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

"This... this... this little one doesn't know..."

How could these little fishes know about the important people?

And logically speaking, shouldn't this kind of third-rank official talk and laugh with bigger officials every day, discussing national affairs?When did you start to care about whether low-level officials are performing their duties?Director Xu and the others are just sixth-rank officials. Why do you, a third-rank senior official, bother with these trivial matters when you are full?

Lu Chen didn't bother to look at him anymore, so he directly raised his head, looked at the officials who were looking at him with raised brows, and said expressionlessly: "As the chief officer in charge of a project in one place, I didn't see you when I was on duty. No sign of him, not even a fake report, so dereliction of duty, how is it different from dereliction of duty?"

After a pause, he suddenly turned his eyes, glanced at the empty main seat not far away in the tent with the warm spring technique, and said coldly: "If they think that seat is hot, I will If you don’t force others to make things difficult, they won’t have to sit there in the future.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed immediately, and cold sweat broke out in a flash.

Facing the authority of a third-rank boss, most officials with no background would dare not fart, let alone respond to Lu Chen.

"Listen to the officer!"

Lu Chen glanced at them, put the jade slip back into his arms, and said in a cold voice: "I don't care what method you use, I will immediately find Xu Sanping and the three of them for me. I can't see them yet..."

Having said that, he suddenly focused his eyes:

"Dismiss and punish!"

click...

Two tall but timid officials accidentally staggered and fell to the ground. After the others reacted, several small officials immediately stood up and said that they would go to Xu Sanping and the other three immediately. a chief officer.

"And you!"

After giving the order to die, Lu Chen scanned all the officials one by one with his cold eyes, and finally fixed on the little official at the beginning.

"The imperial government conscripted labor for them to come and work, not as a punching bag for you! Moreover, the imperial court did not pay them wages but made them work for the imperial court. They owed them a lot. They are benevolent to the imperial court. How dare you treat them? To be so harsh, wouldn’t it mean that the court would be inhumane and unrighteous?”

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his hand, pointed at their heads one by one, and said angrily:

"Although you are not officials ordered by the imperial court, you are also serving the imperial court, and in a sense, you also represent the imperial court. What is the difference between you and those corrupt officials who are fish and meat?!"

"The people are the foundation of the country. If you mistreat the people, you are shaking the foundation of the country, and the rebels will be punished if everyone wins! Believe it or not, I will punish you rebels who are trying to overthrow our Great Xia Dynasty on the spot!" kill?!"

As soon as these words came out, many officials immediately turned pale, their faces showing fear, their fat bodies trembling constantly, and a cold chill rose continuously from the soles of their feet wrapped in cotton boots, straight to the sky.

Don't look at them being arrogant and domineering in front of those laboring people. When they are in a bad mood, no matter whether they have made a mistake or not, they can just hit them with a whip to make them feel a little better or get some benefits.

But when it comes to real court officials, they are nothing.

"My lord, please spare me, the little ones just want them to work as hard as they can, and there is absolutely no intention of treason!"

"That's right, we are all waiting for the completion of the project as soon as possible, for the sake of the court, but the method is a little more radical, my lord, it is clear!"

"..."

The officials kept begging for mercy. From their point of view, Lu Chen was making excuses. It must be because Master Xu and the others were not pleasing to their eyes, so they made things difficult for them. And they are just fishes in the pool of big shots. How innocent are they?

After all, labor has been like this for thousands of years. These ordinary people work for the court for no benefit. They are already dissatisfied and definitely refuse to work hard. If they are not strictly disciplined and use some drastic means to establish their dignity, how can they be allowed to Be obedient?

Lu Chen, the servant of the manufacturing department, must also know this, knowing that they are absolutely right, so there is no doubt that Lu Chen is deliberately making things difficult for them.

At the same time, the laborers who were temporarily out of supervision not far away saw this scene. They saw that the officials who were domineering on the construction site on weekdays, beat and scolded them at every turn, and did not treat them as human beings were treated by the purple-robed young man. The grandson reprimanded him like that, and he felt very happy in his heart.

Even looking at Lu Chen, while being curious, he was also full of goodwill.

Their idea is very simple, whoever can teach those evil officials who don't treat them as human beings is a good official.

Chapter 182: Zhao Dahu

Faced with the repeated pleas for mercy from the officials, Lu Chen just snorted coldly with a sullen expression on his face.

He didn't really want to kill them, but just let them know his position and attitude a little bit. As for whether he can follow suit in the future... that's easy, stay if you can, get out if you can't.

As for offending people, causing dissatisfaction among most people and being attacked in groups?

For him, this is not a problem at all.

For a person who is an official, the worst ending is to ransack his family and exterminate his family, and die tragically in office. However, he has a system. When the two poles are reversed directly, it may be uncertain who will destroy who.

So when he is an official, he has almost no scruples, and he can do whatever he wants, as long as he has no regrets in his heart.

It doesn't matter how idealistic the way of being a person and being an official is.

Not to mention these petty officials in front of him, even princes and nobles, if he dared to provoke him, he would dare to draw his sword on the spot and let the other party go down to discuss with King Yu.

His hands were already stained with the royal blood of the clan, and he didn't mind getting a little more.

