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

Seeing the second assistant Xiao Yun's direct statement, Yan Song, as the first assistant, raised his eyes imperceptibly, with a hint of strangeness in his eyes.

As the current number two person in the court, Xiao Yun is usually low-key, but no one dares to despise her authority, especially since she has a background of the Xiao family, the top family in the Great Xia Empire, and has an extremely strong foundation, and is different from Lu Chen, a grassroots Compared to Leng Tou Qing, who was born in the same family, her intimidating power in some aspects is even greater.

At the same time, Cao Siming, the right servant of the Ministry of Personnel, who was standing behind Xiao Yun, frowned inexplicably.

"Old Xiao Ge."

Yan Guangbi said neither humble nor arrogantly: "The state has national laws and the military has military regulations. No matter what the reason is, it is a fact that Zhang Shiping acted so wantonly and took the initiative to provoke trouble and turned against his colleagues. If the court does not investigate the crime as soon as possible and then punish him severely with thunderous means, he will As a warning to others, my laws in Daxia will definitely be damaged, I hope Mr. Xiao Ge will learn from it!"

Faced with Yan Guangbi's persistence, Xiao Yun's expression did not change at all, and she just said lightly:
"Yan Yushi, I wonder if you still remember what happened to the general?"

Hearing this, everyone's expressions couldn't help but become a little weird.

The general is Gu Simiao.

In order to eradicate the Empress Dowager Zhao and her remnants in one fell swoop and completely eliminate this cancer, Gu Simiao did not hesitate to bear the suspicion of treason and countless infamy, and endured the heavy burden of humiliation.

At that time, almost everyone in the civil and military circles of the court advocated convicting Gu Simiao immediately and beheading everyone in the Gu family. Only Lu Chen stood up against all the opinions and supported Gu Simiao. He even risked his own future and life for this. Only then did everyone have a happy ending.

When Xiao Yun said this now, there was no doubt that she wanted to use Gu Simiao's incident to veto Yan Guangbi's claim.

Yan Guangbi was choked and speechless.

There was a precedent of Gu Simiao, and Lu Chen, as the person involved, had already expressed his position. His persuasiveness was so great that he didn't know how to refute it for a while.

"All right."

Before Yan Guangbi could continue to quote the scriptures, Jiang Chengwan said without any doubt: "According to what Lu Qing said about this matter, we must first investigate the whole thing and then make a conclusion. Don't say any more."

The emperor made a decision and decisively supported Lu Chen as always, and the courtiers were not surprised.

They were used to it. After all, ever since the Empress took charge, they would not disagree with Lu Chen's suggestions.

In addition to playing accurately, it still plays accurately.

No matter how reluctant Yan Guangbi was, facing the strength of the empress, he could only bow his head and reluctantly shout "Your Majesty is wise" together with the others.

After going to court, Lu Chen did not go to the Tiangong Department as usual, but went to the Ministry of Works first.

Although he was a little concerned about Zhang Shiping's affairs, it was only a little.

Compared with the backstabbing guy who sells horses, he cares more about Tiangong Division's next research and development projects and the infrastructure projects that the Ministry of Industry can implement at this stage. For example, Tiangong Division optimizes the smelting process and uses coal for ironmaking to replace the traditional The method of smelting iron in the magic circle, such as studying how to generate spiritual power, can continuously provide spiritual power for various magic circles, and other things such as road construction, house renovation, and water conservancy construction by the Ministry of Industry.

If he wants to pursue political affairs in his position, since he is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he should try his best to do something for the world. Anyway, in the current situation of Daxia, as long as he wants to make a difference, he will naturally offend a group of vested interests. By.

As the saying goes, if you plant flowers intentionally, they will not bloom, but if you plant willows unintentionally, they will create shade. Maybe the opportunity to ascend will come unexpectedly, so there is no need to force it.

"My lord."

As soon as they arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, Zhang Xuan and Wang Qi came up to them and bowed to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen nodded.

"Don't be too polite."

With that said, he walked to his seat and sat down, then looked at the two of them and asked, "Have you finished surveying the prefecture roads, county roads, and rural roads in all counties and counties in Shuntian Prefecture?"

