Under the vigorous promotion of the imperial court, with the official introduction of coal into the market, the people of the entire Gyeonggi land finally got rid of the threat of severe cold.

The charcoal burns longer than charcoal, which can not only be used for heating, but also for cooking, and the government also sells iron stoves at a low price......

Whether it is cost or function, charcoal crushes the traditional charcoal, therefore, in addition to the dignitaries and nobles also use charcoal, ordinary people almost every household uses charcoal, and at the same time, under the propaganda of people with hearts, they also learned that the reason why they can use this cheap and easy to use charcoal, no longer have to be frozen, all thanks to the current dynasty Ministry of Industry Shangshu, Tiangong Si Zheng Lu Chen.

As a result, Lu Chen's immortal tablet began to skyrocket by tens of thousands again.

After countless people were alive again, the golden body of merit on his body also unconsciously became stronger.

At this time, even if he walked alone in the world without guards, he did not have to fear the existence of evil.

There are only a handful of strange and unpredictable evils in the world that can pose a threat to him.

A year passed quickly, and under Lu Chen's continuous push, the role of the Tiangong Division became bigger and bigger.

Although Liyue's spiritual power project has not made much progress, other projects have made breakthroughs one after another.

After continuous verification and development, the charcoal has been able to be used to smelt metals, and it can also be used instead of the flame array to a certain extent, and this also means that the demand for spirit stones in the imperial court has been reduced again, and now the spirit stones hoarded in the treasury can be used for several years even according to the previous usage.

Even if Xungui monopolized the supply of spiritual stones and threatened small merchants not to participate in the bidding of the Ministry of Industry, relying on the replacement of coal, the imperial court could hold out until the time when new deposits were called.

At the same time, Lu Chen openly proposed in the imperial court that all important mineral deposits related to national security, such as spirit stones, iron, and mythril, should be nationalized, and private mining would no longer be allowed to further strengthen the imperial court's control over the world.

As soon as this admonition was put forward, it immediately attracted countless verbal criticisms.

In the huge imperial court, whether it is a civil servant, a military general, or a nobleman, almost half of the forces from all sides stand up against it.

However, this admonition was put forward by Lu Chen, and it was also a gamble on everything, even if all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty opposed it, it could play a very limited role.

What's more, the empress has long been extremely dissatisfied with the current imperial court.

The final result is naturally that the old accounts should be settled with the handle collected in secret, the old accounts should be reckoned, the deposed should be deposed, the demoted should be demoted, and the beggar bones should go directly to the process to let them return to their hometowns.

The empress holds the forbidden army in her hand, has her back to the Holy Realm, and has three strong people in the Guiyi Realm who swear allegiance to the death, and she is also a peerless master who has realized the path of the emperor several times, if she wants to do something, unless the other holy kings of the Holy Realm raise their banners to crusade at the same time, they can't stop it at all.

When the mantis arm is a car, the end can be imagined.

After this incident, Lu Chen's power was once again exponentially strengthened.

The policy opposed by more than half of the courtiers can still be implemented, and the empress doesn't seem to care about the stability of the court at all, so she acted recklessly, supported Lu Chen, and directly gave Lu Chen the power to lift the table, who still played with him?

Soon, the bigwigs realized that the battle between the court and the court was meaningless to Lu Chen, he didn't need any city government or means at all, and no one could resist it.

Unless this person is forcibly eliminated with the power of thunder regardless of the rules of the game, there will be no second voice in the court, except for those who are not afraid of death and those who are not afraid of death.

Contend?

What to fight with someone who ignores the rules of the game?

The effect of carbon research and development is remarkable, and cement is naturally not much worse.

You must know that before the advent of cement, most of the time the imperial court built roads with the help of the power of the magic circle, and the activation of the magic circle required a large number of spirit stones, even so, the road built was indescribable, and it was basically repaired every few years.

Not to mention that cement can not only build bridges and pave roads, but also build houses, build cities, strengthen city houses, etc., and change the status quo of large-scale construction.

These three aspects have always been the bulk of the treasury expenditure, and countless spiritual materials are consumed every year, sometimes even comparable to military expenditures, so that the wealthy families who monopolize spiritual materials make a lot of money.

As a result, the family that used to monopolize the necessary resources to grab the wealth from Great Xia became the first victim.

