe, Yuan Fu, the matter of restoration is too important. We can't do it by relying on our family alone. We only provide the reasons, and Yuan Fu has to work hard on the rest!"

Ma Mingyuan frowned when he heard this, and the reason was that what was so big that the emperor could change the chief minister? You must know that Ma Jiyuan is Ma Mingyuan's elder brother. Although the two brothers have different political views, Ma Mingyuan cannot watch his elder brother lose his head!

"Yuanzi, what's the matter? Could it be a rebellion?"

"Please rest assured by Yuan Fu. It's not a serious crime to lose your head, but Yuan Fu's elder brother is exempted from his official position!"

Ma Mingyuan felt relieved when he heard Zhang Jiayu say this, as long as his life is safe.

"What's that? Let's hear it?"

Zhang Jiayu lowered his voice and said, "Yuan Fu, Xu Bengao from Huating, Songjiang, wrote a letter to Zhang Tongchang three years ago. Now this letter is in our hands!"

When Ma Mingyuan heard this, he was very interested. What letter can make the court turmoil?

"What letter? Have you put it on your body?"

"This is natural, please watch Yuan Fu!"

After Zhang Jiayu finished speaking, he took out the letter written by Xu Bengao to Zhang Tongchang and handed it to Ma Mingyuan. Ma Mingyuan opened it and saw Xu Bengao's loyalty letter, writing that he looked up to Emperor Wanli to go north. As long as Wanli's army attacked Zhejiang, he would raise the banner of opposing Emperor Zhu Hong and Sangou, and at the same time contacted the gentry of Southern Zhili to support Emperor Wanli.

If this letter is exposed, the aristocrats in Southern Zhili will be unlucky, but what does this have to do with the change of the prime minister?

"Yuanzi, this letter can make the landlords unlucky, but just one letter can make me recover a little, right?"
Chapter completed!