Xizhou is a very small state and county, and although Xizhou joins the army in the name of joining the army, the things it can do are limited.

Joining the army, as the name suggests, is a military staff officer, which is a tangled position. His position can be large or small, depending on who the individual serves. If Li Shimin joins the army, then his status will naturally rise, and even local officials will have to obey orders. If it is a small army in a small place, it is worse than a village chief and county magistrate. Liu Renliang's Xizhou army belongs to the latter.

Xizhou is one of the smallest states in the Tang Dynasty, and there is no army stationed under its jurisdiction, and the territory of Xizhou is also peaceful, without any threat of thieves, so that Xizhou's joining the army is almost equivalent to the survival of nothing.

Liu Renliang did not do well in it, and he couldn't do it well. The key lies in the rejection of ability, but Liu Renliang has great talent, so that he can mingle with a group of people who are not outstanding in a small place, and when working together, it is inevitable that he will be like a white swan in a flock of ducks, gold in the mud, and there is a time to shine. The people around are either jealous or don't understand, and there is a certain estrangement.

Liu Renliang is arrogant, and he will not explain anything because of this, and the estrangement is getting deeper and deeper.

"Liu joins the army......" A big-bellied oil-headed fat man came to Liu Renliang's office with the official document he had just arrived, and saw Liu Renliang reading the book leisurely, and a pot of tea was boiling on the side, so he didn't feel angry: "It's so leisurely, the whole government is the most idle in the army, right?" He also scolded angrily in his heart: "I don't know what is good!" ”

His name is Qian Shu, and people should not be disguised. Although Qian Shu has a greasy head and big ears and a fat body like a pig, he was born as a Jinshi. Albeit last. Anyway, he is also a jinshi. Because of this Jinshi status, he was arranged to be a county magistrate in Xizhou.

Qian Shu thinks very highly of himself, and feels that the Xizhou County Order is just a pedal, he wants to continue to climb up, and the last extremely human minister is only a flicker or two years, and there is no news of promotion. I was anxious and began to look for a relationship, and I did some officialdom habits like stammering with my boss. Ren Gui, the pacification ambassador of Henan Province, the governor of Xuzhou, was Li Yuan's close confidant and won Li Yuan's respect and trust. And the reason why Liu Renliang was able to join the army in Xizhou was introduced by Ren Gui.

Qian Shu once approached Liu Renliang and wanted to give him the position of county lieutenant and let him give him a few good words in front of Ren Gui. But Liu Renliang bluntly refused. For some reason, he held a grudge and ignored him, and his name was not in the attendance credit book.

Today, I inexplicably received the official document from the Ministry of Beijing to Liu Renliang, Qian Shu had a bad premonition in his heart, but he didn't have the courage to let him detain the official document privately, so he could only bite the bullet and send the official document over.

Liu Renliang glanced at Qian Shu and put down the book in his hand. ......He is honest and upright, and disdains people like Qian Shu who like to be opportunistic. But he is also a boss anyway, and he retains the most basic etiquette for him.

"Your official document ......" Qian Shu saw that he was polite and thoughtful, but his attitude was refused, and he was even more dissatisfied in his heart, so he threw the official document to him and left. Although he was curious, the content of the official document did not have the face to stay.

In fact, Liu Renliang was also a little at a loss about his future, he was a small official with a sesame mung bean point. By chance, he helped Henan Province pacify the ambassador Ren Gui to revise a few sentences in the article, and got Ren Gui's other eyes, and appointed him to join the army in Xizhou according to the imperial court's regulations. thought that this was the starting point of his career, but he didn't want Ren Gui to be transferred to Xuzhou as the manager, so they broke off contact with each other.

Liu Renliang also has no habit of slapping the horse and slapping the boss, so he has been mixed in Xizhou for many years, and he is useless.

Opening the official document, Liu Renliang looked at the appointment in the official document, a flush appeared on his face, and his hands couldn't help shaking.

Liu Renliang has nothing to do, but it does not mean that he does not care about the general trend of the world, the governor of Gyeongju, Luo Shixin, is famous at home and abroad, although he is not very old, he is a very famous general in the Tang Dynasty, and his military exploits are brilliant, and he is called the Huo Hussar of the Tang Dynasty. Now that the Turks are in civil strife, the imperial court has transferred Luo Shixin to Gyeongju Mao to guard the frontier, which is definitely not just to defend the territory, and the future of being able to hold any position under him is far better than joining the army in the small city of Xizhou.

"It's over!" Liu Renliang said softly, he didn't know why the court suddenly gave such an order. But he believes that with his ability, as long as there is a position where he can show his talent, he will be able to succeed.

He suddenly thought of someone, put away the official documents, and strode out of the mansion.

Qian Shu hadn't gone far at the moment, and Liu Renliang said respectfully: "Lord Qian, the court has issued an appointment and transferred me to the Gyeongju Governor's Mansion to obey orders. Liu will take office soon, and the successor will be decided early. He reported this matter to Qian Shu to facilitate the handover of the position, but he did not mean to show off.

But Qian Shu was dumbfounded, Gyeongju is a medium-sized capital, and the governor's office is far beyond Xizhou's cunzài, and any official position in the capital is more important than his discourse as the county commander of Xizhou.

