Although Ma Zhou was not well-known among the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, Lin Wanwan was very afraid of him.
Without him, this person is too smart and powerful.
The reason why he is not famous may be related to the fact that he does not like to use the emperor's faults to hype himself up.
Moreover, "He who is good at fighting has no great achievements." What he did was to prepare for a rainy day and nip bad things in the bud. If nothing happened, it would naturally be difficult to spread.
When she was in Chang'an, Lin Wanwan heard about this man's great achievements.
Although she did not touch official circles in Chang'an City, she had basically no contact with the big names whose names were recorded in history.
But Ma Zhou's deeds were legendary, so she still heard about it.
This is the so-called "Being a farmer in the morning and ascending to the emperor's hall in the evening".
Ma Zhou took the script of the protagonist of the Qidian Orphanage, "Parents' Sacrifice to God is Powerful". He was born an orphan since he was a child, and he is a true child of a poor family.
Of course, things were all family-run at that time. Even if you were an orphan, you could make a living in the family and do some reading.
But do you think that because he grew up in a poor family and was poor, he worked hard to become stronger?
No, he was a well-known carefree prodigal in their hometown. He got into the civil service by virtue of his talent and reading many books.
But he didn't just keep his feet on the ground and get rich through hard work. He still wandered without limit. Even the governor had heard about it because of his excessive wandering, but he completely turned a deaf ear to his boss's words.
It is said that if he is strong, he will be strong, and the breeze will blow over the mountains. As long as I don't seek advancement or promotion, my boss can't do anything to me.
In the end, he simply resigned.
Fortunately, scholars in the Tang Dynasty were generally talented in both civil and military affairs, so he was still somewhat capable, and he also got some fur clothes from hunting.
In the end, he was so poor that he had to work as a fur coat and drink alcohol - yes, you read that right, even though he was so poor, he still wanted to drink in style.
But the shop owner was a nice person. Not only did he confiscate his clothes, he also gave him a venture capital investment, asking him to go to Chang'an and find his niece if he had nowhere to live.
The niece of the shop owner is a widow who runs a shop to make a living.
So her uncle was really optimistic about Ma Zhou, a prodigal son. He gave him money and things, and sent a man who was too poor to drink to go to Chang'an to find his niece to eat and drink for free. His intention was obvious.
And this widow is not easy either, because Yuan Tiangang has approved her life, saying that she can be a first-class wife, so she has many suitors.
In this way, Ma Zhou, who defected to her, met one of her suitors, Zhonglang General Chang He.
Then Ma Zhou went to live in Chang He's house as a guest.
In the fifth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin required every official of the fifth rank and above to submit a composition to comment on the gains and losses of current affairs.
The general Chang He was good at mounting a horse and fighting, but he couldn't write with a pen, so he asked Ma Zhou, a retainer, to write for him, thinking that it would be enough to make a fool of himself.
As a result, Li Shimin got this memorial as if he had found a treasure.
Who is Li Shimin? He knows very well what kind of officials in his court are like. Chang He would never be able to write such an article based on his level, so he asked him who wrote it.
Chang He said it was Ma Zhou, and Li Shimin immediately sent someone to Chang He's home to summon Ma Zhou to the palace.
When the imperial edict arrived, Ma Zhou drank wine and lay down drunk to sleep.
From that day on, Ma Zhou rose through the ranks, rising from secretary to prime minister.
And the merchant's nephew, the queen, married Ma Zhou, and naturally followed Yuan Tiangang's words and became a first-class wife.
The New Book of Tang believes that Ma Zhou is not as good as Fu Shuo and Lu Wang, but our founder of New China does not think so.
He said of him: "Fu said, how can Lu Wang be virtuous? Ma Zhou's talents and virtues are far different."
Fu Yue was the prime minister of the Shang Dynasty, and Lu Wang was the famous Jiang Ziya, Jiang Taigong.
One can imagine the abilities of a person who is rated so highly by our ancestors.
And now, this newly minted supervisory censor was arrested by Lin Wanwan's younger brother Ba Yefeng a few months earlier than recorded in history. He was really speechless.
Lin Wanwan had a headache now. She just wanted to catch him. Why did he arrest the person inside, beat him up and throw him into the deep mountains and old forests? He might not be able to come back to him again.
Now being locked up inside the base, with Ma Zhou's level, there must be nothing he can hide.
Alas, sorrow.
Lin Wanwan decided to solve this big trouble overnight.
Of course killing him all at once would not work. Not to mention that Xiao Chong definitely had news that Ma Zhou was coming. She had to see the consequences if she wanted to silence him. Even if she just looked at Ma Zhou’s contribution to history, she couldn’t do anything to such a person.
Boss, let's take action.
But it would be even more unacceptable to leave him locked up in his own base.
After walking home and thinking for a moment, Lin Wanwan decided to move all the contraband in the base - such as knives and crossbows - to a modern warehouse overnight.
Let everyone wear swords.
Without the contraband, she doesn't care anymore.
The steel bars have long been built into the wall, which means that the remaining cement floor is strange, but as long as it is imported, it will not be a big problem. The cement appears together with the glass windows, which can be explained.
As long as there are no major violations on the surface, and these three mountains originally belong to Lin Wanwan's territory, then there is nothing wrong with her building a large manor there for vacation.
Which aristocratic family has not ordered real estate in the mountains and old forests? Isn't the skill of Cunning Rabbit Three Caves a must-have for the family!
As for the censor being kidnapped, it was nothing at all, just a misunderstanding.
Thinking of this, Lin Wanwan didn't delay at all, took Kunlun and her personal maid, and followed Ba Yefeng and his men into the mountains in darkness.
"Where did you lock Yushi Ma?" Lin Wanwan still had to continue to understand the situation.
Ba Yefeng said concisely and comprehensively: "Cellar."
"Locked up with supplies?"
"No, a punishment cellar."
"Oh, it's okay." Lin Wanwan felt relieved. She was fine since she was locked up and not allowed to roam around.
After a pause, he continued: "Ask everyone to hand over their weapons except swords, and send someone to deliver some dinner to Ma Yushi and the others, but don't say a word to them."
"Um."
Anyway, Lin Wanwan is the boss, she has the final say, and Ba Yefeng just executes it.
The few people walked quickly and soon entered the stone forest array outside the base.
Ba Yefeng was more familiar with the formation than Lin Wanwan, so he led everyone through the formation and entered the base.
Lin Wanwan took Kunlun into the base weapons depot. She asked Kunlun to guard outside while she went inside alone to prepare to transfer supplies.
At this time, Ma Zhou, who was in the cellar, was calm and determined, not panicking at all.
If it fell into the hands of bandits, it might be more dangerous (of course, the bandits wouldn't have the ability to capture him), but if it fell into the hands of someone who was obviously a powerful person, it would be fine.
The other party will naturally weigh the pros and cons.
However, Ma Zhou couldn't help but feel a little confused about this situation. The young man who had just arrested them was so brave. It was really unbelievable.
He was accompanied by masters selected by the emperor's orders, but they were all defeated by that young man.
The people who captured them, and the rest of them, looked like they were adapted from the Mud Legs. They were slightly better than the mob. They were no match for the masters inside. Only the young man was truly powerful.