Traveling through the Qin Dynasty, I seized the throne of Ying Zheng's father

Chapter 273 People in Panic

So even if they do nothing but prey on the people, no one will question them.

Moreover, there are quite a few officials like this, and older people are used to it, but they have rarely seen diligent officials.

Given this kind of environment, you can tell what kind of quality the officials in the surrounding area are; they're incompetent at everything.

Knowing this, Fusu never expected anything from them, so he only used the people he brought with him.

The most important thing in disaster relief is timeliness. If this task is entrusted to someone unfamiliar with the situation or someone who is lazy, and they drop the ball midway, many people could die. This goes against Fusu's original intention.

Fusu looked at the respectful and courteous Lord Zhou below, lost in thought.

This Lord Zhou is quite adept at putting on a show.

It makes it unclear whether he is a good official or a fool trying to take advantage of the situation.

However, since I had already approached the man, Fusu could not sit idly by, nor could he ignore the local officials.

He doesn't have any evidence yet, and he still needs to investigate some things. If he offends someone right away, things could get complicated later.

With this in mind, Fusu had an idea. He raised an eyebrow and looked at Lord Zhou.

After a moment of silence, he said, "I've been so busy lately that I forgot about this. Luckily, Lord Zhou reminded me, and I realized that I can use not only my own people, but also you."

"Your reminder is very timely. You know, we've been so busy lately that we're almost going bald. We haven't been able to get a full night's sleep. There's just too much to do."

"With your help now, I believe we won't have to work so hard and can take a break. After all, there are more people to do the work now. Don't worry, I've got this in mind, and I'll assign you tasks later."

Fusu wasn't trying to fool Lord Zhou; they were genuinely too busy and needed help, and since Lord Zhou had come to them of his own accord...

If he refuses, it will only arouse suspicion. Since that's the case, it's better to kill two birds with one stone and get Lord Zhou and the other local officials to help.

In this way, he can finish his work faster and his own people won't have to work too hard.

He even suggested that by lowering the guard of Lord Zhou and others, and letting them slip up, he might be able to uncover the problems in officialdom sooner.

It will also help to clean up the officialdom, achieving multiple benefits in one fell swoop.

At this point, Fusu naturally couldn't refuse.

After all, although Lord Zhou and his men may not be good at their work, they are all shrewd people. If we refuse, they might be dissatisfied.

He even sensed the court's movements, which was not what Fusu wanted to see.

So Fusu took the initiative to agree to Lord Zhou's suggestion, but he was not able to assign tasks to Lord Zhou and the others for the time being.

All those jobs are being done now, so they're incredibly busy, but they're definitely getting things done.

If we hand it over directly to Lord Zhou, problems may arise during the handover process.

Without in-depth contact with these local officials, one might harbor illusions about them, or even lack a clear understanding of their incompetence.

Those who haven't had any contact with them have no idea how useless they are, and Fusu dares not entrust them with tasks at this crucial moment.

He still needs to discuss with people what matters are less important and can be handed over to them, and he is even less likely to trust them when it comes to handing over tasks.