Mingshi

Chapter 1101 Ma Fang's Suggestion

"Please!" Luo Xin stood up and bowed deeply to Ma Fang.

Ma Fang hastily helped Luo Daoxin: "This is the responsibility of our soldiers, and we should not be so generous. However, if I face Korea alone, I will not be under a lot of pressure. I am afraid of the grassland..."

"I'll take care of this."

"Then it's fine."

"Leave tomorrow?"

"Ok!"

"I'll send you off tomorrow."

"it is good!"

"No, can our Daming really pass this test?"

"Yes, I can."

Ma Fang was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "If Your Majesty can use Buqi again, I believe that Daming can overcome this test. If you can join the cabinet after another ten years, I firmly believe that Daming will go to the court again. Brilliant. But..."

Luo Xin also went down silently, and Ma Fang looked at Luo Dao: "No way, we are also fateful friends, right?"

"Yes!" Luo Xin nodded.

A smile appeared on Ma Fang's face and said, "It doesn't matter that your official career has been bleak in the past few years, and you are walking on thin ice. If it wasn't for the accident in Daming, I'm afraid you would still be staying in Jinyiwei's prison."

Luo Xin smiled wryly and nodded, "Brother, there is no need to lie between us. Your Majesty is afraid of me, so it will be fine if you don't kill me."

"Not all!" Ma Fang shook his head and said, "Actually, it's not just you, Zhang Juzheng, Guo Pu and others all have bleak official careers. It stands to reason that you are all excellent in the evaluation by the Ministry of Officials. With this evaluation, then He must be a minister who governs the world and must be promoted. However, Zhang Juzheng, who is older and more senior than you, is only the prefect of Hangzhou. Do you know what this means?"

"What does it mean?"

"Your Majesty is not confused. If officials like you who ruled the world abandoned them like shoes, Daming would have died a long time ago."

"Brother is serious."

"It's not heavy at all." Ma Fang shook her head.

Luo already had a guess in his heart, but he still bowed his hands to Ma Fang and said, "I also ask my brother to give me some advice."

Ma Fang glanced at Luo Dao: "With your wisdom, you should have guessed something. It's not that His Majesty can't see your abilities, it's just that His Majesty is hiding you and leaving them to his son."

"Your Majesty really thinks so?" Although Luo Xin speculated, he still couldn't believe it.

Ma Fang shook her head and said: "No, you are extremely intelligent, but you are still too young. In fact, not only you, Zhang Juzheng is also too young. Let's take you as an example. You fought north and south, Also solve the Ming Dynasty's finances. If you are a person in your forties, I am afraid that you have already joined the cabinet by this time. However, you are only 22 years old now. At this age, you are allowed to join the cabinet. You are in a high position and hold a lot of power . ten years from now?

Ten years later, you are bound to have a lot of support from your disciples and old officials. Even if you don't form a party, you will automatically form a party.At that time, the imperial power will definitely fall aside. "

Seeing Luo Xin's face change slightly, Ma Fang said again: "With your majesty's bravery, will you leave this hidden danger to your son? Your majesty has fought with civil officials for a lifetime. The great etiquette back then was actually a struggle for power between the imperial power and the civil officials. His Majesty wants to be in charge of the court alone, and the civil servants want to be ruled by the Holy Son of Heaven. In the end, His Majesty broke the backbone of the civil servants, but also made Daming go downhill."

Luo Xin admired Ma Fang, he never thought that Ma Fang, a military officer, could see things so clearly.Thinking about Ma Fang's age again, I feel relieved.

"Brother, I am different from Zhang Juzheng and the others." Luo Xin said softly, "They are all simple civil servants, but I have fought in the north and south, and I have inextricable ties with the military."

"Yes!" Ma Fang sighed, "However, you have done a good job. At least, on the surface, you have severed ties with the military."

"However, I'm afraid they will be connected again now." Luo Xin smiled wryly, this time he was in charge of encircling and suppressing the bandits, how could he not have contact with the military?

"It's something that can't be solved, but it's not without a solution."

Luo Xin's eyes lit up: "Brother, what's your plan?"

"Huddle together to keep warm."

"Huddle together to keep warm?"

"That's right, you're still too thin now. It's impossible for you to keep warm with the military. That's the way to die. But since you became an official, you don't have many like-minded friends in the civil service system."

"I……"

"I know what you want to say. You want to talk about those people from the Fuxing Society. They should be able to help you in the future. But right now, they are too weak.

Not counting them, do you have any friends who can help you now?Take this matter of your imprisonment as an example, are there any officials above the fourth rank who speak for you? "

Luo Xin's face was ugly.Ma Fang continued: "Even if you are extremely intelligent, you are still hard to beat with two fists and four hands. A tiger can't hold back a pack of wolves. Xu Jie didn't even step forward to put you in prison, but his pack of wolves did it."

Luo Xin said with a bitter face: "I also know, but I'm too young, I was promoted and born quickly, and there is no process."

"The law does not punish the crowd. The crowd is very important. And there are three stakes for a fence, and three gangs for a hero. If you want to make a difference in the future, you must make friends with a group of officials of the fifth rank or above, and it is best to make some four. An official of the third rank. Once there is danger, everyone will go together. Once this level is reached, even His Majesty will not dare to kill you. At most, he will let you idle. With your current strength, you can make friends with the third rank at most. If you go further up, it's not making friends, but defecting. For example, you defected to Gao Gong."

"It's not easy! Not to mention the third rank, the fourth rank is almost divided by Gao Gong and Xu Jie. Even if there are so few who have not been divided, how can they think of me as a young man?"

"It's okay if we can't recruit now, but we can't live without this idea."

"I understand, thank you brother."

Luo Xin and Ma Fang parted ways, and the next day, he personally sent Ma Fang out of the city gate.Xu Jie and Gao Gong were also sent off with Luo Xin.Such a large army has to go out as a cabinet.

"No, come sit with me?" Gao Gong walked up to Luo Xin and said with a smile.

"Okay!" Luo Xin nodded happily.

The two returned to Gao Gong's duty room, Wang Xijue served tea, and then retreated, only Luo Xin and Gao Gong were left in the duty room.

Gao Gong looked at Luo Xin and said softly, "No, I heard some news."

"what news?"

"I heard... there is a news spread in the provinces attacked by bandits, saying that the army has no money, and whichever province pays 100 million taels of silver first, it will go to the province to encircle and suppress the bandits. And these silvers are not officially collected from the people. It’s for merchants, aristocratic families and wealthy families to donate.”

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