Li Shimin was worried that something might happen, so he wrote the deed immediately and used the emperor's jade seal. This kind of behavior was a bit rough, but he was so happy at the moment that he didn't care much. After writing, Li Shimin looked at the font on the deed.
, suddenly I feel that my calligraphy has improved a lot. It seems that the ancients said that words are the shape of meaning. It is true that the mood can affect the quality of calligraphy.
"Li Mu, take it! Are you relieved? I can't regret it anymore."
"Haha." Li Mu forced out a half-hearted smile, took the deed, folded it twice and stuffed it into his arms, sighing: "Jiang is still too old, I'm in trouble this time."
Li Shimin immediately answered: "Didn't you say that you are guaranteed to make a profit without losing any money? I gave you the advantage, how can you consider it a failure? Are you deceiving me?"
Li Mu sighed again and said: "I'm not planning to pay compensation because I will work hard to do it well. But no matter what, this is a matter of state, and the court or your majesty should bear the risk, even if the risk is only a little, I
I think this is a rule. But today, your Majesty and the princes, even though I have tried my best to promise that I will work hard, are still unwilling to take even a trace of risk, and choose to impose these risks on me. I have nothing to say.
You can kneel down to thank my emperor for your kindness."
Li Mu knelt down and kowtowed, and Li Shimin's face became a little ugly.
"Your Majesty, I am tired, please leave." After saying that, Li Mu turned and left.
"Stop for me!"
Li Mu turned a deaf ear and walked out of the Liangyi Palace. Li Shimin looked at Li Mu's back and felt very uncomfortable. The joy he just felt for 'winning' Li Mu was instantly washed away and he stood beside him.
Everyone in the room was also extremely embarrassed. Even though Li Mu had fulfilled his wish to take on the responsibility for this incident, why did it end up so awkward? It was as if there was no one in the Tang Dynasty, and the kings and ministers ganged up to bully a child.
If you look at it from the bottom of your heart, although everyone does this, they really don't think so. Maybe there is a bit of schadenfreude in it, but I really don't mean to bully Li Mu. I'm just used to seeing him domineering on weekdays, and I want to be frustrated.
It's just his energy.
But in this situation, seeing Li Mu leaving in a dejected manner, everyone felt bad. If you think about it carefully, Li Mu, besides being a bad talker, has nothing to say. No matter it is
Anyone who wanted to deal with him or not, as long as they came to him for business, he basically dealt with them. Even the Shandong nobles he hated the most, he didn't turn them away, and at most they just said a few derogatory words.
Thinking about it this way, what the monarch and his ministers did today seems to be a bit too much.
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Five days later, it was the thirteenth day of the first lunar month.
In the past five days, Li Mu went to Pingkangfang to rehearse the opera after breakfast. In the afternoon, he returned home and began to deal with the Turkic trade. In the evening, a compiled memorial must be sent to the palace for Li Shimin to see. But he would not go there himself.
Those in the palace seemed to be angry.
He deliberately wrote the memorial in detail, so detailed that even if Li Shimin wanted to find something to ask, there was nothing to ask. At the same time, Datang Insurance was also established. Since it was endorsed by Li Mu's own assets, it was not in the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Next, a courtyard was cleared opposite the bank of the craftsman's workshop, and it was officially established. Since the business had not officially started, there were no people in it. Li Mu asked Wei Yingluo and Zhenzhu to move in there for a while. On the third day after the new year, Wei
Yingluo took it upon herself to go to work. When Li Mu was away from the Ministry of Works, thanks to her efforts as a secretary, the coordination of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was smooth.
Many businessmen have figured out the ropes. Although Li Mu has the final say in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he is not often a director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In fact, the key figure is still this so-called secretary. The strange thing is that this person is actually Li Mu's enemy.
, Wei Zheng’s daughter. It’s somewhat confusing as to what is going on.
Li Mu is not without doubts, but so far, Wei Yingluo has done a very good job. She has never confused whether public is public or private is private. Li Mu just employs people without doubting others and doesn't bother to think too much.
Already.
The Shangyuan Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival in Li Mu's previous life, has a history that can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. It was also a big festival in the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty implemented a curfew. In Chang'an City, except for Pingkangfang, which is special and can stay up all night, other
All 107 squares are subject to curfew. Only the three days before and after the Lantern Festival are statutory holidays of the country, and lights can be kept on all night long.
There are only three days of carnival in a year, and people naturally want to join in the fun. This is also the best opportunity for the rich in Chang'an City to show off their wealth. Lamp wheels, lantern trees, lantern towers, etc., all kinds of new lanterns are designed ingeniously
, exquisite and exquisite. Not only did each family and government innovate in the production of lanterns, but the singing and dancing under the lanterns were even more dizzying. The beautiful women wore flower crowns and Xia pei. The most expensive ones cost hundreds of dollars just for their clothes.
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Although all the workshops will prepare lanterns, Pingkangfang is the flagship of the entertainment industry of the Tang Dynasty and is always the most eye-catching. Other workshops are the big ones in the community, so they will prepare giant lanterns, lantern trees, singing and dancing, etc.
