Who is Ma Zhou? Ma Zhou is one of the famous five virtuous ministers of Li Erzhenguan, his ability is naturally not to say, although Li Chengzong is a man from science and engineering, but he can't stand that he has a daughter-in-law who has studied the history of the twenty-four years by his side, when evaluating the characters of the early Tang Dynasty, Yang Rong also specially mentioned Ma Zhou, saying that he is not simple.

According to Yang Rong, Ouyang Xiu, who later compiled the "New Tang Dynasty Book", commented on Ma Zhou: Ma Zhou thinks that he is similar to Fu Shuo of the Shang Dynasty and Jiang Taigong of the Zhou Dynasty, "However, Zhou Cai does not catch Fu Shuo, Lu Wang." Ouyang Xiu believes that Ma Zhou's talent is not as good as Fu Shuo and Lu Wang. However, the giant Grandpa Mao, who led Huaxia to stand again from the quagmire, disagreed with Ouyang Xiu's statement, he thought: "Fu said, Lu Wang is so good that Ma Zhou can be far away." "Look, even Jiang Ziya can't catch up with Ma Zhou's talent, this evaluation is high enough, right?

"Old Tang Book" and "New Tang Book" record: Ma Zhou is very talented, "sharp and sharp, moving affairs, and careful adjudication", in the rule of Zhenguan, there are many achievements, "the reputation of the times belongs to it". Cen Wenwen, a minister of the same period of Ma Zhou, said: "I see that Ma Jun has a lot of arguments, citing things, citing ancient and modern things, and the examples should be deleted, and the text will be reasonable, not a word can be added, not a word can be reduced, and it is fascinating to listen to, which makes people forget." ”

The records of Ma Zhou's deeds in books such as "Old Tang Book", "New Tang Book", and "Zizhi Tongjian" are very brief, but only looking at the two pieces of Ma Zhou preserved in the "Old Tang Book", Ma Zhou's talent is indeed extraordinary. In particular, in the 11th year of Zhenguan (637 AD), the proclamation proposed measures and solutions for improvement in response to various political shortcomings and hidden dangers at that time. The performance is to the point, the reasoning is thorough, and the attitude is sincere; With sober insight and the foresight of a politician. His fearless spirit of putting the interests of the country first and disregarding personal gains and losses is even more commendable.

Now that such a talented man is standing in front of him, Li Chengzong naturally did not let go of the mistake, as for the strong Confucian color on Ma Zhou's body, Li Chengzong didn't care much, Ma Zhou is not a sour and rotten Confucian, he is still very able to keep up with the times.

So how do you go about making a down payment on this week? Do you want to learn from Zhuge Liang and look at the thatched house? Li Chengzong thought at first that after Ma Zhou appeared, he would bow his head and bow down and call himself the lord, but in fact, when Ma Zhou faced Li Chengzong, he was not affected by his strong field, which made Li Chengzong, who carefully observed Ma Zhou, very satisfied.

On the issue of talents, Li Chengzong's virtuous assistant Yang Rong told him about Guan Zhong's talent views, which was deeply recognized by Li Chengzong. The story is not complicated, that is, Qi Huan Gong wants to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and asks Guan Zi how to recruit talents from all over the world. Guan Zi replied: "Respect and praise the talents, and give preferential treatment without deceiving each other." What is the preferential treatment method? Those who are worth five are given six, and those who are worth nine are given ten, and they should not be taken into account. ”

The most taboo thing to be a leader is to rely on the power in his hands to treat others arrogantly, and to compare talents like commodities. What real talents need most is to be respected, from personality to wisdom, and treatment is often a manifestation of respect or not.

The difference between an elite and a mortal is that a mortal does not have great ambitions and takes a salary to do a job; And the talent is often arrogant and not easy to control. Guan Zi deeply understands this, so he advises Qi Huan Gong to be generous, from the best of the best, let him feel warm, respect for personality, care for career, support at work, care for life, then all the talents in the world yearn to come, loyal to the country, so do not use many people, but to be fine, and Ma Zhou is the elite general in Li Chengzong's talent strategy.

Li Chengzong in this time and space is four or five years younger than Ma Zhou, both of them are young people, although one is the lord of Donglu, and the other is just a commoner in cloth, but the two of them are like old friends who have not seen each other for many years.

After Li Chengzong broke off the Spring Festival couplet case, Li Chengzong immediately included Ma Zhou in the list of Zaifu training, and gave him the title of Longtuge University Scholar.

"Your Highness, the slogans and slogans you put forward such as ten years of trees and one hundred years of educating people are quite suitable for the environment of the school..... but my highness, in such a sacred place as the school, you did not offer Confucius the holy master of Confucianism, is it a little inappropriate?"

In recent times, Ma Zhou has served as Li Chengzong's personal advisor. followed Li Chengzong to run all over his five states and two counties, when he saw the textbooks in the school, he accidentally saw the excerpt of the "Book of Ink", as an orthodox Confucian disciple, he couldn't stand it, and he couldn't help but complain a few words to Li Chengzong.

Li Chengzong is the king, Ma Zhou is the minister, Ma Zhou wants to persuade Li Chengzong, this is called admonishment, some ministers in history have almost all admonished, this Ma Zhou is also a master of admonishment, of course, admonishment is also risky, on the stall Li Er Li Chengzong, the monarch who can still listen to it, also said that if it is a tyrant like Ji Xuan, the end will generally not be good.

Ma Zhou is a smart man, in his opinion, he is willing to risk life and death, and his spirit is commendable; Twists and turns, euphemism and admonition, art is more gratifying. Because the purpose of admonition is not to fight for victory, but to cure the disease and save the world; How to advise is only a means, and achieving the goal is fundamental. Throughout the ages, outstanding loyal ministers are not only strong, but also resourceful, so he will be the art of speaking when he admonishes, rather than being as straightforward as Wei Heizi, who is still fighting under Li Mi.......

Li Chengzong was stunned for a moment, and quickly understood why Ma Zhou said these words to himself, it turned out that he was fighting for the Confucianism he was born in. He glanced at Ma Zhou deeply, and then said meaningfully, "Brother Binwang, you are fighting for the Confucianism you were born in, hehehe, I have ordered to build the Hundred Saints Pavilion and the Pantheon in the west of the city, and Confucius will move out of the Land Temple with the statues of my ancestor Li Er and others, and go to the Hundred Saints Pavilion to accept the worship and admiration of all the people."

"Hundred Saints' Pavilion? Your Highness, do you mean to put Kong Sheng and the other hundred princes together? Hearing Li Chengzong say this, Ma Zhou's face turned a little dark, what is this, Confucius is our ancestor after all, that is the god of scholars, how did he fall into prison with Mozi, Han Feizi, Zhuangzi, and other powers?

Just as Li Chengzong was about to answer, a captain on Jinyiwei's side ran over with a stack of papers, "Your Highness, Your Highness, the Wagang Army is really as you said, it was injured when fighting with Yu Wenhua in the north, the last Xiaoguo elite of the Great Sui was completely annihilated, and the generals of the Wagang Army were almost all injured....... "Ma Zhou also stood up when he heard this, in his opinion, this is exactly his own lord who is planning to meddle in the Central Plains war situation and participate in the world competition.