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

"I heard that His Majesty intends to transfer you to the Ministry of Household Affairs as Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in the next court. Do you have any plans or ideas?"

Hearing Gu Simiao suddenly talk about political affairs, Lu Chen suddenly became energetic.

I don't know when he started, but whenever someone talked to him about political affairs, he would become very interested and get into the mood instantly.

"Hube..."

He pondered for a moment and quickly organized the words in his mind.

"To put it simply, let's start from the financial aspect and let the court's money bag play its real role."

Hearing this, Gu Simiao frowned inexplicably.

To be honest, as a warrior, she was not good at political affairs. Arranging troops and leading them in battles was her job. She had no interest in complicated government affairs.

But how can someone take the world as their own responsibility and focus solely on state affairs. If they know nothing about political affairs, they probably won’t even have a topic to talk about when getting along. So she has been studying Confucian classics this year, although her current political level is not as good as that in mainland China. Although Chen is a talented monster, he is not unable to get a word in.

The more in-depth the understanding is, the more complex the chain of interests of the Great Xia Empire is involved.

The Household Department is in charge of household registration and finance in Daxia.

This position is much more subtle than that of the Ministry of Works. After all, the Ministry of Works spends money, while the Ministry of Accounts is in charge of money.

Just the word "money" involves a lot of benefits.

And Lu Chen's plan was to hold the money bag tightly in his hands from the very beginning.

Wouldn't this cost people their lives?

Even a well-known celebrity like Wu Yue wouldn't dare to have such an idea, right?

Thinking of this, Gu Simiao instantly understood why the empress was willing to let go of her prejudice.

Indeed, when it comes to touching the fundamental interests of some people, Chai Hongyu alone and the [-] Xuanwu Guards left behind in the capital and the secretly protected Xuanji Guards may not be able to ensure that Lu Chen is foolproof. Cang Yue's Red Lin Guards were transferred back to strengthen the defense, so that she could truly feel at ease.

After a while, Gu Simiao took a deep breath and asked again: "Huaiyu, do you think the current household department has not played its true role?"

Lu Chen smiled.

"Wealth has the power to channel gods and demons. Everything in the world is inseparable from the word money. And the current household department, to put it harshly, is just a tool of these two words, not its master."

Hearing this, Gu Simiao suddenly became curious.

"How to say."

Lu Chen didn't explain too much, only gave a slightly mysterious sentence: "To others, money is money and wealth, but to the court, although it is also money, it is not just money."

Gu Simiao blinked, a little confused: "Is it money, but not money?"

Lu Chen let it slip this time.

"If you want to play the real role of the Ministry of Household Affairs, you must first understand the nature of money from the perspective of the imperial court. Otherwise, everything will be in vain if your identity is unclear."

Gu Simiao still didn't understand, but seeing that Lu Chen didn't seem to want to explain clearly, she didn't ask for an explanation anymore, but asked directly:

"Then, Huaiyu, what exactly do you want to do?"

"Well……"

Lu Chen supported his chin with one hand, organized his words a little, and then spoke slowly: "In terms of specific ideas, to put it simply, it is to solve the internal problems of the household department from the inside out, and then expand externally, just like a It’s the same as the Ministry of Works years ago.”

The understatement of the words "from the inside out" made Gu Simiao smell an unusual atmosphere.

Even with her political level, she could roughly guess that the problems within the Ministry of Household Affairs must be more complicated and more serious than those at the Ministry of Works.

It seems... there is going to be another bloody storm in the capital...

After all, this man seems to have never known how to write the words "compromise" and "compromise" since he first rose to prominence.

"and......"

At this time, Lu Chen spoke again and added: "The Ministry of Revenue, as the court's purse, is in charge of the court's main source of income, but it relies too much on the meager income of the miserable people. This situation must be To change, at least, the court should have a stable and efficient source of income, otherwise, if one day the court has no money to use, our country, Daxia, will not be far away from chaos."

Hearing this, Gu Simiao couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Although she didn't know what Lu Chen's specific policy strategy was, she could clearly realize that Lu Chen had embarked on a one-way road full of thorns.

There is definitely no turning back.

Either you cross the finish line or you fall down halfway.

She opened her mouth, subconsciously trying to persuade her to at least...slow down a little, not to push those people to the dead end so eagerly, at least to leave some room for relaxation, and to take it slow.

But when the words came to my lips, I couldn't say them out.

Because, she suddenly thought, regardless of whether the always staunch Lu Chen would listen to her, even if he did, would Lu Chen who had learned to give in still be Lu Chen?

Is this kind of goodwill that ruined him really goodwill...

During the battle between heaven and man, she fell completely silent.

She didn't speak, and Lu Chen didn't take the initiative to find a topic. Instead, he just closed his eyes and rested in front of her who was worried.

In this rare calm, time passed quickly, and before we knew it, the carriage arrived at the outskirts of Xingping County.

"Master, we have arrived in Xingping County."

The groom's rough voice sounded.

at the same time.

Luo Jing, Lu Mansion.

"What? Went to Xingping County?"

Empress Yongchu Jiang Chengwan, who had changed into casual clothes just after the morning court and came here without stopping, frowned and looked at the apologetic Luo Xiaoyu in front of her, a cold look gradually showing on her beautiful little face.

"And you're still traveling with Gu Simiao?"

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Luo Xiaoyu always felt that when the supreme emperor was speaking, his cheeks seemed to move, which gave people an inexplicable feeling of gnashing his teeth.

She blinked in confusion, but still responded honestly: "Yes, Your Majesty."

After receiving a positive answer, Jiang Chengwan's brows furrowed deeper.

Click...

There was a crisp sound under the wide sleeves.

"When did they leave?"

"We set off almost two hours ago. We should be arriving in Xingping County soon."

Seeing Jiang Chengwan's bad expression, Luo Xiaoyu immediately said cautiously: "Does your Majesty have anything to do with your cousin?"

Jiang Chengwan shook his head.

"That's all, it's no big deal."

With that said, she turned her head and drove directly back to the palace.

That flat-mouthed look shows that he came in pleasure and returned in despair.

"Come on."

As soon as he returned to Zichen Palace, Jiang Chengwan summoned the palace attendants.

"Slaves see Your Majesty."

Xiao Li stumbled in and knelt down with a respectful look on his face.

"What's your majesty's order?"

Jiang Chengwan wrote quickly, drafting a simple edict in a few strokes, and then threw it to Xiao Li with a flick of his hand.

"Go to the Communications Department immediately and ask them to immediately use the Thousand Miles of Communications to transmit my order to the Imperial Army."

"Yes! Your Majesty, I will do it now!"

Xiao Li responded crisply, turned around and left quickly.