Looking at Ma Zhou who looked haggard, Li Keqing felt very distressed.
The man she married was quite conscientious and knew how to save her, but...the reason why those people wanted to take her away was because of Ma Zhou.
To be honest, after so many years of greetings and farewells, their basic operation is to fly away when a disaster strikes. Are they dependent on each other for life and death, and share weal and woe?
That's just the beautiful imagination of the literati. There may be such a woman, but it's just as difficult as making the literati regard death as home and be loyal, filial, and righteous.
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In fact, Ma Zhou didn't look very good, just because he drank too much at Prince Wu's mansion and had a lingering hangover.
Stepping forward to help Ma Zhou sit down, Li Keqing felt that he was out of trouble for the time being and that the man was still reliable, so he used the famous prostitute's method again.
Immediately, he cooked a pot of fragrant tea for Ma Zhou and put it to his mouth. He also brought hot water and scalded Ma Zhou's feet.
Seeing how busy she was, Ma Zhou couldn't help but feel warm in his heart. It's easy to find a well-educated woman, but it's rare to find one who can serve a man comfortably in private.
He felt that after being alone for so many years, he finally found a treasure.
Pulling the other person to sit on the collapse, Ma Zhou said with a smile: "Have you been frightened these past few days? It's me who has dragged you down, but I'm here, so don't be afraid..."
Li Keqing smiled, with a gentle look in her eyes, "I'm fine, but those people are like wolves and tigers, obviously they are here for my husband. I'm just worried about what might happen to my husband. Bah, bah, look at me.
These words...
If your husband is auspicious, your life will be smooth and successful. Sooner or later, you will be a high-ranking official with a generous salary, and you will enjoy endless glory and wealth."
Ma Zhou laughed heartily. These words really scratched his itch. After years of hard work, isn't this his ambition? He took Li Keqing's little hand and rubbed it, feeling very happy.
Speaking of Li Keqing, he was a few years older than him, but he, King Ma Bin, was born in poverty. Being able to marry a famous Jiangnan prostitute like Li Keqing, who knew both cold and hot things, was a great satisfaction to his vanity.
What's more, Li Keqing is a temporary choice regardless of appearance and talent. In order to go further in his career in the future, he cannot marry her. Ma Zhou already feels very short-changed. With such a small age gap, he will not be able to marry her.
I care.
"Don't worry. Although this matter is not over yet, in my opinion, the end is just around the corner."
Li Keqing immediately felt relieved, leaned on the man's shoulder, and asked softly: "Looking at the behavior of those people, it doesn't look like they can be easily forgiven. My husband, it's better to be more careful.
My concubine is from a bad background and has caused trouble for my husband... Just a few days ago, Madam Lu invited her slave to paint for Mrs. Cheng Guo. Why not go there first to avoid it? What do you think, husband?"
Ma Zhou thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "If you don't hurry into the city, what will you do if someone stops you on the way? It's better not to wander around for now, and wait until I get the news clearly."
Li Keqing said: "My husband went to the residence of His Highness King Wu for one night, but I was worried about my body, and so was my husband. Why didn't you send someone back to tell me?"
Ma Zhou smiled and said: "What's more, I originally went to ask for help, but before I could say anything, the people who inspected the temple had already stopped, which was very embarrassing, so I drank a few drinks with His Highness to apologize.
His Highness has said that he will come to the palace to see you in the near future to see what His Majesty means. Then he can say a few words for me and it should be over.
The inspector does not abide by the rules and wants to trap people randomly. Even if I have a small official position, I still have to protest. Alas, I am about to turn into a new year. I will not have a good time this year."
After hearing this, Li Keqing's heart trembled for a few times, "Husband, it's better not to cause trouble? How can the Inspector Temple be so easy to provoke?"
Ma Zhou hugged the woman's shoulders tightly, "Some things are not yours to do whatever you want. Nowadays, the trees want to be quiet but the wind is not stopping.
Moreover, people who serve as officials must act in a reasonable and orderly manner. The people who inspected the temple went too far. If I just let it go quietly, they might still make a fuss about it.
Humph, now the Inspectorate Temple is on fire. If they had acted impartially, there would have been less criticism, but they did the opposite and actually wanted to use extraordinary means. Wang Gui and his ilk are no longer worthy of fear."
Li Keqing didn't understand what Ma Zhou said. He was frightened and asked, "What do you mean by your husband's words?"
When Ma Zhou had the opportunity to point out the country in front of a beautiful woman, he naturally would not let it go. He said with a smile: "You don't understand the affairs of the court. The people who supervise the temple are Yanguan, who supervises all officials, and the admonishment is always wrong."
Let's put it this way, they are people who speak, and they rely on their mouths. Without an edict, they can't do anything.
Normally, people are afraid of them because they have the right to intervene. If you make a mistake, they will focus on your mistake and talk about it. They will not care about what you think when you do something, how difficult it is, and how much grievance you have suffered.
, just stick to your faults.
