Records of the Han Dynasty: from Slave Laborer to Imperial Minister

After Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor, the world seemed to be settled, but in fact everything was still in ruins. The princes are not convinced, it is difficult to control the heroes, the powerful annex the land, the warehouses in the counties and counties are empty and real, and the people are breathless under the pressure of corvee. This dynasty, which had just emerged from the flames of war, lacked not only strong generals and advisers, but also a person who could turn troubled times into order. Zhou Feng, an overseas engineer, died and woke up as a canal builder in the early Han Dynasty. Underfoot are the collapsed earth ditches, behind them are the granaries that will be swallowed up by the flood, and above their heads is the bamboo whip of the supervisor. In front of them are the troubled times where human lives are filled like earth bags into the gaps. He has no military power, no family background, no imperial edict, only the judgment honed over many years at the construction site: water flows to lower places, accounts leak to dark places, and human lives cannot be used to fill holes. Starting from a flood, he entered the county government as a servant, used project account books to destroy the powerful hidden fields, entered the county government with disaster relief regulations, and leveraged the Chang'an court bureau with warehousing and water conservancy. While others write beautiful articles, he writes regulations that can save lives; while others compete for fame, he competes for a real grain of rice in the granary and a person who rarely dies on the canal embankment. When Empress Lu came to the court, the heroes were wrestling with each other, the princes were in power, and Emperor Wen asked for advice. Zhou Feng walked through the muddy water and saw slave laborers under whips, dead people in account books, and the coldest wind in front of Weiyang Palace. He was once the most inconspicuous servant in troubled times. Later, he took the initiative to enter Chang'an and became a marquis and prime minister. He became the ruler that guided the Han Dynasty from troubled times to governance.