The sunset is infinitely good, just near dusk.

Zhao Ta sighed in his heart and walked out of the house.

He took Yumo and Su Shi, and the carriage went straight to Miyagi.

Xuande Gate, which was still walking, then entered the palace.

This banquet was held in the Yanfu Palace Qunyu Palace, this hall is rarely used in ordinary times, and it will probably only be opened when the Daojun Emperor and his ministers discuss piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and garden art.

But in recent years, with the relationship of age, Emperor Daojun has become more and more lazy, and there is no one in the court to learn from him, and Genyue is basically about to be completed, so this place has been depressed.

At present, the beast furnace is smoked in this hall, driving away the musty smell that has been born after a long time.

The sixteen windows were all open for ventilation, and many small attendants were busy inside.

The tables have been set up, and there are also musical objects such as piano tables and flutes.

The silver candlesticks of the nine crowns burned, and the flames of butter and wax were vigorous, shining together with the pearls in the temple.

After a while, the sky was slightly dark, and a group of people outside the hall surrounded the Daojun Emperor like a moon.

I saw him wearing a Confucian scarf, a Confucian shirt, and fluttering sleeves, looking dignified.

followed by Wang Hao, Cai You, Bai Shizhong, and Zhou Bangyan.

Zhou Bangyan is 64 years old this year, and the Great Song Dynasty does not have a clear retirement system, and has previously stipulated that he will leave office at 70, but he cannot implement it, and finally it becomes a dead letter.

Because in this era, the average life expectancy is not so long, so many officials can not be 70 years old at all, and they have already died.

There are also those who are less than seventy years old and take the initiative to become officials, and the imperial court often does not approve it.

As for those who can live to seventy for a long time, there are already very few of them, and the court will not force them at this time, so most of them can be officials and die of old age.

Zhou Bangyan's beard was already half-white at this time, and he walked with a whirring wind, and his spirit was very good, but his eyebrows were tightly locked, his expression was solemn, and he seemed to be thinking about something important.

The four of them were followed by more than a dozen, and in addition to Li Qingzhao, almost all the famous lyricists in Tokyo arrived.

These people are not too young, almost all of them are forty years old and upward, with beards and complicated expressions.

They know what they are doing in the palace today, everyone was called by Emperor Daojun, after all, the famous lyricist is just a title, and most of these people have official status.

In fact, it has been like this since ancient times, whether it is a great Confucian, or everyone, where is there anyone who has never been an official, and some people have even been trekking all their lives.

Up to the Master Mencius.

Later, the four masters and four scholars of the previous dynasty, Li Duyuan, Bai, Liu Wangmeng.

To the present dynasty, two Yan, two Song three, Su four, bachelors and so on.

Even Liu Yong, who was a white-clothed minister and a slow word saint, went to the imperial examination at the age of fifty-one, and finally passed the first, and happily went to work to become a sesame petty official from the eighth grade.

Whatever is ordered to fill in the words, it is all duplicity.

Among the poets and lyricists, the prime minister's book is common, and the prefect and county are heard everywhere.

Therefore, the scholars in the literary world are actually composed of large and small officials, and there are few ordinary people among them.

In the eyes of scholars, poetry is an elegant thing, which only belongs to the aristocratic class, and never belongs to Li Shu.

No ordinary person can go out and recite two lines of poetry or a word.

But many ordinary people can hum operas and sing small songs, and music is a common thing in people's daily life.

And now, the king of Qin has actually raised the tune to the point of competing with the words, wouldn't that be equal to the commoners and scholars?

This is something that all lyricists can't bear, and this is the scale that lifts their back.

What qualifications does the song have to compete with the lyrics? How can the people who are like ants be on an equal footing with the literati and doctors?

Zhou Bangyan entered Beijing with this mood, even if the other party was the King of Qin, he couldn't do this!

This is a battle in the literary world, he is not afraid of the disparity in their identities, and the King of Qin is also the leader of Shilin, so Gai will not be embarrassed by him.

But he originally just wanted to argue with King Qin, and he didn't know why the official family intervened.

However, he more or less saw the meaning of some officials, and he probably didn't want King Qin to carry the tune.

But in this way, it has changed its taste......

Everyone entered the hall, and Emperor Daojun was very satisfied with the surrounding arrangements, the second child had been making a lot of trouble recently, and he went out to do such a big thing just after the grounding.

What kind of song is in conflict with the words? How can a song compete with a word! Emperor Daojun is also a writer of poems and lyrics, although his achievements are not as high as calligraphy and painting, but he never believes that music can be equal to words.

He watched the two Mid-Autumn Festival songs at the Taixue Poetry Conference, although they were good, but how could they all be as good as this? It's just a mistake.

The capital set off a music style, and he also watched those new tunes, which are simply nondescript, four unlike ordinary things, unsightly!