As for the final result, that is not their responsibility.
You understand, if the Yanguan said something wrong, they would only receive some reprimand at most. Naturally, they can speak loudly, and no one can criticize them harshly on this matter.
But now they have sacrificed their strengths and weaknesses and participated in the big eucalyptus. They have even left the Dali Temple aside. They want to turn the eucalyptus into an iron eucalyptus, but they have gone too far.
If the imperial court hadn't replaced him with the Ministry of Punishment in time, I guess it wouldn't have been long before it would have aroused heated debate and led to a group attack.
Even if we are able to escape now, we still have a lot of heads and tails left behind, so I am not the only one who wants to impeach them at this time."
Li Keqing has no interest in these court affairs. She just sees men chatting and talking with great interest...it's her job to make men happy.
"My husband is very knowledgeable about the important affairs of the imperial court, so making this sacrificial wine is not a sign of his talents... Let me tell you, as long as the inspector of the temple does not come to cause trouble for us, it will be a great blessing.
Husband, you don’t know that in the past few days, I have been having trouble sleeping and eating, for fear of being arrested and sent to the Inspection Temple. If I say something wrong there and embarrass my husband, that would be really..."
Tears fell down as he spoke.
Ma Zhou was heartbroken and quickly comforted him.
Li Keqing clung to the man, twisting her soft body, showing the gentleness of a Jiangnan woman, "Husband, look at me, I have lost a lot of weight in just a few days..."
Ma Zhou was also moved, "Come, let me see where I lost weight."
So... (Two thousand words are omitted here)
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The next day, Ma Zhou returned to normal, which also meant that Chang'an Maritime Academy resumed normal operations.
As the end of the year approaches, there are still many things going on here.
Students and professors will be closed in December. The Maritime College is different from the academy in that most of the students and professors are from the Huaihe River.
My home is far away, so I can only choose to spend the New Year at the Maritime Academy.
This requires careful preparation, which is the same as maintaining the highest morale in the army. If done well, it can appease people's homesickness and enhance cohesion.
Last year, Ma Zhou gave everyone a lot of benefits, including big fish and meat during the Chinese New Year, and even asked the professors to take the students to participate in the Lantern Festival.
Ma Zhou predicted that by the ninth year of Yuanzhen, the first group of people who enrolled in school would be released to join the army. There would be no problem in going up, and most of them would serve in the Tang Navy.
After five years of instruction, these young people can't say much about their knowledge, but if they serve in the military, they must all be outstanding talents.
Ma Zhou has this confidence. People who come from the Maritime Academy will definitely not be unknown as long as they have been baptized by the wind and waves on the water.
This is the advantage of the academy, because the things they learned in the Maritime Academy are simply incomparable to ordinary people. According to normal times, those are all family skills, and many things will be kept secret.
As for the students of the Maritime Academy, with their basic skills, they are one step ahead of others. As long as they are not too incompetent or encounter major setbacks, they will always be able to stand out.
Moreover, the imperial court is managing the East China Sea, and the students in the college have caught up with the good times, so they don't have to worry about being useless.
Thinking about the bright prospects in the future, Ma Zhou was even more confident. In a few years, some navy generals might call him "teacher" when they see him as King Ma Bin.
Therefore, in his opinion, those people like Gai Wenda and others at Chang'an Academy were too short-sighted. How could they be so eager for quick success and instant benefits when it came to teaching and educating people?
The time of achievement is not at all in front of you, but ten or twenty years later. With these energetic young people, not to mention those big words about how they are doing for the country, even for Ma Zhou himself, in his official career
You will also benefit a lot.
In terms of personal connections, ordinary officials cannot compare with Ma Zhou. If we talk about it more seriously, if something happens to the Tang Dynasty navy in the future, do we have to ask Ma Zhou for his opinion?
The court has set a table of good food for you that can last you a lifetime, but you want to use it to gain a pitiful reputation? Gavinda is probably stupid because of his studies, right?
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In any case, everyone has different starting points and different visions, which results in different results. There is nothing to say about this.
In addition to these, at the end of the year, the Maritime College also needs to sort out its accounts and report them to the Ministry of Accounts. It also needs to discuss with the Ministry of Industry, because the Chang'an Maritime College project is still in progress.
The Maritime Academy teaches military skills, not just reading. They need to conduct various drills. It cannot be as quiet and elegant as the Chang'an Academy, and the cost is much higher than that.
There can be no mistakes in the accounts. The people in the Accounts Department checked very carefully. In the past two years, they have also been quite criticized for the Maritime College's wasteful spending.
The people from the Ministry of Industry are working very hard. Yun Dingxing, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, even came twice alone to express his strong support for the Maritime Academy project.
Well, one time was after the emperor inspected the Chang'an Maritime Academy, and the other time was after the Metropolitan Governor Li Jing came to the Maritime Academy to "condolence". Yun Dingxing flattered you, whether you knew it or not.
Anyway, I took the photo...
This chapter has been completed!