The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]
Chapter 85 Great Chinese Chapter
In fact, Liu Qi, who did nothing, didn't know that he had been blamed. He waved for the dancers to enter the arena again. He was in a good mood, and even danced a dance by himself.
That's right, dance in person.
Among the social items of men in the Han Dynasty, dancing must be included.Of course, if you are a military commander, you can also choose to dance swords. In short, you have to dance, even if it is a awkward dance.
This is because of the traditions of the old Liu family left by their ancestor Liu Bang and the many heroes who founded the country.
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the legal system was strict, and the high-pressure environment would naturally force a highly developed entertainment demand. However, the Qin Dynasty itself cracked down on the entertainment industry, and drinking became a means of venting, and it was also an activity for the wealthy.At the same time, the art of dance was also developed, but Qin Fa also restricted the existence of kabuki and the number of banquets and the number of people, etc...
Then I can jump to the headquarters by myself, right?
When Liu Bang was young, he was a well-known "two gangster", proficient in almost all entertainment skills, including singing and dancing, not to mention songs, he wrote the "National Anthem" of the big man.
Therefore, the Han Dynasty was relatively more enlightened in terms of singing and dancing than the Qin Dynasty. After all, the ancestors used this method to make friends, and many of these friends were founding generals.
Cough, in the early days, it was also a good way to decompress if everyone won the victory and danced together.
Hanyan has the etiquette custom of "dancing belongs to each other", which is similar to western ballroom dancing.The host of the banquet dances to the last song first, and then he invites guests randomly, and the invited guests must dance along, and then everyone dances together.
But he didn't expect Liu Qi to activate this mode. After all, this is not a routine etiquette, it's more like an impromptu act, the kind that can be done or not.
But Liu Qi used the excuse that the people here today are all from his own family. Although it was a formal meeting, it could also be called a family banquet. He invited everyone to "play games" together, so who could shirk it?
Xia Anran looked at this scene with a very stiff expression.
Dancing at this time is actually swaying in time with the beat, and those of Liu Qi's level will naturally sway with a long sword.Liu Qi had practiced martial arts, so the movements he put on were naturally not empty-handed, and there was a lot of tension in every movement and stillness.
What Xia Anran is afraid of is...he really can't dance!
It's not that he hasn't practiced before, but the environment where his limbs are coordinated can't help stiffening when he puts it on the music, which is particularly embarrassing at first glance.
Although he was sure that his father would not come to cheat him, he was not sure that others would not. It would be unfriendly if he didn't play to embarrass him at this time.Cai Yong, a great writer in the Eastern Han Dynasty, directly offended the master because he refused someone else's invitation, and finally ran away in embarrassment.
Xia Anran was dripping with cold sweat, he unconsciously looked towards the opposite side, and suddenly found that many uncles were looking at him in this direction.
Immediately, the hairs on the little king's back stood on end.
He suddenly recalled Zhidu's warning to him before. As a typical case, he is undoubtedly very unpleasant in the hearts of the princes and kings.To put it simply, in the row opposite, no one had a crush on him.
Not to mention the opposite side, there are very few people in his own row who can be called his own.
It was too much before, and now it must pay the price.
In fact, it was nothing at all, but there was a historian at this banquet.
At that time, the attributive "Zhongshan Wang, clumsy" has been passed down through the ages, he doesn't want to lose face?
The little king, who was heavily burdened by idols, glanced around and saw a pair of guqin at the musician's place, and his eyes lit up immediately.
He can play the guqin, which was taught by Tai Fu Qu Yi.
Xia Anran doesn't know what level his playing level is in this era, but people who listen to him playing the piano can usually listen to a piece quietly, and it should be able to catch their ears.
So, when Liu Qiyi finished dancing and invited Brother Liu Wu to dance together, the little king raised his hand to signal him to accompany him.
Liu Qi naturally agreed with great interest.It is definitely not shameful for a son to accompany his father and uncle at such a banquet. On the contrary, it is extremely embarrassing. Of course Liu Qi knew that his son had never learned Guqin before he left Beijing. He learned it from the Empress Dowager. Naturally, the technical requirements are not high, as long as it can not deviate from the sound.
Liu Qi turned his head and teased Liang Wang Liu Wu, "You are a real uncle, you have to step on the beat."
Liu Wu smiled casually, took the long sword lent to him by his elder brother and said to Xia Anran: "Nephew, if uncle can't dance well, you have to take responsibility!"
