In March, Zhao Jiu watched a drama in Gyeongbokgung Palace with the two noble concubines, the prime minister Lu Haowen, the chamberlains, and the accompanying civil and military ministers.
The name of Gyeongbokgung Palace is taken from the Book of Songs. It is said that "a gentleman will be blessed for thousands of years," and it is also said that "to enjoy and worship, to introduce blessings to the king", which is exactly the meaning of the main palace where the emperor lives.
In fact, East Asian culture comes from the same origin. Not only Tokyo in this era, but also the Forbidden City in another time and space, and even the later North Korean capital Seoul, had the existence of Gyeongbokgung Palace.
As for Zaju, it originated from the military drama similar to cross talk in the Tang Dynasty, but it has developed greatly. Shengdan Jingmo Chou has officially appeared, and the form of drama has also been greatly improved. Not only does it include the warm-up scenes before the original performance, but also
Doing things like encores and filling in the free time after the original.
Even a long time ago, Kaifeng Prefecture, under the promotion of Daxiangguo Temple, had its own exclusive drama "Mulian Saves His Mother". This Buddhist story must be performed for fifteen days starting from the Chinese Valentine's Day every year.
It has become a tradition of Kaifeng Prefecture. When the day comes, Kaifeng Prefecture officials, Daxiangguo Temple, and surrounding residents will prepare together.
Of course, the believers' money is divided into accounts, and the rich man and the monks pay back their money in full.
Back here, it is extremely common for Zhao Guan's family and his close ministers to watch a play in the palace... You must know that these days, drama, military drama, and even storytelling are extremely common forms of entertainment, even more popular than singing and dancing.
, there is no way that ordinary people can see and hear it, but the palace cannot listen.
In fact, as Bianjing regains its former vitality, these entertainment methods have shown popular trends that far exceed Zhao Jiu's imagination. Rich families gather and hold banquets, and ordinary people form associations and hold meetings, including Buddhist and Taoist activities.
, professionals will be invited to perform.
Naturally, customs are inevitable in the palace.
Even the palace was isolated from the inside and outside, and the nobles in the harem could not go outside for activities. These storytellers and dramas became their main forms of entertainment... For example, a certain queen mother liked listening to listening books most, and listened to them almost every day, and the storyteller talked about the Three Kingdoms
Ah, Journey to the West, these very popular stories these days, I had no choice but to temporarily include current events for daily updates. As a result, one day I made up a story about a recruitment campaign by the imperial court, and the effect was unexpected.
Well, the Queen Mother liked it very much, and she especially liked the character in the story who encouraged the protagonist to surrender to the court. So the Queen Mother didn’t need to speak at all, and the Emperor who noticed next to him upgraded that character to three levels when he returned!
This is true...if Zhao Jiu doesn't climb out of the well!
However, the reason why storytellers, military dramas, and dramas were so popular in the court was, after all, low cost and another very royal function.
"After talking for a long time, I gave you the money for two rings, but you only bought one ring?"
At the beginning of Yan Duan, it was just a drama of joining the army. However, joining the army asked Cang Tou to buy earrings as a gift for the young lady of the prime minister's family. However, joining the army was stingy and only gave him one and a half money, but he wanted to buy a pair of rings. So the two parties decided to buy a pair of earrings.
The ring was still two rings, and the money given for one ring or the money for two rings made a joke. In the end, Cangtou finally bought the ring, but in the end it was just one ring.
"The master who joined the army knows that this is one ring, but it is also two rings..."
"How to be both one ring and two rings?"
"Master, look at this ring. It's called the Holy Ear Ring. Isn't it two rings..."
"Yeah... why is it so ridiculous? So what if we call it the Two Holy Rings? The lady from the Prime Minister's family has two ears, and one ring can't be removed. How can I wear it?"
"Listen to what I have to say, Mr. Jun. If you really can't do it, let the noble lady from your husband's family wear this ring on the back of her head."
"Forget it, just let the noble man put the two holy rings behind his head for the time being..."
