Ma Zhou was a little hesitant, and after the Zhengdan Dynasty meeting, he was summoned by the emperor to the palace to talk.
When I came back, I was a little uncertain.
"Actually, you should go back, I know you have ambitions, and now is the time for you to show your ambitions.
In the middle of the court, you have a wider stage.
Li Chao persuaded Ma Zhou to return to the court, and Li Shimin talked to Ma Zhou, that is, he admitted his mistake to Ma Zhou in private and hoped that he would go back.
It is extremely rare for an emperor to admit his mistakes to his courtiers, even if it is private.
This attitude made Ma Zhou upset.
In his heart, he really hopes to be in the court, which is not because he loves power, but because he is a scholar's ambition.
But all scholars are always like this, they are full of dreams of governing the country and leveling the world, and assisting the king in creating a great cause.
It is even full of desire to transform the king.
The arrogance shown by Li Shimin before hurt Ma Zhou's heart.
But now that the emperor has admitted his mistake, Ma Zhouxin is alive again.
"Aren't you going back, Ma Zhou asked.
Li Chao smiled.
"Recently, I re-read the Book of Wei to look at the history of the Northern Wei Dynasty and found a very interesting character, Cui Hao."
Cui Hao, a famous capable minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty, is also the ancestor of Li Chao's wife, Qinghe Cui.
These are the two famous ministers in the Northern and Southern Dynasties who were called the same as Wang Meng in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
Cui Hao was born in the Qinghe Cui family, and his mother was the daughter of the Fanyang Lu family, he went through the Northern Wei Daowu, Ming Yuan, Taiwu three emperors, to Situ, is the most important adviser of the Taiwu Emperor.
Even the Northern Wei Dynasty was able to unify the north, defeat Hu Xia and Bei Liang, and break Rouran, all of which had his hard work.
But in the end, Cui Hao was beheaded by Emperor Taiwu and died extremely miserably.
Of course Ma Zhou knew Cui Hao.
Cui Hao died in the prison of national history, this is a public statement.
Emperor Taiwu asked Cui Hao to major in the history of the Northern Wei Dynasty, just as Li Chao majored in eight history books.
The difference is that Li Chao repaired the history of the previous dynasty, and did not revise the history of the current dynasty.
Cui Hao repaired the history of the Northern Wei Dynasty, because he "violently promoted the evil of the country", and engraved the national history on the stone tablet, allowing the passers-by to evaluate it, so he was killed by Tuoba Tao.
"Why do you think Emperor Taiwu killed Cui Hao?"
asked Li Chao.
Ma Zhou looked around first, they were now in the Li family's pavilion, the surroundings were very open, and the servants were far away.
"Cui Hao's death is not simply a matter of national history.
Cui Hao has actually always been an important minister of Emperor Taiwu, and even a confidant.
Many things, Emperor Taiwu did not come forward directly, so he instructed Cui Hao to do them.
For example, suppressing the prince, such as punishing the Buddha, and then sinicization, etc. ” Ma Zhou is very familiar with history and has also studied the history of the Northern Wei Dynasty. has his own opinion on Cui Hao's death.
This view is more profound and far from an ordinary rumor.
"In the prison of national history, Cui Hao is only the major, and there are other officials who actually revise history, but in the end, only Cui Hao was beheaded all over the house, and the rest of the officials who revised history were not even executed."
Li Chao sighed, "In fact, Cui Hao's death, in the final analysis, there is only one reason, the counterattack caused by the Sinicization reform of Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty."
When the forces of the counterattack became bigger and bigger, in the end, Emperor Taiwu could only sacrifice Cui Hao.
Later, Emperor Taiwu once sighed, Cui Hao is a pity, it is too late to regret it" Li Chao told Ma Zhou today that Cui Hao was not simply talking about historical figures.
It's Cui Hao, who is very similar to Li Chao.
Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty was an ambitious monarch, very similar to Li Shimin.
