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

After confirming that the images in the shadow transfer circle were enough to prove Lu Chen's innocence, and that Chai Hongyu did not hesitate to put aside her opposing positions because of her admiration for Lu Chen, and she gave up her life to save Lu Chen, the Empress was completely relieved.

In this way, not only will this incident not leave a stain on Lu Chen, but it will greatly enhance his reputation.

After all, Lu Chen's noble character and extreme benevolence can even influence the chief general of the biggest rebel in the world!

How outrageous is this? !

Since ancient times, how many people can do this? !

The Peerless National Scholar deserves his name!

However, after the dust settled on Lu Chen, the empress suddenly became a little heavy when she recalled the tragic experience of Chai Hongyu when she was a child.

Although she was not the one who was in power at that time, no matter what, the people suffered so much under the rule of the court. Those scenes of hell-like scenes, their crimes would be added to the fate of Daxia.

Recalling what Lu Chen once said, especially the phrase "The king is like a boat, the people are like water, water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize it".

It may sound alarmist, but the empress regards it as the most reasonable.

But now, Chai Hongyu, or the rebels who are now entrenched in the northern part of Tianlan Province, as well as the mobs and rebels who are constantly shaking the foundation of Daxia's rule, fully prove this point.

Although these traitors are still unable to overthrow the sky, and Yu Jiuyuan, Chai Hongyu and others do not have the strength to fight against the imperial court, but one can't do it, what about two? What about three?

If the imperial court does not pay attention to the common people, and allows the corrupt officials in Chai Hongyu's hometown to act recklessly, or devote themselves to cultivating Taoism regardless of people's livelihood, sooner or later there will be more Yu Jiuyuan and more Chai Hongyu until the Great Xia Dynasty is overthrown.

Realizing this, the empress quickly fell into deep thought.

She couldn't help but think about how the millennium Great Xia has been corrupted under all kinds of evils... If the "Rejuvenation Trend" created by the late emperor is like this, then after six years of the Demon Queen's reign, the people of Great Xia , How much life is left?

Thinking of this, a solemn look quietly appeared in the empress' eyes.

The burden on the shoulders seems not as simple as imagined.

To create the truly prosperous world that Lu Chen is looking forward to, there is a long way to go...

Shaking her head, she was about to stop the Yuanling technique and at the same time interrupt the soul search technique.

It's not that she couldn't hold on anymore.

Although the secret method of the extreme way consumes a lot, she is the master of the sword of the extreme way after all, and there are various magic circles in the Taiji Hall that can provide boosts for the supreme beings who practice the way of the emperor, so she naturally does not need to use the secret method of the extreme way. Lu Chen risked his life like that.

Just a little tired.

The main reason is that now that Lu Chen's innocence has been proven, there is no need to continue the soul search and let Chai Hongyu continue to suffer.

However, just when she was about to withdraw her spiritual power——

Hush! !

Accompanied by a sudden burst of heat, Chai Hongyu's body suddenly burst into a dazzling red light.

Immediately afterwards, the red light suddenly contracted extremely rapidly, forming a fiery red translucent energy body in the blink of an eye.

"Clang clang!"

There was a loud and sonorous cry, and the translucent energy body turned into a two-foot-wide divine bird, wrapping Chai Hongyu firmly in the energy body.

Seeing this sudden scene, everyone turned pale with shock.

"Escort! Escort!!"

"Protect Your Majesty!!"

"Your Majesty, back off!"

"..."

Xuanjiwei and a group of imperial guards started to move one after another.

Facing the reminders from the courtiers, the Empress raised her hand calmly, and said calmly: "It's just a trivial matter, don't panic, all step back, with Gu Aiqing here, I'm very safe."

Hearing this, everyone still hesitated to remind them again.

However, the empress just held the sword of extreme dao, walked up to Lu Chen silently, and said in a concentrated voice:

"Back off!"

Feeling this unquestionable order, everyone's expression froze immediately, and they didn't dare to say another word.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The riot stopped there.

The next moment, as if to prove the empress' judgment was correct, the fiery red bird-like energy body suddenly condensed on Chai Hongyu's body, and with the influx of this energy, the originally painful expression on Chai Hongyu's face began to gradually fade away. eased down.

"oh?"

Gu Simiao who was at the side suddenly let out a light snort.

"Rebirth from the ashes, an immortal spirit body..."

She slowly put down her hands that were holding the hilt of the long sword at her waist, and the incomparably surging spiritual power in her body gradually dissipated and returned to her spiritual veins.

"A descendant of Suzaku... tsk tsk, no wonder they led a group of mobs to make such a fuss in the three provinces of Qingning and Ningxia. Even Wang Gan couldn't do anything about her. Is that the case..."

