Chapter 96

Let's say that the Ministry of Officials is engaged in the elimination of civil servants.The Ministry of War was not idle either.

The 63-year-old Minister of the Ministry of War, Ma Wensheng, acted vigorously and resolutely.In one go, more than 30 mediocre generals who had a vegetarian diet were dismissed.

These more than 30 mediocre generals received their military pay and did not go to the Beijing camp or the regiment camp for many years.Some people don't even know how many soldiers and horses they have under their command.

This group of Qiuba is not a literati playing with pens.

You stop their officials and make them lose their livelihood.They will hunt you down.

In the evening of that day, Ma Wensheng returned to the gate of the mansion in an official sedan chair.

There is a commander in the [-] Battalion named Guo Dagang.The man was dark and fat and short.In the army, he was nicknamed Guo Datou.

Guo Datou's military position was laid off yesterday.Is this worth it?
My ancestor fought the world with Master Hongwu!Have a hard time with Master Yongle!
You Ma Wensheng is an egg, if you say you can cut me, you will cut me?

He gathered two resentful friends who were also laid off.Stand near the gate of Ma Wensheng's mansion with a bow and arrow.

Ma Wen got out of the sedan chair, and the three immediately opened their bows and shot arrows!
"Swish, swish!" Three arrows flew towards Ma Wensheng, and one of them flew past the old horse's scalp.

In fact, no matter how courageous these three people were, they would not dare to kill the Shangshu of the Ministry of War.

The arrows they used didn't have iron arrowheads, they were just venting their anger.

Ma Wensheng didn't know if there was an arrow on it!

The three young men did not speak martial arts, and came to attack my 63-year-old old man.Is this okay?This is not good!

I, Ma Wensheng, once conquered Shaanxi and Gansu, flattened Liaodong, and conducted surprise raids on the grasslands.He is a civil servant who crawled out of the dead.

Can such a small scene scare me?
Ma Wensheng roared angrily, "Stop!"

Then he held his head and ran towards the gate of the mansion.

The 63-year-old old man can walk like flying like a flying mouse.

Those who have really fought in war know a truth on the battlefield: Sometimes when faced with a shameless sneak attack, fight if you can fight, and run if you can't fight.

Guo Datou and the others saw Ma Wensheng fled back to the mansion in a hurry.The three of them held their heads proudly like victorious generals.

Guo's big head chattered and cursed: "Ma Wensheng is an old man! How dare you depose me! How do you let me live?"

"Lao Tzu's ancestor was a serious Red Turban Army! When Jing Nan was in trouble, he became a serious Yan Army!"

"What's wrong with me stealing a few days off? My ancestor has already suffered what I deserve!"

Guo's head was big and they were spitting stars and flying around, scolding Ma Wensheng and shooting arrows into Ma's mansion.

After a moment of effort, the door of Ma Mansion creaked open!
Ma Wensheng, a 63-year-old man, was wearing heavy leaf armor, a swallow-wing helmet, and carrying a bowl and muzzle, and strode out with great strides!

This armor was awarded by the former emperor when Ma Wensheng was guarding Shaanxi and Gansu.

The bowl-mouthed gun is said to be a gun, and its size and thickness are like a small cannon.

In addition to studying military strategies, Lao Ma also likes to make military gadgets.This bowl and mouth gun was brought back to the mansion by him from the Arsenal Department of the Ministry of War, and he planned to improve it in his spare time.

The large bowl-mouth guns of the Hongwu Dynasty weighed 63 kilograms, and the small bowl-mouth guns of the Chenghua Dynasty weighed 32 kilograms.

It should be said that the old horse is also old and strong, carrying a blunderbuss weighing more than 30 kilograms, like resisting a wooden stick.

How embarrassing the old horse was just now, how majestic it is now.Wearing heavy armor and holding a small cannon, who will fight?
Ma Wensheng yelled at the three of them: "Straight mother, dare to attack me, Ma Wensheng? Knowing that when I ruled Liaodong, what nickname did the Jurchens give me? Horse butcher!"

Ma Wensheng directly ignited the fuse of the bowl-mouth gun, and pointed the muzzle at Guo's big head and the others.

