Ma Jin, the son of Ma Lu and the brother of Ma Gui, is in his forties and ranks as the chief military officer of Datong.
His younger brother Ma Gui met Gao Jingshi at the border of Datong more than ten years ago. At that time, he was a garrison at Fort Desheng. Now, eleven or twelve years later, he has also become the deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu. He and his brother Ma Gui Jin and Jin have generally been working in Xuanda and Shanxi towns, but they are usually not placed in the same town.
Ma Jin was promoted from Deputy Chief Soldier to Chief Soldier after Ma Fang became an official. He has a good relationship with Ma Fang. In addition, the Ma family has guarded the Shanxi front line of Xuanda for generations. They must be attached to the Jin Party and become a vassal of the Gao Party. Therefore, Ma Jin had great respect for Gao Pragmatic and respectfully came forward to greet him.
"The last general, Ma Jin, respectfully welcomes the imperial envoy to Datong." [Wufeng's note: Baidu Encyclopedia's "Ma Gui" entry records that his brother Ma Jin "died in the fifth year of Wanli". This entry must be wrong!
Because there is a clear record in "Records of Shenzong" that Ma Jin was still in office in the tenth year of Wanli. Even in the eleventh year of Wanli, he was impeached by the censor Chen Xingxue. The reason was that Ma Chengxun, the son of Ma Jin, extorted a jade belt and two hundred taels of silver to go to the governor Zheng Luo to celebrate his birthday. , so Ma Jin was soon dismissed from his post by the Ministry of War;
The next month, Governor of Xuanda Zheng Luo Shangshu defended Ma Jin and said that the rumors heard by the inspector were wrong. However, Zheng Luo still asked to resign. Wanli offered gentle words of condolences but refused to resign. In the twelfth year of Wanli, the Ministry of War once again made it clear Ma Jin was dismissed from his post and punished - please note this time. In the twelfth year of Wanli, it was after Zhang Siwei had returned to his hometown with Ding You. At this time, there was no one in Ma Jin's court, and the Jin Party was suppressed by some people. Therefore, Ma Jin was the general soldier. Only a few military generals would be brought down in such a name.
As for Ma Gui, he was lucky. At the end of the tenth year of Wanli, he was transferred to be the commander-in-chief of Ningxia, so he was not too deeply implicated. It can also be seen from the above records that Baidu Encyclopedia cannot be trusted too much. 】
Ma Jin was not wearing armor now, so he was giving a hand-over-hand salute.
Gao Pingshi smiled and returned the greeting casually, and said: "Mr. Ma, I came here twelve years ago and had a close relationship with you. It's not too late to make up for it today."
"It is a great honor for Jin Sansheng to meet Duke Gao."
The disparity in status between civil servants and generals was evident from Ma Jin's tone. He, Ma Jin, was twice the age of Gao Pragmatic. He was still a dignified commander-in-chief, and he had to be called "Gao Gong".
Gao Jingshi smiled and asked: "Where is your brother Ma Gui? Is he still in Xuanfu?" Gao Jingshi's tone was typical of talking from top to bottom.
But Ma Jin didn't feel anything was wrong at all. He bowed slightly and said, "I'm thinking of you, Duke Gao. My brother is indeed in Xuanfu. My brother often mentioned Gao Gong's demeanor when he was in Desheng Fort in the past. When I saw him today, Jin knew it." When we met, he became even more famous. Duke Gao was 'the true leader for two hundred years'. He stood out from the rest, and his appearance as a man of heaven made one feel ashamed."
Uh... your brother is much better at flattering than your brother. No wonder he was promoted faster.
Gao pragmatically said a few words of humility, and then asked: "The Majiada soldiers have not had a big battle to fight in the past ten years, so they will not let the arrogant soldiers idle now, right? This time I am here, but it is possible to use troops."
The fact that "troops may be mobilized" was quite unexpected by Ma Jin. If he were in front of ordinary people, Ma Jin would definitely keep his expression straight and his heart not beat. He would brag first and then talk about it.
