In fact, it's not just them, if Xu Ping's record against Jiaozhi back then is replaced by Khitan or party items, it is not a problem to be crowned a prince, and it is also possible to be crowned a king. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoBut in the face of Jiaozhi, you can only fall into a county. In addition to the relative insignificance of the opponent in the eyes of the imperial court, another reason is that there is basically no forbidden army participating in the war, and there are no military generals with important status. In normal years, things still have to be done because of people, and without the participation of these figures who have the right to speak in the military, the rewards for the same military exploits will be greatly reduced.

This is the case, Xu Ping is helpless, if he wants to change this situation, he can only leave it to time. For Xu Ping, the year has not yet passed thirty, and in fact, his career has just begun. It's just that he ran too fast at the start and accidentally got too close to the finish line. As long as he survives those old people in a few years, he will be a pivotal figure in the court.

Most of those Qilu heroes are not involved in the imperial examination, and the war in the northwest is where they use force. After chatting for a while about the recent situation of those Dongzhou incidents, Ji Ying came over. Zhang Fangping hurriedly saluted, obediently stood behind his uncle, and closed his mouth.

Ying Tianfu was one of the centers of the world's scholarship in the first twenty or thirty years, Ji Ying was born in a family, family history, and had relatives and old relationships with many big figures. Teng Zongliang, who was famous in later generations because of Fan Zhongyan's "The Story of Yueyang Tower", was a relative of his mother's family, and Zhang Meiren's father, who was recently favored in the palace, studied in his family, which was Fan Zhongyan himself. After Ji Ying himself became a jinshi, he was appreciated by Wang Zeng and repeatedly dismissed him as a general judge.

Speaking of family background and chances, Ji Ying in the fifth year of Tiansheng Jinshi is unparalleled, and she is on par with Wang Su. However, Ji Ying is upright and content, and never befriends powerful people, even after Xu Ping was promoted to a high position, the two did not have much contact.

After seeing the ceremony, Ji Ying said to Xu Ping: "Yun Xing has been busy with affairs since he joined the Third Division, and it has been a long time since a day like today. Although the state affairs are important, it is better not to forget to wander and relax. ”

Xu Ping has always respected Ji Ying, and said busily: "The mundane affairs of the DPRK and China are like quicksand, people are trapped in it, and they can't come up with it." I only hope that one day this quicksand will recede, and I can really be an idle person. ”

Ji Ying smiled, Zhang Fangping poured wine for a few people, and then drank a glass.

Putting down the wine glass, Ji Ying said: "Recently, the Lingnan Manifestation Lady suite has been sung in the capital, and the words are all good, I heard that Yunxing made it out?" We've known each other since we were in school, and I never knew you were good at it. ”

Ji Ying is a master of music, and unlike Liu Sanchang's popular music, he studies Yale, and is proficient in timbre and tone and music canons of the past dynasties. The imperial court redefined the system of etiquette and music, and he was one of the hosts. Listening to him talk about the recent suite of songs, Xu Ping couldn't help but be embarrassed in front of the connoisseur, and said: "Gongshi and I have known each other for many years, and I am a layman in music, don't you know yet?" That set of loose songs was arranged by Liu Sanchang, who wrote the lyrics, and I just put a story into it. ”

Ji Ying nodded again and again: "You have a good story!" Three hundred poems, the best in the national style, this set of loose songs won the will of the national style. In addition to entertaining people's ears, the most important thing is to educate people's hearts, this set of songs is pleasing to the ear, and it is rare to educate! ”

Enlightenment, Xu Ping is more accustomed to calling this the occupation of the ideological high ground, but in fact the meaning is similar. He compiled Liu Xiaomei's story into a set of songs, which indeed had the intention of propagating the ethnic policy in Yongzhou and preparing public opinion for the policy when the war broke out in the northwest in the future. Ji Ying is an orthodox musician, but she can see through the intention at a glance.

