Zhou Zhong quickly walked into the atrium and looked at Yang Biao who was swaying his arms in the yard.
"Brother Wenxian, why are you so anxious? You have to come here?"
Yang Biao didn't look back and continued to move his body. "Don't worry, wait until the Taiwei comes."
Zhou Zhong was shocked and said nothing more. He sat down on the railing and slapped the wind with his sleeves. Although it was still early spring, he ran out of sweat.
Situ clerk Du Ji walked in and brought Zhou Zhong a cup of tea.
Zhou Zhong took it, glanced at Du Ji, and smiled and said, "Horse Bo, how long have you been to Situ's Mansion?"
"It's almost two years."
“Have you ever thought about changing a more suitable place?”
Yang Biao laughed. "Zhou Jiamou, you are so ok. I've been poaching people and I'm in Situ's Mansion. Are you not afraid that I will sue you in front of the emperor?"
Zhou Zhong laughed. "Brother Wenxian, I am not poaching people. I just hope that people can do their best. Bo Hou is a straight man and is more suitable for supervision. It is a pity to be a clerk in Situ's Mansion."
Yang Biao turned around and walked over, took another cup of tea from Du Ji, and took a sip. "When everything is in trouble, production is more important than supervision. The affairs of Situ's house are heavy, not as easy as you think
.Without a young man like Bohou, how many days can I last for such an old bone? Besides, I have decided to recommend him to become an official, so you don’t have to worry about it.”
Zhou Zhong lowered his head and drank a cup of tea and savored it carefully. "Bohou was a county magistrate. He could become a county magistrate and a minister. He would no longer waste four years as a county magistrate. He was a talented man.
Either way.”
Du Ji stood aside, his expression still changed, but his heart was moved.
He is from Situ's Mansion. Even if Yang Biao appreciates him, he cannot ignore other people's opinions and directly recommend him to serve as the prefect. However, Zhou Zhong was Sikong and proposed in person that he would serve as the prefect. The Taiwei Jia Xu has never cared about these matters.
In this case, you will most likely agree.
In this way, it is equivalent to a three-public collegial agreement, and there are sufficient reasons.
Yang Biao looked slightly, but said nothing.
After a while, Jia Xu walked in with his hands. Yang Biao stood up and led Jia Xu to the hall. Zhou Zhong sat still and finished the remaining half cup of tea. Then he slowly got up and sat in the hall.
"Taiwei, can there be good news in Jizhou?"
Jia Xu smiled slightly. "There is no good news in Jizhou for the time being, but outside the Great Wall, there is Zhou Yu and Jiang Gan returned from an envoy. The emperor was very happy and specially held a meeting to discuss the news they brought back."
Zhou Zhong was stunned and his eyebrows jumped twice involuntarily.
Zhou Yu is back and bringing back important news? This is a good thing. The problem is that Zhou Yu didn't give him any news in advance, and he actually had to hear from Jia Xu.
From another perspective, this news can allow the emperor to hold a special meeting and notify the Taiwei Mansion as soon as possible, which is enough to show that Zhou Yu completed his mission this time very well.
"Is it convenient to say?" Yang Biao asked.
Jia Xu shook his head. "It's not an urgent matter, let's talk first."
Yang Biao did not ask again, and took a document from the case and handed it to Du Ji. Du Ji turned around and handed it to Jia Xu. After Jia Xu finished reading it, he handed it to Zhou Zhong.
Zhou Zhong opened it, glanced at it, and couldn't help frowning.
Yuan Shu requested to retire, but the emperor accepted his resignation from the governor of Youzhou, but did not intend to let him retire. He wanted to arrange for him to repair the two palaces in Luoyang, and asked the three officials to discuss a suitable position and formulate a candidate for the governor of Youzhou.
This edict is simple, but it is of great significance.
First, he ordered Yuan Shu to restore the two palaces in Luoyang, but the court did not require Situ and Sikong Mansion to cooperate, nor arranged funds and materials, and only discussed giving Yuan Shu an official position.
Second, the governor of Youzhou was gone, and there would be only the governor of Youzhou from now on.
It would be fine if the latter point was just right. Abolishing the prefecture and re-establishing the governor were the established policy of the court.
But the first point is very weird.
