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Chapter 51 Journey to the West Wu Chengen
  [Second place, Wu Chengen.

Wu Chengen has been very smart since he was a child. He is good at painting, calligraphy, lyrics, and Go. He also likes to read books about gods, ghosts, foxes, monsters, and monkey spirits. However, this personality also destined him to fail in the imperial examination.

In 1531 AD, Wu Chengen came to Jiangnan Gongyuan in Nanjing to take part in the provincial examination, but unfortunately he failed. After the failure, Wu Chengen was not discouraged, but instead studied harder.

However, he failed again when he took the exam for the second time.

After failing this time, Wu's father, who was seventy years old, couldn't stand the excitement and passed away.

Wu Chengen was devastated and kept his filial piety for three years. When he was 32 years old, he took the exam for the third time. He thought he was going well but failed in the end.

Full of grief and anger, he also created the first draft of "Journey to the West". It was not until Wu Chengen was 50 years old that he was recommended to the Imperial College to study and take the scientific examination because of his achievements in the field of calligraphy and painting.

But after graduating from the Imperial College, Wu Chengen was still not assigned any position.

In 1556 AD, Wu Chengen became the magistrate of Changxing County, Zhejiang Province in order to make a living. However, he was slandered not long after he became a county magistrate and returned to his hometown to live in seclusion.

Due to difficulties in his official career, he decided to stay in office and write books behind closed doors in his later years. He finally completed "Journey to the West" in 1573 AD.

Although Wu Cheng'en failed to reach great heights in his life, he and his novels were enough to enlighten the ages. 】

"The Ming Dynasty accounted for three of the four great masterpieces"

"The great prophet Wu Cheng'en, cloning technology, clairvoyance, wind ears, somersault clouds, head-changing skills, immortality, and drawing the earth as a prison are all proven by technology now"

"Life is a Journey to the West, and we are all pilgrims"

"It is not certain whether he wrote Journey to the West, it is the inference of later generations."

"The value of a person's life is not how much wealth he has, but to prove that you have been in this world and let people who come after you know your existence. Wu Chengen did it"

"Journey to the West" is really worth reading. It not only criticizes social reality, but also has a good wish to transform social ideals.

"Now that I read Journey to the West again, I realize that Journey to the West is a great fable with great wisdom in it. It is not a story about seeking Buddhist scriptures from the West at all, but a journey of spiritual cultivation."

Ming dynasty.

Jiajing: It depends on the time. This Wu Chengen is from my era.

Seeing that Wu Chengen created Journey to the West and became famous for generations to come, he would be lying if he said he was not envious.

In China's five thousand years of history, there are countless heroes.

But it is extremely difficult to leave a name on the canopy and be praised by future generations.

Even he, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, has not appeared on the sky yet, which shows how difficult this is.

But now Wu Chengen of the Ming Dynasty appears on the sky because of his creation of Journey to the West, and he is also praised by later generations, which is enough to show how powerful Wu Chengen is.

It would be his fault if he could not surround himself with talents like this.

"Come here, find Wu Chengen."

Without hesitation, Jiajing immediately ordered someone to pick up Wu Chengen.

He thought very simply, since Wu Chengen was so highly regarded by later generations, he should give him some help and make him an official!
  The main reason why he did this was that he knew in his heart that his image in the minds of future generations was probably not very good.

After all, it is difficult for an emperor to be favored by future generations if he does not go to court for decades and spends all his time seeking Taoism and refining elixirs.

He guessed that when the video about him is played on the sky screen, future generations will probably scold him.

He was the Ming Emperor, and no one in the world dared to scold him.

But because of the magic of the sky, even if future generations scolded him, he was helpless and had no choice.

Therefore, when he appointed Wu Chengen an official, he also hoped that future generations would not scold him for Wu Chengen's sake.

When Wu Chengen finishes writing the continuation of "Journey to the West", he will definitely support the promotion of "Journey to the West" so that every common person in the Ming Dynasty knows what story "Journey to the West" tells.

I hope that future generations will stop scolding him for his strong support of "Journey to the West".

Wu Chengen: Four great masterpieces? Later generations attach so much importance to my Journey to the West! But I have only written part of it now. It seems that I need to write the rest of the story as soon as possible. To be honest, the moment he saw his name appearing on the sky, he was stunned for a moment.

He never thought that he, an ordinary little person, could be passed down to future generations.

As long as it can appear on the sky, it must be a great honor, which means that the name will last forever.

Let me ask, who in the world doesn’t want to leave a name for eternity?
  Although Journey to the West made him well-known to later generations, his fate in life was somewhat tragic.

His greatest wish is to become an official in the court and achieve great success.

But now it seems that he has not realized it until his death.

When he thought of this, he felt somewhat depressed.

Even the joy of knowing that I had created Journey to the West and become famous throughout the ages was somewhat diluted.

He cares more about his birth name than his birth name.

While he was thinking deeply, the eunuch from the palace came to deliver the imperial edict.

"Wu Cheng'en accepted the order. His Majesty wants to see you. Follow me into the palace!"

Wu Chengen fearfully followed the young eunuch to meet His Majesty.

At this moment, he was extremely nervous. He didn't know why His Majesty summoned him, whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

But he guessed that it was probably a good thing.

After all, people in later generations are praising his "Journey to the West". As a native of the Ming Dynasty, he can be regarded as gaining face for the Ming Dynasty.

I guess His Majesty will reward him!
  Thinking of this possibility, his heart beat faster.

He knew that the turning point that would determine the fate of his life had come.

As long as he sees His Majesty performing well, he might be able to achieve great success.

Thinking that His Majesty might want to ask about the content of Journey to the West, he quickly recalled the content of Journey to the West in his mind.

A few years ago, he only wrote part of Journey to the West, and then shelved it without continuing.

Suddenly, Wu Chengen's face changed drastically and turned pale.

He recalled what Sun Wukong said to the Jade Emperor when he was causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace.

"The emperor takes turns and comes to my house next year."

If His Majesty knew this, he would not beheaded!

Fortunately, Journey to the West has not yet been written and has not yet been handed over to a book publisher for publication. No one knows this sentence.

Just change it when you get home, it's not a big problem.

Thinking of this, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

"You are Wu Cheng'en who compiled "Journey to the West"?"

Jiajing looked up and down at Wu Chengen who was kneeling in front of the hall, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Your Majesty, you are just a villain."

"Looking at the introduction of you by future generations, you should have just completed the first draft of "Journey to the West" at this time! I give you a task to complete the compilation of "Journey to the West" as soon as possible. When you complete it, I will make you an official Do."

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I will finish it as quickly as possible."

Wu Chengen's face was filled with ecstasy and excitement, and happiness came too suddenly.

(End of this chapter)