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

Even catastrophe!

How much the common people love the government, how much they love Lu Chen, those wealthy gentry who have grown stronger by sucking the people's blood and the country's fortune, hate Lu Chen so much.

Of course, not all of the great clans suck the blood of the people, but the life of the real Jishan family has not been affected too much, let alone be implicated by the empty warehouse case.

How to live or how to live.

But those big families who are used to making quick money really hate Lu Chen.

For example, at this time, the wealthy father and son in Hu County.

Seeing the hatred in his father's eyes, Wu Liang immediately felt the same.

After all, who doesn't have a relative who was convicted and exiled thousands of miles because of Lu Chen?

Lu Chen's crime is beyond description.

But life has to go on, no matter how much you hate him, the problem that needs to be solved right now has to be solved as soon as possible.

"Father, since the dog official took office, dozens of tenants in our family have withdrawn their rent."

He frowned tightly and said in a deep voice:

"Now that spring plowing is just around the corner, most of our land is uncultivated. If things go on like this, even if our family goes to battle, it will be difficult to have a harvest this year."

"Moreover, the dog official also sold the grain that Lu Chen had snatched from King Yu and other big clans to those mud legs at a low price as if he didn't want money, so that the grain merchants in Yu and Sui prefectures couldn't sell a single grain of rice during this period."

"I heard that he is also planning to imitate the dog official named Fang in Ping County. In the name of the government, he will transfer part of the proceeds to recruit businessmen to fund the construction of Huimin Clothing Village, Huimin Medicine Store, Huimin Restaurant..."

Snapped!

Before he finished speaking, Mr. Wu slammed the table.

"Competing for profit with the people! This is competing for profit with the people!!"

"These damned warriors are so lawless! If you don't drive these dog officials out of Yuzhou as soon as possible, and return Yuzhou to a bright future, my Wu family's hundreds of years of inheritance will definitely be destroyed by these thieves!"

Wu Liang nodded in agreement.

"That's right, this dog official is just like that thief surnamed Lu. Since she took office, she has been shaking the foundation of our big family in every way. If she continues to act mischievously, no matter how big Yuzhou is, there will be no place for us to stand on!"

"You can't sit still."

Bang!

With a crisp sound, the shimmering walnut in Mr. Wu's hand shattered.

He threw away the walnut fragments in his hand, and at the same time said coldly: "Now it's time for me to wait for the life and death of the famous families in Yuzhou. Either those dog officials will die, or we will die."

Hearing this, Wu Liang's expression froze immediately.

"Father, almost the entire county government is now a fan of the Lu thief. Those dog officials are all from martial arts backgrounds, and they are all very skilled. Even thousands of King Yu's guards can't stop their attacks. They are simply too strong. Ordinary means can't help them at all."

"As long as she is human, sooner or later she will have weaknesses."

Mr. Wu stroked his long beard lightly, and said calmly: "As long as she has a weakness, we can solve her."

Hearing this, Wu Liang's eyes lit up immediately: "Does father have a clever plan?"

Old Wu shook his head with an inscrutable expression.

"It's meaningless to solve a lackey. If there is no Liyue in Hu County, there will be Li Yue, and Zhao Yue will parachute to Hu County."

Hearing this, Wu Liang thought for a while, then nodded helplessly.

"Father said yes, so what should we do?"

"To solve the problem, we must start from the root."

Old Wu's eyes were full of indifference.

He stood up slowly, then with his hands behind his back, walked to the window sill beside him, looked at the drowsy sky outside the window, and after a while, he slowly opened his mouth and continued:

"Those dog officials are undoubtedly Lu Party members. As long as that dog thief Lu Chen is around, they will remain lawless and commit crimes in the Yu and Sui states. So... we must find a way to bring down that land thief!"

"If he doesn't fall, the rich families in the two states, and even the rich families in the world will never have peace!"

Hearing this, Wu Liang couldn't help being a little tangled.

"Father, that Lu thief is deeply favored by His Majesty, and he is at the height of his power in the court. How can he be brought down so easily? Even King Yu and Lord Zhao have died at the hands of Lu thief one after another. How can we get him?"

"Not always."

Old Wu smiled coldly.

"Yuzhou Temple is small, so naturally it can't stop his dragon crossing the river holding the Emperor's Sword, but Luojing is the center of the world where countless outstanding people gather. Almost all the smart people and people with lofty ideals from all over the world gather in the temple. How can the princes of the court tolerate a lunatic like him who is incompatible with the officialdom?"

Speaking of this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "There must be countless high-minded people in the court who are gearing up, ready to bring this guy down, in order to make things right and bring peace to the world, but they haven't found a good entry point for the time being."

"But the old man and the major clans of the two states have the opportunity to find this entry point for them!"