In theory, even if the major matter of restoring the two palaces is not handed over to Sikong, who is responsible for the water and soil, it should be handed over to the master craftsman who is responsible for the construction of the palace. Now the emperor does not mention Sikong Zhou Zhong nor does he mention the master craftsman Huang Chengyan,
He directly handed over the task to Yuan Shu.
This naturally reminds people of Yuan Shu's crime of setting fire to the palace.
Zhou Zhong sighed. "The emperor is so kind. He first pardoned Lu Bu, but now he let Yuan Shu lose his merits."
Yang Biao and Jia Xu nodded in agreement, but did not speak.
The point of this matter is not here. No matter how nice it is, it cannot solve the practical problems.
The emperor only asked the three officials to discuss Yuan Shu's official position, but did not ask Situ's Mansion and Sikong Mansion to allocate funds and materials. How could Yuan Shu complete the task?
If they hadn't believed that the emperor had no motive to force Yuan Shu to death, they had no need to discuss it.
"Repair the two palaces, is it necessary to return the capital to Luoyang?" Zhou Zhong said again.
Yang Biao shook his head and denied it.
He considered this issue after receiving the edict and felt it was unlikely.
Although the emperor did not say it clearly, his attitude of moving the capital to Guanzhong was fully revealed. He took a step back and even if he wanted to move the capital to Luoyang, there was no reason for Yuan Shu to repair the two palaces.
At least the entire Luoyang City also includes the Imperial Academy, Mingtang, Biyong and other facilities outside the city.
"Wenhe, Jiamou, you should still remember the fact that the emperor left Liu Biao in Luoyang and asked him to draw the picture scroll of the broken Luoyang." Yang Biao said slowly: "Will these two things be related?
?”
Jia Xu frowned and pondered without saying a word.
Zhou Zhong's heart skipped a beat and became a little uneasy.
He has been in Luoyang for many years and is very familiar with Luoyang. He knows that the city has over-the-counter and powerful mansions, and the Yuan family is a typical example. However, under normal circumstances, everyone maintains a tacit understanding and often criticizes Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others.
The house was beyond the system, and the scholars and officials avoided talking about it.
For example, today Zi asked Liu Biao to draw a Luoyang scroll and asked Yuan Shu to repair the two palaces, which may be an invisible hint.
The emperor gave face to the scholars and officials and did not expose these matters, but he asked the scholars and officials to take action to clear out the evidence of violations and use the dismantled materials to repair the two palaces.
Zhou Zhong stroked his beard and said meaningfully: "According to etiquette, what belongs to the palace will return to the palace, what belongs to the people will return to the people, and each will return to his position, so we will naturally be at peace."
Jia Xu nodded and agreed. "This is indeed a choice. The king and his subjects follow their etiquette, re-rituals and benevolence, and jointly promote the king's way, which is in line with the wishes of the sages."
Seeing Jia Xu, Zhou Zhong agreed, and Yang Biao immediately raised the next question.
"What should I do if the materials are solved? People around Luoyang either died in war or fled, and there were no ten household registrations left, so there were not enough civilians to recruit. Wenhe, can the local garrison cooperate with me?"
Jia Xu smiled and said, "The general of the Fu Army followed the emperor to conquer Jizhou, and the four generals in front, back, left and right also accompanied him. The number of troops garrisons around Luoyang is pitifully small, and they are a bit reluctant to deal with thieves. How can they have the spare time to cooperate with the restoration of the two palaces?"
"What should I do?" Yang Biao was a little embarrassed.
Zhou Zhong suddenly said, "I have a solution, but I just need the cooperation of Situ's Mansion."
"you say."
"Most of the people of Luoyang fled south, most of them went to Jingzhou nearest, and the far ones went south from Jingzhou to Jiaozhou, or went up Shuojiang to Yizhou. If the Situ Mansion requested an imperial edict, the people of Jingzhou, Yizhou and Jiaozhou were ordered to return to Jingzhou, Yizhou, and Jiaozhou.
and provide some help, maybe some people are willing to return to their old books. With a household registration, are they still afraid that there will be no civil servants?”
Yang Biao thought for a while. "I'm afraid it won't be that fast when I return home for a long time."
Zhou Zhong smiled. "The emperor was not worried that it would take too long to build a palace. Why should I rush to build a palace for a while? Yuan Shu is still young, so it would be no problem to cultivate it for ten years."