The little king sat cross-legged, and all the food and drink on the table in front of him were removed.Liu Qi specially ordered his attendants to bring him a good piano, and the young boy was tuning it to get used to it.Hearing Liu Wu's words, he raised his head and smiled shyly at King Liang, his fingers kept cutting, and a series of unfamiliar tones played.
Liang Wang was a little stunned when he received the voice, and then he directly drew his sword out of its sheath.He bluntly said: "Such a free and easy song, uncle, I can't hide my sword in the sheath."
After saying that, he saw his sword light flash, and the blade light pierced through the air and went away.
Empress Dowager Dou, who was sitting in the main seat, was almost blind. Since she couldn't see the lower head, she turned her head and asked her son: "What's wrong with the lower head? How is Wu'er dancing?"
Liu Qizheng listened to the music with his eyes half closed, and when he was asked, he laughed: "Mother, Sheng'er is naughty, he played a new song specially, but the third brother only listened to the overtone and then took out his sheath to dance the sword. A provocation."
"Oh, Sheng'er failed to stop Wu'er." The old lady burst into joy, "Sheng'er is so young, it's rare to be able to compose this song, so don't blame him."
"How could it be?" Liu Qi laughed, "It's just a joke between uncles and nephews. This also shows that Sheng'er and the third brother are very close."
The emperor made a judgment, so naturally no one would be disappointed at this time.
After the dance of King Liang, King Zhongshan also drew back his strings and sleeves, and they both stood up and bowed to the emperor.
Liu Qi waved his hands with a smile and boasted a few words to make the matter completely definitive. Then he nodded to Liu Sheng and cursed with a smile: "Your uncle is proficient in melody, and you, a beginner, can't trouble him."
"Beginner?" Liu Wu was a little surprised, he asked Liu Qi, "Brother Huang, how long has Sheng'er been studying?"
Liu Qi pretended to be thinking, and asked the servant beside him, "About less than one year old?"
"Is that so?" Liu Wu showed surprise, "I just heard the piece played by Sheng'er, the plucking is excellent, and there is soul in the sound, I thought he practiced the piano since he was a child, it seems that Sheng'er is here. Excellent talent."
Of course, every old father doesn't like others to praise his son, and Liu Qi is no exception. He waved his big hand and said that he would reward his son with this piano. He hoped that his son would continue to study hard and not disappoint this piano.
Xia Anran lowered her head and glanced at the "Pearl's Secret Cast", and suddenly felt a sense of guilt.
Xu Shi accepted this task, probably knowing that all ancient objects have souls, now when he looks at his violin, he feels that a task similar to "Find me a real owner of the violin" will be released in a few years , I feel brain pain.
After a long period of time, he held the piano and practiced the piano very seriously.
This will not be mentioned later.
After brothers Liu Qi and Liu Wu performed performances successively, the princes and kings from all walks of life naturally also stepped forward to perform performances in order to show their respect.
Even the plays of comedians and prostitutes were taken away by these noble marquises and kings, and could only be reduced to soundtracks.
Xia Anran was also very happy to watch, but he felt a bit uncomfortable when Feng Shui was transferred to them.
Why do you still take turns performing shows one by one?Shouldn't this be voluntary registration?
Naturally, no one was going to reason with him at this time.The king of Hejian performed a piece of playing, singing the music of the pre-Qin period, which is very ancient.
The fourth brother, King Lu, danced for everyone, while his brother Liu Fei, the fifth brother, danced with swords. Later, the two performed an impromptu dance.They are all brothers. Although they haven't rehearsed, they still have a good understanding.
Then it was Liu Fa, the sixth son of Little Transparent Emperor.As the only feudal lord here except Liu Zhi who doesn't have a half-brother, he can only perform alone, and he took a deep breath and left the stage after seeing a few instructions from his fellow musician.
Probably because he seldom participated in this scene, Liu Fa's movements were extremely stiff, and he couldn't let go.The people next to you are cruising back and forth in the entire hall. After all, it presents a long strip shape. If you stand still, the people behind you will not be able to see you. It would be impolite for the guests to stretch their necks to see you, so basically everyone will Try to make as many turns as possible to increase the audience's engagement, and occasionally there will be a cooperative action, such as stealing a wine cup from someone else's table after a beautiful roundabout.
However, Liu Fa's movements were extremely stiff. At first glance, he seemed to be just dawdling in place, moving around but not going anywhere else.
And the action was extremely funny, as if he had set himself a transparent frame that only he could see, and the whole person was confined inside.
