Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

The husband uses copper as a mirror to straighten his clothes;

Taking history as a mirror, we can know the ups and downs;

With people as a mirror, you can see the gains and losses...

These words, every sentence, even every word, echoed in the empress's mind, repeating and repeating for a long time.

After a while, she slowly closed her eyes, carefully comprehending the truth contained in this sentence.

In the next instant, a golden light flashed inexplicably around the edges of her closed eyes, and a layer of pale golden light appeared on the delicate body under the dragon robe, and the spiritual veins in her body were flowing rapidly.

Not long ago, when he broke through to the Guiyuan realm through comprehension of the emperor's way, his spiritual veins expanded a lot, but now they swelled again.

The Dao Heart of Guiyuan Realm that had just been stabilized suddenly trembled violently again at this time.

It wasn't just her. In the court hall, Fang Ping, Liu Dongyang and other important ministers of the former emperor who suffered so much when the Empress Dowager was in power also had their eyes slightly closed at this time, obviously feeling something rare and precious.

And some courtiers who just had a feeling in their hearts and trembled slightly looked at Lu Chen with inexplicable expressions, as if they wanted to remember his upright and persistent appearance at this time in their hearts.

After Lu Chen finished speaking, he soon realized that something was wrong, so he quickly stopped talking, and didn't say any more.

At this time, the empress suddenly took a deep breath, then opened her red lips lightly, and said slowly:

"Lu Qing is really knowledgeable about heaven and man, and what he said casually is the most shocking principle of seeking the country. I will definitely remember Lu Qing's teaching just now, and always take it as my code of conduct. I won't teach Lu Qing to disappoint you."

Hearing this, the corner of Lu Chen's mouth twitched.

Depend on! I used too much force, I forgot that this guy is a wise man!

Tang Taizong's ideology is like beeswax to this kind of Mingjun, extremely sweet.

Mistake... Mistake.

Now that the matter has come to this, what else can Lu Chen say?

No matter how depressed you are, you still have to do what you should do.

He cupped his hands towards the empress, pretending to be pleased, and raised his voice: "Your Majesty is as good as he is, and he will surely become a generation of Mingjun who will be famous in history. How fortunate we are to be able to assist Your Majesty in rejuvenating the Great Xia."

The others also reacted. Seeing that Lu Chen, the stone in the latrine, praised the Empress, they immediately bowed and shouted to the Empress, "Your Majesty is holy!"

The empress waved her hand to signal them to be quiet, then she glanced at Lu Chen first, then turned her head to look at Jiang Xu and the others.

"Since Lu Qing has spoken, I have to convince you today. Let's see whether I am nepotistic and deliberately partial, or whether Lu Qing's trip to Yuzhou is not guilty of any crimes and has made great contributions to the court, or ..."

Having said that, her tone became completely cold.

"It's because you are very selfish. For your own selfishness, you disregard the interests of the court and the righteousness of the family and the country, and deliberately target Lu Qing and other important ministers of the country."

Hearing these extremely aggressive words, Jiang Xu and the others suddenly thumped.

Very selfish... Is this how His Majesty treats them?

Doesn't this mean that the emperor despises them very much now and regards them as poor shoes?

If this is the case, even if Lu Chen is killed by them, their life...maybe it will be even more difficult...

How about taking a step back for now?

Really not, a little compromise?

At this moment, a hint of retreat instinctively surged into their hearts.

"Come on!"

While everyone was thinking, the Empress suddenly gave a cold reprimand.

"Submit the things to me, and let all the virtuous officials here take a good look at what happened in the three provinces, and whether King Yu should be killed or not!"

"promise!"

As soon as the words fell, several Xuanji guards took orders loudly, then turned and left the Taiji Hall.

When they heard this, everyone's expressions immediately turned cold.

No wonder His Majesty was so determined and refused so resolutely, it turned out that he was already prepared...

Jiang Xu and other officials of the Tianzong Mansion and the courtiers who are inextricably linked to the officialdom in the three provinces suddenly had bad premonitions.

Not long after, Xuanjiwei walked into the Taiji Hall carrying two large boxes.

"Your Majesty, this is..."

Seeing Xuanjiwei open the box, Yuyu, the official of the Ministry of Justice, Tianlan Qingli, asked in a trembling voice.

"You'll know when you see it."

The empress responded lightly, and then the Xuanjiwei at the bottom quickly took out the contents one by one.

