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

During Lu Chen's tenure as governor of the two prefectures, what he did in Yu and Sui prefectures was undoubtedly a great act of kindness for the local people to save the people from the fire and water.

Whether it is opening warehouses to release grain, abolishing the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes imposed by the local government privately, or exempting from labor at the beginning, the guards of Yu and Sui states were sent to the dam area to control the water.

And the follow-up uninterrupted condolences to the sufferings of the people, effectively solving the problems of people's livelihood, retrying unjust and wrongly decided cases, cracking down on bullies and tyrants, returning the plundered land, and returning the land that has been lost to the owner to the government. to the people.

And before resigning suddenly, he also sent his disciples to various places to continue his various good governance, so that people would not leave the government and let the people really feel the meaning of the existence of the government.

All these charitable deeds that benefited the common people one after another, coupled with someone's secret and hard-working publicity, for a while, Lu Chen seemed to be a great sage in the two states.

He is the unparalleled national soldier sent by heaven to save the suffering Limin people!

Prestige is second to none.

As soon as Fang Yu and others took office, they could easily win the support of some people, and then they were able to smoothly implement various benevolent policies. Of course, many wealthy families were locked up in empty warehouses and their homes were ransacked and exiled. The reason for resistance is not very big.

But what's more, is Lu Chen's increasingly terrifying popularity in the two states.

Secret propaganda, plus the people who benefited from Lu Chen's various feats became tap water, and spontaneously spread praises, hundreds of thousands of longevity tablets.

This phenomenon-level popularity has benefited Fang Yu and other interim county magistrates infinitely. Even Li Yue and others, who drove the ducks to the shelves, managed to make the parent officials impressive in a short period of time.

But as the saying goes, if there is gain, there must be loss. The people who were originally poor and struggling desperately on the survival line benefited, and some people must lose their interests.

After all, Lu Chen is not money, so it is impossible to be loved by everyone.

His various good governance to the people of the two states is simply a disaster for the gentry and wealthy families.

Even catastrophe!

How much the common people love the government, how much they love Lu Chen, those wealthy gentry who have grown stronger by sucking the people's blood and the country's fortune, hate Lu Chen so much.

Of course, not all of the great clans suck the blood of the people, but the life of the real Jishan family has not been affected too much, let alone be implicated by the empty warehouse case.

How to live or how to live.

But those big families who are used to making quick money really hate Lu Chen.

For example, at this time, the wealthy father and son in Hu County.

Seeing the hatred in his father's eyes, Wu Liang immediately felt the same.

After all, who doesn't have a relative who was convicted and exiled thousands of miles because of Lu Chen?

Lu Chen's crime is beyond description.

But life has to go on, no matter how much you hate him, the problem that needs to be solved right now has to be solved as soon as possible.

"Father, since the dog official took office, dozens of tenants in our family have withdrawn their rent."

He frowned tightly and said in a deep voice:

"Now that spring plowing is just around the corner, most of our land is uncultivated. If things go on like this, even if our family goes to battle, it will be difficult to have a harvest this year."

"Moreover, the dog official also sold the grain that Lu Chen snatched from King Yu and other big clans to those mud legs at a low price as if he didn't want money, causing the grain merchants in Yu and Sui prefectures to lose a grain of rice during this time They can't be sold."

"I heard that guy plans to learn from that dog official surnamed Fang in Ping County. In the name of the government, sell part of the proceeds to recruit businessmen to fund the establishment of Huimin Cloth Shop, Huimin Medicine Store, and Huimin Restaurant."

Snapped!

Before he finished speaking, Mr. Wu slammed the table.

"Competing for profit with the people! This is competing for profit with the people!!"

"These damned warriors are so lawless! If you don't drive these dog officials out of Yuzhou as soon as possible, and return Yuzhou to a bright future, my Wu family's hundreds of years of inheritance will definitely be destroyed by these thieves!"

Wu Liang nodded in agreement.

"That's right, this dog official is just like that thief surnamed Lu. Since he took office, he has been shaking the foundation of our big clan in every way. If she continues to act mischievously, no matter how big Yuzhou is, there will be no standing for us. place!"

"You can't sit still."

Boom!

With a crisp sound, the shimmering walnut in Mr. Wu's hand shattered.

He threw away the walnut fragments in his hand, and at the same time said coldly: "Now it's time for me to wait for the life and death of the famous families in Yuzhou. Either those dog officials will die, or we will die."

Hearing this, Wu Liang's expression froze immediately.

"Father, almost the entire county government is now a fan of the Lu thief. Those dog officials are all from martial arts backgrounds, and all of them are highly skilled. Even thousands of King Yu's guards can't stop their attacks. They are simply too strong. , Ordinary means can't do anything to them at all."

