Chapter Eighty-Six: Guiyang Town II

In Zhang Xuan's words, there are true and false.

How many talents are there in Ahn's? Zhang Xuan didn't know. There was no investigation either, but there was one thing that was very obvious, that there was a lack of officials in various parts of Guizhou.

First of all, Guizhou was a cultural desert in the Ming Dynasty.

I don't dare to say that there is no talent, but there is really no sufficient number of talents. Moreover, An's prestige in Guizhou is also something that Zhang Xuan wants to take advantage of. If you can recruit a group of An's children as officials in Guizhou. It is distributed in all counties of Guizhou. When the time comes, the Great Xia court will act, and the Tusi in Guizhou will also settle a little.

Anyway, it is a temporary measure, after the world is settled in the future, the imperial court will have strength, and it will not be too late to talk about An's affairs.

An Kun didn't seem to understand what Zhang Xuan meant, and said, "What does the general mean?" ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Guiyang Town is newly established, and An's can have virtuous children to recommend one or two. ”

An Kun immediately understood, and his heart jumped suddenly, feeling that this was also a good idea. At the very least, An's influence can be penetrated into all parts of Guizhou, and the situation of An's peak can be restored in the future. said: "The general's good intentions, how can An not want to." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "In this case, I also have a favor, please help the Xuan Comfort Envoy." ”

An Kun said: "General, please speak." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "In a few days, the magistrates from all over the country will come, I want to ask An Jia to take the lead, can you?" ”

An Kun said: "Where is the general, the general has a word, how can his subordinates be unwilling." ”

Zhang Xuan sent An Kun away, sat down on the Taishi chair, didn't want to get up for a while, picked up the teapot, stuffed the spout of the teapot into his mouth, and took a sip of herbal tea hatefully. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and said, "Zheng Lian." ”

"Yes." Zheng Lian came from outside.

Zhang Xuan still said in Ge You's lying posture: "Has the situation of the Ma family been clarified?" ”

Zheng Lian said: "The Ma family is fifteen miles east of Guiyang City, Majia Bridge, it was originally Qili Fort, the ancestor of the Ma family found a treasure of feng shui here, and set the ancestral tomb here. Now the Ma family is gathered here. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Since that's the case, let's go and have a look." ”

The Ma family that the two are talking about is not someone else's family, or Ma Shiying's Ma family.

Although Ma Shiying is powerful, the Ma family is not Ma Shiying's alone, and it can even be said that the Ma family is deeply rooted in Guiyang. As a big family with a large number of Shilin, it is linked to the entire Guizhou Shilin.

The local Shilin in Guizhou is different from the Shilin in the south of the Yangtze River.

As mentioned earlier, Guizhou is the world of Tusi, and the people in Shilin dare not say that it is difficult to move an inch in Guizhou, but they do not have much power, and they must rely on the government to resist Tusi. Therefore, Guizhou Shilin does not have the arrogance of Jiangnan Shilin.

Zhang Xuan rode out of Guiyang City with hundreds of horses, turned around several times, and finally came to Majiaqiao.

A small river flows in front of you, but there is an earthen fort on the opposite side, similar to the kind of earthen fort of the Hakka people, two-story houses, with eyes on it, which should be used to set fires. The gate of the fort was closed immediately, and many strong men stood on top of the earthen fort.

Ma Sanbao saw it, frowned slightly, and said to Zhang Xuan: "General, I gave them a powerful one." ”

Zhang Xuan looked at it and said, "Go ahead, even if you don't hurt people's lives." ”

This time, Zhang Xuan certainly had the intention of inviting the Ma family out of the mountain, but he didn't need to whisper to the Ma family. If the Ma family is unwilling, the Shilin family near Guiyang City is not one, it is just that it does not have such a high prestige as the Ma family.

Deter, it's easy to talk.

"Yes." Ma Sanbao said.

Ma Sanbao stepped forward and shouted while saying, "General of the Great Xia Expedition to the South, Zheng Guogong came to visit Ma Gong. Quickly open the door, if you don't follow, look at this arrow. Ma Sanbao exhaled, with a bit of show off, an arrow was shot, and at the place of the earthen fort, he shot into the face of a Ma family.

The force was extremely heavy, and nearly half of the arrows were inserted into the earthen wall. The Ma family wanted to pull it out, but they couldn't pull it out, so they all changed color suddenly, and said, "Wait a while." Wait a moment. ”

But after a while, the news reached the ears of the head of the Ma family.

