After entering the Xuan Room, Yang Xiu first greeted the two men, then glanced at Guo Jia's and Jia Xu's empty seats and asked, "Neither the Grand Marshal nor the Grand Minister over the Masses came today?"
"No."
Zhuge Liang shook his head, then smiled. "Minister over the Masses Guo is busy running a school and recruiting students for the Imperial Academy. How would he have time to come here?"
"What about the Grand Marshal?"
"That I don't know. The Grand Marshal has been very busy lately too. I heard he's setting about an important assignment His Majesty gave him."
Zhuge Liang indicated that he did not know either.
Beside him, Lu Su said, "We all have our own responsibilities. We mustn't slack off either."
"Oh, Censor-in-Chief Zhuge, yesterday His Majesty requested two men from the Prince of Zhongshan's service, one named Xu Shu and the other Pang Tong. They'll be transferred from Yi Province to the central administration before long to handle government affairs alongside us."
"His Majesty assigned both of them to the Censorate. He also instructed you to look after them and put them through their paces, saying that both are men of great talent."
Lu Su recalled the instructions the Son of Heaven had given when he came yesterday.
Zhuge Liang had not come yesterday, so he knew nothing about this.
This was not the first time the Son of Heaven had done something like this. Zhuge Liang himself had been promoted directly from a commoner to the central administration by the Son of Heaven.
But the facts had also proven the Son of Heaven's judgment correct. Zhuge Liang's abilities were indeed worthy of his position.
Zhuge Liang nodded. "All right, I'll keep an eye on them. Thank you for reminding me."
Hearing their conversation, Yang