Even walking is taking small steps. In Xia Anran's view, this is a bit like a mechanical dance.
In modern times, the cool dance moves should be accompanied by music, but now it is very funny to be accompanied by Gagaku, even the waiter serving Queen Mother Dou is snickering.
Liu Qi also laughed so hard that he only slapped the table. With his personality, it was extremely rare for him to make such a move.
When the dance was over, Liu Qi wiped away the tears from laughing, and nodded to his son standing in the middle, "What kind of dance are you doing? Did you create it yourself?"
Obviously it was just a non-intense dance move, but Liu Fa's face was dripping with sweat. He bowed and said, "Return to father, this is not created by my son, what I dance is elegant music."
"I've never seen such elegant music like you." The smile on Liu Qi's face faded a little, he waved his hands, "you don't look like elegant music with your hands and feet tied."
Yayue itself is a sacrificial song. Although it has gradually been reduced to a dance that can be enjoyed at ordinary banquets during the Jingdi Dynasty, its solemnity has not diminished.
Playing Gagaku itself is also a more formal banquet.
Liu Qi himself liked Yale very much, so his joyful mood faded when he heard his son say this, and he didn't really like this unexpected son too much.
Unexpectedly, Liu Fa said something that he didn't expect.
"Returning to the emperor, my son knows that he will practice dancing every day during this pilgrimage, but the palace is too small, and it has become like this over time. My son is guilty."
It can still be like this—these words popped up in the hearts of all the princes and kings present.
The territory of King Changsha's feudal kingdom is indeed small among the princes and kings, especially its special terrain determines its plains and less arable area.
But this is because the neighboring country of Changsha is Nanyue.As the land that Liu Qi is always on guard and wants to take back, the original Changsha Kingdom lost many counties when it was Liu Fa's turn, and those counties were filled with ordinary counties directly under the jurisdiction of the central government. county.And the imperial court stationed troops there.
It is natural to garrison troops to garrison food.Since grain is to be stored, it is natural that all the good land will be distributed.
As a result, Changsha is very embarrassed.
Talk about a closed country, but all you get are problematic areas, and all the good places are taken away by the old man!
Isn't what this old man did a little unkind?
But if you are not satisfied, there is no place to reason. No matter who makes Liu Fa's mother herself, she is not favored. Her mother Tang Ji is a maid who serves by the side of Cheng Ji, the biological mother of four, five, and three princes. When Ji Ji was born, Cheng Ji had her period, so she sent Tang Ji up.
Of course Liu Qi had no feelings for Tang Ji, and he was not short of sons, and the sixth son of the emperor was in the middle. Soon, the favored Mrs. Jia gave birth to their first son for the emperor.
The emperor's seventh son was born, and the sixth son's life as a short-lived young son ended. Naturally, he would no longer receive the attention of his old father, but fortunately, Empress Bo also took care of the children carefully, so Liu Fa and his mother did not suffer from this. be slowed down.
Since he has no feelings, he certainly has no guilt or guilt when arranging the fiefdom.After all, according to today's rules, sealing the country to you is already a good treatment!
But no matter how small the feudal country is, the palace is not too small. After all, every prince took a sum of construction funds with him when he was a feudal vassal. The poorer the place, the cheaper the labor force. It is reasonable to say that Liu Fa brought this A sum of money can build a nice palace.
As for how to fix it afterwards, that is another matter.
Everyone's starting conditions are similar, and naturally they are well aware of the situation when they just joined the feudal clan.
Yes, Liu Fa, I thought you were an honest person, but I didn't expect you to be the most cunning!
Liu Fa's move is completely singing a bitter drama, complaining to his father-father, you see, my life is so inhumane that I can't even straighten my arms and legs!Can you see if we can give you a bigger place?
Liu Qi could naturally understand this blatant misery. He laughed angrily, waved his hand and nodded at his son, "You, you..."
But his son had put up his face to ask for the land, and he couldn't completely deny his son face, otherwise it would be unreasonable.Considering that the "homework" handed in by his son this time can be regarded as meaningful, the method of sugar production is indeed profitable. If it works well, it can be regarded as a way to make a fortune for a lifetime.
All kinds of thoughts in the emperor's mind only took a few breaths, and he didn't see at all that he had just done some brainstorming.At that moment, Liu Qi allocated another three counties to his son, filling the border of Changsha.
But in this way, Liu Qi was also afraid that the next few sons would follow suit, so he quickly found an excuse to end the dinner.
