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

"Lu Shangshu, long time no see."

As soon as Gao Ming came in, he raised his hand to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen stood up to greet him, exchanged a few words with him, asked him to sit down at the bottom, and then asked straight to the point: "I wonder why Gao Fu Yin came here?"

Chapter 244 Injustice

"Is such that."

Gao Ming didn't show off and directly explained his intention.

"Just now, a young general from Yuzhou Guard Baihu led 73 sergeants and escorted 20 people to Beijing, accompanied by more than [-] common people."

After a pause, he continued: "The young general claimed to be Chang Yu, the eldest son of Zhang Shiping, the commander of the Yuzhou Guard. The person he was escorting was a prisoner of the Qingzhou Guard who disrespected military discipline and insulted the people after the army broke through the city. They served Zhang Shiping I have ordered you to escort the prisoner to Beijing, and ask you, Minister Lu, to come forward and uphold justice for these humiliated people."

Hearing this, Lu Chen was startled for a moment, but after a moment, his eyes lit up inexplicably.

This Shiping is a good man!

He likes to do justice and offend people so much.

After Gao Ming finished speaking, he looked at Lu Chen with a deep look on his face.

"Lu Shangshu, what do you think about this matter?"

As a senior official of the third rank who is in charge of Silihe County and is in charge of the civil affairs under the emperor, although he does not participate in court affairs very much, he will not fail to pay attention to the court affairs. As for the major events of the court today, except for the Tiangong Department and the Ministry of Works, which are busy Apart from the new projects being prepared, there is only the matter of countering the rebellion in Tianlan Province, which is thousands of miles away.

At the last moment when the rebellion was about to be completely subdued, the Yuzhou Guard, who was the leader, suddenly turned against the Qingzhou Guard and started fighting with each other. The other guards of the Qingning Army supported the Qingning Guard and went directly to the imperial court to jointly submit a letter requesting severe punishment.

Although this matter is still under investigation, no matter what the outcome is, it will definitely set off a huge wave.

Lu Chen had been the iron-blooded governor for a whole month. His political strategy could be simply summed up in four words - serving the people wholeheartedly. For this reason, whether it was King Yu, the officials of Yuzhou or the local wealthy families, who would dare to If someone stands in front of him, he will not hesitate to show the blade in his hand and fight to the death.

Basically, officials in the DPRK and people in the officialdom near Yuzhou have a deep understanding of this.

Now, under the banner of upholding justice for the people, Zhang Shiping directly captured the soldiers of the Qingzhou Guard and escorted them to the capital. Tang Bin and others took the lead in attacking again. Now it depends on Lu Chen's attitude.

Under Gao Ming's interested gaze, Lu Chen said without hesitation: "If this is really the case, then I will take charge of this matter!"

As he spoke, he stood up suddenly.

"Gaofu Yin, please take me there now. I want to inquire about this matter personally."

Seeing Lu Chen's decisiveness, Gao Ming put down the teacup in his hand and said with a smile, "That's easy to say, Mr. Lu, please come with me."

Soon, Gao Ming took Lu Chen to Shuntian Mansion Yamen.

As the government office under the emperor's feet, the Shuntian government office covers a larger area than an ordinary state government office, so it is not easy to accommodate less than [-] people.

At this time, Chang Yu and others, whom they had not seen for a long time, were waiting patiently in the lobby.

Seeing Lu Chen coming from a distance, Zhang Yu immediately came forward with people excitedly on his face.

"I am humble enough to meet the Governor-General!"

Although Lu Chen has resigned from the post of governor of the two states, and is the minister of the Ministry of Industry of the current dynasty, a second-grade high-ranking official, in the hearts of a considerable number of Yuzhou soldiers and civilians, he will always be the iron-blooded governor who eradicated all injustice and darkness in Yuzhou. Therefore, in the title Zhang Yu, like the people who regarded Lu Chen as their savior, habitually wanted to call Lu Chen the governor.

Seeing him like this, others also bowed to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen didn't care much about Chang Yu's title.

He walked up to Chang Yu and looked around at the soldiers around him. He noticed that although they could not hide the dust of their long journey, they were all in high spirits and were looking at him with bright eyes, with a hint of heartfelt emotion in their eyes. With a look of reverence, he felt an inexplicable pain in his balls.

"Long time no see, Zhang Baihu."

After suppressing the chaotic thoughts in his mind, Lu Chen smiled and said hello to Chang Yu.

