At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

He could even read the deep resentment in their eyes, as well as a sense of relief.

am I wrong?

Is it all my fault?

Won't those people die if I don't?

Didn't they die because of corruption, but because of me?

Zaoyi was a little confused for a while.

He couldn't figure out why everyone was complaining about him, since he had done nothing wrong.

He felt as if he had betrayed his relatives and lost everything in an instant, like a blind man at a loss, not knowing where to go or what to do next.

Even when he returned to the office and sat down, Zhuge Jin was the only one left by his side.

Looking at Guo Jin's imperial decree, Zao Zhi's face was slumped and he was at a loss.

"Ziyu, is all of this my fault? Is it because I did something wrong that led to all this?"

Zao only began to doubt himself.

Zhuge Jin hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.

"No, it's not the Ministry's fault, it's the corrupt officials themselves who made mistakes, so what does it have to do with the Ministry? Even if the Ministry has done nothing, shouldn't the corrupt officials be punished?"

Zhugejin's words made Zaoyi regain some of himself.

"Yeah, I just wonder why it's my fault that corrupt officials are punished? I'm just thinking about the country, and I'm just against Northwest business. Is this wrong?"

Looking at Zaozhi's confused appearance of self-doubt and wavering, Zhuge Jin sighed inexplicably.

Does it really have nothing to do with Zaoyi?

From his point of view, if he hadn't persecuted the emperor so much and engaged in political offensives, the emperor would not have been so ruthless.

It's just that now, he really can't bear to sprinkle salt on Zaozhi's wound.

Zaoyi was pretty good to him, and supported him a lot. When he was still a layman in civil affairs, Zaoyi was very helpful in raising his points and helped him gain a firm foothold in the Ministry of Civil Affairs very quickly.

"The Ministry is right."

He stabilized his emotions and let himself say this sentence.

Zaozhi looked up at Zhuge Jin.

After a while, Zaozhi lowered his head and smiled wryly.

"Forget it, forget it, the matter has come to this point, what else can I say...Ziyu, I'm sorry, this time, I almost got involved with you."

Zhuge Jin shook his head again and again.

"Jin walks upright, sits upright, has no corruption or bribery, no tax evasion, no matter how Cheng Zhongde investigates, he can't find Jin. What are you doing?"

"Ziyu..."

Zaozhi pursed his lips, reached out with trembling hands, and took Zhugejin's hand: "From now on, you will be the only one in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Remember what I said, don't change your will."

"Jin remembers."

Zhuge Jin said silently.

Zaozhi tried his best to smile and nodded.

Then he recognized his destiny, accepted the imperial decree, and waited for the arrival of this fateful moment.

Guo Jin didn't give him a lot of time, and soon took advantage of the victory to pursue and started his own actions.

He realizes that some central departments have too many responsibilities and too much power, and if they are entrusted to one person, even if they don’t have military power, they will still have political authority. He is having a hard time.

So he decided to split the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

In the eighth year of Yande, Guo Peng began to consider splitting the Ministry of Civil Affairs, separating the work of household registration from the work of land, and setting up a separate Ministry of Agriculture to overview all agricultural work in the country, so that the Ministry of Civil Affairs can live up to its name. Generally responsible for account work.

Otherwise, he also felt that the Ministry of Civil Affairs had too much power and had too many responsibilities.

But at that time, he considered that Zaoyi had been diligent and diligent for so many years. It would hurt the heart of the veterans to split up the Ministry of Civil Affairs during his tenure. He had to cut powers even though he had made no mistakes, which was not very respectful, so he shelved such an idea.

Today, Guo Jin can no longer bear the political pressure exerted on her by an absolute political authority, and decides to take the opportunity to split up the Ministry of Civil Affairs and remove its excessive authority so that it no longer poses any political threat.

On the sixth day of September in the second year of Xingyuan, with the end of the era of Zaozhi, the first minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Emperor Guo Jin ordered that the Ministry of Civil Affairs be divided into two.

The old one is still the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the new one is the Ministry of Agriculture. The old one is responsible for the management of household registration of the original Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the new one is responsible for the land and agricultural work of the whole country.

Guo Jin also consulted the appointment lists of local officials from the Ministry of Officials, and personally selected Lu Su, the governor of Pingzhou, to return to the court to take over as the new minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Zhuge Jin who works in this field.

Pingzhou is one of the four frontier states, and the governor Lu Su is also one of the four governors who really hold the real power of the governor.

He has served in Pingzhou for many years. He was originally a close minister of the Supreme Emperor Guo Peng. Later, he was sent to the frontier to preside over state affairs and power in Pingzhou.

