Although it was getting late, the streets were still brightly lit as if it were day, and the roads were very crowded and lively. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Chaoxu, Ximenqing, Sima Bai, and Ouyang Lanfu walked along the Bianhe River and enjoyed the night scenery along the way.

In the city of Song Tokyo (i.e., Bianliang), there are four rivers running through the city: Bianhe River, Cai River, Wuzhang River, and Jinshui River, which are the passages for tribute and materials from all over the country to transport to the Beijing Division, and are regarded as the lifeline of Tokyo. In particular, the Bianhe River, with its many shops, restaurants, and commercial markets, is a concentrated reflection of Tokyo's economic prosperity and has a radiating effect on nearby markets. Due to the irregularity of the direction of the rivers, the layout and street distribution of the streets in Song Tokyo are difficult to be as uniform as those of Chang'an City in the Sui and Tang dynasties, showing the flexibility of the urban spatial pattern.

Walking out of a distance, the corners of Ximenqing's mouth turned up slightly. Because he felt that someone was following him, and these people had all been promoted to the ranks of martial arts masters, and one of them was Lu Di, whom he had met once during the day.

Ximen Qing glanced in those directions without a trace, and then smiled at Chaoxu: "It seems that Brother Chao has recruited a lot of good players these days!"

Chaoxu walked in all directions, held his head high, and his smug expression was overflowing: "That's it, but all of this is thanks to the master, if it weren't for his hard work running around, our 'Jingshi Martial Arts Hall' would not have developed rapidly." ”

The Jingshi Martial Arts Hall is a high-end combat power newly established by the Great Song Dynasty, and non-martial arts masters cannot enter. Since its establishment a month, it has recruited no less than fifty masters, including six second-rate masters. It's a pity that the first-class masters are all overlords, and they won't easily join an official organization like the Martial Arts Hall.

"Oh, Brother Sima is really capable of working hard, working hard, and I admire him!" Ximenqing saw that Sima Bai had been cold all the time, and he was probably still holding grudges, so he praised him.

However, Sima Bai was obviously not moved by two or three sentences, so he only heard him snort and walked quickly to the front. Ouyang Lanfu smiled gently at Chaoxu and Sima Bai, and trotted to chase Sima Bai.

Ximenqing was a little puzzled at this time: usually this 'little white face' doesn't say much, he is deliberately pretending to be deep and pretending to be high, in the words of later generations, it is 'cool';

Ximenqing looked at Chaoxu with puzzled eyes and asked, "What's wrong with him? You won't be angry because of my two jokes, right?"

"Angry with you?" Chao Xu shrugged helplessly, "If the master is angry with you, then things will be much easier!"

There must be a problem!

Ximen Qing said: "What's going on? Why is he in such a bad mood?"

Chaoxu said: "This matter is related to his father. Prime Minister, he's resigned!"

Ximenqing suddenly realized. No wonder Sima Bai is listless, it turns out that the crux of the problem is here!

Prime Minister Sima Guang was single-handedly raised by the Empress Dowager Gao, even if he does not resign, it is estimated that it will not be long before Emperor Zhao Xu will remove him from his official position. It's just a matter of time......

In history, Sima Guang went through the four dynasties of Shirenzong, Yingzong, Shenzong, and Zhezong, and was gentle, humble, and upright. During the Song Dynasty, Sima Guang strongly opposed Wang Anshi's implementation of the law. Wang Anshi's new law, also known as the 'Xining Reform', was praised by Lenin as 'China's great reformer of the 11th century'!

In the fifteen years after Sima Guang left the imperial court, he presided over the compilation of the first chronicle in Chinese history, Zizhi Tongjian.

In the first year of Yuanyou (1086), Sima Guang was in power, and the new law was abolished. When Wang Anshi heard about it not long after, he was depressed and died of illness in Nanjing.

The contradictions within the nation can be resolved through consultation and exchange; however, if there is no backbone in the face of foreign enemies, that is what Ximen Qing cannot endure!

