Ma Zhou occasionally speculated about the identity of the bearded man in his spare time.

The feeling that the bearded man gave him was always changing. He had thought that the bearded man might be an official who knew the court, and he had thought that the bearded man might be the head of the place, but he never dreamed that the bearded man was Xiao Buyi!

Ma Zhou has always been able to see Xiao Buyi from afar. He has a respectable status and is superior. Every time Ma Zhou sees Xiao Buyi, there are crowds following him. Xiao Buyi is riding on a tall horse, handsome and handsome, which makes Ma Zhou sigh. Knowing that Xiao Buyi has three palaces under the Liang Gong Mansion, it is inevitable to see hope. He just failed to win the article and was contemptuous of Ximen Chucai. He only felt that this talent was actually changed to the soup and not the medicine. For Han Sheng, it was just a deaf ear and a decoration.

Xiao Buyi was famous all over the world. It is said that he was a relative of the Sui family and a son and nephew of the queen. He had a prominent status. Ma Zhou never thought that one day he would be brothers with him. But it seems that he not only had brothers with Xiao Buyi, but also drank and ate meat, chatted and laughed.

Even though he was arrogant and unruly, Ma Zhou was like a fog for a moment, and he couldn't believe what he saw before him

"You are really Xiao Buyi... the General of the Right Guard... the Duke of Liang who is in charge of the Eastern Capital?" Ma Zhou couldn't help asking again.

Of course, the bearded man was Xiao Buyi, otherwise he would not be able to say anything about a colorful horse or a fur of gold. This is a few words about Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty who was about to drink. Ma Zhou didn't know that although he was clean and neat, he was very cautious. All investigations were not without cause.

Ma Zhou passed, and he came. If Ma Zhou was a little impatient, the bearded man would naturally disappear into the air.

Seeing Ma Zhou's doubts, Xiao Buyi smiled and said, "Xiao Buyi is nothing great, and I don't have to pretend to be his. Master Ma, please hand over the matter at hand. I want to take you to another place."

Xiao Buyi reached out to call a chief officer, and Ma Zhou explained patiently to him. In just a few days, he had changed from a learner to a leader, and the changes were quite large. Xiao Buyi was not impatient at all, just sat down and listened. He was really busy now. But it was still worth it for the talent of Ma Zhou.

He felt that Ma Zhou was a talent, not based on his memory experience, but on his own judgment.

Xiao Buyi knew that he was gradually changing and his memory was not reliable, so he might only be used as a reference for his temporary reference. He is now just analyzing and judging through his own knowledge.

Ma Zhou explained the work at hand cleanly. The listener nodded repeatedly. When the explanation was finished, Xiao Buyi got up and went out, and Ma Zhou quickly followed.

"Actually, I'm a little busy lately..." Xiao Buyi suddenly said.

Ma Zhou didn't think Xiao Buyi was exaggerating, "Liang... Duke of the State has been busy with all his time, and he still has time to see me. I am so grateful."

He was still somewhat suspicious, and always felt that the bearded man was quite different from the Fenglang General in his memory. But he really wanted to believe that this person was Xiao Buyi. If this person was Duke Liang, he would still have some hope.

"Actually, if you want to talk about official documents, I rarely deal with it." Xiao Buyi smiled and said: "After all, the three provinces and six ministries of the Great Sui Dynasty are not decorations. Most of the affairs in the court are under the responsibility of these departments. I just need to rebuild this almost deserted system and hand over the matter to the officials."

Ma Zhou nodded, "If Duke Liang had such an idea, the world could be determined."

"I'm talking about busyness, but it's another kind of busyness." Xiao Buyi talked while walking. "How to eliminate bandits is the top priority now, but how to eliminate the prejudice of the gentry against poor families is also a headache."

Ma Zhou stopped, Xiao Buyi felt his movements and turned his head, "Don't you agree?"

Ma Zhou was excited and said, "Duke Liang only has this heart, which is a blessing for the poor people in the world."

"Don't be in a hurry to thank you." Xiao Buyi smiled and waved his hand, "I said it's the same thing, but it's still very difficult to implement it." He looked into the distance and sighed softly. At this moment, Ma Zhou saw it and found that Xiao Buyi's different things looked extremely different, but Xiao Buyi's sigh had already made his heart throbbing.

He knew that this sigh and the blind old man's stern voice came from the inner voice!