They are rare. But in Pingkangfang, at the entrance of every brothel, there is a lantern tower, a stage, and singing and dancing. And on the Lantern Festival, an oiran must be selected. And the owner of a brothel who has an oiran will become a Ping Dynasty by default.
The Fangzheng of this year in Kangfang represents Pingkangfang in dealing with the government.
Don't underestimate this small Fangzheng. In the territory of Pingkangfang, although the official position of Fangzheng is small, the oil and water are not small. It is ordinary and ordinary, and it does not show the mountains and water leaks. There are several thousand guan a year, plus
With the blessing of the oiran. Whoever wins this game will be considered full this year.
The situation is different this year. Li Mu, the Marquis of Zhulu, bought half of Pingkangfang. Under such circumstances, even if the oiran comes out of the brothel, he will never dare to fight with him. So this year, we are organizing the Lantern Festival celebration.
Before, all the owners came to Lichun Court to find out the news. There was no way, half of Pingkangfang belonged to other people, and if they didn't nod here, the oiran competition would be meaningless.
Li Mu had known this rule for a long time, and he did not want to change it, because he was confident that he would win. He asked Er Gou to meet with the brothel owners, and agreed that this year would be the same as usual, and everyone would work according to their abilities. The owners got Li Mu's promise
, then everyone went back to their homes to start preparations.
Li Mu's "The Injustice of Dou E" has almost been arranged, but it is still not good to perform such a sad play on such a festive festival as the Lantern Festival. So Li Mu temporarily changed his mind and postponed the premiere of "The Injustice of Dou E" to
After the Shangyuan Festival, and during the past few days of the Shangyuan Festival, he prepared a new trump card to deal with this oiran competition.
When Li Mu was in college, he took an elective course called History of Chinese Literature, which talked about the evolution of literary carriers.
At the earliest time, it was called "Song of Fengya", which is also known as "The Book of Songs". Feng, folk ballads, Ya, music and songs of the nobles of the dynasty, ancestral temple sacrifices, and speeches praising the gods.
During the Qin and Han dynasties, the world was dominated by "Yuefu poetry". Yuefu was an official office set up in the Qin Dynasty to manage music, and its name was used in the Han Dynasty. Yuefu poetry is mainly about narrative, accompanied by music, and can be used for singing and dancing.
During the period from the end of the Han Dynasty to the unification of the Sui Dynasty, due to factors such as successive wars and conflicts between the Hu and Han Dynasties, a large number of Yuefu music scores were lost, which directly led to the decline of Yuefu poetry. Some had music but no lyrics, and some had lyrics but no music, which have been completely preserved.
There are very few. Therefore, when singing and dancing, most of the time there is only music and no lyrics. The lyrics part has become a preserved format. The poet created in this format and gradually formed "Tang poetry".
A careful study of the evolution can reveal that the evolution of literature is a process from simple to complex. For example, in the era of "The Book of Songs", a long pillow poem often described a very simple thing. The poem at this time
The text is mainly "four characters", for example: Jianjia is green, white dew is frost, the so-called beauty is on the side of the water.
As for the Yuefu poems, most of them are "five-character", with one more word, which greatly improves the narrative ability. For example: Chirp again chirp, Mulan is weaving in the house. You don't hear the sound of the machine, but you can hear the woman sighing.
In the Tang Dynasty, the five-character Yuefu style was first inherited, and then evolved into the more complex seven-character quatrain. This process resulted in the number of words becoming more and more complex.
After the Tang Dynasty came the Song Dynasty. Song Ci rediscovered the soul of Yuefu poetry and was not limited to five or seven characters. Words were used to match the tunes, so the iconic long and short sentences of "Song Ci" were formed.
Later, in the Yuan Dynasty, they were not satisfied with the formatted narrative of "long and short sentences", and added elements such as scenery, performance, singing, chanting, beating, etc. to form Zaqu. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, literati and poets based on the storytelling of Zaqu,
The development of novels. Everything is moving in the direction of more words, stronger narrative ability, and more complexity.
Now is the early Tang Dynasty. Poems are more in the five-character Yuefu format, and seven-character quatrains are mostly a means for "high-level poets" to show off their skills. Li Mu can recite 300 Tang poems, but whether they are wordless or seven-character, in the Yuan Dynasty,
The occasion is not suitable for this festival. It's like the Spring Festival Gala on New Year's Eve. Suddenly the host announces the curtain and the next program is poetry recitation. It's not impossible, but it will be very embarrassing.
In this kind of celebration occasion, the most suitable thing is singing and dancing.
Dance is very simple. Li Chun Yuan are all from the Jiaofang Division, and singing and dancing are their old profession. Just use them and rehearse them casually. The same is true for singing. Although not many Yuefu poems have been completely preserved, Jiaofang
Coming from a company background, I still have some skills.
But these are common to other brothels. Everyone is the same, so obviously they can’t stand out.
Therefore, the trump card Li Mu prepared was to take another step forward in the process of history.
While everyone is playing Yuefu, I will give you a Song poem. Isn’t this novel?
Li Muhui did not memorize as many Song poems as Tang poems, but there were still dozens of them. One of them was somewhat related to the Lantern Festival. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is full, and this Song poem happened to be about the moon.