Emperor Daojun doesn't believe that he can still publish that kind of song at the poetry meeting, even if the second child can write another song and a half, it won't be the first one, right? Today, he called these people to take turns in battle, just to blow down his arrogance and make him give up the idea of holding the tune.

Last time, Fan Lou hadn't settled accounts with him yet, but he actually came out to do things again, just taking the opportunity of Zhou Bangyan's return to Beijing to suppress it fiercely!

Emperor Daojun was proud in his heart, as if he had seen the scene of Zhao Ta eating deflated.

No matter how talented and talented your second child is, I'm afraid that you are alone, how can you fight these lyricists?

After they sat down, Emperor Daojun looked at the sky outside, and just wanted to ask why King Qin didn't come, the little eunuch outside led Zhao Ta into the palace.

Zhao Ta first saluted Emperor Daojun, and then looked at the people sitting below, and sure enough, almost all of the famous ones in Tokyo came, only one Li Qingzhao was missing.

His table was deliberately separated from other people, and there were three Wang Hao sitting at the head, these three were next to each other at the joint table, he was a single table, and Zhou Bangyan and others were opposite.

This is to isolate and attack his own family, Zhao Ta shook his head secretly, didn't he just lift the tune, what the people like to see, what's wrong with carrying it forward?

As for shaking the status of poetry, at least at the moment, it can't be done, but the people like it, so it's not good for a hundred flowers to bloom? You have to play the same game in the court, eliminate dissidents, and suppress hard!

Emperor Daojun condescended, looking at the people below, Zhizhu said as if holding his hand: "Today's banquet is not for side affairs, but for the recent lyrics and music disputes in the capital. ”

Wang Hao immediately continued: "The official family Shengming, this matter has caused a stir in the Shilin literary circle, and the academy and school are arguing endlessly, and it is difficult to argue about it. ”

Emperor Daojun said: "That's exactly the case, but why can't you distinguish the score from this kind of thing?" In my opinion, it's actually very simple! ”

Cai You hurriedly said: "The official family is also everyone, if the official family makes a move, it will naturally be easy to see if the song can go hand in hand with the words." ”

Emperor Daojun said with a smile: "I am not a big man in terms of lyrics and songs, and the matter of lyrics and songs still depends on King Qin and Zhou Aiqing." ”

Bai Shizhong said: "The official family is really too modest, and the official family's poetry, calligraphy and painting are the best in the world, no one knows, which one doesn't know!" ”

Emperor Daojun smiled and waved his hand: "There is no need to say such things, calling King Qin and Zhou Aiqing here today, it is naturally a dispute between them, I am just setting up a scene, King Qin, do you have any opinions?" ”

Zhao Ta thought to himself, your old man's decree only said the night banquet, and he didn't mention the dispute over lyrics and songs, and now he said that he was clearly going to catch me off guard.

He said: "Officials, I don't know how to fight? ”

Emperor Daojun said: "I heard that you said words that can't be written in the Taixue Poetry Club, Zhou Aiqing, as a great sect of words in this dynasty, has quite a different meaning for your words, so I asked you to return to Beijing and want to argue with you. ”

"That's going to compose?" Zhao Ta glanced at the dozen or so people led by Zhou Bangyan on the opposite side, and said with a sad face: "Official, this is not fair, there are many of them!" ”

Emperor Daojun almost laughed out loud when he heard this: "King Qin, you also know them, they are all lyricists in the capital, and they all disagree with your words that can't be written, so they want to compete with words and songs." ”

Zhao Ta said: "But the official family ......"

Emperor Daojun interrupted him and said: "King Qin, you don't have to say that it is unfair, you can also invite the Qu family in the capital to come to the banquet, I will allow you to make this convenient, even if it is not too late to call someone now, it doesn't hurt to have a few more than the other party!" ”

Zhao Ta blinked, let him call people too? But where did he go to call people! Not to mention a Tokyo, even the entire Great Song Dynasty is afraid that it will not be able to find a few songs to be done, which seems fair, but in fact it is not fair at all!

Emperor Daojun saw that he was deflated, and his heart was simply happy, this second child has always been unfazed, and he was full of calculations between advance and retreat, and it was rare to show such an uncomfortable look.

He said: "King Qin can call people into the palace now, don't say that I am unfair because of this." ”

Zhao Ta smiled bitterly: "The official family is fair, and the minister is not called a person!" ”

Emperor Daojun smiled and said: "King Qin can think about it, if you don't call people, but you are against Zhou Aiqing and everyone else." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Thank you for your understanding, minister...... Anyway! ”

When Zhou Bangyan on the other side heard this, his expression immediately changed, and he secretly thought in his heart that there was a "It's okay", King Qin, you are really a little too arrogant.