This person is none other than Ma Wenqing, Ma Shiying's second uncle.

Ma Shiying's grandfather, Ma Yunlong, had five sons, some of whom inherited the position of commander of Guizhou, were born in the imperial examination, and had close contacts with the local Shilin in Guizhou.

It's just that in Ma Shiying's father's generation, only Ma Wenqing is left.

Among the next generation of the Ma family, there are two of them who are the most promising, one is Ma Shiying, needless to say. One is Ma Shisheng. Not to mention anything else, he was just a Jinshi background, which was already good at the time. The Ma family has a three-entry scholar, if it is in Jiangnan, it may be normal. But it is quite rare in Guizhou. Naturally, he can lead Guiyang Shilin.

"Dad, Zhang Xuan is here, I'm afraid it's not good." Ma Shisheng's face was solemn and said, "Do you want the children to avoid it?" ”

Ma Mingqing is already very old, I am afraid that he is over sixty years old, his beard is white, and he is on crutches in his hand. With a long sigh, he stood up with the strength of his cane and said, "Let's go, people are swordsmen and I am fish and meat." It's too late to say anything, and the door is open to welcome customers. ”

Under Ma Mingqing's order, the gate of Majiabao was opened.

Seeing this, Zhang Xuan was about to get up and go in, but Ma Sanbao stopped Zhang Xuan and said, "The general is worried about fraud. ”

Zhang Xuan though

I don't think the Ma family will be so unwise. But he also thought that his life was no longer his own, and everything was careful. I could only nod and say, "Don't disturb the people too much." ”

"Yes." Ma Sanbao said: "General, please rest assured, I will do things properly." Immediately, Ma Sanbao led people into Majiabao first. More than 100 soldiers were integrated into Majiabao, from the gate of Majiabao to the main hall, there were soldiers of Ma Sanbao everywhere, and there were soldiers on guard in high places.

Ma Sanbao let Zhang Xuan enter Majiabao at this time.

The whole Majiabao was quiet. As if there was no one.

Because Ma Mingqing has arranged it before. The people of Majiabao were all hiding in their own homes, except for Ma Mingqing and Ma Shisheng, and a few old servants, no one else stood in the courtyard.

Zhang Xuan saw an old man standing with a cane at a glance, and immediately said: "Lao Ma Gong has been waiting for a long time, it is a rude junior to be rude." ”

"The grass people have seen the general." Ma Wenqing trembled and was about to kneel. Zhang Xuan hurriedly helped him up and said, "Why do you have to be like this, why do you have to be like this." ”

Seeing this, Ma Shisheng hurriedly supported his father.

Zhang Xuan then entered Majiabao with them.

He could see that the wall outside Majiabao had been repaired for a long time, and the traces had been visible for at least a few decades. Although the courtyard inside is somewhat elegant, it is mostly adobe and wooden rooms, and there is a feeling of dust, but Guizhou is the south after all, and the vegetation is very vigorous, which hides this monotonous color.

The main underground passage is paved with bluestone. However, it has been trampled very smoothly, as if it has been specially grinded. With the exception of the main road, the rest of the roads are dirt roads, perhaps some paved with brick and stone. In the corners of the wall, there were some tools, Zhang Xuan looked over, they were some farm tools, such as ploughshares and sickles, and some tools that Zhang Xuan didn't recognize, and of course, some knives, guns and bows. It looks very old, it's an old thing.

Although the Ma family in Guiyang is inferior to Qian Qianyi in terms of prestige, looking at the situation between the two sides, it is as if they are people from two worlds.

Perhaps this is not only the gap between the Qian family and the Ma family, but also the gap between Jiangnan and Guizhou.

Zhang Xuan walked all the way into the main hall and sat down on the main seat with Ma Wenqing. Ma Wenqing said: "I don't know what the general is doing when he comes to see me, an old man?" ”

Ma Shisheng listened to Ma Wenqing's words, his heart tightened slightly, and his eyes were locked on Zhang Xuan. I was so nervous.

Ma Shiying can be said to have died at the hands of Zhang Xuan, if it is possible, Ma Shisheng wants to kill Zhang Xuan to avenge Ma Shiying, but the situation is stronger than people. But the situation is stronger than people, and now the Ma family can't fight against the general trend. really understood something, Ma Wenqing retreated from Guiyang City early.

The so-called small chaos in the city, big chaos in the countryside.

It's just that I didn't expect that they had already hid here, and they still couldn't dodge.