However, Gao Jingshi's great achievement of "locating Annan with his troops" was something that the imperial court had just vigorously promoted. Ma Jin didn't know that Gao Jingshi was not very good at military affairs. He didn't dare to say "a person's name is like a tree's shadow". Gamblers are pragmatic and don't understand military affairs, so they can only say honestly: "This, it usually looks fine, but I'm afraid it's not as good as it was ten years ago. If it continues like this, for example, in another twenty years, then maybe it will be..." It’s really not working anymore.”
Very good, these words sounded more sincere, and Gao Pragmatic was quite satisfied - because he also estimated this.
However, what he was satisfied with was Ma Jin's attitude, not Ma Jiajun's state.
The Ma family has been generals for generations, and people now have the saying of "Eastern Li and Western Ma". The core and main force of the Ma family's army, "Da Bing", cannot really be wasted. Otherwise, what will happen to Ningxia's Kuaibai Rebellion?
This life is different from the original history. I have no intention of letting people usurp the control of the Jin Party in Shanxi. I will also not allow the Liaodong Army who transferred Li Rusong to come to the northwest to suppress the rebellion - I will declare the three sides of Shanxi and Shaanxi. If the Liaodong Army comes to quell the rebellion on the territory of the Real School, wouldn’t it appear that our faction has no one?
Besides, their Ma family has a glorious history and is known as the "Ma Family General". It would be really ridiculous if it was raised to waste in my hands.
In fact, the Ma family's fortune initially followed the civil service route, and later they switched from civil service to military service.
During the Zhengde period, Ma Zhang, a member of the Right Guards, passed the Jinshi examination from Datong Prefecture and became the head of the Ministry of Rites. The Ma family's ancestral home was in the valley of Qishan Mountain, which later became the Qishan area of Gansu Province. His family was originally from Semu and was good at raising war horses. At that time, the border was in urgent need of war horses, so the imperial court asked Ma Zhang to return to his hometown and was granted the title of Taipuqing, responsible for herding war horses.
After Ma Zhang took office, he did not dare to slack off at all and expanded the two pastures in the south and north as official and pasture lands. All tea horses and Fanren tribute horses were collected and grazed in the temple gardens, and excellent breeding horses were allocated for breeding.
However, since the Loop was lost, the court needed to raise a large number of horses. Ma Zhang felt deeply that he was short of manpower, so he simply recruited his brother Ma Quan as a benefactor and also raised horses for the court.
This Ma Quan has been familiar with the nature of horses since he was a child, and relying on Ma Zhang's care, he has become a horse breeder in Taipu Temple. He is unique in herding horses, raising horses, and training war horses. It was this man who raised horses, Ma Quan, who started the Ma family's glory for the next few generations and laid the foundation for several generations of border warriors to shine in the annals of history.
The ancients said: "As straight as a string, it can guard the border; as curved as a hook, it can be used as a prince." Let’s not talk about the two generations after Ma Quan, let’s just talk about Ma Gui’s generation.
The eldest son, Ma Jin, needs no introduction. The second son, Ma Fu, was originally the most talented. He had made many military exploits very early and was regarded as the strongest general of the Ma family's generation, just like Liu Wei when he was young. However, jealous of Yingcai, something unexpected happened to Ma Fu.
In the Jiajing Gengshen year, Anda led his cavalry to invade Shuipo Temple on a large scale. Mafu led his soldiers to fight bloody battles on the battlefield. From Si Shi to Shen Shi, they fought many times. Even at the peak of the direct attack, Anda had to lead his troops to retreat and avoid Open hemp rich edge.
But after repelling the enemy, Mafu was sweating profusely. He remembered that he had defeated the notorious Anda with a weak force. He was extremely excited. He laughed and took off his helmet and iron armor to enjoy the cool breeze.
Unexpectedly, after sweating profusely, his pores suddenly opened, the golden wind penetrated into his bones, the wind and cold hurt his body, and invaded his dying body. From then on, he could not get sick, and not long after, he died young.
The third son is Ma Gui. His courtesy name is Chongzhi and his nickname is Xiquan. He had extraordinary physical strength since he was a child. When he grew up, he was eight feet tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a leopard's head and eyes, a voice like a bell, and extraordinary power. In terms of martial arts, he was second only to his second brother Ma Fu, but he was stronger than his eldest brother Ma Jin. After Ma Fu's death, Ma Gui had no rival among the young generals in Datong.