With the help of Cui Hao and other military generals, he unified the north.
He also vigorously promoted the reform of Sinicization, cracked down on Buddhism, and developed national strength, making the Northern Wei Dynasty unprecedentedly powerful.
However, his series of reforms naturally also caused a counterattack by the old forces, and the Buddhist forces and the Xianbei nobles of the Northern Wei Dynasty were constantly fighting back, and even they united under the prince and carried the prince as a banner to oppose it.
In the end, Emperor Taiwu killed Cui Hao.
Although a few years after Cui Hao's death, the prince's party was severely attacked by Emperor Taiwu, killed and exiled, and the prince finally died of depression.
But at that time, the struggle around the reform of Taiwu was quite fierce.
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Cui Hao's death, ostensibly because of the history of the country, but in fact it was not the case at all.
Cui Hao is the vanguard of reform and an important adviser to Taiwu's reform, so he has always been the target of counterattack forces.
In some ways, Cui Hao is Li Chao.
Datang has implemented countless new policies over the years, involving all aspects, and Li Chao is definitely the mastermind in it.
The Zhenguan New Deal of the Tang Dynasty, the intensity of its reform is no less than that of Taiwu's Sinicization reform, and the offended interest groups are also powerful.
Why did Cui Hao die Because he was the pioneer of reform, the architect of reform, everyone stared at him.
When a large number of people regard you as an enemy, the small mistakes you make will also be widely publicized, and your every move will be watched.
In the spotlight, every move will be exposed, and small mistakes will be difficult to hide.
Li Shimin did invite Li Chao to return to the dynasty several times, but Shang Shuling's position was still reserved for him.
But Li Chao resolutely refused to accept it.
At this stage, suspicion from the emperor is likely to be minimal, and even greater is from the interest groups that have been damaged by the reforms.
It's good to stand in the back and shake the fan, there is no need to rush to the front yourself.
Moreover, Li Chao also hopes to have more time, can manage more contacts, attract more allies, and resolve the hostility of those hostiles.
The Li family has developed so rapidly over the years, and it is not just about developing itself and making money by itself, the Li family has always pulled many allies.
Not to mention the nobles from Shandong, he also got close to the Shandong Shi clan through marriage, and his interests were tied.
There are also about the Longhao family and the Jiangnan Shi clan, and even the businessmen and ordinary scholars, etc., Li Chao is spreading benefits everywhere.
One more friend, many roads.
Fewer enemies and fewer arrows.
Like Cui Hao, as the eagle dog of Emperor Taiwu, he was loyal and let him bite whoever he bited, but as a result, he offended countless people, and in the end, not only did his own family be beheaded by the whole family, but even let many Han wealthy families such as Fanyang Lu's family and Taiyuan Wang family marry him were copied and wiped out.
He didn't want Li Shimin to kill him one day, and after a few years, he would shout that Li Chao was a pity, and it would be too late to regret it.
There are Li Shimin in the court, there is a prince, there is Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui has the eldest grandson Wuji, Ma Zhou has Wei Zheng, these people are enough, they are all people who insist on implementing reforms, although Li Chao is the chief architect of reform, but he does not necessarily have to stay in the court to preside.
Compared with staying in the court, Li Chao thinks that it is more important for him to be at home and develop the economy more, and to be tied to the interests of major wealthy families.
"King Bin, if you stay in the court, I'm in the opposition, it's the same."
Ma Zhou listened to Li Chao's words and understood a lot.
"Zhenguan New Deal, reform and change the law, you are the first meritorious.
Even if you don't stay in the court, no one will forget your credit.
But if you leave, you will also receive less attention and not be the target of fire. ” "Yes, you continue to implement reforms in the DPRK.
As for me, I'll go deep into the enemy camp, make friends with them, and turn enemies into friends," Li Chao said with a smile.
He has always believed in the saying that there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.
The reform and new policies he proposed did offend many people, but he also believed that he had a way to let these people enjoy the benefits of the alliance.
