To begin with, as the Minister of Personnel, he held a top-rank official post, yet he still lived in official quarters, lacking even a proper mansion of his own in the Capital City. Who could possibly be more upright than him?
Were it not for Shangguan Xi's later care and support, his wife and children would have had to squeeze into those official quarters right along with him.
Emperor Kangwu thought for a moment and said, "What you say does make a certain amount of sense, but the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel are already complex. As for disaster relief, there is really no need to trouble a Minister of Personnel like yourself. We—"
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