On August 15, the Mid-Autumn Festival is just dawning, and the city of Tokyo is bustling with activity.

Walking on the side of the street, the shops on both sides are hung with flowers, and some of the more elaborate ones have repainted the storefront color oil, which looks brand new.

But wherever there is a liquor selling place, the jar and wine vat are placed in front of the door, and the wine flag with the word "drunken immortal" is selected, even Fanlou, Rendian, Panlou, Gaoyang Zhengdian and other places are no exception.

On this day, all new sake is sold in the city of Tokyo, and it will be sold out by noon, and then the small shops will put down the curtains of the wine, stop doing business, and go home to celebrate the festival, and the big shops such as Fan Lou will open their doors and add tables in the lobby, which is the best day of the year.

From the palace to the commoners, there will be banquets in the home, no matter how extravagant it is, if you organize a family banquet well and reunite your children, you don't want to live up to such a good time.

Even poor people living in the alleys will do their best to buy some alcohol and go home to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, preferring to risk starving with no money to buy food later than to waste the day and night.

The palace of the king of Qin has long prepared all kinds of seasonal things, especially wine, there are many types, there are almost everything, but these are probably not spent money, there are military generals and officials to give gifts, and there are also places like Fanlou to climb filial piety.

Drinking in the Great Song Dynasty was common, from the dignitaries to the common people, men and women also drank, and Li Qingzhao, a Yi'an layman, wrote words such as "strong sleep does not kill the residual wine" and "drunkenness does not know the way back".

Li Qingzhao's father is Li Gefei, born in Jinshi, once served as a member of the Ministry of Rites, a student of Su Dongpo, one of the "Four Bachelors of Sumen", Li Qingzhao's mother is the eldest daughter of Yuanfeng Prime Minister Wang Qi, good at writing, and her stepmother is the granddaughter of Wang Gongchen, the old party leader of Yuanyou.

The whole family is a member of the Yuanyou Party, and they are still relatives of Qin Hui.

Qin Hui's wife is the granddaughter of Yuanfeng's prime minister Wang Qi, and Li Qingzhao is the granddaughter of Wang Qi, and the kinship relationship is very close, and she and Wang are cousins.

Zhao Ta once wrote an article criticizing Li Qingzhao a few years ago, saying that although his words were tactful, he "only knew how to drink and gamble", which ruined the family atmosphere and damaged the reputation of the literary world.

Li Qingzhao filled in the words to fight back, his words were sharp, and he pressed step by step, all of which hit the key point.

Zhao Ta couldn't be defeated, so he had to say again that men don't fight with women, and less than fight with the old, so he gave up.

This young man does not compete with the old, but Li Qingzhao has too many Zhao Ta, and he is already thirty and six this year.

However, this is a matter of the literary world, and it has nothing to do with the background identity, just look at the reputation and status of the literary world, which has been the case since ancient times, and is recorded as a good story of Shilin for the envy and sigh of readers.

Because he is not famous enough in the literary world, he is not even qualified to write articles and scold these two people.

Just a while ago, Zhao Ta was angry after beating Qin Hui, and filled in a word to mock Li Qingzhao, saying that there is no queen, and one generation is not as good as the next.

Li Qingzhao didn't fight back this time, but just wrote a self-deprecation, with her kind of empty-eyed temperament, this can be regarded as bowing her head slightly.

Zhao Ta couldn't help but be proud for a while.

At this moment, the stage and platform in the Qin Palace's mansion have been erected.

The stage is wide, dressed in red and colored, and the people in the back team are putting on makeup and changing clothes, and they are about to perform on stage.

The opera of the Great Song Dynasty is actually a miscellaneous opera, consisting of various songs and dances, formal repertoire and miscellaneous operas, of which only the repertoire is a formal opera.

The performance begins with a small song and dance by five characters, called "Yan Duan", followed by a "formal miscellaneous play", in which the main song sings a story to a large tune, and the vaudeville is a thrilling juggling or burlesque.

The Song miscellaneous drama inherited the military drama and song and dance drama of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and on this basis, absorbed quyi and music, and played rap stories in Qiyuan opera, opening a precedent for the mainstream narrative of the main opera.

The stage here is ready, and the tables and chairs are already arranging over there, and there is only one chair with a round table in front, which is naturally Zhao Ta sitting, and Lin Lin and others in the back have more than 100 or so in a row, and the extra is for the broken jade building.

Almost all of the people in the broken jade building have no family business, there were more of them, but some were sent out by Zhao Ta, and now there are only a few dozen left, Zhao Ta ordered the store to be closed early in the morning, and they all came to the house for the festival.

At this time, just after breakfast, the house is lively, not only the people in the broken jade building have a place to sit, but even those who have positions in the house have also arranged seats, as for some people as long as they have no work in their hands, they can also come to watch the play.

Zhao Ta changed into a new robe, and after the notice, he came to the stage, everyone said hello together, he sat down and looked back, Da Song did not have many rules for men and women at the moment, but behind him were female dependents lined up in the head.

Xiao Niang, Jian Suyi, and Qi Hongyu have all arrived, and Qi Hongyu also brought Zhao Paner, and if you want to come to the tea shop, it will be closed today.

