Chapter 12                                                             �

Ma Lu is a man in his forties. His armor is very simple, making people feel like an honest farmer.

It was also very difficult to meet Zhou Mengchen.

Zhou Mengchen first asked Ma Lu about some battles and defense.

As soon as he sighed at the war, Ma Lu immediately changed, and he spoke very well. He was almost familiar with it.

Zhou Mengchen had some military achievements, and he dared not say how profound it was, but it would not make people deceived in person and could not see it. Therefore, he quickly determined Ma Lu's ability and also understood why Ma Lu was not valued by Zhou Shangwen.

Because Ma Lu is more specialized in infantry and uses firearms to kill enemies, Zhou Shangwen is essentially a cavalry general and likes to fight against the Tartars immediately. However, Ma Lu is different. Putting him in the cavalry is a waste of talent. Moreover, before fighting with the Tartars, it is more limited to cavalry confrontation.

Ma Lu's infantry could not catch up with him either.

After Zhou Mengchen affirmed Ma Lu's ability, he continued to ask: "You are from the Right Guard of Datong?"

Ma Lu said: "The last one will be the Datong Right Guard hereditary thousand households."

Zhou Mengchen said: "What do you think of the current ward?

Ma Lu didn't know what to say. It would be impossible to say it well. But it was hard to say it well. It was to reveal the shortcomings of others and to attract people to scold them. So he didn't know what to say about Qiqi Ai Ai.

Seeing this, Zhou Mengchen did not ask any more questions. He signaled to Ma Fang. Ma Fang immediately asked Ma Lu to go out.

Then Ma Fang came in and said to Zhou Mengchen: "Sir, what do you think of Ma Lu?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "Yes, it's an old man. It's also reassuring for people to guard the city or be responsible for the food supply. However, what does Ma Lu's family look like? How many sons do they have and how many family property? Is the Ma family a big family in Datong Youwei?"

Ma Fang was stuttering when Zhou Mengchen asked, not knowing what to say. How could he know these things?

The reason why Zhou Mengchen asked about this was that he was preparing to win over the generals of the Wei Sect headed by Ma Lu. The cleaning of Datong was not the end, but the beginning of everything. Naturally, it would damage the family business of these people. At that time, Zhou Mengchen was preparing to provide subsidies from other aspects.

As for how to subsidize, there are some ways to do it.

However, if the Ma family is already that kind, the entire Datong Right Guard belongs to the Ma family. It would be difficult to deal with. But Zhou Mengchen looked at Ma Lu's clothes and didn't seem to look like it.

As soon as Ma Lu came out, two teenagers hugged them and said, "Dad, what did Lord Zhou say?"

These are Ma Lu's two sons, one Ma Jin and the other is Ma Gui.

Both of them are very burly and look good.

Ma Lu pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know what Lord Zhou means?" Ma Lu looks very honest. But it doesn't mean that Ma Lu is stupid. It can be said that no qualified general will not be able to turn his head. Ma Lu vaguely felt that there seemed to be a dark tide under Zhou Mengchen's words.

But his two sons didn't know about Ma Lu's thoughts.

The old Dama Jin still had a little wink, but the second Magui had already said: "Dad, did you take us to Datong City? I heard that Datong City is very lively."

Ma Lu's thoughts were interrupted by his son. He was furious and said, "You can just play whatever you want. Have you finished your homework today? You will take me a stone lock when you go back."

The stone lock is a commonly used training weapon in ancient times. It carves stones into locks. People hold them and dance according to certain rules. The stone locks have different powers, five kilograms, ten kilograms, and even more. Not to mention Ma Jin and Ma Gui's wish to visit Datong City was dashed. They could only play the stone locks with their shirtlessness in the military camp, making noises over and over again.

Zhou Mengchen has now listed all the generals under his command.

That was the general he had investigated, able to fight or pass the qualifications.

Unexpectedly, and reasonable. Zhou Mengchen discovered that any capable general had a high position. And the generals of the hereditary commander seemed to be weakened by wealth and would not fight. Zhou Mengchen had another list of other officers, who were from Datong and served as generals outside.

