The difference between talents and mediocre talents is that their brains can always think of something useful.

Ma Zhou is a talent, and after listening to his first strategy, Sun Xiangfu has the intention of letting him see the overall situation.

"In addition, what the adults should have just considered is the subsequent resettlement of these Turks, if the placement of them by the imperial court will become a big trouble, then, in the end, they will still be returned to Jieli, or Tuli, by those rotten Confucians." Ma Zhou saw that Sun Xiangfu listened to his suggestion, so he continued.

"Yes, do you have any good proposals?" Sun Xiangfu nodded again when he heard this.

"Your Majesty should go to Your Majesty, recruit a small number of Turkic elites into the army, and give them the same treatment as the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, so as to reduce the danger of these captives, and at the same time give the remaining Turks a glimmer of hope that they will not rebel.

In addition, recruit some hard-working and honest Turkic people to work, just like those hired workers in Xingfu Village, they only need to pay simple labor to get paid, I believe that as long as they can be fed and clothed, a large part of them will not be willing to return to the cold northern steppe. ”

This is Ma Zhou's political thinking, can analyze national events with the weak amount of information received as a guest, this is an ability, I have to say, his suggestion is very reliable, Li Shimin in history is because of a large number of Hu prisoners to join the army, so that the Tang army's expeditionary combat ability to strengthen, at the same time, it also makes the Hu people less hostile to the Tang Dynasty, more likely to surrender to the Tang Dynasty's army, so that the Tang Dynasty's army in the Taizong period of the Hu people's war almost all ended in victory.

"So, let's talk about your third plan!" Sun Xiangfu looked at Ma Zhoudao expectantly.

Ma Zhou replied with a slight smile, "The last policy, it's actually not worth mentioning, that is, the interests are evenly distributed, and the lord only needs to propose to Your Majesty that the last remaining Turkic captives or thirty or fifty will be rewarded to the ministers of the DPRK and China, so that everyone can enjoy the benefits of not returning the Turkic captives, then, not only this time, but in the future wars, it will be difficult for the Turkic captives captured by my Tang Dynasty to return to the Turks." ”

"Take one step, look at three steps, Niu, Mr. is really a talent in the world."

Sun Xiangfu was really convinced this time, Ma Zhou's simple suggestions took all factors into account, especially the last one of the benefits, which Sun Xiangfu, who had no social experience, could not have imagined.

In this backward feudal agrarian society, the young and strong labor force, the population, are wealth, and the Turks are good at raising horses, serving livestock, and eunuchs, who have no shortage of horsemen, and who have no shortage of slaves to take care of livestock. Even if there is no shortage, take these young men to the slave market, and one of them can be sold for a few dollars! Dozens of them are a lot of money.

Think about it, if the Tang Dynasty captures foreign wars in the future, each official will be able to get a slave worth tens or hundreds of yuan, so will that official hate war? That official is willing to give away the wealth he gets to someone else for nothing?

"Your Excellency praised it."

Ma Zhou got up and saluted, and was about to leave, but was pulled by Sun Xiangfu.

"Sir, don't be in a hurry to leave, eat some wine and meat first, we still have something to talk about."

As he spoke, Uncle De brought in some cooked food cooked from the kitchen of Wangjianglou and put it on the table, Sun Xiangfu poured a bowl of wine for Ma Zhou before he said, "Mr. has a strategic mind and ambitions, and there is just an opportunity for Mr. to show his talent and let His Majesty see it, I wonder if Mr. has the intention to be a leader?" ”

Intentional, so intentional, if he didn't want to be an official, how could Ma Zhou do so much homework and go to Sun Xiangfu to recommend himself! To say that Chang He's official position is not low, but he is a military general, and a literati like Ma Zhou actually can't pee a pot, just read the friendship of his fellow villagers, so he will be kept in the house, usually provide some food and drink, and it will be a thing, historically, Ma Zhou has eaten idle meals in Chang He's mansion for several years, and only then did he have a chance to perform.

Now, Chang He led the army to supervise the Turkic captives, and it was rare for Ma Zhou to accompany him to help manage some clerical work, so that Ma Zhou found an opportunity, although Sun Xiangfu's official position was not high, but he was a favored retainer in front of the emperor, in addition to a few prime ministers, but also people like him and the emperor went closer, from such a big project, the person in charge was actually him, which can be associated, Li Shimin still has a lot of trust in his ability, so Ma Zhou then thought.

"If you can be out of the office, you will not forget the grace of the adult."

Ma Zhou got up and gave Sun Xiangfu a big gift, but Sun Xiangfu pulled him up again and pressed it on the table and said, "Sir, you don't need to be polite, Your Majesty is asking for talent, and this official is just sharing worries for Your Majesty, of course, it also depends on your own ability, I mean, you will assist my subordinate Shi Jian Cheng to manage the affairs on this construction site instead of me, I will personally go back to Chang'an to report to Your Majesty a few suggestions you made, if Your Majesty adopts it, and the project can be completed with quality and quantity, then it should not be difficult for Mr. to become a master." ”

"This, how to make it in the next grass people?"