Even if Guo's big head doesn't understand military affairs, he still knows the truth that arrows can't do as well as cannons.

What's more, the old horse is wearing heavy leaf armor.Don't say that their arrows don't have iron arrowheads, even if they have iron arrowheads, they can't shoot through heavy armor!

Guo Datou and the three of them ran away.

"Boom!" The muzzle rang!

Ma Wensheng did not fill the gunpowder with powder, but only gunpowder.He fired empty cannons.

Ma Wensheng thought: After smashing the jobs of these Qiu Ba, why are they not allowed to vent?Why really shoot them into blood holes?Just drive away.

But the old horse took advantage of it, and he didn't forget to be good.

He shouted: "Just run away like this? Be cowardly, dare to use a big knife in front of Guan Gong?"

"When I was young, a strongman from the Western Regions weighing more than 200 kilograms couldn't move a finger of mine!"

Ma Wensheng didn't take this small incident seriously.

When the incident spread to the palace, Emperor Hongzhi was furious when he learned about it, and immediately summoned Zhu Ji.

On this day, the Commander of Jin Yiwei was on duty.

Zhu Ji summoned more than [-] deputy Jinyiwei officials to discuss matters.

The usually solemn and depressing commander was on duty, but now it seemed a little funny.

Two teenagers aged twelve or thirteen, wearing small unicorn suits, sat at Zhu Ji's lower head.

They are still very short, and their feet can't stick to the ground when they sit on chairs.The calf drooped.

These two teenagers, one is Zhang Heling, the second younger brother of Empress Zhang, and the other is Zhang Yanling, the third younger brother of Empress Zhang.

Emperor Hongzhi doted on Empress Zhang so much that he even appointed two young boys as Jin Yiwei to command the left and the right.

This is one of the few black spots in Emperor Hongzhi's life.

Everyone gathered.Zhu Ji said loudly: "The day before yesterday, a huge case happened in the capital!"

"There is a general who has been dismissed from military affairs, and assassinated with a bow and arrow at the gate of the mansion of the Mabu Hall of the Ministry of War!"

"Ma Butang has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he bravely repelled the assassins."

"After the emperor heard about this incident, Long Yan was furious! Such a horrific assassination case happened at the feet of the emperor. Is there still Wang Fa? Is there still Da Ming Law?"

Zhang Heling sucked a stick of honey and said, "That's it."

Zhang Yanling echoed: "Yes, yes, yes."

Chang Feng, who was standing at the bottom, almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

Zhu Ji cleared his throat, and said again: "Ma Butang is eliminating people in the army. He will surely offend many people. Maybe someone will assassinate him in the future."

"The emperor has a decree, ordering us Jinyiwei to send people to protect Ma Butang personally."

"Chang Feng, I will entrust you with the task of protecting Ma Butang. In addition, I will entrust you with the task of finding the assassin. Once captured, I will immediately take him back to the prison for justice!"

Chang Feng cupped his hands: "This subordinate takes orders."

In the evening, Chang Feng picked a hundred capable fighters from the inspection office of thousands of households, and they stood in front of the Ma Mansion in plain clothes.

When Ma Wensheng came back from his business trip, the official sedan chair stopped at the gate of the mansion.

Ma Wensheng raised the curtain of the sedan chair, and when he saw more than 100 strong and strong men standing there, he shrunk his neck subconsciously.

Straight girl thief!Three assassins came back last time and I could barely handle them.More than 100 came back, and I couldn't escape.

It doesn't matter, when they beat me up, I just cover my head.My bones are fairly strong.As long as you protect your head, you can't die.

Ma Wensheng even thought about the posture of being beaten.

At this moment, Chang Feng walked up to the sedan chair, cupped his hands and said, "Your servant Chang Feng from Qianhu, Fusi of Beizhen, is ordered to lead his robes to protect Mabu Hall personally."

Ma Wensheng breathed a sigh of relief.The old guy also has a sense of humor: "Cough. I thought you were here to beat up my dismissed officers and soldiers. I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat."

(End of this chapter)

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