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

This guy is really no ordinary evil door.

He naturally knew about the project of the Promise Palace, and he was quite familiar with it. After all, he had carefully confirmed the amount of the project funds for the renovation and the New Yuan Grand Ceremony, and basically controlled the expenditure to the limit and approved it.

Obviously didn't increase any budget, and didn't ask the Empress for help, just adjusted the cost ratio, and the project was able to be completed ahead of schedule, and the quality was impeccable, it was perfect.

This deal is really worth it!

This also gave him a feeling of opening the door to a new world.

As the purse of the imperial court, he is extremely sensitive to the state treasury's money and food income and expenditure. Seeing Lu Chen's brilliant performance after the implementation of the new regulations of the Ministry of Industry, various ideas popped up in his mind instantly.

At his age, he even had the urge to humbly ask Lu Chen for advice.

And after Lu Chen's ability to turn decay into magic was once again verified, Wu Yue suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

It suddenly occurred to him that since Lu Chen emerged, his judgments have been extremely accurate almost every time, and he can do whatever he wants to do. No matter how unreasonable things are, they will become a matter of course in his hands.

That being the case, the charcoal...

When he thought of this, he thought of the Black Mountain in almost every province in the Great Xia, and the inexhaustible coal buried under the Black Mountain.

In an instant, he shuddered involuntarily.

Probably... no way...

Of course, Wu Yue was not the only one who was shocked that Wuji Palace was completed ahead of schedule due to Lu Chen's change of tune.

Almost all courtiers were shocked by this incomprehensible fact.

And just when the courtiers had to slowly digest this unbelievable fact, a silver-white figure quietly came to Taihe County, which is only three hundred miles away from Luojing.

"General."

In the Taihe county government office, county magistrate Li Yongcheng looked at Gu Simiao, the great general of the dynasty who suddenly visited in front of him with a look of surprise.

"Are you really determined to make Wujia Village, Lujia Village and other villages near Heishan as your food places?"

Li Yongcheng deliberately mentioned the word "Black Mountain" to remind Gu Simiao that those villages are not good places, and it can even be said that the poorest villages in the entire Sili land are those few villages.

He didn't want Gu Simiao to find out that there was no grass growing there, regretted using it as a fiefdom, and then blamed him for not explaining clearly, so he came to settle accounts with him.

The wrath of General Shenwu was something that a small subordinate like the county magistrate could not bear.

However, Gu Simiao nodded expressionlessly.

"Ah."

Such a straightforward performance immediately put Li Yongcheng out of control.

"Not only that."

Before he could respond, Gu Simiao spoke again.

"This general will also turn the entire Montenegro into a fiefdom."

There was a hint of coldness in his voice, which was completely different from the soft tone he used when talking to Lu Chen in Luo Jing.

She took the time to come to Taihe County today, naturally because of the fiefdom and Shiyi.

It was her plan to choose Montenegro as the fiefdom.

It's not that she has a unique vision, it's purely because Lu Chen's Tiangong Division is studying coal. No matter how others question him, she will show her attitude with actions.

It's been a while since she left Luo Jing, so she naturally didn't know that Lu Chen once again turned decay into magic and shocked all the courtiers, and the news of Luo Jing would not spread to Taihe County so quickly. and other counties.

Hearing this, Li Yongcheng was completely shocked.

"General, why don't you... think about it again?"

Gu Simiao shook her head and said: "Don't think about it, go through the formalities immediately and issue the documents."

After a pause, she said impatiently: "I will have to rush back to the barracks later, please trouble County Magistrate Li to help me complete the formalities as soon as possible, preferably within today."

Hearing this, Li Yongcheng was speechless.

Do all the big shots these days have such weird tempers?

He had heard of Gu Simiao.

After slaying the demon, he was a great hero in eliminating traitors for the country. He was awarded a title for his official duties, but he refused the position of county governor for no reason, and then chose a poor place like Taihe County to be a county governor.

Now choose Montenegro as the fief.

This girl's brain...could it have been kicked by a donkey?

Chapter 198 New Yuan Ceremony

Ever since the new rules formulated by Lu Chen were a great success in the Promise Palace, and he proved that he was not just relying on the empress's favor and shit luck, but a talented person with real talents, the atmosphere of the Ministry of Industry has completely changed. .

Lu Chen's prestige is getting higher and higher, and his influence is getting bigger and bigger.

Today, there is no chancellor in the Ministry of Industry, only Sun Michang, the left minister, and Lu Chen, the right minister.

Lu Chen was in charge of palace and garden repairs, construction and maintenance of official roads and civilian roads, casting weapons, spiritual outfits, and city defense formations, etc., while Sun Michang was in charge of farmland water conservancy, imperial mausoleum construction, and ceremonial guards. Manufacture and maintenance of things.

Sun Mi Chang's authority cannot be said to be low, but compared with Lu Chen, the gap is still quite obvious.

Of course, Zhongzhou has respected the left since ancient times. Theoretically, the Zuo Shilang has a slightly higher status than the Right Shilang.

But who let Lu Chen be favored?

After all, respecting the left is no match for the supremacy of imperial power.

And this person, what he is most afraid of is comparison. Both are ministers of the Ministry of Industry and senior officials of the third rank. Lu Chen shines with the new regulations, while Sun Michang has been sticking to the rules and doing nothing.

