Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

But when he arrived at the palace gate, he only saw Mao Xiang and Shen Lin standing outside the palace gate, but no sign of Zhu Yuanzhang.

When the two men saw Wei Wu, they didn't dare to speak. They exchanged glances and continued to nod and stand there.

Just when Wei Wu was confused, the eunuch leading the way brought him to the back hall.

After entering another gate, I finally saw Zhu Yuanzhang.

At the same time, there were three officials dressed in court uniforms beside him.

The three were Li Shanchang, Duke of Korea, Zeng Tai, the Minister of Revenue, and Zhao Jun, the Minister of Works.

As soon as Wei Wu stepped into the door, the eyes of these three people were fixed on him.

Zhao Jun was okay, with more curiosity in his eyes, but the Minister of Revenue and Li Shanchang were different.

The way they looked at Wei Wu was as if he were a charlatan, especially Li Shanchang, whose eyes were quite unfriendly.

Wei Wu could clearly feel that the air pressure in the room was a little low, as if it was directed at him.

But he couldn't understand why those two people were so hostile to him.

But now is not the time to think about this. There are outsiders present, and he must first pay his respects to the emperor according to the rules.

"I, Wei Wu, pay my respects to His Majesty the Emperor!"

After saying that, Wei Wu extended his hands forward, raised them above his head and bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, after the ceremony, before the Wei general could withdraw his hands, Li Shanchang started to make trouble.

He walked out from the group of three, pointing at Wei Wu and scolding him with a bad look on his face.

"You are such a rude and unruly person, without any official title or rank, why don't you kneel before Your Majesty?"

Wei Wu didn't say anything, just looked at him calmly, but he was wondering in his heart.

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Seeing that Wei Wu ignored him and was so frivolous, Li Shanchang felt even more dissatisfied.

He was a dignified Guanglu Dafu, granted the position of Taishi of the current dynasty, and the title of Duke of Han ranked first among all the dukes!

Wei Wu was just a poor man without any honors, yet he dared to be so disrespectful to him, the Duke.

It's a complete challenge to his authority!

However, just as Li Shanchang was about to continue his attack, he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's voice.

"It's okay. We have given Wei Wu special permission to see us without him kneeling or bowing."

Since Zhu Yuanzhang had already spoken, Li Shanchang naturally had nothing more to say and immediately retreated.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang turned and looked at Wei Wu again.

"Wei Wu, I called you here this time because of the matter concerning the Daming Royal Institute of Science and Technology."

"As for the base, we have assigned a farm outside the city to the Science and Technology Research Institute, but there are some issues with the personnel."

"You are the only one who understands science, and the Ministry of Industry doesn't know how to select people, so let Zhao Jun cooperate with you in selecting talents."

"Also, the benefactor and the two nobles have concerns about the Institute of Science and Technology. Only you can resolve this."

After hearing this, Wei Wu also understood the purpose of Zhu calling him here.

Simply put, it is to promote the Science and Technology Research Institute.

However, it is obvious that this matter was questioned and even opposed by the ministers.

If nothing unexpected happens, it should be a group of civil servants headed by Li Shanchang.

The purpose of calling him here was to verify the role of technology and to slap these ministers in the face with facts.

As an emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang could certainly act on his own, but this was not the best way to deal with the situation.

If officials have different opinions, they should be allowed to express them, and they will not be punished for speaking out.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the Censorate in the 13th year of Hongwu, and re-established the Censorate in the 15th year.

Since Wei Wu understood that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted him to deal with these ministers, he had nothing to hesitate about.

He turned around and looked frankly at the three officials opposite him, and asked:

"If you three have any questions about the Institute of Science and Technology, please tell me and I will explain them to you one by one."

After Wei Wu finished speaking, Li Shanchang seemed to have found an opportunity and immediately stood up to question him.