Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

Seeing him like this, Li Qiu became even more angry.

"Ma Zhou, Ma Zhou!"

"You said that you think about being able to do something all day long, but you always act as if you were born at the wrong time."

"What a great opportunity is this today?"

"Not only His Majesty is present, but also my two prime ministers from the Tang Dynasty."

"But what about you?"

"But turned into a mute!"

"Where's your usual cleverness? Where's the talent you used to be so proud of?!"

"Looking at your obedient, nodding and bowing face to Du Zhenglun, I...I really wish that Fang Tianhua halberd would shoot you to death here!"

Hearing Li Qiu's angry reprimand, Ma Zhou's heart was not filled with anger, but was filled with deep emotion.

"My lord, Lord Du is one of the most learned people in my Tang Dynasty, a great Confucian in the world."

"The subordinate is just a teacher who teaches in Furong Garden, and a merchant who manages the business of Furong Restaurant."

"With this little pen and ink in my stomach, how can there be any reason to fight against others?"

"Furthermore, in the past, when my subordinates were young, they always fantasized that one day they would be able to enter the court and become an official and shine in the family."

"But now I have more contact with this court, and after seeing the intrigues and intrigues in it for a long time, I feel that my previous thoughts and wishes are nothing."

"Actually, it's good to teach and manage business in our Furong Garden."

"Besides, the extra money you gave me, my lord, almost caught up with the fifth-rank officials of the imperial court, and..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Qiu on the other side was so angry that he almost threw the table over.

"fart!"

"Bastard Confucianism!"

"As far as those useless people with full stomachs are concerned, can they govern the country, or can they feed the people?!"

"Besides, even if it is compared to these, is your Ma Zhou really worse than him?!"

"If you really can only be a teacher in an academy, the shopkeeper of the restaurant, the housekeeper of the Furong Garden, I will never say anything about you."

"But you, Ma Zhou, are not!"

"You are full of economics and talents for governing the world!"

"And in your heart, in your bones, you always want to benefit the world, become an official in the court, and be a minister in the palace!"

"But you, you missed the biggest chance in your life, and it may also be the last chance in your life!"

Hearing Li Qiu's scolding, Ma Zhou bowed to Li Qiu with a solemn expression.

It may be due to the emotional excitement in his heart that even his voice trembled slightly.

"My lord, you are right."

"This may be the best opportunity of my life, and I just missed it."

"But in my heart, Ma Zhou, I don't have the slightest regret."

"I was born in a poor family when I was young, and maybe even in this life, even until I die, I will have the extravagant hope of being an official in the court and a minister in the palace."

"Glorious ancestors, completely change the status of the family and the fate of descendants."

"But Du Zhenglun is not an ordinary person. He is the prime minister of my entire Tang Dynasty, one of the most powerful people in the world."

"I can't disregard my status just because of my official career, and talk back to Lord Du, so that you can offend the last prime minister out of thin air, my lord?!"

"Let's just say today, my lord, you have angrily killed Du Xiang for two rounds because of me, making him unable to step down from the stage."

"If Ma Zhou continues to contradict him, he will definitely hate you, my lord."

"From the first day of entering this lotus garden, the prince and the two concubines have treated me like a mountain!"

"My lord, you are also wholeheartedly helping me create opportunities."

"Ma Zhou saw all of this and silently remembered it in his heart."

"But I can't just forget about you, my lord, and the interests of this lotus garden just for my own official career."

"Although I, Ma Zhou, are poor and humble, I still have a sincere conscience, and I must never do such ungrateful things!"

"As the saying goes, a scholar dies for his confidant, and Ma Zhou will never be able to repay your kindness to Ma Zhou in his lifetime."

"What is this personal fame and fortune?!"

What Ma Zhou said was extremely sincere, but Li Qiu's eyes widened even more.

"Are you from my Furong Garden?"

"Why are you still talking nonsense?!"

"Do you think that if you don't refute him, let him, and follow him, their group of nobles will remember me?"

"Do you think it's possible!"

"Those who are not of our race will have a different heart. In the eyes of this group of nobles, the heart of self-destruction will never disappear!"

"The only way to deal with this kind of person is to make yourself stronger, let them look up to you, and be powerless to fight against you!"

"Also, the old antiques who are so stubborn and doomed to be eliminated by the times are like worms after autumn, so what is there to fear?!"

"Ma Zhou, Ma Zhou, in my Hibiscus Garden, under my Li Qiu's subordinates, how can there be such a cowardly subordinate like you?!"

Seeing Li Qiu scolding Ma Zhou so angrily, Wu Jue also kept persuading him from the sidelines.

At the same time, because the relationship is too familiar, Wu Jue also criticized Ma Zhou.

"Ma Zhou, in my lord's heart, I have always placed high hopes on you."

"In fact, like the prince and our entire Furong Garden, they have already bathed in the grace of the emperor, and it is even approaching the point where there is no more."

"If you can really get the chance, you'll be on your way."

"My lord and we, as well as this Furong Garden, don't expect to be able to rely on you."

"But all of us will be sincerely happy for you."

"Because of your knowledge, talent, and calligraphy, we all feel that you should not stop there."

