Along the way, Yunxi was still telling Xiyi: "Yier, don't be nervous. The people present are all members of your own family, and their status is lower than yours. Just be the same as when Xiyao hosted in previous years, don't have stage fright.
"In fact, according to the etiquette system, the prince and princess have the same rank as the imperial concubine, but Yunxi had no choice but to lie in order to make Xiyi not be nervous.
"Even if you forget your words, don't panic. Just think of a few suitable words and say them out. This is the first year you have hosted such a thing, so people won't be too harsh on you."
Yunhe gave a few instructions, and Xiyi smiled and said: "Husband and concubine already know about it, there won't be any mistakes, at most it will be some trivial problems. My husband also said just now that the aunts will not be too harsh on me."
It's too harsh, so it doesn't matter."
Yunxi was not very satisfied with her spirit of not asking for explanations, but he thought her relaxed attitude was worthy of recognition. After thinking about it, he felt that too much emphasis on details might make her who was not nervous at first become nervous, and she would not be nervous at all.
Moreover.
In the blink of an eye, they have arrived at the place where the banquet will be held tonight. The young eunuch opened the curtain and Yunxi walked in. He saw several people sitting together and chatting in the room. He hurriedly smiled and said: "Fifth uncle, nineteenth uncle
,Uncle Twenty-one, what are you talking about?"
When several people heard this, they immediately turned their heads, bowed to Yunxi and said, "I have seen your Majesty."
"Hey, it's a family banquet today. Whatever we do as a national ceremony, we must do it as a family ceremony." Although Yunxi was happy in his heart, he still said on his face.
After they performed family rituals and greeted Xiyi, Zhu Rui sighed and said, "Guan family, we are not talking about my good-for-nothing son, but also Guan family's younger brother Youdou."
"Youdou is very smart. Although he is not a genius, he is much better than the average child. But his intelligence is not used on the right path!"
"That's all he writes. Poetry is a serious business after all. But he doesn't do any serious work every day. He thinks about composing operas all day long. He has already compiled four or five excerpts, and they are all obscene operas about prostitutes and happy households.
It was the first time my uncle saw an opera he had written and he almost died of anger!"
"And no matter how hard I pull, it won't come. I've hit him dozens of times, but it still doesn't work."
"I don't ask him to be very capable. He is always my eldest son. Even if he is incompetent, he will still be a prince in the future. Besides, my own hobby is not to govern the country or fight with the army, so I can't force him to make more progress. But I can't.
Reduced to the point of writing opera!"
"Fifth uncle, having my brother's favorite opera is certainly not as good as governing the country. Using the army to fight is the right way. It is also not as good as my uncle's favorite medicine, which can cure diseases and save people, but it is not useless."
"How many people in the countryside can read and write? They don't know how to read and write. When they want to relax, they can't read books to relieve boredom like scholars. What can they do? They can only watch a play, listen to music, and listen to the scholars talk about books."
"So opera is very useful. What does the imperial court want to preach to the common people? If it is performed to the common people in operas that are both meaningful and popular, won't they be able to let the common people know what the imperial court preaches? This is something that rural scholars cannot do.
Things that have arrived.”
"Take the several plays about law that my nephew ordered the Propaganda Department to arrange. Back then, in order to popularize the law, the emperor ordered that all those who had the "Da Ming Law" in their homes would have their crimes reduced by one level. It was also a well-intentioned move."
When Yunxi said this, he couldn't help but want to laugh, but he still held it back and continued to talk to Zhu Xi in a serious tone: "But although people have bought "Da Ming Law" at home, who will read it? I just keep it at home, just in case.
Someone in the family has violated the king's law and used it to reduce the crime, which has lost the original intention of the emperor."
"But after several plays about the law ordered by my nephew were performed among the people, the people around the capital knew a lot about the regulations of the Ming Dynasty Law. They went to the Yamen to watch the local officials trial cases and knew whether the trials were correct.
, local officials no longer dare to judge cases at will, which is good for the administration of officials."
"So my nephew believes that opera can play a role in educating the world. It is not as effective as the Four Books and Five Classics, but it is more effective for ordinary people." Yunxi said.
There is another thing he did not say: that is to win over the people from the hands of the local gentry. Ordinary people may not enter the county once in their lives. Everything in the court is heard by the local gentry, and what they say is what they say. They are deceived.
There are many situations. With official operas and storytellers, the gentry can reduce the deception of the common people.
If Yunxi had just succeeded to the throne, he would not have dared to tell anyone his positive comments about opera and storytelling if he had given him a hundred courages. If he said such shocking things, it would arouse opposition from the civil servants. At first, he would keep quiet.
Those who enter the village, but those who shoot guns are not allowed.
But things are different now. He has been king for more than four years, during which time he suppressed another rebellion and obtained the imperial seal. His prestige is very high. He has gathered a group of capable civil and military ministers around him. He is no longer afraid of the opposition of civil servants. Before
In the past few days, he received many memorials from Feng Jin admonishing him for the inappropriate speeches he gave at Haikang Institute, but he did not take them seriously and ignored them all.
