This day is the sixth day of the fifth month of the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, the sun is shining, the weather is sunny, the weather is fine, Hongzhi is in a good mood, so he took a free time, and took 10-year-old Zhu Houzhao and 6-year-old Zhu Houwei out of the palace to visit. This is of great significance to Zhu Houwei, since he has never been out of the palace before, today he can come out to see what the Ming Kingdom was like 500 years ago.

Yanjing is divided into the inner city and the outer city, the whole palace is located in the center of the inner city, the inner city is basically a square, is the northern half of Yanjing, and the outer city is a rectangle slightly longer than the inner city, which is connected to the inner city and is the southern half of Yanjing.

In the Ming Dynasty, the division between classes was still very obvious. Therefore, the inner city surrounding the imperial palace basically belonged to the habitat of the dignitaries, while the outer city was the place of the poor people. There are a total of Desheng Gate, Anding Gate, Xizhi Gate, Fucheng Gate, Dongzhi Gate, Chaoyang Gate, Xuanwu Gate, Zhengyang Gate, Chongwen Gate, and because it is square, the common people call him Sijiu City. Old Beijing likes to say, "You are all over the city to inquire about what's going on", why do you say that, because this is the territory of high-ranking officials and nobles, they all know, so it is more convincing.

Today, led by Hongzhi, the great eunuch He Ding put on a beard to play the housekeeper, Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Houwei as the young masters, and 4 imperial guards as the sightseeing tour tour group dressed as housekeepers, and set off smoothly. Of course, these are visible personnel, and some guards are acting as passers-by to protect in secret, after all, if something goes wrong with these people, the entire Ming sky will fall.

The delegation went out of the palace from the Xihua Gate in the southwest corner of the palace, bypassed the noon gate of the south gate of the palace (there was no major event, the noon gate was not opened), and then walked straight south through the Zhengyang Gate in the middle of the three city gates in the south of the inner city, and finally came to the outer city.

The scenery along the way amazed Zhu Houwei, a person from later generations who was accustomed to seeing big scenes. There are more than one million permanent residents in the entire Yanjing City, plus the floating population, 2 million must be there. 2 million is the population of only a county for the Celestial Empire in the 21st century, but there are no reinforced concrete high-rise buildings here.

The inner city is better, and the upper class has to speak a polite word, but everyone is polite but a little less lively. The outer city is different, there are three religions and nine streams, and most of the foreign population is basically concentrated in the outer city, the people are full of voices, very lively, performers, storytellers, and traders are endless.

Starting from 8 o'clock in the morning, it was already more than 11 o'clock to eat before arriving in the outer city, which shows the size of this Yanjing City. Hongji was in front, turned his head and said to the two brothers, "Let's eat here." ”

"Okay," the two replied. As he spoke, he followed Hongzhi into the store, and Zhu Houwei also looked up at the plaque "Zhendexuan". When I went in, a clever little two came forward to talk, and then the housekeeper played by He Ding appeared, and after a conversation, Xiao Er took a few people to the second floor, and found a table by the window for the father and son, and the four family members were at the table next to them. Then sit down and order, the father and son order a steamed goose paw, jade shrimp, red groove pork ribs, chicken soup boiled dried shreds, bean crucian carp, and a pot of wine. Listening to Xiao Er's introduction, the current four major cuisines are the same. After listening to this, Zhu Houwei still wondered, "Aren't there eight major cuisines?" In fact, he didn't know that the eight major cuisines were not formed until the end of the Qing Dynasty, and now the four major cuisines on the market are Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, and Cantonese cuisine.

"Come out today, how do you two feel about it?" Hongji asked with a smile on his face.

"There are a lot of people, it's lively, and you must come out often to play in the future." This is Zhu Houzhao's answer.

"The capital is so big, it takes an hour and a half to get to the outer city by carriage." This is Zhu Houwei's answer.

"The country is infinitely better, for the sake of the people's peace and contentment, the hardship is also worth it."

"What Daddy said is that in the future, children must work hard to go to school and learn from Daddy." Zhu Houzhao said with a firm face. However, Zhu Houwei thought in his heart, "You will forget what you said in less than 2 days, and it is more difficult for you to read than anything else"

Hongji smiled when he heard this, but didn't say anything. Having said that, it has already begun to be served, so that Zhu Houwei, who is very hungry, is very happy, I feel that the service of this store is good, unlike the later generations, and the dishes do not come after waiting for a long time, you have to ask, the waiter's answer is always "right away, come right away" The result is still the same. Then it was time to eat, and the dishes on the table basically went into the stomachs of the two children who were growing their bodies, but Hongji didn't eat much, just smiled and watched them eat, taking small sips of wine.

