Chapter 12: Two Future Prime Ministers
In ancient times, it was an era that paid great attention to the birth of portals, and it was quite difficult for characters like Luo Shixin, Liu Renliang, and Ma Zhou to make some achievements.
Luo Shixin did it, and he did it extremely well, at a young age, he was already a first-class national prince and also held the position of the governor of Gyeongju, the general of the town army. With the birth of Luo Shixin, it is really not easy to do this.
Even if Liu Renliang and Ma Zhou are proud of their talents, they have to obey in front of Luo Shixin.
Of course, if this was in the Song Dynasty, a dynasty ruled by scholars, it would definitely be impossible. But now it is the Tang Dynasty, not a dynasty where scholars and doctors are rampant, and there is no idea of light martial arts at all, but there are countless scholars who have devoted their pen to Rong, and they have a bias towards heavy martial arts. Therefore, the two did not despise Luo Shixin as a military general at all, but admired his achievements today.
At this moment, it is not an exaggeration to say that Luo Shixin is looking forward to Qiushui, and the authority of the governor is too much and too heavy. The affairs of the Sanzhou Mansion are so complicated that only one Wang Xuance can't be busy at all, even if he is not good at cumbersome things, so is he. Fortunately, when Li Shimin appointed him as the governor of Gyeongju, he changed the jurisdiction of the Gyeongju Governor's Office, and if he was like Yang Wengan and was in charge of the affairs of the seven states, he would not be crazy.
He is not like Yang Wengan, who handles affairs perfunctorily. According to his character, if he doesn't take over the position of governor of Gyeongju, since he has taken it, he will do it as best as possible. This is his own principle.
Liu Renliang's arrival at this time was as timely as sending charcoal in the snow.
Luo Shixin personally came to greet him outside the Governor's Mansion, and saw that there were two scribes who were not much different in age standing side by side outside the mansion. I couldn't see who Liu Renliang was for a while, so he imitated the posture of seeking talent in ancient times, and said: "Luo Shixin has seen two gentlemen. Two gentlemen came to the house to talk! ”
Liu Renliang didn't expect that Luo Shixin would put down his body and greet him in person, and he was a little excited in his heart, and walked into the Governor's Mansion with Ma Yiyi.
Sitting down to watch the tea, Luo Shixin asked their names, thinking about the characters who are with Liu Renliang and like things, people in groups. Presumably, it won't be any worse, and if it is possible, it will all be accepted, and those who come will not refuse. First expand the number of his staff group, and then seek quality when it is stable, and choose the best position.
"Back to the general's words, in Bianzhou Liu Ren rail. He was ordered by the imperial court to serve in the Gyeongju Governor's Office. Liu Renliang replied.
Luo Shixin glanced at him. really had a bit of an elegant demeanor, and waved his hand: "Don't be polite with me, and don't say anything about coming by order of the court, I asked the court for it." When I was fighting in Luoyang. I've heard of Mr.'s name, and I'm now in a heavy position, and I don't have a person like Mr. Although you have great talents, you don't have any merit after all. I can't just promote you. Well, I'll give you the same position in the military. Listening to it next to me, after the probationary period, I'm promoting you, do you think it's good? ”
Liu Renliang looked excited, and he didn't expect that as soon as he came, he would directly let Luo Shixin be promoted and appointed. The military participation of the Governor's Mansion is much more important than his participation in the army in Xizhou.
Ma Zhou also had some envy in his eyes, and he was also happy for his friend.
"General Xie! Renliang will never disappoint the general's love! Liu Renliang thought that he was so valued, he changed his chest and was full of energy, he was happy, and he didn't forget to promote his friends, and bowed down and said: "General, this is my confidant, Bozhou is called Ma Zhou, and when it comes to talent, he is even above me." It's just that he has never met a talent, and Ren Liang specially recommended it to the general...... "He knew that Ma Zhou had a strange temperament, and specially said the opposite, to see if Luo Shixin could really be a corporal of courtesy, and secondly, he also gave Ma Zhou an excellent step."
When Luo Shixin heard Ma Zhou's name, the whole person was stunned, Ma Zhou, he turned out to be Ma Zhou!
His eyes fell on Ma Zhou, and seeing that he looked mediocre, he couldn't help but say in his heart, people can't look good.
Ma Zhou is not very famous in the future, most people only know Wei Zheng but do not know Ma Zhou, but they don't know that Ma Zhou's merits and talents are compared to Wei Zheng, only passing, but not inferior.
Because of his eccentric temperament, Ma Zhou has never met talents, and he has been running around for half his life, and in order to make a living, he can only go to Zhonglang General Chang He, and he has always been a guest of Chang He, and he has always been unknown. Until a certain year, Li Shimin asked all the courtiers to write an article about the gains and losses of current politics, and he also did a self-examination and review. Chang He is a big boss, so he asked Ma Zhou to ghostwrite.
Ma Zhou chatted about a thousand words, which surprised Li Shimin, and only then did he know that there was such a great talent under his nose, so he immediately sent someone to invite Ma Zhou. Ma Zhou had an eccentric temper and directly refused to see Li Shimin.
Li Shimin was thirsty for talent, and asked Ma Zhou again and again, and then he met Ma Zhou, a genius.
And the article written by Ma Zhou not only moved Li Shimin, but also invited Ma Zhou, and even the later Taizu of this dynasty also praised it as "the first strange article after Jia Sheng's "Public Security Policy" when he read "The Biography of Ma Zhou". ”
Ma Zhou also made steady progress, and became the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty in just a few years, and he was a very popular minister.
In addition, Ma Zhou's demeanor of not seeking fame and fortune was unique in the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin is good at admonishment, and Ma Zhou and Wei Zheng are both well-known admonitions. The difference is that Wei Zheng constantly exposed Li Shimin's shortcomings, counted Li Shimin's mistakes, and recorded Li Shimin's shortcomings, fearing that the historian would not know and hand them over to the historian, so let the historian record them. After Wei Zheng's death, Li Shimin's attitude towards Wei Zheng was extremely bad for this reason. But Ma Zhou didn't care about this name, and before he died, he had all the recitals and admonitions burned.
In the Zhenguan Dynasty, Ma Zhou was comparable to the Fu of Shang and Xiao He of Han.
Such a talent, when he was down, actually appeared in front of him.
Luo Shixin hurriedly said: "It turned out to be Mr. Ma, who was lonely and unheard of, and had never heard of Mr. Ma's name. What Mr. Liu said must be infallible. Luo is a reckless man, he really doesn't know anything about official documents, and he is lacking experts in government affairs, so I hope Mr. will help me. He knew that Ma Zhou had a strange temper, and if he said anything polite about his long-admired name, it would definitely disgust him. Although he did admire the name for a long time, it was obvious that Ma Zhou in this era did not have the slightest reputation.
Ma Zhou said with a smile: "The general is really fast-talking, and Zhou is willing to serve the general." ”
At first, Luo Shixin was still thinking that Li Shimin, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, invited Ma Zhou to invite four times, he was only a governor, and he didn't know how to bring him into the account, but he didn't want it to be so simple.
Come to think of it, the current Ma Zhouhuai is not met, and his life is unsustainable, how can he put on any shelf, when he becomes famous, if he has a shelf, let Li Shimin have a headache, and use it himself.
This good thing of asking for one and getting one free actually made me encounter it.
Both of them are future prime ministers, and with them as staff, are you afraid that you won't be able to handle anything? (To be continued......)
PS: The second update is here!