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Chapter 276 Wang Shouren: It’s over, I’ve become Lin Chong! Zhu Houzhao and Wang Shouren go to America!

Imperial mausoleum.

In the bright stone chamber, Wang Shouren stared at the light bulb in the corridor, lost in thought.

Suddenly, a child's voice was heard.

"Uncle, can you see the principle of this light bulb?"

Wang Shouren turned his head, his eyes slightly lowered, and saw Wen Peng in front of him.

"uncle?"

Wang Shouren looked at the child in front of him hesitantly, and after thinking for a long time, he still had no idea where this nephew came from.

"Uncle, my father is Wen Zhengming, and my nephew is Wen Peng."

Wen Peng respectfully performed the etiquette of a junior to Wang Shouren and took the initiative to introduce himself to his family.

"Zhengming's son!"

Wang Shouren was surprised, and then even more confused. He thought that Wen Zhengming's family was so favored by the emperor that he could bring his son into the holy land at will.

It would be very out of place if a child appeared in this place.

"Nephew, why are you here?"

Although Wang Shouren was surprised, he finally reacted, bent his legs slightly, and squatted in front of Wen Peng: "Did you take the wrong road, get lost, or come here to wait for your father?"

For a moment, Wang Shouren even wanted to cover for Wen Zhengming.

"Your Majesty asked me to wait for you here."

Wen Peng realized instantly that Wang Shouren was treating him as a child again, but he didn't mind and directly stated his purpose.

Wang Shouren's face was even more puzzled: "Your Majesty asked you to..."

What's wrong with our Majesty? Not only does he like to stay in the imperial mausoleum all the time, but now he wants to use an eight-year-old child?
Or maybe, Your Majesty is only sixteen years old and still has the mentality of a teenager. Can he play with children?

Wang Shouren thought a lot in an instant.

"Let's go, uncle. His Majesty asked me to come here to pick you up. Now... it seems that you are the only one missing."

Wen Peng knew that his biggest disadvantage now was that he was small and hairless, which could easily cause misunderstanding.

but……

The person in front of you is a saint!

He wanted to have a good discussion with Wang Shouren about the issue of intimacy before leaving.

After all, he had received a big task from Zhu Houzhao, which was to travel around the Ming Dynasty with Li Dongyang in the coming period of time to find the right development path for the Ming Dynasty.

He didn't know whether he could meet Wang Shouren again.

Moreover, he really wanted to test whether Wang Shouren had attained enlightenment now.

"Xiao Wen, why would His Majesty ask you to come to me? Why would he let you stay in this imperial mausoleum..."

Wen Peng wanted to understand Wang Shouren, and Wang Shouren also wanted to understand Wen Peng. Walking in the long corridor illuminated by electric lights, Wang Shouren still had many questions, especially these two people, one big and one small, walking here without talking, Wang Shouren also felt awkward.

"Uncle, you may know these things later."

"I'm here to ask my uncle a few questions."

Wen Peng did not say anything else to Wang Shouren. He just stated his purpose and planned to take the opportunity to have a good chat with the great sage.

"I have a question...Xiao Wen, are you having problems with your studies?" Wang Shouren was curious.

“No, uncle…” Wen Peng shook his head, hesitated for a moment, and nodded: “I guess so.”

"I wonder what uncle thinks about the unity of knowledge and action?"

He asked without hesitation.

"Unity of knowledge and action..." Wang Shouren was stunned and stopped involuntarily.

Because as soon as these four words came out, it was like a bolt of lightning that shattered the last wisp of fog in his mind.

His holy way directly smeared his face.

At this moment, he realized.

There were no earth-shaking signs of proof of the truth, nor were there any strange visions of purple air coming from the east or flowers falling from the sky.

He just stood there in a daze, as quiet as a virgin, but his heart and mind were undergoing tremendous changes.

No way……

Let my uncle realize it in advance?
Wen Peng knew all of this and stood quietly by the side without disturbing anyone. He was even... trembling and excited.

Wang Shouren, a saint of the Ming Dynasty, attained enlightenment because of a single sentence.

He was the only one who witnessed this scene of sanctification and preaching.

This is so exciting.

Then, I don’t know how long it was, maybe just a moment, or maybe a long time.

Wang Shouren came back to his senses. There was no change in his whole body, but there seemed to be an indescribable aura around him.

"Wen Peng...you, you..."

Wang Shouren's face and eyes were full of complicated expressions. Even though he might have attained enlightenment and possessed top-level thinking at this time, he was unable to understand what was going on with Wen Peng in front of him.

"Who taught you this unity of knowledge and action?"

After hesitating for a long time, Wang Shouren finally asked the question in his mind. At the same time, he did not dare to treat Wen Peng in front of him as an ordinary child.

There is even an urge to accept a disciple.

"It was my uncle who taught me..." Wen Peng's words left Wang Shouren speechless again.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore... Uncle, can you answer this question?"

