Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

After demoting Ru Taisu and others, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately arranged for people to take their places.

Among them, Zhan Hui, the censor who had impeached Li Wei, replaced Wu Bozong's Minister of Civil Affairs. The Ministry of Husbandry used Li Shu, who had been promoted from another place, while the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment transferred two officials from Zhan Shifu, Zhao Mao and Zheng Kexin.

Zhan Shifu is a subordinate of Dongguan, and Zhu Yuanzhang's move is also paving the way for the good eldest son.

Although Li Wei was fully aware of these changes in the DPRK, he did not say much. Although he had the ability to influence the appointment of officials in the DPRK, if he really did so, it would lead to more drastic actions from Lao Zhu. , then it will not be as simple as relegating them to the Li Party.

The most important thing now is to quickly make the basic materials for making new weapons.

Among many basic materials, qualified spring steel and chemical three acids and two alkali are the most important.

To make an automated weapon, such as a machine gun, you must first have a qualified spring so that the firearm can continuously move back and forth under the recoil of the bullet.

On the other hand, it is the most important gunpowder!

The black powder used in today's muskets and artillery has reached the optimal ratio, but the power is still not enough. The recoil generated by these black powder is not enough to provide a stable and continuous recoil force. Insufficient power will lead to firearms If the movement is not in place, it will jam or even explode.

Of course, it is also very important not to smoke too much, which will have a great impact on the shooter's vision under continuous shooting.

In order to create these basic materials as soon as possible, Li Wei personally led his students to study them one by one.

Although these things are easy to understand theoretically, it is also very troublesome to separate the required substances from various mineral materials.

In a corner of the Ordnance Bureau, there are many strange jars and towers. This is the newly built equipment that Li Wei had people build. After various ores are crushed and refined, they are put into these jars and towers for combustion, separation and synthesis.

There are several processes here that deal with gases. Fortunately, rubber is now available and the sealing is very good, otherwise it would be impossible to do these.

Time flies in the busyness. Li Wei runs to the front line at two o'clock every day, looking like he doesn't care about the world. Zhu Yuanzhang stopped after weakening the Li party. Many people on the wall saw that His Majesty didn't seem to want to. With the intention of defeating Li Dang, they immediately shut their mouths, fearing that Li Dang would retaliate against them.

Although the Sixth Department of the Chaotang has undergone some adjustments, Li Wei's influence has not disappeared. Even though the newly promoted people no longer obey his opinions, they do not dare to look down upon him.

Fortunately, Li Wei did not interfere in these fights, but only focused on the weapons bureau, and everyone gradually felt at ease.

On that day, Li Weicai wandered to the Arms Bureau in the middle of the day. When he passed by Minghuang Academy, he was surprised by the sound of reading coming from inside and stopped in his tracks.

"That's weird, who is this?"

Li Wei whispered to himself.

His students had all arranged to work in the Ordnance Bureau. The shabby yard in front of him had been abandoned for some time. Now there were people studying, but he knew nothing about it, and he suddenly frowned.

After hesitating for a moment, he turned a corner and walked into the yard.

"The core proposition of Ming-Huang Neo-Confucianism is the combination of practice and theory. You are all knowledgeable and talented people, but there are many deficiencies in practice..."

When he walked into the courtyard, the sound of reading inside stopped, leaving only one voice teaching. After listening to a few words, he recognized that the owner of the voice was Fang Xiaoru, a part-time teacher at the academy.

"Hey, this guy dares to use my land to do private work, how can it be unreasonable!"

Li Wei muttered, walked quickly towards the classroom, and pushed the door open with a clang.

Fang Xiaoru and all the students who were teaching were suddenly startled and all looked towards him.

When Fang Xiaoru saw it was him, he was stunned and came to his senses: "Why are you here?"

"Oh, why can't I come? Don't forget that I am the vice president of the academy!" Li Wei sneered.

After saying that, he glanced at the group of adult students in the classroom and asked, "Teacher Fang, who are these? Have you brought these people in to report?"

"Uh……"

Fang Xiaoru was stunned by his question and had to put down his book, pulled him out of the classroom, and explained in detail.

"It's like this. These are all students from the Imperial College. Haven't I been teaching Minghuang Neo-Confucianism? Many teachers in the Imperial College were extremely repelled by this, and later they kept writing to His Majesty..."

Fang Xiaoru told the whole story in a low voice, and Li Wei finally understood.

Fang Xiaoru taught Ming Huang Neo-Confucianism in the Imperial College. Although some students expressed support, more old scholars were opposed. Zhu Yuanzhang had previously forced them to support Fang Xiaoru, but recently, for some unknown reason, he suddenly agreed with Song Ne and Du Jie. At the request of others, Fang Xiaoru and some students were expelled from the Imperial College.