Inside are thick books and scrolls engraved with certain spells.

Everyone took the account books and scrolls from Xuanjiwei's hands in doubt, opened them gently, and looked through them attentively.

Not long after, some courtiers widened their eyes.

"This...how is this possible?!"

They looked at the books in their hands in disbelief.

I saw that the actual cashier situation of the official warehouses under the jurisdiction of the government in the three provinces was recorded in detail above, and a little attention can be seen from the above data to see many problems.

Especially some household officials, who deal with all kinds of data every day, they found a lot of weird black accounts with just a few glances.

And as soon as those scrolls were opened, the real images of the official warehouses in various places emerged inside.

I saw that in those granaries that looked extremely abundant, the top layer was covered with grain, which seemed to be fine, but a little below was a partition, and the bottom was empty, without a grain of grain.

It is seriously inconsistent with the accounts they reported to the court.

If the official in charge of the inspection is a little careless or deliberately perfunctory during the annual inspection, this matter can be fooled.

As for the paper can't hold the fire?

This is recorded by a precious photo stone.

When the county magistrate of a certain county had a happy conversation with the local wealthy family in a luxury restaurant, the recorded content of the conversation talked about the solution.

This kind of problem can be solved by directly destroying all the food in the official warehouse due to force majeure.

Just set a fire, and then find someone to take the blame for the dead ghost and it's over.

And...the water situation in Yuzhou has become more and more severe recently. If the floods flood and the entire middle and lower reaches of the Qingjiang River are hit by floods, it is normal that the official warehouses cannot be kept...

As for the flood, it may not be able to break through the dam?

Isn't that simple?

There is an extremely active anti-thief armed force in their three provinces...

After reading the content recorded in the photo stone, everyone was completely silent, and the expressions on their faces became extremely awe-inspiring.

Food will not appear for no reason, nor will it disappear for no reason.

There are countless grains in the official warehouse, and there will definitely be a place to go.

And this destination was partly recorded in the booklet in Fang Ping's hand.

After reading the above content, Fang Ping suddenly threw it to the ground forcefully!

"Shameless You!"

His face was full of indignation, and he strode out directly, bowed to the empress and said: "Evading official food is a serious crime tantamount to conspiracy! How dare the magistrates in the three provinces tamper with the official warehouse?" , harming the public and benefiting private interests, and not paying attention to the imperial court at all, if such a frenzied person does not punish them, what will be the law of our Great Xia?"

"Your Majesty, please order immediately to arrest all the criminals involved in this shocking case, escort them to Beijing, and deal with them severely!"

The empress nodded slightly.

"Ready to play."

"Your Majesty is holy!"

After Fang Ping stepped back, before Lu Chen could say anything, Liu Dongyang stood up.

"His Majesty."

He raised the book he had just finished reading in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "As a first-rank prince, King Yu doesn't want to contribute to the country, but he even conspired with the officials of Tianlan Province to make a fortune by taking advantage of natural disasters. The evil deeds that shake the foundation of the country must not be tolerated, even if he is a prince."

As he said that, he glanced at Lu Chen inexplicably, and then continued:

"Although Lu Geshi acted impulsively and killed a prince without permission, after all, he holds the sword of the extreme way, just like His Majesty, and has the absolute right to life and death over all the subjects of Great Xia, and just like Mr. Fang said just now that embezzling official food is a felony tantamount to conspiracy! From the moment King Yu made such an outrageous act, he was no longer a noble royal prince, but a man who wanted to overthrow our Great Xia. The traitor of Jiangshan Sheji! So..."

"My minister believes that Lu Geshi's actions... are not guilty!"

Hearing this, Lu Chen was immediately numb.

He stared blankly at Liu Dongyang who was speaking for him inexplicably, and felt as if he had been trampled by ten thousand muddy horses.

This dignified and upright senior official of the second rank, in his eyes at this moment, is like a poisonous dagger specially designed to stab people's backs.

Damn it!

Damn it! Why do you always feel that there are more and more backstabs? !

On the other hand, Jiang Xu stared blankly at his hand, the copy that Fu Yu and a group of Xuanji guards found with great difficulty in Prince Yu's mansion, which recorded the interest exchanges between King Yu and officials from various places in the three provinces, aristocratic families over the years booklet of evidence.

The cloudy old eyes are now full of gray and dark colors.

finished

It's all over.