Hearing this, the Empress also recalled a certain record in the Royal Secret Code, and for some reason, she gave Lu Chen a subtle look, with a hint of meaning in her eyes.

This little episode passed quickly.

At the same time, the picture on the shadow transfer circle changed again.

What appeared in it this time was the changes in various parts of Yuzhou after Lu Chen left Yuzhou.

After confirming that Lu Chen was safe and sound, Chai Hongyu did not immediately leave Yuzhou to return to the anti-thief camp in Tianlan Province. Instead, from the perspective of a bystander, she traveled around Yuzhou and witnessed with her own eyes what Lu Chen brought to Yuzhou. Change.

Especially those counties where the acting county magistrates who claim to be Lu Chen's disciples are located.

At this time, the screen displayed on the light curtain of the Shadow Transmission Array was an unknown field where dozens of people were busy driving cattle with hoes.

Among them, a big man with a height of nine feet and a beard of one foot, who was sweating with his bare arms was particularly conspicuous.

The reason why he is conspicuous is not only because of his tall stature, but also because he is wearing a robe that can only be worn by a county magistrate.

Obviously, he was one of the acting county magistrates sent by Lu Chen to the various counties to govern the place.

After a while, Chai Hongyu's gaze moved forward, and soon came to the burly man.

"My lord the county."

"Um?"

The big man froze for a moment, then turned his head, and when he saw Chai Hongyu, his face was obviously surprised.

"You are... Miss Chai?"

"My lord, do you know who I am?"

"Well, the Commander has explained to me."

The man explained briefly, and then asked:

"What is Miss Chai looking for?"

certain?

Hearing this claim, some courtiers immediately turned dark. What Ye Shilang said was true, the people sent by Lu Chen are really not official at all!

Let these people be officials, what is the face of the court?

If things go on like this, will the local people still treat the government like gods like they did in the past?

However, when the empress saw this scene, her inner thoughts were completely opposite to theirs.

Because she noticed that when the big man stopped and chatted with Chai Hongyu, the surrounding people were attracted by the movement here and looked over one after another. Although the people looked at the big man without much fear in their eyes, they didn't either. Numb like a walking dead.

Their spirits are obviously much better than the state of the people she saw in the various information collected by Xuanjiwei.

Living under the empress dowager's eyes for six years made her extremely sensitive to people's hearts. From the eyes of those common people, she instinctively felt a different kind of vitality.

At this time, Chai Hongyu in the light curtain asked straight to the point: "My lord, if you don't stay in the county government well, why do you condescend to come here and do these vulgar things?"

"Oh, this one."

The big man put down the hoe in his hand and said without hesitation:

"There is nothing important in the county government office. Now spring plowing is just around the corner. I heard that there is a shortage of labor in some places, and they may not be able to finish the work, which will delay the spring plowing. So I brought someone over to see if I can help."

Chai Hongyu was silent for a while, then asked again: "But you, my lord, are the ruler of a county, and you go to the fields in person..."

"What's there?"

Men disagree.

"Mr. Lu said that in life, you must put yourself in the right position and do well what you should do within the scope of your duties. Only in this way can you have a clear conscience and stand tall between heaven and earth, and what a county parent official has to do , is to benefit the local people.”

After a pause, he continued: "Someone is a vulgar person who doesn't understand any great principles, and he's not like those monks who descended to earth from the stars of Wenqu, who are full of ink and full of ideas. Somebody only knows that since he became the parent officer, he will Think about what the people think, be anxious about what the people are anxious about, and since the people are short of labor, I will come here to help them do what I can."

Hearing this, Chai Hongyu was stunned for a while.

"If Miss Chai has nothing to do, I will be busy first."

Chai Hongyu reacted immediately, and bowed to him.

This memory ends here.

And in this scene, only Lu Chen, who is performing the soul search technique, knows how Chai Hongyu will feel after hearing the answer from the hulking county lord.

Immediately afterwards, the next memory emerged again.

This time, the picture in the light curtain turned into a bustling county town.

Although there was no magistrate of a burly man, nor a magistrate in official robes doing rough work, the scene this time was still very strange.

For example, this is obviously just a small county's flow of people, but it's not much worse than that in Fucheng!

On both sides of the not-so-spacious street, there is a vendor shouting and selling every half a foot. There are all kinds of goods in front of them, including jewelry, pots and pans, sugar figurines, rouge, oil umbrellas, etc. Many special snacks from all over the world.

These snack bars were full of people, and there was a long queue at the door, but they didn't make a fuss. Although they were a little impatient, they waited patiently in place. From time to time, a waiter came out with tea and handed it to them. Laugh along with them to relieve their impatience.