Hearing this, Wu Liang was immediately refreshed, and excitement gradually appeared in his eyes.

"Father, what are we going to do now?"

"Gather first."

Elder Wu turned around, looked at his son, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and ordered: "Liang'er, go and prepare a famous assassin."

"Yu and Sui prefectures are not the only ones suffering from Lu thieves, but my Wu family."

...........

Just when the undercurrents of Yu and Sui states were surging.

In Luo Jing, there was a scene of celebration.

To eradicate the demon queen's party feathers, a scourge that poses a great threat to the Great Xia Empire today, is undoubtedly a great thing for the empress and the court.

Even though the triumphal ceremony had passed, there was still a brisk atmosphere in the morning court.

After the routine pilgrimage was over, an eunuch who was in charge of reading out the imperial decree stood up, and under the curious eyes of the officials, loudly announced the rewards for Lu Chen, the Holy King Cangming and Gu Simiao.

The Holy King Cangming has nothing to say.

Since he is a prince himself, and is a special existence above the first-rank prince, to put it harshly, the holy king can even sit on an equal footing with the emperor.

Therefore, in addition to the original Tianzhu Kingdom, the Empress directly gave him the title of Grand Master.

Become a real top official with one person under one person and above ten thousand people.

The honors of various top officials such as Kaifu Yitong Sansi are directly filled.

In this regard, the officials naturally dare not fart.

The current situation, and even the whole world, were brought back by the Holy King Cangming to help the Empress. The Empress's current authority almost comes from the Holy King.

No one can compare his credit, no matter how high the honor is given to him, he still deserves it.

What's more, if the Holy King really rebelled, who can stop him?

Besides Lu Chen, who would dare to stop him?

Is it true that the power of a saint who can compete head-on with Da Xia at its peak is just a display?

It cannot be stopped legally, and there is no chance of winning in terms of strength.

Standing up to oppose at this time is pure courting death, so naturally no one dares to speak out.

After the Holy King received the decree to thank him, it was Gu Simiao's turn to make the first contribution.

The matter of the barren state was almost accomplished by Gu Simiao relying on her own strategy.

As long as she wanted to, she would be able to swallow it all by herself. What's more, she also defended the frontier fortresses for the imperial court, took the initiative to attack deep into the enemy's fortresses, wiped out hundreds of thousands of aliens, and won at least 20 years of peace for the northwest border.

If she hadn't shared half of the credit for killing the demon queen with Lu Chen, it wouldn't be a problem to be named a first-rank Duke on the spot.

She can directly dump her father Dingyuanhou Gu Yanming by dozens of blocks.

However, if the credit is distributed, it is distributed.

Therefore, the final reward for her stayed in Jiangling County Duke, [-] households in Shiyi.

Of course, this is not a bad treatment for her.

After all, Jiangling is a large county with a population of more than one million, and it is far away from the capital. There is no first-rank clan like a prince to hinder it.

As long as she is sealed, she is the most noble existence in Jiangling, and no one dares to mess with her.

Regarding this, Gu Simiao just thanked her indifferently and didn't say much.

Finally it was Lu Chen's turn.

After a lengthy and formulaic compliment, the eunuch finally got to the point:

"...In the case of the engineering department, Lu Chen was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, and was granted the title of Duke of Xingping County, with [-] households in the city..."

As soon as these words came out, the whole court was silent.

The title of county magistrate was expected by everyone, but...Xingping County...

Isn't that the fucking one of the counties closest to the capital?

And it's a traffic hub!

Of course, it is not that the land under the emperor's feet cannot be rewarded, but it is the fiefdom of those who have made great contributions to the imperial court... So Lu Chen, with just a touch of lips and teeth, got a county magistrate from a high-ranking county in Shuntian Prefecture?

Is this fucking luck for Lu Chen or is His Majesty too partial?

Although the magistrate of Xingping County is not comparable to Gu Simiao's magistrate of Jiangling, in some special senses, he is not necessarily so.

This knighthood is not just based on the rank of the knighthood.

Moreover, this guy has ascended to the sky from a seventh-rank engineering department to a third-rank engineering department right servant. Isn't this a bit too fucking exaggerated?

Although it is an extremely special official position to be humble and powerful, in the past thousand years in Daxia, there have been examples of being directly promoted to senior officials of the second and third ranks from giving affairs.

There are even those who directly join the cabinet.

But it is one thing to have a precedent, but another to be able to apply it.

Those who can directly rise to the top through so many levels are all great sages who have great reputation in the ruling and opposition parties, and have achieved outstanding results during their tenure.

What did he, Lu Chen, do for the court?

Indeed, at the beginning, he risked the disapproval of the world and stood up to support the empress without hesitation, doing his utmost loyalty.

But that is not political achievement after all.