The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 693 Not Treated as Colleagues

The court meeting went very smoothly and all the ministers agreed with Du Yu's opinion.

Although Zhuge Dan still believed that the focus should be on frontier development, the vast majority of the original opponents now became supporters.

Spend as much of the treasury money as you can.

Confiscating property is so detrimental to the relationship.

The court meeting ended quickly.

Du Yu never thought it would be so smooth. Just when Du Yu walked out of the palace, someone suddenly called him.

Du Yu quickly turned around and said, "Zhong Pushe."

Zhong Hui walked up to him with a haughty air, sizing him up and saying, "That's a good suggestion, but is this your own idea?"

Du Yu's heart trembled. "This is the result of my discussion with His Majesty."

Zhong Hui waved his hand and said, "Now that I am in charge of the Secretariat, no matter who proposed it, as long as I can do a good job, it can be considered that I have governed well."

"How are you going to do this?"

Just as Du Yu was about to speak, Zhong Hui gestured for him to follow him and get into the carriage.

The two of them sat in the carriage, looking at the memorials and documents around them, and Du Yu couldn't help but marvel inwardly.

It is no wonder that His Majesty values him so much and wants to entrust all matters to him. This person is indeed worthy of His Majesty's attention.

He turned this carriage into a study!

If he could control his personality a little, he would still be a famous official.

Zhong Hui casually took the memorial from the side and held it in his hand. "Tell me what you think, don't pay attention to me."

Du Yu pursed his lips and said, "Your Majesty wants the provincial governors to do this. I plan to order them to count the number of people who need to be resettled in their provinces and then approve the construction according to the local conditions."

"Each state has previously petitioned me for repairs and construction, but I refused. This time, I can leverage this opportunity to complete it together."

"The various tasks of enumerating, settling, distributing, and guiding the local people, as well as providing them with the tools they need, can all be undertaken by the prefectures and counties. The court only needs to approve their construction plans and provide food and tools according to the population of each prefecture."

Du Yu spoke more and more, and even talked about some of his ideas about major construction projects in various places.

Nowadays, there are basically no problems with provincial governors all over the country. These people are all wise officials carefully selected by Cao Mao. Du Yu thinks it is unlikely that they would take the opportunity to steal grain from the national treasury.

When they arrived at the county, the county magistrate had gone through so many years of rectification and assessment. I dare not say that all of them are gentlemen and moral officials, but 90% of them should not make any mistakes.

As for the county magistrate, it may be difficult to say.

Therefore, Du Yu believed that the most important thing was to instruct the provincial governors to prevent the large-scale withholding of food, which would cause the workers to go hungry every day, leading to large-scale starvation and mass murder, and ultimately large-scale rebellions in various places.
Du Yu spoke very seriously, but when he looked at the person in front of him, Zhong Hui was shaking his head and looking at the document in his hand, and his mind seemed not on Du Yu at all.

Although Du Yu did not want to offend the powerful, he was somewhat unhappy about being humiliated in this way.

He stopped talking immediately.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stopped, Zhong Hui asked, "Is that all?"

"If it were as simple as you say, wouldn't the world be filled with endless rebellions and turmoil?"

Hearing Zhong Hui's question, Du Yu spoke again, this time in greater detail. In fact, it would take forever to finish talking about such a large project in detail.

When the number of people reaches a certain scale, even the smallest problem will become a big problem. Just their loss can become a big problem, let alone other things.

But Zhong Hui wanted to listen, so Du Yu spoke.

Du Yu had obviously made preparations, starting with the food subsidies provided by the temple to these people, talking about winter clothes, and then talking about the resettlement of the homeless, and maintaining order.
When the two returned to Zhong Hui's residence, Du Yu had not finished speaking. They went into the study, where Du Yu continued to speak while Zhong Hui dealt with the memorial in his hand.

Du Yu was talking about dry mouth and tongue.

He also didn't understand whether Zhong Hui wanted to hear his ideas or was deliberately tormenting him.

Du Yu and Yang Hu were both people who knew how to protect themselves. They would not easily offend the powerful, especially an abnormal powerful person like Zhong Hui.

"it is good"

Zhong Hui suddenly put down the pen in his hand and looked up at Du Yu.

"You've thought about this seriously."

"Most of the officials in the government today are corrupt officials who have risen to power through flattery. You do have some ability in governing. You can consider multiple aspects and come up with corresponding solutions."

"If I become the Minister of Chancellery in the future, I will naturally need a young man like you to assist me."

He took out a document from the side and handed it to Du Yu in front of him.

"This is."

"This is the statistical table you requested, showing the population that needs to be resettled in various places. It only includes the Central Plains states, as shown in the rows below. The rest of the places will be sent to you soon."

