Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 307 Starry Night Rain
His Majesty specifically requested to see "The Red Chamber", and that day happened to be the Winter Solstice Festival. The Hanlin Academy was now equivalent to a stage for setting up the stage, and Lao Zhang, the new Hanlin, was promoted to chief director.

Is this because they like him? Of course not, because they have to do all the hard, dirty and tiring work. Everyone knows that this kind of program is thankless. Unless the king of the world comes down and personally nods and says "I am very satisfied", no matter how it turns out, people will find fault with it.

Moreover, His Majesty is a man who has seen a lot and enjoyed a lot. A small scene will not make him happy, but if it is a big scene, someone will say it is extravagant and wasteful.

You can't find three hundred monkey trainers from the market to perform monkey shows for Your Majesty, right?
So this matter was handed over to Lao Zhang, and no one helped him. Anyway, he had money in his hands, so he could handle it himself. If he succeeded, it would be the credit of the Hanlin Academy, and if he failed, it would be Zhang Shuo's fault for being self-willed and arrogant.

There are too many bullies like this in the court. He is a newcomer with no background, and people don't care how much prestige you have among the people. If you have the ability, you can rebel and follow Zhang Jiao's example of "Left and Right Fire God to help me". If you don't dare to rebel, just hold it in and do your job honestly.

Everyone was waiting to see Lao Zhang make fun of him, but Lao Zhang was...

How did they say it? There are two geniuses in a century, one in the same house. One is making waves outside, and the other is like a fish in water in Beijing.

He would find it boring if it wasn't difficult. It's this kind of difficult work that he gets excited about.

"When the curtain opens, fireworks will go up to the sky. When the music starts, the fireworks will explode back and forth with the music. Can you do it?"

The craftsmen of Fuliang are well-known for playing with fire. It seems that there is nothing in the world that Fuliang cannot play with that is related to fire. They are very good at making porcelain, smelting steel, making medicine and fireworks.

After hearing what Lao Zhang said, the chief carpenter nodded and gave Lao Zhang an affirmative answer with his eye, which was blown away with only one eye left.

After arranging the fireworks, Lao Zhang went to the song and dance troupe without stopping. The one who led the troupe this time was Yu Tingyun, who should be called Xia Tingyun now. As the leader of the troupe and the protagonist of Jia Baoyu, she played a very important role.

"Let's not waste any more time. I don't need to tell you how important this performance is, right? You are all experienced veterans." Old Zhang tapped the table lightly. "The fireworks have been arranged. We will start with the scene of the imperial concubine returning home. As for your own lighting and choreography, I believe you will have no problem."

Miss Tingyun was leaning against the small window at this moment: "Then we will do whatever the master tells us to do. We are all people who walked out of the capital, so we don't have any problems with the local climate."

"Come on, stop being so delicate." Lao Zhang didn't have time to waste time talking to her. "The show will start in three days. You will go on stage after the performance report. You should make good use of the time to rehearse in the next few days."

"Got it, don't worry. This kind of thing is as easy as taking candy from a sack."

Lao Zhang nodded: "If something goes wrong, you may be fine, but I will be in trouble."

After that, Lao Zhang continued to arrange other performances. In fact, part of the arrangement of this performance was communicated with Xia Lin through letters.

The first act begins with 10,000 soldiers beating drums and singing. It is a grand scene and costs little money. The lyrics are already prepared. In the second act, young girls from Persia, the Arab world, the steppes and the Western Regions come up to perform dances of various ethnic groups for the Emperor of Wei.

The third act begins with the performance of human figures, praising the history books through dance, dancing out the past four thousand years.

The plan Xia Lin gave was a general idea, but Lao Zhang's artistic talent was maximized. He had already arranged the entire process according to this idea, and selected the important historical events of each stage, from Yao, Shun, Yu and Tang, to the unification of the six kingdoms, to the founding of the Wei Dynasty and its continuation to the present day, and how the emperors of successive dynasties worked hard to govern the country and paid attention to the issues involved.

Then they deleted the taboo contents and focused the focus on Emperor Hong Bao in the audience.

This celebration attracted more than 20,000 people, but most of them showed up for free. It sounds absurd, but that was the case. Xia Lin wrote letters to each of the Hu people and the beauties from the Western Regions, just to save face for Lord Xia.

If others don't give face, how can we not give face to Lord Xia? Moreover, this is a good opportunity to show off in front of the Emperor of the Central Plains. If the Emperor of the Central Plains takes a fancy to it, won't our caravan take off?

The real cost is the fireworks, but compared with the effect presented, this amount of money is almost half-sold and half-given away.

Even the troupe that performed Dream of the Red Chamber at the end did so for free. In fact, everyone was very happy that the sisters came to perform. One reason was that they felt a bit like returning home in glory. After all, they left as slaves and returned as beloved ones. Not only did they become beloved ones, they also became famous and were considered stars, big and small.

Of course, the more important point is that through the coordination of the Ministry of Rites, in order to thank all parties for their friendly help, in the next month, foreign merchants from all over the country and merchants from Fuliang will hold a one-month "agricultural product" exhibition on this idle sacrificial site.