Liu Renliang has already flown on the branch and is about to become a phoenix......

The meaning of jealousy appeared on his face.

Liu Renliang also ignored Qian Shu and took the first step to say goodbye and leave.

He did not return home, but walked into the slums west of the city, into one of the tiny taverns.

The tavern was not large, it was cluttered, full of people, and surrounded by local people shouting and drinking. Lively is lively, and it is inevitable that there will be some black miasma.

Liu Renliang didn't like the environment here very much, frowned, looked around, and found the person he was looking for in the corner of the hotel: a figure who did not match the environment: he was dressed in a clean and tidy scribe's clothes, he was not very old, and his appearance had a little vicissitudes. Although the clothes were patched and old, they were neatly and cleanly: in the noisy tavern, he poured himself a drink and enjoyed himself, and there was no food on the table, but there were seven jars of wine. Only with dry drinking, but drank a full seven jars of wine, which shows a huge amount.

"Brother Ma!" Liu Renliang shook his head and sighed, and walked up.

The young man known as "Brother Ma" heard the call, looked up and saw that it was Liu Renliang, and said with a smile: "Brother Liu is here at the right time, come and have a few drinks with me." Boss, two more jars of wine, and a few side dishes with wine, the bill is here. It turned out that he didn't order the snacks and food, just because he was shy in his pocket.

Liu Renliang looked at his uninhibited friend and said with a smile: "It's okay, I thought I received an order from the imperial court and went to the Gyeongju Governor's Mansion to serve on a certain day." Today, I will accompany Brother Ma, and I will not return if I am not drunk. ”

The young man was stunned, and said with a somewhat bitter smile: "Congratulations, Brother Liu, you have gained power today, and you will definitely soar in the future." "The congratulations are sincere, but the smile can't be squeezed out.

Liu Renliang looked at the bitter smile, and his heart was also depressed, and he could understand his feelings: This young man's surname is Ma, and his single name is Zhou. The situation is even more miserable than him, although he was born in a common family, he can at least manage food and clothing. And Ma Zhou was not only born poor, but also his parents died when he was young, and he was lonely, doing short-term work alone, pulling himself to grow up. In addition to making a living, he is very studious, and before he is twenty years old, he is full of wealth and wealth, and he has the talent to help the world.

But because he was born poor, his personality and temper are extremely eccentric, even though he is full of wealth, the people around him look down on him, and he has always done nothing. It wasn't until soon after Li Yuan ascended the throne that Ma Zhou got the opportunity to become a sword and pen official in a neighboring county. Just like Pang Tong during the Three Kingdoms period, Ma Zhou felt that he had the talent to help the world, but he was a small official with a knife and a pen, and he was very unhappy, and he took pleasure in drinking all day long, and did not do business.

Such a style was scolded by the local assassin Shi Da Xi Shu, saying that he was not the material to be an official, Ma Zhou was angry, abandoned the official and left, traveled all over the world, and met Liu Renliang in Xizhou.

They sympathize with each other, they are all frustrated people, they talk to each other about wine, pour bitter water, and take them as confidants.

After getting along, Liu Renliang had already discovered that Ma Zhou's political work was slightly above him, and he was a figure comparable to Fu Shuo, Guan Zhong, and Xiao He. It is really sighing that such a talent has ended up in such a situation.

"Brother Ma, why don't you go to Gyeongju with me? I recommended it to the Shogun, and the Shogun was able to ask me to be used by the Shogunate, so what did it matter if there was one more? Brother Ma's talent is even higher than me. The general was born in the army, and there is a shortage of scribes like you and me beside him, so he will be reused. Liu Renliang looked at Ma Zhou, understood it with reason, and moved it with emotion.

Ma Zhou's heart was also moved, he hesitated again and again, and said, "It's okay, Zhou will follow Brother Liu on this trip." ”

The two had a meal and a drink, and the next day they packed up together and headed for Gyeongju.

They are confidants and friends, walking together, talking and laughing, and they are not lonely.

Both of them are dusty pearls, and seeing that they are expected to shine in Gyeongju, they are also walking extremely fast. More than ten days later, they arrived in Gyeongju.

came to the governor's mansion and sent a greeting post.

Liu Renliang and Ma Zhou's faces were dusty, waiting for the word to be transmitted.

I didn't wait long, and I heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and before anyone arrived, the sound came first.

"Mr. Liu has finally arrived, I look forward to your arrival, but I look forward to seeing through the autumn water......"

Liu Renliang and Ma Zhou looked at each other, and they were surprised by each other.

Soon a young man appeared in their eyes, tall and thin, with an elegant and handsome face, and a luxurious purple robe, which added a lot of nobility to him.

In Datang, only officials above the third rank are qualified to wear purple robes, and in the entire Gyeongju, only the general of the town army, the governor of Gyeongju, and the prince of the country are qualified to wear purple official uniforms......

Looking at Luo Shixin, who was much younger than them, Liu Renliang and Ma Zhou couldn't help but show admiration.

You must know that Luo Shixin's birth is worse than them, but now he is below a few people and above tens of thousands of people, and he is really a role model for them. (To be continued......)

PS: The first shift has arrived, and there is another shift in the evening.