Chapter 399: Palace Problem 1

Later, all departments continued to summarize this short-term work. After statistics from the Education Bureau, according to my standards, there are now 1,000 children aged between six and fourteen in the city, and the number of people who have not attended school is similar to this. So I urgently want to establish a school. To build a school, it is of course a lot of money to hire a teacher, which is also a considerable expense. But I agreed to approve this money without hesitation. After all, education is related to the future of a nation and cannot be careless.

As for the Construction Bureau, its main task now is to cooperate with other departments, such as the hospital construction of the Health Bureau, the school construction of the Education Bureau, as well as the government and its personnel housing, the renovation of the palace, etc.

However, there are more departments that came today, that is, the Agricultural Bureau. It was not involved in my original plan for the time being, so I asked the third brother and learned that this was established by Zhou Ma.

It turned out that the scope assigned to me by the two countries not only included this city, but also some land around the city. However, due to my negligence, I did not take these into consideration when establishing the department, so I lost a very important department. After Zhou Wu was escorted back to the city, I found that there was a missing department for managing the land when I was in the specific department, so I proposed to establish a new department, and according to the original names of those departments, the Agricultural Bureau. The Third also felt that this department was indeed indispensable, so she temporarily added a new department, intending to wait for me to come back to solicit my opinions in detail. During this period, the Agricultural Bureau had completed the statistics on the fields under my jurisdiction in the city, including the number of paddy fields, dry land, the ownership of these lands and the number of farmers.

When I saw a thick stack of information in front of me, I couldn't help but sigh. Fortunately, Zhou Wu was there, otherwise an important reform would have been forgotten.

But the most important issue now is the problem with the palace.

When King Xilun left, he only took away his young and beautiful concubines. As for the brothers and sisters living in the palace, they all shook their hands and ignored them. When we entered the city, we did not expel them, and all three meals a day were satisfied. However, now the school teachers have arrived, and the officials and generals from both countries who come to train will also arrive in the city. So the most important problem at present is to renovate some of the palaces, classrooms and accommodation rooms, as well as some supporting facilities, such as playgrounds, martial arts training grounds, etc. Although only two countries trained only 200 officials, in three years, it will reach more than 600 people, and some supporting personnel are fully equipped, which is close to 7 or 800 people, which requires a large amount of houses. Now the location in the city is saturated. To rebuild it, it is not only a lot of expenses, but also the place can only be chosen outside the city, which is not convenient to manage.

Therefore, the best place is the original palace of the Western Lun King, but now the palace lives with the original royal family of the Western Lun King, which is also a problem. Not only do they have to be properly arranged, but they also have to be given some money.

After thinking about it, I really couldn't take any attention, so I decided to ask Helianshu for advice, or let him come forward to invite those people out of the palace. Now I don't want to use any strength, after all, most of them are women.

After taking certain attention, I hurriedly ended the meeting and took the third brother to Helian Mansion.

When I went there, Helianshu was lucky. He was at home. He was obviously very surprised by my visit. He quickly invited me to the house. After some politeness, he asked, "I heard that the city lord's father and sister have arrived. Why don't you go with them? Instead, come to me. Is there anything important?"

I didn't hesitate to say directly: "To be honest, I'm here to ask you today. If you have a question, do you really have to ask for help?"

"oh"?

He was stunned and said strangely, "What else can stump you in this world?"

I spread my hands and said, "I am not a god, I am still a mortal. Of course, this mortal has problems that cannot be solved, so I still have to ask for help! Moreover, I really don't have a good time to come forward, or it's not convenient to come forward!"

Helianshu smiled slightly and said, "Let me think about it. There is really nothing wrong with you in the city now, and it is not convenient for you to come forward. It is probably the people in the original palace!"

I was stunned, and then I couldn't help but wonder: "How do you know?" This indirectly admitted that what he said was right.

Helianshu picked up the teacup, took a leisurely sip, and said, "It's very simple. In order to let the people know what big work you are about to do, you also said that you would let the people supervise you, so you made a government affairs disclosure, and the content of the work is posted every time. Is this a matter?"