But Ma Gui had very bad luck in his early years. He followed his father Ma Lu to guard the right guard. In his eagerness to capture Qianhu Wei Ang, who had defected, he accidentally killed someone during the capture and was demoted to an official. Later, due to constant border troubles, Dai Zui was appointed and transferred to the garrison of Xinping Fort in Datong.
After Ma Gui was transferred to Xinpingbao, he thought that he was a guilty person. Although he was on guard, he was carrying a blame for his sins and had redeemed himself. He was always depressed and unhappy, which was not a good feeling. Be more careful and conscientious in doing things, and don't dare to neglect at all.
In the third year of Longqing, Anda Khan still couldn't forget the fact that the Ma family and his son followed Liu Han to destroy Daban Shengcheng, which resulted in a massacre and a disastrous defeat.
In September, when autumn was high and the horses were fat, Anda Khan led one hundred thousand cavalry into the fortress from the upper valley and attacked the right guard directly. The originally seemingly impregnable right guard was vulnerable, and the Ming army was quickly restricted to several fortresses and strongholds.
After capturing the right guard, I heard that the Ma family's father and son were in charge of Datong and Xuanfu. In order to avenge their hatred, they went straight to Yingzhou, Huairen, Shanyin, Hunyuan and other places to kill, and were captured one by one wherever they went. Duzhuang guard Han Shangzhong died in battle, and Shizhou Zhizhou Wang Liangcai was killed.
Unexpectedly, when Anda's army returned, they were about to leave the customs at Xinpingbao, but they met the guard Ma Gui.
At that time, Anda's army was looting all the way, and its horses were already carrying heavy property, salt and grain. Anda's tribe was obsessed with property and had no intention of fighting, but Ma Gui pursued and killed them bravely and gained a lot.
I answer: After the invasion, the imperial court strictly inspected the fortifications in various places, and punished officials who failed to fight and defended laxly one by one. Only the Maguiti brigade had meritorious service in the killing. Logically speaking, this merit should be guaranteed.
However, an accident happened - this was the third year of Longqing, Gao Gong was forced to retreat by Xu Jie's introduction, and the Jin Party lost its strongest ally, so of course Ma Gui, the younger brother of the Jin Party, did not get the credit. Not only did he not get the credit, but he almost had a big accident.
The origin of this matter was laid as early as the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing's reign during the Anda expedition to the west of the Werat tribe. At that time, Anda stationed troops in Zalmahan Mountain, persuaded the Gaole and Ming'an tribes to surrender to the Tatars, and negotiated with the local Hui people. They form a brotherly relationship.
It stands to reason that what I do has nothing to do with the Ma family, but some people used this incident as an excuse to make false claims: Ma Gui is a Hui tribesman, and now that the Hui tribe has formed an alliance with An Da, they colluded with Ma Gui to make Ma Gui. Guimingli was protecting the border for the Ming Dynasty and was actually having an affair with Anda. Therefore, the Tatar army deliberately did not attack the Ma family, so the Ma family army could win repeatedly.
Fortunately, Long Qing was a kindhearted king and not stupid. He judged that Ma Gui was probably framed. However, since Yan Guan was not even afraid of him as the emperor, and he did not have Mr. Gao to protect him at that time, he did not He dared to rehabilitate Ma Gui, so he had to avoid the easy task and transfer Ma Gui to Desheng Fort. This was also the reason why when Gao Pragmatic met Ma Gui for the first time later, he was a guard at Desheng Fort.
In this way, Ma Gui, the unlucky guy, was able to remain unafraid even when Anda's hundred thousand cavalry rolled in like a grassland storm, but he was tricked by hidden arrows shot from the gutter. Twelve years ago, his reticence in the face of high pragmatic matters was actually rooted in his depression.
Fortunately, with the success of Gao Pangshi's sneak attack on Anda Zhongjun, Ma Gui's future became bright again - of course, the more important thing is that if Gao's party is stable in this life, so will Jin's party. Ma Gui He was successfully promoted to deputy commander-in-chief of Xuanfu.
