After Wei Zheng served as a member of the Zhongshu House, it was Ma Zhou who succeeded him as the superintendent of the imperial history.

Speaking of Ma Zhou, we have to mention Chang He first.

Before the Xuanwu Gate Change, Chang He served as the guard of the Xuanwu Gate, and at the critical moment, he closed the Xuanwu Gate and locked Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's subordinates out of the door, so that Li Shimin successfully killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. Chang He has the merit of supporting the establishment, and is currently the assassin of Jingzhou (now Jingchuan, Gansu).

Ma Zhou was originally a guest of Chang He's family, in 631, Tang Taizong Li Shimin asked each of the officials in the court to write an article about the gains and losses of current politics, Chang He was a military general, and he couldn't dance and write, and when he saw that the emperor wanted him to write an article, he couldn't help but get anxious.

When Ma Zhou learned the news, he took the initiative to write this article for Chang He in the spirit of repaying his kindness, and Chang He was very happy, so he asked Ma Zhou to write it himself.

A few days later, Chang He presented the article on current affairs written by Ma Zhouyi to Tang Taizong for viewing, Li Shimin was surprised after reading it, he knew that Chang He was not good at writing, how could he write such a thorough article.

He didn't believe that this was written by Chang He, so he asked Chang He if he wrote it, Chang He was honest and didn't take credit, so he honestly said to the emperor: "The minister doesn't have this ability, this is written by the minister's disciple Ma Zhou Daichen." ”

Li Shimin was very happy when he heard that there was such a genius under Chang He's disciple, and immediately wanted to meet this talent. He thought of doing it, and ordered someone to call Ma Zhou to Chang He Mansion, but he didn't expect that Ma Zhou's shelf was still very big, and the attendant who was sent came back alone.

Tang Taizong not only did not get angry, but also sent someone to invite Ma Zhou again, and sent four envoys to invite this arrogant Ma Zhou to the palace. Ma Zhou felt that things had almost been done, so he came to the palace happily.

When Tang Taizong saw this young man who was dressed ordinarily but had an extraordinary temperament, he felt that this person was extraordinary, so he talked to Ma Zhou about the political situation at that time and the way of government. Ma Zhou talked eloquently, and the gains and losses of politics from ancient times to the present were very detailed, which made Li Shimin amazed, and sighed that he hated to see each other late. Immediately let Ma Zhou take up a post in the subordinate province in charge of confidential information, although the official position is very small, but with Ma Zhou's real talent and learning and Li Shimin's appreciation of him, it is only a matter of time before he is promoted. Historically, he succeeded Cen Wenwen as the Zhongshu Ling (Prime Minister).

After Wei Zheng was promoted, Ma Zhou became a powerful supervisor of the imperial history, and Li Shimin was very trusted. In order to praise Chang He who discovered Ma Zhou, Tang Taizong gave Chang He 300 brocade silks.

Ma Zhou is 36 years old, tall and thin, decent, calm, and slightly tall. His acting characteristics are comparable to those of Wei Zheng, but he is relatively flexible compared to Wei Zheng.

For Li Su, the king of Liang, in the eyes of Ma Zhou, he is also a legendary figure, he rarely convinces people, but he admires His Royal Highness the King of Liang very much.

Ma Zhou was born in poverty, and was bullied by the family of gate lords when he was a teenager, and before he became an official in the court, he was also squeezed out by them, so he had to defect to Chang He as a guest. There is a natural aversion to the gate valve family.

Ma Zhou usually didn't have the opportunity to communicate with His Royal Highness King Liang, and the only thing that could be related to him was to see the impeachment of King Liang. However, for the impeachment of King Liang, Ma Zhou did not participate in it once.

King Liang and the emperor's plan for the gate valve family, the only thing Datang can see clearly is Ma Zhou. He found that the series of measures adopted by the emperor seemed to be unrelated to each other, and the hammer in the east and the stick in the west really hit the body of the gate valve family. Gradually weaken their power.

However, he always felt unhappy with a question in his heart, so he finally couldn't help it anymore and came to ask to see His Royal Highness King Liang.

Liang Wangfu.

Coming to this era, for the big names of the contemporary, Li Su has a detailed understanding of their life deeds and personality traits through Baidu. In addition, after coming to this era, I deliberately compared the observation of the data, and I am already very familiar with their people.

For Ma Zhou, King Liang thinks that he is a trustworthy figure who is loyal to the Tang Dynasty and has an upright character, and he originally planned to have a relationship, but he didn't have a chance. Now that it has been sent to the door, Li Su naturally has to seize the opportunity.

"Master Ma, why do you have time to come to my place today?" Li Su

Asked with a smile.

Liang Wangfu received guests, and there was a trick that was very powerful.

In ancient times, the reception of guests was very polite, and the layout of the living room, ordinary officials and ordinary people, now placed a table in the direction facing the door, two chairs on both sides of the table, and several chairs on the side.

The ancients respected the left. When a guest of equal status comes, he is invited to sit in the right-hand position in the front and the host in the left-hand position. If the status of the guest is high, the positions of the two people will be reversed.

If the status of the guest is quite different from that of the host, the guest will sit in the seat on the side of the lower hand.

Liang Wangfu is different, in the living room here, there is a coffee table, opposite two couches. When the guests came, they sat opposite King Liang, regardless of whether they were high or low. What's even more powerful is that King Liang chats with the guests, and there will be a beautiful princess next to him to personally make tea for the guests. Guests will feel very warm and enjoyable.

Ma Zhou is treated like this now, and today is accompanied by Begonia. Ma Zhou immediately had a good impression.

Ma Zhou said: "Your Highness, the minister took the liberty to visit today because he had something to ask His Highness for advice. ”

Li Su said: "Master Ma, there is no need to say anything if you ask for advice, if there is anything, we can discuss it together." I'm glad you were able to come and see me today, do you know what I think of you? ”

Ma Zhou listened to the spirit, and he wanted to know how His Royal Highness King Liang thought of him.

Li Su said: "The ministers have seen the previous generations, since the Xia, Yin, Zhou and Han clans have the world, and the Zuo has been passed down one after another, most of them are more than 800 years, and the few are still 4 or 500 years. Is there no secluded king, Lai Qianran Zhe lest you! Since Wei and Jin have been returned, it has been reduced to Zhou and Sui, and most of them have only been fifty or sixty years, and some have died in only twenty or thirty years......

This is the admonition of Master Ma for his father, a total of 1230 words, every word. ”

Ma Zhou was very moved, he couldn't imagine that His Royal Highness King Liang had recited his advice to the emperor word for word, and he even knew how many words. He suddenly felt like a confidant.

Ma Zhou said movingly: "Your Highness, you actually memorized all the vulgar articles of the minister, which is really embarrassing for the minister. ”

In fact, Li Su didn't know anything about Ma Zhou's advice, he read it down according to the article on Baidu.

Li Su said: "My father once said, 'Fu said, Lu Wang, how is the way, Ma Zhou is talented, and it is far away. I think my father's assessment is pertinent. ”