Chapter 76 Ma Fang
"Then do you think who will do the other admiral is more suitable?" Zhu Yijun looked at Liu Xian and asked faintly.
"I don't have any suitable candidates, and you have to be arbitrary." Liu Xian was not stupid enough to recommend this candidate, so he directly pushed it to Zhu Yijun. It's just that he does things, but he needs to be moderate. Liu Xian knew very well.
At the same time, Liu Xian wants to buy himself insurance. It is difficult to do it alone, and it is easy to take the blame if something happens, so the two of them are different.
Although Zhu Yijun knew Liu Xian’s idea, he also thought that Liu Xian’s idea was pretty good. When Emperor Zhengde was in the past, he also divided the Beijing camp into two halls, east and west, which was also a kind of restraint.
His Zuolong Martial Guard had only 24,000 staff members, and after Yu Dayou finished cleaning up, there were only 16,000 staff members.
There is no such thing as the Right Guard of Longwu. It is indeed very appropriate to hand over all the 100,000 troops. There are many benefits to dividing them into two parts, and you can also send them out separately in the future when fighting. Thinking of this, Zhu Yijun took a deep look at Liu Xian.
"Okay, your memorial is here first. I am choosing an admiral." Zhu Yijun patted Liu Xian's memorial.
Originally, Zhu Yijun wanted to talk to Liu Xian about the measures for training in the Beijing camp. Now that such a thing happened, Zhu Yijun could not do this. He could only wait until that person arrived before he could talk, but who is the right candidate for this person!
After Liu Xian left, Zhu Yijun began to think about who could lead another part of the Beijing camp?
"Zhang Jing, go and get me a copy of the general information of each province."
Since we can't think of it, we can just look for it. Maybe we can find a ruthless person. This person has a high prestige and at least he must have great military achievements, otherwise he will not be convinced!
Zhang Jing quickly found the information. Zhu Yijun began to look through it. He put aside the likes of Qi Jiguang, general of Ji and Li Chengliang, general of Liaodong. As he flipped through it, Zhu Yijun's eyes fell on his personal name and then he couldn't move.
This person's name is Ma Fang, and he is currently the general of Xuanfu. He has a lot of information!
Speaking of the general of Xuanfu, Zhu Yijun suddenly remembered something, which Zhang Jing said to himself as an interesting thing.
This happened last year. Altan asked the court for rewards and threatened to meet. The court immediately activated Ma Fang to re-elect the General of Xuanfu. After Ma Fang took office, he rectified the troops and led the cavalry to hold several "hunting" in the suburbs of Xuanfu.
After hearing the news, the Mongolian tribes were shocked and said, "Ma Taishi is returning." Altan hurriedly "apologizes to the court and regrets it."
Ma Fang is called "Ma Tai Shi" and is definitely a well-known figure in the border town.
Zhu Yijun carefully searched for his information, and his early experience made Zhu Yijun's eyes narrow.
In the fourth year of Jiajing, the Mongolian Tatar Khan Batumuk dispatched 100,000 cavalrymen to launch a large-scale invasion of Xuanfu and Datong border towns. The border troops of the Ming Dynasty were about to collapse. According to historical records, "more than ten cities were broken and tens of thousands of people were plundered."
The eight-year-old Ma Fang also became a victim. His hometown and villages were scorched earth. His parents were dispersed during the escape. Ma Fang, who was still a child, was even more tragically plundered by Mongolian cavalry.
From then on, a life that was "subtle as cold as Zhongqing" began. The young Ma Fang lived in the Mongolian grasslands and became a hiding slave. For more than ten years after that, Ma Fang lived a life of slaves who could drive humiliation.
But even though Ma Fang was a slave from a foreign land, he endured humiliation and suffered heavy burdens. After that, Ma Fang began to "bend the wood as a bow" at a young age, practiced riding and shooting martial arts, and finally developed the ability to "shoot arrows without any slightest". In the Mongolian military camp that advocated warriors, his status was also rising steadily.
When he was young, he was hunting with Altan Khan, and suddenly a beautiful tiger emerged and rushed towards Altan.
Everyone immediately panicked and fled, but Ma Fang remained calm, bent her bow and arrow, and killed the tiger on the spot. Altan praised Ma Fang very much and gave him "good bow and arrow, good horse". After that, Ma Fang became Altan's "serving the left and right".
Over the past few years, he followed Altan to fight south and north, not only gradually understood Altan's combat methods, but also gradually knew the activities of the Mongolian tribes and internal weaknesses. Although Ma Fang was valued by Altan, he was in the Ming Dynasty.
In the 16th year of Jiajing, Ma Fang took advantage of the hunting opportunity of following Altan to Datong outside the border town of the Ming Dynasty, stole the horse and escaped at night, and rushed to the Datong military camp overnight.
From this day on, Ma Fang began his career in fighting for the Ming Dynasty. He started with the captain, made many military achievements, fought all the way, and became the current general of Xuanfu. He had been fighting all his life, and this person was definitely a legendary figure.
"Gao Gong's man!"
Zhu Yijun knocked on the table and said that this information belonged to Dongchang, and there was a record of Dongchang behind it.
This section was followed by Gao Gong's popularity. After Gao Gong fell, Ma Fang was ordered to go home to live without a living. It was not until last year that he was re-appointed. The party and the factional struggle were fought. Zhu Yijun sighed. Sure enough, this kind of thing was inevitable at any time.
"It's him!"
Zhu Yijun would not let talents like Ma Fang be wasted, and it would be just right to put them in the capital. Ma Fang is 60 years old this year, so if Li Shizhen takes care of her, she should be able to live longer. Not fighting at the border will also benefit his health.
"Issuing an order to let Ma Fang, the general of Xuanfu, enter the capital!" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jing and directly ordered: "Let the cabinet prepare the successor."
Zhu Yijun was not interested in the successor. Now Shanxi and Shaanxi are very stable. The Tatars no longer pose any threat to the border of the Ming Dynasty. They can't make a fuss for the time being, and it's much better than Liaodong.
"Yes, the emperor!" Zhang Jing nodded and quickly agreed.
The person was selected, and Zhu Yijun was also worried. Ma Fang was in Xuanfu and I believe she would be able to come to the capital soon. Zhu Yijun was not in a hurry either. She had been waiting for so long, so she was not in a hurry for anything else.
"How is the material discussion in the capital?" Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Jing to take down the information, picked up the teacup and took a sip, and asked casually.
"Return to the emperor, everyone is talking about Mr. Zhang's return to the court." Zhang Jing bowed and said, "Some people welcomed and some people opposed it, but the material discussion was still stable, and no human beings were confused for the time being."
Zhu Yijun nodded. Now the memorials are all small fish and shrimps, and he doesn't care.
In fact, the longer the matter fermented, the more beneficial it will be to Zhu Yijun. As long as there is no intention, it will be done with the opportunity to cause trouble, and it will not be considered a big deal. When a serious official comes out to submit a memorial and says it, he is not in a hurry anyway.
"It's nothing to do today. Let's go to Kunning Palace to sit!" Zhu Yijun was a little bored, so he stood up and said.
Chapter completed!