Zhu Xi was not very happy after hearing Yun Xi's words, but since the person in front of him was the emperor, and he was somewhat 'unreasonable', it was difficult to refute it, so he could only deal with it with "Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh."
Yunxi asked: "Didn't Brother Youdou come to Guangzhou with Uncle Wu? Why is he nowhere to be seen now?"
"Zhou went to the toilet. After he arrived in Guangzhou, he didn't adapt to the climate here, and maybe the food here wasn't used to it either. He kept having diarrhea. No, he couldn't help but go to the toilet again as soon as he arrived at the palace," Zhu Ju said.
"That's right," Yunxi nodded: "Actually, there are stews that can be raised well in the mansion without coming over. He saw the table full of delicious delicacies that he had never eaten before, but he didn't dare to eat them casually. It was very heartbreaking."
"That's not possible. It's not a disease that makes you unable to leave home. How can you not come to the banquet? As for the delicacies, he doesn't care. He just wants to come and watch the local opera."
Just as he was talking, other princes and princes came, all of whom were Yunxi's peers or elders. Yunxi could only turn around and say a few words to them.
'Hey, if you come early, there will be more things to do. If you come late, you can say hello a few times and go on stage to announce the start of the banquet. You don't have to talk to them too much.' Yunxi said hello while thinking in his heart. This year because of Xiyi
It was her first time hosting, so he came over early to let her get used to the atmosphere.
After a long while, everyone had arrived, and it was time for the banquet to begin. Yunxi walked up to the main stage and announced the start of the banquet.
As for the format of the banquet, it was still the same as last year, with a "Spring Festival Gala"; singing, dancing, acrobatics and acrobatics were performed by local musicians in Guangzhou, but they didn't understand Cantonese very well, so cross talk and some classic operas were performed by local musicians.
Performed by Lehu who speak Mandarin.
This is only the second Spring Festival Gala. Some feudal lords have not watched the first Spring Festival Gala, so everyone watched it with gusto, talking or laughing with people around them from time to time.
Yunxi came down from the main stage and sat among many people seemingly casually, chatting with them and talking about the highlights of the show being performed.
Slowly, Yunxi moved to Zhu Chu's side. At this time, the last excerpt of the play had just finished, and a new crosstalk actor wearing a long robe came up. This man first bowed to the audience, and then said: "Today, the common people
Let me tell you a cross talk. Back in the day, Qin Shihuang sent troops to occupy the south of the Five Ridges. He also heard that there was Jiaozhi to the south of the Five Ridges, so he ordered..."
"Guan Jia, are you specially arranged to compile this cross talk?" Zhu Zhen listened to a few sentences and asked sideways. The cross talk involved Zhao Tuo, the king of South Vietnam, who is also a famous figure in history books. Without Yun Xi's nod, I guess the Propaganda Department
People don't dare to make things up.
Yunxi nodded: "Of course my nephew ordered it to be compiled. The people in the Propaganda Department are too timid. I told them clearly that cross talk jokes about this dynasty, the Red Scarf Army, the palace, and the emperors of the past dynasties cannot be written, and they involve the noble moral character of the past dynasties.
For people like this, famous ministers cannot just make it up. There are no taboos on the rest, but they are still timid. This joke was specially sent by my nephew back to the capital with an order to let them come up with it."
Zhu Ming thought to himself that if he were a member of the Cultural Propaganda Department, he would not dare to make up ancient jokes casually, but without showing it at all, he said: "Your Majesty wants to use this joke to show that Annan has been a Chinese territory since ancient times, so as to prevent Zanyi from being canonized as a vassal in the future.
After the king led the locals to rebel, what was the opposition of the civil servants at the court?"
"This is just a meaning. When the whole territory of Annan is pacified, this cross talk will be widely spread in Annan, so that the people of Annan will know that their ancestors are the people of the Central Plains, and reduce their resistance to the imperial court and the praise ceremony." Yunxi said.
"This is a good idea." Zhu Xi said immediately: "I will send someone to copy the book later and bring it back to adapt it and spread it in Ava."
"Well, Ava was never ruled by China in ancient times." Yunhe said.
"Who says not? Zhuge Liang went deep into Yunnan and Burma to capture Meng Huo seven times, but he only went to Ava, so Ava was also the land of China during the Three Kingdoms period." Zhu Ge said seriously.
Yunxi understood what he meant and said with a smile: "Yes, it's a great idea."
The two chatted for a while, and Yun He suddenly asked: "Uncle Eighteen, in your opinion, how is the battlefield in Annan going now?"
"The officials are worried that the current war situation is unfavorable?" Zhu Zhen asked.
"Exactly." Yunxi said, "No memorial was sent to Xingzai before the Chinese New Year, which makes me feel uneasy."
"Officials don't have to worry. Zanyi's leadership of the army is quite safe and nothing major will happen. According to my estimation, Nanding is currently being surrounded and has not been captured yet," Zhu Chu said.
Although what Zhu Xi said was just a guess, Yun Xi felt a little more relaxed and was about to say, "This is the best." Suddenly, someone behind him lightly poked him. When he turned around, he saw Wang Xi holding a
Holding a sealed memorial, he said with a smile: "Your Majesty, good news from Annan."