Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Guo Ye has always thought so.

Ma Yuanju glanced at Guo Ye, who was in deep thought, and asked: "Guo Ye, you and I are friends, and I don't know when we will meet next time. I don't have anything, and I have nothing to give you. How about it, you should now Haven't taken the words yet? Simply, let me take them!"

"Character?"

Guo Ye was not slowed down by Ma Yuanju's out-of-the-ordinary question, and subconsciously blurted out a question.

Ma Yuanju mistakenly thought that Guo Ye didn't understand the meaning of words, so he couldn't help but frowned and said harshly: "You have been asked to read more books a long time ago, and now you are an eighth-rank military commander, why don't you even understand words? Isn't it ridiculous to go out?"

Damn, who doesn't understand?word?Isn't it Zhuge Liang, whose name is Kongming!

However, Ma Yuanju didn't have time for Guo Ye to defend himself, so he continued to babble: "A man with twenty crowns has a crown. You are seventeen this year, and in three years you will be crowned with a crown. Just like me, my surname is Ma, and my name is Zhou." , character move, think back then..."

Guo Ye heard Ma Yuanju talk about his name and character, and couldn't help laughing: "Haha, so your name is Ma Zhou. We have known each other for so long, and I thought you were called Ma Yuanju? It seems that I am a friend, a little Unreliable, haha!"

Ma Yuanju, Ma Zhou, it's easy to say!

Ma Zhou,

Ma Zhou?

Ma Zhou? ? ?

Guo Ye muttered the word Ma Tuesday, and suddenly grabbed Ma Yuanju's arm and shook it like crazy, with a strange expression on his face, and roared hoarsely:

"What did you say? You are Ma Zhou? You are Longxi Ma Zhou????"

Chapter 207 Ma Zhou himself

Ma Yuanju held a banquet in Yipinlou, and the meal was eaten quickly, and the dinner was delayed until one o'clock, so it was getting late, so the meal was hastily ended.

Ma Yuanju and his wife went down the second floor together with Guo Ye's young couple, and parted ways after exchanging blessings and exhortations to cherish each other at the gate of Yipin Building.

Guo Ye and Wu Xiuxiu got into the carriage together and hurried back towards Fushun Lane in the east of the city.

Just like when they came, there were only their husband and wife in the carriage, but the clever Wu Xiuxiu still found something different, the clues in Guo Ye over there.

She could clearly feel that Guo Ye had been acting out of his mind ever since he knew Ma Yuanju's name. Even when he had dinner with Ma Yuanju just now, he felt a little unnatural, even a little out of his mind.

Even when Ma Yuan raised his glass and invited him to clink glasses, he could seem to turn a blind eye and keep talking to himself.

What was she muttering, because of the low voice, she couldn't hear a single word.

In a word, since he heard the word Ma Zhou, he began to chatter, which is weird.

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In the middle of the night, the carriage continued to travel on the quiet street, and the sound of horseshoes in a crisp rhythm accompanied by the squeaking of the wheels on the ground surrounded Wu Xiuxiu's ears.

Looking at Guo Ye again, leaning against the wall of the car with the same wandering expression, once again muttering some secret words to himself alone.

Soon Guo Ye stopped muttering to himself, and fell into deep thought, his heart was turbulent, and his mind was full of information about Ma Zhou.

Ma Zhou, a young man who is poor and loves to study, is full of economics and is comparable to Pang Tong, the young Phoenix of the Three Kingdoms.During the reign of Wude, he served as a small official with swords and pens. Because he was dissatisfied with the dirty and dirty yamen, he came out with a crown in grief and indignation.This Ma Yuanju is the same!

He is a clean and honest official, has no savings in his life, and often suffers from his family's embarrassment. He goes to Beijing to take the exam in a fit of anger, hoping to make carp jump the dragon's gate, pick cinnamon branches from the toad palace, become a Jinshi and a disciple of the first emperor.This is the same as Ma Yuanju, there is no deviation!

However, according to historical records, when Ma Zhou went to Beijing to rush for the exam this time, because the article was blunt and the words were too sharp, it was disliked by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials who was the chief examiner at that time. Ma Zhou was named Luosun Shan.In order to make a living in Chang'an, he had to join the Xuanwumen incident as a hero. Chang He, who was then a general of Zhonglang, was a servant of Chang He's family and received money to support his family.Later, because he was full of economics and talent, he often advised Chang He and was cited as his confidant and staff.

In the fifth year of Zhenguan, in a certain early dynasty in AD 631, Emperor Taizong asked the civil and military officials of the court to go home and write an article about the gains and losses of the government.Chang He was born as a military general, so he didn't know how to dance and write, so he had to hand over the matter to his confidant and aide Ma Zhou.

After Chang He explained the matter, Ma Zhou immediately put down his desk and wrote nearly a thousand words eloquently. In a short period of time, he wrote more than [-] strategies and theories.Chang He was gratified when he saw this, and he couldn't wait to hide the article in his sleeve, and rushed to the palace to present it to the emperor.

Isn't these more than [-] policy theories about the gains and losses of current affairs the "Book of Emperor Taizong of Ma Zhou" widely circulated by later generations?

