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Chapter 14 Out of the Palace to Play

"Sun Aiqing, today I went out to the palace with you to see you. Since I was born, I have been in the palace all year round. Today I want to go out and see the sufferings of the people, and see what the Ming Dynasty is like." Zhu Youxiao played the ball with Li Jinzhong yesterday, and suddenly he wanted to go out to see you. Ming Dynasty! He didn't know anything, how to be the emperor. Today, when Sun Chengzong came to Wenhua Palace, he pestered Sun Chengzong and took him out to see.

"Your Majesty, you must not. The emperor is a body of gold. If there is any mistake, what should I do if the ministers do." Sun Chengzong was naturally very happy to hear that the emperor was going to the people to see it. The emperor worked hard to govern and had this intention. As a minister, he was naturally very happy. However, what should the emperor do if he went outside the palace to have danger? This is not a fun thing.

When Zhu Youxiao saw Sun Chengzong say this, he replied: "I asked the Wei Dynasty to write "On Practice" yesterday, but I don't know if you understand it?"

Sun Chengzong replied: "Return to the emperor, I think the emperor means that everything must be practiced and not just talk about it."

Zhu Youxiao said again: "Your dear, but I think what he means is that you must conduct a full investigation of something. Didn't Sun Tzu say that you know yourself and your enemy, and you will win every battle. Everything must come from practice and go through practice. The correct standard for everything is practice."

After hearing this, Sun Chengzong felt thoughtful and suddenly understood what the emperor meant. The emperor wanted to govern the country well, but the emperor didn't know anything. So he said, "Your Majesty, I understand. Today I will accompany the emperor to the outside of the palace to see the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Youxiao was very happy when he heard this. Sun Chengzong was an enlightened person, so he said, "Since my beloved agree, let me set off. I will let the Wei Dynasty handle some matters." After that, he led a group of people out of the center of the Ming Dynasty, the Forbidden City.

Zhu Youxiao came out like this, but not many people were brought. Wei Chao must have followed him, and then Sun Chengzong, and then several Jinyiwei who were superb martial arts, loyal and reliable, and brought Li Jinzhong with him. Zhu Youxiao played the ball with Li Jinzhong yesterday and also had some feelings for him. After Li Jinzhong entered the palace, he worked as a eunuch in the East Palace kitchen. He also took advantage of the opportunity to buy items and ran out of the palace several times. He was very familiar with many places in the city. It was precisely because of this. Yesterday, Zhu Youxiao learned that he often left the palace and became interested in leaving the palace for a walk.

Walking on Zhengyangmen Street, Zhu Youxiao was very happy. Although he had seen the crowded street scene in the future, Beijing is now in a different situation. People are coming and going on the streets, and the vendors selling oil cakes, osmanthus cakes, candied haws, rouge and decorations are shouting non-stop. It is so lively.

Zhu Youxiao was hiking around in the crowd, having a lot of fun, but it made Sun Chengzong and the others suffer. They were all afraid that Zhu Youxiao would run away, so they jogged behind and suddenly saw Zhu Youxiao crawling into a crowd. When everyone saw that it was a stage. So the crowd immediately ran to Zhu Youxiao.

The stage is performing a play of "The Emperor of Tang's Travels to the Moon Palace". The stage is covered with a black cloth curtain. The person who came on stage waved his sword and thundered the black curtain, revealing a round moon palace, surrounded by five-color clouds, and there are Chang'e, osmanthus trees, Wu Gang, and white rabbits pounding medicine. The front of the moon palace is separated by a gauze, and a few candles are lit inside, which are blue in color, as if it was just dawn. Then a piece of cloth was spread out, and as a bridge, Emperor of Tang slowly walked from the bridge to the Moon Palace. This magical realm makes people forget that they are watching plays. Zhu Youzhai was used to watching TV and movies, and he didn't watch these dramas at all. Today he saw it, and he immediately applauded and cheered.

At this time, a young man wearing a literati scarf walked out of the crowd and ran to Sun Chengzong to greet him: "Sir Sun, why are you free to come shopping today? Didn't Lord Sun accept the position of imperial tutor? How could he be so leisurely?"

When Sun Chengzong saw this man greeting him, he hurriedly signaled him, and then stepped forward and said, "Sir Jiang, why is it so leisurely today? I have something to do today, so I will talk about it next day." After that, he pulled Zhu Youxiao away.

Jiang Riguang was a Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli, and is currently a Shujishi in the Hanlin Academy. When he saw Sun Chengzong's nervous appearance, he was shocked when he saw the pale and beardless appearance of Wei Chao and Li Jinzhong beside Zhu Youxiao. He thought that he might have met the emperor today. He thought that Sun Chengzong should be speaking in the palace at this time. Why did he appear here? It must be that the emperor wanted to visit him in a private place. He immediately wanted to go forward and bow.

When Zhu Youxiao saw that the man's face changed again and again, he probably recognized him, so he whispered to Sun Chengzong: "Sun Aiqing, this man probably has recognized me. What is his origin? He seems to be very familiar with Aiqing?"

Sun Chengzong immediately said: "This man was a Jinshi from last year, a Shujishi from the Hanlin Academy, and a colleague of Weichen. I will send him away this time."

Zhu Youxiao thought to himself that he had already recognized it anyway, so he would just pull it together to play with it. This guy is probably very familiar with Beijing City and just leads the way. So he said, "Forget it, follow him, I see that he has recognized me."

Sun Chengzong had no choice but to pull Jiang Riguang over and said with his ears: "You have caused a big disaster today. The one who is the current emperor just now. Today, the emperor went out to visit privately. You'd better not make the emperor unhappy. Fortunately, the emperor didn't care and asked you to follow him. Remember, don't call him the emperor. When there are people, you should call Mr. Chen."

