Liu Yu did not keep Ma Zhen to stay in the palace, Ma Zhen's value was not as high as his five sons at all, and Liu Yu, as the Son of Heaven, did not need to show his favor too much.

Since the capture of Jingzhou, Liu Yu seems to have become lazy, and he feels that he is not so concerned about many things.

Human beings are born with a kind of inertia, and no one is exempt. Liu Yu struggled for so many years, and after arriving in Jingzhou, he began to become lazy. Maybe it was infected by the comfortable atmosphere of Jingzhou.

And Ma Zhen didn't dare to disturb Liu Yu anymore, he had been rolling in the family for many years, and he could naturally see that Liu Yu didn't treat him very well. Now that his goal has been achieved, the revival of the Ma family is very promising, and he doesn't want to add a bad impression to Liu Yu and affect his son's future.

The five young men of the Ma family were brought to Zhuge Liang by Li Gui.

Zhuge Liang was still immersed in business, and when he saw Li Gui coming over with five people who looked similar, he immediately stopped what he was doing, walked out, and asked suspiciously: "Lord Li came here today, but Your Majesty has something important to order?" ”

Zhuge Liang and Li Ghost have no friendship, Li Gui must have something to do when he comes to him, and if he comes at this time, there is a chance that Liu Yu will tell Zhuge Liang to do something.

Li Gui said with a smile: "Your Majesty asked me to come down to convey Your Majesty's will, Lord Zhuge please accept it." ”

"Your Majesty respectfully requests the Holy Decree." Zhuge Liang did not hesitate and immediately stood up and waited for Li Gui to read the holy decree.

Now there is no rule that the Son of Heaven will read the holy decree, and the courtiers will kneel, and that is a matter of hundreds of years. Of course, in this day and age, if you kneel on the ground or throw yourself on the ground to receive the Divine Decree, no one will care about you. In this regard, Liu Yu, the son of Shenwu, seems a bit casual.

Ma Liang and the others were shocked, how about they want to arrange the incense case or something to welcome the holy decree, just stand straight and wait, they are not afraid of separating their heads and necks? Obviously, Zhuge Liang not only did it, but also did it very simply, almost making it difficult to imagine that this is the famous Wolong Zhuge Liang in Jingzhou.

Zhuge Liang didn't know that his habitual actions on Liu Yu's side had made Ma Liang and others suppressed.

Liu Yu is in this situation, Zhuge Liang was not used to it before, but after a long time, Zhuge Liang was also infected.

"Today, there are five children of the Ma Jialiang family in Jingzhou, and they are specially handed over to Zhuge Kongming for preferential use! Chin this! Li Gui read out Liu Yu's holy decree.

Liu Yu's will is very simple, that is, let Zhuge Liang see if Ma Liang and these people can be used, and if they can't be used, they will be driven away.

Generally speaking, Liu Yu's vision is good, and if he can be sent to Zhuge Liang, he will not cause trouble for Zhuge Liang.

"Obey the order!" Zhuge Liang received the order and thanked him.

Li Gui handed over the holy decree to Zhuge Liang, and then arched his hand and said, "Lord Zhuge , these descendants will be handed over to you." Your Majesty is still waiting for a reply from below, so I won't bother. ”

After Li Gui said this, he turned his head and left, without any nostalgia at all.

"Master Li go slowly, don't send it." Zhuge Liang said goodbye to Li Gui with a smile.

After Li Gui left, Zhuge Liang returned to his seat, and the Ma Wuchang stood in front of Zhuge Liang with a respectful face.

Zhuge Liang said leisurely: "Ma's five constants. This official is also from Jingzhou, and the reputation of your five brothers has long been ringing in your ears. I have never had the opportunity to meet, but now we can meet in the vast sea of people, which is really a kind of fate. ”

If Zhuge Liang didn't know the name of Ma's Five Constants, he would be a fool in Jingzhou. Although Zhuge Liang has been nesting in Nanyang, he knows all the characters in Jingzhou, but he has not seen it with his own eyes.

"Your Excellency is overrated." The brothers of the Ma family said in unison.

Zhuge Liang has heard of their reputation, but reputation does not mean everything, and Zhuge Liang has to be actually assessed. After all, Liu Bei's reputation was loud enough before, but he was not a ruthless hero.

"Your Majesty has let this official be used according to the best. So now the official will evaluate you first. Zhuge Liang said lightly.