Ma Zhou was a little stunned, but Sun Xiangfu ignored it and called Uncle De to call Shi Dalang over.

"Da Lang, this Mr. Ma Zhou is a great talent in the world, I want to keep the two of you here to supervise the construction site, how to behave, you and Mr. Ma is the mainstay, tomorrow, I will have something important to return to Chang'an, how to do it in the future, Mr. Ma will have arrangements."

Shi Bao's decision on Sun Xiangfu is basically blindly followed, he said that Ma Zhou has great talent, that must be a great talent, he himself is only twelve or thirteen years old and a half-grown son, and the thousand-character text may not be written silently now, of course, he can only do things according to orders, Sun Xiangfu just used his official status to help Ma Zhou support a field.

So, after Sun Xiangfu chatted with Ma Zhou and Shi Bao for a while about the follow-up project plan, the meal was finished.

The next day, Sun Xiangfu put the prepared piece in his arms early in the morning, beat the horse to Chang'an, and entered the imperial city in the afternoon, he was not a courtier, naturally he did not have the right to play the chapter, so his piece was given to the eldest grandson queen, and the eldest grandson queen handed it over to Li Shimin on behalf of the eldest grandson.

After handing over the recital, Sun Xiangfu had nothing to do, he wanted to take a nap in the yamen and wait for the harem to reply, but he saw a visitor suddenly coming to the door.

"Prince, why did you come to Weichen?"

After the simple salute, Sun Xiangfu asked, of course, more inquiring eyes were on Changsun Chong, who came with him, and Changsun Chong just shrugged his shoulders with him helplessly.

"I was bored in the East Palace, so I wanted to find you to learn drama, and the guards heard that you were in the Yashang, so Lone came." Li Chengqian's appearance as a little adult said.

It is estimated that he sent someone to keep an eye on the gate of the imperial city early in the morning, after all, the East Palace and the imperial city are only separated by a wall.

Thinking that the ancients had eight Chinese classes a day, especially the crown prince, and they had to double their studies, Sun Xiangfu was sad for this child, and he had nothing to do anyway, so he invited Li Chengqian to the yafang to talk.

"Does the prince really like music?"

"Yes! Oh, yes! Lone has never been praised by his father, only the song you taught me to sing last time made my father praise it, so ······"

All right! The child's thinking is actually so simple, he just wants to be affirmed and praised by his parents, but it's a pity that he has achieved the position of the prince at such a young age, anything, if he does it well, it should be, if he doesn't do it well, there will be a large number of people to accuse him, it can be said that it is the position of the prince who harmed him, otherwise, his psychology will not be so distorted when he becomes an adult.

"So, you sneaked out this time?"

With a word, Sun Xiangfu blocked Li Chengqian's later words, and nodded with a pitiful look.

"Usually, what are the consequences of you sneaking out, prince?" Sun Xiangfu asked curiously.

"I will be punished by my husband for copying books, and even, I will beat my handboard." Li Chengqian said with a palpitating expression.

His teacher was Li Gang, who was known as the emperor of the Three Dynasties, and even when Li Shimin saw him, he would respectfully perform the apprenticeship salute, and he beat him, and Li Chengqian had no reason at all.

Seeing Li Chengqian's appearance, Sun Xiangfu's heart suddenly softened, and he decided to help this poor child, so he said, "It's not right to sneak out, but it's not right for His Royal Highness's father, queen mother, and teacher to impose on you what should not belong to your age, so if the queen summons Weichen for a while, Weichen will persuade her." ”

"Don't, don't let the queen mother know about my sneaking out, otherwise I won't think about it for a long time." Li Chengqian said eagerly shaking his hands when he heard this.

"Don't worry, prince, I will have my way, and I will definitely not cause you to be punished."

Although Sun Xiangfu said this, Li Chengqian still didn't believe it, but at this time, the eunuch who passed the decree in the inner palace came, Li Chengqian was startled at first, and wanted to find a place to hide, but found that the eunuch who passed the decree did not come to ask him to ask the queen to ask questions, but summoned Sun Xiangfu, so Li Chengqian watched Sun Xiangfu follow the eunuch out of the yamen with a pleading look.

"Cousin, Sun Zhengming won't talk nonsense, right?" Waiting for Sun Xiangfu's back to walk away, Li Chengqian looked at the eldest grandson Chongdao on the side with a worried face.

"Well, with what I know about this kid, he's going to talk nonsense." Eldest Sun Chong touched his nose and said.

"How's that to be?" Li Chengqian said with a look of regret, it was really not the right time for him to come today, even if Sun Xiangfu wanted to hide it for himself, the eunuch was afraid that he would tell the truth to Empress Eldest Sun.

"However, after this kid finishes talking nonsense, my aunt may really change some of the way she disciplines you."

"Well, cousin, you're making fun of Lone." Li Chengqian reacted.

The eldest grandson patted Li Chengqian's shoulder with a smile and said, "I learned this from Sun Zhengming, but let's go back now!" I can't say it, I will go to the East Palace with my aunt's will in a while. ”

Li Chengqian nodded sadly and said, "I hope Sun Zhengming can persuade the queen mother!" ”