Chapter 120: The Birthday Banquet

The sun was already crumbling on the west mountain, and the topics that the magistrates and officials in the second hall of Fuya had already said many times that they should talk about, and they all stopped talking unconsciously, and the already reluctant atmosphere fell into an awkward silence. At this time, the governor of Yunyang was only a temporary dispatch, except for the military attachés at all levels of the Fubiao battalion, there was no civilian subordinate officer of his own, so only the two friends (masters) of Lord Jian accompanied him on behalf of the master. But the two of them are not officials, but they are also preoccupied, and they are as absent-minded as everyone else, and they are dealing with each other without a match. However, after all, it is the birthday of the governor, and the master has been staying in the back house since the morning after taking a photo, and no one dares to take the lead in saying goodbye, they all sit in a daze, and from time to time someone takes a sip of the teacup to hide the embarrassment of being at a loss, and the next people are shuttling lightly again and again to refill the water, until everyone's tea becomes boiled water, and the two masters do not think of Zhang Luo to change the tea.

Zhang Kexin found that everyone was looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, so he knew that it was time to come out and solve the siege. Those of you present belong to him, the prefect and the prefect, who have the highest official position, and he should be the representative to go to Jian Futai, say a few words such as "the rank is busy with official business, I wish the lord a good life, Kangning, the year and the future" and so on, and then say goodbye. Let's end it as soon as possible, alas, I believe that Lord Jian can understand, after all, Xiangyang Mansion is not a rude - the other mansions are all seven-rank officials... But then again, it's nice to be here, aren't there many more people who didn't show up at all?

coughed, and was about to get up and beckon the master to lead the way and inform Master Jane, when he suddenly heard a hearty laugh coming from outside the door: "Haha, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I've kept you waiting for a long time!" Shicai Jian was a little tired, and wanted to steal a lazy sleep in the back hall for a while, but he didn't expect to sleep until now! Damn Lao Meng didn't wake me up, forgive my sins, snub you, I'll punish myself three cups later! When the words arrived, Jian Jing, who was full of spring breeze, could speak in his mouth and strode in.

The officials responded with "don't dare, don't dare", and hurriedly got up to salute. After Jian Jing was able to sit down, the guest and host exchanged a few words, Zhang Kexin glanced at the officials, and after receiving an encouraging response, he stood up and arched his hand: "Lord Fuzun, there are still some trivial matters in the rank......

"No way!" Without waiting for Zhang Kexin to finish speaking, Jian Jing could laugh, "What a big thing or a small matter, today Jian said that it was okay, it was okay!" Then he deliberately sank his face, "If you have to go, then you really blame Jian for being negligent!" ”

After looking around at the officials, and seeing that everyone was shy and at a loss, Jian Jingneng immediately laughed again: "Hahaha, Jian is joking, don't mind, adults!" Come on, prepare a feast. No one is allowed to leave today, we are not drunk and have no home! ”

In the end, it is the feudal official who leans towards the party, and his face changes back and forth in a moment, and few people in this hand can do it without any sense of disobedience like Jian Fuzun.

Of course, the officials who don't know why won't know, and when they fully understood what Luo Shifan meant, Governor Jian had already turned his worries into joy, and then the young military master politely declined Lord Fuzun's invitation to a virtual dinner, Jian Jingneng really liked this young man who knew how to advance and retreat. A bleak future suddenly turned into a golden avenue, and Jian Jingneng's mood at this time could only be described as blooming with heart.

Several famous restaurants in Yunyang Mansion sent their best chefs to the governor's yamen early in the morning to wait. As soon as they entered the door, the masters faintly felt that something was wrong everywhere, and they dared to sneak into the second courtyard to take a look at the second hall from a distance, while the others pulled the people to inquire, and they were very stunned: Don't expect Lord Jane's reward, it is very questionable whether you can hold a banquet today! Until Uncle Meng hurriedly came to the back kitchen Zhang Luo, everyone woke up like a dream, the little guys were busy killing chickens and cutting meat, and the masters were in a hurry to show their powers.

In the end, it is a famous chef of the old restaurant, although the time is relatively rushed, the cold vegetables and fruit plates on the town table have not yet been put on the half of the incense, and the hot dishes have been served like water. Yunyang is not a very prosperous place, but the dishes for the governor are not sloppy at all, and even unique. There are three kinds of raw materials and 12 methods for just one "fire noodle steamed pork": "Sanheju" uses pork, "Yuweiyuan" focuses on beef, and "Lao Qin Pavilion" is the master of mutton dishes! Hugh looks at just these three kinds of meat plus some mountain condiments, each store has adopted different methods such as red steak, dry frying, and returning to the pot, and the taste in the mouth is very different! Especially the last steaming that needs to be steamed, the thick pork belly of Sanheju is fat and soft and glutinous, and the oil flows down the corner of the mouth, the beef tenderloin of Yuweiyuan is smooth and tender, and it is sprinkled with red dogwood to make people have a great appetite, as for the old Qin Pavilion, there are two words: enjoyable! The hot piece of lamb is dipped in a little salty and fragrant green leek flower sauce, wrapped in your mouth and chewed while sucking, although the tongue is hot and painful, but the chopsticks in your hand have stretched out to clip the second piece!

