I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 904: The Princess and the Prince Leave the Palace
A person walked out of the house. It was a girl in her teens. She looked about 60% like Zhu Yijun. She was 1.5 meters tall, much taller than her peers. She was wearing a field-gray woolen military uniform.

The military uniform for teenagers is the same as that for adults, consisting of a shirt, trousers, and a pair of leather boots, but it does not have epaulettes or armbands and is simpler.

He wore an extra green fox fur jacket on the outside.

He had a palm-wide leather belt tied around his waist, a leather box containing binoculars hung on the left, and a cloth bag hung on the right, with no one knowing what was inside.

Her jet-black hair was cut short to the ears.

If you move your head slightly, these short straight hair will sway gently, looking very elegant.

"Eunuch Yang, thank you for your hard work today."

Yang Jinshui hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "This servant greets the princess."

The girl was Zhu Yijun's eldest daughter, Zhu Xuanni, who was now ten years old.

His biological mother was Concubine Shun Wang, who had a difficult delivery and both mother and child died.

She also had a younger brother, the Sixth Prince Zhu Changtao, who was still young and, together with the Fifth Prince Zhu Changxuan, was brought up by a wet nurse and nanny and followed Empress Dowager Chen.

The mother of the fifth prince Zhu Changxuan, Concubine Gong Xu, fell ill when she gave birth to him. She was bedridden for two years and died in the winter of the eighth year of Wanli.

Two boys and one girl walked out from behind Zhu Xuanni.

The boy following second was about eight or nine years old, about 1.4 meters tall, wearing a jacket and trousers. The jacket was field gray, and he wore a fur cotton hat.

He is the eldest prince Zhu Changhao, eight years old this year, and his biological mother is Concubine Song.

The third boy was about seven or eight years old, less than 1.5 meters tall, and also wore a jacket and trousers, but his jacket was sky blue, and he also wore a fur hat.

He was the second prince Zhu Changhan, who was two or three months away from turning eight years old. His biological mother was Concubine Zeng.

The two were dressed in standard student winter attire, which was said to have become popular at Luangang High School, then spread to Chongyi High School, and finally became popular in Gyeonggi Province and North China.

The fourth girl was about eight or nine years old, a little over 1.5 meters tall, and was wearing a jacket and skirt.

The jacket has a cross collar and is aquamarine in color, embroidered with delicate patterns. The waist of the skirt has dozens of fine pleats that look like ripples on water when she moves.

The skirt has ten panels, and the base color of each pleat is red, with different flower and bird patterns embroidered on them, lightly painted, and the colors are extremely elegant.

When the breeze blows, the color looks like moonlight, so it is also called "moonlight skirt".

A fox-edged jacket was also added on the outside.

She is the second daughter of the emperor, Zhu Xuanwan, who is just over eight years old. Her biological mother is Concubine Gong Xu, so she and the fifth son of the emperor, Zhu Changxuan, are siblings.

"This servant greets the eldest prince, the second princess, and the second prince."

Yang Jinshui greeted them one by one.

Zhu Xuanni turned around, put her hands on her hips and said to her three younger brothers and sisters, "Today is the once-in-a-decade day to go out of the palace. Eunuch Yang will take us for a tour.

Eunuch Yang is your guide, and I am your captain. This is what our father told us personally. After we go out, I am the eldest lady, the second sister is the second lady, the eldest brother is the eldest young master, and the second brother is the second young master.

You are not allowed to act like a prince or princess. If any trouble comes, Eunuch Yang will naturally help us to resolve it. There is no need for us to show off our status.

If anyone disobeys the rules, I will report to my father and stop him from leaving the palace for three to six months.

OK, I have finished speaking, does anyone have any opinions? "

Zhu Changhao and Zhu Changhan looked at each other and said quickly, "Sister, we have no objection. We will definitely follow the captain!"

Zhu Xuanwan shook her head gently, and seeing Zhu Xuanni staring at her, she quickly said, “Sister, I have no objection either.”

Yang Jinshui watched from the side and chuckled in his heart.