The imperial court never wanted to see the local area being a solid piece, so Datong came from Datong to work. Moreover, it is common for local areas to work in Datong, such as Zhou Shangwen was from Shaanxi and Zhao Da was from Liangzhou.

Zhou Mengchen thought carefully that the resistance to his great purge here was, on the one hand, that he could settle the situation here for the nobles of the Ming Dynasty. After all, the prince of Fengcheng Hou is here. Zhou Mengchen is preparing to let the prince of Fengcheng Hou Li Ru take action. How could Fengcheng Hou not help the aftermath?

Secondly, these generals who came from Datong but worked in other places. Although they worked in other places, their family business was in Datong.

Although Zhou Mengchen was not afraid of them, his political affairs always meant to make less enemies and more friends. Zhou Mengchen was also thinking about a better way to give them a step.

In short, while the generals below were still reporting their duties, Zhou Mengchen had already prepared all the preparations for a major case.

What is different at other times is that at that time, Zhou Mengchen could only passively withstand the storm, but now Zhou Mengchen takes the initiative to lift the table.

Zhou Mengchen looked at the list in his hand and said in his heart: "Just look at where King Dai is doing."

The lineage of the Dai Wang family is even more annexed than in these decades. If Zhou Mengchen could do this, he would like to eradicate this matter.

"Sir." Xu Wei knocked on the door outside.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Come in."

Xu Wei pushed the door and said, "Sir, the arrangements have been made by King Dai." Zhou Mengchen said, "What do you say about King Dai?"

Xu Wei said, "The King of Dai said he wanted to see you."

Zhou Mengchen nodded and said, "He would not agree to such a thing if he didn't see me. What's the matter with King Raoyang?"

After hearing this, Xu Wei looked strange on his face, and then placed a gift sheet on the table. Zhou Mengchen took it and saw that there were all kinds of things on it, at least a thousand taels of silver.

Zhou Mengchen said, "This is given to me by King Raoyang, so there are less."

Although Zhou Mengchen did not accept bribes, he also knew the market conditions in the officialdom. It was indeed a little less to give a thousand taels to a governor.

Xu Wei said, "It's not for the adults, but for me. He said that as long as I can get the adults to agree, I will impeach the King of Dai. In addition, there are great gifts. Of course, there will be heavy gifts everywhere. It is said that it is at least ten thousand taels of silver."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen couldn't help but say, "What a big deal."

Xu Wei said: "What do you think will be done next?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "What does Mr. Xu mean?"

Xu Wei said: "Of course, I would give King Raoyang a prudent fruit and ask him to impeach King Dai. Of course, this is not enough. The imperial court will naturally send the censor to investigate, but it is too slow."

Zhou Mengchen also knew that King Raoyang submitted a memorial and the court made a decision. He sent someone to investigate, and the final result was released, ranging from a few months to more than a year. Zhou Mengchen could not wait at all. Moreover, Zhou Mengchen is not willing to disturb Beijing now, just wanting Beijing to clean up the mess.

Because after thinking about it, no matter how Fengcheng Hou was, Xu Jie would not agree with his approach.

It’s not that they don’t have the courage, it seems that what Xu Wei thought was, there is a difference from what Zhou Mengchen thought. What Zhou Mengchen thought was, and what Xu Jie thought was, there is also a difference from what Zhou Mengchen thought about and what Fengcheng Hou thought about. Different locations and heights, the news naturally differs, and the things they care about are also different.

Instead of letting him know and sending someone to stop him, it would be better not to let them know from the beginning.

Zhou Mengchen said, "I know what you mean. Take this thing and let the King Dai see it. If you want to come to the King Dai, you will know what to do."

Xu Wei said, "Sir, wise. But how should I reply to King Raoyang?"

Zhou Mengchen smiled slightly and said, "Do you still want me to teach you? I don't care what you say. I just want one result, that is, to make King Raoyang more arrogant and unrestrained, the better. It's easier to do this."

Xu Wei said, "I understand."

Zhou Mengchen discussed with Xu Wei. Xu Wei then retreated.

Zhou Mengchen just felt that he had finished eating his family. He didn't like this conspiracy. But he had to use it. He always had a timetable in his heart, and he thought to himself: "March has passed half, and there are not many days to be able to plow spring."
Chapter completed!