prosperous age

Chapter 252 Chapter 251

"Dangdang.Papapa.Dang.dang.Papapa.Boom."

Along with the beat drums, drums, and drums, sheng, xiao, qin, chime bells, and chimes were gradually added to the music, and a simple Ming Dynasty elegant music was played in Taichang Temple.

Wei Guangde happened to come over this afternoon to see the work of the Dianbo Hall in recent days. When he saw the musicians inside were rehearsing music, he stood aside and watched a group of musicians sitting or standing in the center of the square playing there. On the two sides behind them are chimes and chimes, and several people are beating there.

In this scene, Wei Guangde told the truth, seeing Yale for the first time.

By the time of Wei Guangde's original era, the inheritance of Chinese gala music had almost been cut off.

Although some Taoist temples and temples advertise that they have preserved some elegant music, in fact they are only Taoist and Buddhist music, and definitely cannot be regarded as Chinese elegant music.

It's just because of the inheritance, they used some ancient instruments, and the arrangement also conformed to the standards of that era, so it gave people the feeling that it was an ancient song. In fact, it was indeed an ancient song, but it was definitely not Gagaku.

Wei Guangde doesn't understand Yale, but after reading a lot of books, he still has a general impression.

From the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, the Chinese royal family began to use a system of rites and music that was used to classify the patriarchal clan system. From the emperor, the princes, the high officials to the scholars, the music and band system used by all classes on various occasions , movement grades, etc. have their own grades.

Therefore, Yayue is actually court music in ancient China, or imperial music, and at the same time it must meet the requirements of Confucianism.

At the same time, because the occasions used are for offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, ancestors, mountains and rivers, shrines, sage Confucius and other ceremonial occasions, the atmosphere is solemn and solemn.

Finally, there is the requirement for musical instruments. Locally produced musical instruments such as chime bells, chimes, sheng, yu, xun, panxiao, chi, qin, qin, se, ji, ji, jiangu, gonggu, and bo yan are used. Various musical instruments imported from outside, such as pipa, 筚篥, huqin, Jiegu, suona, etc.

Yale uses strict regulations on the use of configurations, and the hierarchy is strict and insurmountable.

This, of course, is in the hands of the Taichang Temple. Who to worship and what standards should be used are the work of the Taichang Temple.

Although I can't understand it, I feel that there is still a sense of rhythm. This seems to be not much different from the music of later generations, except that the ups and downs of the melody do not change much. Maybe it is to show solemnity.

After listening for a while, Wei Guangde gradually lost interest.

When I heard it for the first time, I would stop and listen carefully. After the musicians played a few movements, they began to repeat the previous movements. Naturally, Wei Guangde lost the intention of listening.

Maybe there will be another event soon, so the musicians are called to start practicing.

Wei Guangde thought in his heart, but these are not his business, they are managed by Taichang Temple Shaoqing and Sicheng, so he bypassed the musicians and walked into the Dianbo Hall.

"Master Yu."

After Wei Guangde entered the door, he saw Yu Shihui, the executive Dian of Taichang Temple, sitting behind the desk in a daze. Thinking about it, isn't that what Taichang Temple is like?

"Master Wei is here, just in time. These are the documents I have accumulated over the past few days. I have signed them all. Please take a look and correct me."

Yu Shihui didn't have any malice towards Wei Guangde, he knew that he was only here for gilding, and he didn't care about any affairs on weekdays, so he was very polite to Wei Guangde every time.

"I'm sorry to bother you, my lord, I also have a lot of things to do in the Hanlin Academy."

Wei Guangde smiled and walked over to sit down, looking at more than a dozen documents on the desk, he didn't even bother to look through them.

Wei Guangde was very interested at first, but after watching it a few times, he realized that it was actually all about the allocation of musicians during the ceremony, or it was just arranging chores or something.

Then there is credit, the participating officials and musicians must record a sum, or hard work, and there will be rewards at the end of the year.

This is all Wei Guangde's work, in fact, even Yu Shihui can do it.

Most of the Hanlin officials in the Ming Dynasty held posts in other yamen. In fact, that's what they did. Just see how the practice works, and don't need to bother to make arrangements.

"Is there another ceremony outside?"

After Wei Guangde sat down, a small official brought tea, and Wei Guangde asked Yu Shihui.

"October is coming soon, and the "Great Unification Calendar" will be promulgated. Naturally, there will be a ceremony, but it is estimated that the emperor may not go to court, and there will be the death anniversary of Empress Xiaojie, so it must be prepared in advance."

In just a few words, Yu Shihui made it clear what the musicians outside were preparing for.