But Fang Xiaoru had a temperament that refused to admit defeat, so he immediately took these students to the academy and continued to teach Ming and Huang Neo-Confucianism, and these were widely disseminated and taught everywhere.

After hearing this, Li Wei's heart moved slightly, and he vaguely guessed the reason why they were suddenly kicked out of the Imperial Academy.

If nothing else, he might have been influenced by him like Ru Taisu and others.

Thinking of this, he also apologized a little and stopped blaming: "Okay, then you can talk about it here first."

Anyway, he won't be able to use the academy for the time being, so it's okay to give it to Fang Xiaoru first.

"Thank you very much." Fang Xiaoru thanked him with his hands.

Li Wei nodded and turned to leave, but Fang Xiaoru reached out to stop him.

"Stay, I have one more thing to ask for!"

Li Wei turned around, looked at him, and said impatiently: "Then tell me quickly."

Fang Xiaoru spoke for a moment and said: "These prison students were originally qualified for the general examination, but they lost this qualification after they followed me and left the Imperial College. Now that the general examination is approaching, I would like to ask you to ask for a favor from your majesty and help these students." People should try to see if their qualifications for the joint examination can be restored.”

Three years ago, under Li Wei's guidance, the officials petitioned to restore the imperial examination system. Now three years later, students from all over the country have gone through various tests in the college examination and the provincial examination, and finally reached the final stage: the general examination.

Those who pass the academy examination are called scholars, and those who pass the provincial examination are called juren. These juren are qualified to go to Beijing to participate in the final examination.

In addition to them, there are also some special ones who are the supervisors in the Imperial College. These supervisors come from many sources. Among them, some of the candidates who failed in the last Jurenhui examination were retained in order to fight again. These people themselves are good at examination. Qualified.

Other supervisory students can also pass the Imperial College's assessment and obtain the qualifications for the joint examination, and there are quite a few of them. It's just that this qualification belongs to the Imperial College. After they were kicked out, they naturally lost this qualification. Fang Xiaoru wanted to help them get these qualifications back at this time.

Although he was only a doctor from the Imperial College and had not participated in the power struggles in the court, he still had some understanding of Li Wei's current status. In his opinion, if Li Wei helped, this matter should not be difficult.

However, after hearing what he said, Li Wei frowned: "Why don't you go find the prince?"

"I've looked for it, but it's useless." Fang Xiaoru sighed.

Although Zhu Biao was Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son, he was not very good at speaking in some power disputes.

Li Wei was in a bit of a dilemma. It wasn't that he didn't want to help, but that if he tried to help, it would be self-defeating. He knew Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions very well. Just like the people like Ru Taisu, if he didn't speak, these people could escape unharmed. If he intervened forcefully, even if it was temporarily stopped, there would be worse consequences in the future.

After being silent for a long time, Li Weicai said: "Well, I have a poem here. You can present it to His Royal Highness. It may have some effect."

Fang Xiaoru was very surprised: "You can also write poetry?"

Li Wei's face suddenly darkened: "What do you call this? I am both civil and military, okay!"

Fang Xiaoru: "..."

What kind of virtues does Li Wei know best? He can't even understand classical Chinese, but he can still write poetry?
Fang Xiaoru looked suspicious, but because he was asking for something, he couldn't refute Li Wei's face, so he could only nod his head and wait for him to read out the poem.

Li Wei coughed and copied loudly: "Kyushu is angry and relies on wind and thunder. It is pitiful that thousands of horses are silent. I urge God to cheer up and send talents of any kind!"

After reading the four lines of the poem, Fang Xiaoru was stunned: "You...you can really write poetry?"

"Of course!" Li Wei looked proud.

Since arriving in the Ming Dynasty, he has not copied poetry in a serious way. Apart from copying "piece by piece", it is Ming and Huang Neo-Confucianism.

But Ming-Huang Neo-Confucianism is just a theory, and he expressed it in vernacular, so it cannot be counted as plagiarism. The current poem is a serious plagiarism.

Fang Xiaoru looked at him, feeling inexplicably shocked.

This poem is very extraordinary. Although it is not in line with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, the meaning expressed is profound and majestic.

Although the Ming Dynasty is still relatively clean now, if His Majesty continues to slaughter courtiers, the vacancies in the court will not be filled, and it is not impossible that a situation of "thousands of horses in silence" will occur in the future.

When the examination is about to be held, it is most appropriate to use this poem to advise him to recruit talents!
However, this poem is also very risky. After all, the meaning between the lines is both admonishment and criticism. It may anger His Majesty.

But he is not afraid. He is upright and selfless. Even if he is aware of this risk, he will write a letter to remonstrate.

