The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 717: Zhong Hui
Before daybreak, Zhong Hui got up.

The servants had already made preparations. After changing clothes and washing his face, Zhong Hui did not rush to eat, but sat directly in front of the bronze mirror.

The hairdresser in the family skillfully took out his tools, bent over and stood beside Zhong Hui, and began to trim his hair.

After styling his hair, he began to trim his beard.

There were barbers in ancient times, but generally speaking, only the children of wealthy families would trim their hair and beards every day.

This was the case with Zhong Hui, a man who cared a lot about his clothes and appearance.

The barber trimmed his sideburns neatly and shaved off the excess hair. After the shave, Zhong Hui felt full of energy and vigor.

Only then did he get up and go to eat.

Zhong Hui liked to eat alone and he was quite particular about food.

It’s still the same as the celebrities’ style. The food you eat every day cannot be the same, and you have different dietary requirements according to different times and festivals.

Zhong Hui ate slowly and leisurely, and by the time he finished, it was already dawn.

Although the mansion was exceptionally bright inside and out, some noise could be heard, and it was exceptionally quiet inside and outside.

This was because Zhong Hui didn't like noise, so even the servants in his house didn't dare to make loud noises.

After Zhong Hui finished his meal, he went to choose clothes.

He has all kinds of clothes here, and each one is a fine product. After careful selection, Zhong Hui finally went out.

Look energetic and radiant.

When walking on the road, Zhong Hui couldn't help but shake his sleeves and raise his head high to show his celebrity style.

After getting on the carriage, the driver took him to the palace.

This is about to start working.

Zhong Hui got off the car outside the palace, then followed the attendants into the palace and walked all the way to the Taiji Hall. Man Changwu saw that it was him and did not dare to stop him and quickly let him go.

Zhong Hui came to the East Hall, where several ministers were sitting.

Zhong Hui glanced at these people and quickly walked to the front of the group.

Sitting opposite him was Lu Qin, another current minister.

The people sitting next to him were all eunuchs, assistant ministers, secretaries, palace attendants, counselors, doctors, etc.

They sat on both sides with their heads down. They were the emperor's eunuch system.

After the establishment of the Western Jin Dynasty, this system was renamed Menxia Province, and the Three Provinces came from this.

Zhong Hui's eyes lingered on Zhang Hua for a moment, then moved away.

Soon, Cao Mao appeared here, and all the ministers stood up to pay their respects to him.

Cao Mao returned the greeting with a smile and then sat in the upper seat.

Cao Mao's system of close ministers was mainly responsible for helping Cao Mao formulate national policies.

For example, this time, Cao Mao wanted to set up educational officials in various places.

The Han Dynasty had academic officials. In order to cultivate talents, the Shu Kingdom established academic officials and academic encouragement officials at the local level.

The status of the Dianxue Clerk was slightly lower than that of the Inspector, who was in charge of the educational affairs of a state, while the Quanxue Clerk was even lower in rank and was considered an assistant.

Cao Mao began to speak, "I have inherited the legacy of my ancestors, expanding our territory and unifying the country. While the number of prefectures and counties has increased, I lack the talent to actually carry out the work. I would like to emulate the system of the Later Han Dynasty and appoint academic officials in various places to oversee educational affairs. What are your opinions?"

As soon as Cao Mao said this, everyone understood what they were going to discuss this time.

They all looked at Zhong Hui.

In the past, Zhong Hui was always the first to speak and rarely gave others a chance.

Zhong Hui met everyone's gaze and said softly, "Everyone, His Majesty is asking about politics, why don't you answer?"

Everyone then started to talk about their own ideas.

Zhang Hua's idea was very simple. He hoped to emulate the system of Shu State and set up the positions of Dianxueshi, Quanxueshi, and Zhixueshi, corresponding to prefectures, counties, and districts respectively.

Separate the educational administration and put it under the jurisdiction of these people.

In addition, they must be assigned enough academic officials to be responsible for local education.

Zhang Hua had been to Shu Kingdom, so he was very familiar with the policies there. He basically copied the local policies and added some of his own things.

The other ministers felt that it was inappropriate.

How could the mighty Wei adopt the policies of Shu?

Everyone has different ideas. Some people think that this matter can be handed over to the local authorities, and the county magistrates can set up and arrange it separately and directly incorporate it into the local system.

Some people also think that education should be controlled by the government and should not be handed over to local governments.

The Inspector does not belong to the local system, but to the supervisory system.

Cao Mao listened to their story very carefully.

Only after everyone had expressed their opinions did Zhong Hui clear his throat.

"Zhang Hua's idea has merit."

When Zhong Hui said this, everyone in the room was shocked.

Zhong Hui actually began to agree with Zhang Hua's policies?

Damn it! !