He opened his mouth and said, "His Royal Highness King Qin has to think about it, is it really sure that one person will be the one against us and the others?" ”

Zhao Ta said lightly: "This king has already thought about it, but everyone is worried about it." ”

He won't give Zhou Bangyan a good face, you old man is not a good official in Huaidong, you ran all the way back to Tokyo to block me, it's strange that I can give you a good face!

Zhou Bangyan couldn't help but say when he heard this: "Does King Qin really think that the power of one person can deal with us people, and King Qin can't help but look down on the current lyricist too much!" ”

What he said was not polite, but he did not taboo each other's identities, anyway, there was no respect for the old and the young before learning, and the attainment was the first, but now it is to discuss lyrics and songs, and it seems to be weak if it is too polite.

Zhao Ta looked at him, his eyes swept over the lyricists behind him, and his fingers tapped on the table in front of him: "Why not?" ”

Zhou Bangyan said: "Manpower is sometimes poor, even if we wait for each person to write a song, I am afraid that King Qin will be difficult to handle!" ”

Zhao Ta said: "Everyone Zhou can't help but think too highly of their own family and others!" ”

Zhou Bangyan shook his head and said, "It's King Qin who underestimated us!" ”

Zhao Ta narrowed his eyes: "It's not that this king underestimates, it's really that there is no great talent in the world, so he makes mediocre people famous!" ”

"King Qin, you!" Zhou Bangyan was so angry that his beard trembled when he heard this, and the lyricists behind him also looked ugly, the meaning of this King Qin's words was that he didn't take them seriously at all!

Emperor Daojun was comfortable for a while, he originally had a dislike for Zhou Bangyan, and the second child always made him block his heart, and now these two are together, how to look at it.

He laughed and said: "It's not a hurry to compose lyrics and music, since it's a banquet, you should drink first, how can you write a song without wine?" ”

After speaking, he signaled to Zhang Di next to him, and Zhang Di immediately passed the order, and the wine and food began to be served outside the Jade Palace.

After a while, all kinds of wine and delicacies were placed on the table, and Emperor Daojun picked up a cup of sour plum drink on it, and said proudly: "Today's song and music event, since we should raise a glass to celebrate, and spread it tomorrow, it is a good story in the Song Dynasty literary world." ”

Everyone raised their glasses and said, "The official family is wise!" ”

Emperor Daojun drank it all in one gulp, and drank all the wine in the cup below, and then Emperor Daojun began to talk endlessly.

Most of what he said was lyrics and songs, showing off all kinds of knowledge about poetry and music in his heart, especially taking out some unfamiliar song brands and detailing the origin of allusions.

After three rounds of drinking, Emperor Daojun wiped the soup at the corner of his mouth with a silk silk, leaned back on the dragon chair with satisfaction, and decided to start watching the play.

He said: "Can you start a poem? ”

Below, Zhao Ta pinched the wine glass and looked at the opposite side, only to see that Zhou Bangyan's face was a little flushed, as if he was slightly drunk, so he said: "The minister can do it at any time, I don't know if Zhou is drunk?" ”

Zhou Bangyan heard this: "King Qin's words are fallacious, can you fill in the words and what does it matter if you are drunk or not?" ”

Zhao Ta smiled and said: "I'm afraid that Lian Po is old, can he still eat!" ”

Zhou Bangyan shook his head and said: "King Qin needs to know that Jiang Lang is talented, tonight for me and others, I don't know how many more tunes I can compose?" ”

Zhao Ta thought to himself, I know that you all have inventory, at this time, isn't it just a threat and intimidation, and I want to make my own family bow down on the matter of Qu, but even if you have a draft in your belly, why don't you have a lot of minds.

He said: "Can everyone hear the tongue of the war group? ”

The story of this tongue war group has been there since a long time.

The exclusive storyteller in Tokyo City, Huo Si said three points, Yin Chang sold the history of the five dynasties, and Wen Banniang rap called fruit play, which is the most famous.

And Huo Sijiu's three-point story, that is, the story of the Three Kingdoms is the earliest form of the Three Kingdoms script, and many of the stories in it have been handed down since ancient times, and they are not the originality of some romances in later generations.

Zhou Bangyan shook his head secretly when he heard the words of Confucianism, thinking that although this King of Qin was talented, he was still too young after all, so he never thought that he and these lyricists, who did not have a few unpassed manuscripts in their hands?

If these words are released, where will King Qin be able to parry, let alone compose music on the spot, even if he has survived, how can the song be so easy to do?

He has read those two Mid-Autumn Festival songs, and the cold and absurd artistic conception in them is definitely not something that can be written in a moment and a half, if there is no such artistic conception, it is just an ordinary song, which is not enough to compare with the words.

If you can't have a mood in the first capital, then the king of Qin will definitely be defeated, but if you want to make a song full of artistic conception, how can this be possible!

Thinking of this, Zhou Bangyan stood up and saluted Emperor Daojun: "Official, since King Qin has already thought about it, please ask the official family to ask the question." ”

(End of chapter)