If it weren't for his brother Ma Jin who was already the commander-in-chief of Datong, it stands to reason that with Ma Gui's qualifications and family background, he should be able to be the commander-in-chief by now.
Ma Gui is a general that Gao Jingshi is optimistic about, and Gao Dang has taken some care of him over the years, so Gao Jingshi came to Datong this time with the intention of giving Ma Gui another ride.
Gao pragmatic turned to look at Zheng Luo and said with a smile: "Fan Xigong, the deputy commander of the Xuanfu, Ma Gui, used to attack the Anda Chinese Army under my command, and also fought against Anda's most powerful general Qia Taiji. This time I am going north to enthrone outside the Great Wall, and I also want to take him with me as my escort, I wonder if you are willing to part with me?"
Zheng Luo knew about that incident. He was an official in Shanxi at the time, so he naturally knew about it. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "The Holy One has decreed that I arrange an army guard. Since the imperial envoy has an old relationship with Ma Gui, I ordered his general." , that is his blessing, how can I disobey him? Come, give me a card to the Xuan Mansion, let Ma Gui pick the best, come to Datong immediately, and at the same time explain to the Xuan Mansion, Ma Gui must be careful after leaving There must be no mistakes at the border.”
Ma Jin was not upset when he saw that Gao pragmatically selected his younger brother's general. After all, he was already the commander-in-chief and could not be promoted in terms of dispatch. As for things like Commander-in-Chief, Commander-in-Chief, Commander-in-Chief, and so on. Everyone knows that it is a false title and there is no need to take it seriously.
In this case, it is obviously the best thing for his brother to get this credit. Maybe Gao Shizhong is really his lucky star. The last time he came here, he helped his brother get out of bad luck, and this time he came to give the Ma family a chance to "learn a lesson". Two generals."
That's even more impressive than the Li family in Tieling!
Therefore, Ma Jin was not only not annoyed, but even very excited, and his attitude became more and more humble.
Next, everyone returned to the Governor's Yamen - the Governor's Yamen was not here.
Zheng Luo smiled and said pragmatically to Gao: "The imperial envoy is bringing a large army with him on this trip. I have ordered General Ma to arrange a camp and garrison for the imperial envoy. However, the place has been vacant for several years and was temporarily tidied up recently. , if there is any negligence, please ask the imperial envoy Haihan."
Gao Pingshi naturally smiled and politely thanked Ma Jin, and nodded to Ma Jin, saying, "Mr. Ma also took the trouble."
Ma Jin hurriedly said: "How dare you bother with matters that are part of your duty? If there is anything inappropriate, please ask the imperial envoy to inform the general, and the general will give his full cooperation."
Gao pragmatic smiled and responded, then straightened his face and coughed lightly.
Everyone knew that the drama was coming, and his demeanor showed that he was about to get down to business.
From Zheng Luo to Jia Yingyuan, to Liu Ping and Ma Jin, they all had straight faces, sat solemnly, and spoke pragmatically.
Gao Pingshi said: "This canonization is not a simple canonization - the emperor has a secret decree. The person who will be canonized as King Shunyi this time is not Xin Ai, but Han Naji!"
Everyone was shocked. Jia Yingyuan even stood up in shock, then felt lost and quickly sat down again.
And Zheng Luo also hurriedly asked: "What about Xin Ai? In this case, if Xin Ai starts a rebellion, the Tumote tribes will probably fall apart! Also, what is the attitude of Zhongjin Hatun?"
Ma Jin subconsciously grabbed the armrest of the seat, exposing his veins. However, Liu Ping, the eunuch guarding Datong, was the calmest. Although his eyes gradually became filled with surprise and suspicion, he sat calmly.
Gao Pragmatic waved his hand and said: "Don't be alarmed, please listen to my envoy for details."
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Thanks to the book friend "Sitting at the door of the tavern" for the reward, thank you for your support! I've been sick for several days this time, but I haven't gotten better at all. The update time is getting later and later. I'm really sorry.
