Du Fuwei had a lot of difficulties when he wanted to run a school. Firstly, he couldn't compete with Chang'an Academy. Secondly, student recruitment was also a problem. Thirdly, he had to have a court order.
Wait, wait, wait, it's not just money that can make you successful. If you don't want to be known as someone who wants to be famous and has evil intentions, then you might as well donate all your family assets to Chang'an Academy.
Of course, Du Fuwei is not stupid. He would not flatter the emperor, but would flatter the horse on the leg.
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Du Fuwei was not the only interested person who came to watch the surrender in Hebei.
Ma Zhou is also one of them.
Ma Zhou was from Qinghe. Years ago, he accompanied the son of Zuo Yuwei General Chang He to attend a cultural gathering at Chang'an Academy. He was intercepted on the way and sent to Chang'an Prefecture.
The son of General Chang He of the Zuo Imperial Guard was beaten directly and was imprisoned in the Chang'an Magistrate's Office for more than half a month. No matter how his family asked for mercy, the Chang'an Magistrate Sun Wuji would not let him go.
In Ma Zhou's view, it was not a trivial matter but he was punished so seriously, and he had no scruples about Zuo Yuwei General Chang He. One of them was because he had the bad luck to meet someone from Qianniu Beishen Mansion, and the other might be Sun Wuji, the commander of Chang'an.
It's due to wanting to establish prestige.
In any case, they were all extremely unlucky, as if they had fallen into a big hole dug by others.
After this incident, Ma Zhou fully realized the dangers of Chang'an. The place where dignitaries gather should not be too public. Maybe someone passing by will come to you, and you won't even offend anyone.
Know.
This is true for the family members of military generals like General Zuo Yuwei Chang He, let alone others.
When he left his hometown and came to Chang'an, he traveled all the way and went through many hardships. He was almost caught several times and stewed into a two-legged sheep. It was extremely dangerous.
What supported him at that time was his unwillingness to stand out and show off to the "evil people" in his hometown.
But after being imprisoned in the Chang'an court for more than twenty days and leaving a "criminal record", he became a little tired.
Not to mention, the Chang Mansion was tortured a lot, and the family members were so panicked that they all drove out of the house the staff who had accompanied Lang Jun to go out and cause mischief.
So Ma Zhou could only continue to live in the temple in the city, and was severely hit mentally and physically.
Hearing that the descendants from Hebei had arrived today, he was moved and came here to take a look. After all, he was from Qinghe, Hebei, although he had always felt that there were no good people in Qinghe...
Fortunately, he was treated well in Chang He's house and had some savings, otherwise he would have been treated like a beggar when he walked on the street when he first came to Chang'an.
Seeing the carriages and horses passing in front of him, Ma Zhou was a little sad that the rabbit was dead and the fox was dead, and he was sad that things were hurting his own kind, but he didn't have much emotion. A group of trash should have been captured and taken to Chang'an, but it was a pity that he could not see it.
The figures of the Cui family, Zhang family and other aristocratic families.
The more embarrassed these people are, the happier Ma Zhou will be.
Qinghe is a place where famous families are born, headed by the Zhang family, the Cui family, and the Dou family, and the others such as the Fang family, the Dai family, the Wen family, etc., and there are countless large and small families.
Most of them left when Yiguan crossed south, but the name of the county leader remained. Most of them still regarded Qinghe as their ancestral home. Some of the roots of some big families also remained. Those people were arrogant in the county, and Ma Zhou was no less.
I was insulted by them.
A lonely boy, suffering from hardships, Ma Zhou is still young, but his temperament is actually a bit extreme, otherwise he would not have come all the way to Chang'an to look for opportunities.
His location was not far from Du Fuwei and his party, and he noticed the group of people as soon as they arrived. Looking at their clothes and behavior, Ma Zhou knew that they must be dignitaries in the capital.
If you are among the common people watching the excitement, they must be some people who are making trouble out of nothing.
Ma Zhou subconsciously wanted to stay away from them. He was tricked by the prodigal son of the Chang He family. Originally, he was still waiting for the imperial court to open a subject to recruit scholars to see if there was a chance to become an official based on his articles.
Now, he has left a record of the case at the Chang'an Magistrate's Office, which has put an end to their thoughts on this aspect.
If a person like him wants to participate in the imperial examination, he must have a clean financial background. In addition, when the imperial court opens the examination, not just anyone can sign up to participate. Only someone who can guide the way can do so.
He currently does not have both aspects, so even if there are rumors that he will open a subject to obtain a bachelor's degree as he expected recently, he has nothing to do and can only watch the opportunity slip away from him.
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Thinking of this, Ma Zhou couldn't help but grit his teeth. His attention had been completely diverted from the passing motorcade. He slowly moved towards that side until someone stood in front of him. It was that person's
Follow people.
Ma Zhou stood still, pretending to watch the excitement while pricking up his ears.
The surrounding sounds were extremely noisy, and from time to time someone cheered, but fortunately those two people's voices were not quiet.
Southerner... Ma Zhou couldn't help but frowned. Why was there mother and father among Wu Nong's soft words? After listening to a few words, and then secretly taking a look at the appearance of the two people, Ma Zhou finally determined that these should be two people.