Before the joke was finished, the audience had already been silent when the homophonic joke about the return of the two saints came out. When they heard the last piece of baggage, it was even more silent. However, Zhao Guanjia sat there and ignored it, and there was no sound at all.
The two noble concubines were silent, and Lu Gongxiang just looked at the sky without saying a word. Several civil and military ministers looked at each other, and then each made preparations... not preparing to deal with these two actors who had the audacity to mock Zhao Guan's family for being unfilial and disloyal, but
Be prepared to give advice to Zhao Guanjia at any time.
The reason is very simple. Since the appearance of joining the army drama in the Tang Dynasty, it has gone through the confrontation with the Liao and Song Dynasties in the Five Dynasties, and has already formed a unique cultural atmosphere with the court... The actor had a nickname in the court, called "Wuguo Chong"
, it means that they are of low status and are innocent no matter how sarcastic they are.
For example, Huizong of the Song Dynasty, the Supreme Taoist Emperor among the Two Holy Circles... once encountered a commoner writing a letter in Xuande Tower, and was accused in person of being extravagant and abusing villains. As a result, this person criticized Cheng.
For the crime of public opinion, under the personal decree of the Emperor Taishang Daojun, he was punished with cannons, tortured and executed using the most cruel means to frighten the relevant people. Moreover, he never criticized the scholar-bureaucrats who wrote letters at all.
No mercy... However, even this kind of person always accepted the actor's ridicule.
Another example is that Xingzong of Liao, who was famous for "killing innocent people", was ridiculed by an actor to his face for being defeated by Xixia. He was furious for a while, but he was still pardoned under the advice of Prince Yelu Hongji.
In fact, in the entire history of the Song Dynasty, there was only one example of an actor being killed for mocking current affairs. That was decades later in another time and space, when Qin Hui was mocked in person about the peace talks, and the relevant actors were killed the next day.
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Back to the present, Zhao Jiu cannot be worse than the king of subjugation, the tyrant, and Mr. Qin, right?
And sure enough, after Zhao Jiu thought for a long time, he directly waved to the two actors to come off the stage to see him, and his tone was not very serious. Seeing this, everyone on the left and right breathed a sigh of relief.
The two actors came over, bowed their hands in salute, and stood with their hands tied... Although they were bold before, they were still a little timid when they were in front of the official.
Of course, Zhao Jiu was going to scold him severely: "You two are not good at acting... Relying on the same pronunciation to laugh, it sounds funny, but it is just a rumor, not enough to become a famous story... I want to find you."
It's not a good place to use one's name. The imperial court has made a final decision on the matter of the Two Saints since the first year of Jianyan. It's not your place to say whether it's behind the head or not!"
The two actors looked at each other, one wanted to make fun of him, but the other was a little frightened and prepared to apologize.
However, before the two of them could speak, they saw that Zhao Guanjia continued to chatter: "According to me, whether it is a drama, a storyteller, or a military drama, the essence is to tell stories. The story is good, the characters are good, and there are
The connotation can truly spread... If you look at "Mu Lian Saves His Mother", although the Buddhist words are ridiculous and absurd, it is a complete story of mother and son after all. The son is filial and kind, and the mother is stingy and greedy. This is the outstanding character image.
It also mixes the Buddhist theory of karma and retribution and the promotion of filial piety, which can be regarded as having a main theme, so it can be called a famous drama... There are also "Three Kingdoms" in the storybook, the stories of Cao Mengde, Liu Xuande, Guan Yunchang, and Zhuge Kongming, so it is natural.
Only then can it last forever... Those of you who create these popular arts certainly have to find inspiration from history and life, but the key is to turn them into art, perfection, and finished products."
After what he said, the surrounding ministers, the imperial concubine, and the two actors who came out to warm up the scene were already stunned. Although some vocabulary in Zhao Guan's family is really weird, the Chinese words are of the same strain, and these people still understand the general meaning.
