The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 144 Volume Wang Zuo
"I am Xun Yu."

Neither overbearing nor overbearing.

"I remember that you were once described by the famous scholar He Yong as a 'talent who can assist the king'?"

"But these are just idle chatterers who like to comment on the monthly reviews. Their words should not be taken seriously."

Seeing that Xun Yu remained calm and composed, Liu Xie finally asked him a difficult question:

"I heard that when Cao Cao saw you, he called you 'my Zifang'?"

"You have the reputation of being the 'king's assistant' and your lord treats you as his 'Zifang'. Why do you still want to come to Guanzhong?"

As he said this, Liu Xie also blocked Xun Yu's escape route -

"But please don't say it's for your nephew Xun You."

"The court ordered you to move your clan here years ago, but you have only come now, which shows that you are not thinking about your nephew."

"If that's the case, why are you willing to come to Guanzhong?"

Xun Yu looked back at Xun You and took a deep breath——

"Your Majesty, I did think about refusing the imperial edict regardless of my nephew's life or death!"

Xun You looked calm, as if Xun Yu was not talking about him.

"As for why you came to Guanzhong, didn't your Majesty just explain it yourself?"

"Since the world calls me Xun Yu a 'talented person who can assist the king', I will come and assist the king."

"As for Cao Gong's praise, it is actually a little exaggerated. I don't think my talents can be compared with Liu Hou's."

"Although Lord Cao has heroic spirit, he is ultimately not qualified to be king. Therefore, I should come to Guanzhong to assist Your Majesty!"

Liu Xie's school examination was obviously not completed.

"Just now, Lord Jia told me about the politics in Guanzhong. Does Wenruo have any objection to it?"

Only then did Xun Yu realize that Liu Xie had asked Jia Xu to talk about the people's livelihood in Guanzhong first in order to test him.

Fortunately, Xun Yu was not a mediocre person. He listened carefully to what Jia Xu said just now.

"I have objections!"

Not only did he listen, but he also dared to refute directly, without any fear or discomfort of a newcomer.

"The government's policies still have flaws!"

"The first is the policy of equal distribution of land."

"Although the equal distribution of land is a benevolent policy, it involves every inch of land and every soldier in the court. Therefore, there are many places that need to be carefully verified."

"For example, although they are all given 20 mu of land, where are these 20 mu of land? Is it good or bad? It is not clear. Even if they are all good land, there are specific differences. If the growth of wheat and millet is different from that of mulberry and jujube, how should we judge?"

"Maybe it's just one word written on the official document. But this one word is a heavy burden for the people! Since the court is determined to implement the new policy, it should do it to perfection and make a fresh start for the people! Instead of being ambiguous and perfunctory!"

Xun Yu’s accusation is not without reason.

Although the Secretariat was careful enough in distributing the land equally, due to time constraints, there were still many mistakes and omissions.

For the Shangshutai, this mistake may be just a small mistake in the official document, but when it comes to the common people, it may completely break his backbone.

If we are ambiguous and perfunctory about the new policies, which will only increase the burden on the people, it would be better not to implement the new policies!
"I've made note of it. What else?"

"The second is the evil of water conservancy!"

"Since the imperial court knew last year that a disaster would occur, the preventive measures they took were a bit too superficial!"

"If we had dug more canals to the south of the Wei River last year, or even expanded the Kunming Lake, we could have stored more rainwater and prevented it from flowing into the river in vain!"

Before the drought, Guanzhong experienced heavy rains for a long period of time.

If the people had been organized to expand the Kunming Lake at that time, or if a few more canals had been dug on the south bank of the Wei River near Mount Zhongnan, some rainwater could have been stored so that the people would not have been so stretched.

For a moment, everyone's eyes turned to Jia Xu.

At that time, it was Jia Xu's turn to be in power, so if we dig deeper into Xun Yu's words, it really seemed like he was looking for trouble with Jia Xu.

Xun Yu also realized this and bowed to Jia Xu to apologize: "I am not blaming Lord Jia, I am just discussing the matter at hand."

Jia Xu certainly understood this, and he didn't feel any shame about it.

do not forget.

Before being recruited by the emperor to be the Minister of the Chancellery, Jia Xu was a captain leading troops!

A military general has ruled the country to the point where it is today. How perfect can one expect Jia Xu to be?
Xun Yu hadn't finished speaking yet.

He certainly wasn't looking for trouble just for the sake of finding trouble.

Mentioning mistakes and omissions is only for the purpose of remedying them.

"There will not be much rain in Guanzhong this year. The imperial court should prepare for a rainy day and quickly build a canal from the Zhongnan Mountains to irrigate the land in the counties on the south bank of the Wei River to deal with the drought in Guanzhong this year!"

Liu Xie nodded to show his agreement.

"Third!"

After talking about the shortcomings of government orders and people's livelihood, Xun Yu turned his attention to personnel issues.

"Now all government affairs are handled by the Shangshutai, and the Nine Ministers are only in name only!"

"But unfortunately, there are still a large number of officials in the Nine Ministers who are just sitting there doing nothing and need to eat. The court needs to spend a lot of money and food to support them every month!"

"Now that food is scarce in Guanzhong, I request that the court establish an assessment system. If the court officials have real talents and knowledge, they should be brought into the Shangshutai to handle government affairs! But if they have no knowledge, their salaries should be reduced to avoid excessive internal friction in the court!"