The gradual reduction of this huge expenditure has undoubtedly broken their nerves, and the new system that Lu Chen has implemented in the Ministry of Industry has made the remaining spiritual material demand of the imperial court not necessarily fall on their heads.

As the saying goes, robbing people of money is like killing their parents, Lu Chen cut off their main income one after another, and they also hated Lu Chen as they watched the gradual decline of the family.

In just one year, they have reached the point where they have to eat their old books.

The days are getting harder.

And no matter how difficult their situation was, the empress did not have the slightest intention of standing on their side, and had always firmly supported Lu Chen's various advices, and kept throwing money at the Tiangong Division, and almost all the massive wealth in the entire internal treasury was at Lu Chen's free disposal.

We want policy for policy, money for money, and power for power.

Today's Lu Chen seems to have become a powerful minister of the court, even if he is the head of the three pavilions, Yan Song, even if he holds the highest power, he cannot compete with Lu Chen in terms of status.

And the source of Lu Chen's power is the empress, the Cangming Holy King behind the empress, and the upstart forces led by Fu Huan and Gu Simiao.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the current Lu Chen can't be provoked at all, and even Qian Yiqian and other ministers who wanted to target Lu Chen, a fortunate minister, have become more and more silent, and they dare not stand up and force them again, and they get by in fear every day, and they are completely honest.

However, the Wenchen Group can dodge Lu Chen's edge, but the Xun Qi Hao family cannot.

The loss of their fundamental interests has become unbearable.

Boom!

In the Yanguo Mansion, Zheng Yue punched the desk on the side with a hard punch.

"It can't go on like this!"

He stood up sharply, gritted his teeth, and said:

"If the land thieves are allowed to act perversely like this, the foundation of our families for dozens of generations will decline today!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the heads of the families who had been invited to discuss important matters suddenly sank.

After a moment of silence, Sun Cheng, the head of Zhao Guogong, coughed lightly and said slowly: "What Yan Guogong said is reasonable, everyone here is deeply affected by the land thief, and it must be clear that if this thief is not removed, what will happen to the meritorious family that we rest with the country." ”

"I'm sure you don't want to be sinners in your family, do you?"

Hearing this, everyone was moved.

"I can't help it."

After being silent for a long time again, Xing Guogong Xiahou Chang finally stood up and said in a deep voice: "Let's join forces, everyone don't hide it, take out their hole cards, use all means, and get rid of this thief at all costs. ”

"It's better than sitting still."

Wenchen is unreliable, until now, there is still only the voice of Lu Chen's side in the court, factional disputes or something, it is almost impossible to see in the Yongchu Dynasty, and no one can stop Lu Chen from doing anything.

Since the Wenchen led by Yan Song can't be counted on, then they can only save themselves.

None of the people here are stupid people, and what the three princes can realize, they can naturally realize.

So, after a short conversation, everyone looked at each other, and then nodded at the same time in tacit understanding.

And at the moment when everyone agreed-

"Grandpa Guo!"

Suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside the door.

"Yan Ge Lao asks to see."

……………

Just when the wealthy families and nobles of Gyeonggi gathered together to discuss important matters.

Purple Pole City, the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry.

Lu Chen, who had just finished handling official business, took his hands, walked to the window, raised his head, looked into the distance, and looked at the gradually gloomy sky not far away, as if he had a premonition, and his brows gradually wrinkled.

"It's all forced to do this, don't those people do it......"

muttered in a voice that only he could hear, and a look of helplessness quietly flashed in his eyes.

A year is not a long time, but it is not short, but it is not short, if you really want to make a difference, it is enough to do a lot of things.

To be honest, he never thought that he had already reached this point, and the civil official group and the Xunqi group could endure it until now without doing anything, not only that, but on the surface, they became more and more deferential, making him less and less resistant to doing things.

The current situation in the court, even a novice like him, who has only been in contact with politics for a long time, can see that if he is allowed to continue to "mess around" like this, the old forces that are constantly squeezing their living space will be completely cool.

Tiangong Division in the introduction of coal and cement, for the imperial court after a very large amount of open source and reduce expenditure, did not rest on its laurels, but continued to increase investment, relying on his own authority above 10,000 people under the strong implementation, Daxia agriculture, military industry, medical care, manufacturing and other aspects have made breakthroughs one after another.