After Wang Anshi stepped down, Sima Guang gave the land seized by the Song Shenzong army with their lives to the Western Xia free of charge, and this was clearly an act of selling the land and compromising Gou'an! Not only was it politically undignified, but it was also obviously in a weak position militarily! The Song Dynasty practiced a policy of eliminating troops and repeatedly ordered the soldiers guarding the border not to act rashly, and it was precisely because of this that the Western Xia regarded the Song Dynasty as weak and could be bullied, and constantly attacked Lanzhou and other places......

Therefore, Zhao Xu once again implemented Wang Anshi's new policy, and Sima Guang thought that he could not stop him, so it was better to resign from his official position and retire to the court. In Ximenqing's opinion, it is good that Sima Guang can go home to care for the elderly with a sense of the times.

Ximenqing figured this out, so he didn't talk about it with Chaoxu anymore, but raised his hand to the front and said, "Look! There is a color stage in the square in front, it is estimated that there will be a show, we might as well go over and take a look!"

"Good!"

Ximenqing greeted Sima Bai again, and the four of them walked towards Caitai.

The color platform has half a person to be high, arranged into the shape of the moon palace scene, and set up the jade rabbit, the laurel tree and so on. After inquiry, Ximenqing learned that this was a special event held on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

As the name suggests, some unmarried girls dress up as Chang'e, and after the celebratory singing and dancing, the girls throw some handkerchiefs embroidered with different colors to the audience. If the audience receives a handkerchief of the same color as the one in the hand of "Chang'e", they can go on stage to receive the award. When some unmarried young men return their handkerchiefs, if they are liked by "Chang'e", they can give them gifts. After that, the two parties can make friends, and the lover will tie the knot.

After a while, after a gong sounded, seven girls dressed in white dresses and Chang'e came on the stage. The dance is graceful and luxurious, the dance posture is elegant and graceful, fresh and elegant, and the temperament is elegant, which is intoxicating.

The prelude to the piece is played solo or in turn by instruments such as chime, flute, zheng, flute, etc., without dancing or singing; the middle sequence is a lyrical section of the adagio, and there are several changes from slow to fast in the middle, and the seven girls sing and dance according to the beat of the music; the climax of the whole piece comes, the complex sound is urgent, the music is sonorous, the tempo is from the loose board to the slow board and then gradually accelerates to the rapid beat, and at the end it turns slow, dancing but not singing.

Chaoxu patted the folding fan in his hand according to the rhythm of the music, and only whispered to Ximenqing after the whole song ended: "I don't know who completed this "Neon Clothes and Feather Song", this person must be a rare music master in the world!"

Ximenqing didn't know much about ancient music, so he asked, "Is this song very famous?"

"Don't you become famous!" Sima Bai sneered and said, "The Song of the Ni Dress and Feather Cloak is a court music of the previous dynasty, and the person who composed the music and choreography is Tang Xuanzong Li Longji!"

Zhao Xu continued: "This song comes from the legend of 'Xuanzong roaming the Moon Palace'. Legend has it that Tang Xuanzong and Shen Tianshi and Taoist Hongdu looked at the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and suddenly Xuanzong raised the idea of visiting the Moon Palace, so the Heavenly Master practiced, and the three of them walked on the green clouds together and roamed the Moon Palace. However, there is a heavy guard in front of the palace, and it is impossible to enter, so you can only overlook the Chang'an Imperial City outside. At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of immortals, which was beautiful and wonderful, like a turning person! Tang Xuanzong had always been familiar with the rhythm of music, so he silently remembered it in his heart. This is exactly 'this song should only exist in the sky, how many times can the world hear it?' Later, Xuanzong recalled the music and singing of the Moon Palace Xian'e and composed this song...... But with the decline and collapse of the Tang Dynasty, a generation of famous songs "Ni Shang" is incomplete and lonely!

But what I didn't expect was that I actually heard the whole song today. Although it has lost its original flavor, the music is as intoxicating as a jumping bead!"

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