The food was almost eaten, but Hongji noticed that something was a little strange, as if someone was looking at him. When I turned my head, it was a young man, on the table on the staircase. This aroused the guards' wariness. The guard stopped to eat, looked at the young man, and his hand touched the handle of the knife at his waist. At this time, the young man spoke: "This old man is offended, he is a traveling doctor below, and when he sees that the old man seems to be in good health, he can't help but take a few more looks, and he will be offended." "It's okay not to speak, this said, the guards and the butler couldn't help but rush up to teach him the truth of life. How can someone say "I'm a doctor, I know you're sick when I see you, so I look at it for a long time" Isn't this looking for a draw, and it's still the king of the Ming Dynasty.

"Retreat" The emperor gave the order, and everyone had to retreat.

"Didn't ask?" Hongji's face remained unchanged and said lightly.

"In Xia Li Yanwen, the words are depressed, and I dare to ask the old man's name." The young man stood up and replied as he approached Koji.

"Zhu Zheng. Although Ziyu is young, he has good medical skills. As he spoke, he gave his men a look to continue eating, as if he knew that the young man had no ill intentions. In ancient times, staring at a person unless he was a junior, otherwise it was very impolite, unless there was no word, and he directly called someone by name and surname, which was basically equivalent to scolding.

"Master Zhu has won the award, and the Qihuang technique under the Xia is passed down by his father, and he only gets seven points, and now his father is not there, and he will come out to travel all over the world, which can not only increase his knowledge, but also benefit the way of Qihuang." Although this person doesn't know how to speak, he is still very modest, which is Zhu Houwei's first impression of him.

"I'm too humble, I don't know if Ziyu can be cured." Hongji seems to be a little interested.

"Master Zhu's illness seems to be a perennial disease, and I ask Master Zhu to let me check my pulse." Li Ziyu frowned and looked at Hongji, who seemed to be a little uncertain.

The butler seemed to have something to say, but Hongji raised his hand and stopped it. The butler, who was almost 60, looked at Koji in front of him on the right with a resentful look. Zhu Houwei saw it in his eyes, and the whole person shuddered,

"It's okay, please," Hiroji smiled, holding out his left hand and placing it on the clean corner of the table.

After a while, a hint of joy flashed in Li Ziyu's eyes, as if he was very accurate because of the previous diagnosis, but that joy was fleeting, and his face showed some anxiety and shame. As an observer, Zhu Houwei had a second impression of Li Ziyu - a rookie who had just come out of the oven.

"Master Zhu, the root of your disease has fallen since you were young, if you want to cure the root cause, there is nothing you can do in the future, at most you can only take the index strategy according to your father's home remedies."

When Zhu Houwei heard it, he knew that this Li Ziyu did have some skills in medical skills, because he knew that Hongzhi almost didn't support him when he was a child, and his life was very difficult, and there was a fact that only he knew, that is, in five years, that is, in 1505, Hongzhi was 18 years, and Hongzhi was about to return to heaven.

"Oh, that's fine, I wonder what effect this palliative method will have?" Hiroshi doesn't seem to mind.

"If there is no accident, Master Zhu can reach the year of the Mandate of Heaven. However, don't overwork, if you hurt the original again, I'm afraid," Li Ziyu replied slowly.

Hongzhi was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile, "Hehe, don't be too greedy, if you can do what Ziyu said, it's already very good, housekeeper, take ten taels of silver and give it to Ziyu." ”

"No, I only take 100 texts below, and I don't need to use so much." Li Ziyu waved his hand again and again.

"Ziyu can want to enter Natai Hospital, I may be able to help, with Ziyu's medical skills, the imperial doctor of Zhengbapin can also be obtained." Koji was not reluctant.

"Master Xie Zhu, but I am not here, this trip is to collect all kinds of medicinal materials, find out their effects, and benefit the people of the world" Li Ziyu said very firmly.

"If you have great ambitions, then I won't be reluctant, if you have any difficulties in the future, you can go to the inner city Jingmai Teahouse, and say that Master Zhu asked you to go." Hongji looked at Li Ziyu with great appreciation.

Zhu Houwei next to him listened to Li Ziyu's words, and couldn't help but think of a person, that is the famous Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty, Li Dashen. Li Shizhen is to Li Ziyu said, successively to Wudang Mountain, Lushan, Maoshan, Niushou Mountain, Huguang, Anhui, Henan, Hebei and other places to collect drug specimens and prescriptions, and worship fishermen, woodcutters, farmers, coachmen, pharmacists, snake catchers as teachers, reference to the past dynasties of medicine and other aspects of the book 925 kinds, archaeological evidence, exhaustive study of physics", recorded tens of millions of words of notes, clarified many difficult problems, after 27 cold and summer, three changes of its draft, in the eighteenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1590) completed the 1.92 million words of the monumental work "Compendium of Materia Medica" In addition, there is also research on pulse science and the eight veins of the strange meridians. He is the author of many books, such as "Examination of the Eight Veins of the Strange Classics" and "The Study of the Pulse of the Lake". However, Li Shizhen has not been born yet, and he is also surnamed Li, so I don't know if the two are related. In fact, this Li Ziyu, who has just turned 20, is Li Shizhen's father, but Li Shizhen will not be born until 1518.

