Gu Yuanbai played with the homemade crossbow that was barely pieced together, looking at the delicate and lightweight handicraft, and couldn't help but wonder what kind of luck he was having.
As soon as I went out, I bumped into a research talent, and this talent is still in the midst of self-exploration, and has already come to some theoretical and practical conclusions.
Xu Ning sat on the sidelines with restraint and apprehension, and beside him sat an imperial physician and a small eunuch, who were applying medicine to his wounds, a luxury that made Xu Ning fidgety.
This carriage was huge from the outside, and only after coming in did he realize that it was even bigger than it looked from the outside. Even with two people sitting beside him, it wasn't crowded, and the floor was covered with soft, watery blankets in beautiful colors. Xu Ning had never touched anything this nice before, and something so extravagant and expensive was actually stepped on under his feet.
Xu Ning lowered his head, not daring to look up towards Gu Yuanbai, his heart uneasy and vaguely expectant, looking at this lord fiddling with his homemade crossbow, he couldn't help but worry that this lord would not look down on these things as well.
After playing with it for a while, Gu Yuanbai put down the crossbow that had already been destroyed by the group, took the handkerchief handed by Tian Fusheng and wiped his hands, asking the imperial physician, "How is it?"
"The young gentleman's body is healthy," the imperial physician one by one, "now also suffered only flesh wounds, did not hurt the lungs, just some irregularities in diet, there should be a little stomach heartburn."
Xu Ning's eyes widened in surprise, staring intently at his hand gripping his clothes. This doctor was so powerful, knowing so much after only taking his pulse for a while.
Gu Yuanbai nodded gently and looked at Xu Ning again with a smile, saying in a warm voice, "How did you make this top crossbow?"
"There are thirty six military weapons, and the bow is the first; there are ten eight martial arts, and the bow is the first." This is the words of Hua Yue of the Southern Song Dynasty written in the Cuiwei Northern Expedition Record, the Daheng Dynasty horse source is scarce, while the frontier nomads are highly skilled in horsemanship, in order to fend off this group of people, the bow and arrow has become the primary choice of the infantry.
Daheng dynasty founding emperor pay special attention to the military, will crossbow, especially improved crossbow drawings firmly in the military and political level, military weapons are strictly prohibited in the civil dissemination of ordinary people can not see this lightweight and powerful crossbow, not to mention the production of the crossbow.
But this crossbow made by Xu Ning, although broken, but still can be seen is not a single shooting hole, that is to say that this reader homemade this crossbow instead of catching up with the degree of weapons used by the military.
This is awesome, very awesome.
Gu Yuanbai's eyes showed appreciation, and Xu Ning stammered on about where he got the inspiration from and how he made it. At the end of his words, he clenched his fists in excitement and looked up at Gu Yuanbai, ''My lord! This is useful, the work of doing labor is of great use, whether it's farming or military, the presence of artisans is essential! This is not something to be ashamed of, nor is it unprofessional!"
As soon as Xu Ning raised his head, he could see the appreciation in Gu Yuanbai's eyes, and as he finished his sentence by inertia, his expression froze and froze.
Carriages, escorts, dervishes, attendants.
This gentleman has an extraordinary demeanor, looks as elegant as a man in the sky, every move is well-bred, such a great man, but he is admiring him? Appreciate him as a poor scholar doing carpentry work?
"You're right," Gu Yuanbai nodded approvingly and said, "Guan Zhong, who proposed 'scholar, farmer, industrialist, and businessman' in the past, was originally from a merchant family, and he used the methods of merchants to prosper Qi. In his words, there is no difference between the 'scholar-peasant-industry-industry' and the 'scholar-peasant-industry-industry', and these four actions are all parallel. The scholar, the farmer, the artisan and the merchant were all considered by Guan Zhong to be the key people of the state, and each of them could prosper the state by performing their respective duties. The prosperity of Yin and Shang could not be separated from the prosperity of industry and commerce. However, after the fall of Yin and Shang, the Zhou Dynasty believed that the way of industry and commerce would lead to the destruction of the state because agriculture would be wasted, and therefore despised industry and commerce in the Zhou system, which is why industry and commerce were the last of all."
Xu Ning opened his mouth and looked straight at Gu Yuanbai, opening and closing his lips a few times but not knowing what to say.
Gu Yuanbai had Tian Fusheng send the damaged crossbow back to Xu Ning, who held it helplessly, glanced toward the window, and asked cautiously, "My lord, where are you taking my young student?"