"In fact, you are not appointed. It seems like an accidental phenomenon, but it is a deep-rooted influence of the family for hundreds of years." Xiao Buyi said in a deep voice: "The gentry and poor families have different paths. The gentry look down on poor families because of their different ideas. In fact, they have little contact with people's livelihood and do not know the suffering of the people. It is inevitable that they consider the problem from a high-level perspective. It is not a one-day achievement to reverse their perspective..."

Ma Zhou nodded repeatedly, "Duke Liang said very well, but we always have to do it, right?"

Xiao Buyi smiled and patted his shoulder, "You are right. We always have to take this first step. Xue Huai'en is my temptation, and you are the key step I take!"

Ma Zhou was a little confused, but Xiao Buyi had already brought Ma Zhou to the Naxian Pavilion in Liang Gong’s Mansion.

A soldier came forward to ask, "What place do you do?"

Xiao Buyi stretched out his hand and wiped his face. The bearded man had already reached his hand. Ma Zhou's eyes lit up. Seeing Xiao Buyi's eyebrows were like a knife, his eyes were bright, and his lines on his face were as tough as a knife, he couldn't help but shout, "What a man."

Xiao Buyi was easy-going and looked just a civilian, but at this moment, Xiao Buyi pursed her lips and looked solemn, looking extremely precious. When the soldier saw Xiao Buyi's true appearance, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "See Duke Liang, I don't know that Duke Liang is here..."

"No gift." Xiao Buyi waved his hand, "I don't blame anyone who doesn't know."

The soldiers retreated to both sides, but Xiao Buyi walked straight forward, and the guards knelt down along the way. Although Ma Zhou was crazy, he was like stepping on the clouds, like in a dream.

A soldier had already informed Ximen Chucai of Naxian Pavilion. Ximen Chucai quickly came out and paid a visit to him: "Duke Liang has arrived, and his subordinates have misfortune to welcome him. Please forgive me for your crime."

After glanced at Ma Zhou on one side, Ximen Chu's heart beat, feeling something was wrong.

Although there are countless job seekers who meet every day, Ximen Chucai still remembers Ma Zhou. Just because Ma Zhou is unruly and unruly, he can bring wine gourds here. There are only one person in thousands of people.

Xiao Buyi waved his hand and asked Ximen Chu to get up, and everything was calm. He was different from Yang Guang, and he did not need external factors such as gorgeousness and scenes to show his majesty. As long as he liked, he could call him brothers and beggars. As long as he liked, all the officials in the East Capital would crawl at his feet.

The journey to the museum is not far away. But Ma Zhou followed Xiao Buyi and felt that his back was getting taller and taller, and the others were almost breathless. If he hadn't been walking along the way with Xiao Buyi, he would really doubt whether the bearded man who drank with him was the Xiao Buyi in front of him!

Xiao Buyi was in a high position, and the officials of the Naxian Pavilion came to visit. Ma Zhou did not show his respects. One was that he was not used to it. The other was that he was a little confused and seemed to stand out. Xiao Buyi did not care about it and did not scold him.

"Shigongshi, do you know this person?" Xiao Buyi asked Ma Zhou with a finger. His voice was calm, making people unable to hear it.

Ximen Chucai hurriedly said, "This person is called Ma Zhou, a native of Bozhou. He once came to the Naxian Pavilion to apply for the election." Ximen Chucai still has some talent after all, and his memory is not bad.

Xiao Buyi nodded, his face calmed down slightly, "Did Mr. Ximen... have he ever made an assessment of this person?"

He turned around and explained to Ma Zhou: "The rule within the Naxian Pavilion is that those who apply for the recruitment must make evaluations within three days every day, and those who pass the qualification will be handed over to the Censor Wei for three months for inspection and probation, and then decide to be appointed and removed according to their performance."

Xiao Buyi was polite and everyone in Naxianguan was full of eyes. Ximen Chucai even complained secretly, thinking that he had already found out clearly. This poor family of Ma Zhou for generations had nothing to do with the gentry, and he didn't like him, so he vetoed it. He didn't think that this person actually knew the biggest backstage in Dongdu?

An official had already found the evaluation paper for Ma Zhou. Xiao Buyi took the paper and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Ximen, no matter what, your seriousness in doing things is always worthy of my praise."

Ximen Chu breathed a little relieved and said hurriedly: "The official dare not."

Xiao Buyi then opened the file. However, he did not check it, but just handed it to Ma Zhou and said, "Let me read the comments."

