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

"What? My Lord, you are going back to Beijing?!"

Yuzhou, Lingyun Prefecture.

Lingyun Palace.

Cangyue looked at Lu Chen, who was sitting high up in the seat, with a look of surprise on her face and couldn't help but blurt out.

The others also looked extremely shocked.

In order to avoid public unrest, Lu Chen did not spread the news of his assassination. Therefore, all the officials present did not understand. Lu Shaobao had only been in Yuzhou for two months, and the affairs of the seven provinces had just been carried out in an orderly manner. Why did he suddenly have to return to Beijing?

And judging from the situation, he probably won’t come to Yuzhou in the short term.

Naturally, Lu Chen would not be so foolish as to tell anyone that the empress had given him the power of the First Emperor. He just made up an excuse.

"Ah."

He nodded slightly to everyone.

"Your Majesty has issued an urgent decree that I must return to the capital immediately. After I leave, Lingyun Prefecture will be temporarily governed by the cabinet's deputy assistant, Lord Xiao Yun. I ask that you all do your best to assist Lord Xiao in handling the affairs of various places."

Hearing this, Xia Yan, who had just been promoted to the governor of Yuzhou, could not help but frown. After a slight hesitation, he asked directly:
"Lu Shaobao, may I ask, after Lord Xiao comes, will the general direction you set before continue, and will the many policies continue to be implemented? If Lord Xiao feels that the policies you set are inappropriate, what should we do?"

During this period, Lu Chen did not simply sort out the affairs of the seven provinces. After completing his visits to various places, he spent more than half a month formulating the development direction of each province.

Of course, this is just a general direction. Specific matters have not yet been carried out, and many details need to be continuously adjusted and improved during implementation.

Yuzhou and Suizhou are easy to deal with. The officials were basically trained by Fang Yu and others, and Fang Yu and others were trained by Lu Chen inadvertently. In fact, these officials are all Lu Chen's disciples, who treat Lu Chen with great respect and have extremely high execution ability.

Therefore, it is not difficult to implement the policies in the two states. Even if Xiao Yun comes, these officials will implement the policies proposed by Lu Chen. However, it is different in other provinces.

The officialdom of the seven provinces is quite complicated, similar to that of the two states in the past. The new system has not been thoroughly implemented, and everything is still in its infancy, with an extremely shallow foundation.

According to Xia Yan's many years of experience as an official, it would be troublesome if Xiao Yun and Lu Chen had different political views.

However, this kind of thing cannot be said openly and can only be mentioned implicitly.

Lu Chen naturally understood what Xia Yan meant.

However, he just shook his head indifferently and said very easily: "Lord Xia, you don't have to worry too much about this. I have a close relationship with Lord Xiao, and she will definitely not make things difficult for you, and..."

He looked around and continued:
"My return to the capital does not mean that I will completely abandon the seven provinces. His Majesty's order is to let me take over the post of governor-general remotely. In general, I will still be the one in charge. If the situation is urgent, you can call me at any time."

Hearing this, Xia Yan's expression suddenly relaxed.

As long as we don’t get into a situation where gods are fighting each other, it’s fine.

Then Lu Chen looked at Cangyue again and said solemnly: "General Cangyue, the Xingping Army will be the fundamental guarantee for the stability of the seven provinces. I hope you can take more care to train them as soon as possible. I will ask Lady Xiao to give priority to the supply of the necessary materials and armaments. You can also tell Lady Xiao if you have any ideas. She will not refuse."

Cangyue opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but when the words came to her lips, she didn't say them, but nodded heavily.

"Yes, Master Lu, I will keep it in mind."

Seeing that she agreed, Lu Chen turned his attention to other people and arranged the main tasks that he had sorted out recently one by one.

Time passed by minute by minute, and before I knew it, five hours had gone by.

The documents on the desks of the officials below were mostly filled with notes, and the photo stones were always open. Obviously, everyone knew that this meeting was extremely important, and every word and every sentence said by Lu Chen could not be missed.

