When the news came out that Yang Chong was appointed as the host and guest of the Ministry of Rites, countless people were scolding Yang Chong for being an official with a song, and he was 100% a minister; There are also countless people who envy how they can't do such a roundabout thing, but in any case, Yang Chong's comeback after a few months is a great pressure on the host and guest of the Ministry of Rites. Because Yang Xuangan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Yang Wensi, who is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and Yang Chong, both belong to the Hongnong Yang family.

The host and guest department is in charge of the guest ceremony and the reception of foreign guests, but this time for the Western Regions Conference, he robbed the business of Taichang Temple; Taichang Temple is mainly responsible for the court ritual music, but the court ritual music is solemn and formal, and it is not suitable for entertainment. Under normal circumstances, Taichang Temple will absorb some secular music for the entertainment of the imperial court, even if a cow like Gao Gong serves as Taichangqing, it is no exception, but now there are exceptions, because Taichangqing Zheng Shanguo.

Zheng Shanguo is the son-in-law of the Zheng family in Xingyang, who was named the Duke of Kaifeng County at the age of nine, and in the early years of Emperor Wen, he entered the Duke of Wude County; At the age of fourteen, the official worshiped the history of the Yizhou assassin, and then transferred to the Lu County Taishou. With such a background, Zheng Shanguo was very strict with himself, and did not accept any subsidies provided by the government, all of which were used to repair the yamen premises and distribute them to colleagues or subordinates, which was very well received in the imperial court; Therefore, for folk music, Zheng Shanguo is not allowed to appear in Taichang Temple.

Zheng Shanguo, like Fan Zigai, is also a typical official set up by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang had no choice but to cheapen the Ministry of Rites, temporarily set up a number of music workshops, and trained music girls transferred from Chang'an and other places. The location of Yang Chongjiao's song is the Yichun Music Workshop of the Ministry of Rites in Daye Fang, a house of more than 3,000 square meters, the hall is exquisite, the flowers and trees are luxuriant, the hall with Nanmu as the pillar, there are exquisite carved patterns everywhere, there are landscapes, there are dragons, there are unicorns.

There were seventy or eighty young girls who came out to greet Yang Chong, although they lined up in a long line and looked very polite, but the kind of smile on their faces made the heads of the surrounding Ministry of Rites frown secretly, there are few officials as young as Yang Chong in the Ministry of Rites, don't make any trouble today. Headed by two female officials, one with shaved shoulders and a thin waist, a long figure, and a graceful demeanor, like a fairy, called Duhu Hong; A plump body, graceful and generous, with a bright smile, such as Chaoxia, is called Yuan Raider.

During the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui, the female officials placed six monks, six divisions, and six classics, and handed them over to take charge of the affairs of the harem; Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty restructured the system, making it similar to the Shangshu Province of the Outer Court, and set up six Shang Bureaus to manage twenty-four divisions. There was no rank in the costume, and Yang Chong didn't say much after saluting, he directly introduced Kaisha and Dun Yisi to the two, and then found an excuse to leave the hall and go to the office room to drink tea with the three officials of the Ministry of Rites.

Yang Chong didn't expect Yuan Raider to follow generously, and several officials did not object, so Yang Chong had to ask Yuan Raider to sit down together; Yuan Xiren understood Yang Chong's thoughts, took the tea on the maidservant and said, "Lord Yang and the Cui family are business partners, and now that they have come to the Ministry of Rites, it should be no problem to get us some good tea, right?" ”

The three officials all laughed, and Yang Chong said briskly: "I have tea in the car, and when I get off work, one of the people here will bring some back." ”

A clever official named Liu Yao knew that Yang Chong had misunderstood, and hurriedly reminded: "Lord Yang, Duhu girl and Yuan girl are not from the palace, they were only invited by the Ministry of Rites to help because of the Western Regions Conference, Duhu girl is the sister of Zhao Guogong Duhu, and Yuan girl is the granddaughter of Lord Yuanshou." ”

The people in the palace are the people of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, so they should be avoided; The people invited by the Ministry of Rites are colleagues who do things, not to mention the family members of Duhu and Yuanshou, one is a business partner, and the other is an important minister in the court. Yang Chong smiled at Liu Yao gratefully, and changed his words: "It's that I didn't think it through, and everyone will remind you more in the future." ”

Everyone laughed, and Yuan Xiren smiled lightly and said: "Our singers and dancers here are all from Yichun, Liyuan Erfang, and Lehu transferred from the people, and the only people in the palace are Gongsun Huilan, who is responsible for teaching sword dance. ”

The other two officials, Fang Yiwu and Chen Kui, also nodded, saying that Gongsun Huilan's sword dance was good, and Yang Chong couldn't help but think of the legendary Gongsun Auntie, the first dancer in the Tang Dynasty. Gongsun Lady is good at dancing swords, it is said that in the folk art, the audience is like a mountain, no one in the world can compare, the creation of "Sword Dance" is all the rage, the grass saint Zhang Xu painted for it, the poet Saint Du Fu is generous and sad, even the painting saint Wu Daozi also from the Gongsun Auntie sword dance, experience the way of using the pen.

