Qianqing Palace, outer hall.
Zhao Hao and the Li brothers and sisters were waiting for the emperor to summon them when they suddenly heard Eunuch Feng's voice outside the palace gate.
But it was a tone I had never heard before, like that of a kind old grandmother.
"My Lord, slow down, don't fall!"
Before he could finish his words, there was a plop sound, and a round object was tripped by the door sill and fell to the ground.
"Oh, Prince!" Eunuch Feng screamed and rushed in like a whirlwind.
He actually rushed over to the eunuch standing beside him and picked up the piece of meat.
Zhao Hao could see clearly that it was a child. It was no wonder that Master Zhao was short-sighted. After all, after he came to Daming, he had seen children who were thinner than one another, even the children of wealthy families were very slim. This was the first time he had seen such a fat child.
The kid's cheeks were bulging, and his round head was full of flesh. The trip had knocked off his bright yellow "claw cap", revealing a shiny bald head, like a fat monk.
This is nothing to be surprised about. In the imperial court, there was a custom of shaving the hair of children, and the children of the royal family were no exception. There was a special "comb room" in the palace to cut the hair of the princes and princesses. When the emperor's children were born, their hair was cut at one month old. After they were named after 100 days, their hair was shaved regularly, which was called "asking for hair". Like ordinary children, all their hair was shaved off, leaving no hair behind, and they did not start growing their hair until they were ten years old.
Of course, they usually wore claw hats, so outsiders could not see their bald heads.
The clawed hat just rolled to Zhao Hao's feet. When he bent down to pick it up, he saw the fat boy finally came to his senses and burst into tears. While crying, he kicked and kicked Feng Bao, blaming him for falling.
Feng Bao hugged him and accompanied him carefully, while glaring at the young eunuch who was kneeling beside him. "What are you doing with your eyes? Don't you know what to do? If you hurt the prince, you will all die!"
"Take them away and beat them with sticks!" The fat boy also cried. The two poor eunuchs were dragged away, but he still refused to give in and beat his "big companion" all over the face.
Li Mingyue leaned close to Zhao Hao's ear and whispered, "This is that annoying guy Zhu Yijun."
When she was little, she liked this well-behaved cousin. But since he became the crown prince, he has been spoiled. He can be restrained in front of the emperor and the two empresses, but once he leaves their sight, he immediately becomes lawless and unruly.
Last summer, the prince tried to stuff a frog into the collar of his personal maid Caiyun. He was severely punished by Li Mingyue, and the two have been unhappy with each other ever since.
Zhao Hao thought to himself, he is worthy of being Wanli, he can tell a person’s future from the fact that he is three years old, he is already a hermaphrodite.
Seeing that Feng Bao was about to be torn apart by the prince, Li Chengen could not bear it any longer. He walked over, picked up the struggling prince, slapped him on the buttocks twice and said, "That's enough. What's the big deal about bullying a eunuch?"
"You dare to hit me?" Zhu Yijun was so angry that he fluttered his hands and feet, as if he was going to turn into a flying pig. After seeing the other person clearly, he suddenly lost his temper. "Hey, cousin, you are finally back..."
Just like Li Chengen worshipped Master Zhao, he also worshipped his eldest cousin since he was a child. So when he heard Feng Bao say that his aunt and her family were back, he ran over in a hurry and tripped on the threshold.
"Your Highness has gained weight again." Li Chengen put him on the ground, touched Zhu Yijun's double chin and said, "You need to lose weight, or you won't be able to see your penis anymore."
"You can see it. If you don't believe me, just look." Zhu Yijun was anxious and was about to untie his belt, but found that he didn't know how to do it. "My dear, please untie my belt."
Feng Bao is so sweaty, this is why Empress Li doesn't want the prince to play with the young master. What good can he learn from this brat?
Of course, there was also the reason that Concubine Li didn't want the prince to get too close to the eldest princess's family, but this reason could not be put forward.
Eunuch Feng had to persuade the seven-year-old prince to take off his pants.
After Zhu Yijun and Li Chengen finished being intimate, their eyes passed over their cousins whom they hated and fell on Zhao Hao.
"Who are you and why are you here?" the little fat man asked rudely.
"This is my brother Zhao Hao, the one I mentioned to you." Li Chengen is usually unreliable, but he is reliable at critical moments and rushes to rescue Master Zhao.
"Oh, Zhao Ritian?" The fat boy obviously had an impression of him. With the help of Feng Bao, he stood on the official hat chair and looked at Zhao Hao straight in the eye and said, "Did you build the telescope?"
“Uh…” Mr. Zhao’s mouth twitched a few times, and he thought to himself, what the hell is Zhao Ritian?
"Show some respect to Brother Zhao." Li Mingyue became furious upon hearing this and shook her fist at the prince.
"Zhao Ritian, Zhao Ritian!" The little fat boy was not afraid of her and kept shouting.
After he was scared and cried last time, he had learned from his grandfather that no one in the world dared to touch him. No matter how fierce his cousin was, she could only scare him and would not dare to really do anything.
"You!" Li Mingyue hated him so much, but she really couldn't do anything about him.