……

Colleagues in the Secretariat all looked at Xun Yu with great admiration.

He is indeed worthy of being called “the talent who assists the king”!

It’s really brave!
As soon as he entered the Shangshutai, he dared to write to the emperor to take action against those court officials...

Liu Xie was also slightly stunned when he heard this.

If Xun Yu hadn't said it, I'm afraid he really wouldn't have noticed this problem.

The Three Dukes and Nine Ministers, as well as a series of other messy departments, all occupied a large number of official positions. On the contrary, the Shangshutai, which was actually in charge of government affairs, had only a few Shangshulang busy.

It is indeed somewhat inhumane to ask 10% of the officials to do 90% of the work.

but……

Those court officials were not appointed randomly.

Even if it is a mascot, it is a very important mascot!
There is no need to say much about the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers.

There are also some Langguan and Shilang positions, which are reserved for the children of the powerful and wealthy.

Now Yang Biao's officials have finally united with the court. If they are cleared out hastily, I'm afraid...

However, Liu Xie reacted quickly and looked at Xun Yu with surprise.

Afraid of a hammer!

The big man today is not the same big man he was in Luoyang.

As long as Dong Zhuo is around, is he still afraid of those people causing trouble?

At this moment, Xun Yu obviously had the same idea as Liu Xie.

From the moment he came into contact with Guanzhong government affairs, he discovered the biggest difference between Guanzhong government affairs and Guandong government affairs -

No constraints!

Correct!
No constraints!

If Xun Yu handled government affairs under Cao Cao, he would have a lot of things to consider!

The most serious and complicated of these was dealing with disputes between local gentry and government forces.

The areas of Yingchuan and Chenliu are where the power of the aristocratic families is most significant.

If Xun Yu had not been good at dancing with long sleeves and able to dance on eggs, it would have been extremely difficult for him to build such a base for Cao Cao.

But Guanzhong is different.

The Guanzhong gentry want to compete with the imperial court for power?
Is it because he is disgusted with Dong Zhuo for not being able to lift a knife?
The nobles who were so rampant in Guandong seemed to have become a poor bunch in Guanzhong.

Let’s see how the Kanto samurai fought against the government forces?
Keep the enemy at bay!

Collude with foreign enemies!

Head-on wrestling!

Let’s look at the Guanzhong gentry…

Even the Hongnong Yang family, who had three generations of nobles, could only use "silence" and "playing dead" as their only weapons...

If Xun Yu still stood on the perspective of the Guandong gentry, he would most likely be full of contempt for the Guanzhong gentry, despising them for not daring to resist like himself.

But when Xun Yu stood from the perspective of the court, it was completely different!
Guanzhong is simply a holy land!
A holy place that was cleansed by Dong Zhuo with blood and tyranny!
And in such a holy land, the imperial court has only achieved such results?
Originally, Xun Yu thought that the court's promulgation of systems such as equal land distribution and military service could be considered good governance.

But after truly understanding the situation in Guanzhong, Xun Yu was full of contempt for the court's ability to govern...

If I were in power, Guanzhong would definitely be a completely different place now!
Jia Xu is really not good at governing!
……

If someone else said that Jia Xu was not a good ruler, Liu Xie would definitely try his best to defend Jia Xu.

But if the person who said this was Xun Yu, Liu Xie could only think about how to comfort Jia Xu afterwards...

After all, Jia Xu is good at strategy.

Just look at another person who is good at strategy, Xun You, and you will know that Jia Xu’s ability in government affairs is already quite outstanding.

Unfortunately, the person standing opposite him was Xun Yu, who was the person with the highest level of political knowledge in the world, except for the monster waving a feather fan, and there was no one else.

"good."

Liu Xie was very happy.

A talented person in governing a country like Xun Yu is rare in any era.

With Xun Yu in the Secretariat, I feel more at ease.

Thinking of this, Liu Xie smiled.

However, when Liu Xie saw the same smile on Jia Xu's lips, he suddenly coughed in dissatisfaction.

"Wenhe, don't think you have nothing to do!"

"The Grand Master has voluntarily promised to donate a thousand gold coins to help the people. You should go to Meiwu as soon as possible to get the money and grain out. Don't delay."

Liu Xie added silently in his heart:

If we delay for too long, I am afraid that the Grand Tutor will go back on his word.

However, Jia Xu noticed the words used by Liu Xie.

"Your Majesty, did the Grand Master really donate 'voluntarily'?"

"Absolutely true!"

Liu Xie had a serious expression.

"But I have also told the Grand Tutor that if he voluntarily donates, the people of Guanzhong will build a shrine to worship him. This matter has also been handed over to Wenhe. Wenhe must not let the Grand Tutor down!"

Jia Xu showed an expression that said "as expected".

Although he was not with His Majesty and the Grand Tutor just now, he could still imagine the scene in his mind.

Xun Yu was a little puzzled.

The Emperor, Dong Zhuo, Jia Xu...

The relationship between the monarch and his subjects seemed to be far more complicated than he had imagined!

Now it seems that the emperor is really as wise and powerful as the legend says, and there is not much pressure in getting along with him.

But what about Dong Zhuo? The Tai Shi Dong Zhuo who was rumored to be extremely cruel?
How should I face him?

(End of this chapter)