Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Master Mu stroked his goatee, ignored Guo Ye, squinted his eyes at Ma Yuanju and said, "Yuanju, when your meritorious servant came to the back hall to report the letter, the old man happened to be playing chess with Gu County magistrate. You Tell me about the timing you were looking for, hey, if you hadn’t asked me to come here on such an important matter, the county magistrate would definitely be angry again.”

Ma Yuanju smiled shyly, a person in his thirties is like a child who has done something wrong, he slightly lowered his head in front of Master Mu, and apologized softly: "The teacher taught me that it is the students who are making waves!"

hiss……

After Ma Yuanju's voice fell, Guo Ye was completely dumbfounded.

Teacher?student?

Could it be that the relationship between Master Mu and Ma Yuanju is the teacher-student relationship among the four irons in the official career of the ancients?

You must know that the ancient official school is more humane than the current official school, and later generations have summed up the four major irons in the official career through the ages.

The first iron is naturally the teacher-student relationship.

The second iron is the relationship between classmates. After ten years in the same class, that is the iron.

The third iron is the relationship with the same hometown. Because the transportation was not developed in ancient times, it was extremely difficult to travel far away, so it is very rare to meet old friends in other places, not to mention the relationship with the same hometown on the official road.

The fourth iron, the same door relationship, the so-called same door, as big as worshiping under a famous teacher or a famous scholar or a dignitary, or as small as worshiping under the same scholar's private school teacher or enlightenment teacher, learning the three-character scriptures, thousand-character script, and hundreds of surnames , Kindergartens like Qionglin.

Therefore, the relationship between ancient officialdom is intricate, but it is also full of human touch.

Unlike modern officialdom, they all worship under the same mentor, and their mentor is named Marx.

It's not like the modern officialdom, they all study in the same school to gain fame, this school is called the party school.

If it is said in the ancient official circles that there are students from all over the world, the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing their magical powers, and each has a mentor and fellow disciples.

So today's modern officialdom is left Marxist-Leninist, right Mao Xuan, Xiaoping theory sits in the middle, all party members in the four seas, a family of intrigues.

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Guo Ye continued to think about it, but Master Mu laughed and was very satisfied with Ma Yuanju's humble attitude, but he praised: "Yuanju, the old man only taught you the elementary school and taught you to read the Three Character Classic and the Thousand Character Classic." , Hundreds of surnames, mixed up to now is just a talented scholar. It is you, who has made a name for himself, a nine-rank official in the imperial court, and has grown up to be a great prospect."

Speaking of this, he waved his hand to signal Ma Yuanju to sit down, and then sighed softly: "I really dare not be your mentor!"

Sitting next to Master Mu, Ma Yuanju carefully poured a cup of tea for him, and said loudly: "If the teacher hadn't enlightened the student back then, how would the student have the fame he has today? Being a teacher for a day is a father for life, and the student will never forget it."

"it is good!"

Master Mu clapped his hands and praised Ma Yuanju: "Okay, Yuanju has a heart. It seems that you have engraved the learning of sages, etiquette, justice, integrity, benevolence and filial piety in your heart, good!"

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Guo Ye intentionally or unintentionally, and then continued to say to Ma Yuanju: "There is an old man by the county magistrate's side, Yuanju can rest assured, your future, hehe, looks very bright."

Ma Yuanju smiled shyly and nodded slightly.

"However." Master Mu was still unsatisfied, and exhorted in a very small voice, "Yuanju, you have to learn to change your temperament. It is good to have persistence, bottom line and ideals, but you also have to learn to be tactful. .otherwise……"

"Students must remember the teacher's teachings. The teacher's time is precious, how about we discuss the business first?"

Ma Yuanju suddenly interrupted Master Mu's nagging and changed the subject.

When Guo Ye heard this, he thought in his heart, Ma Yuanju is really stubborn, it seems that he wants to show his integrity and not go with the rich and powerful to the end.

What a great opportunity to have such a mentor, damn it!

Since you don't know how to seize the opportunity, the little brother has grasped it himself. As long as he grabs Master Mu's thin waist, the little brother is equivalent to grabbing the thigh of the magistrate Gu, hehe.

