Claudius vs. Xinchen

As I read about both Shao Xinchen and Emperor Claudius, one thing stood out like a sore thumb. I couldn't help but notice that Xinchen cared more about the welfare of this people than Claudius. Yes its true that both of them helped their people, but the difference is how they went about it. Claudius gave his people the Claudian aqueduct and the channel of the New Anio. Both of these were enormous and flowed into fancy fountains. He attempted to dry out Lake Fucine causing 30,000 men to work all the time. (Lewis&Reinhold pp 151-152) Claudius did all of these things for his people, but was it really necessary? Personally, I don't think that big aqueducts need to be poured out into fancy fountains. As a matter of fact, I dont even think that an aqueduct needs to be all that big. It just needs to do what it is meant to do which is to transport water. I think that Claudius was a very proud man. Thats why he did things the way he did them. I feel like he wanted people to look at the things he built and be in awe of him and his accomplishments. I think that he cared more about the legacy that he left than his people. Xinchen on the other hand was the opposite. First off, I'd like to note that Shao Xinchen wasnt even an emperor like Claudius. Xinchen was a grand administrator of Nanyang. Source 11 written by Cho-yun Hsu says that Xinchen would partake in manual labor for the benefits of his people. Xinchen has done all these things like digging and inspections by himself. He didnt do anything fancy and still got the job done. Props to him.