Chapter 179 Is There Something Wrong with This Guy's Body?

After Lu Chen cleaned up Wang Qingci, he threw her on another chair, and then continued to write Beijun's reform plan.

At this time, Wang Qingci slumped on the chair, staring at Lu Chen who was working seriously, and couldn't help but admire him in his heart.

Wang Qingci said quietly: "My lord, why are you so energetic? After doing bad things to the slave family, you can immediately calm down and do other things."

Hearing Wang Qingci's words, Lu Chen laughed while writing, and then said: "Just taking care of a female slave, how much energy can this king consume."

If ordinary people heard what Lu Chen said, they might be sad, but Wang Qingci didn't feel it at all. After all, her identity was that of Lu Chen's slave girl.

However, Wang Qingci was a little unconvinced and said: "Your Majesty is a master, and he always speaks forcefully. When will the slave family break through to the realm of a master..."

Hearing this, Lu Chen stopped writing, looked up at Wang Qingci on the chair and asked, "What will you do when you break through to the master level?"

"Do you still want to rebel?"

Speaking of this, Lu Chen showed a kind smile.

Wang Qingci curled his lips and then said: "When the slave family breaks through to the master level, the slave family will definitely serve the prince better."

Wang Qingci was also a little unsure. Although her strength and physical fitness would be greatly improved after breaking through to the master level, it would not be impossible for her to have a few fights with Lu Chen.

But Lu Chen can't use common sense to judge. Maybe he has more powerful moves that he hasn't used before, and he may be suppressed again soon.

Maybe by the time he breaks through to the master level, Lu Chen will already be a grand master.

The strength of a Grand Master and a Grand Master are very different.

Lu Chen is already so fierce and powerful now. When Lu Chen breaks through to the Grand Master realm, he doesn't know how powerful he will be.

Wang Qingci's delicate body couldn't help but tremble when he thought that Lu Chen's physical fitness would be greatly improved after he broke through to the Grand Master realm.

Fortunately, Lu Chen has so many women. Although she is Lu Chen's slave girl, she has her own affairs and does not need to stay in the palace to serve Lu Chen every day.

It seems that Lu Chen can no longer be provoked from now on.

At this moment, the voice of a guard in brocade came from outside the study, "Your Majesty, there is a letter from Tianguang City."

After hearing this, Lu Chen said calmly: "Xiaohuan, bring it in."

A big battle just broke out in this study, and the Jin Yiwei soldiers were not allowed to enter.

The maid at the door of the study immediately came to Jin Yiwei, took the information from Jin Yiwei's hand, and then took it into the study.

Lu Chen took the bamboo tube from the maid's hand, took out the information from it, and read it carefully.

Seeing what was written on the intelligence, Lu Chen smiled again.

He originally asked the soldiers of Tianguang City to dress the barbarian prisoners who died in the battle in Daxia clothes, mainly just as a precaution. At first, he did not think that Lin Xiuming would dig graves when he had nothing to do.

Unexpectedly, spies from the imperial army actually went to dig graves to confirm whether there were corpses of Beijun soldiers buried in those graves. ơɱ

It seems that the Black Cavalry will not be allowed to show up in Beijun for some time in the future. The body can only be concealed for a while. By then, other people will definitely come to Yancheng to inquire about the Black Cavalry.

If the black cavalry is still running around at this time, others will notice that the heavy cavalry in Beijun has not been destroyed.

Beijun is about to undergo reforms soon. In the next period of time, it must be low-key and low-key, so as not to attract the attention of the court.

As for whether Beijun's reforms would attract the attention of the imperial court, Lu Chen believed that those in the imperial court would not have the leisure to pay attention to a vassal king messing around in his own fiefdom.

Then Lu Chen put down the information in his hand and continued to write Beijun's reform policy.

In the next few days, Lu Chen basically spent it in his study. He didn't practice riding a horse and practicing his spear for several days. The women in the inner courtyard of the palace noticed Lu Chen's abnormality.