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Therefore, after a long while, 'Joining the Army', who had long since given up the idea of joining the army, cautiously said: "In order to let the officials know, we teaching assistants (the witch doctor Zabu calls himself) are all proficient in writing and do not have the ability to write good stories. If
"Mu Lian Saves His Mother" was written by a great Buddhist monk himself."
"What are you going to perform next?" Zhao Jiu frowned at each other.
Joining the Army and Cang Tou looked at each other, becoming more and more helpless: "It's "Mu Lian Saves His Mother".
Zhao Guanjia immediately lost interest: "If that's the case, I won't read it... However, Concubine Wu has always been a talented person. I asked her to write a "White Snake" tonight. Kill the Bald Donkey and be majestic. You guys
Come and pick it up tomorrow. When it’s arranged, I’ll take a look.”
As soon as these words came out, Joining the Army and Cang Tou were overjoyed, but the two noble concubines beside Zhao Guan's family all had sad faces. Yang Yizhong, Liu Yan, Lan Gui, Feng Yi, Li Ruopu, Fan Zongyin, Yu Yunwen, etc. were accompanying many civil and military servants today.
The close minister was behind him but felt a little powerless.
In other words, the officials used the name of Concubine Wu to write those messy things, and the officials used the name of Wu Guozhang to do those messy things... Who doesn't know?
Moreover, everyone knows that those things are ultimately inappropriate for an emperor.
But coming back to the topic, even if it is inappropriate, this official knows how to cover up and save face, so why should anyone bother to talk to a powerful official about these things?
"The officials are so generous, but they don't feel angry at all?"
The performance of "Mulian Saves His Mother" in Gyeongbokgung Palace has begun, but Zhao Jiu left the imperial concubine and the chamberlain, went out to the Yingri Gate with Lu Haowen and several ministers, and waited until the official's favorite place.
As soon as he sat down in the fish pond stone pavilion, Duke Lu Haowen greeted him with a smile.
"What's there to be angry about?" Zhao Jiu didn't take it seriously at all. "Since they are part of a team that can enter the palace, they are one of the few actors in Tokyo. These people usually only circulate in the circles of the powerful, but they don't really understand the truth.
It’s normal to misinterpret some people’s words as public opinion and just want to gain a reputation. If your attitude is right, why should you be harsh?”
Lu Haowen thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and then added a little: "When actors perform on stage, they always like to talk about things and show their posture."
This means that artists have more desire to perform... This is true, Zhao Jiu nodded immediately.
However, after Zhao Jiu nodded in approval, the monarch and his ministers became somewhat silent.
By the way, the current structure of the imperial court is very interesting.
On the surface, it looks very much like the Supreme Taoist Emperor in the "Two Sacred Rings" in the later period of his reign... The emperor is arrogant and has great power but seldom interferes with the affairs of the common people; the ministers of the imperial court are divided into categories, each with his own role.
Position and posture, and there is a vague situation of distinct factions; in addition, there is a high-profile minister living behind the scenes, grasping the most basic ideological work.
However, for others, that's all. For the monarch and minister sitting opposite each other in the pavilion, they knew that there was a huge difference between the two.
In the later period of Emperor Taishang Daojun, Cai Jing, as the prime minister, was the only one who truly enjoyed the power of governing, even though he was getting older. After years of management, he had become astonishingly full and could control all aspects of the court's work at any time.
Putting forward opinions and exerting influence... In other words, he was somewhat in a tug-of-war with Daojun and Emperor behind the scenes at that time, but he just failed.
But does Lu Haowen have that strength?
Not to mention anything else, I just say that it is now tied to Lu Gongxiang, almost forming a brand name, and it is also the principle that maintains the political life of the Duke. In fact, it was created by Zhao Guan's family, and then Lu Hao asked his father and son to study and study it.
Not only that, among the so-called factions in the imperial court, Zhang Jun's faction, the army's faction, and the inner court's faction, to put it bluntly, are actually all factions of Zhao Guan's family! Even after Li Gang resigned as prime minister, the remaining faction seemed to be the least merciful to Zhao Guan's family.
, key figures among them, such as Chen Gongfu, etc., also made gestures in front of Zhao Guan's family early on.
