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

Chapter 181
Under the suspicious eyes of everyone, Lu Chen reached into his arms, and slowly took out a jade slip about the size of a palm, which was emitting white misty aura, and only officials above the third rank were eligible to own.

In the center of the jade slips, the incomparably square character "gong" is extremely conspicuous.

"I am the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, Lu Chen."

A simple self-introduction immediately surprised most of the officials who gathered here.

The right servant of the Ministry of Industry?so young? !
Third grade master!And he is also a court official in charge of fortifications!

Why doesn't this gentleman come here to drink tea and work in the yamen of the Ministry of Industry?

Immediately afterwards, without waiting for everyone to react, Lu Chen looked around and saw that almost all of these people were dressed as officials, and there was no official official. He opened the tent, but saw that although the tent was wide open, there was no one inside.

Looking at the empty main seat inside, Lu Chen suddenly narrowed his eyes, and a dangerous cold light flashed in his eyes.

Then he turned his head, looked at a middle-aged man who was a secretary in front of him, and said calmly: "I remember that the people in charge of the renovation of the Wuji Palace and the layout of the Xinyuan Grand Ceremony Hall were Xu Sanping, the head of the construction department, Li Quan, and Cui Hao. Right? Where are they?"

"Master Xu and the others..."

Seeing that Lu Chen looked hostile to the visitor and was ready to find fault, the little official hesitated for a moment.

"Say!"

Lu Chen suddenly gave a cold drink.

At the same time as he spoke, a chilling coercion surged from his body, and everyone felt their bodies sinking slightly in an instant.

Two of the young scribes looked at each other and gave each other winks, and then one of them stepped back secretly and disappeared from everyone's sight without making a sound.

The little official couldn't bear Lu Chen's authority, so he faltered and said: "Master Xu, they have something at home..."

"Ah…"

Lu Chen smiled coldly.

"Is there something wrong? Such a coincidence? All three of them have something to do at home?"

The little official wiped the sweat off his face, and said softly, "Yes... yes."

Lu Chen shouted: "Then why didn't I see their fake papers?"

Seeing Lu Chen getting angry, the little official shrank his neck slightly.

"This... this... this little one doesn't know..."

How could these little fishes know about the important people?

And logically speaking, shouldn't this kind of third-rank official talk and laugh with bigger officials every day, discussing national affairs?When did you start to care about whether low-level officials are performing their duties?Director Xu and the others are just sixth-rank officials. Why do you, a third-rank senior official, bother with these trivial matters when you are full?
Lu Chen didn't bother to look at him anymore, so he directly raised his head, looked at the officials who were looking at him with raised brows, and said expressionlessly: "As the chief officer in charge of a project in one place, I didn't see you when I was on duty. No sign of him, not even a fake report, so dereliction of duty, how is it different from dereliction of duty?"

After a pause, he suddenly turned his eyes, glanced at the empty main seat not far away in the tent with the warm spring technique, and said coldly: "If they think that seat is hot, I will If you don’t force others to make things difficult, they won’t have to sit there in the future.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed immediately, and cold sweat broke out in a flash.

Facing the authority of a third-rank boss, most officials with no background would dare not fart, let alone respond to Lu Chen.

"Listen to the officer!"

Lu Chen glanced at them, put the jade slip back into his arms, and said in a cold voice: "I don't care what method you use, I will immediately find Xu Sanping and the three of them for me. I can't see them yet..."

Having said that, he suddenly focused his eyes:
"Dismiss and punish!"

click...

Two tall but timid officials accidentally staggered and fell to the ground. After the others reacted, several small officials immediately stood up and said that they would go to Xu Sanping and the other three immediately. a chief officer.

"And you!"

After giving the order to die, Lu Chen scanned all the officials one by one with his cold eyes, and finally fixed on the little official at the beginning.

"The imperial government conscripted labor for them to come and work, not as a punching bag for you! Moreover, the imperial court did not pay them wages but made them work for the imperial court. They owed them a lot. They are benevolent to the imperial court. How dare you treat them? To be so harsh, wouldn’t it mean that the court would be inhumane and unrighteous?”

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his hand, pointed at their heads one by one, and said angrily:
"Although you are not officials ordered by the imperial court, you are also serving the imperial court, and in a sense, you also represent the imperial court. What is the difference between you and those corrupt officials who are fish and meat?!"

"The people are the foundation of the country. If you mistreat the people, you are shaking the foundation of the country, and the rebels will be punished if everyone wins! Believe it or not, I will punish you rebels who are trying to overthrow our Great Xia Dynasty on the spot!" kill?!"

As soon as these words came out, many officials immediately turned pale, their faces showing fear, their fat bodies trembling constantly, and a cold chill rose continuously from the soles of their feet wrapped in cotton boots, straight to the sky.

Don't look at them being arrogant and domineering in front of those laboring people. When they are in a bad mood, no matter whether they have made a mistake or not, they can just hit them with a whip to make them feel a little better or get some benefits.

But when it comes to real court officials, they are nothing.

"My lord, please spare me, the little ones just want them to work as hard as they can, and there is absolutely no intention of treason!"

"That's right, we are all waiting for the completion of the project as soon as possible, for the sake of the court, but the method is a little more radical, my lord, it is clear!"

"..."

The officials kept begging for mercy. From their point of view, Lu Chen was making excuses. It must be because Master Xu and the others were not pleasing to their eyes, so they made things difficult for them. And they are just fishes in the pool of big shots. How innocent are they?

After all, labor has been like this for thousands of years. These ordinary people work for the court for no benefit. They are already dissatisfied and definitely refuse to work hard. If they are not strictly disciplined and use some drastic means to establish their dignity, how can they be allowed to Be obedient?

Lu Chen, the servant of the manufacturing department, must also know this, knowing that they are absolutely right, so there is no doubt that Lu Chen is deliberately making things difficult for them.

At the same time, the laborers who were temporarily out of supervision not far away saw this scene. They saw that the officials who were domineering on the construction site on weekdays, beat and scolded them at every turn, and did not treat them as human beings were treated by the purple-robed young man. The grandson reprimanded him like that, and he felt very happy in his heart.

Even looking at Lu Chen, while being curious, he was also full of goodwill.

Their idea is very simple, whoever can teach those evil officials who don't treat them as human beings is a good official.

(End of this chapter)