Seeing that Lu Chen still remembered him, Chang Yu suddenly felt like he was being taken seriously and felt very comfortable.

At this moment Gao Ming suddenly spoke.

"Lu Shangshu, if nothing happens, I'll take my leave now."

The Yin of Shuntian Prefecture has the responsibilities of the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture. Whether it is the Yuzhou Guard or the Qingzhou Guard, any conflict that occurs has nothing to do with him. Military affairs are also beyond his control. Although the oppression of the people by sergeants involves civil affairs, he can take care of it, but only in Luojing. , this matter has nothing to do with him and the Shuntian Mansion Yamen, so he naturally doesn't have to worry about it.

Of course, in name, Lu Chen, the Minister of Industry, the Secretary of the Tiangong Department, and the Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, strictly speaking, did not have the power to take care of this matter, but Xuanji Guards did!Who doesn't know that the Xuanji Guard commander Fu Hua and Lu Chen are close friends of life and death, and their relationship is so good that they can wear a pair of underwear.

What's more, Lu Chen himself is the most popular person in the dynasty and the only minister whom the Empress trusts unconditionally. If he really wants to intervene in this matter, he can easily obtain an imperial edict from the Empress, even if he wants to stop him.

Lu Chen waved his hand.

"Gaofu Yin, please help yourself."

Gao Ming nodded, turned and left.

After Shuntian Prefecture Yin left with a group of officers, Lu Chen looked at Zhang Yu who was not far away in front of him.

"Gaofu Yin has already told me your purpose of coming."

He walked to the side and sat down at the root of a tree, then pointed at the more than 70 prisoners behind the crowd who were in prison cars and were already suffering from pain and exhaustion, and asked slowly:

"Tell me the details of what happened in Nanyang Mansion. What serious crime did these people commit? You are so angry that you turned on your colleagues with swords. Also, everything must be done with evidence. Do you have any evidence that these people are destroying the city? Then he wantonly insulted the people in the city?"

When it came to business matters, Chang Yu was not ambiguous. He immediately calmed down and responded in a deep voice: "Go back to Governor Lu, of course we have the evidence."

As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at the people on the side who were looking at Lu Chen curiously.

These people were men, women, old and young, mostly women. They were all dressed in linen clothes that had been washed white, with patches all over their bodies, calluses on their hands and feet, extremely rough skin, sallow complexions, and thin muscles. They were proper Daxia farmers.

Zhang Yu turned around and said loudly to the people behind him: "This sir is the Qingtian Master I told you before, who can make decisions for you. Why don't you come and greet me!"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up.

When he came to Luojing, Chang Yu had already told them about Lu Chen's deeds and personality.

After hearing what Lu Chen had done in Yuzhou, all the people were looking forward to meeting such a big man who was dedicated to the people and dared to uphold justice for the common people.

When they saw that Lu Chen was so young, they were suspicious for a moment, but now that Changyu directly revealed Lu Chen's identity, they finally came to their senses.

The next second, all the people immediately lowered their bodies, knelt on the ground, and bowed heavily to Lu Chen.

"The grassroots people have met Mr. Lu!"

"Master Lu, stay safe!"

Lu Chen gestured to them and said calmly: "Everyone, get up. I don't care about false gifts here, and I'm not qualified to receive such a great gift. In this world, the only people you have to kneel on are the Lord of Heaven and Earth, my teacher, and I am not among them." .”

Hearing what Lu Chen said, the hearts of some elderly people suddenly dropped slightly.

This impossibly young big shot seemed... different from the officials they remembered?

Soon, everyone stood up with different expressions.

"Lord Governor."

Zhang Yu gestured to the poor people and said: "The evidence that humble post mentioned is these poor people."

As he spoke, he turned his head again and raised his voice to the people: "Fellows, as I told you before, the Governor is a good official who is rarely seen in a thousand years. As long as the injustices encountered by my people in Daxia are Your Majesty the Governor will definitely make the decision for the matter. You should expose the scum and beastly behavior of those Qingzhou Guards now and let the Governor know that as long as it is true, these scum who harmed you will all get the punishment they deserve!"

As soon as he finished speaking, just a few breaths later, two women gritted their teeth, stepped out of the crowd, and stood in front of the crowd.

They first looked at the prison van not far away with hatred on their faces, and then stared at Lu Chen intently.