Eat a few chopsticks dishes and a bite of golden Yunyang rice wine with a little rice flower floating, this birthday banquet made everyone sweat and hearty!

"Boom Boom Boom ......" a gong sounded, and the indispensable birthday lantern show began.

Lantern opera is a folk opera in eastern Chongqing, which originated from the folk custom of "making lanterns" during the Lantern Festival. Different from the theme of spring and white snow of talented and beautiful people such as Kun dialect Hui tune, the plot is mostly taken from folklore, and the performance style is known for playing and laughing.

The opening scene is Ba Xiang inspiring "The Battle of Makino". It tells the story of King Wu's war, led by the "Dragon Ben Army" of the Ba people, the drumming and fighting are magnificent, and the Yin people flee in horror, and then turn against King Wu to play the story. The biggest difference from other operas is that the performers of Xiangqi were women—most of the female roles in the plays of the same period were played by men. Obviously, this is the result of regional factors: this area is relatively poor, there are not many women who bind their feet, and the audience loves to watch it...... During the performance, the men are shirtless, and the women wearing masks shake their hair to the beat of gongs and drums, which is very beautiful. There are only two main instruments, one is a cowhide drum and the other is a gong. This gong and drum drew everyone's attention to the stage set up in the courtyard.

Jian Futai temporarily replaced the finale "Birthday Celebration of the Immortals" with "Havoc Meeting", so that the "Liangshan Society" (the birthplace of the lantern opera, Liangping County, Yucheng, formerly known as Liangshan County. The old class owner gave this name to emphasize authenticity, obviously a bit of a master of art and bold and with the meaning of fighting fakes) The class owner rice somersault was very surprised, and finally had a heart, and simply appeared on his own. Although the gags on the plot are very lively, and every time it is staged, it can get the audience's tidal voice, but it stands to reason that this play must not be performed in the official office - not to mention the governor's yamen, not even the county government!

This is also because of the plot: it is said that there was a Shizhi County in a certain dynasty, and it was deserted on his birthday - it turned out that the gentry and villagers all went to the temple fair to worship the city god! Shi Zhixian was very angry, could it be that one of his parents was not as good as a clay idol? So I went to find out. At the temple fair, Shi Zhixian was infected by everyone's emotions, and enjoyed with the people, participated in a series of mass entertainment programs such as "slapping flowers" and "drilling the city gate hole...... In the end, Shi Zhixian understood that as a magistrate, he should care about the people and observe the people's suffering, so he allocated silver to repair the bridge and won the heartfelt support of the people.

The reason why the play "Haunting God's Club" can't be performed in the official office is because there are too many taboos. Putting aside the meaning of the exhortation of the naked finger Sang scolding Huai, the official title of "Zhixian" is clearly said to be this dynasty: before the Song Dynasty, the respect of a county or called the county order (the big county of the Song Dynasty did have the word "Zhixian", but this is only the abbreviation of the official position of "Zhixian Affairs", and "Zhixian Affairs" belongs to the official positions of the central government, not local officials) or called County Yin, and the word Zhixian has been from this dynasty! Of course, it's hard to say whether the screenwriter of a folk drama is illiterate or not, and it is unlikely that he really knows that the county lord of this dynasty is called the county magistrate, and the former dynasty has to be called the county order...... But the problem is that the officials understand! They think you did it on purpose, who can you turn to? As for the hurtful action of taking off the official clothes and being shirtless and barefoot, it is simply not worth mentioning compared to the "beating of the meat lotus": this is a masochistic method used by beggars to win sympathy when they beg! The subtext is: I beat myself like this, you should always be pitiful and pitiful, give you leftovers! Let one of the parents of the Qingtian master directly play the performance art called Hanako for the fun of the people? Which troupe dares to perform this play in the yamen, where is the reward, it is clearly itchy and begging for death!

Don't look at the officials who push the glass and change the glass of wine and look drunk, many of them have big tongues, and the words in their mouths are also upside down, in fact, everyone is very sober in their hearts. With the rice somersault on the stage, he turned seventy-seven forty-nine somersaults one after another, and then slapped his chest and back red-the sound sounded, it sounded painful! They all looked at Jian Futai's face with the corner of their eyes, ready to take a step ahead of others, and angrily reprimanded the bold actor who dared to openly slander the court officials...... However, unexpectedly, Governor Jian watched it with relish, and took the lead in shouting from time to time, so everyone was relieved even though they didn't know it, and a series of colorful sounds came out of their mouths, well, it was just right to slow down Jian Futai by a quarter of a beat: it could not overshadow Lord Jian's applause, but it could also reflect the same preferences and tastes as adults......