The Dachaohui will promulgate next year's "Datongli", and Emperor Jiajing may not have participated in this ceremony very much before. It is estimated that musicians played music outside Fengtianmen, and all officials saluted.

"Datongli" is actually the almanac that is still sold in later generations, or "old almanac", which records the dynasties' observation and prediction of the future agricultural time, as well as the dynasties, taboos, laws, etc., and then prints and distributes them in large quantities to the farmers Hands help agriculture sowing and harvesting.

The history of "Datongli" is still very long. When Zhu Yuanzhang had not ascended the throne and established the Ming Empire, it was still at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. Due to the war, the Yuan Dynasty regime did not issue the then calendar "Shoushili" for more than ten years, so The "Datong Calendar" was first compiled and distributed. In fact, it was compiled according to the "Shoushi Calendar" of the Yuan Dynasty, but it was renamed "Datong Calendar".

In fact, it can also be seen from the name of the almanac that at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had already had the idea of ​​​​aspiring to become the world and establish a unified dynasty.

Every October, the imperial court will promulgate the compiled "Datong Calendar" at the Dachao Assembly for the next year, triggering national guidance for agricultural production in the coming year.

In the Ming Dynasty, which was dominated by agriculture, this was naturally a great event.

After sitting down at Taichang Temple, Wei Guangde returned to his house in a carriage, just as he sat down, the servant girl brought tea, and there were hurried footsteps outside the door.

Wei Guangde looked at the door, and at the opened door, he saw Geng An coming, talking to Zhang Ji outside the door.

Then, Wei Guangde saw Zhang Ji looking through the door.

Wei Guangde nodded at him, signaling for him to let Geng An in to talk.

Two days ago, after Wei Guangde returned home, he first called Xu Huai, and after talking to him briefly, he handed over the written letter to Xu Bangrui, and asked him to take it back to Nanjing City and hand it over to Xu Bangrui.

In the evening, Wei Guangde called Geng An again, and first asked a lot about King Hui's bad deeds that Geng An had mentioned before.

This is also Wei Guangde's little thought. If Geng An made up a lot of things before, then if you ask a few more times, there will naturally be leaks.

Being an official should be cautious, this is what Wei Guangde himself learned about being an official.

Especially this time it is the majestic prince who is about to be defeated, so naturally he cannot take it lightly.

In fact, Wei Guangde felt a little complacent every time he thought that if he really pulled King Hui off his horse, he would be more popular.

You can fight when you mount a horse, and you can be impeached when you return to the court. Let's see who dares to make life difficult for me in the future. The combat effectiveness is very good.

But before actually doing it, one should be on guard.

What Wei Guangde can confirm now is that King Hui is restless, he likes to play a little bit, and runs around.

If it is in the Yongle Dynasty, this is the rhythm of courting death.

For those powerful emperors, you vassals still live with your tails between your legs.

Even now, according to the news from Chen Ju, it seems that there is no prince who is as arrogant and domineering as King Hui, who dares to leave the fief to play around without authorization, even dare to go to Nanjing City and Fengyang, the central capital.

Wei Guangde guessed that the people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate probably didn't know about King Hui's departure from the fief, otherwise they would definitely be sure of it.

They should know that King Hui was running amok in the local area, but the prince could not be charged with this crime, so they stopped.

It's just a warning and a fine, that kind of punishment really doesn't make much sense.

Wei Guangde has read a lot of documents, so he naturally knows that when a prince like Hui Wang left the fief without authorization, when he wrote the impeachment letter, he did not mean that he violated some ancestral system. Instigated impeachment for misconduct.

In a word, the vassals who stay in the fief dishonestly have the heart of disobedience and want to plot rebellion.

If it is verified that King Hui really built a Longevity Mountain in his mansion, and raised a gang of thugs, basically the hat of treason can be considered secure.

In the past, the prince did have a royal guard, but it was almost abolished long ago.

Afterwards, Wei Guangde ordered Geng An to go outside the city to find Tongmiao Temple, to look for the Tongmiao Sanren, but Wei Guangde also explained to him, don't talk too much about your situation, the main thing is to build a good relationship, check him The reason for the gap between him and King Hui.

For the next two days, Geng An went out and never came back.

Running back today must have yielded something, and I came back to deliver a letter to him.

"Master Wei, Lord Wei."

The next moment, after getting the consent, Geng An ran into the house in three steps at a time.

"Found someone?"

Wei Guangde pointed to the chair next to him, motioned for Geng An to sit down, and then asked.

Geng An was actually a small landlord in Junzhou, with some land under his name, and had a little relationship with the middle and lower levels of the government, and he was not a scholar.

But as far as he is asking for justice for his beloved daughter, Wei Guangde still admires him.

In the Ming Dynasty, daughters did not have much status. It is no longer the Tang Dynasty, and it is better to have a daughter than a son.

"I found it, and I also saw Liang Gaofu." Geng An said a little excitedly.

"Are you from Junzhou?"

Seeing his appearance, Wei Guangde asked curiously.

"That's not true. He's from Xiangcheng, right next to Junzhou."

At this time, Geng An shook his head and said: "But I vaguely remember hearing that there was a Liang pharmacist who was very good at dispensing medicines, and he only treated those families whose offspring were difficult. I saw it this time, and everyone said that it was him.

It's just that I didn't expect that the character from many years ago is now a Taoist priest in the capital. "

Is it difficult to rule an heir?

When Wei Guangde heard this, the first thing he thought of was to treat the symptoms of infertility. Thinking about Emperor Zhengde and Emperor Jiajing, it seemed that there was a problem with the difficulties of this heir.

Emperor Zhengde had no heirs, so he directly made Emperor Jiajing cheaper.

Although Emperor Jiajing had five sons, three died young, and now there are only two left.

Then Wei Guangde thought of another thing, that is, Liang Gaofu was not a Taoist priest before, and apparently he ran to become a Taoist priest to cater to Emperor Jiajing.

"Ha ha."

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde couldn't help laughing, but he quickly put away his smile, because he thought that he seemed to be doing the same thing. In order to be promoted, he seemed to be trying his best to flatter Emperor Jiajing.

"Have you heard anything else?"

What Wei Guangde was asking now was naturally the filth between Liang Gaofu and King Hui. He didn't know what happened between them, so he was not sure if Liang Gaofu could be brought over to help, and everyone joined forces to bring down Hui.

What I want is fame, what Liang Gaofu wants is to vent my anger, and what I want is to be beautiful, but I have to be willing to do so.

"No, this time it's mainly to get to know me. He knows that I'm from Junzhou, but he's very enthusiastic. He invited me to visit him after the business here is over."

Geng An said immediately.

"That's it."

Wei Guangde was a little disappointed. If Liang Gaofu was really the king of Hui, it stands to reason that he would not even pretend to talk to Junzhou people.

Maybe I was thinking too much.

Soon, Wei Guangde thought again that a person in his position would probably not lose his temper to Xiaomin Shengdou.

"Wait for two days, you can find Zhang Ji to take 100 taels of silver to spend"

Before Wei Guangde could finish his sentence, Geng An knelt down and said: "Master Wei is merciful, help me plan the matter of revenge for my beloved daughter, the young ones don't need to spend the adults' money, I still have dozens of taels The money is enough, even if it is really not enough, I will ask an adult to borrow it.

When I go back to my hometown, even if I sell the house and land, I will pay back the adult's debt. "

"Of course I have to pay back the money I borrowed from you. The main thing is to bring more money so that I can build a good relationship with Liang Sanren."

Wei Guangde waved his hand, although he also had his own purpose to attack King Hui, it doesn't mean he wanted to be a bad guy and had to put his own money into it.

"When you came into contact with Liang Sanren this time, you scolded King Hui a lot, and picked out some of the vicious things you know about him in Junzhou, such as occupying houses and women.

Didn't you say that because of your daughter, all the people in Junzhou are running away now, and there are many complaints among the people, so you just follow suit and see his reaction. The most important thing is to find out whether there is still a relationship between him and King Hui There is a relationship, whether there is really a rift, it would be better if we find out the reason.”

Wei Guangde taught a few more words in a low voice, Geng An leaned on Liang Gaofu, he couldn't go up and ask him about his relationship with King Hui, he could only go around the corner to inquire about Liang Gaofu's attitude towards King Hui.

If the two really had a rift and it was irreparable, then Liang Gaofu would definitely show it, and even inquired about these details carefully, and then found an opportunity to tell the emperor when he was refining medicine with Emperor Jiajing.

After talking a few more times, Wei Guangde felt that he could think about a memorial, and then ask Geng An to write a pleading paper and send it to Emperor Jiajing.

Let Liang Gaofu give the Emperor Jiajing a briefing first, and directly expose the matter of King Hui's leaving the fief without authorization, and then report him about the construction of the Longevity Mountain in the palace and the private training of guards. It is estimated that the Emperor Jiajing should send someone to investigate thoroughly up.

The matter of leaving the fief without authorization cannot be faked, and everyone in the palace knows that it is enough for him to lose the title of prince, at least downgraded.

If you add another Longevity Mountain and drill guards, it will be enough to destroy him.

Wei Guangde thought to himself, now is the time to give Liang Gaofu more knives.

(End of this chapter)