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

As Xuanwuwei captured the last rebellious minister and his family into the sky prison, the blood that had permeated Luojing City for half a month finally dissipated on the last day of the sixth year of Shenghe.

The gates of the city were wide open, and various prohibitions and restrictions were lifted.

Luo Jing City, which was extremely prosperous in the past, began to regain its vitality.

In this bloody change of power, although the people trembled every day, they did not suffer any substantial losses.

After all, the Cangming army is not a secular army. They have strict discipline and are extremely obedient to Jiang Chengdao, the holy king of Cangming. When Jiang Chengdao gives an order, they will not embarrass any unarmed Luojing people. commit.

Xuanwuwei's handling of cases in Beijing is not as barbaric as Xiuyiwei's. When he arrests the demon queen's followers and the whole family of rebellious officials who don't have Daxia in their hearts, it will not affect the surrounding people.

Soon, the common people discovered that although the turmoil in Luojing was a big one this time, it had nothing to do with them.

There were no rebellious army robbers who rushed into their homes to snatch food and livestock, and even harbored evil thoughts towards the women in the family as the ancestors said. On the contrary, Xuanwuwei has been maintaining order, so that those rogues who are restless on weekdays dare not have the slightest change.

As time went by, the fear of the people gradually dissipated, and at the same time they increasingly accepted the existence of the Cangming Army.

As soon as the ban was lifted, they couldn't wait to go out and resume their livelihoods.

While the people resumed production, the imperial court also began to operate normally.

On the last day of the sixth year of Shenghe, the Great Court Meeting was held normally.

The first thing announced was to change the Yuan.

Sheng He is the reign title chosen by the Empress Dowager Zhao, and it is one of the empress' symbols of humiliation. Now that the Empress finally overthrew the Empress Dowager Zhao and was able to take power in person, naturally she will no longer use this reign title that symbolized the humiliation of the past.

The empress announced loudly in person: change Yuan Yongchu, amnesty the world!

In the tide of the officials below shouting long live, the despair, humiliation, anger, forbearance, and weakness of the empress have all completely passed away.

The empress raised her hand, pressing the void.

In an instant, the hall of Tai Chi became audible.

After the announcement of the Yuan change, the next thing to do is to reward meritorious deeds.

This time the Queen Mother Zhao was brought down, the greatest contribution was without a doubt the Cangming Sacred King and the Cangming Army under his command.

They traveled thousands of miles to the capital to punish the demon queen, wipe out disobedient ministers, and save the empress from fire and water. With such a monstrous achievement, the empress would naturally not treat them badly.

However, the Holy King Cangming is a special existence above the king's title. High officials, rich salary and titles are meaningless to him, and there is basically nothing to seal.

The real benefit of the Holy King lies in the Cangming Holy Land.

So the empress replaced the regular rewards with policies and a large amount of supplies that are beneficial to the Cangming Holy Land, and granted Jiang Chengdao the exclusive title of [Tianzhu Kingdom], which is above the Badazhu Kingdom, giving him supreme honor and status.

For this, Jiang Chengdao was naturally thankful for his kindness.

The rest of the generals of the Cangming Army also received various degrees of rewards, and some of them directly filled the vacancies in the Dudu's Mansion.

Of course, this is all the result of Jiang Chengdao's instigation, otherwise, as the generals of the Cangming Army, it would be impossible for them to accept the imperial court because of their sense of belonging to the Cangming Realm and their loyalty to the Holy King.

After the award of military merit, a series of official appointments of civil servants followed.

And the first appointment was not the appointment of two new bachelors who joined the cabinet, but the appointment of a fifth-rank official.

That's right, it was the imperial decree to appoint Lu Chen as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and to reward him with a thousand taels of gold, a hundred treasures of spiritual fields, and various natural and earthly treasures!

Only his appointment and Jiang Chengdao's award were announced by imperial decree alone, which shows that the Empress attaches great importance to and favors him.

When the eunuch finished reading the imperial decree loudly, the courtiers were envious immediately.

At this time, they had fully understood that the Empress's timidity and cowardice all this time was just a disguise to overthrow the Queen Mother Zhao. In reality, she was extremely powerful, wise and decisive, and had the air of a hero.

Even a scheming and ruthless figure like the Queen Mother Zhao was overthrown by her when she held an absolute advantage. From this, it can be seen how powerful the girl emperor on the dragon chair who they have despised for six whole years is. .

You must know that she was only ten years old when she was pushed to the throne by the Queen Mother Zhao who had completely controlled the court!

It can be predicted that the empress, who is backed by the big tree of Cangming Holy Land, must have a strong control over the entire Great Xia.

What kind of happiness is it for a subject to be favored by such a powerful emperor?

Many courtiers began to think about how to make friends with Lu Chen, and it is best to build a relationship.

However, after hearing the content of the imperial decree, especially the lavish praise for Lu Chen, the two bachelors who were about to enter the third pavilion frowned tightly, and a trace of dissatisfaction flashed across their turbid old faces.

Not only them, but also the "celebrities" invited by the Empress from exile to take important positions like them also had a strange look on their faces, obviously a little dissatisfied with the empress's high-profile favor on a newcomer who had just entered the official position.

In addition, he felt inexplicably disgusted with Lu Chen.

But they did not stand up against it.

With the full support of the Holy King Cangming, the empress has completely controlled the imperial court. As the saying goes, when a new official takes office, there are three fires. When the emperor first takes control of the decree issued by the court, he will only openly oppose it and challenge the majesty of the emperor when he has a brain twitch.

They finally returned to the court, and there was no need to directly conflict with the emperor.

So what if I just let that fellow be proud for a while?

They have plenty of means to expel these lucky ones from the court.

Let's see what happens in the future.

However, in the eyes of the ministers, Lu Chen, who was so favored by His Majesty and should be complacent, turned green with anger.

Promotion? Genuine fifth grade?

And he is still the official of the Ministry of Officials?

Are you so poisonous?

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Chen directly raised his footsteps, passed the two colleagues next to him, and walked to the red carpet in the middle.

"Your Majesty can't!"

As soon as these words came out, all the officials were shocked.

what's the situation?

Before everyone could react, Lu Chen raised his voice and said, "I consider myself to be mediocre. I have only been an official for a season, and I don't know everything about government affairs. I don't even have the most basic knowledge. How can I take on this important position?"

As he spoke, he paused for a moment, then raised his voice inexplicably, and continued: "Besides, I have not made any outstanding achievements since I took up the engineering department, and I have not achieved an inch of merit. You should not boast so much, and please take it back. Choose another talented person to take on this important position!"

Hearing this, everyone was shocked and speechless.

They never expected that the person who stood up against the empress's generous reward to Lu Chen was actually Lu Chen himself!

This is a five-level official promotion, and it is still an important position in the Ministry of Officials!

Just refuse? !

And at the risk of offending the empress, openly rejecting the empress' kindness in the court?

In this world, is there really such a selfless and dedicated person?

Is he really not afraid of offending the empress because he doesn't know how to praise?

For a moment, countless thoughts flashed through the courtier's mind.

The courtier who was the first to react was full of doubts on his face. He couldn't figure out why Lu Chen refused such a great thing.

Not only the officials, but even the empress felt that her brains were not enough.

What's the matter? Are you still not happy to be promoted?

Looking at Lu Chen standing in the center of the hall with a determined face, his loud words just now echoed in his mind, the empress didn't know how to react for a while, and was speechless for a long time.