Immediately, he stepped forward lightly and bowed to Master Mu, and said respectfully: "Guo Ye, the servant of Zaoban, has met Master Mu."

Master Mu's eyes turned sideways slightly, and he shifted his gaze to Guo Ye.

Seeing this, Ma Yuanju also smiled in his heart. This cunning little yamen servant knows how to seize the opportunity, hehe, he is so weird.

Immediately, Ma Yuanju gently introduced Guo Ye to Master Mu, and even more so, he threw his peaches at him and repaid him with Li Di's exaggerated words, saying how Guo Ye designed to deceive Qin Wei into the urn, and how he bravely led the crowd to kill Qin Wei in Dongliu Township. Wei and dozens of water bandits captured Yunyun.

After listening to Ma Yuanju's introduction, Master Mu looked at Guo Ye again this time, and his eyes had become soft and focused. He pulled his goatee and blurted out a compliment: "You little yamen servant is interesting, very interesting!"

Listening to Master Mu's praise, Guo Ye thought it was a beauty, what is it called?This is called official recognition.

Then he glanced at Ma Yuanju complacently, and hummed in his heart, look, my brother is known to be a man, who is like you, a stubborn donkey.

Then, he took out a stack of confessions from his arms, presented them respectfully to Master Mu's desk, and said softly: "Master Mu, this is the confession signed and signed by Qin Wei and a group of water bandits, please review it."

Master Mu snorted, took out Qin Wei's confession and read it carefully, as if no one was there.

boom!

A heavy thump on the table rang out.

Master Mu was furious, shaking Qin Wei's confession in his hand, and scolded: "It's really audacious, audacious, under the rule of County Magistrate Gu, there is still such a vicious person hiding, isn't this to discredit Gu County Magistrate? ?Asshole, asshole!"

After cursing angrily, he asked Guo Ye again, "Where is Qin Wei?"

Guo Ye replied softly: "The little one has already hidden him, in case someone with a heart tries to destroy the evidence and kill someone to silence him."

In the words, he didn't name the person with the heart, but Master Mu already knew that this person was none other than He Kun.

As for the county lieutenant Gu Dezhao, who Guo Ye had been worried about, no one said anything.

Gu Dezhao's character is tacitly understood by everyone, especially Mr. Mu, who has a thorough understanding of the unspoken rules of the officialdom. If he were Gu Dezhao, he would be the same as the other party. He would be a bastard if he had money. .

But now the position is different. This case is directly related to the future of the county magistrate Gu Weiyong, his black hat, and his political life.

If Gu Weiyong, the county magistrate, was dismissed for investigation because he couldn't solve the case, or went to other places as a bench, then it would be a disaster for Master Mu.

He and the county magistrate are both prosperous, and both are damaged, a grasshopper on a rope.

Without the county magistrate, he would be nothing, just that depressed old scholar.

Therefore, in Master Mu's eyes, this case must be solved.

Immediately, he took the statement on the table and hid it in his sleeve, and said to Ma Yuanju: "You are in charge of Qin Wei, I will go back to the Yamen now and meet with County Magistrate Gu, there must be no delay."

After finishing speaking, he praised Guo Ye again: "Guo Ye, isn't it? You are not bad, don't worry, although Gu Dezhao is a county captain in Longxi, he is still a ninth-rank county captain in front of the county magistrate. In Longxi City, Gu Dezhao The grown-ups are the ones who really speak and take charge.”

The implication is to tell Guo Ye, Xiao Guo, don't worry, you have caught up, you hugged the magistrate's thigh, Gu Dezhao has nothing to do with you, the ninth rank and the seventh rank are not players of the same level .

Of course Guo Ye understood the meaning of Master Mu's words, after hearing this, he really felt reassured, his heart was at ease.

Then, together with Ma Yuanju, they watched Master Mu leave quietly.

After Master Mu left, Ma Yuanju looked at Guo Ye with a happy face, and said with contempt: "Little yamen servant, do you believe what I say?"

Guo Ye laughed dryly, took off the square hood on his head with some embarrassment, scratched his cheeks and said flatteringly: "Of course, who is Mr. Ma? He is a famous official in our yamen. You have a breeze in your sleeves, keep your promises, and keep your promises, don't you? The younger one was also joking with you before."