"This oil-saving lamp is very fuel-efficient..." The Minister of Works went on and on explaining the benefits of the oil-saving lamp. At the end, he added, "Your Majesty, among the people of the four countries, how many people can afford oil lamps? How many people work from sunrise to sunset? When it gets dark, the world is dark! But it won't be like that in the future! With this oil-saving lamp, how many people's nights will be bright
Your Majesty, how much oil can be saved every year with this oil-saving lamp? The poor people no longer have to eat food without oil, and no longer have to worry about not being able to afford oil lamps! This is good news for the people!
Your Majesty, throughout history, there are very few children from poor families who can make the leap to success. After all, most of them can only study during the day because they cannot afford to use more oil lamps. With this oil-saving lamp, many children from poor families can study all night long, and their leap to success is just around the corner!
How many pillars of talent will this oil-saving lamp cultivate for our Chu State? It is also a daily achievement for the country's take-off!
Your Majesty, our Chu State has this oil-saving lamp, which means it is the first of the four countries to realize the lighting of thousands of houses! It is the first of the four countries! Your Majesty, this is good news for Chu State!
This is all brought about by the Emperor’s blessing! Our Chu State is blessed! Our Chu people are blessed! Students all over the world are blessed! "
Minister of Industry: "... "
His beard was shaking with anger!!
You are usually like a saw-mouthed gourd, why are you so talkative today
It's just a small fuel-saving lamp, why doesn't he praise it to the sky
The Minister of Works was so angry that his lungs were crooked!
It's obviously his credit!
I just don't understand what's going on. Why does this old guy have a fuel-saving lamp in his hand
"Haha, great! What a great oil-saving lamp! Lord Xu is indeed clever and smart, and he can actually invent an oil-saving lamp! Reward! A huge reward! Lord Xu, order someone to make a batch of oil-saving lamps right away! The envoy of Zhao will be here soon, and I want him to see the scene of thousands of lights in the capital! Let him see that our Chu State has something that their Zhao State cannot compare to!"
The Minister of Works: "I obey your order! Your Majesty, this oil-saving lamp was actually invented by a woman named Shen from Futai County. I just thought that this oil-saving lamp would benefit the country, so I reported it to Your Majesty. I dare not take all the credit for it."
The Minister of Works was stunned when he heard this.
A woman named Shen from Futai County
Same person
So someone is trying to cast a wider net
This is simply outrageous!
The emperor had already thought of how to show off in front of the Zhao envoys. As long as he thought of the shocked expressions of the Zhao envoys, he was happy: "Haha... In this case, rewards, all of them will be generous!"
The State of Chu has many of the best among the four states!
The land of Chu is the most barren!
Chu has the least fertile farmland and dry land!
The grain yield in Chu State is the lowest!
The State of Chu had the most poor people!
The number of people who died of freezing and starvation every year was the highest in Chu!
There are the fewest talented people in Chu State!
The State of Chu has the least learned and talented students!
Students from four countries compete and find that Chu is the worst!
Among the famous scholars of the four countries, Chu has the least!
The Chu State’s treasury is the emptier!
The weapons of Chu State were the most backward!
The Chu State has the weakest military force!
... ..
This time, thanks to the help of a fuel-saving lamp, the State of Chu can finally take first place!
The first country to achieve the goal of having thousands of lights on!
Ha ha... ..
The emperor was so pleased that he rewarded Miss Shen from Futai County, who invented the oil-saving lamp, with an imperial archway with the words "Blessings to the World" and a jade ruyi. The decree was drafted by the Hanlin Academy and then issued.
Then he awarded the Minister of Works a jade ruyi inlaid with gold and jade.
Although the reward was small, it frightened the ministers in the court even more.
What does the jade ruyi represent? It represents making the other person happy and satisfied.
Despite such a great contribution, the emperor only rewarded him with a jade ruyi, indicating that he had temporarily remembered the contribution.
Wait until there is an opportunity to meet the other party's requirements in the future.
The Minister of Works felt a chill in his heart.
He is over sixty years old and has reached the age of retirement.
Does the Emperor want the Minister of Works to replace him
How is this possible
He already has the candidate ready!
He originally wanted to take this opportunity to promote one of his own people, but he didn't expect that the other party would get there first!
