Ming Dynasty: Ask Zhu Yuanzhang to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 16 The use of Zhao Rui!
After applying good medicine to Chang Sheng's beaten buttocks, he had him carried home and drove away the sons of nobles who came to congratulate him. Zhu Yunhuan felt exhausted.

If he didn't fight for this damn throne, he could also have fun with Chang Sheng and a group of noble sons.

Indulge in pleasure.

He even learned from Gao Yanei and took his lackeys to the streets to act tyrannically. When he saw a pretty girl, he would go up to her and flirt with her. Even if she was a married woman, he would still take her home as a thief.

For a grandson of the emperor, this is nothing.

Even if Old Zhu knew about it, he would probably turn a blind eye and at most give a few scoldings.

After all, many of Zhu's sons did things that were much more outrageous than this, but they were never severely punished.

But, it’s not possible!

For the sake of his own future and to live longer, he really had to fight for the throne.

If he wants to compete for the throne, he must be a good grandson in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.

Otherwise, why would Zhu Yuanzhang make him the crown prince?
Openly asking for the position of crown prince in the court is already an act of treason. If he does something illegal or taboo, he doesn't need to fight anymore and can just stay where he wants!

Therefore, Zhu Yunhuan severely punished Chang Sheng and ruthlessly drove away all the sons of meritorious officials and nobles.

A bad teammate will definitely be a burden.

At least when not in use, stay as far away from them as possible.

But this is far from enough. What else should we do to win Mr. Zhu's approval?

Zhu Yunhuan couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

It turned out that his idea was the same as that of most time travelers in novels in his previous life. He wrote a letter to Zhu Yuanzhang, directly pointing out the various institutional shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty, and thus won Zhu's appreciation.

This is indeed a shortcut.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was a very outstanding figure in history, he had the merit of "expelling the Tartars and rebuilding China".

However, the Ming Dynasty he founded had many institutional deficiencies and countless drawbacks.

Just point out one of them and it should be enough to shock Lao Zhu.

However, the road was blocked before it even started.

Old Zhu didn't want to listen to his strategies for governing the country at all, because he had no experience in governing the country.

Living in the palace for a long time, just talking about military affairs on paper.

Right.

It is like a graduate from a prestigious university in the previous life who joined a large company after graduation. One month after joining the company, he submitted a ten-thousand-word letter to the company's boss, bitterly describing all the shortcomings of the company. As a result, after receiving the letter, the boss directly instructed - if you have any problems, get treatment; if you don't, dismiss you!

He is the same.

A fourteen-year-old child who grew up in the deep palace talked about the strategies of governing the country, but the emperor and the ministers were too lazy to even listen.

Of course, there is still a chance.

After all, he is the emperor's grandson and has a special status.

If one day Mr. Zhu suddenly has an inspiration and assigns homework to his children, just like teachers and parents in his previous life gave them, and asks them to write or say something, that would be an opportunity.

Until then, he could only wait.

but.

Always have to do something.

Sitting in the study, Zhu Yunhuan was thinking silently.

Just then, someone gently pushed open the door and walked in cautiously.

He looked up and saw that it was none other than the eunuch Zhao Rui that Lu had arranged to be by his side.

"Your Highness."

Zhao Rui smiled and said, "Your Highness, please don't work too hard. Be careful not to tire yourself out."

"I brought you your favorite toy from childhood. Would you like to take a rest and play with it first?"

The task assigned to him by Lu was to monitor Zhu Yunhuan's every move and report in a timely manner.

The second was to find ways to take Zhu Yunhuan out for eating, drinking and having fun, so that he would become decadent and corrupt and lose his ambition.

In this way, he could no longer compete with Zhu Yunwen for the position of crown prince.

Zhu Yunhuan frowned slightly.

Naturally, he didn't like the people arranged by Lu.

Just as he was about to refuse, Zhao Rui had already noticed the displeasure between his brows and said first: "If Your Highness doesn't like those things, I will find a dozen beautiful girls for Your Highness."

"They are all very beautiful and graceful."

"Should we let them sing and dance for His Highness and have fun together?"

Uh……

Zhu Yunhuan glanced at Zhao Rui.

I thought to myself, this guy is such a beast.

I'm only a teenager, still a child, how can you seduce me with your beauty?
While thinking, he said, "Then let them come in and take a look." Zhao Rui was overjoyed and shouted in a duck-like voice, "The prince has ordered, come in!"

A row of girls in colorful clothes filed in.

As expected, each of them is born with a charming and beautiful appearance.

Zhu Yunhuan couldn't help but look at Zhao Rui again.

I never thought that this Lu, who had planted a spy undercover next to me, would have such ability.

In order to drag himself down, he is really willing to spend the money!

The quality of these girls is, well, quite high!
He was a little curious, so he asked, "Since there are singing and dancing to entertain us, and beautiful women to accompany us, how can there be no wine and food?"

"Go to the kitchen and prepare some delicious dishes right away. Also, bring up the toys I loved to play with when I was a kid, as you mentioned earlier. I want to have fun with them."

"Yes, sir!" Zhao Rui became even happier.

After a while, a large pile of wooden products were brought in.

Many of them are extremely exquisitely made.

Zhu Yunhuan picked it up and looked at it again and again, and couldn't help but admire it secretly.

No wonder a carpenter emperor emerged from the Zhu family.

It seems that the blood of carpenters has always been flowing in the Zhu family.

This carpentry and design, can a child really do it?

As he looked at it, Zhu Yunhuan suddenly thought of something.

Yup!

Mechanical inventions!

How come in this era, we are so focused on offering advice and thinking about how to govern the country, but forgetting the most important mechanical inventions?
The development of industry is the cornerstone of modern civilization!

Even though the Ming Dynasty was restricted by smelting technology and various natural conditions, it would take time for it to move towards mechanical civilization. The knowledge in his mind was also extremely limited.

But after all, as the grandson of the emperor, it is easy to push it a little bit.

And a tiny push could mean a huge technological leap.

The thoughts in Zhu Yunxun's mind diverged.

What to invent?

Steam engine?
impossible!
Although he had a general understanding of the basic principles of the steam engine, that was all he knew.

Those basic principles are at least a long way from creating a truly practical steam engine?
Steelmaking?

The technology is not enough and it is not realistic!
cement?

The technology is not enough, so it still won’t work.

Make guns?

Still not working!

……

Zhu Yunhuan turned over countless objects in his mind one by one.

The more I think about it, the more confused I become.

In his previous life, he not only received nine years of compulsory education, but also had a university diploma.

But most of the knowledge is conceptual and principle-based.

When it comes to specific manufacturing, there is very little.

If we were in a modern civilized society in the future, we could look up technical information on the Internet and have countless tools to use. It would not be difficult to make something by ourselves.

As long as one has money, time, and a little bit of hands-on ability, one can make all kinds of things.

But in this era, that simply doesn’t work.

He didn't even know how glass was made. He only knew that it was mainly made of quartz sand and sodium carbonate.

The same is true for the manufacturing of other things. We only know the basics, but are not clear about the specific details.

After all, in previous lives, these were all "useless" knowledge.

I only look around online when I'm extremely bored, or occasionally see a little bit of it in a documentary, a video, or a book.

There is no system, no in-depth research, and the memory is not solid.

If I want to build it now, I'm completely clueless!
Zhu Yunhuan's eyes swept over each item.

I kept seeing the four treasures of the study on the desk...

Sudden.

His eyes lit up, got it!

(End of this chapter)