Even if the empress doesn't love Lu Chen as much as she does now, Sun Michang, who has no achievements other than qualifications, can't compete with Lu Chen for the vacant position of minister of the Ministry of Industry based on his ability and achievements.

And anyone with a discerning eye can see that the reason why the Empress has been vacating the position of minister of the Ministry of Industry is to facilitate Lu Chen's work. Lu Chen is nominally the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, but in fact, he has far more authority than this.

After the Wuji Palace incident, the empress intended to let Lu Chen be directly promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and take charge of the world's fortifications, but Lu Chen refused because of his inexperience and lack of political achievements.

So in the end, they only rewarded some gold, silver, treasures and spiritual stones, and at the same time promoted Wang Qi, Zhang Xuan and others to officials, filling the vacancies of several mediocre officials in the Ministry of Industry who had been expelled by Lu Chen.

After that, Xiao Yi, who was fishing in the Ministry of Rites, was transferred to the Tiangong Department as the deputy director. Among the five young ministers who stood on Lu Chen's side in the case of Gu Simiao, they were also transferred to The Ministry of Industry held the post of Yuanwailang.

Almost everyone who has a good relationship with Lu Chen has been promoted.

The world of the Ministry of Industry has also completely changed.

As the department that is most likely to be manipulated among the six ministries of the imperial court, the impact of such a big change in the Ministry of Industry will naturally not be small.

At the very least, those wealthy merchants who are accustomed to relying on orders from the imperial court to thrive, as well as the dignitaries, aristocratic families, and clans behind them, are obviously having a much harder time.

At this time, the government of Yan State.

Zheng Yue, the current Duke of Yan, was sitting at the head seat in the living room, looking expressionlessly at the old steward who bowed to him in front of him.

"Then Lu Chen returned the greeting card from the Duke's Mansion again?"

He spoke slowly, with an obvious coldness in his words.

The reason why I say "again" is because as early as when Lu Chen was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, he handed over a greeting card, hoping to have good relations with senior officials of the Ministry of Industry as before.

The result was naturally rejection.

After being rejected three times in a row, he even went to visit the house in person. As a result, Lu Chen was clearly at home, but the Lu residence closed the door to thank the guests.

Even when they tried to get close to him, they were directly ignored and ignored a word.

To him, the contemporary Patriarch of the Yan State Duke's Mansion who has been hereditary since Emperor Guangwu's restoration of the country, he didn't give him any face at all, and he didn't pay attention to him at all.

How arrogant, how arrogant, how unruly.

But no matter how angry he is, he can't help Lu Chen, who is now in full swing. For this kind of person, even if he can't make friends with him, he can't make enemies with him.

So he endured it, and was going to take a look at the situation first, and then look for an opportunity to see if he could make friends.

In his opinion, as long as you are a human being, you must have a weakness, and it depends on how much you have to pay to exploit this weakness.

And there is a prerequisite for all this, that is, you must sit down and have a good chat with Lu Chen, otherwise Lu Chen will keep ignoring him, no matter how eloquent he is, it will be meaningless.

As a result, before he could find an opportunity or an entry point, Lu Chen directly used the new regulations to give them a blow to the Duke of Yan's house.

Not to mention other things, this bidding system alone is quite fatal to the Yan State Duke's Mansion.

So he directly sent a greeting card with gold jade as the cover and sky silk as the paper, asking to see Lu Chen with the utmost sincerity.

The result was obvious, and the greeting post was returned directly.

Old Xu wiped the cold sweat off his face, then nodded.

"If you're going back to the Duke, the little one went over early this morning to hand in the greeting card, but before the villain returned to the mansion, the servants of the Lu Mansion chased him out and returned the greeting card that you specially made. I gave it to the villain, and their Lord Lu has something to tell the villain to the Lord..."

Zheng Yue's eyes turned cold: "What are you talking about?"

"They asked the little one to tell... tell the Duke, that you should not send invitations to the Lu family in the future, and they will not see Mr. Lu... See you..."

Having said that, he subconsciously hesitated, but he didn't dare to continue.

Zheng Yue's face suddenly became more and more ugly.

"Finish!"

"Yes!"

Old Xu responded loudly almost instinctively, and then tremblingly said:

"The servants of Lu's mansion told the villain that they...Grandpa Lu will never meet people with evil intentions...with other plans."

Snapped! !

The moment Lao Xu's voice fell, the tea cup in Zheng Yue's hand suddenly shattered without warning, and the hot tea splashed directly into Zheng Yue's hand.

However, Zheng Yue acted like a normal person, the right hand scalded by the hot tea did not tremble at all.

Hearing this sudden sound, Lao Xu shuddered suddenly, showing fear, and then quickly knelt down on the ground, begging Zheng Yue to appease his anger.

"Okay, okay! Lu Qingtian, who is upright and dedicated to public affairs, is really wonderful!"

Zheng Yue smiled coldly, a haze flashed in his eyes.

He has fully realized that there is no question of sincerity or insincerity between the government of Yan State and the first favorite of the dynasty. Then Lu Chen had no intention of making friends with him from the beginning, and even planned to target Yan. The Duke's Mansion took action against him.

After realizing this, Zheng Yue stood up slowly, and paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, his face full of thought.

Old Xu bowed obediently and stood where he was, not daring to show his breath, patiently waiting for the Patriarch to finish thinking.