[Comprehensive] The number one cannon fodder

After Chen Xiaosheng entered the palace, he really felt the splendor of the palace. He and Su Xueyun had visited many royal ruins before crossing, but the ruins were just ruins after all. Not only did they lack the solemn and solemn atmosphere, but they also added a lot of modern facilities and streams. The incessant number of tourists is completely incomparable with the current environment.

Zhou Wenbin looked at the well-behaved eunuchs, court ladies, and teams of patrolling guards, and sighed softly: "The palace is well managed."

Chen Xiaosheng replied in a low voice: "The emperor has a good empress and a good grand master."

The two tacitly stopped talking, but there was a sense of regret in their words.How rare is it to have a queen who can take care of the harem well and a grand master who can balance the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty without any selfishness?If the emperor is a wise king who knows how to cherish good wives and good ministers, the country will grow smoothly, but now this emperor only cares about eating, drinking and having fun. No one knows what will happen to the country after a few decades.

Neither of them is the kind of person with a big heart, but facing such a foolish emperor, it is inevitable that they will doubt whether it is useful for them to take the imperial examination to serve the court.Wen Zhengming, on the other hand, didn't hear their whispers at all, and was excitedly looking forward to meeting the emperor. It was his lifelong wish to serve the country. No matter what the emperor said, as long as he had a clear conscience, he would have no regrets even if he died.

The three of them had their own thoughts and were lured to the imperial study by the eunuch. After Chen Xiaosheng practiced martial arts, his eyes and ears were sharp, and he heard the laughter of the emperor and Xiao Dazi fighting crickets outside the door, and felt quite speechless.Of course, the emperor had already sat upright behind the imperial case when they entered the door. The emperor was very happy to see them, and he refused to wait for them to salute. You are wrong, I have never heard of the insights you mentioned in the answer sheet, you really have a lot of ideas."

Chen Xiaosheng smiled lightly and said: "The emperor praised it, the students just have some novel ideas."

The emperor patted the imperial case, and said with a smile: "I just like your novel ideas! Zhu Zhishan, when I celebrated Grand Master Hua's birthday last time, I asked you to study more interesting things, did you figure it out?"

The three of Chen Xiaosheng raised their heads in amazement. Seeing the emperor's expectant look, they were speechless for a while. Isn't this the audience that the emperor encouraged the first-class candidates to see?

Seeing that Chen Xiaosheng didn't speak, the emperor thought that he hadn't researched it, and his harmless smile suddenly became dangerous, and he said displeasedly: "Zhu Zhishan, you haven't researched anything, right? How dare you not do what I told you to do?" ? Is that an anti-decree?"

Chen Xiaosheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately clasped his fists to salute, saying: "If you return to the emperor, the student is only entering the palace for the first time, and I am a little nervous, please ask the emperor to make amends. If the emperor confesses, the students dare not neglect in the slightest. They have already studied for the emperor for three years. A fun little gadget."

Only then did the emperor ease his face, but he still frowned, and said, "Three kinds of gadgets? You must be busy studying cement and bicycles with Hua Wenwu, and taking the imperial examination, so you didn't spend much time doing things for me. right?!"

Wen Zhengming kept a straight face and opened his mouth to argue, but Zhou Wenbin grabbed his sleeve, took a step forward, and said with a smile: "Your majesty, you have wronged Zhishan. They are all researching interesting things, and they are often distracted even when eating, and once drank chili oil as a sweet soup!"

The emperor was surprised: "Really? The chili oil tastes so bad that he drank it?"

Zhou Wenbin laughed and said, "Of course I drank it, and even drank a whole bowl, my mouth was swollen after drinking it."

The emperor laughed loudly, pointed at Chen Xiaosheng and said, "It turns out that I blamed you for being so hardworking, so tell me what you have studied, it must be very interesting, right?"

Zhou Wenbin heaved a sigh of relief, and continued: "It's very interesting. If Zhishan hadn't devoted all his time to research, he might have won the number one scholar. The emperor must reward him well."

The emperor nodded and said: "Okay! I like obedient people. If you are so in line with my wishes, I will definitely not treat you badly. From now on, you will work for me, and your glory and wealth will be indispensable! By the way, now your brothers have passed the exam No. [-], No. [-], and Tanhua, I want to make you an official. You can do whatever you like, tell me, as long as you do things well for me, you can be any official you want!"

Chen Xiaosheng and Zhou Wenbin lowered their heads, and at the same time pulled Wen Zhengming to bow to thank each other, so that the emperor could not see the surprise and disgust on their faces that could not be concealed.Immediately, Chen Xiaosheng introduced three interesting things, a perpetual motion in the shape of a globe, which can shake for a long time by itself when touched, Chen Xiaosheng originally wanted to find a chance to draw a world map and paste it on the globe, but now the emperor is interested in it. I don't have the slightest interest in the world map, I only care about how the perpetual motion moves, which is so interesting.

The second is the perpetual bird, as long as a glass of water is placed in front of the bird, the bird will bend down to "drink" a sip of water with its beak, then straighten up, bend down again, straighten up again, and repeat.And when it is cloudy and rainy, the movement of the bird to drink water is slow, and when it is sunny and windy, the movement of the bird will be accelerated.When Chen Xiaosheng showed it, the emperor squatted beside him and stared at it, repeatedly exclaiming that it was amazing, how could he still have half the majesty of the emperor?

