Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1757 Meng Liang's Heart
After the court retreated early, when all the officials left, they suddenly felt an indescribable excitement, or hope.

Throughout the ages, any girl selected by the emperor is an opportunity for many people.

Once the selected show girls have some relationship with them, then they will have more hope for promotion in the court.

Therefore, the matter of the emperor's selection of women is a major event for the entire Tang Dynasty, and it is also a matter for all officials. As long as they feel that there are good-looking people among their people, they will basically do everything possible to let their people enter the harem.

And every time at this time, the officials in charge of this matter must have some benefits.

If you want your own person to become a show girl and enter the harem, how can you do it without giving some benefits?

As soon as the morning court left and Meng Liang returned to the mansion, an official named Ma Bei hurried to Meng Liang's mansion with gifts.

This Ma Bei is an official of the fourth rank in the court. This official position is not considered low. He is of the same rank as Meng Liang. Normally, this Ma Bei does not pay much attention to Meng Liang, but now, he is The first person to come to the Meng Mansion.

Ma Bei was in his forties, with a Chinese character face, and he seemed to belong to that kind of very upright person.

After he saw Meng Liang in the living room, he quickly laughed: "Congratulations, brother Meng, for such a good job. Brother Meng is young, and his future is boundless."

Hearing Ma Bei's praise, Meng Liang smiled slightly, and said: "Master Ma is joking, but he is doing something for the Holy One. Speaking of it, it is also a hard job. Master Ma is coming to my house at this time, but what is the matter?"

Ma Bei nodded, and then took out his gift. It was a box, not particularly big, but definitely not small either.

After the box was taken out, he didn't say anything about himself, but opened the box. After the box was opened, there were some curios in it. Meng Liang was a good hand at it. All right.

As for the things in the box, Meng Liang knew that they were good things after just one glance, and there were several good things that he could not ask for all the time.

However, after seeing these things, Meng Liang looked calm and did not speak.

Seeing this, Ma Bei had no choice but to continue to say: "I, Ma Bei, have two sons and a daughter. The daughter has just grown up this year. She is so beautiful. The whole Chang'an city, people who come to my house to propose marriage, open the door of the house. It was almost broken, but my daughter didn't even take a fancy to it. I wondered before, was he waiting for a good son-in-law? Now I know, it turned out that he was waiting for this."

Ma Bei didn't elaborate on what this was, but he believed that Meng Liang should know about it. If there was a draft today, then he was talking about the draft.

And his box of things is naturally for Meng Liang's benefit, hoping that Meng Liang can make his daughter a show girl.

Needless to say, this kind of thing is too clear, as long as both parties know it well.

However, after he finished speaking, Meng Liang showed embarrassment, and said: "Master Ma, next year I will be thirty-six, so I am not too old, but I am not too young either, and I do have such thoughts on weekdays." Accept a small one, but I am a colleague with Mr. Ma. You say that I am a good son-in-law. I really can't afford it. I'm afraid it will be embarrassing when we meet in the court. ah."

Meng Liang's expression was helpless and regretful, as if he had missed ten thousand yuan.

But what he said made the horse's back half dead. He looked at Meng Liang and his eyes widened.

"Master Meng, you have misunderstood. My daughter wants to be a beautiful girl, not looking for a good son-in-law like you."

When these words came out, Meng Liang's face suddenly changed, as if he had been discriminated against by the great, and he became very angry.

"Master Ma, you're just entertaining me. There are drafts in the draft. What's the matter with you coming here? I thought it was a betrothal gift when you took out the money."

As he spoke, Meng Liang waved his hand and said, "See off the guests."

At this time, Ma Bei finally realized that he was there to amuse Meng Liang. It was obvious that Meng Liang was pretending to be confused and refused to help him with this matter. Don't give yourself a look?

"Good you Meng Liang, good you Meng Liang, hum!" After a long snort, Ma Bei threw his sleeves and left.

When Ma Bei left, Meng Liang gave a wry smile. At this time, a valet next to him was a little strange, and said: "Master, you have been looking for those treasures for a long time, and each of them can be said to be very valuable. This Ma Bei It is just a matter of little effort for the master to want his daughter to be selected as a draft girl, why doesn't the master help, and as far as I know, the master has nothing against this Ma Bei."

Ma Bei looked down on Meng Liang before, but he didn't show it. In this way, they gave others the feeling that they were a bit like friends of gentlemen.

But Meng Liang's choice today made his personal servant very puzzled.

Meng Liang smiled wryly, and said: "Everyone thinks that your master and I have picked up a good job. I can do this for the Holy One. Is it considered a good job? The Holy One is a wise king through the ages. What kind of person am I? It's very clear, but the Holy One still wants me to do this, why?"

The boy shook his head, and Meng Liang continued: "Of course it's because of this kind of thing, the Holy Majesty doesn't want to entrust it to those who have a good reputation. People like me have already lost their reputation, and when they do some things, they just do it. In the end, the Holy One still thinks that I am an abandoned son. If other bad things happen, he can abandon me at any time. Therefore, I must do this matter fairly and selflessly. No matter who it is, I have to follow the rules , Only in this way can the Holy Majesty change some of my views on me, people are messing around in the officialdom, it is very important to seize the opportunity, but if you seize the opportunity, what to do next is more important."

"That Ma Bei really has no grudges with me on weekdays. It's okay for him to want his daughter to be a draft girl, but he shouldn't be so anxious to bribe me with things. If I accept After paying this money, I am afraid that I will be held accountable in the future."

After Meng Liang finished speaking, he immediately ordered: "In the future, whenever anyone comes with a gift, they will disappear. Also, if anyone is related to the draft, I will disappear."

Hearing Meng Liang's words, the valet had somewhat understood the situation, and suddenly, he felt that his master was very powerful, and he was a master who had everything he wanted in the officialdom.

Such a person will definitely have a bright future in the future.

"Master, don't worry, you can do whatever you tell me to do."

(End of this chapter)