Without waiting for Xu Ping to answer, Ji Ying said unfinishedly: "Songs and poems are based on words, and the earliest lyrics of the song are works of words, such as Li Taibai's "Remembering Qin'e", etc., with far-reaching artistic conception and good meaning. During the pseudo-Shu and pseudo-Tang dynasties, the monarchs and ministers were in peace, and the lyrics and songs became more and more refined, but the artistic conception was not at all, and it became a glamorous sound. After the founding of this dynasty, it changed its style slightly. However, a few crosses can only sing about the scenery, at most a momentary emotion, and the story is impossible to talk about. After making a complete set of songs, with space, you can tell a story, which is entertaining and educational at the same time, which is not the same as the previous Xiaoling slow words. ”

Xu Ping just laughed, and he also had the knowledge of poetry, but when he really talked to these professionals, he would inevitably be timid, so it was better to listen to Ji Ying attentively. As soon as the suite has a story, it will be able to enter the people, no longer the playthings of literati and scholars, and it can no longer only be sung in brothels, so that it will have vitality, which he is still very clear about.

Xu Ping used his heart in speaking and music sets some time ago, precisely to borrow these popular forms of entertainment to spread concepts such as the New Deal to ordinary people. It seems that the speech did not attract the attention of these scholars, and the suite of songs was noticed by the scholars soon after it appeared due to its more elegant and vulgar nature.

"However, now there is only one Xiangguo Temple Book Club arranging a new song, except for one Liu Sanchang, the rest are all market figures. It's Liu Sanchang, and the lyrics and songs he does are also slangy, and he can't get into the elegant hall, which is a pity. Yun Xing, have you ever thought about letting the yamen in the imperial court do these things? The Teaching Workshop Division is now only rehearsing some songs and dances to help the fun, which is really overkill. If they could make up some sets, it would be the same as now. ”

Seeing that Ji Ying was so interested in this matter, Xu Ping was a little puzzled: "What does the truth mean - why do you do this?" ”

Ji Ying sighed and said, "Most of the songs used in the world now originate from the early Tang Dynasty. Those songs actually have their own origins, such as "King Qin's Breaking Array Song", which is to promote the martial arts of Tang Taizong when he was the king of Qin, and others, such as "Liangzhou Ci", etc., are also mostly related to foreign martial arts. If one day in the future, the war in the northwest starts, this dynasty is lucky to have the martial arts of the previous dynasty, and it can imitate the previous dynasty to use a suite of songs to give speeches on the military exploits, which can be regarded as a different pattern. And it will no longer be the same as the lyrics of the song, only the song has been handed down, but the story sung at that time is gone, isn't it a beautiful thing? ”

Only then did Xu Ping understand what Ji Ying meant, but in fact, he still had to rely on the suite of songs to Yale. The major events of the country, in the ritual and Rong, music as a part of the ritual, one of the two biggest sources is sacrifice, and the other is war. The ritual has its own fixed music, which is the main content of Ji Ying's redefined ritual music some time ago. The music of the battle array is mainly preaching, of course, this is also part of the national etiquette, and being able to have a complete drum band is a part of the national civilization. Ji Ying's meaning is to combine the suite with the music of the battle array, and sing the stories on the battlefield while playing the music, so as to make a difference.

Of course, this has to be combined with victory at the front, and defeat is not inspiring.

Ji Ying, who has never been gregarious and seems a little lonely, has also sensed that the war is approaching, and it seems that the opposition to the Northwest Party General has become the consensus of middle and lower-level officials. And because they participated more in the New Deal and saw the country's financial strength growing, they were more optimistic than those old ministers in power. In their hearts, even if there are twists and turns, the war will not fail.

What Ji Ying wanted to do was exactly what Xu Ping thought, he had suffered before, and he had done a lot of things, but no one helped to promote it. Now that he is in a high position, he can't find anyone to help him publicize, so he can only do it himself. From an ideological point of view, Ji Ying is more suitable than Liu Sanbian and others to be in charge of the promotion of opera music, not only because of the difference in identity, but more importantly, because their status in the group of scholars is too far apart.