Great Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 13: Chapter 13
Zuo Ming's plan was very good. He wanted to deceive the emperor and empress. Even if there were fewer people going there, he would not lose too badly.

However, after hearing this, Li Shimin smiled coldly, "You have a good idea, and openly instigated the emperor and queen of a country to go to the brothel, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

"Your Majesty is wrong! Anleju is no longer a brothel since yesterday, and now Anleju has been renamed 'Anle Opera House'! If it wasn't like this, how could the people dare to invite His Majesty and Queen to such a place? If this gets out, let alone anyone else, Dr. Wei Zhengwei will have to kill the grassroots with his head!"

Zuo Ming quickly called Qu Dao.

"Hmph! You know how to play, and you can turn a brothel into a theater! Can Wang Gui bear it if you do this?"

Still sneering, but Li Shimin's tone was obviously not so harsh anymore.

Zuo Ming was not surprised that Li Shimin knew that the person behind Anleju was Wang Gui. He just smiled lightly, "Master Wang is a man of courage! Sometimes, for certain things, he has to take a gamble." If you lose, you are willing, if you win, everyone is happy! There must be someone in the front in this world, otherwise, where will the people behind come from?"

This time, Li Shimin's expression was rarely relieved, but immediately, he said curiously, "I don't know what method you used to confuse Wang Gui, and I don't want to know, but I'm curious, why did you abolish Wang Gui?" With so much effort, so many things have been done? If you have nothing else to ask for, I will never believe it."

Li Shimin's question got to the bottom of it, Zuo Ming was silent for a while, and then asked, "Your Majesty, do you think brothels make money?"

"Of course! As far as I know, the cheapest girl in the brothel costs 15 taels of silver a night, and no matter where the brothel is, it has never been deserted!"

Li Shimin said as a matter of course.

"Where did all that money go?"

Seeing Li Shimin nodding, Zuo Ming said again.But as soon as his words fell, Li Shimin and Changsun were taken aback for a moment, and then looked at each other.

Knowing that the two of them had already understood what he meant, Zuo Ming didn't hide and choked, "I think His Majesty already knew it. There's no way around it. There is always a record or contract for ordinary object transactions, but for this brothel transaction, It all depends on the accountant. They can write as much as they want, and there is no way to check it. Naturally, they will not be able to collect taxes. So Cao Min thought, since the brothel cannot pay taxes, then we might as well turn it into a Things that can be taxed! Men in the Tang Dynasty have no shortage of women. Going to brothels is just a new entertainment. In this case, I will give them a cleaner and healthier pastime, and then let them gradually get used to it. pastime.

It's better for them to pay a little money to buy some health and entertainment than to spend thousands or even tens of thousands of taels to sleep with an oiran.In this way, the tax is also paid, the interest of men and even women is satisfied, and the sisters in the brothel are also freed from the sea of ​​suffering, isn't it just one stroke? "

I roughly understood Zuo Ming's thoughts, but Li Shimin shook his head lightly, "Although your idea is good, it is not realistic. The brothel industry has a long history, and it is not easy to change it. You may be able to change Anleju, But it is absolutely impossible to change the overall situation. I won’t go to see your play. Later, you can make arrangements and send a few people to the palace to perform for the queen. If the queen is satisfied, I will reward you. "

Seeing that Li Shimin rejected him immediately, Zuo Ming sighed in his heart and didn't say anything more. However, Zuo Ming could not agree to the emperor's request, "Your Majesty, forgive me. I am afraid that the grassroots will not be able to resist the request." Respect."

Since he ascended the throne, it was the first time he had seen someone reject him so calmly. Li Shimin said with a strange expression, "Do you know the consequences of disrespecting the edict?"

"Your Majesty! It's not disrespectful, but it can't be done! Because these plays can't be performed by just someone. He needs a lot of things, lights, sounds, and props. I can't act."

Zuo Ming calmly explained.

"Then what do you mean, even if I want to see it, I have to go to your dilapidated building?"

Li Shimin obviously thought that these were all excuses, so he sneered now.

"There is still one month left, and the good show will be staged. Whether what the Caomin said is false or true, His Majesty will know soon! I believe that after reading it, His Majesty will naturally understand the difficulties of the Caomin."

Zuo Ming still did not let go.

"Hmph! If that's the case, I'll wait for you for a month! At that time, if what you said is not true, I will kill you! Do you understand?"

"The grass people understand!"

"Okay, back off!"

"Caomin retire!"

Li Shimin finally agreed to go to the theater one month later, Zuo Ming secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and then directly exited the hall and left the palace all the way.

After Zuo Ming left, Empress Changsun frowned and said, "Your Majesty, do you really want to see his big play?"