"Your Excellency, please." The five brothers of the Ma family all listened to Zhuge Liang's orders.

Their hearts are also sighing. Looking at Zhuge Liang's age, he is not much different from them, and he may be younger than Ma Boss. Now people can sit on their own and evaluate themselves at a young age. It's just that they can't be unconvinced at all, Wolong Zhuge Liang was able to be compared with the first person in Nanzhou when he was in Jingzhou, and people now have such rights and status by ability.

Zhuge Liang began to assess the five brothers of the Ma family. Zhuge Liang first began to ask Boss Ma.

Zhuge Liang's problems were all internal affairs at the beginning, and then some military problems. Ma Xuan could answer the question fluently at first, but slowly he couldn't answer Zhuge Liang's question. Zhuge Liang almost knows Ma Xuan's ability, suitable for internal affairs but not for the military, and his ability cannot be said to be first-class, but he is still a very good internal affairs expert.

Zhuge Liang immediately arranged Ma Xuan to a position dedicated to governing the people, but it was only a small position, and it depended on whether Ma Xuan was willing or not.

Ma Xuan naturally agreed, and he was just reused by Liu Biao before. When he arrived at the Shenwu Imperial Court, everything was based on merit and strength, and Ma Xuan believed that he would definitely be recognized by others.

Then it was Macom's turn.

Zhuge Liang asked some questions, but Ma Kang's answer made Zhuge Liang feel a little incredible.

Ma Kang is a relatively lazy person, he has resourcefulness and ability, but many times he is worried about this and that, and he doesn't want to use more brainpower, his answer is very good, but it does not meet the standard in Zhuge Liang's heart.

Zhuge Liang is a very hard-working person, and he can't see anyone lazy. However, although Ma Kang's answer just now had a lazy charm that Zhuge Liang hated, but when he thought about it carefully, there seemed to be another layer of truth.

For this kind of lazy person, Zhuge Liang gave him a very heavy task, and asked Ma Kang to be responsible for the allocation of grain and grass to govern Su Lang. It's a lot of physical work, and it's a lot of responsibility. When Ma Kang heard such a job, his face immediately turned pale, but when he thought that his father expected him to fight for him, Ma Kang also accepted his fate.

And Ma Jin is a very cold guy. Zhuge Liang felt that he should send Ma Jin to the "dark department" in the past, and his temperament was very similar to that of the spies in the "dark department". And Zhuge Liang can only think about it, the selection of "dark department" personnel has its own set of methods, and it is not related to any department in the DPRK and China, and it is an independent existence.

Zhuge Liang has also heard that Ma Jin is not emotional, so the best thing is to preside over litigation and public security. Zhuge Liang arranged Ma Jin to the position of Xiangyang Weicao.

This is a chore, there are many families here, and it is common for some children of families to violate the law and discipline by relying on their own power, and the government has nothing to do with them. This position is easy to offend people, since Liu Biao was in power, no one in Xiangyang Wei Cao can be for a long time. So far, the position of Xiangyang Weicao is still empty, and no one dares to take over.

Zhuge Liang gave Ma Jin such a position, which can be regarded as a very high esteem for him.

Ma Jin had no opinion on Zhuge Liang's arrangement, as if it was no big deal, and even became excited. Ma Jin knew the duties of Xiangyang Wei Cao, and he had long seen that those children of the family who were usually rampant and domineering were not pleasing to the eye, although now that Liu Yu was the supreme son of heaven in Xiangyang, the children of the family who were usually powerful and blessed returned to their homes honestly and closed their doors. But there are always some stupid people who are not afraid of death to come out and make trouble, which is the need for Wei Cao to come out and administer justice. Ma Jin felt excited at the thought of being able to clean up those guys that he was not used to looking at normally. used to be worried about his family, but now Ma Jin's backstage is very hard and has become Shenwu Emperor Liu Yu, Ma Jin feels sorry for himself even if he doesn't show it ruthlessly. The corners of his mouth rose slightly, giving people a sense of cruelty.

Zhuge Liang's heart jumped, and it seemed that he had made a decision to change the body of others. But the words have already been spoken, and Zhuge Liang is not easy to take back.

Under the inadvertent guidance of Zhuge Liang, Ma Jin has a tendency to develop towards cool officials.

More than ten years later, through his own efforts and ruthless methods against offenders, Ma Jin became a famous cool official in the Shenwu court, helping the Han court punish traitors and eliminate evil.

That's another story.