Celebrating agriculture with agriculture and praying for a good harvest with agriculture. This theme is so wonderful that it is hard to find fault with it. At that time, this place will gather more than 1,200 caravans from all over the world and display all the famous goods in the world today. It is also the largest commercial activity in history.

This was a move that Emperor Hongbao had written down as "great good", and everyone in the court stretched their necks to wait and see. After all, half of the caravans that came here belonged to the nobles, and it was really happy when everyone made money.

Time soon arrived at the Winter Solstice Festival. In the morning, it was a normal royal sacrifice, which was presided over by the Ministry of Rites and the Zongzheng Temple and had nothing to do with the Hanlin Academy.

After the five grains were offered to the Taimiao and Emperor Hongbao ate the Sheji meal, the celebration officially began. Emperor Hongbao was an absolutely courageous man, and Lao Zhang now felt this clearly, because according to his status, all activities should be preceded by street cleaning.

But he didn't. He just walked among the people. In the subsequent sacrificial activities, in addition to the routine security, he even allowed the people to stop and watch outside the security line.

During the celebration, he sat on the stage, and he dared to open the stands below to the people. Although he was guarded by generals from the four great powers on all sides, his courage was still quite impressive.

What's even more amazing is that he prepared 100,000 catties of five-grain rice, also known as Sheji rice. Not only he but also the officials and even the ordinary people present had to eat this rice. He even addressed everyone from the common people to the officials.

Regardless of whether it was a show or not, just this courage and means, those princes would not dare to act recklessly if they were not so empty-headed. Moreover, during the years when Emperor Hongbao was in power, he only reduced taxes instead of adding them, did not build palaces lavishly, and even stayed in other people's clubs and boats when he went on tours...

The people's values ​​are very simple. They don't care whether you are left or right, whether you win or lose the battle, as long as you don't impose taxes on them based on the number of people, then you are a good emperor.

It just so happened that Emperor Hongbao reduced fourteen taxes in recent years, and the people's lives became relatively more comfortable. In addition, due to the policy of sending inspectors to counties in recent years, the overall reputation of the court reached its peak since the founding of the Wei Dynasty.

The emperor was on the stage above, and the audience below was crowded with people. In this way, a grand winter festival celebration began.

The first scene is singing while beating drums. This scene was copied by Xia Lin from the opening ceremony in 08. Anyway, he used it first so it's his. It's nothing big and he doesn't have to pay copyright fees.

When tens of thousands of elite guards from the imperial city walked onto the open field with their upper bodies naked and their muscles exposed, Emperor Hongbao took the lead in applauding, and the people below applauded even more loudly.

Masculinity has always been something that can inspire people throughout the ages. Tens of thousands of people singing and beating drums together is something that can almost be recorded in the history books.

Emperor Hongbao naturally liked it as well. If you listened carefully, you could hear that what they sang was full of the style of the Qin and Han dynasties, full of momentum and majesty. It not only embodied the completely different style of the Great Wei and the soft and cowardly Jin dynasties, but also perfectly fit the scene of sacrifice.

"Tian En, who came up with this idea?"

"It's the new Hanlin, the boy named Zhang Shuo."

"Hmm? I remember him." Emperor Hongbao nodded. "He was the one who illustrated the Dream of the Red Chamber. I didn't expect he had such talent."

"He is in league with Xia Daosheng, Your Majesty."

"Hahahaha, a man who doesn't like to sleep in two different beds." Emperor Hongbao clapped his hands and laughed, "Great, great, I haven't been so happy in a long time. I heard that he hasn't spent much money yet?"

"Yes, it didn't cost much, less than ten thousand taels of silver."

"This is amazing." Emperor Hongbao nodded: "It is true that birds of a feather flock together."

When the first stage was over, with a whistle, the soldiers got ready, put on their armor and instantly transformed from macho men into majestic soldiers on the battlefield.

At this moment, the general of the camp shouted: "Your Majesty, please review!"

Then, these soldiers lined up in front of the viewing stand in unison. When they walked to the front of the main stage, they stood in unison with uniform movements. The aura of majesty was overwhelming. Even Emperor Hongbao could not help but stand up and watch.

The soldiers left the stage, and the solemn atmosphere disappeared at once. Then cheerful music began to sound all around, and different musical instruments from all ethnic groups and countries began to play together. Then young men and women from all ethnic groups dressed in colorful clothes rushed to the front of the stage from all directions and began to dance their own dance.

The music is the same, but the style is completely different. It looks a bit messy at first glance, but if you look at it for a while, it is like a riot of colour among the mountains in spring. The vitality of the rising sun blows in like a spring breeze.

The performance lasted about fifteen minutes and ended just before dark. Emperor Hong Bao laughed out loud: "That's great, that's how young people should be.

At this moment, the sound on the field suddenly stopped and fell into silence. Then a drum beat sounded from somewhere, as if breaking through the sunlight at dawn, which cheered people up.

As the drums beat, whistling sounds came from afar. Several generals immediately protected Emperor Hong Bao in the middle, but Emperor Hong Bao pushed their iron tower-like bodies away and said, "Don't block me from watching the show."

(End of this chapter)