"As long as she is human, sooner or later she will have weaknesses."

Mr. Wu stroked his long beard lightly, and said calmly: "As long as she has a weakness, we can solve her."

Hearing this, Wu Liang's eyes lit up immediately: "Does father have a clever plan?"

Old Wu shook his head with an inscrutable expression.

"It's meaningless to solve a lackey. If there is no Liyue in Hu County, there will be Li Yue, and Zhao Yue will parachute to Hu County."

Hearing this, Wu Liang thought for a while, then nodded helplessly.

"Father said yes, so what should we do?"

"To solve the problem, we must start from the root."

Old Wu's eyes were full of indifference.

He stood up slowly, then with his hands behind his back, walked to the window sill beside him, looked at the drowsy sky outside the window, and after a while, he slowly opened his mouth and continued:

"Those dog officials are undoubtedly the Lu Party. As long as Lu Chen and that dog thief are there, they will always be lawless and do evil in Yu and Sui states. Therefore... we must find a way to bring that Lu thief down!"

"If he doesn't fall, the rich families in the two states, and even the rich families in the world will never have peace!"

Hearing this, Wu Liang couldn't help being a little tangled.

"Father, that Lu thief is deeply favored by His Majesty, and he is at the top of the court. How can he be so easily overthrown? Even King Yu and Lord Zhao have died at the hands of Lu thief one after another. How can we get him?"

"Not always."

Old Wu smiled coldly.

"Yuzhou Temple is small, so naturally it can't stop his dragon crossing the river holding the Emperor's Sword, but Luojing is the center of the world where countless outstanding people gather. Almost all the smart people and people with lofty ideals from all over the world gather in the temple. How can the Lords of Gungun tolerate a lunatic like him who is incompatible with the officialdom?"

Speaking of this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "There must be countless high-minded people in the court who are gearing up, ready to bring this guy down, in order to set things right and restore peace to the world, but they haven't found a good one yet. entry point."

"But the old man and the major clans of the two states have the opportunity to find this entry point for them!"

Hearing this, Wu Liang was immediately refreshed, and excitement gradually appeared in his eyes.

"Father, what are we going to do now?"

"Gather first."

Elder Wu turned around, looked at his son, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and ordered: "Liang'er, go and prepare a famous assassin."

"Yu and Sui prefectures are not the only ones suffering from Lu thieves, but my Wu family."

Just when the undercurrents of Yu and Sui states were surging.

In Luo Jing, there was a scene of celebration.

To eradicate the demon queen's party feathers, a scourge that poses a great threat to the Great Xia Empire today, is undoubtedly a great thing for the empress and the court.

Even though the triumphal ceremony had passed, there was still a brisk atmosphere in the morning court.

After the routine pilgrimage was over, an eunuch who was in charge of reading out the imperial decree stood up, and under the curious eyes of the officials, loudly announced the rewards for Lu Chen, the Holy King Cangming and Gu Simiao.

The Holy King Cangming has nothing to say.

Since he is a prince himself, and is a special existence above the first-rank prince, to put it harshly, the holy king can even sit on an equal footing with the emperor.

Therefore, in addition to the original Tianzhu Kingdom, the Empress directly gave him the title of Grand Master.

Become a real top official with one person under one person and above ten thousand people.

The honors of various top officials such as Kaifu Yitong Sansi are directly filled.

In this regard, the officials naturally dare not fart.

The current situation, and even the whole world, were brought back by the Holy King Cangming to help the Empress. The Empress's current authority almost comes from the Holy King.

No one can compare his credit, no matter how high the honor is given to him, he still deserves it.

What's more, if the Holy King really rebelled, who can stop him?

Besides Lu Chen, who would dare to stop him?

Is it true that the power of a saint who can compete head-on with Daxia at its peak is just a display?

It cannot be stopped legally, and there is no chance of winning in terms of strength.

Standing up to oppose at this time is pure courting death, so naturally no one dares to speak out.

After the Holy King received the decree to thank him, it was Gu Simiao's turn to make the first contribution.

The matter of the barren state was almost accomplished by Gu Simiao relying on her own strategy.

As long as she wanted to, she would have no problem swallowing the feats of killing the demon queen and her henchmen. What's more, she also defended the frontier fortresses for the imperial court, took the initiative to attack deep into the enemy's fortresses, and wiped out hundreds of thousands of aliens. Great achievements in winning at least twenty years of peace on the Northwest Frontier.

If she hadn't shared half of the credit for killing the demon queen with Lu Chen, it wouldn't be a problem to be named a first-rank Duke on the spot.

She can directly dump her father Dingyuanhou Gu Yanming by dozens of blocks.

However, if the credit is distributed, it is distributed.

Therefore, the final reward for her stayed in Jiangling County Duke, 3,000 households in Shiyi.

