Ming Dynasty: Abandoned baby at the beginning, Zhu let me be the emperor

After all, the emperor's power is a public tool.

He couldn't use his imperial decree to help Zhu Ming with his personal affairs.

"Grandpa Emperor means that as long as Master Xie is willing, it will be fine?"

Hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang meant, Zhu Ming was also slightly excited.

As long as Zhu Yuanzhang nods, this matter will be possible.

"of course."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded affirmatively. As long as Xie Jin was willing, he would not stop him.

"What do you think, Master Xie?"

As he said this, he smiled at the middle-aged man again.

"Master Xie, sir, are you the Grand Secretary Xie Jin?"

Zhu Ming looked at the man with some surprise. His attention had just been attracted by Zhu Yuanzhang and Mu Ying, and he only noticed Xie Jin's existence now.

"Exactly."

Seeing Zhu Ming's surprised expression, Xie Jin nodded and responded.

But I murmured in my heart, why am I so inconspicuous?

"I have heard of the great name of Master Xie for a long time. Seeing him today, I find that his reputation is well-deserved."

Upon seeing this, Zhu Ming immediately bowed and began to compliment him.

When you ask someone to do something for you, you have to make that person happy.

"Zhu Ming is still young, but he has heard that Xie Jin is a scholar who has read all kinds of books and is well-known for his talent."

The more Zhu Ming praised him, the happier Xie Jin felt.

"Your Highness, you are too kind."

But no matter how happy you are in your heart, you still have to pretend to be humble on the surface.

"Master Xie also heard what happened just now."

After praising Xie Jin, Zhu Ming began to talk about business.

When I was talking to Zhu Yuanzhang just now, Xie Jin was listening there, so there is no need to emphasize the whole story of this matter again.

"This is natural."

Xie Jin nodded and looked at the little grandson of the emperor. It was not difficult for him to help, but he also wanted to see how Zhu Ming would convince him.

"Hehe, these Imperial Academy students are all the future pillars of our Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Ming chuckled and began to hold Xie Jin high.

No matter how many holes there are, flattery will never wear out.

"I think the only person in the world who has the knowledge to judge the students of the Imperial Academy is the great scholar, the Grand Secretary Xie Jin."

"I think those Imperial College students would be convinced when they heard that it was Academician Xie Jin who reviewed their manuscripts."

Xie Jin listened at the side, nodded, and began to ponder.

He thought he deserved the title of a talented man.

Those students of the Imperial College were all young talents in the eyes of others, but in his eyes they were just so-so.

For him, reviewing their manuscripts was a piece of cake.

Besides, he had nothing to do in the Hanlin Academy.

If I agree, I can make this grandson of the emperor owe me a favor.

Judging from His Majesty's attitude towards the little grandson, if I help him, His Majesty will also look up to me.

"Since His Royal Highness the Grandson can use Xie Jin, then Xie Jin will not refuse."

After thinking through the pros and cons, Xie Jin looked at Zhu Ming seriously and agreed immediately.

"Then I'll have to trouble Master Jie."

Seeing that Jian Jin agreed to review the manuscript, Zhu Ming nodded excitedly, then turned to look at Zhu Yuanzhang and said with a smile: "Grandpa Emperor, is this okay?"

After all, this matter still needs the approval of Emperor Zhu.

"Since Master Xie is willing to help, then of course we can."

Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded. Since Xie Jin agreed, he had no other reason to refuse.

"Okay!"

Even Zhu Yuanzhang agreed, and Zhu Ming was so excited that he almost jumped up.

"Okay, you two can go down first."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the excited Zhu Ming, waved his hand, and asked Xie Jin and Mu Ying to retreat first.

I have something to say to this kid.

"Yes."

The emperor spoke, and Mu Ying and Jie Jin responded in unison. Then, led by Yun Qi, they walked out of the Daming Palace.

"Tomorrow."

After Mu Ying and Jie Jin left, Zhu Yuanzhang finally became serious. He looked at Zhu Ming and said in a deep voice, "I heard that you went to Fang Xiaoru and asked him to ask someone from the Ministry of Industry to build a textile machine?"

This kid is not only focusing on national policy, but he’s also starting to invent things?

However, he was somewhat curious about the machine that made Fang Xiaoru go to the Ministry of Industry to make it.

"Yes."

Zhu Ming nodded. Zhu Yuanzhang knew about this matter, most likely from some Jinyiwei who found out about it.

Since he already knows it, I won't hide it. It's not a big deal anyway.

"Ming'er looked at the looms used by those women and suddenly had an idea to improve it."

Zhu Ming said this, lowering his head and pretending to be shy.

"If I'm not mistaken, this new weaving machine should be able to increase the speed by about five times."

"But I'm not sure about it tomorrow, so I'll ask the teacher to find someone to make one first to see the effect."

Zhu Ming's shy look with his head down really makes him look like someone who is unsure about doing something like this for the first time.

Seeing Zhu Ming's worried look, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear to say anything and just touched his head.

Besides, Zhu Ming had good intentions.

"Okay, okay, it's good enough that we can have this idea tomorrow. If it doesn't work, we can change it."

Inventing and improving things requires trial and error, so what's the problem?

"Grandpa Huang doesn't blame me?"

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was not angry, Zhu Ming raised his head and looked at him with some emotion.

"How can I blame you if Ming'er has this intention?"

When asked by Zhu Ming, Zhu Yuanzhang became a little confused. Did he look like someone who would get angry?

"Then Grandpa Huang, take a look at this!"

Zhu Ming took this opportunity to excitedly take out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to him.

Above is the formula for smokeless gunpowder that he wrote down based on his memory.

Compared with the black powder used by the Ming Dynasty now, smokeless gunpowder is much more powerful.

Strong ships and powerful guns, let the Ming Dynasty use this term from now on.

"Tomorrow, what are you doing?"

Although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know what smokeless gunpowder was, he could tell from the words "saltpeter" written on the paper that the substance must be very powerful.

"When I read the classics tomorrow, I saw an accident involving an alchemy furnace exploding. I will try to use the formula of that elixir to make gunpowder."

When it comes to gunpowder, it is more convincing to put it in the stories of the ancient alchemists and Taoists who made elixirs.

After all, they just like to throw all kinds of stuff into the alchemy furnace, so it's no surprise what comes out of it.

"Is it that powerful?"

Looking at what Zhu Ming took out, Zhu Yuanzhang became even more excited.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Ming has the talent to study these things.

My dear grandson really knows everything.

"Let's ask the people from the Ministry of Industry to match it tomorrow and see if it works."

As a military man, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally knew what more powerful gunpowder meant.