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

"Western Sea...?"

After listening to Jiang Chengyue's introduction, Lu Chen pondered for a moment and then said, "I remember, there is a Dragon Palace there, right?"

"have."

Jiang Chengyue nodded and continued to play his role as secretary.

"Furthermore, during the Guangwu period, the Xihai Yunchi Clan sent envoys to the capital to establish diplomatic relations with our dynasty. However, civil strife broke out in the Xihai Dragon Palace and they were cut off from the imperial court. Since then, the Western sea lanes have been cut off by the Hai Clan, making it difficult to navigate. "

Hearing this, Lu Chen suddenly became thoughtful.

Seeing this, Jiang Chengyue couldn't help but ask: "Lu Shaobao, do you want to... restore the waterway?"

"Um."

Lu Chen responded simply.

"There are countless resources, wealth and opportunities hidden in the sea. If the waterway can be restored and trade links with Xizhou can be strengthened, it will be extremely beneficial to the current increasingly corrupt situation, and it will also have many benefits for future development."

Fu Hua asked with some confusion: "Huaiyu, are you worried about the situation in the south?"

"If this is the case, you can rest assured that with His Majesty the Holy King here, even if the south is completely ruined, His Majesty the Holy King can clean up the mess with thunderous power, eradicate all the rebels one by one, and give His Majesty a stable south. "

"We just need to stabilize the situation in the west and southwest."

Hearing this, Jiang Chengyue curled his lips inexplicably.

Lu Chen didn't notice anything strange about her, but shook his head.

Looking at Fu Huan, who was born in the Cangming Realm, was once the chief general of the Holy Realm, and is now the commander of the Xuanji Guards, he hesitated for a moment, and then said slowly:

"Although the Holy King is powerful, it is still an external force to the court. The court can temporarily rely on the power of the Holy King to revive, but it must not rely too much on it."

After all, Fu Hua was a former high-ranking official in the Holy Realm. Although she was young and had little experience, and the political ecology of the Holy Realm was relatively simple, she was still one of the people in power. She could naturally understand these words.

And this also made her suddenly realize a reality.

Although I don’t know why the Holy King offered so much help to the Empress of Great Xia, in essence, Great Xia and the Holy Realm are still two forces that have no control over each other.

No matter how good the relationship between the two parties is, there will be a day when they separate, and the Holy King cannot stay in Daxia forever.

As a high-level member of the Holy Realm, the right-hand man supported by the Cangming Holy King against all opinions, and the absolute commander of the Xuanwu Guard, she will eventually return to the Holy Realm. Even the Holy King has said that as long as the situation in Daxia is stable, the Holy Realm will be restored. He will not interfere in the affairs of the secular dynasty as he did in the past.

Not just her, most of the top and middle-level members of Xuanji Guard will leave Daxia sooner or later.

Therefore, to the empress, she is a foreign minister, just a borrowed friend. As for Lu Chen, as a high-level executive in Daxia, even if he has a good personal relationship with her, they can trust each other's behind-the-scenes existence. There is still a layer of difficulty in their respective positions. Barriers broken.

Although Fu Hua usually had vague feelings about it, she always instinctively refused to think about it. However, Lu Chen was always sober.

He can realize very clearly that no matter how good the Holy Realm is, it does not belong to Daxia. Therefore, as the current actual helm and leader of the Daxia court, he has considered the long term and will not be helped by the Qingtian of the Holy Realm in front of him. Confused.

Daxia, after all, has to rely on itself.

After thinking about it clearly, Fu Hua couldn't help but lower her eyes, a hint of sadness flashed in her eyes, while Jiang Chengyue on the side looked at Lu Chen quite unexpectedly, with admiration in her beautiful eyes.

Although she felt depressed, Fu Hua still nodded and said: "I see, I understand."

After a pause, she continued: "The Dragon Palace of the Western Sea has been in decay for a long time. Most of the Western sea routes have been occupied by sea monsters, pirates, and rebels. It may not be easy to restore it."

"Yeah, I know."

Lu Chen nodded slightly.

"But things still have to be done, and you can't give up when you encounter difficulties."

"Whether it can be done or not, let's do it first."

Chai Hongyu stood up and asked softly: "What are you going to do, sir?"

"There is too little information, and I don't have a clue right now. Let's understand the situation thoroughly first."

Lu Chen turned to look at Jiang Chengyue: "Your Highness, could you please lead someone to collect some information about the Western Route, the Western Sea Dragon Palace and the Dragon Clan? Try to find as many Westerners from across the ocean as possible to inquire about it, and sort out this information. , and then summarize it for me.”

