Wuji Palace.

When the empress walked into the palace gate with Lu Chen and several chief officials in charge of the inspection of the Ministry of Industry, they couldn't help but be stunned when they saw the scene inside.

As we all know, when the Holy King of Cangming led his army to defeat the forbidden army in Luojing City and helped the empress ascend to the throne of the world, Wuji Palace was one of the battlefields.

Everywhere the iron hooves of the Cangming army passed, in addition to the bones of the Praetorian Guard, there were pieces of rubble and rubble.

The destructive power caused by the Iron Cavalry Charge, while completely defeating the Praetorian Guard, inevitably caused a lot of damage to Wuji Palace, a royal important place that symbolized the supreme monarchy of the Jiang family.

Although it has not reached the point of decay, it is not to the extent that it can be repaired casually.

But now

As far as the eye can see, the ground paved with bluestone and square bricks is extremely smooth, and the potholes and cracks that can be seen everywhere when the construction was started before, and the dents and cracks left by the trampling of iron hooves by the iron hooves, there is no trace of it at this time.

Looking along the road paved with marble in the center of the ground, at the end, a white and flawless white jade stone step comes into view, and in the center of the stone steps, a huge rectangular stone carving is inlaid.

On this large, thick stone carving, nine soaring dragons are carved, with teeth and claws, haunting the flowing clouds.

Each dragon is intricately carved and lifelike, as if there really were nine dragons hidden in between.

A rich aura surrounded it, and the dense inscriptions the size of fingernails flashed from time to time, and the entire area was inexplicably filled with a solemn and solemn aura.

On the jade steps of the Nine Dragons, the majestic Wuji Palace stands majestically.

Around the main hall, the ancient trees are towering, the green trees are shady, the red walls and yellow tiles, the gold is splendid, showing the royal bearing.

Whether it is the palace or the ground, or the palace walls, green plants, etc., there is no trace of the war left at this time, and it is even more magnificent than the Wuji Palace when it was not in the war.

Around the palace, four five-zhang high four-elephant pillars piled up from purple jade were erected in the corners of the four directions, and the surface of the pillars was inlaid with one high-grade spirit stone after another, surrounded by countless magic circles composed of runes burned with Mithril.

In front of the gate of the Wuji Palace, a long corridor three zhang wide and thirty-three zhang long has been erected at this time, and the end of the corridor is connected to a high platform where the celestial elephant array is arranged.

That is the place where the emperor announced the emperor of heaven and earth, and it is also the position where the empress looked down on the world during the New Yuan ceremony.

Looking at the scene not far away that had changed greatly compared to the previous inspection site, Lu Chen suddenly exclaimed in his heart, "."

He hadn't been here since the last time he came to the meeting, announced the implementation of the new charter, and then appointed Wang Qi and Zhang Xuan to replace Xu Sanping as the chief officer.

After all, unless there is inaction or recklessness, there are still a lot of official duties to be handled by the Ministry of Industry.

Moreover, there are so many things to set up the Tiangong Division from scratch, so it is naturally impossible for him to focus on one place.

Anyway, what should have been done has already been done, what will happen to the project of Wuji Palace, whether the project is delayed or completed in time, no matter what the result is, he can accept it, and naturally he doesn't need to care too much.

He expected all kinds of results, but he didn't expect this in front of him.

"Lu Qing, you have taught me another vivid lesson."

The empress looked at it for a while, and the corners of her mouth suddenly raised.

"I really didn't see the wrong person, you are really my auxiliary minister."

Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly.

He naturally knew what the empress was referring to.

When Zhou Yushi impeached him in the court before, he said that as long as he treats the people sincerely, the people will repay him with righteousness.

Nima, he was just hard-mouthed at that time, and he was actually ready to be aware of the extension of the project, and at that time he thought that as long as the people's nutrition kept up, their physical fitness kept up, and their work and rest were normal, even if they reduced their working hours, even if they could not be completed on time, they would not be overdue for long, and even had the opportunity to complete on time.

Who would have thought that what he said in the court at the beginning would really become a reality.

It's really... Are benevolent invincible?

Now the situation of Wuji Palace has undoubtedly confirmed his remarks at that time, and it has even become the reason that the empress, a Ming monarch, believes in.

The most important thing is that he seems to... I did something terrible for some reason.

"Your Majesty, it's too early to say that."

After relieving himself, Lu Chen's face quickly returned to his previous indifference.