Follow him Li Chao and make money.
Feudal princes, everyone has the opportunity to fight for their own territory for their families.
With the development of industry and commerce, everyone can become a capitalist in Datang.
Ma Zhou said seriously, "Wen Yuan can rest assured to do it, I will definitely make it convenient for Wen Yuan in the court." ” Li Chao smiled.
This is what he wants to hear, "This time I will return to the court, Your Majesty is ready to let you take any position" It turned out that Ma Zhou was the right servant of Shangshu and the head of the household, but now the right servant is Yu Wenshi and, and the head of the head of the house is Dai Guan, and there is no place for him.
"The Chinese scholar."
Li Chao nodded, this position is good.
Speaking of which, the Zhongshu Shilang must be added to the title of Prime Minister, in terms of ranking, among the ministers under the Zhongshu Gate, the Zhongshu Shilang ranks fourth, only after the Shangshu Order, and before the left and right servants.
In the current situation of the vacancy of the Zhongshu Order, in fact, Ma Zhou suddenly became the third-ranked prime minister.
This is simply a blessing in disguise, but the ranking has risen three places in a row.
In today's central era when Zhongshu Province is the mainstay, Zhongshu Shilang is actually presiding over Zhongshu Province, with a special status and high power.
Li Shimin seems to really value Ma Zhou.
"When you go back to the middle school, do me a favor."
Li Chaodao.
"You say."
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Ma Zhou was not polite, this kind of thing was not in accordance with the rules.
"This time, Your Majesty has greatly divided the land of Liaodong, and the nobles who have obtained the fiefdom of Liaodong are planning how to persuade Your Majesty to send troops to levy Liao.
They all thought that the more troops they had, the better, and they couldn't wait to send a million troops at a time like Yang Guang to destroy Liao in one fell swoop.
Li Chao shook his head, although he was also one of the feudal marquis of Liaodong, he didn't want to see such a scene.
"I hope that after you return to Zhongshu, you will try to ensure that the imperial court does not send troops to recruit Liao."
Ma Zhou was a little surprised.
"No Liao" "Well, it's not the right time to conquer Liao.
The imperial court really wants to have strength, and it is also the first to clean up the Ye Protector and fight the Western Regions first. ” "But those feudal marquis may not be willing to wait."
Li Chao smiled.
"Of course, if you want to fight Liaodong, you can do it, but you have to fight it yourself.
I have a proposal here, which is a five-year plan for Goguryeo.
There are two parts to the plan, one is that the imperial court will release rumors that it will conquer Liao, and then we will secretly plot against Quangai Suwen and his son to launch a rebellion, so that Goguryeo will be in civil strife. ” Ma Zhou asked the second part.
"The second part is that the imperial court allows the feudal lords of Liaodong and even the merchants of the Tang Dynasty to apply for a privateer license from the imperial court and sail to the coast of Goguryeo to plunder."
Ma Zhou has heard of Li Chao's pirate strategic plan.
If the imperial court really issued such a license, then it would indeed be a big blow to Goguryeo.
Moreover, Li Chao's shipyard will soon get countless new orders and make a lot of money.
"I support your plan."
Ma Zhou replied.
"The shipyard is ready to expand its scale, recruit new partners and issue shares to raise funds for expansion, and plans to build a number of shipyards, and build supporting timber mills, sail and cable factories, iron anchor factories, etc., we plan to produce more than 300 three-masted sailing ships a year, which is equivalent to one a day.
I'll leave you a copy of this shipyard."
Ma Zhou shook his head, "It's inconvenient for me to participate in shares." ” "There is no law in the imperial court that stipulates that you cannot participate in shares, besides, when the time comes, you will buy shares in the name of your son, he is my righteous son, is there a problem with buying shares in my shipyard?"
Li Chao plans to recruit more shareholders this time and pull him with hundreds of nobles, so that everyone can make money and advance and retreat together with interests.
He even planned to bring the prince in again. t1706231537: