Along the way, Yun Xi was still instructing Xiyi: "Yi'er, you must not be nervous, all the people present are your own family, and your status is lower than yours, you are the same as when Xiyao presided over in previous years, you don't have stage fright." "Actually, the prince and concubine are the same as the imperial concubine according to the etiquette system, but Yun Xi can only lie in order to keep Xiyi from being nervous.

"Even if you forget a word, don't panic, just think of a few words to say the right thing. This is the first year you've hosted something like this, and people won't be too you. ”

Yun Xi babbled a few words, and Xi Yi smiled: "Husband, the concubine already knows, there will be no mistakes, at most some trivial small problems." My husband also said just now that my aunts won't be too harsh on me, so it's nothing. ”

Yun Xi is not very satisfied with her spirit of not seeking much understanding, but thinks that her relaxed state of mind is still worthy of recognition. He thought about it and felt that putting too much emphasis on details might make her, who was not nervous, nervous, so he didn't say anything more.

In the blink of an eye, they had arrived at the place where the feast was held tonight. The little eunuch lifted the curtain, Yun Xi walked in, and saw that there were already a few people sitting together chatting in the house, and said with a smile: "Fifth uncle, nineteenth uncle, twenty-first uncle, what are you talking about?" ”

When several people heard this, they immediately turned their heads, bowed to Yun Xi and said, "The minister has seen Your Majesty." ”

"Hey, today is a family banquet, whatever you do with the national ceremony, you will do the family ceremony." Although Yun Xi was happy in his heart, he still said on his face.

After they had performed the family ceremony and greeted Xiyi, Zhu Hu sighed and said, "The official family, it's not that I'm talking about my unpromising son, it's also the younger brother of the official family." ”

"Youstew is very smart, although he is not a genius, but he is much better than the average child. But his wisdom was not used in the right way! ”

"It's just that he writes poetry, and it's a good thing to write poetry. But he doesn't do anything every day, and thinks about compiling operas all day long, and has already compiled four or five excerpts, all of which are obscene operas, writing prostitutes and musicians. The first time my uncle saw the opera he wrote himself, he almost died of anger! ”

"And no matter how you pull it, you can't pull it, and I've beaten him dozens of times, but it's still not useful."

"I don't ask him for much ability. It's always my eldest son, even if he doesn't succeed, he will be a prince in the future, and besides, what I like is not to govern the country and fight with soldiers, and I can't force him to be more motivated. But it can't be reduced to writing operas! ”

"Fifth uncle, of course, the opera that stews my younger brother's preference is not as good as governing the country and using soldiers to fight wars, and it is not as good as the medicine that my uncle likes can cure diseases and save people, but it is not useless."

"How many people in the countryside are literate and literate? They don't read and write, and when they want to relax, they can't read books to relieve their boredom like readers, what can they do? It can only be to watch plays, listen to music, and listen to storytellers. ”

"So opera is useful. What does the imperial court want to promote to the common people, and if you put out a few meaningful and popular operas to the people, won't you be able to let the people know what the imperial court promotes? This is something that a country reader can't do. ”

"Take for example a few plays about the law arranged by my nephew's Ming Wen Xuan Division. Back then, in order to popularize the law, the emperor's grandfather ordered that all those who had "Da Ming Law" in their homes should be reduced by one degree, which was also well-intentioned," Yun Xi said this, and couldn't help but want to laugh a little, but he still held back, and continued to say to Zhu Hu seriously: "But although the people bought "Da Ming Law" at home, who would read it? It's just that it is left at home, in case someone in the family commits the royal law to reduce the crime, and loses the original intention of the imperial grandfather. ”

"But after the nephew ordered a few plays about the law to be performed among the people, the people in the left and right corners of the capital knew a lot about the regulations of the "Da Ming Law", and they also knew whether the trial was right or not when they went to the yamen to see the magistrate adjudicate the case, and the magistrate did not dare to judge the case at will, which was good for the rule of officials."

"So my nephew thinks that opera can play a role in educating the world, not as good as the Four Books and Five Classics, but it is more effective for ordinary people." Yun Xi said.

There is one more thing he did not say: that is, to win over the common people from the local gentry. Ordinary people may not enter the county seat once in their lives, and they listen to the local gentry about everything in the court, and they are what they say, and there are many cases of being blinded. With official opera and storytelling, it was possible to reduce the gentry's blindness to the common people.

If Yun Xi had just succeeded to the throne, he would have given him a hundred dares and would not dare to tell people his positive evaluation of opera and storytelling. If such a shocking thing were to be spoken, it would arouse the opposition of the civil officials. At first, he quietly entered the village, and he didn't want to shoot.

But now it's different, he has been the king for more than four years, and he put down a rebellion in the middle, and he also got the jade seal of the country, his prestige is very high, and he has gathered a group of capable civil and military ministers around him, and he is no longer afraid of the opposition of civil officials. A few days ago, he received many letters admonishing him for his inappropriate speech at the Haikang Institute, and he didn't take it seriously at all, and he was left behind.

