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

The arrival of Fu Huan and Li Yue completely broke the peace of the Lu family.

Only three days later, Lu Chen's memorial appeared in front of the empress' desk again.

As always, we went straight to Tianting without passing through the Three Pavilions.

This is also one of Lu Chen's privileges as the most favored minister of the Yongchu Dynasty. As long as it is a secret made by him, it does not need to be approved by the Three Pavilions. It is approved directly by the emperor and no one can stop it.

After reading Lu Chen's memorial, Jiang Chengwan suddenly raised his eyebrows.

"Mud and stone..."

What the memorial was talking about was naturally about Liyue and mud and stone. At the same time, Lu Chen also asked the empress to take away his vacation in advance and let him return to the Tiangong Department to take charge of the overall situation and verify the low-cost and large-scale production of mud and stone in Liyue. feasibility.

New building materials have emerged so quickly, which is a great thing for both the Tiangong Department and Jiang Chengwan himself. In this case, there is no need to waste time. All materials are ready-made. In theory, Liyue has already roughly tested it and just started working on it.

Lu Chen is the backbone of the Tiangong Division. Such a big thing cannot be done without him.

Under this premise, even if he is forced to rest at home, given his temperament, he will definitely be unhappy in the house...

After thinking about this, Jiang Chengwan sighed helplessly.

Meeting such a workaholic, as an emperor, she didn't know whether to be happy or depressed.

Shaking her head, she still picked up the pen and marked the word "accurate" on the memorial.

Although three days is not long, it is enough to digest the therapeutic effects of the Wuxiang Innate Formation and Yaochi. Since Lu Chen's body has recovered, let him be.

So as not to make him sick.

And just when the empress reluctantly let Lu Chen go free.

Hubu Yamen.

"I'll say it again!"

Wu Yue's eyes widened with anger, and he stared at the left and right ministers in front of him with an angry expression, and said loudly: "Before I leave today, the one hundred thousand taels of silver that I have finally collected must be handed over to the Tiangong Department. No one can say anything. It won’t work, even if Mr. Yan Ge comes here in person!”

"Whoever dares to obstruct this matter again, even if I risk my life and risk my life, I will drive all those who hinder me out of the court. If you don't believe me, just give it a try and see if it's your backstage What’s tough is my official seal from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the pen of my disciples and former officials!”

The words were filled with a decisiveness that would make a difference.

Hearing what he said, the faces of Zheng Guang and Yue Maocai, the left and right ministers of the Ministry of Household Affairs, suddenly stiffened slightly.

The two looked at each other, and then Zheng Guang said with some seriousness: "Master Bu Tang, it was not us who deliberately obstructed it, and you are the official of Hu Bu Tang. In Hu Bu, as long as it is your decision, no one can stop it. You, but I have worked with Mr. Butang for many years, and I have always admired you as a person, Mr. Butang, and I really don’t want to see you embark on a road of no return.”

Yue Maocai continued: "Yes, sir, this Tiangong Division is a bottomless pit. Although the performance of those people in the coal-making incident is indeed unexpected, it is just a blind cat encountering a dead mouse. It is impossible to be lucky every time." So good, and I don’t even have a clue about this so-called new building material. It’s more illusory than coal, almost like looking for a needle in a haystack. It’s even a question of whether there is such a thing in the world. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were poured into it, and in the end it didn’t even make a splash. If you can’t even float up, then your lord..."

"Don't talk about this with me!"

Before Yue Maocai could finish speaking, Wu Yue interrupted in a cold voice: "Whether this matter can be accomplished or not, it is my own business. I have already been a sinner of the Ministry of Household Affairs once, and I must not be a criminal a second time, even if In the end, I lost all my money. The worst I can do is to beg for your bones from Your Majesty. If I fail to serve Daxia well, I should abdicate in favor of someone worthy of my honour. This is the right thing to do, what's the pity?"

Seeing that he still showed no sign of relenting, the two of them frowned at the same time.

This old guy is really not stubborn.

Just like before, as long as it is something he believes in, he will stick to it no matter what. This is true for coal and now it is also true for new building materials.

Of course, they don't actually care whether Wu Yue will lose his security in the late festival. What they care about is the 100,000 taels of silver that Wu Yuedong scraped together.

The money was taken from their pockets and those of some untouchable characters...

"Lord Budo."

Zheng Guang spoke again to persuade: "To put it bluntly, as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, you are using money from the treasury to gamble on a hopeless future. Isn't it a loss for your ministerial position? Listen to the official's advice and take advantage of the money now. If you send it over, everything can be undone. You are a veteran of two dynasties, and you have worked hard for the country. You have made great achievements. As long as you honestly admit your mistake to His Majesty, I think His Majesty will not embarrass you."

"You don't have to worry about the carboniferous matter. No one will think that it is your fault, sir. After all, who would have thought that the people in the Tiangong Division would be so lucky, and luck will eventually run out. The research on this new material , let alone one hundred thousand taels of silver, even if one million taels of silver are thrown in, there will never be any good results if you gamble everything on it, Lord Butang. I hope Lord Butang will think twice!"

"Ah……"

Wu Yue smiled coldly.

"Those who think twice are those who think about danger, think about retreat, and think about change. This is the essence of the way to be an official. I have been ups and downs in the officialdom for decades. I have experienced the world, served as a seventh-rank county magistrate, and also served as a second minister in the dynasty. How to be an official, it’s not your turn to teach me.”

Hearing this, Zheng Guang, who is now only in his early forties, was suddenly told that the ground was red.

Wu Yue said again: "I have made up my mind on this matter. Don't say anything more and do it immediately. If it delays my important affairs, I will ask for your help!"

After that, without waiting for the two of them to respond, he waved his sleeves and left without giving any face.

Looking at his retreating back, the faces of the two people suddenly became more and more ugly.

"hateful!"

Yue Maocai punched the table next to him angrily.

"Of course this old guy is like a stone in a latrine. It's smelly and hard. He can't even listen to people's words. He deserves to be tricked by the Tiangong Department and he won't be guaranteed for the rest of the year."

Zheng Guang snorted coldly.

"Hmph, let's see how long he can be arrogant. After tens of millions of taels of silver are thrown in, he won't even be able to make a splash in the end. I want to see if he can still be as strong as he is now. Then we will join forces and participate in He will drive this guy out of the household department completely, lest this guy disturb the peace of the court in the future."

"This one hundred thousand taels of silver should be regarded as being fed to the dogs by this fellow."

They were just ministers of the Ministry of Revenue. After all, it was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue who had the final say on how to spend the money. As long as Wu Yue insisted, they could do nothing except write to the emperor.

As for writing to the emperor...

Come on, the empress's favor towards Lu Chen was seen by almost everyone. She and Lu Chen were so close that they only had to wear a pair of trousers, so writing a letter was useless.

I don't know how many people wrote letters to impeach Lu Chen, but the empress didn't respond at all. Apparently, she suppressed all the impeachment memorials.

As the saying goes, the first level of officialdom kills people. Even if Wu Yue insists on his own way and supports the Tiangong Division, they can only obey Wu Yue's instructions and send the money to others.

Then secretly looking forward to seeing Wu Yue's jokes.

It is worth looking forward to the fact that a dignified veteran of two dynasties ended up in ruins and ruined reputation due to a moment of confusion.

Is not it?