(); When Lu Chen heard this, he sighed slightly and said, "The people's livelihood is the most important thing for the country, what is this king going to do?" Is it not to make my people have a land to cultivate and a place to live? And the situation of Lin'an is special, after the previous war, almost empty city, now it is finally regained some vitality, if Xu Huan's hard work, the governance of Lin'an, the cultivated land is barren again, then what is the difference with natural disasters? ”

"Lin'an must not be wasted, and Yandi must not suffer from drought again."

After Lu Chen finished speaking, Xue Huairen was also silent.

After a pause, Lu Chen put down the bamboo slip, looked at Xue Huairen, and asked, "In Lord Xue's opinion, is this matter feasible?" ”

"This ......" Xue Huairen hesitated for a moment and said: "Lord Xu's proposal is not wrong, but our country's treasury, under the governance of the king, has always been ...... It's never been fulfilling......"

He said it carefully, and after Lu Chen heard it, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and said, "En? Listening to Lord Xue's meaning, is he saying that this king has spent extravagantly? ”

"No, no, no, that's not what Weichen meant." Xue Huairen was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "What Weichen wants to say is that this kind of large-scale construction is absolutely beneficial to the people's livelihood, but at present, our country is still in a period of war, and the king ordered Prime Minister Xiao Cheng to garrison the army, and it is possible to clash with the Qing army at any time, and the war is the most expensive!" If the treasury is empty and cannot support the war at the front, then ......"

When he said this, he also stopped, Lu Chen understood what he meant, and it was this that Lu Chen was thinking about just now.

It's the treasury again!

Thinking of this, Lu Chen was really irritable!

To tell the truth, the Wind Country is actually not very poor now, if it weren't for Lu Chen, the king, who overhauled water conservancy in various places, engaged in agriculture and education, the gold and silver in the treasury would have been piled up like a mountain.

It is conceivable that in terms of focusing on the development of people's livelihood, Lu Chen does not know how much gold and silver has been spent, plus the wind country is warlike and often in the whirlpool of war, so the treasury has never been saturated.

If he didn't care about the lives of the people in Yandi after pacifying Yandi, and didn't repair those water conservancy, then the money was enough for him to waste extravagantly and live an extremely extravagant imperial life.

But he has been king for so long that he has not even built a palace.

Seeing that Lu Chen's brows were furrowed and he didn't speak, Xue Huairen said again: "But...... Wechen is still more inclined to agree to Lord Xu's proposal. ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help but glance at Xue Huairen.

Xue Huairen continued: "Weichen thinks that the people are the foundation of the country, and this is the foundation of a country. ”

Before, what Xue Huairen said was just analyzing the pros and cons for Lu Chen, and there is no doubt that he, a right prime minister, is naturally inclined to put people's livelihood first.

"En......" Lu Chen first nodded slowly, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "What Lord Xue said is right! In the past, we survived no matter how hard and difficult it was! And even more so now! ”

As he spoke, he said: "The water conservancy of Lin'an, repair, must be repaired, but before that, this king has to go to Lin'an to have a look." ”

Yes? Hearing this, Xue Huairen hurriedly asked, "The king has just returned to the capital, and he wants to travel again?" ”

"Huh?" Lu Chen waved his hand slightly, and said, "This time I just went to Lin'an to inspect and came back, and by the way, I will also take a look at whether our lord Xu Huan, the head of the county, is a good official." You must know that when he first arrived in Lin'an, he proposed to the king the strategy of relocating the people, which was still very useful. ”

Such a king, pay attention to the people's livelihood, do everything proactively, never arrogant and extravagant, far from being comparable to a faint king, Xue Huairen heard this, and couldn't help kneeling and said: "My king is really a Ming monarch also"

"Okay, okay, Lord Xue, you don't have to put a high hat on this king anymore." Lu Chen waved his hand amusedly and motioned for him to get up.

After waiting for him to get up, he asked again: "By the way, how many days has it been since Xu Huanzhi reported to the imperial court?" ”

"It's been seven or eight days." Xue Huairen replied.

"Yes." Lu Chen nodded, looked at the cuffs of his official uniform again, and said, "Presumably, there should be another official document in Lord Xue's cuffs, right?" ”

"Ah, I'm Wang Yingming." Xue Huairen was direct, and sure enough, he pulled out a roll of bamboo slips from his cuffs.

Lu Chen rolled his eyes helplessly, and while taking it, he also asked casually, "What's the matter?" ”

"That's right." Xue Huairen pondered for a moment and said: "At the suggestion of Master Lu Boyan, the imperial historian, I think that there are many drawbacks in my country's existing strategy of transporting talents. ”

"Oh?" Lu Chen looked at the bamboo slip and asked.

Xue Huairen continued: "Master Lu believes that now that students from all over the country have undergone strict assessments, if they have obtained fame in the examination and are directly appointed by the imperial court as county officials, it may be inappropriate. ”

"What exactly is the proposal?" Lu Chen continued to look at the bamboo slip and asked.

Xue Huairen said: "The county official is a parent official, although there are only seven grades, but he governs the people of a county and the people's livelihood of a place, if the student passes the assessment and directly appoints the county official, then the new official not only does not have any experience in governing a county, but the court does not know how his character ......."

Hearing this, Lu Chen raised his head, looked at Xue Huairen and said, "What about your opinion?" ”

"Weichen thinks that Lord Lu is extremely worried, but the king has always paid attention to national education, so this matter has been waiting for the king to come back and decide." Xue Huairen said.

After he finished speaking, Lu Chen almost finished reading the bamboo slips, and after putting away the bamboo slips, Lu Chen thought about it for a while, then nodded and said: "Well, you are right, a person's talent does not mean that he will be able to become a good official, and talent and morality are also two different things, if a person's morality is not good, he is an official, it is also conceivable." This matter is indeed worrisome. ”

Hearing what the king said, Xue Huairen hurriedly said: "After discussing with the courtiers, I think that after the talent assessment, the county officials can be appointed first, and if their moral character and political performance are good, they can be promoted again." ”

"Well, I think this strategy is feasible, so let's do it." Lu Chen thought about it a little, and then made a decision directly.

After finalizing the matter, he looked at Xue Huairen's cuffs again and asked, "Lord Xue, is there anything else?" ”

"Hehe......" Xue Huairen laughed dryly, and pulled out a roll of bamboo slips from his cuffs.

Ay! Lu Chen sighed secretly.

In the study, this busyness was a whole afternoon, after Xue Huairen finished playing, followed by Sima Wen, and finally Sima Wen's performance was also dealt with, but then Li Miaocai was followed.

These are all the first products of the dynasty, and the real power is in hand, but there are some things that need to be decided by the king himself, and Lu Chen really can't understand how they can hide so many bamboo slips in the cuffs of their official uniforms! Fupin Chinese