As he spoke, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and added: "By the way, there is also the current situation of Xizhou, including the distribution of forces, customs, etc., especially the Holy Sword Principality and Sword Princess."

Upon hearing this, Chai Hongyu and Fu Hua frowned at the same time.

Fu Huan hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but interrupt: "Huaiyu, are you interested in Sword Girl?"

"Um?"

Lu Chen looked at her inexplicably.

"The Holy Sword Principality is the first stop after crossing the Western Route. It is the closest to us and the country that cannot be avoided no matter what. Its leader's attitude towards the Great Xia court is very crucial. Naturally, I want to know more about it."

He explained a little, and then asked: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this swordswoman?"

Hearing what he said, Fu Huan's eyes relaxed slightly, then shook her head and said softly: "It's nothing."

She obviously didn't want to say more, but Lu Chen didn't pay much attention.

Chai Hongyu glanced at her rather subtly, with an incomprehensible meaning in her eyes.

Lu Chen continued: "As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. The Central Continent Dynasty has cut off diplomatic relations with the countries of Xizhou for a long time. What is the situation in Xizhou today can only be described verbally by Westerners from across the ocean and foreign businessmen traveling to the Western Regions. And these people are either They have little status, limited knowledge, or have evil intentions. The information they provide can only be used as a reference and cannot be used to make decisions. "

As he spoke, he pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Jiang Chengyue again, and said solemnly: "The collection of information is very complicated. This is a big project. It may be a bit difficult for His Highness, but it is also a rare opportunity to exercise. "

"I plan to set up a Foreign Affairs Department in Lingyun Mansion. If His Highness can do this well, I will let His Highness temporarily serve as the Secretary, specializing in overseas confidential matters. How about that?"

This is the benefit of establishing a government office.

Not only can they recruit talents from within their jurisdiction for their own use, but they can also set up institutions according to their own ideas. They can completely decide on personnel appointments and dismissals without asking for orders, and can directly bypass the official department.

With such powerful authority, only three ministers, including him, Holy King Cangming and Gu Simiao, have such power in Daxia.

In front of him, the governor of seven provinces, the great history of the feudal territory was no more than that.

Facing the cake drawn by Lu Chen, Jiang Chengyue agreed without much hesitation. She didn't know if the empress had given her any instructions.

If it weren't for Lu Chen who really doesn't have anyone available right now, and the chance of resuming the Western route is not very good, and Jiang Chengyue has performed really well during this period, whether it is sorting files, collecting information, or sorting out government affairs, he can handle all matters big and small. He is well organized and has shown considerable talent in governance, and he will not leave this matter to this little girl.

After all, Jiang Chengyue is too young, even younger than the empress, and has no previous experience in serving.

In the final analysis, assisting the government and taking charge are completely different things. Jiang Chengyue's outstanding ability to assist the government does not mean that she is now qualified to take charge of the government alone.

But the reality was that he could only put a hundred million more burdens on this young girl.

After Lu Chen explained some more and gave some ideas for how to proceed, he handed the seal and the talisman to Jiang Chengyue, gave him the corresponding authority, and the latter left the hall.

After Jiang Chengyue left, Chai Hongyu walked up to Lu Chen, looked at the back of the little princess as she left, and said with a rather hesitant expression: "Is it really okay to leave such a big thing to a little girl?"

Lu Chen shrugged.

"I will send someone to help her. As for whether she can do her best, let fate do her best. It's better than doing nothing."

In the final analysis, Xizhou's matter is just a hug. It's the best if it can be achieved. If it doesn't, there won't be much loss. With Yuzhou's current finances, this loss is nothing at all, it's just a bit of a pity.

For him, the most important thing now is still the military and political affairs in the seven provinces, as well as the situation in the southwest, central south and south.

Although it is not a problem to stick to it, it doesn't matter even if it allows corruption in various places, as long as it can reduce the pressure on the Eastern Front and prevent the rebels and rebels in the west from merging with the main rebels in the east, but that is not his style at all.

Whether it is the limitations of the system or his own wishes, he who has personally experienced the true dark side of the world cannot fail in this position.

Chai Hongyu nodded in understanding.

She is a pure martial artist. She does not have Fu Hua's experience of holding a high position in the Holy Realm. She has average political talent and only roughly understands what Lu Chen means.

But since Lu Chen said so, there should be no problem.

Fu Hua had no opinion on this and said nothing.

"alright."

Lu Chen stretched himself.

"Let's leave it like this for now."

He put down the last official document he had just approved, stood up, and said: "The prefects and prefects of each state should have arrived. Let's go there now. Don't let them wait too long and think that I "I'm putting on airs and giving them power."