Ma Zhou opened his eyes and looked a little strange. He suddenly thought, "Ma Zhou is unruly, unruly, unruly, greedy for alcohol and misleading things, acts arbitrarily, and is useless!" The file finally made a cross, obviously not enough in Ximen Chucai's heart. This red cross actually sentenced Ma Zhou to death. Ma Zhou was slightly shocked when he saw it.

The comment was simple and clear, and Ma Zhou didn't know what he felt at that moment.

Although he did not agree with this comment, he knew that Ximen Chucai was not targeting his character, but his work. In fact, it was not the first time he had received such comments!

"Censor Wei arrived." A soldier shouted loudly outside the door.

Wei Zheng walked in quickly, and Ximen Chu could only turn around to greet him. Although he was the biggest in Naxian Pavilion, he still couldn't get a rank in front of Wei Zheng and Xiao Buyi.

Xiao Buyi did not stand up and said to the high position: "Censor Wei, please sit down."

Although Wei Zheng was quite busy, he was still energetic and said with politeness: "Duke Liang, I am late to come, so please forgive me."

Xiao Buyi smiled and said, "It's better to come late than not. It's just Censor Wei, I want to ask you something."

Wei Zheng said solemnly: "Duke Liang please speak."

"It has been nearly a month since the Naxian Pavilion was opened. As far as I know, there are no less than a hundred people who come to recommend themselves every day. If you calculate it, at least there are as many as a thousand people. But now there are very few people who can be promoted and hired. I wonder what went wrong?"

Wei Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "When returning to Duke Liang, the officials have done their best, but there are really limited people who report to me for review every day."

He glanced at Ximen Chucai, and his intention was self-evident. It turned out that although Wei Zheng was responsible for the talent acquiring hall, he had just entered the Eastern Capital and had no background, so it was difficult for many places to take action for a while. The Eastern Capital was very different from being in Xiangyang, and he had many concerns. If he was not careful, he would cause conflicts among the ministers. In order to seek peace, Wei Zheng still did things according to the rules.

Ximen Chucai could only go forward and said, "Returning to Duke Liang and the Censor of Wei, it is not that the officials do not do their best, but because there are too few geniuses now."

Xiao Buyi snorted coldly, "Shimen Minister Ximen is such a bad word."

Ximen Chucai's sweat came out, "Please correct me by Duke Liang."

Xiao Buyi said in a deep voice: "If you want a wise master to use people, it is like using objects. The right way is to learn from each other's strengths. Even a piece of toilet paper and a pair of straw sandals have their uses..."

Ximen Chucai smiled bitterly and said, "The Duke of Liang is a wonderful example, and the officials admire him."

Wei Zheng laughed silently. Ma Zhou's face was also a little bitter, thinking that he didn't know if it was toilet paper or straw sandals?

Xiao Buyi continued: "The Assistant Minister of Examination said that there are very few geniuses now. I think there are more than 700,000 people in the Eastern Capital, and there are nearly one million officials and soldiers. How did such a prosperous era have ever existed in ancient times? I think the wise monarchs in ancient times will definitely not be as prosperous as the Eastern Capital today, but appointing subordinates to manage the world has achieved great governance! Did they borrow talents from other times? They were not able to select talents effectively, and they could only consider whether to recognize talents from their own perspectives and belittle others. This is not the right way!"

He said with a stern voice, Ximen Chucai was sweating profusely, and said in a trembling voice: "The lower official knows that he is wrong. He delays the Duke of Liang's selection of talents, so please punish him severely."

But Xiao Buyi stood up from the high position and walked slowly down. Ximen Chucai was silent and dared not move. Seeing Xiao Buyi step by step, Ximen Chucai was shocked. Thinking of Yang Guang's harsh punishment, his knees softened and he had already kneeled down.

Suddenly, Ximen Chu felt his wrist tightened and had been held back by Xiao Buyi. Xiao Buyi smiled and said, "At the beginning of this matter, there is inevitably something wrong with it. Minister Ximen should not blame himself too much."

Ximen Chucai was stunned and didn't know how to deal with it for a moment. He didn't know what it felt like in his heart.

"Actually, I had the same opinion as Mr. Ximen." Wei Zheng said on the side: "Ma Zhou is a voluptuous person. It is really hard to feel good about him at first sight. Mr. Ximen receives hundreds of people every day, and it is normal for him to be biased when he sees it. If it weren't for Duke Liang's mention, I wouldn't have paid attention to him."

Ma Zhou was surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that he would even be alarmed by Wei Zheng.

