Zhongshu Ling Ma Zhou was the only one in the Zhenguan period who made Li Shimin not want to leave for a moment, and he was so talented that he even praised him:"Fu said, Lu Wang, how to say, Ma Zhoucaide, far away. Ma Zhou's "Chen Shi Zhengshu" is the first strange text after Jia Sheng's "Public Security Policy", and the Song people are written in ten thousand words, such as Su Shi and others, and they are empty talk on paper", it can be seen that Ma Zhou's talents are all good words for governing the world; Ma Zhou has been soaring all the way since he was appreciated by Taizong, from Zhenguan five years to twenty-one years, he served from the non-grade Menxia Province to the three grades of the Chinese book order, all the way to the rapid promotion, looking at the Tang Dynasty is unsurpassed.
The Rule of Zhenguan" Li Shimin.
Ma Zhou was born poor, in that gate valve hereditary society, even if he was proficient in "poetry", "biography" did not get reused, in the early years was not respected by Zhou, this is the greatest sorrow of cultural people, so he indulged in the shape of Shandong, Henan, in addition to the biggest hobby of reading is drinking, through drunkenness to vent the depression in his heart, after a long time he only had a little talent is also covered by alcohol; In the end, after being insulted by Kaifeng Order, he completely woke up, and after learning a lifetime of skills, he would eventually be sold to the emperor's family, so he traveled thousands of miles west to Chang'an to seek fame.
Ma Zhou's trip to Chang'an is very legendary, he just arrived in Chang'an and he was not even treated for dinner, the owner of the hotel only cared about greeting the vendors to Ma Zhou but did not care, Ma Zhou was stimulated to ask for a bucket of eight liters of sprinkling, he drank alone leisurely, you can imagine how arrogant the scene was at that time. Zhenguan five years of Ma Zhou's fate ushered in a turning point, he wrote a political gain and loss information for his friend Chang He, was dug out by Li Shimin from the people, according to historical records, Li Shimin was surprised and happy after seeing this information, how can such a talent be buried, so he sent four groups of people to invite Ma Zhou. The two met late, and Li Shimin ordered him to stay by his side, and let Ma Zhou temporarily serve in the province because there was no vacancy.
The Reign of Zhenguan Ma Zhou.
Ma Zhou admitted that he had met Bole, and finally the decadence of the year, he was determined to take effect to the emperor's family for the rest of the future, so he expressed his determination to Li Shimin, which roughly means:"The gentleman reads only loyalty and filial piety, Weichen's unfortunate parents died early, the raising of dogs and horses has nothing to do, and those who can do it in the future are only loyal and righteous, if you don't dislike me stupidlySnazza, I will do my best to serve the court. "Although Ma Zhou's entry speech sounded a bit flattering, as a son of a poor family, he only got such an opportunity when he traveled 2,000 miles west, who would not cherish it!
Li Shimin's office often took Ma Zhou with him, and Ma Zhou wrote countless books before and after, pointing out the gains and losses of current politics several times, among which he summarized the question of how much Zuo was passed on by the dynasties"Accumulate virtue and accumulate karma"The more kindness accumulated, the longer the country's inheritance, even if there are one or two tyrants occasionally, the country can rely on the previous favor to avoid destruction. Taking the Han Dynasty as an example, after the benevolent administration of the two emperors Wen and Jing, and the hearts of the people, Emperor Wu could devote the country's strength to deal with the Xiongnu, even if the people paid serious taxes, they did not raise troops to visit; On the contrary, although Qin Shi Huang unified the world, he did not do a good job, and the kings of later generations had no virtue to follow, so he would quickly incur destruction; As for how to accumulate virtue and accumulate business, Ma Zhou summed up eight words for Li Shimin"Be thrifty and graceful", Only in this way will the people love it like the sun and the moon, fear it like thunder, only from this article can be seen that Ma Zhou has a lot of insights about the king.
Zhenguan Zhizhi "Chang He recommends Ma Zhou.
In addition to the way of the king, Ma Zhou also made great achievements in national construction, first of all, he suggested that Li Shimin abolish the hereditary system, and reward those who have merit with wealth instead of official positions, so as to avoid the scourge of the people with merit and virtue; Secondly, we should pay attention to the construction of first-class quality, and we should not pay attention to internal officials and ignore foreign officials"The thorn envoy of the world is called the holy will, and His Majesty is on the arch rock corridor"；Third, attach importance to filial piety, and remind Li Shimin that he has not sacrificed to the temple since he ascended the throne, and the emperor must first practice filial piety.
Every time Ma Zhou writes a book, Li Shimin can put forward a refreshing proposal, and Li Shimin once sighed:"Ma Zhou and I didn't see each other for the time being"It can be seen that Ma Zhou was of great help to Li Shimin's governance; However, such a genius was cursed by God, and historical records record that Ma Zhou's appearance is very peculiar, and Cen Wenwen describes him as follows:"With a shrugged red face, the rise must be very fast, and I am afraid it will not last long"According to the current saying, the shoulders are towering upward, like a flame soaring, and the face is as red as Guan Gong, such a person has a smooth career, but it can't last long; Cen Wenwen is well-versed in scriptures and history, and he can be regarded as well-informed, and he naturally knows the truth that prosperity must decline in combination with reality.
The Rule of Zhenguan Li Shimin and Ma Zhou discuss political affairs.
In the eighth year of Zhenguan, Ma Zhou, who was appointed to inspect the imperial history, asked Yuan Tiangang to look at his appearance, Yuan Tiangang saw the difference between Ma Zhou at a glance, and replied after a closer look:"The horse attendant has a jade pillow and a burden, and he is rich and noble. Near antiquityIt's coming, the monarch and the minister are compatible, and there are few people like the public. The public face is red, the door is dark, the bones behind the ears are not affordable, the ears have no roots, and they are only afraid of the non-longevity. "This description is more vivid, the frontal bone of Ma Zhou is bulging to the top of the head, the back of the head is protruding like a jade pillow, and the back is like a negative object, such a person is unspeakably expensive; But Yuan Tiangang also pointed out that his face was red, but his life was dull, and there was no bone behind the ear, which is the temporal bone in medicine, and normal people were protruding behind the ear, but Ma Zhou did not, just like the ear has no root, how can you live a long life without roots.
In the twenty-first year of Zhenguan, Ma Zhou was seriously ill, Li Shimin worked hard for Ma Zhou, and the famous doctors kept contacting each other, Taizong personally adjusted traditional Chinese medicine, and the prince visited in person, but these did not have any curative effect; Once Taizong drove the Cuiwei Palace and ordered a visit to the resort to build a yang house, hoping to prolong Ma Zhouzhi's life. But all these efforts did not save Ma Zhou's life, and in the twenty-second year of Zhenguan, Ma Zhou died of illness at the age of forty-eight.
The Rule of Zhenguan" Li Shimin talked with Ma Zhouchang.
Ma Zhou's short life, for the Tang Dynasty left a lot of good prescriptions for the world, to the rule of Zhenguan played an immeasurable role, the history books about Ma Zhou's advice is also recorded, now it seems that it is still a good prescription, and Ma Zhou walked west, starting from the grass mustard for the future generations to stay in the cold door set an example.