Of course, this is not a bad treatment for her.

After all, Jiangling is a large county with a population of more than one million, and it is far away from the capital. There is no first-rank clan like a prince to hinder it.

As long as she is sealed, she is the most noble existence in Jiangling, and no one dares to mess with her.

Regarding this, Gu Simiao just thanked her indifferently and didn't say much.

Finally it was Lu Chen's turn.

After a lengthy and formulaic compliment, the eunuch finally got to the point:

"In the course of the engineering department, Lu Chen was promoted to the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, and he was granted the title of Xingping County Duke, with eight hundred households in the town."

As soon as these words came out, the whole court was silent.

It was within everyone's expectations to be granted the title of county magistrate, but Xingping County.

Isn't that the fucking one of the counties closest to the capital?

And it's a traffic hub!

Of course, the land under the Son of Heaven's feet is not incapable of being rewarded, but it is the land of those who have made great contributions to the imperial court! Then Lu Chen snatched a county magistrate from a high-ranking county in Shuntian Prefecture just by touching his lips and teeth?

Is this fucking luck for Lu Chen or is His Majesty too partial?

Although the magistrate of Xingping County is not comparable to Gu Simiao's magistrate of Jiangling, in some special senses, he is not necessarily so.

This knighthood is not just based on the rank of the knighthood.

Moreover, this guy has ascended to the sky from a seventh-rank engineering department to a third-rank engineering department right servant. Isn't this a bit too fucking exaggerated?

Although it is an extremely special official position to be humble and powerful, in the past thousand years in Daxia, there have been examples of being directly promoted to senior officials of the second and third ranks from giving affairs.

There are even those who directly join the cabinet.

But it is one thing to have a precedent, but another to be able to apply it.

Those who can directly rise to the top through so many levels are all great sages who have great reputation in the ruling and opposition parties, and have achieved outstanding results during their tenure.

What did he, Lu Chen, do for the court?

Indeed, at the beginning, he risked the disapproval of the world and stood up to support the empress without hesitation, doing his utmost loyalty.

But that is not political achievement after all.

Afterwards, he went to Yu and Sui prefectures to assist Xiao Yun in flood control. Now that the flood has subsided and Xiao Yun has returned to the court, he has made some achievements in this matter.

If he had to count it, in Xia Yan's case, he could be regarded as upholding justice for the court and saving a virtuous minister and the people of Yongchuan, which is also considered a bit of credit.

As for the investigation of empty warehouse cases, appeasing the local people, governing the region as the governor of the two states, eradicating corrupt officials, etc., the merits and demerits of the government have not yet been fully clarified, and the effectiveness of governing the region has not yet been revealed.

It cannot be regarded as his achievements for the time being.

So the ministers are not very satisfied with this.

Jump directly from the seventh rank to the third rank!

What an honor!

He, Lu Chen, has so much virtue and ability. Well, his virtue is enough, but his ability. They don't recognize it!

So courtiers immediately stood up to oppose it.

But the objections of these people mean nothing at all.

The empress personally stood up and pushed, and the holy king said flatly: "This king thinks there is nothing wrong with this award."

Even Gu Simiao stood up and said coldly: "You say that Lu Ji is not worthy, do you think you are worthy?"

The three top bosses supported Lu Chen at the same time, and these people who felt dissatisfied instantly withered, and could only look at Lu Chen with envious and jealous eyes.

This guy is really lucky.

How come every time a bad thing gets into his hands, it turns into a good thing

Such a good thing, why can't it be their turn?

Lu Chen wanted to come out and beep a few words, but the system restrictions are there.

Words and deeds should not be too contrary to common sense, which naturally includes non-compliant refusal of officials.

There is simply no way to say no.

It would be against common sense to forcibly refuse to be promoted under the circumstances of making great contributions to the court and being dedicated to the country.

In desperation, he had no choice but to stand up and accept this honor reluctantly.

Fortunately, this time the system is short-term, and the rewards are mediocre. If the long-term system comes out at the last moment, he is afraid that it will explode on the spot.

Although the long-term rewards are far from being promoted to immortals and demotions, the long-term rewards are also very generous.

So, things settled down.

The three of them each had a reward, and the rest of the participants, such as the soldiers of the Cangling Army who followed Gu Simiao to kill the demon queen, naturally also had their own rewards, but compared with Lu Chen and the others, they were far behind.

However, just when the imperial decree was about to come down, Gu Simiao suddenly stood up.

"Your Majesty, I have something to play."

Hearing this, the empress narrowed her eyes immediately, and said softly:

"Gu Aiqing, please tell me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Gu Simiao nodded, then bowed and saluted, then cupped her hands and said:

"Your Majesty, I request to change the fiefdom."

Hearing this, the courtiers were slightly startled.