Wen Peng was curious whether Wang Shouren succeeded or not.

"The unity of knowledge and action... This, uncle, I can't explain for the time being. Anyway... It's like there's an old saying, read ten thousand books and travel a thousand miles, travel a thousand miles and read ten thousand books again, travel and read... That's probably it."

Wang Shouren only had a little understanding of the system, so he felt a little embarrassed to explain it now, but he finally said it.

But after he finished speaking, he asked Wen Peng: "Do you understand what I said? Did your father teach you that reading ten thousand books is as good as traveling a thousand miles?"

"Uncle, don't treat me like a child. I understand all this..."

"I feel that your explanation... doesn't seem to be quite right. I will try to explain it to you based on my understanding. Please give me your evaluation. Do I have the unity of knowledge and practice?"

Wen Peng was leading the way again, which made Wang Shouren even more curious, but he didn't say much, just waiting to see what Wen Peng had to say.

"Your Majesty has given me a mission. He wants me to go deep into various places in Ming Dynasty to take a look at the current situation... Then, I will go on a wonderful journey to find the right path for Ming Dynasty..."

"Your Majesty's behavior seems to make me realize the unity of knowledge and action!"

"How can we formulate policies for Ming Dynasty without knowing its specific situation..."

"Even if I have read and known about it through historical records... but those are thousands of volumes of books after all. I still have to walk the roads and measure the land myself to know the specific situation of the Ming Dynasty..."

"Then, let's go to America... and learn more about why America is so strong. It has factors that liberate productivity... but I'm not sure..."

Wen Peng walked alone in front, talking to himself, as if he was also using this opportunity to perfect some of his own ideas and answers.

Wang Shouren followed, looking confused.

Formulate policies for the Ming Dynasty?
Is America so strong?

He clearly understood every word Wen Peng said, but when he put them together, how could he not understand them?

"I know... I think I know!"

"Unity of knowledge and action. This is how my unity of knowledge and action should be! Thank you, uncle. I know the answer now!"

At a certain moment, Wen Peng clapped his hands and shouted, then turned around and bowed deeply to Wang Shouren, his little face full of gratitude.

what do you know?
What is your unity of knowledge and action?

Wang Shouren only felt that his cerebellum was atrophied and his brain was blank. He felt that he did not understand today's young people at all. Is this the terrible generation gap?

"No, Xiaowen, what do you know? You came in here and made me very confused. What do you know?"

Wang Shouren finally couldn't help asking, and the great sage's face was filled with confusion.

"Haha, uncle, I think you can guess it! You are... a saint!"

He accidentally teased the Great Ming Sage. Seeing the Great Ming Sage being humiliated in front of him, Wen Peng felt that his evil taste was satisfied. He then said nothing more, which made the Great Sage Wang very anxious and asked him to guess.

"Me, a saint?" Wang Shouren was even more confused.

"Xiao Wen, you need to explain it to me clearly!"

Wang Shouren was confused by the whole process and felt a little angry, especially when he was laughed at by the brat. He was even more annoyed and couldn't help but reach out and grab Wen Peng, wanting to teach this cheap nephew a lesson.

But he had just caught Wen Peng.

A neat and orderly voice was heard.

"Your Highness! Long live His Majesty!"

Wang Shouren was startled, and then he realized that he had walked through the corridor without realizing it, and there was an open area in front of him.

It was an underground square. There were about a thousand soldiers in the square, kneeling in front of the emperor on the platform. "Your Majesty!"

Wang Shouren subconsciously followed suit and knelt down.

"No need...Uncle, don't kneel!" Wen Peng held him tightly and pursed his lips: "Uncle, look carefully, is the person sitting on the throne over there His Majesty?"

Wang Shouren immediately took a closer look, and his face changed drastically in an instant!

"what?"

His body trembled and he almost lost his balance.

Because the man wearing a dragon robe not far from him was Xu Pengju, not Zhu Houzhao!

At this moment, his face turned pale with fright, and he looked at Wen Peng beside him...a story suddenly appeared in his mind.

Lin Chong accidentally entered the White Tiger Hall!
This cheap nephew is harming him!
How could Wang Shouren have the virtue and ability to participate in such a great cause as rebellion?

At this moment, the voices and smiles of the nine clans appeared in his mind again.

He was immediately stunned.

Then, what frightened him even more was that, because he was too shocked, his shout sounded so loud and abrupt in this underground stone chamber, and the people who had just knelt not far away and Xu Pengju, a thousand pairs of eyes all looked over at him.

brush.

Wang Shouren broke out in cold sweat on his back, and his face turned terrifyingly pale.

“Stop, stop, stop! Try again! Xu Pengju…where are you looking…and where are you looking!”

"You guys shouldn't be like this when you're kneeling before me! Do you dare to look around?"

"Also, Xu Pengju, let you be more natural!"

"What happened just now? Are you scared?"

