The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

King Teng smiled and cupped his hands and said: "Everyone loves me, I am deeply grateful, and I don't want everyone to show any gratitude to this king, I just ask you to do your duty, work diligently and love the people, and keep my country and the country of the Song Dynasty forever. The king will be safe and happy."

As soon as these high-sounding words came out, the whole hall immediately won applause, and everyone raised their thumbs up, praising His Highness Prince Teng as a virtuous king rarely seen since ancient times.

Su Jin also stretched out his thumb to follow suit, although he really wanted to turn his thumb upside down, but this is not the time for him to show his arrogance.

King Teng lowered his hands to silence the praise of everyone, and said with a smile: "Today is leisure, and I have arranged a few small programs for you to relax your minds. The stage was set up, and the king paid a lot of money to invite the red actors from Bianliang City to sing some lyrics and play some dramas to amuse you, everyone will have a good time today, do you know who the king invited?"

Everyone stretched their necks and said, "Who is it?"

King Teng smiled but didn't answer, he just picked up the blue and white cup after the rain, pouted his mouth and blew gently, until the clear water in the teacup boiled and the tea buds rolled up and down.

"Could it be... Could it be that Master Chen?" The middle-aged man with a black beard asked with a trembling voice.

When everyone heard the name of Chen Shishi, they immediately exploded, and looked at King Teng expectantly.

King Teng laughed loudly, put down the teacup, pointed at the middle-aged black-bearded official and said, "It's Mr. Hao who can guess, and he guesses right. I think Mr. Hao must be a veteran in the Fengyue field."

Everyone laughed, Master Hao blushed and said modestly: "You can't compare to the prince, you can't compare to the prince."

Tang Jie fell down with a smile, pointed at Mr. Hao with his fan and said, "Hao Tongzhi, do you mean that you are not as smart as the prince, or that you are not as good as the prince in the court of love?"

Hao Tongzhi said with a blushing face, "Nothing can compare, nothing can compare."

Everyone burst into laughter, Teng Wang laughed tears, he nodded Tang Jie's nose and said: "Master Tang is a bully, and Mr. Tongzhi must have suffered from your idleness in the yamen on weekdays."

Tang Jie said solemnly: "Your Majesty, you have wronged me. Master Hao and I are officials in the same yamen, and we treat each other like brothers on weekdays. You can't talk nonsense."

One person interjected, "Master Tang and Master Hao are probably on the same page."

Everyone burst into laughter again.Before the laughter stopped, Luo Tong, Ying Tianti's student, asked, "Did the lord really invite that Master Chen?"

King Teng smiled and said, "What? Why won't she give me such a thin noodle?"

Luo Tongtong: "No, no, it's an honor for the lord to invite her, but I heard that this Chen Shishi is over thirty years old, and he has a hot fight with Liu Qiqing, who wrote the lyrics, and has long since stopped accepting the invitation to sing lyrics and act. Yes, this time I made an exception for the sake of the prince."

King Teng chuckled and said, "She didn't answer the call, so what will she do to support Mr. Sanbian? Liu Sanbiantu didn't make any progress, but the leading figure in Ci circles needs a few prostitutes to support her. It's an embarrassment to the literati in the world."

Tang Jie echoed: "That's right, I've lost the face of the scholars all over the world, but instead I pretend to be romantic and complacent, and I don't know how to swallow three meals a day."

Everyone's tone of voice naturally followed these two key figures, and within a short while, Liu Yong was demoted to pieces. Su Jin watched a generation of lyricists, and the unrestrained celebrity suddenly became a cuckold king, soft food, and spineless. , a shameless bastard, secretly surprised, everyone speaks out money, this group of people's mouths are really vicious, Liu Yongshang, who is thousands of miles away in Bianliang City, doesn't know that there are already a group of people in Yingtianfu calling him a dog His head was bleeding, and he must have sneezed a lot.

King Teng waved his hand to stop everyone's sarcasm and contempt, and said: "Let's not talk about Liu Sanbian, mud can't support the wall, and when it comes to writing lyrics, I don't lack him in the Song Dynasty. There are too many talented people in the Song Dynasty For example, there is a talented person among the people present, and his Ciben Wang thinks he is better than Liu Sanchang.

Everyone looked around in amazement. It seems that this person is very important to get such a high evaluation from King Teng. There are several people who like to fiddle with poetry on weekdays, and have also presented poems to King Teng. The officials couldn't help thinking: His Highness King Teng is saying Me?Could it be that my lyrics have reached such a high level?

Teng Wang Zhao Zongdan continued: "In today's performance, I personally composed a new song for his lyrics, and I will order Chen Shishi to sing it for you to enjoy."