"Um."

Soon, the three of them packed up, and then Fu Hua and Chai Hongyu followed Lu Chen, one on the left and the other on the right, towards the government hall directly south of Lingyun Mansion.

click

The moment the three of them left the entrance of the hall——

"Um?"

Chai Hongyu and Fu Hua suddenly stared at each other at the same time, then raised their heads in unison and looked at the roof of an attic not far from Beixuanmen.

The next second, the two of them inexplicably stretched out their hands and gently placed them on the swords at their waists. While holding the hilt of the sword, they strode forward and stopped in front of Lu Chen.

Lu Chen was just stunned for a moment, and reacted the moment he came into contact with the two people's suddenly serious eyes.

He didn't say anything more, he just moved slightly and got slightly closer to the two of them.

"Tsk"

From the top of the attic where the two men were staring, a loud voice suddenly sounded.

"As expected of the Guiyi Realm, he actually noticed my existence through the Phaseless Array so quickly."

Accompanied by a slightly hoarse voice, the air in the originally empty place suddenly began to shake violently, and then a figure wearing a purple-black costume and holding a Miao knife slowly appeared in the sight of the three of them.

Immediately afterwards, the figure suddenly exerted force on its feet, and its body instantly shot towards Lu Chen and others like a sharp arrow.

Seeing this, Fu Hua did not hesitate at all, her spiritual power exploded instantly, and the ancient Taoist sword in the hilt instantly burst into a strange black light.

bite!

Only a crisp sound was heard, and a small section of the ancient sword was pulled out.

The moment the cold light was exposed in the air, a huge magic circle appeared under the three people's feet.

As the magic circle operates, the space force field within a radius of tens of meters changes instantly. The power of the earth suddenly multiplies ten times. All the materials on the ground cling to the ground under the huge suction force, causing the ground to crack in a breath. Come.

Even the air became extremely heavy.

It seemed that he had noticed the abnormality in the space and realized the threat of the formation. When he was about to rush to the main hall of Lingyun Hall, he suddenly stopped and finally stood on the edge of the wall, looking down at the three people at the entrance of the hall. people.

"Tsk tsk, the Ancient Dao Sword is one of the legendary treasures that was transformed from the remains of a saint. I didn't expect that I, Ding, would be lucky enough to see it."

A rather emotional voice came.

Lu Chen finally saw the figure clearly.

The moment he saw the person clearly, an extremely strong anger and hatred suddenly and instinctively surged out of his heart.

"It's you!"

Seeing Lu Chen speak, he seemed to know the person coming, a look of surprise flashed across the faces of Fu Hua and Chai Hongyu, and their hands moved slightly slowly, wanting to understand the situation first.

However, they still watched the incoming person with great vigilance. As long as the other party made the slightest movement, they would take action immediately.

Hearing Lu Chen's exclamation, the man's lips raised slightly.

"Hey, little junior brother."

There was a profound meaning in his words.

He raised his eyebrows, met Lu Chen's eyes with a wild look, and said in a frivolous tone: "We haven't seen each other for six years, and my junior brother has become a big shot in charge of the secrets of seven provinces. He is so rich and powerful, but he actually recognizes your second senior brother. Me, this is really flattering to me.”

As he said that, he looked at Fu Hua and Chai Hongyu in front of Lu Chen, then smiled evilly, and continued: "Hehe, I really didn't expect that Tie Shu, who had worried the master and senior brother when he was in the sect, would leave. Not long after I joined the sect, the flowers bloomed, and I was so blessed that I had two peerless beauties as companions. I really envy you."

Lu Chen finally suppressed the instinctive emotion of his body. When he heard these words, especially when he heard him mention the word "senior brother", the anger in his heart surged out again.

"shut up!"

He raised his hand angrily, pointed at the so-called second senior brother, and said in a solemn voice:

"You are a scum who slaughtered your fellow disciples and harmed your senior brother. You are a shameless villain! You actually have the nerve to mention him in front of me?!"

Hearing this, Fu Hua and Chai Hongyu's expressions changed at the same time.

Are they really enemies rather than friends?

Realizing this, the two of them didn't hesitate at all, and their spiritual power surged crazily again.

The spiritual power of the two Guiyi Realm experts was stimulated, and their terrifying powers intertwined, causing the surrounding space to begin to distort.

The next moment, Lu Chen gave an order in a cold voice: "Liangyu, Hongyu, help me capture this shameless man!"

After the words fell, the two women nodded at the same time.

"Okay!" (End of this chapter)