Wang Qi nodded slightly and said, "Reporting to the Lord, the Surveying Department has written and handed in the details of the roads in various places yesterday, and attached the nearby topographic maps and suggestions for considering new construction or diversion of roads."

"very good."

Lu Chen smiled slightly and said: "Then start drawing up the regulations for road construction immediately. When considering it, efficiency should be the main consideration and the needs of the people should be taken into account as much as possible. You don't have to worry about money and food. If there is not enough money, I will find a way. Get it together.”

"Yes! Sir!" The two of them responded in unison.

At this time, they couldn't help but feel a little emotional. It was good to follow Mr. Lu. As long as they were doing things for the Great Xia Dynasty, they didn't have to worry about constraints or lack of money. They just had to find ways to get things done.

When things are done, Mr. Lu will not only not compete with them for credit, but will find ways to pass the credit to his subordinates.

For example, when he repaired the Wuji Palace and prepared for the Xinyuan Ceremony, after it was completed ahead of schedule, he directly passed the credit on to everyone involved in the project, even the working people, as if he was afraid that he would get a little credit. In the end, if it weren't for the empress If you force the credit on him, he will probably take all the credit out of himself.

The same is true for the two research and development projects of Tiangong Division.

To have a boss who is so indifferent to fame and fortune, dedicated to the public good, and who knows how to think about his subordinates, as his subordinate, it is simply not a happy thing to work under him.

Lu Chen then explained some matters concerning the drafting of road construction regulations. For example, when carrying out road construction in the Sili area, we must learn to summarize and learn from various experiences to prepare for future road construction and other major projects in other provinces. So much.

Wang Qi and Zhang Xuan silently wrote down everything Lu Chen said word for word.

Lu Chen had already said before that the road construction would be left to the two of them.

They knew this was a huge opportunity.

If you do well, you will reach the sky in one step, and you will be able to achieve success in a smooth way.

If they don't do well... let alone what will happen to them, just the fact that they have no trust in Lu Chen is enough to make them unable to hold their heads high.

Therefore, this is both a precious opportunity and a heavy responsibility, which cannot be taken carelessly.

The two sticks of incense passed quickly, and Lu Chen finally finished explaining the road construction.

"Say it."

At this time, he seemed to suddenly remember something. He looked solemnly at the two kings of the Ministry of Industry who had been lifted up by him with one hand. Looking at the faint dark circles on their faces, he said slowly: "The matter of building roads is complicated. Incomparable, it is not something that can be accomplished in a day, it can be accomplished overnight. This matter cannot be rushed. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Don't force yourself. Just do your own thing well. You should eat and rest at ordinary times. If you have anything to say to me, please don’t stress yourself over the construction deadline, do you understand?”

Hearing this, the two of them were immediately moved.

Mr. Lu has so many things to do, but he still cares about their health and asks them not to increase their value. From the looks of it, Mr. Lu will not blame them even if the construction period is delayed.

How could they not die for such a most benevolent and kind true gentleman and the pillar of the country? !

After a moment, Wang Qi, who was the first to react, suddenly raised his hand, saluted Lu Chen, and then said in a deep voice: "Thank you for your concern, sir. I will remember it."

Zhang Xuan then said: "The same goes for lower officials!"

Lu Chen shrugged habitually, and then told them to pay attention to their health and not increase their value, and then told them to go about their business.

However, the two did not leave immediately, but talked about another thing.

"By the way, Lord Bendo."

Zhang Xuan spoke first.

"The coal plant and cement plant in Montenegro will start construction in ten days. I wonder who the Lord would like to send to take charge of the construction of the plant?"

Wang Qi added: "The Ministry of Household Affairs has started urging us to decide on the candidate within ten days. Sir, who can go to the Ministry of Works better?"

As soon as these words came out, two names flashed in Lu Chen's mind.

"Well……"

He pondered for a moment, and then continued: "Let Chu take charge of the coal plant, and leave the cement plant to Lin Yi." (End of Chapter)