"That's enough." Li Chengen had to intervene to stop Zhu Yijun. The young master said to Zhao Hao again, "Last year, when you took the hot air balloon to the sky, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also saw it in the palace. When he saw me, he asked me who I was and why I could do such a great feat. So I took a branch and wrote your name on the ground, but the handwriting was a little messy, so he pronounced it as Zhao...Ritian."
"Even if you separate the two, it is still Yuetian." Zhao Hao was sweating. He suddenly realized that 'Yuetian' was not much stronger than 'Ritian'.
Fortunately, there was no literary inquisition in the Ming Dynasty, otherwise I would have been executed just based on this name.
"You are so sad, do you have any new things to give me?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhao Hao expectantly, just like Nobita looking at Doraemon.
Young Master Zhao felt like a blue fat man again. Fortunately, he knew he was going to the palace, so he brought a few small things with him as gifts.
But Zhao Hao was unwilling to take it out immediately because the little fat man in front of him would rule the Ming Dynasty for 48 years in the future.
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Zhu Yijun was the future Emperor Wanli, and the first person responsible for ruining the Ming Dynasty. The saying "Ming Dynasty was destroyed by Emperor Wanli" is not an exaggeration, the mess he left for his descendants was too bad. He also had to deal with the two idiots, Little Carpenter and Unhappy, to overturn the Ming Dynasty's aircraft carrier. He demonstrated to the world how to lose when flying dragons hit you in the face.
Moreover, according to Zhao Hao's research, Wanli's perverse actions had a lot to do with the failure of education in his adolescence.
The iron triangle of Empress Li, Feng Bao, and Zhang Juzheng showed a very high efficiency in governing, but they failed miserably in educating the young emperor.
It was because the three of them were too strict and too controlling of the precocious Wanli, and even threatened to depose him and replace him with his brother, that Wanli developed a distorted histrionic personality. The more submissive and gentle he appeared on the surface, the more rebellious he was in his heart. This led to his big explosion and counterattack after Zhang Juzheng's death. Not only did he oppose Zhang's politics, but he also killed all of Zhang's party members...
After getting rid of Zhang's party, he pretended to be diligent for a few years to show that he was better than Zhang. But he found that governing a country was not a "I can do it" thing. Not only was he exhausted, but he also made many mistakes and got scolded a lot, and he had no sense of accomplishment.
Then Wanli discovered a truth: it was great to stay at home and play with girls every day without going to work! So he stopped attending court for decades...
Although his grandfather did not attend court, Jiajing was still in charge and knew how to place the right officials in the right positions. He really didn't care about anything, and when there were too many people scolding him, he simply drove all the officials back home. The court was empty, and the world was finally peaceful.
This broken car from the Ming Dynasty actually achieved driverless driving 400 years ahead of schedule! It would be strange if the car wasn't destroyed and people died!
Therefore, how to discipline this naughty child and prevent him from going to extremes is a major issue that affects the direction of history.
Although the matter happened suddenly and was not well thought out, with Mr. Zhao's life wisdom, it was more than enough to coax a little kid.
Seeing Zhu Yijun stretching out his chubby little hand towards him, he smiled and said, "Watch your mouth. I'll show you something fun."
"You!" The Crown Prince was about to get angry, but after hearing the second half, he held his face tight and asked, "What's so funny?"
"You can draw your own animation." Zhao Hao taught him.
"Well... okay." Zhu Yijun was only seven years old after all, and couldn't resist the temptation of toys, so he suppressed his temper and called out, "Brother Zhao."
"Hey." Young Master Zhao almost couldn't hold it in. It felt so good to have Wanli call him brother. If he could click with Huazi again, his life would be perfect.
He then took out a round plate about an inch thick from his dimensional bag, oh no, from his sleeve, put it on the table and said, "Come, I'll teach you how to play."
Wanli… crossed it out and changed it to Zhu Yijun, then jumped off the chair, jumped to his side, and according to Zhao Hao's instructions, put his eyes close to the lens on the wall. Zhao Hao then slowly turned the handle, allowing His Royal Highness to enjoy the earliest animated silent film in history.
This is the "moving mirror shadow play" invented by Xu Yuanchun and Xu Weizhi, which can be regarded as the third generation product of the Guipan. There are two main improvements. First, the periscope principle is used to bring a better viewing experience. Second, the original one-circle decomposition action paper is replaced with a paper roll with 360 sets of continuous animations. A mechanical disk is used to drive a rotating disk. By rotating the handle, you can see the moving people and the changing scenes.
And most importantly, because the picture is long enough, I can finally start to express a narrative beyond curiosity.
In Zhao Hao's opinion, the only difference between this thing and a peep show is a stable and bright light source. With a slide projector, it can even play animated films directly...
Thanks to his two disciples, Master Zhao felt for the first time that he would be able to watch a movie again in his lifetime.
Although this thing was only a semi-finished product, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince couldn't take his eyes off it. He was so excited that he cursed again: "Fuck, this is a joke!"
Young Master Zhao rolled his eyes helplessly. When he heard this, he knew who taught him these dirty words.
The young master smiled awkwardly and muttered, "I also learned it from the old senior."
Zhao Hao thought to himself, you learned this from me.
After a long journey, Zhu Yijun's swearing originated from Mr. Zhao...
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