Zhou Xian has been back to Dengzhou for nearly half a month. During this period, he has been in Penglai and has been to Weihai once during this period.

After the Haishisi Si was taken over by Ma Shaoyu, half of the taxes in Dengzhou were controlled by him. When Emperor Chongzhen agreed to return the control of the Haishi Si to Zhou Xian, Chen Tingyang immediately informed the news that the governor of Denglai Zeng Hualong, and quickly spread it in the second place of Denglai. After hearing this, Wan Ji felt that he should make some preparations in advance, so he asked Zhou Tai to take a team of soldiers to Weihai first to prepare for the takeover.

But at this time, the imperial decree had not been issued. But Zhou Tai ignored these things and insisted on taking over them, and had a fierce conflict with Ma Shaoyu. The final result was that "the scholar met a soldier and couldn't explain it clearly." Several entourages around Ma Shaoyu were beaten and urinated, and he himself was locked up by Zhou Tai.

Later, the imperial decree was issued, but the matter had already happened. The key was Ma Shaoyu. Zeng Hualong, who learned the news, didn't know what to do, so he simply pretended to be deaf and became dumb, just pretending that he didn't know about the matter at all, and let Ma Shaoyu be imprisoned in prison for more than ten days.

It was not until Zhou Xian returned to Denglai that he went to Weihai to release Ma Shaoyu out of prison.

The faction was complex in the late Ming Dynasty, and the Donglin Party, the Fu Party, the Zhejiang Party, and the Qi Party had their own subordinates. Ma Shaoyu became an official as a juren and became a county magistrate in several places. Originally, due to his relationship and qualifications, it was impossible for him to enter the center of the court in his lifetime. However, later, Chen Xinjia was promoted to the Minister of War, and Ma Shaoyu, who was an old acquaintance, also rose to the height of the ship and was recommended to Hong Chengchou's army to plan military affairs.

Ma Shaoyu was not in military affairs and not only made no achievements in the army, but also forced Hong Chengchou to force troops to send troops, resulting in a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Songshan. However, because Chen Xinjia tried his best to excuse him, and Emperor Chongzhen wanted to discuss peace with the Qing Dynasty at that time, Ma Shaoyu was the only person who was familiar with the situation of the Qing army and was eloquent. Therefore, he not only did not receive punishment, but was sent to Chenyang as a doctor in his position to discuss peace with the Qing Dynasty.

That period was a glorious moment for Ma Shaoyou, who controlled the direction and future of the two countries, but this glory completely dissipated as Zhou Xian defeated Haoge. Zhou Xian cut off the heads of Mandahai and others, and then gave it to Huang Taiji, which completely cut off the possibility of peace talks between the Ming and the Qing dynasties.

Although Ma Shaoyu returned to the capital safely, Chen Xinjia was ordered to behead by Emperor Chongzhen at that time. He lost his support and surrendered to Gao Qiqian and framed Zhou Xian with him. Later, he was sent to Dengzhou to control the Haishisi. At first, he didn't care much, but when he saw the Haishisi's bill, he was stunned. The rich profit made him amazed. After that, he worked diligently, made money for the court, and made money for himself. He also sent a lot of money to Gao Qiqian to let him take care of him.

But to his surprise, Gao Qiqian was demoted from the capital soon after, and Zhou Xian was appointed as the governor of Shandong and immediately returned to Denglai to be responsible for the suppression of Liu Zeqing. This surprised and angry Ma Shaoyu, but their Haishi Department was independent of Denglai Mansion, and Zhou Xian was not his direct superior, so he thought it had nothing to do with him.

But when Zhou Tai led people to take over Haishishi, Ma Shaoyu immediately thought that this was Zhou Xian's instructions, and that he wanted to cut off his financial path. And Zhou Tai did come with some decree at that time. Therefore, he strongly opposed it and scolded Zhou Tai with literary words, which led to the subsequent events.

Although Zhou Xian did not support the peace talks between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, he was not hostile to Ma Shaoyu. When the civil and military officials in the court were all in vain and did nothing, he tried to seek a path that he believed was in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty. From this point of view, he was at least much better than most Ming officials.

When Ma Shaoyu was just released, he was still shouting all the way to settle the score with Zhou Tai. But when he saw Zhou Xian waiting outside, his head quickly lowered, and his mind was full of hundreds of heads he saw in Jinzhou. He was afraid that Zhou Xian would get angry and then cut him directly. If something happened in the capital, Zhou Xian could still be safe and sound and was promoted to the Governor of Shandong. This shows the trust of Emperor Chongzhen in him.

After the two had a long conversation, Ma Shaoyu went out to sea to Macau, while Zhou Xian returned to Laiyang.

Zeng Hualong heard Zhou Xian's words and said in surprise: "This is the matter? Ma Shaoyu was so confident at first, how did you convince him?"

Zhou Xian said: "Ma Shaoyu is still a little capable and is more conscious of the current affairs. I can use him, and he just needs to find a backer. So, there is nothing to say about this matter at one stroke. Originally, he didn't have to go to Macau, but if he didn't send him there, he couldn't let go. If he could do this, it would be an explanation to me."

Zeng Hualong shook his head and said, "I still don't quite understand why you asked him to go to Macau?"

Zhou Xian said: "Governor once was from Fujian. Do you know the Battle of Liaoluo Bay that took place in the sixth year of Chongzhen?"

Zeng Hualong nodded, "At that time, I was already an official in another place, but I heard about this from relatives and friends. The specific details are not clear, but the final result is that the Ming Dynasty will win completely and the Heyi will retreat."

Zhou Xian smiled bitterly: "The battle of Liaoluo Bay, eight sailboats of the Netherlands and the 50 large sailboats led by Liu Xiang worked together to fight against the 50 large warships and 100 fireboats of the Ming Dynasty naval division. After the hard battle, countless casualties were killed and injured before defeating the opponent. After the war, the Netherlands fleet still defeated the Ming fleet many times. If it weren't for the number of ships of the Ming Dynasty ten times that of the Netherlands and the loss was too concerning, they had to cease the battle with Zheng Zhilong. But even so, after the war, the Ming Dynasty's coastal coast returned to the Ming Dynasty, but the distant seas were all part of the Netherlands. To this day, Taiwan is still occupied by the Netherlands and the Great Barbarians. If this is called a complete victory, then any battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Captains could be called a great victory! It's just that the mountains and seas are still far away, and the Netherlands' advantage over the Ming Dynasty is at sea, which poses little threat to the Ming Dynasty, so it did not attract the attention of the court."

Zeng Hualong said "Oh", "This is the first time I have heard of it."
Chapter completed!