Among these officials of Lingyun Mansion and hall officials from various places, 70% are people in the Saint Realm, mainly Fang Yu and other disciples from the Xuanji Guard and the talents they trained.

They are all reformists who firmly implement Lu Chen's ideas. Although they are not master and disciple in name, they are master and disciple in reality. When facing Lu Chen, they will naturally be meticulous.

As for the other hall officials, some were recommended by Xiao Yun, some were clerks from the Cangling Army of Huangzhou, some were children from poor families in Yuzhou who had received favors from Lu Chen, and only a very few were newly-appointed Jinshi who had recently passed the imperial examination.

Although they could not guarantee that they would all agree with Lu Chen, their overall execution was still very strong. When Lu Chen was exhausted from talking and gave the last order regarding Xizhou, the moon was already bright outside and it was extremely quiet.

"Let's get here first today."

Lu Chen looked tired. He then stretched out his hand, rubbed his temples out of habit, and said with all his strength:

"Do you have any questions? If you have any questions, please ask me now while I am still here, otherwise I will have to return to Beijing later."

Seeing this, Chai Hongyu and Fu Ya behind him both looked worried.

Although it was not the first or second time that Lu Chen completely disregarded his health for work, in order to ensure his health, they had tried their best to prevent him from being physically weak, but even so, they still felt worried every time they saw Lu Chen forcing himself.

Seeing that Lu Chen looked unwell, Cang Yue could not help but say, "Master Shao Bao has described it in such detail. We have been working very hard just now, so we naturally have no doubts. It is getting late, Master Shao Bao should go back and rest."

As soon as these words were spoken, the few officials who had originally wanted to ask questions immediately swallowed back what they were about to say.

Cangyue's words directly blocked them.

If they spoke, it would be tantamount to publicly admitting that they had been slacking off and distracted.

Forget it, I won’t ask. Anyway, I have the photo stone. At worst, I can pay for it myself to look at it a few more times, or ask other people. There is always a way.

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Moreover, seeing that Lu Chen was obviously extremely tired, it would be bad to delay Lu Chen's rest if they spoke at this time. They did have some foresight.

So, after Cangyue finished speaking, a group of officials including Xia Yan hurriedly said that they were fine and asked Lu Chen to rest early.

Seeing this, Chai Hongyu and Fu Ya both breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Cangyue with approval at the same time.

I didn't expect that this female general who looks so rigorous and serious actually has such a meticulous side.

Seeing this, Lu Chen did not insist.

"In that case, you should go back and rest early."

Everyone responded immediately in unison.

"Yes!"

"Your Excellency should also go to bed early."

Lu Chen nodded, then stood up, greeted everyone, and turned away with Fu Ya and Chai Hongyu.

Cangyue kept her gaze on Lu Chen's departing back, a hint of reluctance flashing in her eyes.

She didn't look away until Lu Chen's figure completely disappeared.

At this time, a young man in a civil servant's robe walked up behind her and said softly, "General Cangyue, we are on the same way, how about we go back together?"

Hearing someone calling her, Cangyue quickly came to her senses.

She glanced at the young man calmly, then shook her head and refused: "No, I have something else to do and need to stay in Lingyun Mansion for a while, you can go back by yourself."

Hearing this, the young man's expression froze slightly.

But he obviously didn't give up, and leaned closer and said, "Then I'll wait for you. I have nothing else to do. I..."

However, before he could finish his words, Cang Yue interrupted him impatiently, "Lu Shaobao just told me a lot of things. Qian Yue, are you sure you are okay now?"

Qian Yue was suddenly choked and was speechless for a while.

Cangyue was too lazy to say more to him, so she turned around and walked straight towards the side hall of Lingyun Mansion.

As he watched her graceful figure walking away, a gloom quietly flashed across Qian Yue's seemingly sunny and handsome face. (End of this chapter)