Daqin: My weak and virtuous minister

"The Prime Minister is so seriously ill, go back to your room and lie down quickly."

When Zhang Kaidi lay back on the bed again, Han Wangan immediately called a doctor. After taking the prime minister's pulse again, Han Wangan finally realized that the prime minister's condition was serious and he was afraid that he could no longer help him.

The King of Han, who had relied on Zhang Kaidi for a long time, was like a deflated ball, sitting in his chair in a daze.

"The King"

Zhang Kaidi asked everyone else to leave, then spoke: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that I will not be able to help you with your worries in the future."

With one word, tears rolled down the corners of his eyes and disappeared into his white hair.

"Prime Minister."

It was the first time that King Han An saw such a powerless prime minister, and he felt uncomfortable.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. When I'm gone, my son will serve you in my place. I also have a grandson. My grandson, Zhang Liang, is incredibly intelligent and will surely surpass me in future achievements. They will all serve you loyally on my behalf."

After saying this, Zhang Kaidi was already exhausted. Seeing this, King Han quickly advised Zhang Kaidi to rest, "Don't worry, Prime Minister. I know that everyone in your family is loyal to me. Zhang Sheng will be my next Prime Minister in the future."

"Prime Minister, please have a good rest. I will leave first."

Zhang Sheng had been guarding outside the door, and when King Han came out he saw Zhang Sheng.

"Follow me."

Zhang Sheng did not ask any more questions and walked beside King Han until the King stopped, then he stopped too.

"Now that Zhang Yuanqing has issued a call for talented people, do you have any plan to deal with it?"

The prime minister's son should have some abilities, and King Han also has great trust in the next prime minister he has just appointed.

"Your Majesty, I only learned about this today. Zhang Yuanqing's move is aimed at famous scholars in our country. Your Majesty, why don't you take this opportunity to issue an order to seek talented people? Our country is in a critical moment of life and death. If there are talented people who can save our country from this crisis, they can be granted titles of nobility and appointed as generals."

"Okay, I'll do as you say. I'll leave this matter to you. Please make sure it's done."

"promise."

After visiting Zhang's house, although the Prime Minister was seriously ill, the King of Han had solved his problem and left happily.

Nanyang

Zhang Yuanqing personally invited Nong Jiahuo, who was recommended to him by Xu Xing and was a younger generation that Xu Xing was very optimistic about.

The two spent the entire afternoon discussing next year's spring plowing in Nanyang, and then he left with a smile. He was a native of Nanyang, and naturally he was happy that Nanyang was getting better and better.

"Sir, why don't you take a break first, there aren't many left. Let us take care of the rest."

Early this morning, Fusu took Li Xin and two guards to find Ning Teng to receive a mission.

At first, Ning Teng didn't dare to assign anything to Fusu, until Fusu claimed that he was Zhang Yuanqing's disciple and that this was a task assigned to him by his master and must be completed. Ning Teng then asked General Meng Ao, and only then did he assign Fusu the task of counting the population.

The place is not far away and the population is not large. It is a small village, so Ning Teng feels at ease.

Fusu happily followed Li Xin with the little notebook.

Seeing the village with more than a dozen households, Li Xin secretly praised Ning Teng for his thoughtfulness.

I thought I would be able to return soon and ensure the prince's safety, but who knew that the problem arose with Fusu.

Every time he visited a household, Fusu not only inquired carefully about the family's situation, but also sat down in the house to chat.

He didn't even look at the little notebook, he only knew that the table on it was filled with words. It contained everything, from how many acres of land the family had, what they cultivated, how much they harvested, what they ate every day, how much they ate, how much tax the court collected, how often it collected tax, etc.

It was half an hour later when we finally left a house.

Then they did the same thing with every family, and so far they had only counted six families.

Fusu carefully looked at the data in the notebook. They were almost the same. He looked at Li Xin and the others and said, "Okay, you go and count the rest. I'll wait here."

Li Xin and his two guards were overjoyed. One of the guards took a pen and paper and left, while Li Xin and the other guard stayed with Fusu.

After midnight, Fusu, Li Xin and others returned.

"How was the harvest today?"

Seeing that Fusu was in good spirits, Zhang Yuanqing let him rest for a while and then began to ask about his situation today.

Speaking of this, Fusu instantly stopped feeling tired.

"Sir, General Ning Teng asked Fusu to count the population. When Fusu arrived at the village, he found only sixteen households. I carefully inquired about the conditions of six of them." At this point, Fusu said with some dismay, "I never knew the people were suffering so much. It turns out they don't have enough to eat every day, and the food they eat is a bit moldy. There are also some wild vegetables and grass roots that I have never heard of."

"Sir, can you feed all these people?"

Seeing Fusu's expectant face, Zhang Yuanqing was not ready to give in: "No."

"Oh" Fusu hung his head, looking unhappy.

"But, Your Majesty can."

Fusu raised his head and asked in confusion, "Father?"

"Yes, my king, your father."

"Do you know why the king can feed the people?"

Fusu shook his head.

"Because Your Majesty is the King of Qin, and Nanyang now belongs to Qin, the people here have become Your Majesty's people. So Your Majesty should work hard to ensure that the people have enough food to eat."

Fusu's little brain was working quickly: "Fusu understands, father can use you, sir, you should find a way to make sure the people have enough food to eat."

……

This kid is really good at copying homework.

Isn't that what the king is doing now?

However, Zhang Yuanqing didn't say anything and nodded: "Yes, the king knew that I could ensure that the people of Nanyang had enough food, so he sent me here and gave me the corresponding power to govern Nanyang."

"What's this called?"

Fusu replied: "Knowing people and using them well."

"Ruzi can be taught."

After receiving the praise, Fusu grinned happily, revealing a row of small white teeth.

"As a king, you may not possess great talent or martial arts skills, but there is one thing you must possess: knowing how to use people effectively."

"Putting the right people in the right positions will make this country stronger and stronger."

"What else?"

"When you return to Xianyang and stay with the king, you will naturally know what else is needed."

Zhang Yuanqing didn't plan to say more, and the topic ended there.

"Okay, go back and rest for a while. It's time for dinner."

"promise."

In the next few days, Fusu was sent by Zhang Yuanqing to Ning Teng to receive tasks every day, and Ning Teng always assigned some simple tasks to Fusu.

Li Xin always stayed by Fusu's side to protect him.

On this day, Zhang Yuanqing interrogated several people, and then issued a notice in Nanyang, stating the numerous crimes of several families and making judgments in accordance with Qin law. For a while, some people cheered, while others were worried.

However, Zhang Yuanqing didn't care about these, because he received a message at this time.

"Zhang Kaidi is seriously ill?"

"Zhang Kaidi is the prime minister of the King of Han."

"Zhang Sheng?"

"Zhang Kaidi's son? Zhang Liang's father?"

"Has this person ever appeared in history?"

He is not a history major, so he doesn't know much about it.

But this guy still has some brains.

Love affairs will only slow down Zhang Yuanqing's progress in becoming a wise minister of all ages. We can't delay him.