"My lord, you are really calculating, anyway, this Yanhuang company, in your eyes, will only make money and not lose, and directly lend the silver to the five nobles, this is 1.5 million taels of silver, and the interest for a year is no longer a small ......"

All the nobles left one after another, and Li Yan smiled at Zhu Jie.

Zhu Jie smiled slightly, and replied: "Brother Li Yan, but the interest of 100,000 taels of silver is not a big deal, the most important thing is to show goodwill, through such actions, can capture the hearts of these people, although they are not the strongest among the nobles in Nanjing, but the strength is also very strong, the five families together, it is a powerful force, with their help, it is much more convenient for us to do things in the whole Jiangnan, after all, we put it in Jiangnan, the foundation is still shallow, without the help of these people, it is difficult to complete......"

Li Yan nodded slightly, what Zhu Jie said is right, the foundation is still too shallow, and the top may still be able to grasp it, but at the bottom, relying on Zhu Jie alone is not enough to confront these nobles, more than two hundred years, it can be said that Nanjing's nobles have completely penetrated their tentacles into all corners of Nanjing and even Nanzhili, which is the most terrifying!

While he was talking, Zhu Hongying, the personal guard, walked in from outside and said in a low voice: "Lord Qiyu, Ma Shiying, the secretary of the military department, is here to visit!" ”

Zhu Jie and Li Yan's hearts jumped at the same time, Ma Shiying! This guy is moving so fast, he just arrived in Nanjing for only two or three days, and he came over to see him? What does that mean? Want to take the initiative? Or do you want to give yourself a dismount?

"My lord, then I'll quit first......"

Zhu Jie shook his head and replied, "No need, you can just accompany you, Hongying, invite the master of the ministry in." ”

After a short time, Ma Shiying walked into the yamen and saw Zhu Jie arching his hand first: "Haha, Zhenguo Gong, this official first came to Nanjing, and he was entangled in mundane affairs, and after such a long time, he came to visit, don't blame him, haha......"

Zhu Jie looked at Ma Shiying for two years, Ma Shiying is now in her fifties, burly, quite a bit of an eagle and a wolf, and her yin owl eyes are absolutely difficult to deal with.

Zhu Jie smiled: "Ma Butang is polite, we are all colleagues, why bother?" However, the official is not welcome, and he hopes to forgive his sins, Ma Butang, please sit, come to someone, and serve tea! ”

Ma Shiying sat on the rattan chair, looked at Li Yan on the side, and asked, "Zhen Guogong, I don't know ...... this gentleman."

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "Ma Butang, this is the official's close friend, the owner of Yongxing Bank, Li Yan, Brother Li Yan, haven't seen Ma Butang yet?" ”

Li Yan saluted slightly, bowed and said, "Student Li Yan has seen Lord Ministry!" ”

Ma Shiying raised his eyebrows and said slowly: "Isn't it Li Yan, the think tank under Li Zicheng?" ”

Zhu Jie said: "Yes, Ma Butang, Brother Li Yan has a splendid mind and is full of wealth, and now he has abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, for this reason, this official specially asks the emperor for special forgiveness!" ”

Zhu Jie understood what Ma Shiying meant, and when they met for the first time, he pointed out Li Yan's background, is this trying to make a fuss? Hehe, alas, I won't give you such a chance!

Ma Shiying nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "This official has also heard of Mr. Li Yan's name for a long time, and he has rebelled across the Central Plains, and even invaded Fengyang, it was Mr. Li Yan who praised the painting behind his back. ”

"Ma Butang, I came to the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials today, I'm afraid it's not just to talk to the official, right?"

Zhu Jie said with a smile.

Ma Shiying's expression was stunned, this Zhu Jie is really direct enough!

"Zhenguogong, this official is under the emperor's holy decree, the governor Nanzhili military affairs, although the handover with Zhenguogong has been completed, but during this period of time, the three towns of Nanjing have repeatedly encountered great changes, the military heart is unstable, and the military and political generals have been punished a lot by the Zhenguo Gong for violating the law and discipline, resulting in a lack of generals, and there are even many generals who do not do anything in their positions, and they are indiscriminately filled, and the official is deeply grateful to the emperor, and does not dare to have the slightest slackness, and wants to continue to rectify the affairs of the army, and transfer a group of military generals from Fengyang to enrich the three towns, but I am worried that the face of the Zhenguo Gong is not very good-looking, caused unnecessary misunderstandings, so I came to ask Zhen Guogong, I don't know what you think? ”

Ma Shiying said with a smile.

Zhu Jie's eyes narrowed slightly, sure enough, the weasel gave the chicken a New Year's greeting, he didn't have a good heart, he was going to do something to the three towns of Nanjing just after taking office, this Ma Shiying is really anxious enough, but can you eat it?

Zhu Jie immediately smiled and said: "Ma Butang, now that the national prince is guilty, he is no longer in charge of the military affairs of Nanzhili, Ma Butang, as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, how to act, naturally has a plan in his heart, why worry?" If you want to rectify it, Ma Butang just let it go, don't worry about my opinion, as for the three towns of Nanjing, this official has been supplemented with more than 300 soldiers, and the generals of each department are basically full, if they don't work honestly, then this official will come forward for the adults to clean up their ......"

In fact, Ma Shiying is very disdainful, don't worry about your opinion? Just kidding, if I don't say hello to you, I'll go straight to the door, I'm afraid that in the future, I will think about easily mastering the three towns of Nanjing, who doesn't know that you are the living king of Hades? If you didn't leave a back hand in the Three Towns of Nanjing, I wouldn't believe it if you killed me, if you really didn't care, you wouldn't have stuffed three hundred henchmen into the Three Towns of Nanjing in one go!

Ma Shiying hurriedly smiled and said: "Zhenguo Gong is really magnanimous, and the official has thanked him, but you also know that there are many unruly people in the army, as generals, if you can't command the three armies, how can you compete with others on the battlefield?" This Fengyang's generals still have to transfer some of the ......"

The meaning is obvious, Ma Shiying just wants to use his own people, the more capable the people of your Tianwei Army, the more Lao Tzu dare not use them, without his trusted subordinates, take it in the three towns, wouldn't he become the commander of the light pole?

Zhu Jie frowned slightly, this Ma Shiying, it is inevitable that it is a little too much, you must know that you are just the secretary of the military department of Nanjing, not the military affairs of Nanjing! Even if there is a move, it can only be implemented after consulting with the two guards, and now it has come directly to my house? Do you think I, Zhu Jie, am really easy to bully?

"My lord, the student thinks that what Ma Butang said has a certain amount of truth, after all, his own people have been following for a long time, and it is naturally easy to use, and there are few talents under his hands, how can he control the overall situation?"

Li Yan on the side said with a smile.

Zhu Jie glanced at Li Yan, nodded slightly, and replied: "In that case, Ma Butang, you are in charge of the army, see if that person is not suitable, and the official will transfer him back to the Tianwei Army, how about it?" ”

Ma Shiying was overjoyed, bowed down and said, "Haha, then there will be more Zhenguo Gong!" The town is busy with affairs, so the official will not bother and take his leave! ”

(End of chapter)