When Jiang Riguang heard what Sun Chengzong said, he was happy in his heart. The emperor asked him to follow him. What a blessing it would be. Maybe the emperor would be promoted to his post if he was happy. He replied: "Don't worry, Lord Sun, you should serve the emperor for his ministers."

So he ran to Zhu Youxiao and said, "Hello Mr. Chen, I am Jiang Riguang, a scholar from the Hanlin Academy. Today, when I saw Mr. Chen, I fell in love with him, so I must have a good chat." After that, he blinked at Zhu Youxiao.

When Zhu Youxiao saw that he looked so funny, he pretended to be like this and said, "It turns out it's Lord Jiang, I'm lucky to know you."

At this time, Jiang Riguang said again: "I am accompanying an old friend to parade in the street today. I wonder if Mr. Chen would not mind having another person to walk with me?"

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he found that there was one more person, and it didn't matter if there was one more person. He ignored Sun Chengzong and Wei Chao's look around him and said, "It's better to meet by chance than to meet each other. Meeting today is fate, just come together."

When Jiang Riguang was very happy to see the emperor agreeing, he came over and said, "This person is a classmate and friend of mine. After not passing the imperial examination last year, he stayed in Beijing to study hard."

The man immediately introduced himself: "In the next Song Yingxing, after the imperial examination last year, he found some things in Beijing and stayed in Beijing."

It turned out that Jiang Riguang knew that his friend Song Yingxing was extremely talented, but he had many things to do for personal gain and had not won the Jinshi. When he saw the emperor today, of course he had to take advantage of this opportunity. If the emperor remembered his name, he would have a prosperous career.

Zhu Youxiao was shocked, Song Yingxing, isn’t this the one who writes about the work of heaven and earth? If so, then he will pick up the treasure. He thought for a while and then said, “Where is this Mr. Song?”

Jiang Riguang was stunned when he saw the emperor, thinking that the emperor was unhappy. When he saw Zhu Youxiao asking this question, he felt relieved. However, Song Yingxing was not aware of the situation and said, "I am a Fengxin person in Jiangxi."

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he felt so beautiful. This time he really hit the pie in the sky. It was still a big pie. He immediately stepped forward with a spirit and shook hands with Song Yingxing, saying, "I have long admired you for a long time. I have heard of Mr. Song's Daming. When I saw you today, it is indeed worthy of your reputation."

Song Yingxing was confused. He didn't know Zhu Youxiao and others at all, and he had no reputation at all. The name came from there. Not only Song Yingxing was confused, but the rest of the people were even more inexplicable. The emperor had heard the name of a juren when he first left the palace.

Zhu Youxiao didn't care about other people's opinions and continued to ask, "Is Mr. Song a firearm?"

When Wei Chao heard Zhu Youxiao ask about firearms again, he thought to himself that the emperor asked about firearms when he saw people, and he started asking again this time.

When Song Yingxing heard Zhu Youxiao ask about firearms, he thought about it and said, "I have read some books on firearms below. I have some opinions, but proficiency is not considered to be."

Zhu Youxiao asked again: "Does the young master know the way of smelting?"

Song Yingxing said again: "I understand a little, but I am not proficient."

When Zhu Youxiao saw Song Yingxing replying, he probably thought that Song Yingxing was still young now and had not started writing about the work of heaven and craftsmanship, so he naturally didn't understand very well, good jade, a talent for plasticity. He must take him to his subordinates today. Then he asked, "Then Mr. Song, where are you offering sacrifices now?"

Song Yingxing said: "I live in the middle of the capital and temporarily live in Mr. Jiang's house, and teach others outside to make a living."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao immediately said, "It's a pity that Mr. Song can teach people this time. I won't just introduce you to an errand, so I will ensure that the young master is satisfied." After that, he signaled Wei Chao to come over and gave him a few winks.

Wei Chao didn't know what Zhu Youxiao meant, so he said, "My husband and wife are very friendly, so it would be extremely easy to arrange an errand for Mr. Song." After that, he took out a jade pendant and reached out to give it to Song Yingxing.

As a scholar, Song Yingxing was so easy to receive favors, so he refused. Seeing that Song Yingxing did not take over, Wei Chao looked at Zhu Youxiao. When Zhu Youxiao saw that Song Yingxing didn't want it, he admired his character and said, "Your Madam Song accepted this first, and I'm telling you why."

At this time, Jiang Riguang saw that the emperor was going to arrange work for Song Yingxing, so he immediately went over to take the jade pendant and said to Song Yingxing: "My brother, please accept it. Mr. Chen is kind, why can you refuse?"

Seeing Jiang Riguang say this, Song Yingxing reluctantly accepted the jade pendant and said, "Although I am a mere Juren, I am still studying hard in Beijing to become a Jinshi in the future so that I can serve the court."

Zhu Youxiao immediately said as soon as he heard this, "I want to introduce the work of the court to the young master. If you take this to the Ministry of Works tomorrow, the Ministry of Works will naturally arrange a position for you."

At this time, Jiang Riguang said again: "Young Master Chen said that what you can do is do it. I'd better thank Mr. Chen first."

Song Yingxing thought about it, and it was also for his own good. He studied hard in the capital and was very financially struggling. It would be good to find an errand to do it today. He said, "Thank you Mr. Chen for your kindness."

Then Jiang Riguang said, "Today I am going to Jufulou with Mr. Song to have a drink with you. Now that I meet everyone, I'll just go together." Jiang Riguang is an extremely upright and bold person, and he is not at all restrained when he sees the emperor.
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