Three Kingdoms: My Wife Is Diao Chan

Chapter 264 The Coming Luoyang New Deal
Chapter 265 The Coming Luoyang New Deal
"That made them hate it, even if they didn't dare to trouble the young master." Cao Chong said indifferently.

Seeing what he said, Wen Jiao ignored him and picked up a cup of tea to taste carefully.

"By the way, how is the work of the subordinates of the household department? It's the group that Zhou Buyi brought from Xudu." Cao Chong asked Wen Jiao suddenly.

When the Six Departments were first established, because Wenjiao was a woman, no one was willing to work in the household department. Cao Chong asked Zhou Buyi to specially find a group of desperate literati and let them obey Wenjiao's orders. original team.

"Fortunately, these people's knowledge is good, but they were reduced because of their family background. Now they are responsible for most of the basic affairs of the household department." Wen Jiao wondered why Cao Chong asked this suddenly.

"I'm asking if they have any conflicts with Luoyang Six Departments and various new rules and regulations?"

"I can't tell it normally, but there were two of them before, who were dismissed by Zhou Buyi. You should ask the school affairs office about this. Zhou Buyi seems to let the school affairs office keep an eye on these people."

Wen Jiao replied in a bad tone, she has always been very dissatisfied with the fact that the school government supervised the officials of the household department.

"Don't be unhappy, it's all for your own good! Although these people are down-and-out, they are arrogant in their bones. They look down on everything in Luoyang. Maybe someday they will hook up with those nobles again. It's not good if you don't look at it. You don’t even know that the Minister of the Household Department has been sold!”

"Hmph! If you treat people dishonestly like this, others will even have second thoughts." Wen Jiao said angrily.

"What does it mean to treat people dishonestly? The power of officials should be supervised. It's just that Luoyang doesn't have a special supervisory agency right now, so the school affairs office has been temporarily replaced. When the time is right, Luoyang will set up a special supervisory agency."

Wen Jiao ignored him, and secretly slandered in her heart: "You are so lawless in Luoyang, who will monitor you?"

"Stop slandering me in your heart. My situation was caused by the Han Dynasty. Now all the counties and counties in the world are like this, so I have to plan ahead." Cao Chong has already seen what Wen Jiao is thinking.

Wen Jiao was too lazy to argue with him, so she put down her teacup and prepared to leave.

"Hey! Are you angry now? Okay! It's my fault. I shouldn't guess Miss Wenjiao's thoughts. Come back and sit down. I have something to talk to you about." Seeing that Wenjiao was about to leave, Cao Chong quickly changed his words.

"Wen Jiao! Since those people are doing well in the household department, and Liu Ba is also in the household department, you should stop busying with those specific chores all day long, and concentrate on the management and finance of the household department in the future."

Hearing what Cao Chong said, Wen Jiao frowned, as if she was thinking about something.

"Also, in the past two days, you should hand over the less important things to Liu Ba, make a judgment on these people's daily performance and work ability, and hand them over to Zhou Buyi after sorting them out."

"Zhou Busu is coming to Luoyang?" Wen Jiao questioned.

"Well, he's already on his way. This time, he's going to give a detailed assessment to the officials of the household department. To be precise, he will give the assessment to the group of down-and-out literati who first came to the household department, and then he will give the fourth department of the household department and the various offices below It's all set up."

"According to your plan, I'm afraid the household department is still not manned enough."

"Zhou Buyi brought a group of people over this time. The school affairs office has been constantly searching for talents from all walks of life. This time the number of people is much larger than last time. There are all kinds of people. All six can be supplemented with manpower."

Having said this, Cao Chong paused and looked at Wen Jiao.

"Wen Jiao, when the sixth department was established, it was said that all departments should work hard to recruit talents. It seems that the household department is the worst in this regard, right?"

"You did a great job keeping Liu Ba in Luoyang, but a department not only needs high-end talents, but grass-roots staff are the most in demand. Don't demand too much from grass-roots staff. They can write and count, and don't boycott Luoyang. Policy is enough." Cao Chong said earnestly.

"Among the six departments, I was most worried about the Ministry of Industry. Xia Houshang was born as a military general and knew nothing about engineering and construction. Unexpectedly, he did the best job in recruiting talents. Not only did he recruit many people, but he also trained engineering and construction professional teams. Well done, it seems that your household department has not recruited anyone, and I have dispatched several batches of accountants to the household department."

Wen Jiao glared at Cao Chong and said, "Am I asking too much? It's obvious that you have cut off people's money! Although their small means of exploiting the people and enriching their own pockets are hateful, they are their way of making a living."

"Not only did you explicitly ban it, but you also threw the subordinate staff who made mistakes into labor camps. Now people are boycotting you collectively. Are you blaming me?"

Cao Chong got angry when he heard this: "These subordinates are also strange. The salary I give them is several times that of the past. I just ask them to do their jobs well according to the regulations."

"They try to find ways to entrap the people. The problem is that they entrap the people and enrich their own pockets, which is not much more than the salary I give them!"

"The subalterns in the world are all family slaves from the gentry, and they are all hereditary occupations. Those are the means of earning a living handed down by the family. It has been like this for hundreds of years. How can it be changed in a short time!"

Wen Jiao sighed and said that she also hated these subordinate officials, but what could be done!
"Hmph! That was in the past. Now there are a lot of cheap paper and pens. How difficult do you think it is to cultivate a person who is proficient in writing and a little bit in arithmetic? It takes a year or two for a smarter person, and it takes less than three years for an ordinary person."

"I have been secretly cultivating in Xudu for a long time. I originally trained them for various industries and shops in my family. Now I am cheap and let them work in the yamen."

"Okay, let's not talk about this, I have something important to tell you."

Wen Jiao frowned, judging those subordinates of the household department was enough for her to work for a few days, what else?

"In the future, the focus of rebuilding Luoyang will be shifted. The more than 7 refugees are the foundation of Luoyang's rise. Our most important tasks in the future will revolve around them."

"Isn't it already arranged for them to farm the fields? You should pay attention to the construction of Luoyang New City. You have designed the new city too grandly. Even if you have enough manpower, it will be difficult to complete the project on time. And even if you have these refugees, the manpower is not necessarily the same. Enough." Wen Jiao persuaded.

"Building a city is a trivial matter. Xia Houshang's professional construction and engineering teams have been trained well. In the future, the efficiency will be greatly improved. They should be able to complete the project on time. It doesn't matter if it can't be completed. Who can cure my crime."

Cao Chong doesn't worry about the construction of the city at all, talent is the most important thing!

"Luoyang's new construction requires new residents and new policies. I will announce Luoyang's new policies soon. These new policies will all be carried out around these refugees. Let me tell you today, you should make some preparations in advance."

(End of this chapter)