Shandong people pretending to be southerners.
Even though it was still a little far away, this man had many followers, and they all had some traces of military experience, and they kept people out. Otherwise, if you listen to a few more words, you might know the origins of those two people.
Of course, judging from the appearance of those two people, they should be members of the army? The Tang Dynasty was in its founding year, and military merit was particularly important, and there were many heroes in the army. Maybe they could join them?
He was now in a miserable situation, and had reached the point where he was in a hurry and sought medical treatment. After thinking about it for a moment, he saw that the convoy had passed a lot, and it should be almost there. The opportunity was rare, so he quietly got out.
Looking around, he has been smart since he was a child and has experienced many things. He is completely different from ordinary people who study. He can look down on his face and already has an idea after thinking about it.
He didn't believe these people were coming, so he looked around. He had been in Chang'an for three or four years and was very familiar with Chang'an. He remembered that there should be a forest across the street, so he immediately walked there.
After walking for a while, I turned the corner and looked around. Sure enough, some horses appeared in front of the woods, and a few people were looking after them there.
Ma Zhou was determined in his heart, thinking about how to act and how to speak in the future, and all he could do was wait.
Over there, Du Fuwei had also finished watching the excitement. While talking to his adopted son, he walked over in a swaggering manner surrounded by everyone.
In a blink of an eye, someone hurriedly walked out from the corner of the street, and bumped into a follower. For no apparent reason, the man screamed and fell to the ground with a thud. A group of people were shocked.
The attendant who bumped into someone took two steps back, looked back innocently at the others, and immediately began to cry out, "Your Majesty, you don't blame me for this, he bumped into me himself."
This is where the ancient version of porcelain-banging takes place.
The corner of Du Fuwei's mouth twitched. Looking at it and hearing the sound, he fell very hard. Looking at the person lying on the ground motionless, he thought that he would not fall to death, right?
He looked around and subconsciously had evil thoughts. There was no one here, so he dragged the person into the woods and buried him...
A human life is really nothing in his eyes. If it were in Jiangdu, let alone it was not his fault, even if he killed someone by mistake, who would dare to cause trouble for him?
But now that he has arrived in Chang'an, he has to restrain his anger, so he secretly sighs that he is unlucky, and is about to speak. Wang Xiongdan has already gone up to turn the person over, and sniffs skillfully. At the same time, he is also thinking about the person.
If he dies, he will be thrown into the woods, or he will be charged with assassinating King Wu or something like that.
It is said that there are no good people in times of war, and this is also true.
Of course, the general reaction of nobles when encountering such things will not be much different...
"I'm not dead, I just fainted." Wang Xiong said, and then he slapped the man twice on the face, which made his face visibly red and swollen.
Ma Zhou, who had been treated roughly, woke up. First he rolled around like a lazy donkey, moving a little further away from Wang Xiongdan, and then slowly got up. He cursed in his heart, this man is so rough... Shandong savages are indeed well-deserved for their reputation.
He touched his face, rubbed his waist, followed the prepared script, screamed weakly a few times, stood up reluctantly, and bowed, "The villain should deserve to be punished if he collides with the noble."
He speaks softly when he speaks. This is what he learned from his experience when he was in Chang He's house. The nobles in Chang'an City are quite strong. Most of them are soft-spoken rather than tough. If the little people touch them and go up to them, most of them will come back with their heads dropped.
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"It turns out he's a picky guy." Wang Xiongdan looked Ma Zhou up and down, and his words were not pleasant, but his attitude softened a lot. There are very few people who are educated and literate these days. Most of them are nobles, like Ma Zhou.
This is all based on one's own efforts, and it is not an exaggeration to say that knowledgeable people are rare.
For these reasons, people's admiration for scholars is natural. But if you don't have family support in this world, the more you study, the more ostracized you will be. Ma Zhou's experience in his hometown is proof.
Because the family's monopoly on knowledge is comprehensive, those who have slipped through the net have naturally become their key targets.
Seeing that he was fine, the group of people prepared to leave. Since Ma Zhou was so attached to him, came up with such an idea of a chance encounter, and even received two slaps, how could he let him go like this?
"This general just came back from the northwest?"
Du Fuwei stopped for a moment and thought to himself that he was just about to go and tell fortunes, but he met someone who could tell fortunes? He was very lucky...
But immediately a servant came to his ear and said, "Your Majesty, this person seemed to be next to us just now. Maybe he heard the conversation between Your Majesty and Sima."
Du Fuwei smiled, took two steps forward, pulled Wang Xiongdan away, and said with a smile: "My guess is pretty accurate, so tell me where I came from?"
He has nothing to do now, and it's too late to have some fun. Since fun comes to him, he won't let it go.
And Ma Zhou is not a fortune teller, and he has no supernatural powers. He guessed that Wang Xiongdan came back from the northwest. He just vaguely heard the name of Lingzhou. Looking at Wang Xiongdan's appearance, he could not guess where this person was.
Crossing the border of Lingzhou?
Being able to speak shockingly and attract people's attention is one of the most basic qualities of a staff member.