Chapter 136: Diligent Child
Cheng Yanjin and the others suddenly smiled and said, "Okay! My friend was promoted and went to drink his glass of wine. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info a certain family is Liangshan Cheng bite gold, have you ever heard of it? ”
"Oops! My lord! It turned out to be Master Cheng of Liangshan! Our owner talks about the benefits of the big man every day, but I didn't expect the big man to arrive. Brothers, get out of the way, this is our best friend in the county order, Hugh is going to be lazy! ”
When those guards heard this, they hurriedly stepped aside and said, "Master Cheng, please!" Our county magistrate is handling official business in the yamen. I'm going to wait for the guards to have a tough task, so I won't give you a gift. ”
Cheng Yanjin nodded and said, "You did a good job, do it well!" Saying that, he urged the war horse to take Luo Shixin and the four of them into Eping County.
When I arrived at the Ya of Eping County, several people were all named; The cow heard the news quickly, and this ran out to greet it; As soon as he saw Cheng biting Jinna's head, he bowed and said, "See Brother Cheng!" ”
Cheng Yanjin laughed, stepped forward to help Niu Tong up, and said with a smile: "Brother Xian, please get up quickly!" I haven't seen him for a few days, and the virtuous brother has already made a county order, which really makes my brother envious. ”
Niu Tong stood up and smiled: "Brother, Hugh wants to make fun of it; During this period of time, you Liangshan is so majestic, you can hide these practices from outsiders, but you can't hide them from our own brothers! I've always wanted Liangshan to join the gang; But there was no visit. This time I got Eping County by chance, I am willing to use Eping County to vote, I don't know if my brother is willing to accept it. ”
Cheng Yanjin laughed and helped Niu Tong up and said: "We have the help of our virtuous brothers, just like a tiger with wings; With this Eupyeong County is the icing on the cake, so that we have another county in Boju after Caoju, Daiju and Jeju. ”
Niu Tong smiled: "As long as it helps my brother." The younger brother got Ehei and always wanted to report to his brother, but he didn't expect his brother to suddenly come today. ”
Cheng Yanjin smiled and told him about the conquest of Southwest Lu and others. Niu Tong was overjoyed: "I really didn't expect that my brother would make such a big foundation in just a short period of time; It's really the envy of Niu Tong. Now that it was noon, my brother came to my younger brother and invited him to have a drink. ”
Cheng Yanjin nodded and said, "It's okay, let's talk while eating!" "said that these people went out of the yamen and came to the largest restaurant in Eping County, and asked for a single room to sit down; Chat while eating.
During the banquet, Cheng Yanjin mainly introduced the current exhibition situation in Liangshan and the follow-up planning; Niu Tong applauded again and again. Everyone talked about some interesting things, competed in martial arts, and was not happy while eating and drinking.
After eating this wine for an hour, several people were a little drunk. Cheng Yanjin was next to the window, and he felt more comfortable by the breeze outside the house, he turned his head to look outside, and found an interesting thing.
On the street, there was a large cart moving slowly, because it was going up a gentle slope, and the person pulling the cart bent forward and dragged hard. Beside him, there was a thin little black boy of twelve or thirteen years old, who was also trying to pull the rope that was tied to the car.
What caught Cheng Yanjin's attention was indeed this thin little black child, after the child helped the adults pull the car across the bridge, he came to a stable section of the road, and bent down to pull the car while holding a book in his hand to read.
They were delivering goods for the restaurant, and the carriage stopped at the door of the restaurant, and several people began to carry the goods inside. When it was finished, the adults chatted and waited for the bill, but the little black boy sat on the steps, opened the freshly wrapped book and continued reading.
Cheng Yanjin became interested in this person, and said to Niu Dao: "Brother Xian, I have an interesting thing in mind, you can take a look with me." Niu Tong and the others were also interested when they heard it, and followed Cheng Yanjin down to the restaurant.
At this time, several coolies had just received their wages and were about to leave, when the big man pulling the cart patted the little black boy and said, "Xiao Zhou, don't go to the private school today, how about your uncle take you to a good place?" ”
A person next to him said with a smile: "Niu Er, you don't want to seduce people Xiao Zhou, it's not easy for people to earn two dollars, but I can't go to gambling with you." Another also said: "Yes, Xiao Zhou is a person with great ambitions, you can't harm others." ”
Xiao Zhou blushed and said: "Thank you, uncle, I have already told Mr. Fan from the private school, I will help him clean the school, and he will teach me to read and write!" People can't be dishonest, I went to the private school, goodbye uncles. ”
As soon as the little black boy was about to leave, Cheng Yanjin and the others came downstairs, "Wait a minute, child!" Cheng Yanjin hurriedly stopped the little black boy; He stepped forward quickly, and showed a smile that he thought was gentle, and frightened the little black boy back several steps.
"Ahem, kid, let me ask. Is your surname Zhou? Cheng Biting Jin coughed twice and asked.
Xiao Zhou replied: "No, my surname is Ma, and my single name is Zhou, called Ma Zhou." Cheng Yanjin's eyes widened instantly and asked, "Your name is Ma Zhou?" The child didn't know what was strange about his name, and nodded affirmatively.
Cheng Biting Jin's heart is rolling, Ma Zhou! This is a generation of famous ministers of the Tang Dynasty, in ancient times, Liu Bei invited Zhuge Liang to visit the thatched house, and Emperor Taizong visited Ma Zhou to worship the prime minister in the Tang Dynasty; Even the Taizu of later generations admired Ma Zhou very much and praised him for being better than Jia Yi, a famous minister of the Western Han Dynasty.
