A new day began, and Zhou Xu entered the Hall of Diligent Governance under Charman's resentful stare.
Although he had basically handled state affairs alone when he was emperor before, after coming here, he discovered that his previous workload was nothing compared to that of Great Zhou.
You had to understand that, under normal circumstances, once a country entered a period of stable development, everything would gradually settle into a steady rhythm.
Such a phase could very well last for decades.
Normally speaking, there would not be that many matters requiring your personal attention.
But Great Zhou was different. After coming here, Charman found that, aside from its vast territory, Great Zhou had also maintained an astonishingly rapid pace of development.
Many things were even constantly being updated and iterated.
At this stage, it would not be an exaggeration to say that its internal development was changing with each passing day.
This directly resulted in a huge number of documents being delivered every day for the Hall of Diligent Governance to review.
The daily workload was basically maxed out.
When Zhou Xu had still been around, at least he could come in for half a day every day, and would occasionally stay through the afternoon as well.
The Hall of Diligent Governance had been able to maintain a healthy operating state.
But this time, Zhou Xu had gone on a business trip and stayed away for half a year. For Charman, who had only just managed to adapt to the work rhythm here, it had undoubtedly cranked the difficulty straight up.
Faced with work pressure bearing down completely on his shoulders, Charman had gone numb. No wonder his resentment was so heavy.
But there was nothing he could do about it.
After working together for some time, Charman had already