Zhao Ming followed Ruan Mei and the others, and when he returned to the camp, he was a little absent-minded.When he heard that only three people were left in the Ma family, he still felt a pain in his heart, and at the same time he was worried about himself.After all, his soul is Zhao Ming, but his body is Ma Xi, once his identity is exposed, others will only think that he is Ma Xi, not Zhao Ming.The Manchu Qing Dynasty preached the decay of the Southern Ming Dynasty and wanted to kill the Ma family to buy people's hearts, and the Ming Dynasty forces were angry with Ma Shiying for taking power, and Ma Shiying, as the first assistant, was inseparable from the demise of the Southern Ming Dynasty.This made Zhao Ming very entangled, whether he should go to see Ma Shiying, but it is not Zhao Ming's character to escape, since he met him, he will see him, see what Ma Shiying says, not to mention that he still has 2,000 soldiers.It was night, the fourth watch, there was a burst of snoring and grinding sound from Li Zhongming and others in the tent, Zhao Ming got up quietly and slipped out of the tent.Zhang Mingzhen's camp was heavily guarded, and there were patrolling soldiers everywhere, but the Huotou camp was in the corner of the back camp, but there was no defense, Zhao Ming was agile, and quickly climbed over the fence and left the camp.A few miles away, more than 2,000 Ma Jiajun set up a simple camp, and the defense in the camp was ordinary, far worse than Zhang Mingzhen.Zhao Ming shuttled around the camp, and soon saw a big tent with an oil lamp, no one guarded outside, he knew that Ma Shiying was waiting for him, and his body flashed, and he entered the tent.In the big tent, there is a table, and on the chair behind the case, there is a thin old man with a tired face."
Xi'er, you're finally here!"
Ma Shiying opened her eyes and looked at Zhao Ming, her eyes showing a radiant look.Zhao Ming puffed and did not speak.Ma Shiying sighed, "A few months ago, my father received a letter from Wen Cong, knowing that you changed your name to Zhao Ming!"
”Zhao Ming was slightly stunned, and then reacted, who Ma Shiying was talking about.Zhao Ming saw the look of loss on Ma Shiying's face, he betrayed his relatives and left, and even his son did not want to recognize him, so he must have been greatly hit.Zhao Ming was silent for a moment, but still saluted the old horse, and found an excuse to comfort, "Father, my son was injured in Nanjing, he was hit the head, and many things were forgotten, so he changed his name to Zhao Ming." ”Ma Shiying was stunned for a moment, and his heart was entangled for a while, that is, he was happy that Zhao Ming could call him his father, and at the same time he was worried about Zhao Ming, he frowned and said, "It's strange that Wen Cong sent a letter, saying that you were acting strangely, and I felt that something was wrong when my father saw you." ”Ma Shiying got up, walked around the table, walked to Zhao Ming, looked at him carefully, and his eyes were full of concern, "Xi'er, how are you now?"
What do you remember?
”Zhao Ming shook his head, "My body is fine, but my strength is greater, but I can only remember a little bit of things, and I still can't remember the past." ”Ma Shiying nodded, "It's good that your body is fine, but if you can't remember the previous things, you won't want to think about it." ”Zhao Ming asked, "Father, what are your plans for the future?"
”Ma Shiying walked back to the table and sat down, let Zhao Ming sit down, and then said with a gloomy expression: "My father is in a difficult situation now, Emperor Longwu refused to enter Xianxia Pass for my father to go to Fujian, and His Royal Highness King Lu was unwilling to accept him as his father.This time, I heard that His Royal Highness King Lu was going to attack Yuhang, raised his own money, food, and ordnance, and came to help in the war!
”Zhao Ming frowned and said, "Why is my Ma family here?"
”Ma Shiying looked remorseful: "I regret that I didn't listen to Wen Cong's words and misused Ruan Jizhi, but now my father can only fight against Jiannu with this old life, in order to atone for his sins and save his reputation." ”The first assistant of the Ming Dynasty is equivalent to the prime minister of a country, the head of government, and has political responsibility for state affairs.This is just like Chamberlain, if the decision is wrong, he naturally needs to be responsible, and he will be nailed to the shame frame of history, not to mention that Ma Shiying has already taken power, and he has promoted Ruan Dacheng to be a scumbag, which is naturally even more hated.This time, King Lu attacked Hangzhou, and he did not invite Ma Shiying, but Ma Shiying came by himself, hoping to make a modest contribution to the resistance to the Qing Dynasty and gain the understanding of the people of the world.Zhao Ming was a little moved, "My son is willing to help his father!"