There are only two winners in this banquet.
One is Xia Anran who got a guqin, and the other is Liu Fa who got three counties.
When leaving the arena, the brothers in front of Liu Fa all had "I can't see it, you boy!" eyes shining in their eyes when they passed by him.
Several princes younger than Liu Fa also poked him behind his back with small eyes.After all, let alone the limelight being robbed, we were also deprived of the opportunity to perform, what's the matter!
Liu Fa... Liu Fa doesn't care!
Liu Fa is about to be overjoyed!
His move this time was also a gamble. One bad thing was that he was completely disgusted by his father, but he still made this decision after discussing with the Prime Minister of Changsha.
The geographical location of Changsha is really not good. In the north, there is Yunmengze that is constantly expanding and eroding towards them. In the south, there is the Nanyue Kingdom. Bringing pressure on the security management.
These pressures made the military expenditure of the Changsha Kingdom very large. In addition to going to the mountains to sweep the forest and arrest savages and bandits, the Changsha Kingdom itself also insisted on training troops to win South Vietnam.
Although the friction between the two sides has decreased a lot recently, whether it is the prime minister or the lieutenant of Changsha, since Liu Fa became a feudal clan, what the ears hear and the eyes see is South Vietnam and Vietnam.
When the prime minister has nothing to do, he studies the map. When the lieutenant has nothing to do, he goes up the mountain to study the water situation, and he also trains the sailors. These are all money.
The land area of Changsha is small, and the big head of taxation—the poll tax is not high, there is no way to increase revenue, and it is impossible to reduce expenditure. The result is that the soldiers try their best to be self-sufficient. .
Really, this kind of treatment would bring tears of bitterness to the national soldiers of any country.The army of Changsha State thoughtfully tried not to burden Changsha State's precarious finances, but Liu Fa couldn't say nothing at all.
Although he was not favored, he grew up in the palace anyway, so he could naturally know from the clues that the Nanyue Kingdom was a thorn in the old father's heart, second only to the Huns.
Nangong's marriage this time is obviously because his father wants to stabilize the north for the time being.
What is the purpose of stabilizing the north?Naturally, the threat from the south must be resolved.So after discussing with the kingdom's subjects for several days, he was finally ready to take the risk.
— take a gamble.
If he wins the bet, maybe his father will really give him some land. The larger the land, the more income and population.Losing the bet is nothing more than being rejected by the old father. Anyway, the old father never liked him.
And Liu Fa has another purpose.
The bean sent by Zhongshan has already been planted in Changsha. The climate in Changsha is suitable, and the crop of bean is easy to manage and grows well. Liu Fa has already tried the method of cooking tofu. All of the following indicated that the crop was fully acceptable.
In this way, he can excavate some relatively barren land to plant beans, and he can also get an extra harvest.So the land is very important. With this kind of crop that hardly picks the place, he can develop more wasteland.
Shu is not liked by birds, and once it is ripe, you only need to tap the husk lightly and it will burst open. It is much more convenient to harvest than small grains of wheat, rice and millet.For farmers, it is not too much trouble to grow some beans.
If Shudang can be preserved for a long time, as my younger brother said, there will be one more item of dry food for soldiers, and they will not need to rely entirely on pancakes, thus reducing the demand for farmland output.
The most important thing is that once the supply catches up and the non-staple food increases, it also means that farmers no longer need to turn around in the farmland for staple food every day, and they can also have surplus labor to invest in other businesses, such as sugar production.
Although he had already labeled Nanyue as an enemy in his heart, Liu Fa still maintained a very good relationship with Nanyue in appearance. After he confirmed the output of red sugar, he directly signed an order for sugar cane supply with merchants in Nanyue.
In South Vietnam, sugar cane is worthless at all.But for the merchants, in a blink of an eye they found four times or even five times the price difference. Liu Fa cut it in half without changing his face. In the end, the South Vietnamese merchant finally gave in after getting soybean products as a bonus.
Nanyue businessmen were shocked after trying the bean products of Changsha country by accident. Whether it is mellow and sweet bean milk, fresh tofu, or bean coat and dried tofu, they are all delicious. Nanyue businessmen almost only need to taste The taste is enough to imagine the dishes it can cook.
Especially tofu itself, how delicious it would be in fish soup.
But there is no way, Nanyue country is not suitable for growing soybeans.
The growth of soybeans requires a lot of light, and there is also a temperature difference between day and night. Changsha itself is not suitable for planting, but there are mountains, the temperature in the mountains is cold, and the temperature difference between day and night is large.