Tian Fusheng rolled up the curtains of the carriage, Xu Ning subconsciously looked outside, and the next moment his eyes abruptly widened.
The tall, lofty and majestic gates of the palace were right in front of us, glistening beautifully in the sunlight between the pieces of tile.
Gu Yuanbai didn't care about his complexion and asked with a smile, "Besides crossbows, what else do you do?"
"I ...... little student, boy ......" Xu Ning was in a trance, at a loss for words as to how to address himself, "Little student, besides being extremely interested in these things interest, I have also tried to improve some farming tools."
He looked flustered, and yes, can anyone enter the palace?
The kicking of the horses with each step could swing Xu Ning's soul out, and by the time the carriage stopped, the white-faced scholar with a face full of injuries was already disturbed to the point where anyone could tell.
The imperial physician and the palace attendant led Xu Ning out of the carriage, and the guards on the outside stood straight. The head guard reached out and lifted the carriage curtain, extending his hand and saying, "Your Holiness, slow down."
Xu Ning: "!"
He sucked in a mouthful of cool air, his head buzzing and dizzy as if he was going to pass out the next moment.
Gu Yuanbai stretched out his hand from the carriage and gently rested it on the head guard's hand. The head of the guards lowered his head and carefully led Gu Yuanbai down from the carriage. His Majesty's health was not good, and the people who served around him would always be overly careful of him, fearing that he would bump and bruise, or have an accident somewhere.
Just holding His Majesty's hand, the head guard had to be extremely careful. While His Majesty's skin was delicate, the head guard's palm was incredibly rough, with hard calluses and a rough touch, and every time he held His Majesty's hand, the head guard felt like a rock.
With his feet on the ground, Xu Ning subconsciously glanced there, only to realize that the bricks that the ground stepped on had subtle carvings on them. He finally regained some of his intelligence this time, and flopped down heavily on his knees.
The dragon boots appeared and the saint said, "Follow me."
The side hall of the Xuanzheng Hall is usually a place where the Emperor summons his subjects to talk about political matters, Gu Yuanbai gave Xu Ning a seat, Xu Ning warily moved half his ass to sit on the chair, his feet on the ground as if he were stepping on a cloud.
Gu Yuanbai talked very gently with Xu Ning, who gradually came back from his nervous inability to think, and talking about his favorite carpenter, the man's eyes were bubbling with light.
Xu Ning has a lot of bold ideas in this era, and even more rare is that Xu Ning's ideas can be realized in the contemporary environment, more close to the development of the country of Daheng.
Gu Yuanbai made an immediate decision to have Tian Fusheng find the books about craftsmen in the Great Internal Collection and give them to Xu Ning, and finally arranged for Xu Ning to go to the Ministry of Engineering in the far suburbs of the capital.
This is Gu Yuanbai personally set up, by the supervision of the personal management of the department, the candidates are found by the supervision of the Department and looking for a number of technical excellence and love of the industry of craftsmen, Gu Yuanbai has said, as long as they can research out of the country's favorable things, no matter what, are heavily rewarded.
However, the results that came out in the end were always painless, and the expenses incurred by the Engineering Department when researching were extremely huge, so the people from the Supervision Department had complained with Gu Yuanbai many times, thinking that the Engineering Department was a useless existence.
But Gu Yuanbai insisted and gave full support to the Engineering Department. Now that Xu Ning had arrived in front of him, it was really an unexpected pleasure. Gu Yuanbai believed that what the Engineering Department lacked was just a thought with an aura, and now the thought had arrived.
Xu Ning took over the collection of books and appointments in a trance. He touched the books and listened to the words of encouragement from His Holiness, unconsciously reddening his eyes.
These books are listed as banned books by Daheng, all dynasties and generations of industry and commerce for the end, was despised these books about artisans are more rare than the lone book of the great Confucian, Xu Ning voice is unsteady: "Your Holiness, the kid will not let you down!"
His gaze grew firm.
After talking so much with His Holiness, His Holiness not only did not despise the craftsmen, but also had a good understanding and ideas. His holiness said such as "the improvement of Zhuge crossbow", "rope cattle, plow body shortening", "sowing and fertilizer combination of columbarium" and some other things. Weaving", "water wheel" and other things, which made Xu Ning surprised and felt quite reasonable.
He felt his hands itching now, so excited that he was in high spirits, and even now he felt like hurrying to the Ministry of Works that the Emperor had spoken of, and completing the Emperor's idea properly with his colleagues who were also familiar with artisan's work.