Therefore, in a sense, this court is really just the words of a dictator who wears the two holy rings behind his head. As the head of state, his power has no boundaries.
"The trees want to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop." After a long pause, Zhao Guanjia, whose power has no boundaries, suddenly expressed this emotion. "However, it can be considered as expected."
The minister opposite, Lu Haowen, nodded repeatedly, but then asked, "What are the officials going to do?"
Zhao Jiu, who was still sighing just now, just laughed and said what he said to Zhang Jun before: "There are many people in the world who want to eat, so I would rather subjugate the country than give food to these people!"
"Then what does public opinion say?" Lu Haowen continued to ask seriously.
"This is the reason why I am looking for Mr. Lu today." Zhao Jiu finally said seriously. "No matter what, I will continue to clean up the accumulated fraud, and there will never be any discount. As for these people, if they continue like this
Jumping up and down, I have no choice but to ignore my reputation and become a tyrant for once! Let’s see if they go to Jinan or Daming Mansion?”
Not only Lu Haowen, but also Li Ruopu, a Hanlin scholar standing next to him, sighed softly.
By the way, everyone present knows that today's ridicule by the actor did not come suddenly, but was foreshadowed... I just say that in the letter submitted yesterday, many people publicly pleaded for the six relatives who had spread the rumors before.
, most of the reasons for pleading for mercy are that these people just made an honest mistake, and there is no reason to deliberately incite; a few people believe that these people are not on duty, and they do not need to be responsible for talking about these things, and the officials have the right to arrest these people.
It violated the system; but a few people simply pointed out directly that the main person responsible for this matter was actually Zhao Guan's family. It was this official who allowed Zhang Jun to banquet guests in the city, and was suspected of deliberately inducing relevant rumors.
In addition, some people reported that the Wuyue Temple, Taixue, and Hanfangyuan Cuju Hall in the north of the city had written crooked poems that mocked the officials' harshness.
So why do such incidents suddenly occur?
You must know that after Zhang Jun and Wu Jie left that day, everything was still very safe. The relatives of six separate families were dragged out to demonstrate. Women and children were not involved, the furniture of the mansion was not destroyed, and the national debt was returned. On the contrary, there were still some
People publicly praised this official's "benevolence and righteousness".
The reason couldn't be simpler, it's exactly what Zhao Guanjia calls "liquidating the accumulated abuses".
In other words, as an ordinary college student in later generations, Zhao Jiu is unlikely to know how to govern a country even if he has seen a lot of high-end historical time travels on the Internet. Moreover, as soon as he came out of the well, he faced an exiled court in an abnormal state.
There has been no need for him to know how to govern the country for a long time... At the beginning, it was basically a complete decentralization of power at the local level, with the frontline becoming a warlord and the rear becoming a president. Lv Haowen and those at the center did some hard work of patchwork.
He, Zhao Jiu, is just responsible for carrying Long Huang and cheering people up.
However, as the situation changes and the country gradually normalizes, as an emperor, after grasping the guiding ideology, he needs to formulate corresponding governing policies based on the guiding ideology... But the problem is, what should he do if he still knows how to govern the country?
In fact, it is easy to do, that is, to clean up the accumulated abuses - this is a genius governance strategy proposed by the imperial censor Wanqixi Shangzou.
So what does "liquidating accumulated abuses" mean? The answer is very simple. It is to sort out the decades of ruling experience of the Emperor Taishang Daojun, whom the Zhao family hated to the extreme, from beginning to end, and then in chronological order, and then
It was a thorough criticism from beginning to end, and finally, based on the policy shortcomings of the Taishang Daojun Emperor that led to the country's downfall, he went in the opposite direction and corrected and sorted them out.
For example, when the Supreme Taoist Emperor came to the throne, he first proposed to "bridge the old and new parties" and strictly prohibited party strife. Then, after giving up the power of supervising the country to the Queen Mother, he couldn't wait to intensify the party supervision, promoted Cai Jing, and
The old party was also imprisoned.