"Of course I will go to see it! However, it is not as he said! He wants to use me as a signboard, but I am not as good as he wants! When the time comes, I will ask Eunuch Qian to change my face, and then secretly Go, queen, would you like to go with me?"

Li Shimin smiled jokingly, then took Changsun's hand and said.

The emperor is so affectionate, how can the empress not allow it.Although she felt that this was a bit deviant, she really liked this kind of casual and presumptuous feeling in her bones.

No matter!Just go crazy with His Majesty for a while!

Zuo Ming didn't know that, in order to make his plan fail, the emperor even made a plan to change his appearance.After returning to Anleju, he took a good night's sleep, and then began a month of hard work.

The first is the remodeling of the floors.In order to accommodate enough guests, Zuo Ming directly merged the front building and the middle building together, and opened many small compartments on the second floor.Of course, the most important thing is the reconstruction of the poop building and the backyard, and the setting of the behind-the-scenes organs.

These things can only be done by himself, and no one else can do them at all.

While rebuilding Anleju, Zuo Ming had to spare a lot of time to sort out the script, select the characters, arrange for them to rehearse, and then score and compose the music. He was extremely busy.

In order not to shock the world, one month later, Zuo Ming planned to bring Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai to the stage first, so the requirements for music were very strict.

Especially the Butterfly Lovers, he definitely couldn't play it himself, so he arranged for an ensemble of five skilled Qing people.

In fact, these are still simple, the most troublesome thing is the preparation of the background.In pursuit of perfection, Zuo Ming painted the background directly on a large piece of cloth.Although the painting is not very detailed, it also took a lot of his energy.

In this way, busy and busy, a month has passed, and in a blink of an eye, it is the day when the good show begins.Both Zuo Ming and the girls were extremely nervous.

Fortunately, it seems that most of the rich and noble families in Chang'an are very curious about what Anleju, which has closed its doors for the past month, is doing.

In this first scene, Zuo Ming is going to let people watch it for free, so basically all comers are welcome.Of course, until full.

On this day, everyone who comes to Anleju will be led to the auditorium by a beautiful and charming girl with a smile on her face, and then offered a cup of good tea.This feeling of being at home made those people extremely satisfied, and they couldn't help looking forward to the next good show in their hearts.

Especially those who have seen Jinling Fengchenqu and Jingyue, they are almost certain that this time will not be in vain.

The entire auditorium is divided into two levels, which are ordinary seats on the first floor and VIP seats on the second floor.

Needless to say, ordinary seats are reserved for those wealthy businessmen, while VIP seats are reserved for dignitaries.But today, it seems that there are not many dignitaries who came to see the play, and Li Tai was the only one in total.

Li Tai, this little bastard is really not a thing. Hearing that it was free, he yelled at Zuo Ming to give him the best position.

He was impolite, but Zuo Ming would not give him that position, he reserved that position for the emperor.At the moment, he only took a pretty good side position to fool him.

However, this guy is as fat as he is fat, and his mind is not all fat. As soon as Zuo Ming left, he used the banner of the prince and forced the maid next to him to take him to the luxurious suite set up by Zuo Ming.

Entering the room, seeing everything outside the window, and lying on a recliner covered with goose down, he was a little annoyed at the time.

If such a good room is not taken out, is it going to rot?Thanks to my prince's wisdom.

After cursing in a low voice, he unceremoniously asked the maid next to him to feed him grapes.Grapes at that time were not easy to deal with, and as a prince, he hadn't eaten them many times.

It's just that he was happy, but it made the maid almost cry, but facing a dignified prince, what can she, a little girl who has just escaped from the world, do?At the moment, I had no choice but to pray silently, that Big Brother Zuo would not get too angry when the time comes.

After Li Tai came, Zuo Ming was busy receiving another distinguished guest, and this person was naturally the legendary servant of Wang Gui.

Although Wang Gui also looked down on Zuo Ming's tricks, but all the money was invested in it, and he couldn't justify it if he didn't come to support him, so he came here.

However, Wang Gui did not come alone, there was actually a young woman who came with him. Although she was covered with a veil, Zuo Ming could tell that she was definitely a beautiful woman.

Fuck!This Wang Gui old cow eats tender grass!

Looking at the match of the old and the young, Zuo Ming felt like ten thousand horses were galloping past in his heart!

I said, can your old guy's body handle it?
But soon, Zuo Ming knew how dirty his thoughts were.Because when the woman went upstairs holding Wang Gui's arm, Zuo Ming heard "Daddy" clearly.

Now, even Zuo Ming has a thick skin, and he can't help but have a fever.

Fortunately, at that time, in order to create an atmosphere, Zuo Ming did a good job of shading the light, so the whole theater was extremely dark, and no one could see his expression clearly.

(End of this chapter)