Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

The Zhongshu Province adheres to the monarch’s purpose and is in charge of confidentiality and issuing government orders; the Menxia Province is responsible for reviewing edicts and government orders to prevent the Zhongshu Province from violating the law and tampering without authorization; and the Shangshu Province generally refers to the six ministries of soldiers, rites, and officials. , Responsible for the implementation of the edict issued by the Ministry of Education.

Each performs its duties, each in a different way.

The intelligence function of the three provinces is comparable to that of the State Council of later generations. As for Ma Zhou's position as Zhongshu Sheren, he can also be understood as the director of the General Office of the State Council.

However, because of the heavy responsibilities of the Zhongshu Sheren, one person simply cannot handle it, so the imperial court set up a total of six Zhongshu Sheren.Therefore, Ma Zhou, the director of the General Office of the State Council, did not have the final say alone, but also had to discuss with the other five people.

But even so, it is extremely prominent.

Because all the emperor's decrees and edicts must be drafted or repaired by the hands of Zhongshu Sheren at the first time, and the imperial policy is known earlier than the six ministers.

As far as this is concerned, Ma Zhou, a member of Zhongshushe, will not be popular if he wants to.

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When Chu Suiliang saw Ma Zhou, the little celebrity in front of the emperor, he was so courteous, which was beyond his expectation.

Naturally, he didn't dare to neglect him because of his higher rank than Ma Zhou.

Immediately, he hurriedly got up and bowed his hands to Ma Zhou and said: "It turns out that you are Ma Sheren. I have heard of your name for a long time. It's a pleasure to meet you!"

After speaking, he hastily invited Ma Zhou to come to the thatched cottage, and introduced him and Guo Ye to each other.

Guo Ye discovered from the very beginning that Ma Zhou did not intend to recognize him in front of Chu Suiliang.

He didn't think it was because Ma Zhou got along well and ignored him as an ex-friend. Obviously, the other party had his own intentions or difficulties.

Then he also pretended not to know Ma Zhou, calmed down, and got to know Ma Zhou again.

In front of Ma Zhou, Chu Suiliang told Ma Zhou about Guo Ye's teaching assistant in the calligraphy class.

Although Ma Zhou's face was still calm and calm, Guo Ye still noticed the curved corner of the other's mouth, obviously the other party couldn't help but want to laugh out loud.

Damn it, Guo Ye sneered secretly, laughing if he wanted to, what to pretend?My buddy will serve as a teaching assistant and assist you in supervising calligraphy classes. It's funny, isn't it cheap?

Then, Chu Suiliang introduced the situation in the calligraphy class to Ma Zhou, and explained to him what Dr. Sima should do on weekdays.

From the beginning to the end, it was Chu Suiliang who was talking about it all by himself, and Ma Zhou didn't repeat too much, either "understanding and understanding" or "knowing and knowing".

Obviously, he had done enough homework before coming to Guozijian, and he knew the responsibilities of Dr. Guozijian.

However, Guo Ye also sat quietly from the sidelines and never interjected a word.Apart from listening to the conversation between the two, they just looked at Ma Zhou.

Looking at this guy's appearance of cherishing words like gold, he suddenly found the familiarity he had not seen for a long time, and he was still as lofty and aloof as ever.

After Ma Zhou talked with Chu Suiliang, Ma Zhou suddenly stood up and said goodbye: "Chu Siye, if there is nothing else, Ma will leave first. There are still several government orders to be drafted by the Ministry of Education today. Ma Have to go back."

"what?"

Chu Suiliang also stood up when he heard that, he was thinking about having a meal with Zhang Roman Zhou, but when he heard that he had to be busy with business, he didn't want to keep him.

He said with a smile: "Well, since Ma Sheren wants to rush back to Zhongshu Province, it is natural that business matters come first, so Chu will not do more to keep him. It's easy to go, easy to go..."

As he said that, he was about to put down his pretensions of being the supervisor of Wupin Guozijian, and send Ma Zhou, the little red man in front of the emperor, out of the small courtyard.

Ma Zhou humbly refused Chu Suiliang to send him off, and stopped him: "Chu Siye, please stay, someone Ma knows the way back, stay, stay."

Turning around, Ma Zhou squeezed his eyebrows at Guo Ye twice and blinked his eyes three times. He seemed to be making a face, but he was actually signaling to Guo Ye something.

Guo Ye came to his senses immediately, stood up straight, and shouted at Chu Suiliang: "Master Si Ye, the students are going back to the calligraphy class. Or, let me send Ma Sheren to Master Si Ye."