When he arrived at Ma Liang, Zhuge Liang raised all kinds of questions to evaluate him. Zhuge Liang knew that Ma Liang was the strongest among the five in any aspect, so it was more difficult to ask questions. There is no one exact answer to these questions, and there are many ways to answer them.

These questions were difficult for Ma Liang, but they were not very difficult, and Ma Liang just pondered for a while and kept saying his opinion. After Zhuge Liang heard Ma Liang's answer, slowly, a smile appeared on his face. A large part of Ma Liang's answer coincides with the answer in Zhuge Liang's heart. However, Ma Liang worked very hard to persuade Zhuge Liang to agree with his views.

Zhuge Liang suddenly had a feeling of meeting a confidant. This Ma Liang can actually have such good insight, why didn't he find out before?

Zhuge Liang kept asking questions, and Ma Liang also entered the state and answered Zhuge Liang's questions one by one. And Zhuge Liang sometimes refutes when he hears Ma Liang's answer and his discrepancies, and Ma Liang defends them one by one. The scene seems to have become a debate between Zhuge Liang and Ma Liang.

The remaining four people were speechless, what are these two people doing?

In the end, Zhuge Liang finally knew Ma Liang's ability, he was a very rare wise man, and he could be said to be one of the best among the talents in Jingzhou, and such talents must be reused.

"Ji Chang is really a talent of the countryman." Zhuge Liang affirmed Ma Liang's talent.

"Your Excellency is overrated. If you want to say that the talent of the countryman, the adults are similar to the next age, and they are already famous all over the world. Learn a lot from adults. Ma Liang said respectfully.

Zhuge Liang sighed for a while, it seems that this white-eyed Ma Liang is not a person who can be underestimated, this person is worthy of deep friendship.

I already know Ma Liang's talent, but how to arrange Ma Liang is a difficult problem. Zhuge Liang had to think carefully so that Ma Liang's ability could be used and improved to the maximum.

Zhuge Liang pondered for a while, then said: "Ji Chang might as well do things under the command of this official first, this official has a lot of official affairs, and Ji Chang can help some." ”

Okay, Zhuge Liang said it tactfully, but everyone knows that Zhuge Liang wants to cultivate Ma Liang well.

Ma Liang said respectfully: "Thank you, my lord, and please cultivate more in the future." ”

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, he felt that Ma Liang would definitely be able to help him. At the same time, Zhuge Liang also felt that this was one of Liu Yu's intentions, and it was better to send a wise man with no low resourcefulness to assist than Zhuge Liang being busy alone. Although there is Pang Tong as a deputy, it is nominal, Pang Tong usually does not stay here with Zhuge Liang, and all stay in Wulin Port.

The youngest Ma Tan had been waiting for Zhuge Liang to ask, but Zhuge Liang had talked to Ma Liang for so long, and after he finished speaking, he seemed to have forgotten him.

Ma Jian naturally quit and arched his hand and said, "My lord, it's my turn now." ”

Zhuge Liang is happy, it seems that this little guy is impatient. But Zhuge Liang felt that Ma Jian was so young that he couldn't give him some positions now.

But Zhuge Liang has always done things fairly, and since the other four people have been assessed, Ma Jian naturally has to be assessed.

Zhuge Liang asked Ma Jian some questions, and Ma Jian also answered excitedly. But the result did not satisfy Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang shook his head lightly and sighed in his heart: "I'm still too young." The idea is there, but it's not practical at all. ”

"What do you think of me, my lord? What position do you want to arrange for me? Ma Tan asked Zhuge Liang instead.

Ma Xuan's face immediately darkened, and he scolded angrily: "Rude! ”

Only then did Ma Tan realize that he was reckless just now, Zhuge Liang looked young, but now that he was in a high position, he had offended his majesty just now.

"Out of the way!" Zhuge Liang said softly: "Young Chang, this official sees that you have the ability, but you still need to study hard." This official looks at you as a talent, and if you work hard, you will definitely be the pillar of the country. This official recommends you to go to Luoyang to study with Mr. Confucius Zigan. I don't know? ”

"Huh? Study? Ma Jian was immediately dumbfounded, his brothers are all officials, but he is going to Luoyang to study, what is this for?

"Thank you for your cultivation of the young." Ma Xuan, Ma Liang and others immediately agreed for Ma Yan.

Zhuge Liang smiled, it seems that Ma Liang knows his intentions.

Only Ma Jian looked confused.