"Your behavior is not at all like that of an emperor! No, you are not even a bit wise and mighty like me..."

"You have to remember..."

"You are me now. You are the Ming Emperor Zhu Houzhao now!"

"It's not Xu Pengju!"

However, just when Wang Shouren was about to be frightened to death, he found a soldier wearing the armor of his personal guards rushing out and roaring at the thousand people, including Xu Pengju.

This voice is clearly Zhu Houzhao's.

what?
Ahhhh?
Wang Shouren was at a loss again.

"Come back! Come back to me... No, come back to this great general!"

"I'll give you three more chances! If anyone makes a mistake again, I'll kill his entire family!"

"Xu Pengju! No! Zhu Houzhao, act like an emperor!"

Zhu Houzhao finally turned around. He even had a beard under his helmet. At first glance, he looked like someone else.

"Yes Yes……"

Under his threat, a thousand soldiers quickly stood up again.

Even Xu Pengju quickly straightened his dragon robe, took a deep breath, and sat on the dragon throne again.

"This this……"

Wang Shouren’s brain is not enough, and in the current situation, even a saint would be confused.

"Uncle, take it. Put on this armor first..."

"Wait for your Majesty to tell you the details..."

Wen Peng immediately brought a set of armor from the side. Wang Shouren took it woodenly, and then he found out...

"See Your Majesty!"

The thousand people lined up and knelt down to Xu Pengju again.

"Ai, Ai Qing, please stand up..."

Xu Pengju spoke quickly.

"Stop! Zhu Houzhao! My dear minister, what are you talking about... You are facing all the soldiers now! My dear minister, you... You need to tell all the soldiers to stand up!"

Just as this move was made, Zhu Houzhao called a halt.

Wang Shouren was already numb. He had gradually realized that their Majesty seemed to be doing something unprecedented and had actually asked Xu Pengju to impersonate him.

Even though he knew it, he still felt numb.

"Uncle, please change quickly..."

"Your Majesty is in a bad mood right now, maybe..."

Wen Peng hurriedly urged Wang Shouren to put on armor.

"Xiao Wen, I, I can't change, someone come and help me."

Wang Shouren's face turned red as he realized that he was not even as good as a little kid, so he used the excuse that he couldn't change into armor.

"Two eunuchs, please help Lord Wang." Wen Peng immediately called the eunuch next to him.

"it is good……"

Wang Shouren then numbly cooperated and put on his armor.

When he changed into his armor, he heard Wen Peng's voice beside him: "Your Majesty, I have brought your uncle here."

Wang Shouren immediately adjusted his helmet and was about to salute Zhu Houzhao, who was dressed in military uniform.

"See you, humble minister..."

"Stop saluting!"

"Don't be a humble minister!"

"Call me humble, I am now a lieutenant general! Call me General Zhu."

Zhu Houzhao directly stopped Wang Shouren and corrected his way of calling.

"My humble servant greets General Zhu." Wang Shouren quickly knelt on one knee and saluted Zhu Houzhao.

"Not bad! Get up, your reaction is much better than Xu Pengju's!"

"Wang Shouren, can Wen Peng explain everything to you?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction and then asked.

"Xiao Wen..."

Wang Shouren hesitated. What should Wen Peng tell him?
“Knowledge and action come together!”

However, this time, Zhu Houzhao suddenly said this, and then looked at Wang Shouren with joking expectation.

"The unity of knowledge and action... Xiao Wen did tell me."

Wang Shouren was confused. Why did he always insist on the unity of knowledge and action?

Is he in conflict with the unity of knowledge and action today?

"Wen Peng, did you tell Wang Shouren about the unity of knowledge and action?" Zhu Houzhao just looked at Wen Peng speechlessly.

"Your Majesty... I'll try it out, after all, I want to ask my uncle for advice." Wen Peng laughed awkwardly.

Zhu Houzhao rolled his eyes: "Okay, how about you try it?"

"My uncle seems to have attained enlightenment, but also seems not to have..." Wen Peng said honestly.

"Then... Wang Shouren, have you realized the truth?"

Zhu Houzhao rolled his eyes again and asked Wang Shouren directly: "Do you want to go to Longchang, Guizhou again?"

How should Wang Shouren answer this question?

Wang Shouren was immediately in a dilemma: "Your Majesty... I don't know."

He was completely confused. What did it mean to go to Longchang, Guizhou again?

Don't hide anything from him.

"Okay, okay..."

"Come back to the team! I'll talk to you slowly once we get there..."

"I don't think I need to explain this situation, right? You are a saint, you should understand everything!"

"Remember, don't call me Your Majesty..."

Zhu Houzhao did not investigate further and then took Wang Shouren directly into the team.

You should all understand what I mean by "I am a saint". Your Majesty, please explain it to me...

Wang Shouren also took the time to look at Wen Peng and found that Wen Peng shrugged at him. What was going on?

(End of this chapter)