They also felt that something big was going to happen in Beijun next, otherwise Lu Chen wouldn't have been able to stay in the study for several days.

About seven days later, the Northern Palace directly issued a royal order, asking officials from Beijun to come to the Palace to discuss government affairs.

After receiving the royal order from the North Prince's Mansion, the officials in Beijun were a little confused. Generally speaking, some low-level officials were not qualified to participate in the discussion of government affairs. The King of Bei actually asked all high-ranking officials to go to the North Prince's Mansion to discuss government affairs.

What is this going to do?

Isn't the King of Bei going to purge the officials of Bei County?

As soon as the king's order came out, some corrupt officials suddenly became extremely guilty and panicked.

Some officials were so frightened that they fled Beijun directly, but those officials who escaped were quickly captured by Lu Chen's Jin Yiwei.

Lu Chen actually had no intention of taking action against corrupt officials. There was currently a shortage of civil servants and management talents in Beijun. If he took action against corrupt officials at this time, he would not have many people to work with.

But for some who are more corrupt, he still plans to catch a few of them and kill them as a warning to others. Those who are scared and run away are basically those who are more corrupt.

early morning.

As soon as Lu Chen got up, washed up, and finished his porridge, the maid came to tell him that Li Rui and other officials from Yancheng had come to the door of the study to wait for him.

After hearing what the maid said, Lu Chen immediately went to the study.

Seeing a group of people standing at the door of the study, Lu Chen smiled and said, "Lord Li, isn't it still several days before the king's meeting? Why are you here today?"

Seeing Lu Chen coming, Li Rui and a group of Yancheng officials immediately saluted, "Greetings, Your Majesty, may Your Majesty live a thousand years and live a thousand years!"

After Li Rui saluted, he said, "Your Majesty, I heard that your Jinyiwei has been arresting officials in Beijun. Now the people in Beijun are in a panic. Many officials have submitted their resignations to me and plan to return home."

The officials in Beijun are basically not from Beijun. Before Emperor Xia gave Beijun to Lu Chen, the officials in Beijun were all transferred from other places by the court.

Now that they heard that Lu Chen was going to clean up the officialdom, some officials were so scared that they wanted to run away.

According to the rules, after the vassal king arrived at the fiefdom, the officials previously arranged by the court were eligible to submit their resignations, and those officials could leave the vassal king's fiefdom directly without the consent of the vassal king.

This was a trap that the previous Emperor Xia had set for the vassal kings. If a vassal king did not arrange his own people in his territory, the officials arranged by the court could not only monitor the vassal king, but also undermine the vassal king.

Moreover, the court could use these officials to crack down on some disobedient vassal kings.

Usually, if all the officials in a fiefdom ran away, the fiefdom would soon fall into chaos. There was a vassal king who was disobedient, and then the court directly transferred all the officials away, leaving no one available in the vassal king's fiefdom.

Although the officials of the court were transferred away, it seemed that the vassal king had gained power and the power of the fiefdom had been transferred to the hands of the vassal king, but most of the vassal kings who were enfeoffed did not have their own team at the beginning.

For example, a prince like Lu Chen who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun at the beginning, did not have his own administrative team when he first came to Beijun. If the court transferred all the officials of Beijun at this time, Lu Chen could only stare blankly. The Beijun he took over was a complete mess. With the few people he had at the beginning, he could not make the entire Beijun run.

After hearing what Li Rui said, Lu Chen smiled and said: "No wonder you came to the palace early in the morning, it turned out to be for this matter."

"Don't worry about this, the people I asked the Jinyiwei to arrest are all corrupt officials."

After hearing what Lu Chen said, Li Rui and a group of officials became more panicked.

Corrupt officials?

In the officialdom, how many officials present were clean? Even Li Rui himself had received money from others.