He took a few glances at the play list, and shook his head slightly, miscellaneous dramas are miscellaneous dramas, there are not many positive eyes, since the Tang Dynasty, as for the tunes in it, which are mostly composed of several tunes of the same palace tune, similar to the words, there are big songs, French songs, songs, palace tunes, word tunes, etc., often "one palace to the end" and "one rhyme to the end".

In fact, whether it is a song or a lyric, they all inherit the Sui and Tang dynasties, and there are many similarities, and they must be filled in according to the fixed format of the sound rhythm.

However, the song is more lively, and the number of words can be added under a special rhythm, so the number of words may not be the same according to the song card.

The words are fixed in the grid, and the words cannot be added, but one or two more words can be filled in the special grid of the song, but the speed of singing must be accelerated to keep the rhythm unchanged.

Another difference is that the rhyme of words is usually sparse relative to the song, and only a few word cards can be rhymed or evenly rhymed.

The rhyme of the song will be more dense, and many songs rhyme with sentences and rhyme to the end.

Words prevailed in this dynasty, but they often also sang songs, and the Jiaofang Division and even the Qinlou Chu Pavilion not only sang lyrics, but also sang songs.

On the stage, not only do they sing songs, but sometimes they also sing lyrics in their eyes.

It's just that the spread of the words is more widespread, and the words are even added to the imperial examination in some cases, and most of the songs need to be sung in the big songs.

Therefore, literati fill in more words and less songs, after all, filling in words is more conducive to fame, and songs are limited by Zhengmu big songs, and often they can't hear the meaning of the score when they are taken out alone.

Therefore, in the long run, it is the prosperity and decline of words, and since the Tang Dynasty, these two literary forms, words have come out on top.

Zhao Ta handed the play list to the little lady in the back, and after he said in the small building that day that he wanted to give the little lady the title, he left without doing anything else.

Xiao Niang and Qi Hongyu Jian Suyi read the play list, ordered a few plays and passed them to the troupe owner, and began to sing in front.

Play a section of the "glamorous section" of the early five characters, and then the main goal.

The first one to appear was called Mo Ni, wearing a black lacquer poof, but his face was like a mirror, wearing a depiction of flowers.

The second is called Yinxi, tied with a water rhino horn belt, wrapped in a red belt with green leaves, and a yellow shirt with long shirt and boots.

The third is called a sub-pure color, wrapped in a ball-headed hat, wearing a shirt of victory, and reading essays in his mouth.

The fourth is called the end color, the speech is vivid, the clothes are complicated, the tone is filled in, and the hair is ridiculous.

The fifth one is called pretending to be lonely, pretending to be arrogant, painting a bright spot on the corner of his forehead, smearing two-color clam powder on his face, wrapping a greasy old turban, wearing a sloppy jacket, and playing a scoundrel.

The five of them went around and performed again, and they came to sing and dance, scatter to do music work, blow and blow, and the big song will begin.

kept coming and going on the stage, rapping and singing, and everyone in the audience watched it with relish except for Zhao Ta, and let out bursts of exclamations from time to time.

Zhao Ta looked at it with a dull heart, turned his head and didn't talk about it, only listened to the song sung, most of the words didn't reach the meaning, I don't know who filled it in randomly, and wasted the tone that has been passed down for hundreds of years.

Just when he was bored in his heart, a housekeeper suddenly came outside to report, saying that Emperor Mao De and King Yi had come to the mansion.

Zhao Ta was stunned when he heard this, he offended Emperor Daojun, so he was not called to hold a family banquet in the palace during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but what did these two do on the reunion day?

Yiwang is Zhao Yan, the half-brother of Zhao Fujin, although Zhao Fujin's mother died early, but there are not many honors on the princes and princesses, and several princes have been crowned kings early, far from being comparable to some princes such as Zhao Gou.

He thought for a few breaths, felt that something was wrong, stood up and said, "Let them go to the study." ”

Zhao Ta stayed in the study for a while, and saw Zhao Fujin and Zhao Yan walking in.

Zhao Fujin was wearing a goose-yellow palace dress, with tears faintly on his little face, and when he saw Zhao Ta saluting first, before he could speak, Zhao Yan over there cried.

Zhao Tan frowned when he saw this, Zhao Yan and Zhao Gou are the same age, they are both eleven or twelve this year, although they are not yet adults, but they are precocious in the palace, and Zhao Yan has a strong temperament, so he rarely cries, and Zhao Tan has never seen him when he was still in the palace.

"Second brother......" Zhao Yan cried.

"What's going on? All sat down to talk. Zhao Ta was puzzled for a while: "Isn't it the Mid-Autumn Festival today?" Why are you still out of the palace, and the official family allows it? ”

The two sat on the chair, Zhao Yan couldn't stop crying, Zhao Fujin could only comfort, and after a long time, Zhao Ta said again: "Fujin, you come." ”

Zhao Fujin looked at Zhao Ta and whispered: "Second brother, starling, he was demoted to a commoner by his father!" ”

"Huh?!" Zhao Tan was stunned when he heard this, Zhao Yan was the eighth son of Emperor Daojun, and he was named King Yi, how could he be demoted to a commoner?