Yang Chong, who was present, had the highest official position, and as soon as he was distracted, Liu Yao and the others were not easy to speak, but fortunately, Yang Chong immediately came back to his senses and said: "It is too expensive to wrap silk in the building, or prepare five thousand Kong Ming lanterns, and make them look better with colored cloth, if it is a white cloth, you might as well ask someone to do a painting." The location of the conference has not yet been decided, so we can only prepare these things that can be moved. ”

Chen Kui was in charge of the fabric, nodded and said, "Just like the opening of Fengle Building, I will arrange it." ”

Fang Yiwu asked: "Pei Gong suggested that the city never sleeps, this light is a troublesome matter, and the household department thinks that the cost is too great, so it has not been approved so far; But once the Son of Heaven adopted Pei Gong's suggestion, he was afraid that it would be too late to make candles. ”

Yang Chong opened his mouth and replied: "Gaonu County, Yan'an County, produces stone grease water, this kind of water is as black as paint, floating on the water surface, and the brightness of the lamp is very high. I will bring the drawings of the lamps tomorrow, you apply in writing, and Shigrin Water will ask the household department to arrange for Yan'an County to collect, and the household department can also save a fee. ”

Fang Yiwu has been a clerk for ten years, and naturally knows how to collect natural things, how can it be cheaper and easier than workshop production, and immediately happily agreed; Liu Yao's face changed slightly, and he said stubbornly: "Pei Gong suggested that the tree be wrapped in silk, I don't know if the adults have any good suggestions?" ”

"You're giving me a horse." Liu Yao and the three of them were a little embarrassed, and Yang Chong said nonchalantly: "I'm just the host and guest Shilang, not the waiter of the Ministry of Rites." Liu Yao, you make a budget for this matter first, see how much silk will cost in Chang'an or Zhangye, and how much the total cost will be, and then we will go to Lord Shangshu to discuss it in three days. ”

Liu Yao hurriedly agreed, and he didn't care if three days was enough; Yang Chongdu held out Yang Wensi's signboard, and if he didn't know each other, it wouldn't be a gentle drizzle. Yuan Xianren praised in his heart, Yang Chong is indeed an official who can do things, as his grandfather Yuanshou said, and he advances and retreats in an orderly manner; A maidservant girl ran and said that Gongsun Huilan was about to dance the sword, and hoped that Lord Yang would come over and give guidance. Yang Chonggang wanted to say I don't understand, but suddenly saw Yuan Raider sitting on the side, and immediately reacted, Gongsun Huilan was angry, shouting to himself, actually calling Yuan Raider over.

Yang Chong clapped his hands, stood up and said, "Let's go together, I have never seen a sword dance, and today is just the right time to see it." ”

Yang Chong walked in the front, and as soon as his feet stepped into the hall, the sound of killing music sounded; Yang Chong looked up and saw that the singers and dancers were standing on both sides, and in the center of the hall, a woman in a neon dress had already drawn her sword and danced. The long sword tied with the red ribbon danced faster and faster, under the cover of the neon clothes, the sword light flashed, and the sword dancer turned into a piece of brilliance, and the ribbon turned into tens of thousands, and it was no longer seen to be red, and it was illuminated by various reflections.

The sword is like a rainbow, with dancing Caixia, Yang Chong has a feeling that his eyes can't be opened, and he can't tell where Gongsun Huilan is, he only feels that there are countless phantoms; Yang Chong didn't know if Gongsun Huilan dared to dance so martial arts in front of Emperor Yang of Sui, but Yang Chong understood that this was not just a martial art for ornamentation, the hidden power of that kind of sword move could also be felt when Jiang Fei danced the long whip to show himself.

Gongsun Huilan really danced too beautifully, and brought the changes of sword moves, neon clothes, and ribbons to the extreme, and it seemed that there would never be an end to change, making it impossible to guess out of thin air. The more Yang Chong looked back, the more he had Du Fu's feeling of not being able to hold back, and finally couldn't hold it back, and shouted, "Okay." Today, there is a beautiful woman Gongsun's family, and a sword dance moves in all directions. The spectators are depressed like mountains, and the heavens and the earth are low for a long time. Huo Ruyi shot nine sunsets, like a group of emperors and dragons. Come like thunder to restrain anger, and let it be like the river and sea condensing the light. ”

Yang Chong did not lose his mind, but only had the excitement of singing a song, so he not only changed the first word in Du Fu's poem, but also cut off the following sentences in time. Rao is like this, Yuan Xiren and Fang Yiwu and others all showed a look of consternation, these eight sentences are majestic, Liu Li is frustrated, and the words are faintly sound; In the center of the hall, the ribbon suddenly froze, and the long sword crossed a beautiful arc in the air and retracted, and everyone could clearly see the excited expression on Gongsun Huilan's beautiful face.

Only the accompanying music did not have time to stop, and it continued to play. Gongsun Huilan came to her senses and immediately fled, and Yuan Xiren said sourly: "It's rare for Lord Yang to compose a poem, and she doesn't say thank you." ”

Yang Chong hurriedly asked Liu Yao to go to the car and take five catties of tea to share, all of which were five pounds of good tea, Duhu Hong smiled and accepted the tea and thanked: "Thank you Brother Yang, in fact, my sword dance is no worse than Gongsun Huilan." ”

Everyone laughed, and Yang Chong waved his hand again and again to forgive.

On the shelves on the first day of the new year, thank you for the help given to me by Genesis Chinese Network, thank you for the guidance given to me by the editors, thank you for the support of the majority of readers, and wish you all a happy New Year.

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