Summary of the previous chapter: After not being in the imperial court for more than two years, Ma Xiaoquan was faced with the embarrassing situation that no one was available for Jinyiwei, so he decided to transfer Fang Yun, who was far away in the Cao Gang, to assist him, on the other hand, Wei Zhongxian, who had been ambushing in the Ma family, had already told Wei Zhongxian the secrets he had discovered, and a conspiracy was about to begin

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When I returned to Ma's house, it was already evening, and after a hasty dinner, Ma Xiaoquan called Li Qinghan and Hua Yue to the study to talk about things.

In the more than two years that Ma Xiaoquan was absent from the imperial court, Li Qinghan has always taken care of the Ma family, whether it is internal affairs or foreign affairs, Li Qinghan has managed them very well.

Hua Yue also faced Li Qinghan so close for the first time, thinking that she would be angry because of Ma Xiaoquan and her own affairs, but when she stood with Li Qinghan, Hua Yue suddenly felt that she was too worried.

After listening to Ma Xiaoquan's retelling, the second daughter fell into deep thought.

Ma Xiaoquan looked at the second daughter's serious contemplation, and was very satisfied.

Who says women are inferior to men? Ma Xiaoquan thought proudly

"Hmm~~" Li Qinghan suddenly snorted.

Ma Xiaoquan came back to his senses and asked with a smile: "Qinghan, what do you have good ideas, let's listen to it~"

Li Qinghan said: "It's not that there are any good ideas, well, in view of the embarrassing situation that you don't have anyone available now, I think you might as well cultivate a new group of people to use, first, you can control loyalty, and second, you also know the roots." ”

Ma Xiaoquan dragged his chin and nodded: "It's not that it can't, it's just that it takes a bit long to train a group of people, and with the current situation, I'm afraid it's a little too late." ”

Hua Yue said: "It's better to recruit some people from the outside, so that they can be ready-made, but the degree of loyalty, I'm afraid it can't be guaranteed, but as the saying goes, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, Ma Xiaoquan, as long as your bounty is a little higher, maybe you can recruit some powerful characters." ”

Li Qinghan disagrees with Hua Yue's point of view: "Having said that, we can give a high price, and our opponent can give a higher price. ”

"Hmm~~" Ma Xiaoquan frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Qinghan, in the past two years that I have been away, who have been at odds with Wei Zhongxian Tian Ergeng?" ”

Li Qinghan said: "Naturally, it is the Donglin Party, but although Wei Zhongxian has been promoted quickly in the past two years, he is very low-key, right, Ma Xiaoquan, you came back from your era, Wei Zhongxian, is it really that powerful?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Yes, the fall of the Ming Dynasty after the Ming Dynasty can be said to have been fueled by Wei Zhongxian~"

Hua Yue said: "Since you know, why don't you kill him as soon as possible, so that the Ming Dynasty will not be able to create a catastrophe?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Of course I want to, but history is history, I can't change it, and I can't change it, I once used all my abilities at that time for one thing, which directly caused me to be uncomfortable for a long time, and the price of my loss of fire control superpower." ”

Li Qinghan rubbed his temples: "Well, I've been dreaming all the time these days, and it's that dream again, that dream that I was shot in."

Ma Xiaoquan patted Li Qinghan on the shoulder and said, "I haven't told you before, but now I tell you what the dream is, your dream is true, it is a real thing that happened before, that is, it, which caused me to lose my super ability to resist fire." ”

Hua Yue was surprised: "Qing Han, Ma Xiaoquan also roughly told me about your dreams, my father once said that if a person has an unfulfilled wish, her spirit will always be reincarnated." Qinghan, do you think you will be Ma Xiaoquan's earliest wife-Hua Yuexin? ”

Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said, "Yue'er is right, I have always felt that Qinghan is the reincarnation of Huayuexin. ”

Li Qinghan smiled and shook his head: "How is this possible, you two can really sing and harmonize, well, by the way, Yue'er, I want to ask, do you and Ma Xiaoquan have?"

Hua Yueqiao blushed and shook her head.

Li Qinghan thought for a while and said, "This bad guy didn't even touch you~"

Ma Xiaoquan said helplessly: "Qinghan, am I so shameless?" ”

Li Qinghan turned his head: "Isn't it?" You had eight ladies at the end of the Han Dynasty, and you said you weren't shameless? ”

Ma Xiaoquan muttered: "I'm only eight, and there are more than 100 people Cao Cao can't count." ”

Hua Yue smiled and said, "Okay Qinghan, don't blame Ma Xiaoquan, he is a man, men will always want women, if he wants me now, I can too." ”

Li Qinghan sighed: "Sister Yue'er, in the past, we fought for Brother Ma Zhi, but now we have to serve a man at the same time, hey~~"

Hua Yue also sighed: "Yes, I really didn't expect it~"

Ma Xiaoquan interrupted the second daughter: "Okay, don't be emotional, let's help me think about what I should do next." ”

Li Qinghan and Hua Yue glanced at each other, and seemed to have reached some kind of tacit understanding in an instant, Hua Yue said: "I have a way, but it's a little risky."