If Lu Chen really cleaned up all the corrupt officials, I am afraid that few officials in the entire Beijun would be spared.

According to the rules of the Daxia court, the poorer the place, the less populated the place, the less salary the officials receive.

Beijun is a poor place, and the court sent these officials to this place, and the annual salary they received was the lowest.

So the first thing most officials have to do when they come to Beijun is to find ways to make money. With such a small salary, how can they live well without corruption and bribery?

Aren’t these people officials officials just for status and money? Now Lu Chen is actually going to crack down on corrupt officials. This is to wipe them out.

When Lu Chen came to Beijun, they were worried, but seeing Lu Chen eating, drinking and having fun in the palace every day, they thought Lu Chen was easy to deal with.

Unexpectedly, Lu Chen's knife has been hidden all the time, and it is only now revealed.

Li Rui said quickly: "Your Highness, Beijun is poor. According to the court's regulations, the salaries of officials in Beijun are more than half less than those in Jiangnan and other places. The salaries given by the court are difficult to support the officials' families, so the officials in Beijun have more or less received some things."

"If Your Highness wants to arrest all corrupt officials, then I'm afraid no one in Beijun will be spared. Please think twice!"

As soon as Li Rui finished speaking, the officials behind him immediately bowed and said: "Please think twice."

Although many officials thought that the Black Cavalry had really been destroyed, Lu Chen still had a Jinyiwei in his hands.

If you want to arrest all the officials in Beijun, you don't need Lu Chen's Black Cavalry at all. Those Jinyiwei can arrest them all.

Now there is no official in Beijun who is not afraid of Lu Chen.

Li Rui continued, "Your Majesty, the officials of Beijun are all officials assigned by the court. If you crack down on corrupt officials, some officials will be frightened and may flee Beijun without even submitting their resignation. At that time, some of Beijun's policies may not be passed down to the lower-level people."

"Please give those officials a chance and give them time to reform."

Hearing Li Rui's words, Lu Chen said expressionlessly, "Sir Li, you are not threatening me, are you?"

Hearing the wrong tone, Li Rui immediately broke out in a sweat. He hurriedly said, "I dare not, I am just talking about the facts."

"Beijun is poor, and talented people are unwilling to come to Beijun. If even the officials assigned by the court run away, it may affect the prince's great cause for thousands of years."

Li Rui's words are not only to protect other officials in Beijun, but also to protect himself. No one can say whether Lu Chen's knife will fall on him.

At this time, the atmosphere in the courtyard was extremely dull, and there was light snow in the sky. Li Rui and other officials stood in the courtyard without moving.

The officials did not dare to breathe, they only felt their backs were cold and sweat was pouring down their bodies.

Now it depends on what the King of the North will do.

If the King of the North is determined to crack down on corrupt officials, I'm afraid none of them will be able to escape.

Lu Chen glanced at the loyalty of Li Rui and these officials. Li Rui, the county governor, has the highest loyalty, which has now reached 95, and the loyalty of other officials is basically around 70 or 80.

Loyalty is still loyal, but everyone has their own little thoughts.

After Lu Chen pondered for a moment, he said lightly: "This king is not planning to do any big purge. I asked you to come to the palace to discuss politics in a few days, just because this king is going to announce the reform plan. When some officials in Beijun heard that they were going to be summoned to discuss politics, they were scared and ran away with the silver they embezzled overnight."

"Now is the time for Beijun to use people. Those officials embezzled so much silver in Beijun, but they ran away with the money when something happened. If such people are not arrested, then this king is too kind."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, the officials were stunned.

What the Northern King meant was...

They embezzled so much money, not only did they not honor him, but they ran away with the money, leaving him nothing, so he asked the Jinyiwei to arrest those officials who escaped?

So it seems that they are not without a way out.

When they go back, they will hand over the embezzled silver, so that the Northern King should not trouble them, right?

At this time, Lu Chen continued: "Go back, if the king wants to arrest you, you would have been in the prison of Yancheng long ago."