Ximen Chucai hurriedly nodded and said, "Censor Wei said it was extremely true. The official's omissions were a bit unfair, which really made the high expectations of the two adults."

"Ma Zhou is unruly and unruly. He is not in accordance with etiquette and law, and is greedy for alcohol and misleading things. He acts arbitrarily and recklessly, and is useless!" Wei Zheng took the file from Ma Zhou and said in a deep voice: "I think Ma Zhou is not dressed, is disrespectful, and does not understand the way of dealing with people. When he comes to the election, he does not forget to drink. It is understandable that he has a comment that he is greedy for alcohol and misleading things."

Ma Zhou tampered his neck and said sternly: "This person dare not agree that he knew that he was a great opportunity for him now, but he still did not forget to fight, which was also a stubborn personality.

Xiao Buyi smiled and said, "Master Ma may not agree, but as long as Censor Wei and Minister Ximen agree, you will not even have the chance to disagree!"

Ma Zhou closed his voice and thoughtful.

Wei Zheng smiled and said, "Fortunately, there is a Duke of Liang who agrees with him! Actually, although I think the comments of Ximen Minister are fair, I can see that Ma Zhou wrote excellent current affairs articles, but I think this person is talented, but I am afraid that this person will really make trouble for him because he will inevitably be entrusted by Duke Liang. While he was hesitating, Duke Liang came up with a method and said that he would take Ma Zhou to inspect for a few days. If he really misses the matter, it would be better to have talent!"

Ma Zhou suddenly realized and said, "So Duke Liang has been testing me these days?"

Xiao Buyi nodded and said, "Young Master Ma said it well. If you can't stand your temper for a day and ignore the orphans and widows, I, Xiao Buyi, will not say a good thing to you in front of the two adults."

Ma Zhou was shocked and slightly dissatisfied, and felt that this kind of investigation was somewhat suspicious of distrust. Xiao Buyi ignored it and said seriously: "The two adults were afraid that Ma Zhou would be drunk and misleading, so I took him to start with the hardest work of comforting soldiers and family. Seven days have passed, and Ma Zhou also drank dozens of kilograms of alcohol, but the matter was not delayed, but also progressed very quickly. I asked the people I worked with, and those people said something that Ma Zhou was a withdrawn person and lived in a minority manner. But he was not ambiguous and misleading matters. Although he was a scholar, he had never known the soldiers who were killed in the East. However, he was very enthusiastic about them and was loyal to each other. This person was not only available, but also useful!"

When Ma Zhou heard this, he was confused and dissatisfied, his nose was slightly sore, and he raised his head, but his eyes were filled with tears, which was inexplicably moved.

Xiao Buyi changed his tone, "Actually, since I have appointed two adults to be responsible for accepting talents, I shouldn't have interfered in it. Now I'm just telling the truth and asking the two adults to make the decision on the matter."

Wei Zheng looked at Ximen Chucai and said, "Mr. Ximen, don't you know what suggestions do you have?"

Ximen Chu has been in the officialdom for a long time. How could he not know the truth? I thought to myself that Duke Liang was giving him a step. If he argued again, he would be afraid that no one would carry the body even if he fell to death. "Duke Liang was obsessed with his eyes. Duke Liang was wrong, and Duke Liang corrected it. Duke Liang was grateful. Since Ma Zhou had no suspicion of drinking to make trouble, he was too bad for people to deal with people in the world. However, this person is honest and has extraordinary knowledge. According to what the officials saw, he will be temporarily responsible for his subordinates' affairs. I wonder what the two masters wanted?"

Xiao Buyi nodded and said, "The Minister of the Ximen is only able to use it. It is indeed not bad. After a few days of review, the Minister of the Ximen should have a reward. I just hope to continue working hard in the future and don't let me down."

Ximen Chu wiped his cold sweat, felt grateful, and thought that he had failed to take the lead. Xiao Buyi treated him so kindly, and he was unwilling to refuse.

It turned out that Menxia Province was the Sui Dynasty's counselor, in charge of reviewing government orders and refuting matters, and in charge of accepting words. Under the jurisdiction of the Huangmen, the ministers, the ministers, the official records, the official and the official history. Originally, the emperor was Su Wei, but this person had been demoted by Yang Guang to serve as the people and was idle to the Dongdu. Now, the Huangmen's minister Zhao Changwen is the largest.

Although the official position of the recorder was not very high, Ma Zhou had no background. He actually became a recorder in the disciples' jurisdiction, which can also be said to be a rare event in the Sui Dynasty.
To be continued...