”Ma Shiying smiled, but then waved his hand, "No, Xi'er, you still do your thing!"
”Zhao Ming was a little puzzled, what did this mean, he came to see Ma Shiying, not entirely because of sympathy, but because Ma Shiying had 2,000 soldiers.Most of these soldiers were the private soldiers of the Ma family, there were originally more than 8,000 people, well-equipped, and now only 2,000 people have escaped, most of them are soldiers recruited by Ma Shiying from Liping, his hometown in Guizhou, and they are very loyal to Ma Shiying.Ma Shiying explained: "After my father received Wen Cong's letter, he sent someone to Jiangnan to look for you, and learned that you guarded Jiangyin, entered Taihu Lake, and fought in Suzhou, and your reputation was shocked.If you show yourself by your true name, you will be implicated by your father, and you will never be able to get rid of your status as a eunuch.Nanjing perished, the people of Jiangnan suffered, and everyone in the world hated me Ma Shiying, because your father was the first assistant and could not be separated from it.If you do Ma Xi back, you will inevitably cause others to attack, and you will not be able to enter the two imperial courts of King Lu and Longwu, so it is better to endure the humiliation and burden, continue to use the name of Zhao Ming, and so on to turn the tide, and the merits are enough to offset the mistakes of your father, and then restore your name!
”Zhao Ming said: "Father, the fall of Nanjing is not your sin, those people are also responsible!"
”Ma Shiying heard this, his cloudy eyes were full of tears, but he still waved his hand and said: "Being a father is the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty!"
The people only think that the father, the court is destroyed, and they don't blame the first assistant, do they blame a secretary of the Ministry of Rites?
”Zhao Ming was silent for a while, "But now that I have no soldiers and no money, how can I integrate into King Lu and the Longwu court?"
”When Ma Shiying learned that Zhao Ming would come, he had obviously made plans for him a long time ago, and he said in a deep voice: "Xi'er, with your current merits, you are enough to join either King Lu and Longwu.You are under Zhang Mingzhen, as long as Zhang Mingzhen knows your deeds in Jiangnan, he will definitely recommend you to King Lu.On the side of the Longwu Imperial Court, there is no problem, as long as you go to Fuzhou, the emperor will inevitably reuse you. ”Ma Shiying continued: "Nanjing fell, many of my father's henchmen are actually still there, your uncle-in-law Yang Wencong is in Fujian, and Yue Qijie lives in Guiyang.Because of their father's relationship, they are not reused and ostracized, but as long as you can gain a firm foothold in the imperial court, they can help you, even for your father's two thousand soldiers, and they can also try to defect to you when the time comes. ”Yang Wencong and Yue Qijie are both Zhao Ming's uncles-in-law, one of these two is an official in the right and the other is the governor of Henan.Now because of the fall of Ma Shiying, they all have their own way out, in addition to them, the officials of the Ma Party in Nanjing, in addition to those who surrendered to the Manchus, there are also a large number of people, choose to live in seclusion, or enter the court of King Lu and Longwu.These people are now scattered and unpopular, as long as Zhao Ming can gain a firm foothold, there will be a chance to bring them back together.Of course, he can't gather them in the name of Ma Shiying's son, that will cause others to be vigilant, thinking that the eunuch party is going to be resurrected again, and he must go all out to stop it, and he can only do this in the name of Zhao Ming.Zhao Ming glanced at Ma Shiying, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, which is a huge political asset.The two discussed for a long time, and when it was almost dawn, Zhao Ming left Ma Shiying's big tent and quietly returned to the Huotou camp.As soon as he lay down, he heard Li Zhongming say: "Allah thought Nong had slipped away." ”Zhao Ming was slightly stunned, and then said: "Lao Li, in fact, I ......"
Li Zhongming covered Zhao Ming's mouth: "Allah has already seen it, something happened at home, right?"
In this troubled world, the people will not be allowed to live!
Don't say anything, no matter how big the matter is, how much hatred, Nong should be a good soldier first.Allah sees Nong's ability, and he will definitely be able to get ahead and become a general.In this troubled era, soldiers are the most valuable, and soldiers are glorious and wealthy, and they can take revenge. ”Li Zhongming saw that Zhao Ming had entered the city and met a person, so he was in a hurry, thinking that he had bumped into his family and got some bad news, and estimated that his relatives were killed by the Qing soldiers, or other accidents, and he comforted himself, and at the same time he himself breathed a sigh of relief.When Zhao Ming heard this, he didn't say much, nodded deeply, and fell asleep.
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