"But this time, as the prince said, you have indeed failed the prince's expectations, and you have also missed the most rare opportunity in your own life."

"My lord, he may have spoken a little harshly and scolded you a little bit fiercely, but it's also because we all regard you as our own, a family."

Hearing Wu Jue's words, Ma Zhou bowed to the ground again, then took his leave and left.

After he turned around, there was a bit of mist in the circles of his eyes.

It may also be the first time in his life that he completely forgot about fame and fortune in his heart.

Still the same sentence, a scholar dies for his confidant.

To be able to win like this, he Ma Zhou has always been a doorman, a housekeeper, and this life is worth it.

Chapter 457 Li Shimin's Wrath

On the other side, after the trip to Furong Garden this time.

Li Shimin also moved his mind, thinking whether to let Li Qiu worship Du Zhenglun as a teacher.

Follow him to learn calligraphy, classics and history.

First, Du Zhenglun is indeed knowledgeable. Although he is a bit rigid and stubborn, his morals are still good.

Although Li Qiu has many advantages, he is most like Li Shimin when he was young, but this runaway wild horse must be disciplined and corrected, and it will not be a problem if it continues like this.

The second and most important thing is that Li Shimin wanted to use Du Zhenglun as a bridge to narrow and improve the relationship between Li Qiu and the officials of the gentry.

If Li Qiu had really worshiped Prime Minister Du Zhenglun as his teacher, those officials of the gentry clan who looked up to Du Zhenglun would not have been targeting Li Qiu like this.

So, in a free afternoon a few days later, Li Shimin sent Du Zhenglun to the imperial study for an audience.

As soon as Du Zhenglun came in, someone from Li Shimin's side had already made tea.

"Zhenglun, come, sit down and have a cup of tea."

"I have nothing to do today, so I just want to talk to you."

Because I also know that now that the military has won a great victory, the disaster situation has been resolved, and the new year is approaching, and the court is fine.

So Du Zhenglun felt equally relaxed, so he obeyed, and sat there drinking tea with Li Shimin and chatting.

While talking, Li Shimin naturally shifted the topic to Li Qiu, King of Peking.

"Zheng Lun, when you went to Furong Garden a few days ago, did you taste the purple clay tea set and tea leaves that the King of Peking gave you?"

"how is the taste?"

In fact, these days, Du Zhenglun has been thinking about asking Li Shimin to talk about the Peking King Li Qiu.

Seeing Li Shimin mention this remark by chance now, Du Zhenglun's heart trembled suddenly, and he cheered up.

"Your Majesty, the tea sets and tea leaves in the Furong Garden are naturally excellent."

"You don't need to criticize, even the entire Chang'an City, who dares to say something bad?"

"This price is probably quite expensive."

"So in my heart, I am also grateful to King Beiping for his generosity."

Hearing this, Li Shimin laughed.

"You are right."

"If you want to say where the tea is the best in the world, even in my palace, it can't compare with his Furong Garden."

"Li Qiu is a kid, he never lacks gold and silver in Furong Garden."

"As for a little money, you don't have to mind too much."

"This Li Qiu, whether it is age, talent or martial arts, especially his loyalty to my Tang Dynasty, is absolutely impeccable."

"But the only thing is that he was born in a poor family. From childhood to adulthood, he lacked the norms and discipline of famous teachers."

"In terms of etiquette and morality, it's a bit young and vigorous."

"Now that the Turks are gone, and the war is basically over, it's time to regulate and restrain him."

According to Li Shimin's original intention, he wanted to belittle and suppress Li Qiu first, and then highlight the achievements and importance of Du Zhenglun as a teacher.

But his rhetoric gave Du Zhenglun a wrong teaching.

It can be said that Du Zhenglun was ecstatic when he heard Li Shimin criticize Li Qiu's shortcomings, even dissatisfaction.

Immediately, he was a little agitated and stood up directly.

Then he said with a very solemn expression: "Since Your Majesty has mentioned this matter, I have to say something from the bottom of my heart."

"As His Majesty said, this King of Beiping has become the King of the County, the Kingdom of Shangzhu, the Great General of Divine Martial Arts at a young age, and an extremely human minister."

"At the same time, he has 21 state fiefdoms, nearly a million people, and tens of thousands of soldiers."

"It is deeply treated and favored by His Majesty, the Empress, and the eldest grandson."

"He has almost reached the pinnacle of his life."

"But the more this is the case, the minister feels that the court should pay more attention to him."

"In the past when the powerful Turkic enemies looked down upon and wars were raging, he was indeed able to sacrifice his life to serve the country and fight on the battlefield."

"But once this external force disappears, and he bears such military exploits and honors again, I'm afraid his state of mind will change accordingly."

"Just talk about what I saw in the Furong Garden when I followed your Majesty a few days ago."

"A majestic general with tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands actually built a city wall in his own garden that surpassed Chang'an City."

"The guards in the palace are even better equipped than the imperial guards."

"This has gone far beyond the integrity and duty of a general. Your Majesty, you can no longer pamper him like this."

"At his age, if there are any changes due to emotional excitement, then Youzhou and other 21 states will be added to the tens of thousands of elite Youzhou troops."

"The threat to my Tang Dynasty is no less than that of the Turks!"