She is indeed the emperor’s most beloved eldest daughter.

Zhu Xuanni is Zhu Yijun's first child and has received a lot of attention.

When she grew up, she not only looked like Zhu Yijun, but also had a very similar personality. In addition, Wang died early, which made Zhu Yijun love this motherless eldest daughter even more.

All other princes and princesses were called by their names, but she was called Nizi.

When Zhu Xuanni was one year old, she dared to pull Zhu Yijun's "dragon hair".

At the age of three, he had his own opinions. He dared to glare at Zhu Yijun and kick him if he was not satisfied.

At the age of five, he was very stubborn, insisting on his own opinion and daring to contradict Zhu Yijun.

At the age of seven, he had already managed his younger brothers and sisters very well, and was jokingly named the leader of the Xiyuan Children's Group by Zhu Yijun.

With such a resume, he should be the first person in the Ming Dynasty

Zhu Yijun often said to those close to him, "I can tell a person's old age from the age of three, and I never thought that the one who looks most like me is actually my eldest daughter."

After Zhu Xuanni finished explaining to her younger brothers and sisters, she turned around and said politely to Yang Jinshui: "Eunuch Yang, we are ready, please lead the way."

The five people got on an ordinary-looking carriage and quietly left Xi'an Gate.

Zhu Yijun changed the previous education model for princes and princesses.

Before the age of six, they were raised by their biological mothers. After the age of six, the princes attended Donghuamen Primary School.

There were a bunch of children of royal families and nobles there, and all of them were princes' and marquises' sons. The prince was not very noticeable among them.

The teaching staff is also very strong. The teachers who can educate these talented people with a normal mind are indeed not ordinary people.

The princess attends Qingxuan Girls' School.

This was the first girls' school in the capital, located next to the Imperial Archives, and was specially built for the daughters of the royal family and nobles. The princess also studied there.

In addition, there is one day out of the palace every ten days.

At present, primary and secondary schools in Daming have two days off every ten days, which are called rest days.

Zhu Yijun asked the princes and princesses who were in school to choose one day to dress up and be taken out of the palace by their trusted eunuchs to play for half a day. A minister once wrote a letter to dissuade them, saying that the princes and princesses were precious and should not mix with ordinary people. Some even said that there was a lot of filth and disease outside, and the princes and princesses were young and precious, and if they got sick, they might suffer misfortune.

Anyway, it's all alarmist talk.

Zhu Yijun refused to listen and refuted it in his own writing.

If the princes and princesses were kept in the deep palace like in the past, with women and temples around them, they would either turn out to be quails or have psychological problems.

Being separated from the secular world may seem to keep you away from diseases, but in reality it is the most dangerous thing because you cannot develop immunity.
Anyway, there is one thing: you can advise me and I will do my own thing.

You fulfill your duty as a subject, and I fulfill my father's love.

In the carriage, Yang Jinshui asked with a smile: "Young ladies and gentlemen, where do you want to go? Do you have a plan?"

Zhu Changhao immediately said, "Let's go to Xishan."

Zhu Changhan quickly agreed: "Yes, let's go to Xishan. We want to visit the Xishan Military Academy and observe the new weapons depot of the Gun Bureau."

Zhu Xuanni glared at him, "You guys went back on your word!"

Zhu Changhao barely resisted, "We just want to go. We haven't been there for a long time."

"Bullshit! That's where we can go whenever we want?
To go there, we must first report to the emperor, and he must issue an edict to the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Ordnance Bureau, and only after they have made preparations can we go there.

Besides, it takes more than an hour to get there by carriage, which means three hours round trip. It’s two o’clock in the afternoon now. If we go there, we’ll have to rush back. What can we see?”

Zhu Xuanni's rebuttal was well-founded, and Zhu Changhao and Zhu Changhan were dejected.

"I think one thing comes to mind after another. Do you think we can do whatever we want just because we are princes and princesses?
My father once told us that even though he is the emperor, he dare not do whatever he wants.

You two should behave yourself."

