Cultivating Immortality Begins with Selling Oneself

Chapter 195 Shocked by Talent

Shen Mengning's voice was hoarse. "Shen Fuyu, if I use your idea, isn't that plagiarism?"

In the end, Shen Mengning still couldn't get over this hurdle in her heart. She always felt that using Shen Fuyu's ideas was equivalent to betraying Shen Fuyu.

Shen Fuyu's delicate, white hand covered the back of Shen Mengning's hand, and her tone was serious yet alluring, "Miss, this is nothing. We are one. We prosper together and suffer together. If you gain any benefits from using the strategy, will you treat me unfairly?"

“This is not plagiarism, nor is it exploitation.”

"Shen Mengning, I don't want to stand out too much, so I'm willing to follow behind the two young ladies."

"If you feel bad about this, Miss, you can add our three names to the end of the article."

Shen Fuyu was fooling Shen Mengning.

As long as the policy paper is presented by Shen Mengning, no one else will notice the names of Shen Fuyu and Shen Mengwu.

It's natural to think that the policy paper was thought up by Shen Mengning.

Shen Mengning's mind flashed with the wrinkles at the corners of Madam Shen's eyes, and her heart couldn't help but feel a little bitter. "Okay!"

There is no time for so much pretense.

Shen Fuyu nodded in satisfaction. "Shen Mengning, don't worry. Work-for-relief wasn't my idea. I just happened to hear someone else mention it, but that person didn't have the idea of ​​writing a policy paper."

Shen Fuyu also borrowed the wisdom of the ancients to propose work-for-relief.

Shen Mengning dipped the wolf hair brush in ink and began to write the policy essay on the rice paper. In a moment, Shen Mengning filled a large piece of paper. She handed the policy essay to Madam Shen, who sent someone to deliver it to the capital.

After resolving this matter, Shen Fuyu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking of Shen Mengning's increasingly better mental state in recent days.

He looks just like a normal person, and you can't tell he ever had dementia.

Shen Fuyu touched his chin, thinking that the next time he met the old man in black robe, he would definitely ask him to examine Shen Mengning's body.

……

Beijing.

The policy paper was sent to the emperor at full speed.

Originally, the emperor did not take it seriously, but thinking of the contributions made by the Shen sisters, the emperor decided to open the policy paper and take a look at it himself.

As soon as the emperor opened the policy essay, his attention was instantly attracted and he couldn't wait to read on.

"Okay!"

"As expected of Madam Shen, she has raised such a good daughter."

"No wonder Shen Mengning was touted as a genius girl in the early days. Shen Mengning is indeed talented. Hahahaha, using work-for-relief, why didn't I think of such a good idea?"

The emperor held the rice paper and couldn't help laughing. The eunuch standing next to him twitched his eyes and looked at the emperor with complicated eyes, unable to understand the emperor's changeable mood.

"Did anything good happen to your majesty?"

The eunuch spoke at the right time. The emperor was worried about not being able to share with anyone, so he immediately hooked his finger at the eunuch to signal him to come over.

The eunuch cooperated very well and came to the emperor.

"Look, this idea of ​​using work-for-relief can not only solve the flood problem, but also cleverly resettle the refugees. Oh, how can the Shen sisters be so clever?"

"The ministers in the court who are over fifty years old are no match for this little girl. If anyone knows about this, I will be ashamed for them."

"Go and call those ministers over and tell them that I have something to discuss with them." The emperor couldn't wait to see the shocked faces of those ministers.

Normally, everyone has high aspirations, but what happens? When faced with a serious problem, no one can come up with a good solution.

Perhaps, with no new officials in the court for so long, these ministers had become lazy and no longer wanted to use their brains. The emperor stroked his chin, wondering if he could hold the imperial examinations earlier to recruit more new officials, which would then give the veteran ministers a boost of motivation.

Although the emperor was wary of the power of the four major families, recruiting the Shen sisters, Lu Mingtang and others also meant that the arrogance of the old ministers could be suppressed.

Thinking of this, the emperor felt that it was more feasible and could not wait to place the Shen sisters and others into the court.

"Your Majesty, I heard you have a good idea."

The Left Prime Minister walked in first. He stroked his beard and was skeptical about the emperor's so-called good idea. The refugee problem has been the most troublesome problem throughout the ages. There has been no good solution for so many years. How could the emperor come up with it in an instant?

Sensing the left prime minister's contemptuous attitude, the emperor curled the corners of his lips slightly. He did not refute the prime minister immediately. Instead, he waited for other ministers to arrive and then talked about it together.

The emperor licked his lips, really looking forward to the ministers' reactions!

Being outdone by a little girl who hasn't even reached marriage age yet...

Tsk tsk tsk!
The Left Prime Minister raised his eyebrows, keenly sensing that the emperor was in a very good mood.

I am becoming more and more curious about the emperor's good idea. Who came up with it?
Is it really useful?
After all, the refugee problem was not solved, and the emperor was in a low mood. The ministers in the court and the eunuchs and palace maids who served him personally also became cautious, fearing that if they did not do anything well, they would make the emperor angry.

Soon after, the Duke of Zhenguo also left, followed by the Minister and the general.

All of them are the emperor's trusted ministers, so when encountering problems, the emperor wants to discuss it with them first.

"Your Majesty, what method can solve the refugee problem?"

The Left Prime Minister spoke first, breaking the silence.

The emperor did not sell the official position, but passed the strategy down.

Several ministers gathered together to carefully read the policy paper.

When he heard about work-for-relief, his eyes lit up instantly.

Even if the Left Prime Minister wanted to find fault, he couldn't find anything to criticize.

"Your Majesty, who submitted this strategy? I originally thought it was just empty talk, but now it seems the person who wrote it has real skills."

"Great! Once this method is implemented, the refugee problem will be solved, and we won't have to worry about recruiting men. Right now, the people are very dissatisfied with the conscription of men. After all, each family only has a few laborers who are taken away by the court, which means they have to work harder."

"Wait...Shen Mengning?"

The Shangshu immediately raised his doubts.

There had been some conflicts between his youngest daughter and the Shen sisters, so the Shangshu knew the Shen sisters quite well. When he saw the names of Shen Mengning and Shen Mengwu in a corner of the policy paper, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"The policy paper was written by Shen Mengning." The Minister's mouth opened slightly, and a storm of emotions surged in his heart. How old is Shen Mengning? She wrote such a policy paper. If Shen Mengning had been given more time to grow, what would she have come up with?

A solution that a group of old men couldn't come up with was actually proposed by a little girl. The Shangshu felt as if his cheeks were slapped.

We were still arguing about the refugee issue yesterday. There is no better way, the court can only pay more money for resettlement.

Now the newly-formulated strategy is laid out before everyone, like a silent slap in the face of several people.

"Shen Mengning!? The eldest daughter of the Shen family?"

(End of this chapter)