Zhuge Liang felt that he had figured out some trick.

When dealing with government affairs, he seemed to have opened a door and discovered the essence of dealing with problems. Many things can be found instantly.

Then arrange it and leave it to the right person to do it, and it will be handled soon.

Because he handled affairs quickly and well, Zhuge Liang was praised by the Dunhuang County Magistrate.

In addition, the Dunhuang County Magistrate allocated him more population quotas to allow him to restore the construction of Dunhuang County faster, and at least he had to set up a storefront for Dunhuang County.

At present, Dunhuang County cannot even compare with a military farm in the Central Plains.

Small and broken, the city walls are low and dilapidated, with a sparse population, and want to do things but have no resources or manpower. Zhuge Liang is also a clever woman who can't cook without rice.

But he felt very happy. From the process of dealing with these things, he felt unprecedented happiness.

At the same time, he went deep into the grassroots level like never before, and came into contact with the common people he had never met in the past. He truly understood what the common people were and what they needed.

Before this, he had never had such a profound understanding.

Zhuge Liang was born into a family of aristocratic families in Langya County, Xuzhou. He lived a prosperous life in childhood.

Although he was soon in a military disaster and had to flee, he was relatively young at that time and was a protected object and did not leave any deep memories of suffering.

He was protected by the Zhuge family in his hometown and by his uncle Zhuge Xuan in Jingzhou.

By the time Zhuge Xuan passed away, Zhuge Liang had already gained a foothold in Jingzhou under Zhuge Xuan's arrangement and married the daughter of the Huang family. He had no worries about food and clothing, and there was no big problem in the future.

He has never suffered.

Even though he is a genius, all his knowledge and insights come from the upper class.

He is based on the past, present and future, faces national-level strategies, considers the entire country, but never considers the lowest common people.

He once ignored the meaning of the common people and believed that as long as he did what he said, the country could become prosperous and strong.

However, when he came into contact with the complicated government affairs in the cabinet and went on a business trip, Zhuge Liang understood more and more deeply that he was arrogant in the past, but never really paid attention to why he was arrogant.

In the cabinet, outside the cabinet, Zhuge Liang gradually realized that this country is not just bureaucrats but scholars. He realized that this country cannot be separated from the people who are busy farming and producing food.

The emperor issued edicts repeatedly to ask officials to put people first, put themselves in the lower class and consider their needs.

But Zhuge Liang didn't know how to think about it.

Later, Zhuge Liang began to understand.

Without them providing food, without them producing the necessary materials, the army cannot fight, officials cannot rule, and the state cannot exist.

No people face the loess and the sky, they have nothing to eat.

He began to wonder what he had been doing for whom.

During the two political struggles in the three and four years of Yande, the ugly faces revealed by those gentle and elegant officials and colleagues in the past really scared Zhuge Liang.

He felt increasingly necessary to think from the beginning why he became an official.

For power?

For fame?

To survive?

Or is it for a fight?

What exactly am I doing in the cabinet?

Zhuge Liang thought hard and thought about how the founders of the Guo Wei regime got to where they are today step by step.

He felt that it was necessary to retake this path so that he might understand what he was going to do.

After arriving in Dunhuang, Zhuge Liang realized that the decision he made was correct.

He knew what he had been doing all the time and what he should have done later.

He came into contact with the lowest class of the people, those who didn't know how to read and only knew how to eat and survive.

Zhuge Liang had no scruples and talked directly to them.

Thus we know their needs, the meaning and role of their existence, and how this country operates from top to bottom.

From the promulgation of a government decree to the specific implementation of a government decree, what happened during this period?

He didn't know in the past, but now, he knows.

On a rare holiday, Zhuge Liang asked Sima Yi to go to the road construction site in the suburbs and excitedly told Sima Yi about his discovery.

"I finally understand what a decree will go through from the beginning of conception to the specific implementation. Zhongda, I finally know what I have always wanted to know."

"What did you know?"

Sima Yi looked at Zhuge Liang curiously.

"I know what is the most important thing for Wei State."

"Of course it's His Majesty the Emperor."

Sima Yi thought Zhuge Liang was a little funny: "For Wei State, the most important thing is of course His Majesty the Emperor. Without His Majesty today, can there be the Wei State today? Kong Ming, what are you thinking?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head repeatedly.

"Zhongda, do you believe it or not? If your Majesty asks you the same question, and if you give such an answer, your Majesty will definitely shake your head."

"ah?"

Sima Yi looked surprised: "I really don't believe that the country cannot be without a king for a day. Doesn't this mean that Your Majesty is the most important? Everything we do is for Your Majesty."

"No, Zhongda, Your Majesty will definitely not think so. Your Majesty will definitely tell you that the most important thing is the common people."

Zhuge Liang pointed his hand at the men who were working hard on the road construction site who were recruited to work.

"them?"

Sima Yi frowned, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Kong Ming, I admit that they are very important, but they will not be more important than His Majesty the Emperor. Without His Majesty today, the political situation of Wei will be in chaos at the moment.

Stability is the most important thing. Only stability can lead to a good life for us. Only stability can bring peace of mind and have food to eat. All of this is because of Your Majesty’s great talent and strategy today. Isn’t that the case?”

Without His Majesty the Emperor, can these mud legs have food to eat?

Sima Yi disagreed with this.

"But isn't everything Your Majesty has done with these common people?"

Zhuge Liang pointed to the road under construction: "Your Majesty alone, can you build a road? Including the officials who are waiting for us, can you build a road? Without roads, will the walking we wait for is so fast and convenient?

How difficult will it be for the army to march? How difficult will it be for the transfer of food? Can we eat and wear clothes? Is it because we planted our own food and weaved clothes?"

Sima Yi blinked, and for a while he didn't know how to answer.

But he still thinks this is wrong.

So he reached out to Zhuge Liang's forehead.

"It's not hot, how can you say such words?"

"I'm not sick."

Zhuge Liang shook his head repeatedly: "Zhongda, I came here to understand what I should do, what I should do, and whom I should do after I return to Luoyang in the future."

"You've got the answer now?"

Sima Yi looked at Zhuge Liang and pointed his hand at the men who built the road: "Is this your answer?"

"Yes, they are my answer."

Zhuge Liang smiled on his face: "If their lives are stable, the country will be stable. If they live a prosperous life, the country will be rich. If they cannot live a stable life, the country will never be stable. Everything we do in Luoyang should be for them!"

Sima Yi felt that Zhuge Liang’s thoughts were a bit problematic.

He thought Zhuge Liang was stimulated, so suddenly this slightly absurd idea appeared in his mind.

He did not deny that some of what Zhuge Liang said was correct.

Because the common people can produce, and without the common people producing material, the country will have nothing to use, and they will have nothing to use.

He knew this, so when he was managing Guangzhi County, he accurately approached the real needs of the common people, and the local people also supported him more.

But how can the importance of the common people be ahead of the emperor?

Can Zhuge Liang make mistakes with such a simple and easy-to-understand question?

He also said to ask the emperor about this question?

According to His Majesty's current style of conduct, it is considered kind to be without slashing you.

The State of Wei is not a marquis, not a kingdom, but an empire, my little brother.

Imperial Empire, only with emperors can there be a country!

How can you regard the common people as more important than the emperor?

Although he did not agree, Sima Yi did not say it out.

He felt that he should not have had conflicts with Zhuge Liang in such matters, and this is not the most important thing at the moment.

The reason why he left Luoyang is quite complicated.
To be continued...