More and more emerging industries are on the right track, and these industries are basically firmly controlled by the empress;

Xuanjiwei in various places is also growing, constantly transmitting local news back to the capital to further deter the ministers and officials.

The monopoly of resources on which the wealthy families rely for their livelihood has also been continuously broken.

Everything is changing in the direction of the empress and him, if he doesn't do something, when he gradually completes the comprehensive change from top to bottom, those old forces will inevitably be swept into the garbage heap of the long river of history.

Of course, it is not that there are no families who have changed their family development strategies in line with the times, but more often than not, they are old elites who are accustomed to making money lying down and are extremely disgusted with what changes have happened in the world.

And those wealthy families that have lasted for hundreds or thousands of years, Lu Chen doesn't believe that they don't have their own hole cards.

But until now, they still haven't made a move, and even small movements are rare, which is somewhat unexpected for him.

Although it was always unusually calm before the storm, it was a little too long.

While thinking about it, he subconsciously turned his head and glanced at Chai Hongyu outside the door.

"Sure enough, Chai Hongyu put too much pressure on them......

Over the past year, Chai Hongyu has been almost inseparable from him, whether it is when he is eating or sleeping, he has been waiting by the side.

Even when you go to the toilet......

The deterrent power brought by a Unified Realm powerhouse with an ancient bloodline was obviously much higher than Lu Chen expected.

And in this world, the only person who can be willingly protected by the powerhouses of the One Realm is the empress.

Don't look at Fu Huan and Chai Hongyu both breaking through to the Returning Realm at the age of twenty-five or sixteen one after another, Gu Simiao is even the youngest Returning Realm powerhouse in the history of Great Xia, it seems that the Returning Realm is easy to break through, but in fact, it is not.

As the highest cultivation under the Immortal Dao, the ceiling of the cultivator, and the hundreds of Cave Void Realm masters, none of them may be able to successfully break through.

There are only a handful of powerhouses in the entire Central Continent, almost all of them are the ancestors of the great families, the heads of the ten major sects, or the worship of the top forces, even if it is the imperial court, before the Yongchu Dynasty, most of the time, only the generals of the Pillar Kingdom who guard the eight directions are in the One Realm.

The Cave Void Realm can almost be regarded as the highest combat power in the world.

Being so dutifully protected by Chai Hongyu is enough to break most people's minds.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen couldn't help but feel a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart.

If you want to move him, you need at least three strong people above the One Realm to have hope, and you have to find a good time, after all, Gu Simiao will return to Beijing from time to time, and Fu Huan is even more uncertain, no one knows when she is in Beijing and when she will go out on a mission, if it is not good, just bump into it, then Barbie Q.

The risk is so great, and the powerhouse of the One Realm is the Dinghai Divine Needle of the Great Force, and it is easy to move, no wonder even if it has reached a situation of not dying, until now no one has made a move.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen suddenly sighed heavily.

"The fairy road is slim......"

Emo for a while, then he shook his head, didn't think about it anymore, and turned back to the Taishi chair.

That's when —

"Lu Qing."

A shadow suddenly appeared outside the door.

"Are you free?"

Lu Chen looked up, and suddenly saw Jiang Chengwan, who was dressed in civilian clothes for some reason, standing at the door prettyly, looking at him with an inquiring expression.

Seeing the empress coming, he hurriedly gathered his mind, and then greeted him.

"Wechen has seen Your Majesty."

Jiang Chengwan waved her hand and said softly, "Lu Qing doesn't have to be polite. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Lu Chen got up, he asked, "I don't know why Your Majesty is here......"

Jiang Chengwan habitually stroked the hair around her ears.

"I want to go out of the palace, observe the people's feelings, and see the people's livelihood in Gyeonggi now, if Lu Qing is free, he might as well go with me."

Aware of the people's feelings?

Right now?

At this time when you're about to get off work?

You did it on purpose.

Lu Chen secretly complained in his heart, but he didn't refuse.

This year, he has been busy in the government office, and he has not gone out much, as one of the six books, he is in a high position, so naturally he does not need to do many things himself.

Since the empress wants to go, it's good to go and change her mood.

(End of chapter)