On the way back from the Ming army, no general from the Ming Dynasty was willing to contact Yin Bulu's daughter.
Even the older second daughter and the less beautiful third daughter.
After all, there is no telling what will happen in the future, and this kind of marriage is not based on personal preference. A hero with great talent and sagacity is not a lecherous fool. Do you know which one people like?
And for me,
True to form, the boots finally hit the floor...
"Father, my daughter is willing. On weekdays, people in the tribe know how to give me the delicious food, and as the leader's daughter, I naturally want to protect them!"
At this time, Yibula, who was traveling across the grassland, became a kind father.
"I only hope that your sacrifice can bring prosperity to the tribe."
"Father," Tana also asked with concern: "What does the Ming Emperor look like? How does he compare with Dayan Khan?"
Yibula thought about it for a while. Although he was young, his aura, demeanor, and words showed that he was not a weak person.
"It's someone like Dayan Khan."
"That's at least a hero." As the saying goes.
And on the other side,
The most excited ones are probably the Ma family.
After arriving in the capital, Zhou Shangwen 'let' them go, and Ma Yihuai naturally led his two sons straight home.
Since they were selected by the emperor to be among the elite cavalry, although there was no shortage of military pay and money was much more abundant than before when Ma Yihuai was the leading soldier alone, at the same time the family was scattered.
Don't laugh when you are lying drunk on the battlefield. How many people have fought in ancient times.
It is not easy for three people to go and three people to come back.
So the Ma family is very happy today, absolutely very happy!
Mrs. Ma gave a big banquet, all the chickens, ducks and geese were cooked, and the whole poultry industry was invited.
But the climax was the arrival of Zhou Shangwen.
What Zhou Shangwen brought was the emperor's imperial edict.
"Second Master Ma's merits were originally presented to His Majesty's Dragon Eucalyptus. You found guides, captured enemies, planned ambushes, captured farmers alive, and even recruited and surrendered. Your Majesty has already mentioned all these extraordinary achievements. You deserve a lot of credit. Great, Brother Ma, Mrs. Ma, congratulations!"
Ma Yihuai is okay, he hopes to fulfill his promise.
The key is Mrs. Ma. Her eyes are like shining stars when she looks at her second son, and the folds on her face are smiling one after another.
"It's really a blessing from Bodhisattva! This is all thanks to General Zhou's trust. Ma Rong, Ma Sheng, come on, our family would like to toast General Zhou and express our gratitude for General Zhou's great kindness!"
"Hey!" Zhou Shangwen raised his hand to correct her, "It's not that I'm grateful for my great kindness, but that I'm grateful for His Majesty's great kindness!"
Snapped.
Madam Ma slapped her mouth and said, "I am a woman with little knowledge and really can't speak. General Zhou is right. I want to thank His Majesty for your great kindness!"
"The general's kindness in cultivating me," Ma Rong raised his glass, "I will never forget it in this life!"
After some polite remarks, he said he would increase the reward.
Ma Rong could originally lead three thousand households, so it was normal for him to be promoted to the commander of the First Guard. After all, the credit was there.
But the emperor actually handed over to him the coming three thousand Tatar cavalry!
This is unusual.
"It means that you have gained His Majesty's trust. There will be another battle in the future. As long as you lead the eight thousand tiger warriors and make new achievements, it is not a delusion to be crowned the Ma family and earn your mother's life as his wife!"
Ma Rong naturally felt inspired after hearing this.
"To be honest, the general, on the way back, the general stayed in the Tatar camp. At that time, the general told Yibula that since he had surrendered, we should share some of the Tatar elite cavalry with us. But he really couldn’t bear it!”
"Hahaha." Zhou Shangwen pointed at him, "It seems that you have had this evil intention for a long time!"
Ma Rong did not deny it either.
Now not only the Tatar cavalry, the emperor appointed him the chief general of eight thousand men!
At this scale, he is no longer just a forward, but can act separately as a unit.
Ma Yihuai himself never thought that his second son could make such a big fuss.
He knew that these two brothers had some abilities, but his initial expectation of letting them join the army was to be like Ma Sheng now, to win a reputation for bravery, and to be promoted to a hundred households, or at most to a thousand households.
This time, it feels like something is better than blue.