"The project of Wuji Palace has not yet been completed and accepted, maybe there are still omissions in some aspects, and it needs to be carefully checked before making a judgment, and the closer this is to success, the more cautious we should be."

Hearing this, Wang Qi and Zhang Xuan immediately looked at Lu Chen with admiration.

How good is it to not be arrogant or impatient, to keep a clear head at all times, and not to be affected by external objects and appearances?

The empress smiled.

"Lu Qing is as rigorous and serious as ever, and he is not shocked."

"Your Majesty has overdone it."

Lu Chen replied casually, and then said to the inspectors behind him: "Without further ado, let's go and verify the completion of the project now." ”

"Yes! My lord. ”

Everyone did not drag their feet, and after giving up, they bowed to the empress and walked forward.

After the inspector left, the empress spoke again.

"Let's go, Lu Qing, follow me to meet the people who have been touched by your kindness, I am now eager to know how they did it, and why there will be such amazing results after Lu Qingling implements the new regulations that treat them very well."

Lu Chen nodded, and then led the empress towards the labor camp in the distance, which had obviously been repaired and whose conditions were many times better than the refugee camp at the beginning.

Not to mention that the empress was curious, he also wanted to know what was going on.

According to the previous file records of the Ministry of Industry, as well as the judgment made on the people's power based on the experience of many projects, no matter how much they squeezed and how they overdrafted the people's power, according to the progress of the project of Wuji Palace, the original way can only barely ensure the completion of the project.

Based on the original experience of judging the people's strength, even if Lu Chen gave the laborers good food and drink and kept their physical strength in full condition, it stands to reason that at most he could only complete the project on time.

Why did it come early?

Can they still collectively break out into the small universe?

Before she reached the camp, the empress saw that even if she didn't have to work, even if there were no watchful officials, there were still some laborers who spontaneously took the tools to clean or polish, and while cleaning the corners around the camp, they carefully polished the edges and corners of some inconspicuous stone slabs.

Seeing this scene, the empress couldn't help but exhale softly.

And at this very moment.

"It's Lord Lu!"

The sharp-eyed Zhao Dahu suddenly saw Lu Chen and the others who were walking unhurriedly, and immediately couldn't help but shout.

"Lord Lu is here!"

And his voice, like some kind of trumpet, instantly attracted everyone's attention.

Immediately afterwards, whether they were resting or working spontaneously, all looked at Zhao Dahu who was making a sound, and then followed Zhao Dahu's gaze.

After seeing Lu Chen and a woman in a red robe coming over, they immediately looked happy, and then ran towards Lu Chen.

Seeing the people rushing towards him with excited faces, Lu Chen's heart trembled inexplicably.

Not long after, dozens of people from Zhao Dahu rushed to Lu Chen, and then, as before, they knelt directly on their knees and bowed heavily to Lu Chen.

"Xiaomin Zhao Dahu meets Lord Lu!"

The others also knelt on the ground one after another, saluting Lu Chen in the same way, but ignoring the empress on the side.

Although the empress is extremely noble, it stands to reason that as long as there is a place where she is present, everyone must salute her first, but Zhao Dahu and others, who are just ordinary people, have never seen the empress at all, not only do they not know what the empress looks like, but they don't even recognize the red dragon robe with gold patterns on a red background.

What's more, they were already extremely grateful to Lu Chen, and after seeing Lu Chen, they would subconsciously ignore others, let alone think that the supreme human emperor who was powerful in the world and high up would actually make a special trip to visit them, ordinary people like ants.

In addition, the empress did not drive, this trip was extremely low-key, how would these ordinary people know that this beautiful girl in front of her, standing with Lu Chen like a pair of talented and beautiful girls, would be the master of this world?

Lu Chen was slightly stunned, looking at the people who were all kneeling on the ground in front of him, his eyes shook a few times inexplicably.

And after only a moment of panic, hundreds of people immediately ran over, and then fell to their knees one after another.

"Meet Lord Lu!!"

Their voices were loud, shouting almost as hard as they could, as if they wanted to express their heartfelt gratitude to Lu Chen in this way.

"Uh..."

Lu Chen subconsciously waved his hand at them.

"Get up, this official is not happy to kneel."

Hearing him say this, Zhao Hu and the others slowly got up, and then looked at Lu Chen, a peerless good official who was about the same age as their son, but almost equivalent to saving their lives, and recreating them with kindness.

"Lord Lu, you have finally come to visit us!"