Today, the rain belt is still in the Yellow River Basin, and the precipitation in Changsha, which belongs to the Yangtze River Basin, is far less frequent than in later generations.But the Nanyue Kingdom is different. The precipitation in the Nanyue Kingdom mainly comes from the transpiration of water vapor from the sea.
When buying things that he can’t grow at home, he can only make concessions. The South Vietnamese businessman purchased a large amount of dried tofu. Suddenly he saw the merchant beckoning him to a jar mysteriously, and said in his mouth: "Come on, little one." Brother, let me show you a baby..."
The unsuspecting South Vietnamese businessman approached curiously. Later, according to his recollection, at that moment...he seemed to see the ultimate.
"Eh, so, brother really made stinky tofu?" Xia Anran was sitting in the building, holding a small stove and simmering a pot of soup. He stopped Liu Fa while talking with him. He was about to move his hand that wanted to lift the lid off the pot.
But whether it was Liu Zhi or the passers-by, when they saw this mysterious small pot, they all wanted to open it immediately.
Without him, too!fragrant!up!
The king of Zhongshan sat on the corridor with his brothers and a few people, holding a small red clay stove and slowly stewing the clay pot there. I don’t know what is in it, but the traces of it are that they have never heard of it. An alluring taste.
Some are like expensive spices, but they are more complex. Various flavors are mixed together, and the final common response of the human body is the crazy secretion of saliva.
Liu Fa's eyes couldn't help but glanced down at the clay pot. He saw his younger brother holding the piano that his father gave him and fiddled with it in such a fragrant environment. He seemed calm and naturally full. He couldn't help admiring his appearance, and after admiring him, he finally couldn't help it, and gave Liu Xiaoshen a wink.
Liu Xiaozhu and this elder brother hadn't met a few times, but at this time, because they both had the same goal, they immediately understood each other just by meeting their eyes.
One of the two staggered, one rushed into the little king's arms like a small cannonball and successfully trapped him, giving the other a chance to open the cover.
Liu Fa opened the lid of the pottery pot, and after the steam hit the face was the fresh fragrance that had tempted them for a long time.
When the steam dissipated a bit, he took a closer look. He didn't know how Xia Anran poured it out. The liquid in the pot was all black, and the objects inside were also dyed dark brown, which looked particularly inconspicuous. , but his sense of smell is telling him—your vision has deceived you!This is sure to be delicious.
"As for what!" Xia Anran held down his younger brother's waving hand to prevent him from getting up, dumbfounded.
Dou Wan, who was by the side, supported him from the back and straightened him upright. The little king hugged his chubby brother in his arms like a little pillow, and in turn stopped his younger brother's curious behavior of wanting to see it. .
ah!Brother is too bad!
Liu Xiaoshen immediately realized that he had been put in a different position, and he didn't struggle too much. He just stretched his neck and tried to look at it. When he saw nothing, he immediately turned around with a pure face, "Brother, what are you doing?"
The little expression is so harmless, it can't be seen that he and his brother did something like peeking just now.Xia Anran pinched the cheeks of the baby at home with both hands, rubbed it once and for all, and said to Liu Fa: "Brother, cover it first, it should not be tasted yet."
Liu Fa reluctantly closed the lid, then sat back down again, with a face that continued to live on the scent just now, "What are you doing? It smells so good?"
"It's the sauce from Zhongshan Kingdom..." Xia Anran smacked her lips, "I brought a jar with me to show my father the finished product. Now those sauces are all in the palace, so I only have these outside."
That's right, the little king originally brought the jar of soy sauce to show his old father.In fact, these sauces were not yet ready to be harvested, and the old man and he immediately took away the whole jar as soon as they were sure that these sauces were edible now.
This pot is still full of dry sauce, there is no soy sauce, so it was taken away by someone, Xia Anran didn't believe that his father would wait until the finished product was produced, and definitely eat it directly with dipping sauce or wrap it Sauce to eat.
Hmph, he has already seen through the peeing nature of northerners!The unique skill in the north is that everything can be sauced!
He is [-]% sure that when the soy sauce comes out, his father will find an excuse to ask his son for it.
In the end, the little king tried his best to leave a small bowl from the sauce jar, and thus got a lot of expensive spices from his father. These spices are now in the pot, barely forming a stewed soup.
