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

"Xiao Shangshu was joking."

Lu Chen shook his head and said calmly: "It's just an unintentional act, what's the merit? The reason why your majesty can comprehend the way of the emperor is because your majesty is the supreme sage who is destined by heaven, and he is very talented and understanding. Excellent, but I just said a few words from the bottom of my heart, which happened to be heard by Your Majesty. Even if I am not here, Your Majesty can quickly understand the Tao from the royal family's secret code, so I just happen to meet you, and I can't be Xiao Shangshu. The theory of the power of heaven."

After a pause, he continued: "And I believe that an official should fulfill his duties and serve the public wholeheartedly. Only by making achievements in his own position that are beneficial to the country and the country can he be considered credit, and only in this way can he be qualified. It is not beneficial to govern the country, it is not beneficial to the country, it is not beneficial to the people, and it is neither of the three, so what is the merit?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yun's moving eyes slowly turned into crescent moons.

He seemed to appreciate Lu Chen's words very much.

Then she chuckled lightly and asked, "Huaiyu, you really don't want to be promoted?"

Xiao Yun's voice was very soft, inexplicably giving people a sense of comfort with the spring breeze blowing on their face.

Hearing that Lu Chen felt a little bit of something in his skull, it was numb, very refreshing.

After a while, he shook his head again, and then said very naturally:

"A high-ranking official with a generous salary may seem beautiful, but behind it is the burden of the community and the well-being of the hundreds of millions of people living in the Great Xia. Those who live in this position must not only have outstanding talents and abilities, but also have the ability to worry about the world beforehand." , the ambition and mind of "Happiness in the World".

"Furthermore, governing a big country is like cooking small fish, and one must be cautious and tread on thin ice in a high position."

Hearing this, especially when Lu Chen casually uttered the famous sentence that shocked the past and the present and the shocking remarks on governing the country, the smile on Xiao Yun's face froze suddenly, and then her eyes widened. Looking at Lu Chen.

After a while, she slowly opened her mouth.

"Worrying about the world's worries first, then enjoying the world's joys"

"Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish"

The corners of Xiao Yun's mouth twitched slightly, uttering ravings that only she could hear.

Just like before, when the empress heard Lu Chen's remarks that "water can carry a boat, it can also overturn it" and "the people are more important than the emperor", she seemed to be in a state of madness.

At the same time, the originally calm spiritual power in her body boiled crazily like boiled water, and then, an extremely pure spiritual energy quietly penetrated into her graceful body, towards the spirit. The position where the veins are located rushes away.

Lu Chen, who was walking forward on his own, didn't notice the strangeness on her face, and continued without realizing it:

"As the saying goes, self-knowledge is valuable. Although I will not belittle myself, I also know how much I am. Now that I have little talent and learning, and my ability is not enough to take on important responsibilities. If I rashly sit in a position that does not match my talent, I may mislead the country and the people. , to delay the important matter."

"Although I am improving myself all the time, I will never have any unreasonable thoughts before I am not capable enough to be qualified for other official positions."

In fact, promotion or something is not absolutely impossible.

After all, the system settlement is based on the change of official positions within the cycle.

Except for the in-place ascension, which is the highest reward, which is triggered immediately after the conditions are met, the other two rewards depend on the change of official position within the cycle.

According to the change of official position during the cycle, there will be three different results and rewards after the end of the cycle:

First, the official position remains unchanged, and random basic rewards can be obtained.

Second, if you are demoted, the reward will be multiplied directly on the basis of the basic reward.

Third, there is no reward for promotion.

The time of the cycle is random, ranging from as long as a few months to as short as a week, and the longer the cycle, the richer the reward, and there is no penalty mechanism in essence.

Therefore, in the small period when the reward is not too high, it is not impossible to consider other official positions that are easy to be demoted or even dismissed because of ineffectiveness or being squeezed out by officials.

After all, after confirming that the empress is a wise monarch, the road of being an official is no longer easy, and other high-risk official positions have to be considered.

And there is one of the system restrictions - it can't go too far against common sense.

That is to say, if he really made some contributions and there is no reasonable reason to refuse the promotion, he can only accept the promotion, which is not completely under his control.

Of course, promotion is not all good for him.

The higher the position, the easier it is not only to make people jealous and to be targeted, but also the more things you can do, and the more deadly you can do.

Therefore, unless it is an uncontrollable promotion, whether to promote or not depends on demand and timing.

Just as Lu Chen finished speaking, there was a sudden "嘿咚" sounded from the side.

However, while the spiritual veins in Xiao Yun's body were constantly being nourished and expanded by the sudden influx of spiritual energy, an indescribable sense of comfort suddenly and quickly spread throughout her body, making her unable to restrain herself from making a sound.

Immediately afterwards, a huge amount of spiritual power quickly filled the widened spiritual veins, and a strong sense of power filled the whole body in an instant.

She actually made a breakthrough in enlightenment so silently!

Unaware of this, Lu Chen suddenly turned his head suspiciously and looked at Xiao Yun.

"Xiao Shangshu, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Xiao Yun shook her head hurriedly, then raised her hand, covering half of her face with the wide sleeve of her official robe, so that Lu Chen could not see her intoxicating blushing face.

"It's nothing, it's just that the nose suddenly feels uncomfortable, which makes Huaiyu laugh."

While speaking, she quickly mobilized the spiritual power in her body and quickly adjusted her physical condition.

Soon, her complexion returned to normal, and she slowly lowered her right hand, revealing a beautiful face that had no trace of abnormality.

Seeing this, Lu Chen didn't think much about it.

"oh."

After responding casually, he turned his head.

Xiao Yun suddenly took a deep breath, and then took a deep look at Lu Chen.

She thinks she has read a lot of poetry and books, and she is familiar with most of the poems and articles handed down to later generations, but she has never heard the phrase "worry about the world's worries before, and enjoy the world's joy later" that can express the author's extreme Great political ambition and great bold poetry.

Moreover, she has never seen the very philosophical saying that governing a big country is like cooking a small fish after careful consideration.

As for Lu Chen, who said the words that could directly make her realize the breakthrough, his identity had already been verified by the Department of Execution of Evil and the Ministry of Household Affairs the moment he became an official, and he was definitely from a clean and poor background.

In other words, this is the truth he realized based on his true inner thoughts, and the poems he composed casually with emotion.

What a noble heart! What an astonishing talent! ! What profound knowledge! ! !

No wonder he stood up resolutely to support His Majesty when the Empress Dowager was in power, and bravely protected His Majesty when the Holy King of Cangming showed his fangs. Qualifications are so trusted by His Majesty.

This is a great talent who truly has the world in mind!

Thinking of this, Xiao Yun looked at Lu Chen with gratitude and reverence.

Naturally, Lu Chen didn't know that he had gained an aura for no reason.

Xiao Yun kept silent, bored, he casually looked around.

After a while, he suddenly noticed the fluorene board in Xiao Yun's hand.

Seeing the densely packed text on it, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked curiously: "Xiao Shangshu, what happened to the Ministry of Industry recently? Why do you have so many matters to report to His Majesty?"