"Fokine, what the hell is going on? Why did you become a commoner? ”

Zhao Fujin's eyes turned red when he heard this, and he said in a low voice: "Second brother, I don't know why this morning, my father suddenly became angry, and scolded all the princes and princesses in Yanfu Palace, even if they were not around, and then ordered the starling to be demoted, which is not ...... at all I don't know why. ”

Zhao Ta stretched out his hand and touched his chin, and suddenly remembered something in his heart, and couldn't help but take a long breath, in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was indeed such a royal mystery case.

It is recorded in the "History of the Song Dynasty" and the "Collection of Imperial Decrees of the Song Dynasty", "The Eight Emperors are demoted to the rank of Shuren"!

However, although there are clear records, there is no clarification of the reasons for Zhao Yan's demotion.

Not to mention the "History of the Song Dynasty", the original name of the "Song Dynasty Imperial Decree" is "The Great Imperial Decree of the Song Dynasty" or "The Great Imperial Decree", which is a compilation of the imperial decrees of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Nine Dynasties, and was compiled by the descendants of Song Shou in the early years of Gaozong Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty, when scholars ruled the world, it was extremely rare for the emperor to degrade the prince as a commoner, and the reason was not stated, which was unprecedented since ancient times!

Zhao Tan looked at the two sisters and brothers, one pear blossom brought rain, and the other was in an uproar, at this time Zhao Yan suddenly shouted: "Daddy scolded the fifth sister, which is more ruthless than scolding others." ”

Zhao Ta was even more puzzled when he heard this, Emperor Daojun has always loved Zhao Fujin, how could he scold him more ruthlessly than others?

He couldn't help but say, "How did the official family scold me?" ”

Zhao Yan wiped a handful of tears: "Daddy...... Daddy, he scolded the second brother for being a rebellious minister and thief, Meng De and others, and scolded the prince for being a waste, disobedient and unfilial, and scolded the third brother for embroidering pillows, which are unbearable! ”

The corners of Zhao Ta's mouth twitched when he heard this, this ...... This scolding is hard enough!

He's nothing, he's just scolding and getting angry, who can believe that he's a rebel and a thief? He's a loyal servant!

can scold the prince for being disobedient and unfilial, this is really a bit heavy, what kind of prince should the prince be if he is disobedient and unfilial?

It seems that Emperor Daojun is very angry, scolding the three of them for being like this, scolding the sister and brother in front of him!

It's just that Zhao Tan can't figure out what's going on, and later generations didn't record the reason, and I heard my sister and brother say that they were suddenly angry, that is, they didn't tell the reason.

However, although Emperor Daojun is mediocre, he is not the kind of violent king, and he is not the kind of person who kills at every turn, not to mention his own children, there must be a lot of weirdness in this.

Emperor Daojun has always regarded himself as elegant, and this kind of thing happened to him, and Zhao Ta felt incredible.

After all, degrading a prince to a commoner without giving a reason is something to be discussed by the world, which is contrary to the elegant image that Emperor Daojun has always managed.

Zhao Ta couldn't understand the reason, after all, this was also a royal mystery in history.

He looked at the two sisters and brothers, "Can there be a banquet in the palace today?" ”

Zhao Fujin shook his head and said, "Daddy ordered that no banquet be held, and no one dared to mention it." ”

Zhao Ta became more and more puzzled in his heart, and he even saved the family banquet, he comforted: "Leave this matter later, I will go to the theater first with me for a while, and the dinner will stay in the mansion." ”

Then chatted about something else, Zhao Ta took the two of them to the play, added two chairs in front, and added moon cakes, this scene was a long day to watch, and the mood of the two seemed to be much better.

Then in the afternoon, a feast was held in the house, and more than 20 tables were opened, but it was noisy and enthusiastic, and it did not end until it was dark.

At this time, the tribute has been placed on the platform in the house, and the banquet is over, Zhao Ta took everyone to enjoy the moon, and after the moon appreciation, the stage began to sing a night play.

Zhao Ta looked bored, and said: "It's better to go outside, you don't know where the show is." ”

After all, Zhao Yan was young, so he forgot about the derogatory thing at this moment, and shouted: "Second brother, it's better to go to the river to watch the lanterns, I heard that there are lantern riddles to guess in the river lanterns tonight." ”

There are indeed riddles on the river lanterns put in the Mid-Autumn Festival, but there are no too high rewards, probably only to win a lantern, Zhao Ta said: "It's a pity that I didn't think about it before, but now I want to rent a painting boat to watch but it's impossible, so I have to look at it by the river." ”

Zhao Fujin thought for a while: "You can also go to Shangshu Province and Taixue and other places, I heard that there are open-air poetry meetings in many places tonight." ”

"Poetry Club?" Zhao Ta nodded, there are indeed many places to hold poetry meetings during the Mid-Autumn Festival, among which when the scale of etherology is the largest, he smiled and said: "Then watch the lanterns first, and then go to see the poetry meeting." ”

(End of chapter)