So when it comes to Zhao Jiu, he will naturally issue an edict, proposing to 'bridge the old and new parties', strictly prohibit party disputes, and at the same time confirm that the new school Wang Anshi's lineage has a higher status in political history... and then publicly criticize the Supreme Leader.
Emperor Daojun’s censorship has harmed many loyal people.
Of course, Yuan Sheng's ridiculous tactics for promoting the old party during the Jingkang period must be publicly criticized and reflected upon.
Zhao Jiu had already done this, it was nothing more than mocking the Second Saint again, and there wasn't much trouble.
However, just a few days after Zhang Jun entered the capital, the imperial court began to 'liquidate' the matter of the Taishang Daojun Emperor's generous reward of Enyin posts in order to stabilize his position.
In fact, as soon as this matter unfolded, some of the noble people below became a little panicked, and the rumors told to Zhang Jun were somewhat provocative.
And I have to say that these people finally guessed it right.
The day before Zhang Jun left, Zhao Guan's family arrested these people who spread rumors. On the day after Zhang and Wu left, the court began to formally investigate the favors and rewards issued during the Second Saint period, and the ineffectiveness of the country since Jianyan.
The people who live in the country should be completely eliminated. The so-called deprivation of writing...
From a general point of view, there is of course no problem with this policy. Zhao Jiu immediately gave instructions for its implementation, and several prime ministers and important ministers also expressed their clear support.
Even at the Yushitai, the public opinion among the students was extremely positive.
However, cutting off people's wealth and removing their official positions is simply a double act of killing parents. Therefore, the support from the bureaucratic level did not delay the undercurrent in Tokyo. Suddenly, Zhao Jiu became a 'harsh king'.
', Zhao Ding, Liu Ji became the 'cowardly prime minister', Zhang Jun, Chen Gui became the 'adventurous villain'... even Lu Haowen wore a new hat, it is said that 'in his position he cannot correct the emperor's heart'.
And things finally got worse and worse, finally reaching the current situation.
Not only were some people writing crooked poems, and not only were the actors thinking they had gained public opinion to ridicule them face to face, but there was also a wavering within the bureaucracy, and even some dignitaries publicly recalled the "sacred rule" of the "Fengheng Henan University" period.
The cause of the matter is clearly laid out there. There is no need to say anything more. The key is how to deal with it? This is also the intention of Zhao Jiu to find Lu Haowen today... The Lu family in Lu Haowen's family is originally the first-class family except the Han family.
A sect has a very public attitude like that of Yuan Yang in the late Han Dynasty. It has considerable say in the bureaucracy and the aristocratic system.
"Can you do a little more screening to limit the scope of deprivation?" Lu Haowen hesitated for a moment, then decided to give some more advice.
"no!"
"Then why not sort out the old events in Jingkang at the same time, and reward and posthumously reward the officials who have made great contributions since Jingkang?" Lu Haowen seemed to have expected this reply, but after thinking for a moment, he made a suggestion.
"Wonderful!" Zhao Jiu became energetic and raised his hand directly.
"I take the liberty... Can you divide it into batches and try to make up for the half of the official salary of previous years?" Lu Haowen thought again and continued to make suggestions.
"It's Mr. Lu!" Zhao Jiu raised his eyebrows and responded immediately. "Is there any more?"
Lu Haowen smiled wryly and spread his hands, while several ministers around him looked at each other, speechless... Without him, Lu Haowen's two suggestions had already been put forward by someone to Zhao Guan's family. For example, on the matter of supplementing officials' salaries,
Yu Yunwen, a resident by the fish pond, suggested it, but Zhao Guanjia actually applauded it here?
I don’t know what medicine was sold in the gourd?
"I still have some ideas." Zhao Jiu smiled without restraining his hands. "Why not work on both sides?"
"What does the official family mean?" Lu Hao asked, confused for a moment.
"Yesterday I saw someone writing a letter saying that the ceremony of sericulture is a gift exclusively for the queen. If the name is not correct, the words will not go smoothly, so please make Pan Guifei the queen..."
