Chapter 76: Performances
There are still ten days before the queen mother's birthday, and the palace has already begun to prepare for the birthday banquet.
Jiang Fengyi herself was reluctant to hold a birthday banquet, and as soon as Tang Wenfeng left, she was in a very low mood. The palms and backs of her hands are full of meat, all of which are born by herself, and she doesn't want to see any of them leave.
Second, the current situation of the Wen Dynasty is not suitable for extravagance and waste to hold a birthday banquet for himself.
However, the ministers still advocated that the Wen Dynasty ruled the world with Confucianism, so it naturally attached great importance to loyalty and filial piety.
The emperor held a birthday banquet for the queen mother, which is to tell the people of the world, you see that the emperor must be filial to his mother, and you ordinary people must naturally be filial.
It's a top-down role model.
Tang Wenyuan himself didn't have many opinions, just holding a birthday banquet, and he couldn't waste manpower and material resources. Moreover, the two major projects of the city wall and farming have begun to be carried out in an orderly manner, and I am not as busy as before, so I still have time to celebrate my mother's birthday.
Moreover, the ministers of civil and military affairs also need entertainment, and theatrical performances are very meaningful in any era.
According to the usual experience of the Wen Dynasty, whether it is the emperor or the queen mother holding a birthday banquet, it is nothing more than a few processes.
First of all, it is a sacrifice, praying for God's blessing, the wind and rain are smooth, or something. Then there is the gift of the ministers, and then the ministers can enjoy and appreciate the dance, and finally there is a poetry contest similar to the flowing water.
And at this year's birthday banquet, Tang Wenyuan can play tricks. If you want audio equipment, you want modern musical instruments, and you have no lights.
But anyway, the birthday party is also held during the day, so it doesn't matter if you want lights or not.
In addition to preparing the program by himself, Tang Wenyuan also ordered that officials above the second grade should prepare a program for each person, and you must also participate in the matter of offering birthday gifts and performing programs.
Life needs entertainment activities, you ministers have to be active, Tang Wenyuan also gave the birthday banquet a name, "The Queen Mother's Birthday Party".
This can make those ministers complain, the emperor has a rule, you don't have to perform yourself, of course, you can also perform by yourself.
But it must be played by someone from your own house, and you must not go outside to find any troupes or the like to make up for it, if you are discovered, you will be severely punished!
It is also quite interesting for officials above the second rank to get together for a meeting.
"Master Su, what do you mean by Your Majesty, it's all at this juncture, what kind of party do you have the heart to do?"
Su Jingsheng raised his eyebrows slightly, "You don't understand this, this is called happiness in suffering." One by one, they are sad every day, I see, Tang Yunbi didn't call, you can all be scared to death by yourself. ”
"I heard that Your Majesty plans to hold a show in the army in the future, a good thing, it can not only relax the mood, but also invigorate people, and it can be regarded as another way to reward the soldiers." Hua Tianxiong also agreed with Tang Wenyuan's approach.
Su Jingsheng nodded, "Yes, there is a degree of relaxation, and the civil and military complement each other, I think it is necessary to propose to Your Majesty to set up a special agency to be responsible for this aspect of affairs." ”
"Then what show is Master Su going to perform?"
"Me? Do I need to do it in person? Who doesn't know that my daughter can sing and dance, is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the performance program is not more than enough. ”
Hua Tianxiong squinted at Su Jingcheng, can he sing and dance? You sing one, I'll listen.
Su Qinghan's ability to sing is fake, after all, he can't speak, but his good dancing is true.
"It's not the same as who the girl is." Hua Tianxiong doesn't have to worry about the performance program, although Hua Junzhuo prefers to practice martial arts, but his talent is not bad, and he may be worse than Su Qinghan, but he can also do it.
"But I don't have a girl......"
"Are you stupid? Wouldn't it be okay to ask your son to go up and say a commentary. ”
"But he won't."
"Isn't there ten days left, you just let him learn a paragraph, and he can memorize it by rote."
"Master Su, my son is far away in Jiangnan, what should I do if I can't make it within ten days?"
These are some face-loving old ministers, and they may be able to shout at you with a red face and a thick neck in the court. But when performing in front of everyone, they are afraid of being embarrassed.
What do you call this behavior? It's called a play, and in ancient times, it was very contemptuous of plays.
So of course they wouldn't think of performing it themselves.
But Tang Wenyuan gave an order, what can you do? As for the content of the performance, anyone who has a little brain knows what to play and what not to play.
You can't go up and sing the praises of the Wen Dynasty and the Tianchi Kingdom, right? No matter how bad it is, go up and tell a few meat jokes?
It's no wonder that the prince doesn't drag you out and cut you down!
Su Jingsheng was impatient when asked, and waved his hand, "Okay, okay, I don't want to go by myself, if I can't do it, I'll go on my own, how big it is, how did you become such a big official." ”
After returning to Prime Minister Zuo's mansion, Su Jingsheng told Su Qinghan about it.
Su Qinghan was quite surprised, and it was the first time that the ministers had performed a show. She herself has a love for singing and dancing, but she doesn't have the idea of looking down on the drama in her heart.
On the contrary, there is a sense of admiration for some good singers and dancers.
Especially in dancing, ancient dance is also very particular about the flexibility of the body, one minute on the stage, ten years off the stage. If you want to dance a dance well, you can't achieve results without a few years of hard practice.
Su Qinghan asked Su Jingsheng, what does Daddy plan to perform?
Su Jingsheng replied, how can I be a dignified prime minister, of course you perform.
Su Qinghan pouted, I can't think of good things, as soon as this kind of thing happens, push it on me, I am still not your daughter.
In fact, she is happy to perform in her heart, this is an opportunity to show herself in front of Tang Wenyuan, she has to prepare well.
And the right prime minister's side was a little unsmooth, and Hua Junzhuo was very unhappy to perform on stage. The last time Tang Wenyuan was injected and made her cry, she still thinks about it.
Why should I show a show to a fool, don't act.
Hua Tianxiong persuaded him with all his heart, girl, you think about it for your father, I'm so old, it's ugly to be on stage. You're different, you're brilliant when you come on stage.
After some persuasion, Hua Junzhuo reluctantly agreed.
Only then did she ask Hua Tianxiong about marrying Tang Wenyuan.
Hua Tianxiong frowned, "Why do you ask that?" ”
Hua Junzhuo told Hua Tianxiong what Tang Wenyuan said.
Hua Tianxiong was an old fox, and immediately thought that this might be Tang Wenyuan testing himself, although he had already prepared everything. But as long as Tang Wenyuan is still the emperor and the Wen Dynasty is still there, he can't be exposed.
"You tell the emperor, marry. Why don't you get married, what a good thing it is to be a queen. Since the emperor is so confident in defending Chang'an City, we must believe in the emperor. "Actually, Hua Tianxiong is lying to Hua Junzhuo. At that time, most parents were patriarchal, and Hua Tianxiong had such a talented son as Hua Liang, Hua Junzhuo's status was not very important in her eyes.
Even when necessary, it will not be distressing to abandon him.