After hearing Lu Chen's words, Li Rui seemed to understand what Lu Chen meant. Lu Chen was going to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

Catch a few, and then deter other officials in Beijun.

Then he probably won't be fine. When the Northern King first came to Beijun, he immediately handed over all the power in his hands. Although the Northern King only took over the military power at that time, his initial attitude must have satisfied the Northern King.

The power he holds now is also given to him by the King of the North. If the King of the North wants to take action against him, he can easily crush him to death. He is not a threat to the King of the North, and the King of the North will most likely not deal with him.

Thinking of this, Li Rui finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then Li Rui saluted and said, "I will take my leave."

After Li Rui and a group of officials left the palace, one of the officials immediately asked, "Sir Li, will the prince really not settle accounts with the officials of Beijun?"

Li Rui replied, "Didn't the prince say just now that the reason he asked the Jinyiwei to arrest those people was because they wanted to escape from Beijun with the embezzled silver, so the prince arrested them."

"If you don't have this idea, the prince will most likely not care about you. If the prince wants to settle accounts with the officials of Beijun, I'm afraid everyone present, including me, would have been arrested long ago."

At this point, Li Rui glanced at the officials and then said, "The prince is going to reform Beijun next. You should be more efficient in the future and stop living day by day like in the past."

"The prince has great ambitions. If you are still dragging the prince's feet, even if the prince does not settle you now, you will go to jail sooner or later."

At this time, an official whispered, "Sir, what should we do with the silver we collected in the past?"

Since the King of the North has said that he will definitely catch those who run away with the silver, then the officials in Yancheng are unlikely to escape.

The county magistrates in those small places have been arrested by the King of the North Jinyiwei. How can these officials who are under the eyes of the Jinyiwei escape?

Since they can't escape, the silver they embezzled in the past may be a bit hot. No one knows whether the embezzled silver will become evidence of their imprisonment one day.

Li Rui said: "This is easy. After you go back, send all the gifts and silver you have received over the years to my residence. I will send them to the Northern Prince's Mansion."

"By the way, I want to remind you that the prince's Jinyiwei is very powerful. If the prince wants to check how much money you have received in the past, it will be easy to find out. I still advise you not to take chances."

After hearing what Li Rui said, some officials who wanted to hide money secretly gave up the idea instantly.

They had dealt with Jinyiwei a lot and knew how terrifying Jinyiwei was. What Li Rui said was right. If Jinyiwei really wanted to check them, they might be stripped clean.

It was late at night.

Lu Chen was still busy in the study.

The lights in the study were brightly lit. After Chu Qingli patrolled to the door of the study, she found that the lights in the study were still on. She felt incredible.

Some time ago, Lu Chen did bad things with the woman in the palace every day. How come he has become so honest these days? She seems to have not seen Lu Chen and that woman doing bad things for several days.

Is this guy physically ill?

With his personality, if he doesn't do bad things with a woman one day, he will definitely feel uncomfortable.

Yes! He must be physically ill!

Even if he has a fairy fate, he is still a mortal after all. Indulging in beauty every day is unbearable for anyone.

This guy comes to the study every day, probably to prevent his women from seeing that he is no longer okay. For his self-esteem, he hides in the study every day these days and doesn't go back at night.

Just as Chu Qingli was looking at the light in the study and thinking about it, a gentle voice appeared behind Chu Qingli, "Qingli, what are you looking at?"

Chu Qingli came back to her senses instantly. She turned her head and saw that it was Chu Yuqin, so she immediately said, "I didn't see anything. I was just thinking about something."

At this time, Chu Yuqin also looked at the study where Lu Chen was. Seeing that there was still light in Lu Chen's study, Chu Yuqin said to herself, "Chen'er has really grown up."

After the voice fell, Chu Yuqin's face couldn't help but reveal a blush. She suddenly remembered what happened in the study not long ago.