When Liu Fa and the others heard that there were a bunch of expensive ingredients that made his heart bleed, and the final object of service was a few cheap chicken and dried tofu, he was numb.
Too...too extravagant.
Liu Fa couldn't help being speechless, he looked at this younger brother with something wrong, and the words "prodigal son" were written brightly.
Xia Anran ignored him, pushed the piano table aside, then hugged her younger brother and continued to inquire about the tofu topic he cared about.
When it comes to stinky tofu, Liu Fa feels sad.
The younger brother swears that anything covered with straw can grow fine hairs, white ones, black ones, let alone green ones. He also said that his mountain top has good feng shui and it is easy to grow them... so that Liu Fa was killed by Changsha. The Prime Minister of the State has persuaded him many times overtly and secretly, the key point is not to waste food.
After many failures, the craftsmen of Changsha Kingdom finally mastered some skills. The problem is that no one dares to eat the tofu they made in the end.
Hearing this, Xia Anran's eyes drifted away.
During the fermentation process, protein will be decomposed into ammonia and sulfur compounds, and unfortunately... these two substances also exist in large quantities in the cesspit.
He can probably understand the feelings of Changsha people whose noses have not been destroyed by chemicals and fragrances when they open the jar that has been sealed for a long time.
Liu Fa said calmly: "When the jar was opened, the prime minister dragged me away, so I didn't smell the smell at the beginning. It is said... that I fainted a few times."
He took a jar and put it on the table, and said to his brothers, "Would you like to try it? This jar hasn't been opened yet."
He said enthusiastically: "I don't know whether it will be successful or not. I would like to try it with my brother."
The author has something to say:
Liu Bang: Dancing is worse than dancing, chatting is better than dancing, making yourself feel comfortable is everyone's talent.
Xiao He: +1
Fan Kuai: +2
Zhou Bo: +3
Courtiers: +N
Liu Fa: Continue to dance. It is better to dance than to ask for something. If you beg your father in this way, you will not be lonely and have no burden if you fail~
Brothers: Cunning!
Brothers: Treacherous!
Uncle and Grandson: Heartbroken!
Cough
This is true. Changsha King Liu Fa really got the land by dancing.
It is said that according to the law of the Han Dynasty, although it is more relaxed than that of the Qin Dynasty, in fact, more than three people will be punished for holding a banquet "without reason".
So it happened... A certain family had an accident, and the whole village watched. In order to relax, even if someone died in the family, others would come to watch and join in the fun and have a banquet.
cough.
Didn't I say it before?In the beginning, the wedding was supposed to be quiet and not to tell others, but the reason why it became a lively scene where everyone eats a banquet later may also have something to do with this rule.
After all, even funerals can hold banquets, especially weddings.
Dancing, especially mass dancing, is actually a good way to relieve stress. The younger generation probably only knows square dancing!In fact, disco and ballroom dancing were very popular in the 80s and 90s. Basically, parents who were still talking about friends at that time would go to the ballroom to dance.
The early square dance was also a fitness dance in the community. I remember I had it when I was a child. At that time, it was fan dance or something (I also learned to swing the fan to close the fan!)
The more stressful life is, the greater the need for entertainment.
This is inevitable.
That's right, dance in person.
Among the social items of men in the Han Dynasty, dancing must be included.Of course, if you are a military commander, you can also choose to dance swords. In short, you have to dance, even if it is a awkward dance.
This is because of the traditions of the old Liu family left by their ancestor Liu Bang and the many heroes who founded the country.
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the legal system was strict, and the high-pressure environment would naturally force a highly developed entertainment demand. However, the Qin Dynasty itself cracked down on the entertainment industry, and drinking became a means of venting, and it was also an activity for the wealthy.At the same time, the art of dance was also developed, but Qin Fa also restricted the existence of kabuki and the number of banquets and the number of people, etc...
Then I can jump to the headquarters by myself, right?
When Liu Bang was young, he was a well-known "two gangster", proficient in almost all entertainment skills, including singing and dancing, not to mention songs, he wrote the "National Anthem" of the big man.
Therefore, the Han Dynasty was relatively more enlightened in terms of singing and dancing than the Qin Dynasty. After all, the ancestors used this method to make friends, and many of these friends were founding generals.
Cough, in the early days, it was also a good way to decompress if everyone won the victory and danced together.
Hanyan has the etiquette custom of "dancing belongs to each other", which is similar to western ballroom dancing.The host of the banquet dances to the last song first, and then he invites guests randomly, and the invited guests must dance along, and then everyone dances together.