During his tenure, he successfully built Pingzhou from a remote and bitter place that needed state financial subsidies to a place that could in turn pay taxes to the central government.

In the 12th year of Yande, Pingzhou was basically self-sufficient. In the 13th year of Yande, Pingzhou paid tribute to the treasury for the first time. When Guo Peng abdicated in the 110th year of Yande, Pingzhou already had a household registration of 550 million and a population of [-] million. Yu Wan.

Pingzhou is sparsely populated, with a population of 550 million and only a preliminary completion of the population laying, but the land area is very large.

Guo Peng's policy of sweeping holes in the plow court was resolutely implemented by Lu Su. The boundary of Pingzhou included the original Liaodong to the outside of the Great Wall, and then to the original land of Sanhan, as well as the old land of Fuyu and other countries.

Through the operation of sweeping holes in the Liting, the Wei army went deep into the large forest sea in the east of Pingzhou, and intensively operated in the Outer Xing'an Mountains and the Wusuli River.

Then continue to go east to north, never stop moving for more than ten years, keep exploring, keep strangling, and finally wiped out all the fishing and hunting tribes in the Great Forest Sea.

Such actions have provided a certain amount of labor for the development of Pingzhou, and the extermination of a large number of fishing and hunting tribes living here can be said to be very effective for the security of Pingzhou.

It is precisely because of such actions that the Wei central government learned that there are so many fishing and hunting tribes hidden in this land that have not been discovered. If it takes time, it is unknown what serious consequences it will cause.

Many people originally thought that Guo Peng's implementation of the plowing policy was just to maintain the army's combat effectiveness and to give the army some benefits so that the army would not be so idle. Now it seems that Guo Peng's thinking is far-reaching.

Now it is said that Lu Su has extended the boundary of Pingzhou to the east of the sea, and found a large island across the sea. He sent people to patrol and occupy it, and set up a boundary marker. The Wei State Navy also has a patrol fleet to build military forces there. port.

The newly reclaimed land in Pingzhou is very large. Although it can only grow some crops that are more resistant to cold and drought and have a low yield per mu, but because of the large land area and small population, at least it does not need financial subsidies from the central government.

Moreover, Pingzhou has developed animal husbandry and medicinal material planting. These two agricultural economic activities have brought relatively rich economic benefits to Pingzhou, provided funds for Lusu to build Pingzhou, and also made the life of Pingzhou people barely passable.

Under the leadership of Lu Su, the rule of the Wei Empire in Pingzhou became increasingly stable and unshakable. The people all accepted the official education of the Wei Empire, read and read, and fundamentally accepted the governance of the Wei Empire.

Chapter 1580 One Thousand Five Hundred Good Mr. Zhuge Jin

After Guo Jin succeeded to the throne, he inspected the achievements of governors of various states and states in the country, and first recommended Pingzhou governor Lu Su and Jiaozhou governor Manchong.

Originally, there was a lack of senior officials in the central government this time, so Guo Jin's first choice was Man Chong.

However, Jiaozhou has not long been attached, and the governance is not yet in place. Man Chong still has a lot of things to do. Many policies are implemented before Man Chong.

In order for Jiaozhou's policies to be implemented, Guo Jin still needs to be in office for a period of time.

Therefore, Guo Jin still chose Lu Su, who basically completed the construction of Pingzhou, and promoted Man Chong after preparing.

The matter of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is over, and there is also the Ministry of Agriculture.

The fact that Guo Jin decided to make Zhuge Jin the Minister of Agriculture really shocked the whole court.

Because the relationship between Zhuge Jin and Zaoyi is very good.

There are rumors that Zaoyi confronted Cheng Yu many times, only Zhuge Jin stood beside Zaoyi to face Cheng Yu, and no other officials dared to do so.

Although Cheng Yu didn't like him at all.

But it seems that Zhuge Jin is on the side of Zaoyi, and Zaoyi is against the emperor, so rounded up, Zhuge Jin is also against the emperor.

As a result, the emperor actually promoted Zhuge Jin to be Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and promoted him to an official position.

What's happening here?

Is it because Zhuge Jin is an old minister of the Supreme Emperor and an old official of the Guo family?

Then Zaozhi is still an old minister of the Supreme Emperor, or a veteran of Yuan Cong, a group of people with the most senior qualifications, so what?

These people just don't know why.

Of course Guo Jin knew that Zhuge Jin stood by Zaoyi's side to accompany him to face Cheng Yu and never flinched or evaded, but Guo Jin also knew that no matter who was the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs at that time, Zhuge Jin would do that.

The reason why he did that was because Zaozhi was only the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, nothing more.

It's the same for anyone.

Zhugejin's position was single-handedly promoted by Guo Peng, and being able to be the right servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was Guo Peng's promotion.