Ma Xiaoquan hummed and motioned for Hua Yue to continue.

Hua Yue said: "Ma Xiaoquan, you have a very big official position now, under normal circumstances, no one dares to provoke you, and you have a business, a big business, that is to say, you are very rich, whether it is an outsider to inquire or your own people say, your Ma Xiaoquan's current identity is very noble, Ma Xiaoquan, instead of you to win over people, it is better to lure ~~~ to confuse others to join you, of course, you also need to have a pair of fiery eyes, to be able to take its essence and remove its dross. ”

"Well, what Sister Yue'er said makes sense, but although our Ma family is rich now, it is still not as good as Zhang Tianhao, the richest man in the capital."

"Zhang Tianhao?" Ma Xiaoquan's brows furrowed, "Well, I have a way to get rich quickly, but it depends on Zhang Tianhao's willingness to cooperate." ”

Hua Yue guessed: "Ma Xiaoquan, do you want to take away Zhang Tianhao's family business?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly, nodded and said: "Naturally, in the days when I was running outside, I also roughly inquired about Zhang Tianhao, well, the reason why Zhang Tianhao was able to become rich and rival the country, in addition to his own ability, was mainly due to the accumulation of heritage from his ancestors, and the largest part of his ancestors' heritage came from Shen Wansan."

"Shen Wansan?" Li Qinghan was stunned.

Hua Yue nodded: "Yes, it was Shen Wansan, the former Emperor Gaozu (Zhu Yuanzhang) laid down the Ming Dynasty, because the treasury was empty, so he thought of several ways to fill the treasury, one of which was to add trumped-up charges to the richest man Shen Wansan, and then take the opportunity to swallow his wealth." ”

"Having said that, Ma Xiaoquan is not Zhu Yuanzhang, and he doesn't have so much power"

Ma Xiaoquan shook his head with a smile: "It is precisely because I don't have so much power that I want to borrow power, well, for now, who do you say has the most power?" ”

The two girls glanced at each other and said in unison: "Your Majesty~"

Ma Xiaoquan snapped his fingers: "Smart~"

Li Qinghan said worriedly: "But Ma Xiaoquan, the emperor is obsessed with carpentry all day long, you have to use the emperor's power, how will you use it, besides, there is a Wei Zhongxian by the emperor's side, this guy, but he has been saying bad things about you in the emperor's ear~"

Ma Xiaoquan said: "Zhang Tianhao has a lot of wealth, I didn't say to eat it all, Wei Zhongxian is greedy for money and lustful, in his eyes, there is only interests, no alliances, as long as I put the interests in front of him, presumably Wei Zhongxian will also agree to cooperate with me~"

"Seeking skin with the tiger~ Ma Xiaoquan, aren't you afraid that Wei Zhongxian will take the opportunity to harm you?"

Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and sighed: "How can I not worry, it's just that we don't have a better way now, well, there are not many days, in a few years, the market will change, we will now take advantage of Zhu Youxiao's still alive to collect a lot of money, in case of emergency." ”

Hua Yue said: "Ma Xiaoquan, are we going to leave Beijing City?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "That's right, but it's not the time yet." Yue'er, please forgive me, I can't tell you the specific details yet~"

Hua Yue nodded, she understood Ma Xiaoquan's distress, after all, he and Ma Xiaoquan had not yet married, although Ma Xiaoquan had no scruples about her, he was still wary of the Hua family behind her

The next day, Ma Xiaoquan went to the Yangxin Palace to meet the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao.

Seeing the emperor, it is natural to bring something interesting to the emperor, Huayue's family is currently operating a treasure selling conference for a long time, and naturally there are many strange objects, Ma Xiaoquan took advantage of the convenience of the flower family, and gave Zhu Youxiao a few things with flowers and Buddhas.

These tricks are all made of wood, and although they are not as magical as the Mo family's organ carpentry, they are still good things.

Zhu Youxiao was naturally very happy about Ma Xiaoquan's arrival, and after accepting the gift, he asked, "Ma Aiqing, you came so early, do you have something to tell me?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Weichen does have something, but this matter is more memorable."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, and several servants retreated.

"Okay, let's talk about it~"

Ma Xiaoquan said: "Your Majesty, in those days when Wechen was in Liaodong, I could be regarded as seeing the tragedy of the war and the speed of the consumption of military salaries. ”

Zhu Youxiao's face changed, and he shook his head and said: "Where can it be full, to be honest, I have been making losses, hey, recently Liaodong has come to urge again, and the military salary is not enough." ”

Ma Xiaoquan rolled his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has a way, I don't know if it's feasible?" ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Aiqing, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Ma Xiaoquan muttered a few words in Zhu Youxiao's ear, and Zhu Youxiao shook his head in surprise after hearing it: "This thing must not be, just in case"

Ma Xiaoquan said: "Your Majesty, this kind of thing, how can the emperor personally come out of the horse, well, Weichen thinks that Gonggong Wei is the best candidate." ”

"You say Zhongxian?"