The third one is the simplest tricky box. Chen Xiaosheng listened to Su Xueyun's suggestion and wrapped a brocade box outside the box, which looked like a very precious gift.After he presented the brocade box to the emperor, the emperor looked at it in his hand, and said without interest: "What is this? Could it be that you can't research three interesting things, so you want to pay it back with some treasure? But this The world belongs to me, do I want any treasures? It’s boring!”

As the emperor spoke, he threw the brocade box out casually. Xiao Dazi naturally couldn't let the brocade box fall to the ground, so he flew to pick it up.As a result, as soon as he got the brocade box, he just touched the switch of the box, and a straw grasshopper popped out of it. Xiao Dazi was unprepared, and was shocked, and immediately threw the brocade box out forcefully, shouting: "Guardian!"

The emperor suddenly stood up, staring at the brocade box, Chen Xiaosheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please be calm, it's just a toy, not a hidden weapon, Da Gonggong, you see it's just a grasshopper inside."

Xiao Dazi stood in front of the emperor, looking at the brocade box in shock, his hands still in a defensive posture.The emperor couldn't wait to push him away and walked over curiously, "What the hell? Since it's made of straw, why did it jump out?"

Chen Xiaosheng picked up the brocade box first, stood opposite the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, I am about to open it now, please pay attention."

Xiao Dazi immediately stood in front of the emperor again, only letting the emperor show his eyes.At this moment, Chen Xiaosheng suddenly opened the brocade box, and the grasshopper inside popped out instantly, scaring Xiao Dazi and the emperor to take a big step back at the same time!

The emperor was the first to react, and walked out excitedly from behind Xiao Dazi, took the brocade box and looked at it over and over again: "Okay! This is fun, so fun! I really want to show it to the grand master to see if he returns the box." Serious expression, hahaha!"

Chen Xiaosheng cupped his hands and said: "It's good that the emperor likes it, but Taishi Hua is old, so I'm afraid it's not suitable for this kind of toy."

The emperor raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Toys? These fun things are called 'toys'? Well, the name is good and very appropriate. Zhu Zhishan, you will be my good brother from now on. From now on, you don't have to do anything, just study toys for me. The more the better, it must be fun! By the way, let you go to the Ministry of Industry."

The emperor walked quickly to the table, concentrated on playing with three toys, and was overjoyed.Chen Xiaosheng and Zhou Wenbin looked at each other, unable to make an expression on their faces.No. [-] in the list, an expert in invention, a talent who can bring countless benefits and progress to the country, so he became a craftsman who specially invented toys for the emperor.

Chen Xiaosheng thought for a while, took a deep breath, and said, "Student, thank you Lord Long En! It is a student's honor to serve the emperor. The student boldly recommends Hua Wenwu to enter the Ministry of Industry with the student. Although Hua Wenwu does not have so many innovative ideas, he He is a genius of research and invention, and in the future he will be able to research great things that benefit the country and the people for the emperor!"

The emperor was busy playing, and he replied casually, "Okay, those stubborn old gangs from the Ministry of Industry can't research anything even if they ask for so much money every day, so they can build a house. How about this, I will let you two alone Research, don’t pay attention to those people, report to me directly if you have anything.”

Chen Xiaosheng replied "yes", he has figured out the emperor's temperament, as long as he makes the emperor happy, he can do whatever he wants, it's no problem to call him a brother.But companions are like companions to tigers, this sentence is the same for Mingjun and Hunjun, Mingjun will take care of the overall situation at least, and if Hunjun, I think a wrong sentence will kill everyone!

Now that the matter has come to this point, Chen Xiaosheng and the others really have nothing to think about, they can only take one step at a time.Then Xiao Dazi reminded the emperor in a low voice that the official positions of Zhou Wenbin and Wen Zhengming were still undecided.The emperor thought for a while when he heard the words, and said: "Zhou Wenbin might as well join the Ministry of Industry and Zhu Zhishan. I am going to build the Leopard House, so you will be responsible for supervising the construction of the Leopard House. You can also think of some good ideas together. It is used in the leopard room. As for Wen Zhengming, you seem to be the apprentice of the grand master. Do you want to go to the Imperial Academy or become a magistrate? I like your ambition to serve the country loyally, and you are Zhu Zhishan’s brother. I will allow you A wish!"

Since entering the palace, Wen Zhengming has been suppressing his emotions, and his face is extremely ugly.Chen Xiaosheng tugged him gently, and reminded with a smile: "Zhengming, don't you have a wish that is difficult to fulfill? Why don't you see if the emperor can help you?"

The emperor's curiosity was immediately aroused, "Huh? What is a wish that is difficult to fulfill? In my eyes, everything is as small as an ant. Wen Zhengming, tell me."

Wen Zhengming took a few deep breaths before he could barely suppress his dissatisfaction, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the student wants to marry Princess Ting, but King Ning seems to be very dissatisfied with the student, and the student wants to ask the emperor to marry Princess Ting for the student Marriage!"

The emperor laughed, "For such a trivial matter, I will just issue an imperial decree."