But he didn't expect Liu Qi to activate this mode. After all, this is not a routine etiquette, it's more like an impromptu act, the kind that can be done or not.
But Liu Qi used the excuse that the people here today are all from his own family. Although it was a formal meeting, it could also be called a family banquet. He invited everyone to "play games" together, so who could shirk it?
Xia Anran looked at this scene with a very stiff expression.
Dancing at this time is actually swaying in time with the beat, and those of Liu Qi's level will naturally sway with a long sword.Liu Qi had practiced martial arts, so the movements he put on were naturally not empty-handed, and there was a lot of tension in every movement and stillness.
What Xia Anran is afraid of is...he really can't dance!
It's not that he hasn't practiced before, but the environment where his limbs are coordinated can't help stiffening when he puts it on the music, which is particularly embarrassing at first glance.
Although he was sure that his father would not come to cheat him, he was not sure that others would not. It would be unfriendly if he didn't play to embarrass him at this time.Cai Yong, a great writer in the Eastern Han Dynasty, directly offended the master because he refused someone else's invitation, and finally ran away in embarrassment.
Xia Anran was dripping with cold sweat, he unconsciously looked towards the opposite side, and suddenly found that many uncles were looking at him in this direction.
Immediately, the hairs on the little king's back stood on end.
He suddenly recalled Zhidu's warning to him before. As a typical case, he is undoubtedly very unpleasant in the hearts of the princes and kings.To put it simply, in the row opposite, no one had a crush on him.
Not to mention the opposite side, there are very few people in his own row who can be called his own.
It was too much before, and now it must pay the price.
In fact, it was nothing at all, but there was a historian at this banquet.
At that time, the attributive "Zhongshan Wang, clumsy" has been passed down through the ages, he doesn't want to lose face?
The little king, who was heavily burdened by idols, glanced around and saw a pair of guqin at the musician's place, and his eyes lit up immediately.
He can play the guqin, which was taught by Tai Fu Qu Yi.
Xia Anran doesn't know what level his playing level is in this era, but people who listen to him playing the piano can usually listen to a piece quietly, and it should be able to catch their ears.
So, when Liu Qiyi finished dancing and invited Brother Liu Wu to dance together, the little king raised his hand to signal him to accompany him.
Liu Qi naturally agreed with great interest.It is definitely not shameful for a son to accompany his father and uncle at such a banquet. On the contrary, it is extremely embarrassing. Of course Liu Qi knew that his son had never learned Guqin before he left Beijing. He learned it from the Empress Dowager. Naturally, the technical requirements are not high, as long as it can not deviate from the sound.
Liu Qi turned his head and teased Liang Wang Liu Wu, "You are a real uncle, you have to step on the beat."
Liu Wu smiled casually, took the long sword lent to him by his elder brother and said to Xia Anran: "Nephew, if uncle can't dance well, you have to take responsibility!"
The little king sat cross-legged, and all the food and drink on the table in front of him were removed.Liu Qi specially ordered his attendants to bring him a good piano, and the young boy was tuning it to get used to it.Hearing Liu Wu's words, he raised his head and smiled shyly at King Liang, his fingers kept cutting, and a series of unfamiliar tones played.
Liang Wang was a little stunned when he received the voice, and then he directly drew his sword out of its sheath.He bluntly said: "Such a free and easy song, uncle, I can't hide my sword in the sheath."
After saying that, he saw his sword light flash, and the blade light pierced through the air and went away.
Empress Dowager Dou, who was sitting in the main seat, was almost blind. Since she couldn't see the lower head, she turned her head and asked her son: "What's wrong with the lower head? How is Wu'er dancing?"
Liu Qizheng listened to the music with his eyes half closed, and when he was asked, he laughed: "Mother, Sheng'er is naughty, he played a new song specially, but the third brother only listened to the overtone and then took out his sheath to dance the sword. A provocation."
"Oh, Sheng'er failed to stop Wu'er." The old lady burst into joy, "Sheng'er is so young, it's rare to be able to compose this song, so don't blame him."
"How could it be?" Liu Qi laughed, "It's just a joke between uncles and nephews. This also shows that Sheng'er and the third brother are very close."
The emperor made a judgment, so naturally no one would be disappointed at this time.
After the dance of King Liang, King Zhongshan also drew back his strings and sleeves, and they both stood up and bowed to the emperor.