Where else can you do what you love, and contribute to the world, and share your worries with His Majesty?
Xu Ning felt like he couldn't feel any pain from the injuries all over his body.
*
Having collected an extremely gifted scientific research talent, Gu Yuanbai was overjoyed, and this happiness was maintained until the day of the Palace Examination.
Candidates from the moment of dawn into the Golden Palace, the Ministry of Rites of the people in charge of the entire process of the Palace Examination, such as the formal opening of the examination before the process is complete, the outside of the sky has been bright.
The invigilation of the palace exams could be done by the emperor himself, or the emperor could send his subjects in his place. Gu Yuanbai naturally invigilated the examination by himself, and the seated crowd of examinees settled down in their places with their heads lowered without uttering a word.
The entire Golden Palace in the atmosphere of solemnity and silence, there are a few points gradually diffuse tension atmosphere. Candidates have noticed the two ways standing on the tall horses and strong guards with faces, and the emperor is sitting on top of the high seat, who do not dare to break the taboo at this time.
The seats in the palace examination are allocated according to the meeting examination, so the person who is closest to Gu Yuanbai is none other than Chu Wei, a member of the meeting.
Gu Yuanbai looked around, the first two rows of familiar people there are a lot of people, in addition to Chu Wei, Chang Yuyin, and the Ministry of Household Shangshu's son, Tang Mian, Tang Mian has not yet set up the crown, but can be in the test to the seventh place in the good name, the Ministry of Household Shangshu quite proud of this.
Gu Yuanbai also took a special look at the third-ranked Kong Yilin. Kong Yilin's ancestral home is Shandong Qingzhou, Shandong for Confucius' hometown, where the spirit and talent, can be said to be quite competitive place for readers. And this time the examination, Kong Yilin is the ranking of Shandong students in the forefront of one.
Kong Yilin was born very tall, such a big person shrinking behind a small table, let people look for him. This person is silent and incomparable, sitting quietly with his head lowered, how the appearance can not be distinguished, there is a calm and steady as the old farmer who steadily planted rice seedlings in the ground like the temperament, the existence of a low weak and ordinary, but very stable.
With this look, Gu Yuanbai had a better impression of Kong Yilin.
The examination began with the issuance of the test paper, above which there was only one question on strategy, and the candidates were required to write two thousand words. The examination will last for one day and will end when the sun sets in the evening.
For a while, the only sound in the hall was the sound of pens scratching across paper, and Gu Yuanbai sat for a while before he began to deal with political matters.
Those sitting at the front heard the sound of the Holy Spirit turning over the paper of the zhangzhi, and many of them constructed their curatorial essays while listening to the movement above them.
Chu Wei is the first place, attracting the most attention, he frankly, can not look directly at the face of the Holy then simply will be the saint as not in, concentrate on thinking about this strategy.
He wants to get the Scholarship from His Majesty.
After the candidates had all gotten into their stride, Gu Yuanbai put down his zhengshi and slowly walked in between the candidates.
Someone's afterglow glanced at the dragon robe on his body is a flick of the wrist, the ink spot stained the draft; some people even legs and feet shaking non-stop, teeth knocking sound Gu Yuanbai can hear.
Wherever he jogged, the people were tense, the bad ones lost on the spot, and the good ones had their spines tensed and stiffened so much that they couldn't put pen to paper.
The bright yellow dragon robe of the holy emperor gradually walked towards the front row, Chang Yuyan's afterglow glanced at the shadow in the back, his hands trembled, and he forced himself to calm down again.
Heart thumping, Chang Yuyin trance feel that the saint beside him for a long time, but once back to God, the saint has already walked to the hole Yilin there, and finally in the hole Yilin that stood.
Gu Yuanbai looked down at Kong Yilin's draft, which was neatly written and as clean as a formal paper. At first, he only thought to give it a cursory glance, but gradually, his expression became serious.
Only when Kong Yilin's last stroke fell did Gu Yuanbai return to his senses, and after taking a deep look at Kong Yilin, who had his head lowered, he no longer walked amongst the scholars, but instead walked up the steps in large strides.
His Majesty's actions were seen by the people around him, and many of them secretly looked at Kong Yilin. Facing so many lines of sight, Kong Yilin continued to transcribe the answers without moving like a mountain.
Chu Wei, who also glanced in Kong Yilin's direction, faintly withdrew his gaze, dipped the tip of his pen in ink, and continued to write.