"I urge God to cheer up and send talents of all kinds!" Fang Xiaoru muttered softly, "What a poem! I didn't expect Duke Han to have such literary talent. Fang admires him."

Li Weiyun waved his hand calmly: "It's just impromptu, it's nothing."

"Oh, by the way, don't forget to submit this poem to the prince first, don't write it directly to His Majesty!"

After finishing pretending, Li Wei gave another special instruction.

Zhu Biao is easier to talk to. After seeing this poem, he will definitely find a way to present it to Zhu Yuanzhang, and at the same time, he will also protect Fang Xiaoru from being punished.

Fang Xiaoru hesitated and agreed, and then Li Wei turned around and left with peace of mind.

In the Wenhua Hall, Fang Xiaoru wrote down this good "original" poem by Li Wei and presented it to Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao was amazed after seeing it: "What a poem. Xi Zhi, your literary talent is really admirable. It is a simple seven-character poem with magnificent words and sobering words. Great!"

Fang Xiaoru's cheeks were slightly red, but she couldn't hold it in anymore and confessed: "I didn't write this poem."

"Huh? If it wasn't you, who wrote it?"

Zhu Biao was very surprised.

Fang Xiaoru opened his mouth, thinking of the risk of admonishing with this poem, and not wanting to expose Li Wei, so he had to say: "I apologize for the inconvenience of telling you this. Your Highness, the examination is about to take place, and there are many supervisors who support Ming and Huang Neo-Confucianism." Excluded from the Imperial College, if they miss the examination and are buried, it will be a great loss for the imperial court. Please persuade Your Majesty to reinstate the qualifications for these students! "

Hearing this, Zhu Biao laughed softly and said: "Haha, okay, if it's not convenient for you to say, just don't say it. Don't worry, I will try to persuade my father again."

"Thank you, Your Highness, Prince!" Fang Xiaoru handed over his hand.

Zhu Biao nodded lightly, and then left Fang Xiaoru to discuss the classics and meanings, and then let him leave after a long time.

After Fang Xiaoru left, Zhu Biao couldn't help shaking his head and laughing while holding the poem. An upright person like Fang Xiaoru would never lie. Although he didn't say it, Zhu Biao had already guessed the original author of the poem.

After thinking for a while, he walked out of the hall and went to find Zhu Yuanzhang.

After walking not far, Zhu Biao came to the Wuying Hall opposite where Zhu Yuanzhang was. After saluting, he presented the poem.

"Father, I accidentally got a masterpiece today, and I came here to present it to my father." Zhu Biao said respectfully.

Zhu Yuanzhang curiously took the poem he handed over and looked at it, with a cold look in his eyes: "Humph, are you scolding our court for being dull and decaying, and must we rely on the power of wind and thunder to be rejuvenated?"

Zhu Biao cupped his hands and said, "Father, although this poem is overdue, the imperial court is indeed at the time of employing people. In my opinion, it is better to restore the qualifications for the examination to those students who ran to Minghuang Academy and give them An opportunity to serve the imperial court.”

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him and did not say yes or no, but asked: "Who wrote this poem?"

Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment and then told the truth truthfully: "This poem was submitted by Fang Xiaoru, but it was not written by him. I guess it should be Li Wei."

"Hmph, that bitch can't even understand the meaning of the classics. It seems that this is another copy of the work of a later famous writer." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered.

Zhu Biao also nodded slightly, this is indeed something Li Wei can do.

"But Father, although the poem was copied, the meaning is true. I feel that the governance of the country should be as stated in the poem, employing people in an eclectic way, let alone burying talents!"

Zhu Biao said softly.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the poem in his hand and sighed softly in his heart.

This time he did lose many capable ministers in order to attack the "Li Party", but Li Wei's power was too great and had to be reduced. This was a dilemma, so he dealt with Ru Taisu, Wu Bozong and others. When dealing with people like Hu Weiyong, he was merciful and only demoted people. When he dealt with people like Hu Weiyong, he would kill countless people. However, he was much more merciful towards people like Li Wei!

However, talents still need to be used, but they cannot be allowed to hold power anymore. As for these students, they are not that important. Even if these people enter the court after high school, they will not have high official positions and cannot affect the court situation.

After thinking for a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and agreed: "Okay, let's allocate some qualifications for the examination to Minghuang Academy, and let these outstanding students participate in the examination."

"But Biao'er, you have to pay close attention to Minghuang Academy in the future. Li Wei's knowledge is of great use. We hope that the students in this academy will not only be talented, but also loyal to the emperor!"

Zhu Yuanzhang taught unceasingly.

Zhu Biao solemnly responded: "Yes! Father, don't worry, I will handle it well."

"Yeah." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded. (End of chapter)