If they are capable, they will do it for him, but when the time comes, whether it is the limit of one for one or N for 0, it depends on his mood of Immortal King Lu.

Although he has changed his mind now, he will not reject the shortcut of in-situ ascension, but he will not deliberately force it.

"What do you mean, this officer wrongly blamed you?"

No one dared to respond, and all the petty officials remained silent, but their meaning was self-evident.

Seeing them like this, Lu Chen immediately fixed his eyes.

"You and I will remember it for the officer."

The moment the sonorous and forceful voice fell, he turned around slowly, looked at the laborers who were working not far away, and peeked at the laborers here from the corner of his eyes, with an extremely solemn expression:

"My salary is all the fat and anointing of the people. The people are easy to abuse, but the heavens are hard to bully! The people support the court, and our court officials have the responsibility and obligation to benefit them, at least to keep them safe. Whoever dares to bully them wantonly , who is the official's sworn enemy!"

Hearing this, almost everyone, including the laboring farmers and craftsmen, looked at Lu Chen in astonishment.

Da da…

The gilt black boots made a crisp sound when they stepped on the hard stone slab.

"This is the first and last time."

Lu Chen stepped up and walked towards the construction site not far away without looking back.

"If I let this official see you doing this again next time, this official will never forgive me! If you don't believe me, just try it. When you see something wrong, do your backers or backers have the ability, or dare you Take someone from this official!"

After finishing speaking, he stopped looking at the crowd and walked directly towards the construction site.

And those officials, after recovering from the shock, turned their heads inexplicably and slowly, looking at the two seemingly inconspicuous young people behind them.

"Master Chen, Mr. Su, look, this..."

The two young men shook their heads, motioning them to stop talking, and then took a deep look at Lu Chen's receding back, with a chill in their eyes.

Lu Chen didn't notice the strangeness behind him, but even if he did, he didn't bother to care.

To him, it doesn't matter how mysterious the other party's identity is, how amazing his background is, or how terrifying his energy is. Otherwise it's all scum.

"Zhang Xuan."

Halfway through, Lu Chen suddenly called softly.

The assistant officer who had been following behind him hastily responded, and then asked, "What orders does Master Lu have?"

"Pass down the official order to let them stop working for a while, and tell the chef to cook more meat today, and then let them send some hot soup right away."

Hearing this, Zhang Xuan couldn't help being startled, and then looked at him with some uncertainty. Seeing that his expression was normal, without any hesitation, he immediately understood what he should do.

"Yes, my lord, I'm going to deliver the order now."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked towards those petty officials.

Then Lu Chen looked at another assistant officer.

"Wang Qi, you go and inform them and ask them to prepare the account books immediately. You will supervise them and prevent them from stealing and cheating. Later, the official will check the account details."

"promise!"

Wang Qi responded concisely, then turned and walked towards the tent.

After the two left, Lu Chen let out a breath of foul air, then quietly looked at the Promise Palace in front of him, which was being repaired in an orderly manner, and looked at the surrounding laborers working with bare arms in the cold wind, with an inexplicably sad expression on their faces. .

It didn't take long for the order to suspend work to be conveyed. When all the laborers learned that they could take a break, their faces showed joy almost at the same time.

It's like the rest of my life after a catastrophe.

At this moment, almost everyone looked at Lu Chen, who was very conspicuous in the purple robe.

"Thank you for your t-shirt!"

A man with gray temples suddenly yelled, and at the same time he knelt heavily on the ground and bowed vigorously to Lu Chen.

Immediately afterwards, the servant beside him quickly reacted and knelt down to Lu Chenxing together with him.

"Thank you for your t-shirt!"

Not long after, the third, fourth, fifth... More and more people knelt down to Lu Chen, their faces full of gratitude.

Thousands of people knelt down at the same time, and the scene was quite spectacular.

However, seeing this scene, Lu Chen felt inexplicably heavy in his heart.

"Get up."

Lu Chen opened his mouth slowly, and the sound of the blessing of the sound amplification technique slowly sounded.

"My officer, I am not qualified to accept your kneeling."

"No!"

The man who shouted at the beginning said loudly: "My lord can bear it."

Lu Chen shook his head, but didn't refuse again, because it didn't make any sense.

"That's all, get up, the ground is cold, don't hurt your knees."

Everyone got up.

Then Lu Chen walked up to the man with gray temples. Seeing this, the man immediately wanted to salute him again, but Lu Chen raised his hand to stop him.

"Don't be nervous, just relax. I just have nothing to do. I came here to check on the renovation of the Promise Palace, learn about the progress of the project and your situation, and see if there are any problems so that they can be resolved in time."

Hearing this, the tension on the faces of the man and the servants around him did not dissipate much, but there was less fear and more respect.

"What do you want to know, my lord?"

"Sit first."

Lu Chen pointed to the stone beam on the side, then found a small stone pier for himself, patted the dust on it casually, and didn't care if the brand-new official robe would get dirty, just looked at it without any image. Ass sat down.

Seeing such a down-to-earth scene, the men couldn't help being stunned. After a few breaths, they realized that they all sat down on the stone beam Lu Chen was pointing at.

Then Lu Chen asked softly, "What's your name?"