Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 114 A Bold Attempt
  "Sister Yuanjun thinks too much!"

"You are still young now, but you will grow up in the future, and you will soon be like me."

"do not worry."

Xu Miaojin comforted her for a while, then put a small pot on the stove and stopped making candy. After boiling the water, she used it to make tea.

A smile finally appeared on Mu Yuanjun's cute little face: "Sister Miaojin, is it true? But my brother is younger than me, but now he is taller than me."

Xu Miaojin comforted her again: "Because my brother will protect us in the future, he will grow up faster, right?"

"Yes!"

Zhu Xuan cooperated: "Sister Yuanjun, I will definitely protect you."

"it is good!"

Mu Yuanjun smiled sweetly.

She finally put down those special thoughts and continued to sit next to her, then said: "Sister Miaojin, can I eat this little rabbit you made?"

It is said to be a candy man, but in fact it is made in the shape of various small animals. It is relatively cute and he is reluctant to eat it, but Mu Yuanjun is a little greedy and wants to eat it. This is probably the temperament of a child.

"of course can."

Xu Miaojin nodded and said, "If it's not enough, grab my brother's to eat."

"I still prefer tea!"

Zhu Xuan began to let go of his childish nature and try to be more mature.

The water on the stove boiled quickly, and he made some tea. While playing, he enjoyed the scenery on both sides of the Qinhuai River and looked at the pedestrians everywhere.

It's very relaxing and feels good in the painting boat.

"Brother, when will we meet next?"

Mu Yuanjun saw the sun beginning to set, and the afterglow of the setting sun shrouded their boat. Then it was time to say goodbye again, and she was reluctant to be separated from them.

Zhu Xuan said: "As long as I have time, I will come out to play with you more. When we grow up, we can always be together."

"I really want to grow up!"

Mu Yuanjun said cutely.

Xu Miaojin knew what she should do when she grew up, and when she took another peek at Zhu Xuan, she didn't know how much she expected.

Finally it was time to go back.

Zhu Xuan came out to play with them for a day, and the relationship was maintained very well. Next, he sent Xu Miaojin home first, and then sent Mu Yuanjun back to Mu's house.

"Little grandson!"

Mu Sheng happened to come back from outside and said with a smile: "I'd like to trouble you to send Mr. Yuan back again."

Zhu Xuan said: "Uncle Mu, this is what I should do. It's getting late, I should go back."

After saying a simple goodbye, he returned to the carriage and quickly disappeared outside the door of Mu's house.

Mu Sheng looked away and asked, "Xiao Yuanjun, did you have fun today?"

"happy!"

Mu Yuanjun said happily.

Mu Sheng laughed and looked forward to them.

Especially seeing that Zhu Xuan looks more and more like Zhu Biao, and His Majesty has the intention of passing on the throne, I hope that Zhu Xuan and the others can grow up immediately, get married as soon as possible, and let the Mu family live in Yunnan stably.

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Palace.

Zhu Xuan spread out a piece of paper and continued to write articles about popular science and enlightenment.

In the past few years, he has continued to publish articles, but not very frequently. He occasionally wrote one or two articles, but these articles had a somewhat large influence within Yingtianfu.

Those popular science articles have allowed many people to understand how to make their own rainbows. After knowing the principles of Kongming lanterns, they can make Kongming lanterns bigger and fly higher, etc.

What he is going to write today is to be a bit more deviant, and to incorporate the Mohist views into the study of things and knowledge. To put it simply, it is somewhat anti-Confucian, but not completely anti-Confucian, nor does it say that Confucianism is bad, but just opposed to it. Those are the worse ones.

To liberate the mind, those dross must be discarded.    Including the current Eight-legged Scholarship Recruitment, it is also within the scope of Zhu Xuan's opposition.

"I hope Grandpa Huang won't spank me after seeing this."

Zhu Xuan was thinking while writing.

Because the eight-part essay selection of scholars was Zhu Yuanzhang's proud work. It was like a cage, imprisoning people's thoughts, unifying the thoughts of intellectuals all over the world, serving himself, and thus making his empire more stable.

The most important thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang wants to take power.

Take control of more power!

He has sufficient control and restraint over his ministers.

In the early Ming Dynasty, stereotyped writing was indeed effective in recruiting scholars, but it was not a long-term solution. Even the imperial examination system had its drawbacks. When these things developed, the articles would become increasingly empty. How could a group of people whose thoughts were imprisoned be able to govern the country?
  Eight-legged essay is closely related to Confucianism.

To liberate these ideas, the Eight-part Part II essay and Confucianism must be included as objects of opposition and liberated together.

Zhu Xuan wrote down all the contents of his thoughts on paper, and then used some Mohist theories to refute some Confucian theories, and also substituted the Confucian theory of studying things to achieve knowledge.

In essence, this is an article that enlightens the mind and develops science at the same time.

After I finished writing, it was already evening.

Zhu Xuan looked out the window, seeing the dark sky, and shouted, "Hou Xian, are you coming back tonight?"

"Little grandson!"

The person who responded was not Hou Xian, but Zheng He. He came in and bowed and said: "Hou Xian did not come back tonight. This servant has been arranged by Hou Xian to come back to serve the little emperor's grandson."

Zhu Xuan didn't care who came back and said casually: "I just wanted to ask how the progress of the steam engine is."

Zheng He said: "The steam engine is still being debugged. What is manufactured now can drive some machinery to move, but it is far from being practical to be applied to ships."

After two years of development, they have finally made a steam engine.

But it has only been made, and it is still far from practical application. There is still a long way to go.

Zhu Xuan said: "I'll go take a look tomorrow."

But when he went there, he just took a look.

If he had the ability to improve, he would have done so long ago. If he had no ability, he would probably have inspected the work.

"Ok!"

Zheng He added: "We can almost make the artillery that Xiao Huangsun mentioned before. We have improved a lot in the past two months. We should be able to give it a try tomorrow."

The Ordnance Bureau and the Gunpowder Department were both handed over to Zhu Xuan.

With the imperial court as his backing, what he has to do is not just content with the transformation of rifles. Some longer-range, large-scale destruction weapons are also under research, such as artillery. It is not a problem to make some nineteenth-century artillery.

The technology is there, and so are the resources.

There are many things that can be done.

Zhu Xuan brought the technology. Later people, based on these technologies and principles, will definitely continue to transform firearms, especially after the liberation of the mind.

In another hundred or two hundred years of development, the entire earth will definitely be centered on the Ming Dynasty.

"Alright!"

Zhu Xuan knew the progress of the artillery and how to change it.

Counting the time, I haven't been to a factory for a long time.

Zhu Xuan asked again: "What do you think of going to sea now?"

Zheng He was not only responsible for building ships, but also used some original ships to try to explore overseas and study the climate at sea, the flow of sea water, etc. He had been doing this for more than a year.

"As long as steam engines can be used on ships, slaves can go to sea at any time to explore the sea and expand overseas territories for the Ming Dynasty."

Zheng He said confidently.

Now, compared to two years ago, he has a lot more expectations for the sea.

The first navigator of the Ming Dynasty has been cultivated.

(End of this chapter)