Zhong Hui continued, "However, the situation in Wei is different from that in Shu, so we can't copy the system. There's no need for provincial academic officials. Shu consisted of only a few provinces, and the counties were relatively close, so a single academic official could be used to oversee provincial academic affairs. But Wei is different. The counties vary greatly. Whether in terms of population, wealth, or many other factors, the disparity between counties is not as balanced as it was in the past in Shu. We can appoint academic officials to govern counties, and academic officials to govern counties."

"As for the number of accompanying officials, they should be divided according to the size of the county. If it's a large county, it should have a senior official, and if it's a small county, it should have a junior official. The same applies to the prefecture." "The appointment of county officials can be directly handed over to the local county government. If the court insists on intervening, it will take an incalculable amount of time just to complete the appointment. The local education official is an important achievement for the county magistrate and others, so they will surely not make any major mistakes in this matter."

"Besides, the interests involved are not that great, not enough to cause a major problem. Moreover, if it is handed over to the local authorities, they will definitely be mostly appointed by local celebrities and nobles. In fact, this is not a bad thing. These people like to support their fellow countrymen. This allows them to do what they are good at."

Zhong Hui analyzed them one by one.

Now, not only the ministers, but also Zhang Hua, listened very attentively.

Although Minister Zhong always appears to be extremely arrogant and domineering on weekdays, he is actually a real talent. Even those who hate him the most cannot deny this.

When he finished his story, even Cao Mao couldn't help but praise him.

"Do you still have any objections?"

Naturally, everyone had no objection.

Therefore, the new policy had to be formulated based on what Zhong Hui said.

Zhong Hui looked at everyone and said, "You are all to follow His Majesty, to offer advice and discuss state policy. You must be thorough and not one-sided. Otherwise, how can you assist the Holy King?"

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

Only then did Cao Mao let everyone leave.

Zhong Hui was the first to leave. He walked out of the East Hall with a swagger, acting like the leader of the ministers.

Seeing Zhang Hua following behind, he stopped and asked, "I heard you accepted a disciple?"

Zhang Hua nodded, "That's right."

"Ah."

Zhong Hui snorted coldly, "You must teach them well, but don't mislead them. I also have a useless disciple. We can let them debate with each other someday."

Because Cao Mao personally asked Zhang Gui to become Zhang Hua's apprentice, this matter attracted a lot of attention in Luoyang. Everyone was very surprised. Could it be that Zhang Wen's son was really a genius?
Zhong Hui also knew about this matter. After knowing this, he had only one request to Liu Yuan.

I can do anything, but I can't let Zhang Hua's disciples surpass me. If I can't beat Zhang Hua's disciples, I will clean up the sect myself! !
Zhang Hua smiled bitterly and didn't dare to answer, so Zhong Hui left triumphantly.

Lu Qin appeared beside him at some point, smiling and saying, "Zhong Hui surprisingly didn't give us any trouble today. He only said one word to you. What happened?"

"Your Majesty, tell him that he is the chief minister and should lead us to achieve great things. He now feels that we are all under his command, so why would he compare himself with us?"

Zhang Hua explained.

Lu Qin smiled and said, "This is also a good thing."

"maybe."

Just as the eunuchs were leaving and returning to their posts, Zhong Hui hurried to the Secretariat with a lot of documents.

Huabiao, Wei Guan and others hurried over to greet him.

Zhong Hui threw the results of the negotiations in front of them.

"According to these ideas, draft the decree as quickly as possible. It must be accurate and without any mistakes!"

"only!"

Wei Guan hurriedly accepted the order.

Then Zhong Hui sat down.

After reading it out as a Shizhong, he could also participate in the drafting of specific imperial edicts as a Canzhongshushi.

The Secretariat quickly became busy because with the presence of Zhong Hui as the drafter, drafting relevant policies became much simpler.

The Shizhong is responsible for speaking, and this side is responsible for officially issuing the order.

Wei Guan just felt sweaty.

Normally, when he came to do things, Zhong Hui would always interrupt him rudely, point out his mistakes and scold him.

But today, no matter what he said, Zhong Hui just looked at him with a smile and nodded slightly.

This feeling is really scary.

He always felt that Zhong Hui had some ill intentions.

Is this a sign of a ruthless attack?

"Minister Zhong, please take a look at this letter."

Wei Guan carefully handed the work to Zhong Hui, and was prepared to be scolded by Zhong Hui.

Zhong Hui looked at him for a moment, then nodded and said, "You are the only one in the Secretariat who can be considered talented and can keep up with my speed. From now on, you must work harder so that you can follow me and achieve great things!"

"Do you understand?"

Zhong Hui asked back.

Wei Guan naturally nodded quickly.

Zhong Hui then left the Secretariat with satisfaction, got on his carriage, and looked at the many memorials in his hands. Before he finished reading, the carriage had already stopped at the door of the Secretariat.

Zhong Hui got out of the car and walked quickly into the Secretariat.

He quickly summoned the ministers of various ministries.

As a minister, he does have this power.

When everyone was gathered, Zhong Hui opened the imperial edict and looked at the officials calmly.

"What we are asked to do this time is the work of the academic officials."

(End of this chapter)