After leaving Tang Jie, everyone's eyes widened in astonishment. His highness personally composes the music for this man, which is highly respected. Prompted by curiosity, they all asked: "I wonder what your highness is talking about here?" Which one of you?"

King Teng said with a smile: "There are only twenty people in the hall, so you guys can guess? There will be rewards for guessing."

Everyone started to guess: "Is it Mr. Tang? Mr. Tang's Huanxi Sha is very popular, and it can be called the best work, 'I don't hear the letter of swan geese on the sand, but listen to the crowing of partridges in the bamboo." It is also the state of perfection."

King Teng laughed and said, "Master Tang's words are good, but it's not him."

"Is it Lord Si Xing Guo? 'Lang's love is strong, concubine's love is strong. Youbi Cheqing Lang Ma Cong, meets Jiuli Song' is full of sentimental love for concubines."

Mr. Guo, the probation officer, quickly waved his hand and said, "Don't make fun of me. I know that my lyrics are not good for the stage, but I'm just doing graffiti for fun."

King Teng said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, Mr. Guo has a mighty appearance, but his writing is very careless."

Mr. Guo smiled and said: "My lord is laughing at you." King Teng ruled out Mr. Guo by saying so.

The crowd guessed for a while, and made all the officials guess well, King Teng just smiled and shook his head, Master Tixue Sun spread his hands and said: "There are only twenty or so adults in the seat, and they can't guess right after all the guesses. This is really difficult." I waited."

King Teng said with a smile: "You guys just don't see anyone in your eyes. There is still a young talent here, but you just turn a blind eye to it. Don't you hear that the handsome man is outstanding, and the talented man is a young man? What this king is talking about is this Su Jin. Mr. Su."

Everyone turned their heads to Su Jin in surprise. Su Jin already knew that King Teng was talking about himself. Seeing that everyone guessed and brought up some terrible words to prove it, he was already bored and just watched A pair of canaries in the two birdcages in the hall looked at each other across the cage, singing to each other incessantly, wondering why King Teng didn't put the pair of male and female birds in the same cage, so that they could become ren What a beautiful thing, suddenly felt everyone's eyes shooting at him, and he was startled.

King Teng walked up to Su Jin with a smile on his face, took his sleeves and said, "This king is talking about this talented man. You certainly don't believe me, but Mr. Tang and I have read his poems, and we are astonished by heaven and man." Do it, when Chen Shishi sings the lyrics later, you can listen carefully and taste them to see if the king's words are exaggerated or not."

Although everyone said verbally that the prince's vision was correct, the suspicion in their eyes exposed their hearts. Of course, Su Jin would not be stupid enough to prove something to them. He clasped his fists and said, "The prince loves you wrongly. How can I dare to be you?"

Zhao Zongdan said with a smile: "I can afford it, I can afford it. Does Mr. Su think such scenes are boring?"

Su Jin said: "Where did the lord start from?"

Zhao Zongdan said: "Just now I saw you staring at the birdcage in front of the porch, I think the topic here doesn't attract Mr. Su's interest."

"Young Master Su is talented and rich in poetry and books, so naturally he won't be in the same league as me." Tang Jie said eccentrically.

Everyone looked at Su Jin with contempt. Su Jin was sure that as long as Zhao Zongdan added another sentence that was unfavorable to him, he would be the second Liu Sanbian today. .

"Forgive me, my lord. I'm really distracted. I'm just thinking about why these two canaries, one male and one female, are not raised together in a cage. Isn't that a beautiful thing?"

Zhao Zongdan laughed loudly and said: "It turns out that Mr. Su was thinking about this matter. No wonder Mr. Su is only 16 years old, so he is more interested in flowers, plants, birds and animals than in people; let me tell you, my lord." Why should these two birds be kept in separate cages?"

Zhao Zongdan walked to the corridor with his hands behind his back, stretched a bamboo stick in to fiddle with Que'er's mouth, and said: "Canary's not only looks cute and cute, but also has a melodious cry. If you put them together in a cage, of course, It's a beautiful thing, but after everything goes well, the bird doesn't like to sing anymore. After being separated, it is tortured by lovesickness. You can make the best use of everything, and you can appreciate their appearance and their cry, isn’t it the best of both worlds?”

"My lord, it's a good idea. I said that the two birds in my house are always dumb. It turned out to be the reason. After returning to the house today, I will feed them separately." An official gave a heartfelt admiration.

Su Jin's heart felt tense for a while, this Zhao Zongdan is really not a thing, the perversion and viciousness in his heart can be seen from this, a pair of birds have to put so much thought into it, to squeeze out the value of them, and call it a good name The best use of everything, its cruelty is heinous.

Animals also have sorrows and joys, and animals save people. Su Jin fully believes that in the eyes of His Highness King Teng, everything comes from utilitarianism. This is true for animals, and I am afraid it is also true for humans.