Rice somersaults make a lot of money.

Grandpa Futai waved his hand and rewarded Liangshan Class with a full twenty taels of silver, and the other adults also followed generously, throwing silver bills of all sizes to the stage, and even I don't know which adult, the silver that should have been brought was scattered, and he was embarrassed to take it out, so he took out a string of copper coins and smashed it directly on the head of the rice class master! A good rice somersault, a backflip, lying on the stage is a kowtow to thank the lord for reward, and the officials laughed back and forth.

In the background, the master of the rice class put the broken silver into a stretched baggage skin, and checked it in his hand, which was as much as a hundred taels. took out a handkerchief and wrapped it in a dozen taels, then hesitated, and then took out two five taels of small ingots and put them into the handkerchief. These nearly thirty taels are filial piety to Uncle Meng - forget this, it's no different from directly offending Grandpa Futai, no, it's worse than that!

Mi somersault touched the big bag on his forehead, and his whole body hurt hotly, but he was really happy in his heart: it was worth it to have such a harvest, and it was worth shooting himself out of internal injuries!

At the same time, Governor Jian, who seemed to be still intoxicated with the play, seemed to inadvertently turn his head to Zhang Kexin and said, "Comfort Ting, I remember that you are also from Zhejiang Province, right?" What do you think of this Liangshan lantern show compared to our Yuyao dialect? ”

Zhang Kexin is a native of Ciji, Zhejiang (that is, Cixi*, Ningbo), and Jian Jingneng is a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang. Listening to Jian Jing can say this, and then think of the finale scene ordered by Lord Fuzun, although he still can't understand its true meaning for a while, but Lord Zhang knows in his heart like a mirror that Lord Jian will never be untargeted! Therefore, he replied cautiously: "My lord has raised his love, and he is terrified!" I think that ours (speaking of these three words, Zhang Kexin accentuated his tone) Yuyao is good at words and long in songs; Is this a lantern show, ahem, that...... Well, it's fun, and it seems to be more accessible to the people. ”

The officials, like Zhang Kexin, were all guessing Jian Jingneng's thoughts, and when they saw Master Jian speak, all the officials closed their mouths and listened carefully with their ears closed.

Jian Jingneng didn't need to look to know that all the officials were waiting for their next words with bated breath, and when he heard Zhang Kexin's answer, he clapped his hands heavily: "Close to the people!" What the consolation court said is good! We are all on the same side, that is, to report to the Son of Heaven," he got up and arched his hand in the direction of Jingshi, and there was a stirring of chairs and stools around him, and all the officials hurriedly stood up together to salute, "Yes, we must always think of the lives of the people!" The word "close to the people" does not just mean closeness, but to the people as relatives! Treat the people of Li as their own relatives! Do you think so? After sitting down, Jian Futai spoke loudly.

"Lord Fuzun is so right!"

"My lord lives up to the high wind and brightness of the court, and he is humbled and admired!"

"Under the rule of Lord Futai, the people are blessed!"

Of course, the officials were full of rumors.

Jian Jingneng waved his hand: "Of course, this official believes in the original intention of your adults. I hope that you will always remember to love the people in the future. The suffering of the people, the illness of the people, the hearts of the people, and the thoughts of the people! Jian has no talent, so I only encourage you with all of you! ”

The officials knew that Master Jian would not say anything more, and the real meaning needed to be carefully pondered and played. After resigning, Lord Fuzun came out of Fuya, and the people who had a relationship with each other got together to discuss and speculate, but they never understood the essentials. had to say goodbye, and each went to his own Shangguan to continue to consult and comprehend.

Fortunately, what happened soon after made some people find out. Soon, almost everyone understood.

This knowledge point: Ningbo and Cixi:

*Ningbo, Zhejiang, during the Song and Yuan dynasties, it was called Qingyuan Mansion. Zhu Yuanzhang initially felt that these two words had the potential meaning of "celebrating Mengyuan", so he changed his name to Mingzhou Mansion, Lingyin County, Xiangshan, Cixi, Dinghai County, Fenghua and Changguo Prefecture. After the development, the grandfather was more particular, Hongwu 14 years, in order to avoid the "Ming" national name, and then changed the Mingzhou Mansion to Ningbo Mansion, taking the meaning of "Ningding waves".

During the Yongle period, the county seal of Cixi County was lost. The magistrate was afraid that the gangsters would fraudulently use it, so he reported to the imperial court and asked to change the word "氵" in the Xi character to the word "gu" when the official seal was recast - in this way, if the gangsters fraudulently used the old seal, they could immediately distinguish the authenticity, so they changed Cixi to Ciji.