"Lord Lu, does your yamen still need laborers? We still want to do it with you! ”

"Serving under your hand, Lord Lu, Xiaomin has eaten enough for the first time in his life... Lord Lu, if you need labor in the future, Xiaomin will definitely take the initiative to sign up! ”

"Lord Lu, is your old man doing well lately?"

Lu Chen: "......"

Seeing that Lu Chen was so loved by the people who were servited, the corners of the empress's mouth turned up again, and a touching glimmer appeared in her eyes.

As we all know, in the Great Xia Dynasty, where the emperor and the monks shared the world, the status of ordinary people was extremely low.

When the vast majority of people see officials, they have a kind of fear from the bottom of their hearts, and they stay away from officials, almost all of them can hide, and if they can't hide, they can only consider themselves unlucky, and there are very few situations like Xia Yan.

Love or something, naturally there is no way to talk about it.

And now, Lu Chen is so loved by the people, and because of this, he has made great achievements in governing the country, in the eyes of the empress, this is the real good minister of the auxiliary country...

As for the so-called "celebrities" who are admired by countless monks, the empress is becoming more and more disdainful of the so-called "famous scholars" who are highly regarded by countless monks, how high their cultivation is, how rich their knowledge is in cultivation, and how thoroughly they understand the books of sages.

For example, Qian Yiqian, Zhao Bingliang and others.

These people are quite famous people, but their performance in the court... It's really hard to say, if it weren't for the fact that there were no people, their fame would be so useful, and the authority of the Criminal Department was not great, otherwise she would have removed these people a long time ago.

Cultivating to a high level does not mean that they can govern the country, especially for those mediocre officials who improve their cultivation through Qing cultivation and do not care about the life or death of the people at all, no matter how high their cultivation is, they will not have much substantial benefit to the people.

A monk like Lu Chen, who is dedicated to the country, has the common people in mind, and focuses on the way to help the world, is the pillar of the country!

As soon as she thought of this, she subconsciously moved closer to Lu Chen.

"Alright."

Lu Chen, who had completely come back to his senses, opened his mouth and was about to say something.

The empress is beside him, and he, as a courtier, can't leave the empress aside, so he is ready to remind these people and let them hurry up to meet the empress.

However, at this moment, a common man suddenly raised his head, looked at Lu Chen, and then looked at the empress, and a look of clarity suddenly flashed on the red face of the horse.

"Lord Lu, this is your wife, right? Sure enough......"

As soon as these words came out, Lu Chen's complexion changed instantly, and then he hurriedly interrupted: "Shut up!" ”

The sudden loud drink made everyone stunned.

In their impression, although Lu Chen was quite bad to those mediocre officials and reprimanded them from time to time, he never got angry with them, otherwise they would not dare to be so close to Lu Chen, a high-ranking official of the third grade.

And just when they were puzzled, Lu Chen continued: "Your Majesty is here, don't you kneel down quickly!" ”

Hearing this, everyone was immediately shocked, especially the laborer who spoke first, but at this time, he reacted instantly, and then his face suddenly became extremely pale.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty! ”

Almost everyone was dumbfounded.

However, under the strong will to survive, they reacted almost instantly, and then knelt down heavily towards the empress.

"The grass people meet Your Majesty!"

"Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!!"

“.”

Thousands of people shouted at the same time, and the loud voice instantly resounded in every corner of Wuji Palace, and even the inspectors who were carrying out the completion acceptance were startled.

"Get up."

The empress said lightly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Everyone responded apprehensively, and then stood up tremblingly.

Only the people who had said the wrong thing still fell to their knees and did not dare to get up.

"Your Majesty, Grass People and Grass People"

He opened his mouth, but his mouth trembled, and he couldn't say a complete sentence.

At this time, he had only one thought.

It's over, it's over!

Why did I say such bastard things! What to do? Your Majesty won't punish my nine clans, right?

Will it implicate Lord Lu?

However, just when he was terrified and all kinds of desperate thoughts appeared in his heart, Lu Chen stood up, blocked in front of him, and said to the empress:

"Your Majesty, who is a monarch, should have the bearing of embracing the world, although this person has no mouth, no words, and nonsense to His Majesty, but he does not know His Majesty's identity in advance, it is not intentional, and there is no offensive thought, please Your Majesty a lot, don't worry about him."

Hearing this, the people were immediately moved.

Lord Lu is really still the same Lord Lu, and for the sake of a flat-headed common man who has nothing to do with him, he did not hesitate to plead with His Majesty, who must have been angry.

What a righteousness, what a love for the people like a son!

(End of chapter)