Du Yu was stunned for a moment, then asked, "You are..." Zhong Hui said seriously, "When it comes to handling government affairs, it's not about finding a solution to every problem you encounter. When formulating a policy, you should consider the consequences of the policy, prepare solutions to the subsequent impacts, and then act."

"Governing government is like building a building. When you lay the foundation, you have to measure the path along the entire building. But you treat governing as if you were just rushing through a journey, building bridges whenever you encounter water and crossing mountains whenever you encounter them. How can this work?"

"I had the provincial governors make the necessary preparations long ago. However, I originally wanted to resolve it through other means. Now that you've mentioned it, it's not impossible to follow your approach. It will also free me up to do other things!"

Du Yu hurriedly bowed and said yes.

Zhong Hui then said, "You are different from Zhang Hua and the others. You have a foundation. However, since you entered the government, you have only been a Lang in the Shangshu. You have never been to the Three Terraces, let alone traveled to the four corners of the country, so you lack experience. If Your Majesty could release you and let you serve as a provincial governor for three years, perhaps you would make greater progress."

"However, His Majesty probably won't send you away. You should first handle this matter. If you want to accomplish this, you can't just stay in Luoyang."

"You must go out, and this is also a good opportunity for you."

There was actually some persuasion in Zhong Hui's words.

After talking for a long time, they let Du Yu leave.

Liu Yuan stood at the door until he saw Du Yu off, then he returned to the study.

"Teacher, I see that man is plain-looking, speaks with a weak voice, and can't even look you in the eye. Why did you say so much to him?"

Hearing Liu Yuan's words, Zhong Hui glanced at him and said, "As a minister of the Secretariat, he submitted a report to Your Majesty today without even asking me. I wanted to teach him a lesson."

"But look at him. I deliberately went to do other things and didn't look at him, but he never slacked off. He talked in great detail. If I hadn't interrupted him, he wouldn't have stopped."

"Besides, everything he said was very good. I can't find any reason to scold him."

"He's just lacking experience right now. If he can accomplish this, even if he can't surpass me in the future, he can still become one of the most capable ministers of the world."

Liu Yuan was stunned.

After studying with the teacher for so long, this was the first time he heard the teacher praise a person with ordinary appearance.

In fact, Du Yu was not bad looking, but he did not meet the standard in Zhong Hui's mind and could only be considered "average".

"Okay, don't just stand there. I asked someone to copy a court meeting record. Take it and copy it a few more times."

Liu Yuan hurriedly took it and nodded in agreement.

"Don't just watch, think more about why they made such a report, what their thoughts were, and why they changed their words. You have to learn all of this!"

"only!!"

When Du Yu returned home, Lu Zhi was waiting for him.

Lu Zhi seemed to be in a really good mood, with a smile on her face.

It can be seen that he has been cooperating quite well with He Zeng recently.

When the two met, Du Yu invited him into his study.

"Just now I saw Zhong Hui taking you away. He didn't give you any trouble, did he?"

"No, Zhong Pushe was just helping me find and fill in the gaps."

Lu Zhi shook his head. "I'm also surprised. This guy has become more and more arrogant since he gained power. He doesn't care about anyone and has always scoffed at other people's memorials. Why would he offer to help us today?"

Du Yu said, "Zhong Pushe has great ambitions. He is now almost the head of the court. He is determined to assist the sage king and build great achievements."

Lu Zhi immediately understood. He sneered and cursed, "This guy doesn't treat us as colleagues, he treats us as his subordinates!!"

He wondered why this guy didn't oppose them again, but instead came out to help them.

Only with colleagues will one have a competitive spirit and want to prove oneself in front of others, but Zhong Hui now seems to no longer regard these Shangshu as colleagues, but directly as his subordinates.

There is no point in comparing with subordinates.

This conclusion made Lu Zhi angry and want to laugh.

What the hell is this?!
For some reason, Du Yu seemed to have changed his opinion of Zhong Hui a lot. He stopped saying bad things about Zhong Hui and asked directly about the important events that Lu Zhi was in charge of.

"Oh, don't mention it. Your Majesty is right."

"When I informed His Majesty of the situation in various places, His Majesty said: 'Even if all of these powerful clans were executed, there would still be innocent people. If we kill one and release one, there will definitely be some that slip through the net!'"

Du Yu didn't say much. After the clan became huge, there must be all kinds of people. Moreover, the leaders of the major families themselves could not be considered moral people, let alone the others.

The reason why Lu Zhi came to see Du Yu this time was to "hire people".

Lu Zhi took out the current list of the national treasury. This thing could not be checked a few years ago, but now there is nothing that cannot be checked. Those who dare to obstruct it will only die a more miserable death.

The two ministers should make careful calculations and start this matter as soon as possible.

If this can be accomplished, I cannot say that it will make the world prosperous overnight, but it will definitely enrich the national treasury. From then on, we can spend money lavishly without having to worry about food problems!

(End of this chapter)