Zhu Hu was not very happy to hear Yun Xi's words, but in view of the fact that the person in front of him was the emperor, and there was a bit of 'crooked reasoning', it was not easy to refute it, so he could only deal with the past with "uh-huh-hmm".

Yun Xi asked: "Didn't you come to Guangzhou with the fifth uncle, why don't you see anyone now?" ”

"I went to the toilet with stew. After he arrived in Guangzhou, he didn't adapt to the climate here, and maybe he didn't adapt to the food here, and he had diarrhea all the time. No, as soon as I arrived at the palace, I couldn't help but go to the toilet again. Zhu Hu said.

"That's it," Yun Xi nodded: "Actually, there is a stew that can be raised in the mansion and you don't have to come over, this table is full of delicious delicacies that he has never eaten but he doesn't dare to eat casually, how scratchy." ”

"This can't be done, and it's not a disease that can't get out, how can you not come to the feast? As for the delicious food, he didn't care, but he just wanted to come and see the local opera. ”

As he was talking, there were other princes and princes coming, all of whom were Yun Xi's peers or elders, and Yun Xi could only turn around and say a few words to them.

'Hey, it's too early to do a lot. If you come late, you can say hello a few times and announce the start of the feast without having to say too much to them. Yoon-hee said hello and thought to herself. This year, because Xiyi hosted for the first time, he came over early in order to let her get used to the atmosphere.

After a long time, everyone had arrived, and the time for the banquet had arrived, and Yun Xi walked up to the main stage and announced the start of the banquet.

As for the form of the banquet, it is still the same as last year, a 'Spring Festival Gala' was held, and the singing and dancing acrobatics were performed by local musicians in Guangzhou, but they did not know much about Cantonese, so the cross talk and some classic operas were performed by musicians who could speak Mandarin.

This is only the second Spring Festival Gala, and some vassal kings have not watched the first Spring Festival Gala, so everyone watches it with relish, and from time to time they talk a few words or laugh a few times with the people around them.

Yun Hee came down from the main stage and sat in the middle of many people seemingly casually, talking to them and chatting about the highlights of the show being performed.

Slowly, Yun Xi moved to Zhu Yan's side. At this time, just after the last excerpt play, a new cross talk actor wearing a robe and coat came up. This person bowed to the audience first, and then said: "Today, the grass people will tell you a cross talk." It is said that back then, Qin Shi Huang sent troops to occupy Lingnan, and heard that there was a Jiaozhi in the south of the five mountains, so he ordered......"

"Official, you specially arranged to write this cross talk, right?" Zhu Yang listened to a few words and asked sideways. The cross talk involved Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, who is also a famous figure in the history books, and without Yun Xi nodded, it is estimated that the people of the Wenxuan Division would not dare to make it up.

Yun Xi nodded: "Naturally, it was ordered by my nephew." The people of the Wenxuan Division are too timid, I obviously told them that the cross talk jokes of this dynasty and the Red Turban Army, the palace and the emperors of the past dynasties cannot be written, and the people and ministers with noble character and famous ministers of the past dynasties cannot be made up casually, and the rest have no taboos, they are still timid. This joke was specially sent by my nephew back to the capital to send an order for them to come up. ”

Zhu Yang said in his heart that if he was a person from the Wenxuan Division, he would not dare to make up ancient jokes casually, but his face did not show it at all, and said: "Your Majesty wants to use this paragraph to show that Annan has been a Chinese territory since ancient times, and to prevent the opposition of the officials above the court after the canonization of Zanyi as the vassal king in the future caused a rebellion by the local people?" ”

"It's just a meaning. After pacifying the entire territory of Annan, this cross talk will be widely spread in Annan, so that the people of Annan will also know that their ancestors are the people of the Central Plains, and reduce their resistance to the imperial court and Zanyi. Yun Xi said.

"It's a good idea." Zhu Yang immediately said: "Later, I will send someone to copy the book and take it back to adapt and spread it in Ava." ”

"This, Ava has never been ruled by China in ancient times." Yun Xi said.

"Who's to say no? Zhuge Liang went deep into Yunnan and Burma to capture Meng Shu seven times, but he went to Ava, so Ava was also the land of China during the Three Kingdoms period. Zhu Yang said seriously.

Yun Xi understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "Yes, very thoughtful." ”

The two chatted a few more words, and Yun Xi suddenly asked, "Eighteenth uncle, in your opinion, how is the battlefield in Annan now?" ”

"The official family is worried that the current war situation is unfavorable?" Zhu Yang asked.

"Exactly." Yun Xi said: "Before the Chinese New Year, there was no performance sent to Xingzai, and I was uneasy. ”

"The official family doesn't have to worry, Zanyi is quite safe with the troops, and there will be no major incidents. According to my estimate, it should be besieging Nanding now, and it has not yet been defeated. Zhu said.

Although what Zhu Yang said was just a guess, Yun Xi felt a little more relaxed, and was about to say 'this is the best', when suddenly someone behind him gently stabbed him. When he turned around, he saw Wang Xi holding a sealed fold in his hand, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, good news from Annan." ”