Zhou Shangwen looked at Ma Sheng, who was looking forward to it, and said: "Master Ma, I will never forget you. Although you lack strategy, you are also a brave general. With your achievements, you are more than enough to be a hundred households."
A hundred households are no small officials, even for ordinary people.
He looks a little gloomy now, but it is actually his younger brother who is very good at strategy and is not weak in his skills, so he rose quickly in the emperor's eyes.
That's what it's like to be an official. It's the most difficult to be a junior official.
Once someone notices you, they will jump up and down like flying.
"General Xie Zhou! My second brother and I both agreed that since my brain is not as good as his, I will follow him and be a forward!"
"Well!" Zhou Shangwen was quite satisfied, "Brothers working together can break gold. Brother Ma, Mrs. Ma, you have given birth to two good sons!"
"Where is it?" Ma Yihuai was still modest.
On this day, their family was so beautiful that they were intoxicated.
The next day,
Ma Rong, who had not returned to the capital for a long time, packed up his clothes and prepared to go out for a walk.
Because as soon as he came back, he heard that the capital has changed a lot now. There are more business travelers coming and going, the court has built a city that never sleeps, and there are even more restaurants.
For someone like him who eats dry food every day on the grassland, he really misses that bite.
However, as soon as he walked to the front door, he was blocked by a burst of noise. After listening carefully, it turned out that there were many matchmakers surrounding his mother and 'attacking' her.
You're young, you're a grown-up, you're unmarried, what's one thing that makes people not dizzy?
Ma Rong leaned against the door and listened to only a few sentences before he couldn't stand it anymore. His mother's voice was now louder than ordinary girls.
Later, he had no choice but to climb over the wall of his house and go out.
As soon as we hit the street, the lively atmosphere came, with people and small vendors chattering,
"There's going to be a murder at Caishikou today!"
Ma Rong was sitting in the restaurant and heard someone say this, and thought to himself, this is Qiu Houwenzhan. Out of curiosity, he gave the waiter a silver ingot.
"Excuse me, please tell me. I just said we will kill someone today. Who did you kill?"
When the waiter saw the silver ingot, his smile was prettier than the flowers, "Looking at your accent, you are from the capital. The imperial court wants to kill these corrupt salt officials! Don't you know?"
"Yan Guan? Which Yan?"
"That salt you eat!" the waiter said vividly, "those officials from the Huaihe Transportation Department, fifty-three, and forty-seven smuggled salt! The emperor is really angry."
Ma Rong said: "You know that the emperor is very angry?"
"Come on, the emperor is really angry. He said that he must be killed! If not, there are still fifty-three corrupt officials in total, forty-seven of them! But this happened a while ago, and now it is officially beheaded. head."
The waiter spoke very enthusiastically, as if it was some happy event related to him, but Ma Rong looked around carefully, and there were also some scholars gathered around a table, and they seemed not to be very interested.
It seems that there are many important events in the court.
"I'll take a look too!"
He was running back and forth like this, which made the eunuch who came to deliver the order from the palace anxious to death. Later, Ma Yihuai and Madam Ma were also anxious. The emperor had an order, but no one was there!
That's okay,
The family lasted from morning to afternoon, and finally caught him.
The person who came to deliver the message was Eunuch You Zhi. He respected this young general who had just made a new contribution and spoke very politely.
"Your Majesty ordered me to go to the academy?"
You Zhi nodded, "Yes, His Majesty ordered General Ma to go to the Military Academy to give a class and talk about examples of fighting on the grassland. Originally, it was only the Military Academy, but later it was said that people from other academies can also attend."
"this……"
Ma Rong didn't expect that there would be such a task.
It would be easier to ask him to lead thousands of troops. But he is so young and has to start teaching in front of so many people... isn't it good?
Many of them might be older than him.
But the emperor ordered that it would be impossible not to go.
Eunuch You urged, "General Ma, how about we change our clothes and set off now?"
Zhu Houzhao was very good at motivating people. He encouraged people to do business and get rich, and of course he could do the same in the military. Ma Rong is a good example, and he has actually been to the grassland, and what he said is even more It’s true, and it also makes sense to people in military academies.
"Okay, father-in-law, please wait for a moment. Come back as soon as you get down."