But the most interesting thing is that at the corner of the street, there are no odds and ends, no food, but a table with a banner with two large characters of "recruitment".

"Come and see, come and see, Mr. Li is recruiting workers, the monthly salary is two guan, one off every six days, and one meal is included!"

"Wang Yuanwai is a bodhisattva with a heart, and is willing to donate generously to the poor people in Ping County. He only needs to work in the Wang's cloth workshop in the west of the city for a month, and he can get enough for a family for a season. If you are interested, come quickly, the number of places is limited, first. Come first served!"

"Yanping Wharf is recruiting 20 laborers, 500 yuan a month as a guarantee, more work, more pay, one meal is included, and they are required to be physically strong, hard-working..."

"..."

Many people with patched clothes were attracted by these shouts and gathered towards the recruitment office.

Clearly, they are more interested in making money than spending it.

With hope on their faces, a group of people asked the recruiters one after another, and they signed contracts after a while.

Immediately afterwards, after confirming the employment, the recruiter actually took out a small bag of rice and a hundred dollars from under the table and gave them to the people who were about to start working. Then, under the surprised eyes of the other party, he said with a smile that this was the new county employee. According to the decree issued by Mr. Lingfang, all those who do business in Ping County must give some money and grain as settlement expenses after recruiting workers.

Chai Hongyu just quietly watched those people express their gratitude to the recruitment office, and then happily left with a small bag of money and food.

Seeing this scene, the courtiers had mixed reactions.

Qian Yiqian and others naturally dismissed it, thinking that a county's business is too heavy, which is not a good thing. The county magistrate must be a mediocre official who has lost his mind in yellow and white things, and he must read a book when the time comes.

On the other hand, Liu Dongyang, Fang Ping, Xiao Yun and the others looked pensive.

At this time, the picture in the light curtain flashed, and then suddenly there was a scene that made everyone feel a little familiar.

At the gate of the county government office in Pingxian County, a handsome young man dressed in a robe of a county official bowed his hands to a middle-aged businessman with a big belly and sent him away with a smile on his face.

That's right, it was the picture in the photo charm that Ye Cheng sued Lu Chen's disciples for committing crimes in various counties.

And now, the continuation of that picture talisman is displayed in front of everyone.

Chai Hongyu walked over.

"Master Fang."

She naturally knew Fang Yu, after all, Fang Yu promised to give her a reward for the righteous man when he rescued Gou'er Village.

It's just that she never went to the Ping County Yamen to ask for it.

"It's you, Miss Chai."

Fang Yu took a deep look at her, and then said softly, "Miss Chai is here to collect the reward?"

"No, I don't understand something, and I want to ask Mr. Fang to clarify my doubts."

"Miss Chai is serious. You are the savior of hundreds of villagers in Gou'er Village. As their parents and officials, you are also my benefactor. If you have any questions, you can just ask me. Definitely know everything."

Chai Hongyu nodded slightly, and then asked straight to the point as before:

"Lord Fang, I remember that officials don't seem to like dealing with businessmen, and they despise business affairs. You are so close to businessmen, aren't you afraid of spreading the word and being ridiculed by your colleagues?"

Fang Yu shrugged.

"It doesn't matter, they can laugh if they want to. Anyway, I don't intend to deal with them."

After a moment of silence, Chai Hongyu then asked, "My lord, why do you want to practice business in the county?"

Fang Yu said without hesitation: "Because business can benefit the common people."

Hearing this familiar answer, Chai Hongyu couldn't help being stunned.

"But Governor Lu's instruction?"

"Um."

Fang Yu nodded, and when he mentioned Lu Chen, his eyes gradually showed reverence.

"Master Lu once said that an official should pursue the principle of the great way, and although there are countless ways in this world, as long as it is beneficial to the people and can benefit the people, whether it is the way of merchants or the way of investigating things, or the way of The way of medicine and the way of diet are all great ways.”

"I am not talented. Apart from the holy way and martial arts, the only thing that can be obtained is the way of merchants."

Chai Hongyu immediately understood.

After the trip to Ping County, Chai Hongyu continued to go to several other counties. In almost every county, she saw these acting county magistrates who had been taught by Lu Chen's words and deeds and claimed to be Lu Chen's disciples, using their own skills that monks had always looked down upon. The small trails benefit the local people.

And the counties in Yuzhou, in their governance strategy that is incompatible with the current mainstream, are gradually changing towards the direction of the prosperous age in her mind.

Finally, I am busy with work at the end of the month, and I will resume normal updates tomorrow