However, Zhu Houwei thought that if Hongzhi could live a few more years, it would be very good for Zhu Houzhao. Through observation, he found that Zhu Houzhao's unreliable character is actually hidden under his intelligence, say reading, he really can't memorize, just not interested in reading, let's talk about Zhu Houzhao in history, the leopard house he built is actually not only a place to raise rare animals, there is a research department, because his office is also there, in fact, it can be regarded as an administrative agency tonight, and militarily he can also personally lead the army to defeat the fierce Warats, and even kill an enemy with his own hands.

Before King Ning's rebellion, a minister reported to him, but Zhu Houzhao's answer was: "Don't panic, let him come, I'll wait." It can be seen that his character is very true. The big reason for his unreliable things in the future is that he became the emperor too early, his temperament is not stable, and his heart is too heavy. If he succeeds to the throne when his temperament is mature, he may be an emperor of the Tang Dynasty and Song ancestors. Of course, history has no ifs. But now after listening to Li Ziyu's words, Zhu Houwei feels for the first time that history can be changed, and he can also participate in it, no matter what the result is, but it is still exciting to think about.

In the end, Li Ziyu left with 100 Wen, and the housekeeper also took the prescription given by Li Ziyu to settle the account, and connected Li Ziyu's table with a total of 2 taels and 500 Wen, gave 3 taels, and gave the rest to Xiao Er as a tip. As a modern person, today's experience of going out touched him deeply. It turns out that tipping has been there in ancient times, it turns out that the price is so cheap, the purchasing power of money is so high, 800 Wen can buy 1 stone of rice, that is 153 catties, at this time a catty is 590 grams today. In movies and television, it's nonsense to take any gold leaf to pay the bill at every turn. Feudal society is really a warm and harmonious society.

After eating, the delegation continued on its way. Out of the door, continue walking, past a gambling house. At this time, Hongji turned back to the two brothers and said: "Chinese people have been fond of gambling since ancient times, and many people have gone to a dead end because of gambling and ruining their families and businesses. "Hiroji, who is rare, makes a serious look at his son.

"Remember," the two replied immediately. However, Zhu Houzhao still has a little eagerness in his eyes. This bear kid wants to play with everything. Zhu Houwei is much calmer, gambling in his previous life is much more fun than now, and he has never been addicted to it, let alone now.

People coming and going on the street, talking, shouting, and watching juggling and shouting good, Zhu Houzhao's eyes are a little unbearable, after all, he has been in the palace for almost ten years, and now it is the first time to come out to let off. For Zhu Houwei, this lively scene brought him warmth, the pace of life in the previous life was too fast, everyone came and went in a hurry, everyone seemed to wear a mask, there were more machine sounds on the streets, and there was less heartfelt communication between people. His impression of the Ming Dynasty was getting better and better.

The father and son also bought a lot of things on the street, such as the cute clay dolls, which are honestly quite good handicrafts of this era; The hideous Zhong Kui mask, as soon as he bought it, Zhu Houzhao brought it up, waved his hands at Zhu Houwei, and made a strange sound in his mouth, wanting to scare him, but for Zhu Houwei, who is too big and uncle's heart, Zhu Houzhao's performance is too exaggerated and does not work at all, but in order to show that he is now a 6-year-old child, he still pretends to be afraid, and runs to Hongzhi shamelessly and pulls his sleeves, which perfectly shows the situation when the child is frightened and asks his father for comfort. This acting is definitely a rising star in the entertainment industry, Hongji didn't speak, and watched them play with a smile.

The two also found a small stall on the street to be a candy man, Zhu Houzhao made a dragon, Zhu Houwei made a tiger, and the sugar master was not good-looking, but the craftsmanship was lifelike. The housekeeper secretly called the two guards to taste it, and made sure that there was no problem before handing it over to the two of them. Zhu Houzhao didn't feel anything, but Zhu Houwei thought in his heart, every time he eats, he has to eat second-hand goods, and if there are conditions in the future, this rule must be changed. “

Hongji, who is a good husband of the people, did not forget his only wife even when he went out, and bought him a jade bracelet, which is not expensive, but the style is good, crystal clear, and he also showed a smile, it is estimated that he will be praised by his wife when he goes home, maybe at night (pure speculation, serious will be boring)

At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, at Zhu Houwei's strong request, I bought a few tofu brains and packed them into dinner, and the delegation finally ended today's journey and drove back to the palace. The result of the investigation was that the society was stable and the people were happy.