Since he took office as the right servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he has been in charge of agricultural work for a long time. He works hard and earnestly. He is a recognized agricultural expert in the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

When Guo Peng was in power, he consulted Zhuge Jin on agricultural issues many times. He told Guo Jin many times that although Zhuge Jin was born in a noble family and lived a carefree life, he was willing to endure hardships and learn. agricultural specialist.

And more importantly, Zhuge Jin is humble, never stands out, and never shows off his achievements and status.

There is one thing that Guo Jin still remembers vividly.

On the second day of the first lunar month of the first year of Xingyuan, the second day after Guo Jin succeeded to the throne, Zhuge Jin directly went to the table and told Guo Jin that he was willing to change his name to avoid taboo for Guo Jin.

Guo Jin and Zhuge Jin have the same name. According to the rules of taboo, Zhuge Jin should avoid taboo for Guo Jin and change his name.

Guo Jin had just succeeded to the throne at that time, and many things were waiting to be done. Before he had time to accept everyone's flattery and flattery, Zhuge Jin showed his loyalty quickly, which made Guo Jin very happy.

As soon as he became emperor, someone came to please him. Guo Jin immediately remembered Zhuge Jin and had a good impression of him.

So he personally replied to Zhuge Jin, saying that Zhuge Jin had the name [Jin] earlier than him, and now it is unnecessary to avoid it because of him. When his family named him, they didn't know that Guo Jin would be the emperor, right?

Wei State's taboo system has always been loose. After Guo Peng abdicated, many folks immediately named their children Peng or took the word Peng, and the court ignored it.

In addition, Guo Jin needs to show his tolerance just after he ascended the throne, so Guo Jin is equivalent to showing kindness, telling him that he doesn't need to avoid taboos, and continue to call Zhuge Jin.

The others should obediently avoid him.

At that time, this matter was still discussed by many people, and they all felt that Zhuge Jin was quite promising in the Xingyuan Dynasty, and the emperor allowed him to have the same name as himself.

Jane is in the heart of the emperor, this is it.

But Zhuge Jin didn't seem to become high-profile because of this, and he was still low-key. He worked hard in his post, was friendly with others, never argued with others, and never heard of any political enemies or enemies.

Everyone will smile when talking about Zhuge Jin, calling him an elder and willing to be friendly with him, he can be called a good gentleman in the new era.

During the Yande years when Guo Peng caused many political turmoil, Zhuge Jin was as stable as Mount Tai and was not implicated in any way. This is enough to show that Zhuge Jin not only knows how to do things, but also knows how to be a man.

There are many people who can do things, but few people who can be human, and even fewer people who can be human and do things.

Finally, there was one, and Guo Jin was not willing to abandon him for some reason.

Here, the Ministry of Civil Affairs was severely beaten, and Zaozhi's political foundation was completely destroyed. After the catastrophe, the Ministry of Civil Affairs also needs a leader that the survivors feel familiar with, so that they can resume work as soon as possible.

Zhuge Jin is the best candidate, the greatest common denominator of both parties.

So Guo Jin decreed that Zhuge Jin should be promoted to the post of Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, fully responsible for the country's agricultural production and land conditions, and led his old subordinates to set up a new branch.

The appointment order seems to have brought an end to the storm of integrity caused by this political crisis.

When Zhuge Jin took over, Zaoyi had not had time to leave Luoyang. He was taken aback when he heard the news, and then sighed with a very complicated mood.

I don't know whether to be sad or happy.

At least the emperor still paid attention to agriculture, otherwise he would not have set up a separate Ministry of Agriculture, but the foundation of the original Ministry of Civil Affairs was destroyed by force, and it is hard to say whether the remaining survivors can support household registration and agricultural work .

But both successors are still possible.

Not to mention Zhuge Jin, an important assistant he trusts very much.

As for Lu Su, he is also a real-power governor of the frontier who has made great contributions and has the ability to do things. He has a good official reputation.

These two people succeeded him in exercising power, and he felt nothing to worry about.

So after thinking about it, I still sighed deeply, and led my family to pack up and prepare to return home.

Go back to where you started more than 30 years ago.

The emperor dismissed his official position and title, and after more than 30 years of hard work, only the land rewarded by the Supreme Emperor remained.

Fortunately, the son is still an official in Yunzhou, and the grandson can continue to study in Taixue, and there is a possibility of becoming an official in the future.

This is the luck in the misfortune, his family is not involved, and he is still alive.

It's just that Zaoshi's path in the court may not be easy in the future.

His son and grandson's official careers may also be difficult and dangerous, and it is difficult to make a breakthrough.