The Minister of Industry said happily: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"
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After the court session, Prime Minister Liang walked up to the Minister of Industry and whispered, "What's up with the fuel-saving lamp?"
The Minister of Industry was also annoyed: "Someone doesn't know the rules, maybe they are casting a wide net in the hope of catching a big fish!"
Prime Minister Liang: "Humph, then he might have caught the wrong fish. Don't let him sink his boat! Don't use people like this who can please both sides!"
"Your Excellency the Prime Minister is right." It's a pity that this opportunity was wasted.
Prime Minister Liang said this and walked away. After leaving the palace, he got on a carriage. The Minister of Finance in the carriage said respectfully, "Prime Minister."
"But what's going on in Futai County?" Prime Minister Liang sat down and asked.
"I received a letter. Futai County has been experiencing heavy rains these days. I'm afraid it will affect the harvest. If the rain continues, there may be disasters!"
Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Liang raised his eyebrows: Isn’t this God helping me
"How's the matter of inciting public indignation?"
"It has been raining hard these past few days and no one has gone out, but we have arranged for people to go and stir up public anger as soon as the weather improves. The rainstorm is a help. The grain production in Futai County will definitely decrease this year. The people are getting more and more nervous, and nervousness will easily lead to chaos. Once there is chaos and things get out of hand, the censor will impeach him, and the kid from the Ren family will no longer be able to serve as the county magistrate. The prince will only become more and more incompetent in front of the emperor!"
Prime Minister Liang pursed his lips and said, "What prince? He hasn't been officially crowned yet! Don't leave any traces of this."
"It was the eldest prince. I made a slip of the tongue! Don't worry, Prime Minister. It is impossible to find the source of the rumors. But I received a letter last night that Ren Zilin secretly purchased a large amount of wheat and wheat seeds in Futai County and nearby counties. He also sent letters to Jin, Yan, and Zhao to find someone to buy high-yield grain seeds."
Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Liang sneered: "He is smart. The autumn harvest is coming soon. This rainstorm will definitely affect the harvest. He bought food in advance. Is he planning to use food to appease the people? He is indeed rich! Ha, since he has so much silver, I will play with him..."
He explained it in detail.
After all, he was a rookie and thought he had many tricks, so he just played with these little kids who had not even fully grown their hair.
"Yes~"
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After the court session ended, within half a day, all the ladies and young ladies in the capital knew that a woman named Shen from Futai County had invented a lamp that saved oil, and was rewarded with an imperial archway and a jade ruyi by the emperor.
This afternoon, Princess Wuyang hosted a chrysanthemum-viewing banquet. She invited the ladies and daughters of major families in the capital to the princess's mansion to appreciate the chrysanthemums. Princess Changle and Shen Ruolan also came.
Everyone was discussing the issue of saving fuel lamps.
The Minister of Works was in the limelight in the court today. The Emperor rewarded him with a jade ruyi, which meant that he intended to pass on the position of Minister of Works to him. Therefore, everyone gathered around the wife of the Minister of Works to get information.
"Mrs. Xie, who is the girl who invented the oil-saving lamp? Is she your distant relative?"
"Madam Xie, is the girl who invented the oil-saving lamp very beautiful? Will she come to Beijing for a beauty pageant in the spring?"
"Does this even need to be said? Why does the fuel-saving lamp appear now? Isn't this obviously to build momentum for the talent show? Madam Xie is a hidden talent!"
"That Miss Shen has received the Jade Ruyi from the Emperor at this time. It seems that she will definitely be a big star in the selection after the spring! Madam Xie, what is your relationship with her? Is that girl pretty?"
... ...
The selection of concubines was related to the future of each mansion. The emperor was in his prime, young and handsome, and the throne of the empress was vacant. Many ministers in the court wanted to send their daughters to the palace, so everyone was trying to inquire about it.
The wife of the Minister of Industry knew nothing and could only smile and say, "Miss Shen is a very smart woman."
Isn’t it smart to come up with the idea of saving fuel
Shen Ruolan is accompanying Princess Changle to attend the chrysanthemum viewing banquet today.
It's just that she is the second wife of the prince consort, and these ladies from aristocratic families generally ignore her. Only when Princess Wuyang talks to her will they say a word or two to her.
At this moment, she heard everyone discussing the girl named Shen in Futai County and couldn't help but be absent-minded. She didn't know which girl was so amazing
I wish my two children were as capable as this!