When Chu Suiliang saw that Guo Ye was so vigilant and would come to trouble, he naturally nodded in satisfaction and praised: "That's very good, then you can send Ma Sheren out of the hospital for Chu, hahaha..."

After finishing speaking, Ma Zhou was in front and Guo Ye was in the back. They left the thatched hut one after another, bypassed several ridges in the courtyard, and left Chu Suiliang's farmyard.

After leaving the hospital, the two of them kept silent in a tacit understanding, not saying a word to each other.

After walking for a long time, leaving Chu Suiliang's residence far away, Guo Ye looked around and made sure that there was no one around.

suddenly,

He stopped in his tracks, grabbed Ma Zhou's sleeves, jumped up and said, "Well, you Ma Yuanju, now that you're happy, you don't recognize your old friends anymore, right? You know, we both carried guns together back then. , killed the enemy together, and even went whoring together, what's wrong? You turned your face and didn't recognize anyone, did you?"

"Bullshit!"

Ma Zhou and Ma Yuanju heard Guo Ye's yelling, so he stopped immediately, and scolded Guo Ye: "Your mouth is full of dung, when did I, Ma Yuanju, go whoring with you? It's an insult to the gentleman, it's an insult to the gentleman!"

"Hahaha……"

Guo Ye was amused by Ma Yuanju's serious face, and couldn't help laughing: "Finally you are willing to talk to me? You old stubborn donkey, if I don't give you some bad news, I guess you will always pretend that you don't know me? "

"Hmph." Ma Yuanju pulled back the skirt that was clutched in Guo Ye's palm, stroked it, and spat, "After three years, why do you still look so ignorant? I really don't know you How did the inspector censor of Pinpin get promoted, alas..."

When Guo Ye heard Ma Yuanju's last words, his heart became hot for no reason, and he said in surprise: "Hey, how do you know that I am already a sixth-rank supervisory censor? Could it be that you, an old stubborn donkey, have been paying attention to me?"

"Hey, who paid attention to you?"

Ma Yuan raised his mouth as hard as a rock, and smashed Guo Ye's stinking beauty to the end, but his expression still betrayed him, and the joy and excitement of reuniting old friends after so many years appeared on his face.

Guo Ye had a panoramic view of all this, and mumbled to himself: "You hard-talking, soft-hearted old donkey, you have been doing this for so many years, since you pay attention to me all the time, why don't you come to me? Even if you send me a letter It’s okay. I’ll save my face and suffer!”

According to historical records, Ma Yuanju came to Chang'an to take the exam, but due to some reasons, he failed to be listed in the third list of Jinshi, and finally lost his name to Sun Shan.For a long time, I was so depressed that I couldn't even eat three meals.

If his wife hadn't been seriously ill and had no money to treat her, Ma Yuanju wouldn't have been able to let go of the arrogance in his heart, and would have given in to Zhonglang General Chang He as a guest.

Even though Ma Yuanju was a guest in Chang He's house, by chance, he came into His Majesty Li Er's sight, won His Majesty Li Er's favor and reuse, and his career skyrocketed.

However, what Ma Yuanju has suffered in these years is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Guo Ye naturally knew Ma Yuanju's sufferings, so he couldn't help scolding with some annoyance: "You old stubborn donkey, you just don't consider me, Guo Ye, a friend. Why do you make friends? It's when you are doing well and I'm not with you. By your side; when you are having a bad time, I just appear by your side. This is called a friend. Hmph~!"

Hearing Guo Ye's words, Ma Yuanju felt a long-lost sense of familiarity in his heart, his nose was a little sore, and he sighed: "I can't save my face and come to you? When you asked Xiuxiu to give money to my wife, I also came out. I only found out after I arrived in the middle of Sichuan. Who would have thought that when I came to Chang’an, I found out that the money that was wrapped around me had been touched in the middle of the night. How could I have the face to come to you for relief? That’s all, all is well, everything is alright. "

Lost it?

Guo Ye shook his head helplessly. The historical trajectory is the historical trajectory. It turned out that this was the real reason why Ma Yuanju was not listed in the third list of Jinshi.

When I came to Chang'an, I didn't have any money in my pocket, and food and lodging became a problem. What money do I have to honor my teacher?Still taking the exam for a fart?

Alas, time is fate!

However, Ma Yuanju's opportunity just proved a sentence, that is, when misfortune comes, blessings depend on it, and blessings come under misfortune.

As Ma Yuanju said, everything is over, and now it is the end of all hardships.

For this, Guo Ye was also happy for Ma Yuanju.