Lu Haowen frowned slightly.
"And what I mean is..." Zhao Jiu finally sneered. "When these people get involved here, they are inevitably suspected of interfering with the palace. I am really angry, so I want the Imperial City Division to go and arrest five or six more families!"
To intimidate!"
When Lu Haowen heard this, he knew that he came here to block the gun of the officials, but he was also a little helpless: "Officials, beware of excessive use of force!"
"I didn't regard these people as Du Chong. Liu Guangshi dealt with them as usual. They kept their wives and children, national debts, furniture and mansions. The parties concerned were also exiled or exiled to the army. What else do you want?"
Lu Haowen was completely helpless and could only try his best to remind: "There must be solid evidence and no implication can be made."
Zhao Jiu nodded.
And Yang Yizhong immediately stood up and handed over the complicated eyes of several close ministers, but he said to him carefully: "The official family, sir, do you want to prevent these family members from wandering around?"
"No." Zhao Jiu responded with a sneer. "Whether it's going to the palace to beg for mercy, or going to the relatives to cry, I'll see how they go about it..."
Everyone had nothing to say, and Yang Yizhong immediately turned around and prepared to go to Yingyang Gate. At this point, there was no chance of a change in the matter.
However, at this moment, a member of the Imperial Guard hurriedly came towards him, but he also brought a secret box. Yang Yizhong instinctively stepped forward. When he came to see that the other person was from the Red Heart Team, he realized that he was from the Red Heart Team, but he hurriedly avoided it.
Open it, and then go directly past the other party and go out... Liu Yan also just woke up at this time, and hurriedly stepped forward to take it. He just opened it and looked at the cover, then became solemn, and then turned to the pavilion and handed it directly to Zhao Guan's family.
When Zhao Jiu saw that it was a message from the Taihang Mountains in Hebei Province, he was equally serious. After opening it and taking a brief look, he couldn't help but laugh. He raised his head and asked Lu Hao: "Ms. Lu... Ma Kuo came to Zhazi and told him something about the Kingdom of Jin.
It was Wu Qimai, the leader of the Jin Kingdom, who suddenly suffered a stroke and Nianhan Bingguo!"
Lu Hao asked the following questions, and the expressions of the civil and military officials around him changed greatly.
"The official family, do you want to recall Yang Tongzhi?" Li Ruopu, a Hanlin scholar, stepped forward with a serious look on his face.
"No need." Zhao Jiu continued to watch the second half of Zha Zi's report, but shook his head slightly.
"Then we need to call the Prime Minister to discuss matters?" Li Ruopu continued to ask.
"There is no need to discuss the matter specifically. Just send the matter to the provincial capital and the Privy Council..." Zhao Jiu dropped the note and raised his head, taking his time. "By the way, let them pursue the matter of Enyin as quickly and strictly as possible.
Congguang, deal with it! Otherwise, if the Jin people cause trouble in the north, the cleanup of accumulated abuses will inevitably have to be temporarily suspended... Then catch up with Yang Yizhong and ask him to arrest three or four more families in the name of criticizing Chengyu.
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"Officials." Li Ruopu glanced at Lu Haowen who was silent and said sincerely. "Things have their own priorities..."
"What kind of emergency is this?" Zhao Jiu disagreed. "The powerful ministers are in charge of the government. At most, they are suspected of imprisoning the country's leader. How do people who have experienced the Jingkang Incident still care about this? On the contrary, depriving them of indiscriminate favors can save them.
How much food should be paid? Isn’t it clear at a glance which one is more important?”
Li Ruopu was stunned on the spot, but didn't know how to refute?
PS: I am going crazy... Xiaojiu rides Jinjila, who is only three months old, every three minutes. She is not allowed to eat canned food or go to the toilet. Jinjila is forced to hide in the bookcase and does not dare to come out. Xiaojiu
I didn't even bother to code, I just squatted in front of the bookcase and guarded it like a wolf... I served them both all day long, and I was always woken up by Jinjila's wailing in my dreams.