I nodded. There was indeed such a thing. In order for the people to know what we were going to do, it was also a way for the people to make suggestions for some work. From one side, it also made the government's work no longer mysterious and had a certain degree of transparency. We specially made a government affairs disclosure. In the early stages of large-scale projects, such as building schools, etc., they would be disclosed on the preview board, and then solicit the opinions of the people. If feasible, the final result will be disclosed on the decision board, with detailed time to start implementation and the final time to complete. Originally, this was used to publish the laws of each department, but later, with my permission, other large-scale government work began to be disclosed. It was also a kind of notice.

Seeing me nodding, Helianshu smiled and said, "It's very interesting to have you made that. No one has done it before. Now the people are at most discussing the above work, which are feasible and unfeasible. After all, for them, many things are related to their personal interests. Of course, I also ask people to see it every day and record the detailed contents inside!"

After saying that, he clapped his hands and shouted to the outside, "Come on!"

A servant immediately walked in and said respectfully, "Master, what are you asking?"

"Go and take me the piece of paper I put on the study table!"

After the servant agreed, he hurried to pick up the paper. Taking advantage of the empty space, Helianshu asked and answered again. "I heard from the people outside that they came with you this time, some officials from the Great Zhou Dynasty, including the tenth prince and the third prince?"

I nodded and said, "Yes, the Tenth Prince was the one who asked him to come out and serve as the principal of the school, while the Third Prince came down to relax with me after giving up the battle for the throne!"

"What?"

He was surprised by my words and said strangely, "You said the third prince gave up the throne?"

He is an old veteran of Xilun and has also seen the cruelty of the throne. No one who fought for the throne voluntarily gave up until the end. However, after the princes who ascended the throne ascended the throne, the first thing they did was to expel the prince who had originally fought for the throne with him far away. Even the King of Xilun who went to the Great Zhou to be a prisoner was killing his brothers, and suddenly forced his father to abdicate before becoming the lord of the country in Xilun. Therefore, it is indeed difficult to surprise him at the fact that the third prince voluntarily gave up and compete for the throne.

I nodded and said, "In the Great Zhou, the one who has the most strength to ascend the throne and become emperor is the third prince. His retreat has made the overall situation of the Great Zhou settle and avoided the turmoil caused by the dispute over the throne! For the Great Zhou, this is a good thing."

Helianshu looked at me strangely and asked, "I want to know now, what role did you play in the fight for the third prince to withdraw from the throne? Don't say that this has nothing to do with you, I am also a veteran of the Great Zhou Dynasty. I know more about the dispute over the throne than you!"

I smiled softly and said, "I did very little. Zhou Hua is my wife who is about to enter the door. The emperor and the third prince of the Great Zhou are naturally my family. I just didn't want to see the family fight to the death, and then said a few words as the third prince's brother-in-law!"

Helianshu laughed silently and said, "A few words? A few words can make a person willing to give up the throne. Your words can be considered a thousand gold."

I smiled slightly, picked up the tea, and refused to deny his words.

At this time, the servant also took the paper in. After taking it, Helianshu spread it out, pointed to the one above and said, "Look, there are three items related to the school, one of which is to establish a training academy for officers and officials from both countries!"

I nodded. This is indeed the case, but how did he know that I would choose the palace?

Seeing the doubt on my face, he continued: "Because the students who come to study are all officers and officials, and after they go out, they are definitely not as good as students from ordinary academys to take scientific exams before they can become officials, so they are treated better than these people, and the number of people is relatively small. The things they teach at the same time are definitely confidential for ordinary people. And now the time is very tight, and you have no time to rebuild a college. Now the entire palace has ready-made houses, and can accommodate a certain number of people. At the same time, there is no other choice for leaving the palace. And to choose the palace, the biggest problem now is the original royal staff living inside. So, your main problem now is how to make them move out willingly, because most of them are female relatives, and you must not force expel them like those gangs, which may cause disgust among the people in the city!"

After saying that, he smiled slightly and said, "I don't know what I'm right?"
Chapter completed!