It seems that later generations of masters spoke very highly of this article. Even Mao Taizu, the founder of our republic, once commented: "Jia Sheng's "Security Policy" is the first strange article after the Song Dynasty. For the sake of it, it’s empty talk on paper.”

With such an evaluation, it is conceivable that the true value of Ma Zhou's more than twenty strategies lies.

After Chang He attacked, Emperor Taizong read it and saw that he was a wise emperor through the ages. He saw the value of these more than [-] strategies at a glance, and pointed out bluntly that this article was not written by a general like Chang He. .Chang He was an honest person, so he didn't dare to lie, so he told the story of Ma Zhou's writing one by one, and even mentioned to Emperor Taizong how Ma Zhou had a lot of bad luck and bad luck, but how talented he was.Emperor Taizong was delighted to hear that, and immediately sent someone to recruit Ma Zhou into the palace.

And Ma Zhou is quite proud, because he refused Emperor Taizong's order to seek talents, saying that he just wanted to earn some money to support his family and buy wine.This aroused Emperor Taizong's interest even more. It's interesting to rely on talents to be proud of things.Okay, if you refuse, I will invite again, and I have invited four times in a row, and sent people to send four orders to seek merit, before I invited Ma Zhou into the palace.

Even officials in the court at that time left limericks as evidence, saying that in ancient times, Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times to invite Zhuge, and today the emperor summoned Ma Zhou four times and was rejected.

After entering the palace, Emperor Taizong dismissed everyone and only invited Ma Zhou to talk with him, asking how to implement the more than 12 policy theories.Ma Zhou was also unambiguous, with fluent answers and unique analysis, which was deeply loved by Emperor Taizong.After he came out, the emperor transferred Ma Zhouxian to the Menxia Province, which was in charge of confidential affairs. One year later, he was promoted to the supervisory censor. The first prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.

It took only 13 years to complete the boundary that other officials may not be able to cross in their lifetime.From scratch, from a poor man in common clothes to the first prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, he should be the number one legendary figure in the political arena of the Tang Dynasty!

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"Xiuxiu, just now Ma Yuanju said that his real name is Ma Zhou?"

Suddenly, Guo Ye, who had been silent all the way without saying a word, suddenly spoke, which startled Wu Xiuxiu.

But she still nodded and replied: "Exactly. His surname is Ma and his name is Zhou, and the character is Yuanju. You are his friend, and you don't even know about this. Alas, I really don't understand the relationship between you men."

Guo Ye smiled awkwardly and said, "Hehe, did he ever say that besides the word Yuanju, does he have other words?"

When Wu Xiuxiu heard the words, she rolled her eyes again and she was very flattering, and said softly: "Your words are very strange, how can a person have two words? But I heard my sister-in-law mentioned that the word Yuanju came from him. Mu Gong, who was the first enlightenment mentor, was our Master Mu in Longxi County back then. Lord Ma’s father also took a word when he was born, but his father’s original intention of picking that word was to hope that Lord Ma could win the laurel branches from the Toad Palace. Unexpectedly, after he was admitted to Juren, he had been depressed in the examination room, and his father passed away early, so he felt ashamed, so Mr. Ma discarded the word "obtained by his father" a few years ago. I have been using..."

"Well, what is his father's name? Has Mrs. Sister-in-law ever mentioned it?"

Guo Ye interrupted Wu Xiuxiu's explanation, and asked anxiously again.

Wu Xiuxiu groaned, raised her face in reverie, and replied: "It seems to be the word Bin Wang."

"Prince Bin?"

Guo Ye's body trembled for no reason, and he shouted firmly in his heart, yes, yes, it is him, King Ma Zhou and Ma Bin, rely on me, it turns out that Ma Yuanju was just his little vest before he became famous!

Well, you old stubborn donkey, what is wrong with learning, you have to learn from others and put on a vest.

However, he was also very pleasantly surprised. He really didn't expect that the first prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, before he became famous, would date me for so long. God finally opened his eyes to me this time.

Immediately Guo Ye asked: "Xiuxiu, I asked you to prepare a package of 500 taels of silver, did you give it to Madam Sister-in-law?"

Wu Xiuxiu nodded obediently, and replied: "Naturally, I don't need you to tell me what to do. My sister-in-law has always been close to me. How can I let her go to Beijing with Master Ma and be ashamed?"

Well, good wife!

Guo Ye was overjoyed again, and asked, "Xiuxiu, Master Ma seems to have mentioned just now that I, Guo Ye, are his only true friend in Ma Zhou's life, right?"

Wu Xiuxiu looked at Guo Ye getting excited for no reason, she couldn't help being surprised, but she still replied in detail: "Well, Mr. Ma drank too much tonight, and his words are out of control, he is really a madman. He mentioned that you two met at the end of the day, He is his only true friend in this life, and if he has a great day in Ma Zhou in the future, he will drink three hundred cups with you."

"Haha, that's enough, that's enough. With Ma Zhou's words, I don't have to worry about anything. You don't care if he drinks more or less, and can he tell the truth after drinking too much? Guo Ye is Ma Zhou's only true friend in this life. Even if it is ten thousand taels of gold, it won’t be exchanged!”