Chapter 245 Fairness

"grown ups."

The two women knelt down heavily at the same time, and then one of the women pointed hard at the prison car not far away and said with tears in her eyes:

"The girl's family was originally quite well off. When the rebels broke into the city, although they took away most of the money from the girl's family, they did not harm the lives of her father and brother. At least they still had some food rations to survive. The father and brother were diligent Sincerely, it happened to be a good year, so I managed to save some food rations with great difficulty."

"After finally waiting for the imperial court to suppress the rebels, our family thought that we would be able to see the light of day again and no longer have to endure the increasingly excessive bullying of the rebels. However, we did not expect that on the day the city was broken, as soon as General Zhang posted a notice to calm the people, a group of officers and soldiers took advantage of it. When General Zhang was leading his troops to suppress the rebels, he rushed into civilian houses, burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of crimes."

When the woman said this, the hatred in her eyes overflowed, and her eyes turned blood red.

"If they fancy something, they will call others traitors and steal all the money and food from the family. If they don't comply, they will kill people with knives! And they are even more ruthless than rebels. They won't even give them a grain of rice. When we stayed, the father and brother of the civilian girl begged them hard to save some food, but they got impatient and pulled out their swords to chop off their heads..."

By the end of her speech, the corners of her mouth were trembling, and her voice was obviously trembling.

Lu Chen was shocked when he heard this, and the extremely miserable scene in Chai Hongyu's memory reappeared in his mind.

pat...

The big hands under the sleeves were clenched suddenly, and veins popped out on the fists.

At this time, another woman added: "Not only that, those beasts also put the heads of my father and brother in a bag, saying that they wanted... to take them back to receive merit. Our sisters were originally hiding in the well, and they didn't notice. But how could we just watch them take away the heads of our father and brother, so we rushed out to stop them, and then..."

As she spoke, she suddenly unbuttoned her blouse, then turned around with her back to Lu Chen, and unwrapped the cloth strips wrapped inside.

The next second, after seeing the appearance of the woman's back clearly, Lu Chen's pupils suddenly shrank.

At this time, there was no charm in his heart, but an unknown fire arose in his heart.

But she saw that the woman's back, which should have been as smooth as jade, was now covered with scabbed wounds and devastation. There was almost no piece of better skin, and even the piece of cloth in her hand was scratched. They were all dried dark brown blood.

One can imagine how much torture she suffered before.

Lu Chen took a deep breath, and then said slowly: "I understand, please get dressed first."

The woman nodded slightly, put on the linen clothes, and then gritted her teeth and said: "Those beasts not only killed my father and brother, trying to take credit for their heads, but they also defiled our two sisters, and wanted to kill us afterwards. Fortunately, General Zhang arrived in time and captured them all with thunderous means, otherwise our family would have died in vain and would have been stigmatized as rebels, and we would not have peace even in death."

At this point, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Zhang Yu behind Lu Chen with a grateful expression.

"General Zhang, no matter whether you can seek justice for us, general, my little girl will always remember your great kindness to our family. It is difficult for me to repay you in this life. If there is a chance in the next life, my little girl will Even if I work like a cow or a horse, I will definitely repay the general's kindness."

After saying that, she leaned down suddenly and kowtowed heavily to Chang Yu.

Zhang Yu quickly stepped forward and helped her up.

"Girl, don't do this."

Then, he turned around for no reason, looked at Lu Chen aside, and said with emotion:

"I used to be the same as the Qingzhou Guard. I only focused on achievements and accomplishments, and had no responsibility as a soldier of Great Xia. I was confused all day long, not to mention standing up for you and not bullying you. It would be great if it wasn't Governor Lu. The good words of gold and jade have made me realize that soldiers and civilians are supposed to be in love with each other. Perhaps I have become as self-willed and degenerate as the Qingzhou Guard. How could I be like now, not only making miraculous achievements repeatedly, but also achieving breakthroughs in enlightenment one after another?"

Those last words were obviously meant for Lu Chen to hear.

"So, if you want to thank me, you should also thank Governor Lu. If it weren't for his earnest teachings, you would have just stood by and watched in that situation. You would never have been saved, let alone seek justice."

After hearing this, everyone suddenly trembled, and then hurriedly knelt down to Lu Chen again.

"Thank you, Mr. Lu, and thank you, my benefactor!"

However, Lu Chen turned sideways and did not accept their gift.