Zhu Xuanwan quickly spoke up to smooth things over: "Sister, why don't you decide where to go? We'll go wherever you say!"

Zhu Xuanni stared at Zhu Changhao and Zhu Changhan, "Second brother, fourth brother, what do you say?"

The eldest prince Zhu Changhao is the second oldest among his brothers and sisters, the second prince Zhu Changhan is the fourth oldest, and the third oldest is the second prince's daughter Zhu Xuanwan.

No matter what was written in the imperial clan genealogy, Zhu Yijun's children were ranked together with his sons and daughters, according to the order of their birth.

The vacancies for the failed ones are there, and they continue to be lined up below.

Therefore, the princes and princesses were called according to this ranking.

The Empress Dowager and the concubines formally called the princes and princesses "Huangjizi" and "Huangjidian", but in more informal terms they just called them "Laji" and "Laji", also according to this ranking.

Zhu Changhao and Zhu Changhan replied awkwardly: "Big sister, whatever you say is fine!"

Zhu Xuanni turned to Yang Jinshui and said, "A few days ago, Qing Meixi from the Huangmei Opera Troupe was summoned to the West Garden, and the leading actress Yu Qiaolian sang so well.

Eunuch Yang, let's go and have a look at Qing Meixi."

Zhu Changhao couldn't help but mutter, "I thought you had some good ideas, but you wanted to go to the theater?"

Zhu Xuanni glared at him and said, "Our moral education teacher at the girls' school gave us an extracurricular question called the classification of operas in the Ming Dynasty."

The girls in Qingxuan Girls' School are all rich ladies. They don't need to work in factories like slaves. They just wait for their parents to choose a suitable match for them.

During this period, I learned calligraphy and painting, listened to opera, cultivated my sentiments, and developed my artistic temperament.

Therefore, it is normal that the extracurricular question is to understand the classification of mainstream operas in the Ming Dynasty.

The next sentence froze the smile on Yang Jinshui's face.

"A few days ago, I happened to read my father's speech at the opening ceremony of the Second Ming Dynasty Literary and Art Workers' Congress. Now I really want to know the current development of Ming Dynasty literature and art, as well as the current situation of literary and art workers. I plan to do a social survey.

The Qingmeixi Opera Troupe, which made its way from Anhui to the capital and became famous, is the best example of a survey. "

Not only was Yang Jinshui shocked, but Zhu Changhao, Zhu Xuanwan and Zhu Changhan all opened their mouths slightly, staring blankly at Zhu Xuanni.

Artist?
What social survey?
Still want a template?
Is this something we should understand at our age?
Yang Jinshui pulled the rope and the intercom next to him rang.

"Father-in-law, please give me your orders."

"Tell the people from the Jinyiwei Fengchensi to ask where the Qingmeixi Opera Troupe is. We'll go there.

Before asking, let’s take a walk on the streets of West City.”

"Yes."

The appearance of the western city of the capital has changed greatly compared to the fifth year of Wanli.

Pan Yinglong served as the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, and his main tasks were to renovate the old city of Nancheng, develop Nanyuan, and build underground water supply and drainage culverts.

After Wu Dui took over, the renovation of South City and the development of Nanyuan came to an end.

In addition to continuing the massive underground water supply and drainage culvert construction project, he began to renovate the old cities of West City and East City.

Many dilapidated mud houses and old houses with unreasonable planning and poor construction quality were demolished and renovated with concrete and bricks.

It involves matters such as property rights purchase, demolition and relocation, etc. Pan Yinglong made a sample during the renovation of Nancheng, and Wu Dui learned to use it.

However, he had been in office for less than three years before the Eastern Japanese, which had been in civil strife for more than a decade, could no longer endure and surrendered unconditionally from top to bottom.

Zhu Yijun convened the Advisory Council to discuss and deliberate on how to deal with the Eastern Japanese.

At the meeting, the bigwigs discussed the matter and had different opinions.

The emperor also had in-depth discussions with local academicians via telegram.

After more than a month, we finally reached a consensus.

(End of this chapter)