This Ma Zhou's parents died when he was a child, but he was erudite and diligent, good at "poems" and "books", and good at "Spring and Autumn"; And thoughtful, especially good at words, praised by the times, Tang Taizong once said: "I don't see Zhou for the time being." ”
Ma Zhou once gave Taizong 22 advices, asking Taizong to take Sui as a lesson, promote less rumors, advocate frugality, and oppose the implementation of the world feudal system; Moreover, in these admonitions, Tang Taizong was advised to take "the bitterness and happiness of the people" as the weighing standard for the rise and fall of the country. Ma Zhou pointed out that "since ancient times, the rise and fall of a country is not determined by how much it has been saved, and the people are bitter and happy."
It's a pity that God is jealous of talents, Ma Zhou later got thirst quenching disease, that is, diabetes, and died young at the age of 48; During his serious illness, Taizong once personally boiled soup and fed medicine, and even ordered the crown prince Li Zhi to serve as a disciple. After Ma Zhou's death, Tang Taizong held a high-standard state funeral for him, and specially buried Ma Zhou's body in his imperial mausoleum.
Unexpectedly, on a whim, I wanted to see who this diligent child was, and I actually found the famous Tang Dynasty Ma Zhou. Cheng Biting Jin grinned and said: "Ma Zhou's child, my name is Cheng Biting Jin, my name is Yizhen, and I am a thief general of the imperial court; This is your new county magistrate in Eping County, named Niu Tong, have you heard of it? ”
When the coolies heard this, they exclaimed in unison: "It turns out to be a cow hero, he has the grace of life for the people of our city, of course we know!" As he spoke, he knelt down together and kowtowed to Niu Tong; Niu Tong hurriedly helped everyone up.
Cheng Yanjin said: "Ma Zhou, I see that you are smart and diligent, and you are willing to support you; There are also gentlemen and great Confucians in my home, and you are willing to go with me. ”
Ma Zhou was stunned, before he could speak, Niu Er and the others had already hurriedly urged: "Xiao Zhou, what are you doing in a daze?" Thank you, sir! ”
Ma Zhoutong knelt down and said, "Thank you, my lord, I am willing to follow the adult to study; However, I have an agreement with Mr. Fan in the private school, people can't be untrustworthy, I want to go and talk to Mr. Fan first. ”
Cheng Yanjin smiled heartily and said: "It should be like this, so be it!" My horses are here, how about I take you? Ma Zhou saw the tall horse he was pointing to, and his head was a little excited.
Cheng Biting Jin untied the reins of the horse and flew on the horse. Then he carried Ma Zhou up with a slump; Niu Tong and others also got on the war horse; They said goodbye to the coolies, and then went straight to Mr. Fan's private school.
Soon came to the outside of the private school, Ma Zhou went to the house to say goodbye to his husband, and Cheng Yanjin and others waited outside the door; Niu Tong secretly asked Cheng Yanjin and said, "Brother, I can see that you attach great importance to this Ma Zhou!" ”
Cheng Yanjin said with a smile: "Brother Xian, don't look at his young age, his future achievements will not be below us; I don't think it's an exaggeration to compare him to Lu Wang and Jia Yi; In our Liangshan, only Du Ruhui can be compared. ”
Niu Tong's eyes widened at Lao Dao: "Is the eldest brother exaggerating?" Lu Wang Lu Taigong, Xingzhou for 800 years, but he is famous in the world. Cheng Yanjin smiled: "Brother Xian doesn't believe it, let's wait and see!" ”
As he was talking, Ma Zhou followed an old gentleman out, and Xiao Ma Zhou's eyes were a little red, obviously crying just now. Mr. Fan said: "It is his blessing that you adults can take a fancy to Ma Zhou; This Ma Zhou is one of my most valued disciples, he is very intelligent, erudite and diligent in his studies, and he will become a great man in the future. But after all, I'm still young now, so please bear with me if there's anything wrong in the future. ”
Cheng Yanjin and the others nodded yes again and again when they heard this, and then they said goodbye to Mr. Fan; Returned to Eping County again. That night, everyone stayed in Eping County, and the next day Cheng Biting Jin instructed Niu Tong to guard Eping County, and then a few of them rushed back to Zhu'a with Ma Zhou.
Now that Zhu Aji has returned to normal, and the case of the Stunning Building has been tried, some people in the Zhu family want to fight to the death, but Ling Jing and Qi Yu lure the snake out of the hole, and suddenly bulldozed the largest local powerful force in Zhu'a County, and rows of people's heads hung all over the city tower.
This made the security of Zhu'a County much better all of a sudden, and the Yanfang Pavilion was quickly opened, and then there was another crowd on the ground; This made the big households in Zhu'a County tremble.
Immediately afterwards, the county ordered Qi Yu to put up a list of people, announced the charges of these people, and quickly calmed down the panic of the people; Zhu'a County is a scene of ruins waiting to be revived.
The displaced people outside the city also left one after another, most of them returned to their hometowns, and some homeless people were also sent to Liangshan.
Now there is a military camp left outside Zhu'a City, in which there are Fengzi brigades, trap regiments and captive soldiers who are training hard under the leadership of Duan Zhixuan.
Cheng Yanjin led everyone back to the empty barracks, and praised the work of Ling Jing and Duan Zhixuan; Then, with the help of the thieves, in the capacity of the chief of Qin Qiong's Shandong Capture and Robbery and the ambassador of the dethroned army, he summoned the county commanders of Jeju County and the county commanders of the subordinate counties, and each of them rushed to the school captains to come for questioning.