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

"Floods in Yuzhou and Suizhou?"

In the Hall of Tai Chi, Jiang Chengwan, the empress of Yongchu who was sitting high on the dragon chair, stared at Lu Chen below in amazement.

Just now, at the beginning of the morning court, Lu Chen stood up before the big man in front of the court opened his mouth, and loudly pointed out the hidden disasters caused by the Queen Mother's chaos, emphasizing that Yuzhou and Sui Dynasty in the upper reaches of the Qingjiang River State flooding problem.

She wasn't very surprised by the question itself, but she was a little surprised why Lu Chen raised this question.

"Back to Your Majesty."

Lu Chen clasped his hands and said, "Now there are signs of chaotic floods in the upper reaches of Qingzhou. Although judging from the current situation, the rising river water is not enough to pose a threat to the dam for the time being, but the water there has not shown any signs of weakening. Intensified."

"If you keep letting it go, once there is a change in the sky in a certain area, the aura of water will gather in large quantities, causing water dragons to descend from the sky. The consequences will be unimaginable, so we have to guard against it!"

Hearing this, Jiang Chengwan immediately nodded slightly.

"Since that's the case, then the treasury will allocate funds and order..."

"His Majesty!"

An excited voice suddenly sounded from below.

Jiang Chengwan lowered her head to look, and immediately saw an old man with white beard and hair, dressed in a purple official robe, hurriedly stood up.

He was just after the downfall of the Empress Dowager, Wu Yue, the Minister of the Household Department who was promoted by the empress to become the head of the Household Department not long ago.

"Your Majesty, the treasury is extremely empty now, and there is really no money left!"

Wu Yue looked anxious, as if saying that slowing down would lead to some irreversible consequences, and continued in an eager tone: "Furthermore, there have been no floods in the Sui and Yu prefectures for ten years. The local dams, even if it is different this year, the floods are not enough to completely destroy the dams, at most they will only cause some damage.”

"Therefore, I believe that the dikes and dams in the two states can be rebuilt when the national treasury is full in the coming year, and there is no need to rush for a while."

Hearing this, before the empress could speak, Lu Chen retorted loudly:

"Everything is not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. If the flood breaks the embankment, it will bring disaster to the states and counties along the way. The loss will not be counted, and it is very likely to cause large-scale turmoil and shake the country. Such serious consequences, Wu Shang Shu, can you afford it?"

There was palpable anger in his voice.

"Even if there is only a 10% chance of breaking the embankment, the imperial court must be fully prepared. This is the imperial court's responsibility to the tens of millions of people in the prefectures and counties along the Qingjiang River. There must be no negligence!"

Seeing that Lu Chen was obviously angry, the empress' eyes quietly turned cold.

She turned her head slightly, and there was a glimmer of sullenness in her eyes when she looked at Wu Yue.

"snort!"

Wu Yue snorted coldly.

"For things that didn't happen, of course you can say whatever you want, and you are the only one who said this, so it's not credible at all..."

Before he finished speaking, Qianying standing beside him suddenly moved.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to guarantee Lu's affairs. What Lu said is true and there is no falsehood. Flooding in Yu and Sui prefectures is inevitable. We should make early preparations and repair the dam as soon as possible. Organize manpower to dig ditches on a large scale to release the flood water, so as to prevent floods from flooding and causing the loss of life, please learn from Your Majesty."

Seeing that someone came out to vouch for Lu Chen, and he was still a minister standing beside him, a senior official of the second rank, Wu Yue was startled. After he realized it, he frowned suddenly and looked to his side with dissatisfaction.

The one who supported Lu Chen was naturally Xiao Yun, Secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

For Wu Yue's dissatisfied gaze, she seemed to be unaware and ignored it.

The other bosses kept their eyes on their noses, their noses and their hearts, and didn't say a word, obviously because they didn't want to get involved in this muddy water.

Seeing Xiao Yun's statement, Jiang Chengwan first raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and then suddenly thought of something, her pretty brows frowned inexplicably.

"Say what you want."

Wu Yue flicked his sleeves, and said in a very bachelor way: "Anyway, the treasury is really out of money now, don't say that the old man is unreasonable, the old man has just calculated a few times, at most he can only deduct 3,000 coins for you. , This is the result of the old man reducing other expenses as much as possible, if you are determined to control the water, this old man can only help here, please forgive me for the rest!"

"You don't understand the difficulties of the old man, and the old man can't help it."

Hearing this, Jiang Chengwan felt embarrassed for a moment.

She still knows something about the state treasury. She thought that Wu Yue had been the right servant of the household department for so many years. With his ability, as long as he was determined to agree with Lu Chen's decision, he would be able to find a way to help get the water stop. needed silver.

But seeing his appearance of a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, Jiang Chengwan, who is extremely sensitive to people's hearts, suddenly felt that even if he was slaughtered, he would not be able to think of a way out.

"I know that the treasury is empty."

At this time, Lu Chen suddenly said: "Wu Shangshu can help me squeeze out three thousand water control funds, I am already satisfied, and I dare not expect anything else."

Hearing that Lu Chen didn't seem to intend to embarrass himself, Wu Yue immediately relaxed.

If possible, he doesn't want to have a bad relationship with Lu Chen.

After all, everyone knows that Lu Chen is the empress' favorite minister.

And different from ordinary favored ministers, this guy has no intention of relying on the emperor's favor to do evil or cultivate cliques for personal gain. Instead, he still devotes himself to public affairs and fulfills his duties after gaining power.

His conduct is so noble that one cannot find fault with it.

But there is no way, as the Minister of the Household Department, the money bag of the court, no one knows better than him what the current state treasury looks like.

He really couldn't afford the money.

"The old man would like to thank Lu for his understanding."

Lu Chen bowed his hands to him, and then he didn't bother to look at this claustrophobic Suso, and turned to look at the empress like an old man who was always fussing about everything.

"Your Majesty, the floods in the two states cannot be delayed. In addition, the Queen Mother has been in chaos for six years, and all industries in the world are in depression, and the people are in dire straits."

He read out all the content of the writing on Xiao Yunfen's board at once.

All in all, the meaning is that in order to restore people's livelihood, the Ministry of Industry now has a lot of urgent projects related to people's livelihood, and the government needs to allocate funds to start the work as soon as possible, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment as soon as possible.

And every time Lu Chen mentioned a project that needs to be paid and started as soon as possible, Wu Yue's black charcoal face darkened a little.

If Lu Chen hadn't said that he wouldn't embarrass him, he would probably want to shout now: You might as well kill the old man.

After finishing all the content in the fluorene board, Lu Chen raised his head and looked at the empress with piercing eyes.

"I know that the current state affairs are difficult and the treasury has no money, but what should be done must be done without any delay."

Hearing this, the empress immediately realized that Lu Chen should have some suggestions or suggestions to make, so she said directly: "If you have any ideas, Lu Qing, you can just say it, I will consider it as appropriate."

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I'm guilty!

There are so few today, I'm sorry, readers!

The main reason is that at the end of the month, the company lost a lot of settlement work and came over. After being busy for a long time, I only had time to write a book at 9 o'clock in the evening, which made today even less.

Sorry again!

By the way, the little brother has tested the water and pushed it, and the promised fifth shift should be fulfilled. Tomorrow is the first day of the second round of push. I just finished my work at the end of the month. I will use it all to write a book, and I will post it together at 10:00 pm. , stay tuned.