Liu Qi waved his hands with a smile and boasted a few words to make the matter completely definitive. Then he nodded to Liu Sheng and cursed with a smile: "Your uncle is proficient in melody, and you, a beginner, can't trouble him."
"Beginner?" Liu Wu was a little surprised, he asked Liu Qi, "Brother Huang, how long has Sheng'er been studying?"
Liu Qi pretended to be thinking, and asked the servant beside him, "About less than one year old?"
"Is that so?" Liu Wu showed surprise, "I just heard the piece played by Sheng'er, the plucking is excellent, and there is soul in the sound, I thought he practiced the piano since he was a child, it seems that Sheng'er is here. Excellent talent."
Of course, every old father doesn't like others to praise his son, and Liu Qi is no exception. He waved his big hand and said that he would reward his son with this piano. He hoped that his son would continue to study hard and not disappoint this piano.
Xia Anran lowered her head and glanced at the "Pearl's Secret Cast", and suddenly felt a sense of guilt.
Xu Shi accepted this task, probably knowing that all ancient objects have souls, now when he looks at his violin, he feels that a task similar to "Find me a real owner of the violin" will be released in a few years , I feel brain pain.
After a long period of time, he held the piano and practiced the piano very seriously.
This will not be mentioned later.
After brothers Liu Qi and Liu Wu performed performances successively, the princes and kings from all walks of life naturally also stepped forward to perform performances in order to show their respect.
Even the plays of comedians and prostitutes were taken away by these noble marquises and kings, and could only be reduced to soundtracks.
Xia Anran was also very happy to watch, but he felt a bit uncomfortable when Feng Shui was transferred to them.
Why do you still take turns performing shows one by one?Shouldn't this be voluntary registration?
Naturally, no one was going to reason with him at this time.The king of Hejian performed a piece of playing, singing the music of the pre-Qin period, which is very ancient.
The fourth brother, King Lu, danced for everyone, while his brother Liu Fei, the fifth brother, danced with swords. Later, the two performed an impromptu dance.They are all brothers. Although they haven't rehearsed, they still have a good understanding.
Then it was Liu Fa, the sixth son of Little Transparent Emperor.As the only feudal lord here except Liu Zhi who doesn't have a half-brother, he can only perform alone, and he took a deep breath and left the stage after seeing a few instructions from his fellow musician.
Probably because he seldom participated in this scene, Liu Fa's movements were extremely stiff, and he couldn't let go.The people next to you are cruising back and forth in the entire hall. After all, it presents a long strip shape. If you stand still, the people behind you will not be able to see you. It would be impolite for the guests to stretch their necks to see you, so basically everyone will Try to make as many turns as possible to increase the audience's engagement, and occasionally there will be a cooperative action, such as stealing a wine cup from someone else's table after a beautiful roundabout.
However, Liu Fa's movements were extremely stiff. At first glance, he seemed to be just dawdling in place, moving around but not going anywhere else.
And the action was extremely funny, as if he had set himself a transparent frame that only he could see, and the whole person was confined inside.
Even walking is taking small steps. In Xia Anran's view, this is a bit like a mechanical dance.
In modern times, the cool dance moves should be accompanied by music, but now it is very funny to be accompanied by Gagaku, even the waiter serving Queen Mother Dou is snickering.
Liu Qi also laughed so hard that he only slapped the table. With his personality, it was extremely rare for him to make such a move.
When the dance was over, Liu Qi wiped away the tears from laughing, and nodded to his son standing in the middle, "What kind of dance are you doing? Did you create it yourself?"
Obviously it was just a non-intense dance move, but Liu Fa's face was dripping with sweat. He bowed and said, "Return to father, this is not created by my son, what I dance is elegant music."
"I've never seen such elegant music like you." The smile on Liu Qi's face faded a little, he waved his hands, "you don't look like elegant music with your hands and feet tied."
Yayue itself is a sacrificial song. Although it has gradually been reduced to a dance that can be enjoyed at ordinary banquets during the Jingdi Dynasty, its solemnity has not diminished.
Playing Gagaku itself is also a more formal banquet.
Liu Qi himself liked Yale very much, so his joyful mood faded when he heard his son say this, and he didn't really like this unexpected son too much.
Unexpectedly, Liu Fa said something that he didn't expect.
"Returning to the emperor, my son knows that he will practice dancing every day during this pilgrimage, but the palace is too small, and it has become like this over time. My son is guilty."
It can still be like this—these words popped up in the hearts of all the princes and kings present.
The territory of King Changsha's feudal kingdom is indeed small among the princes and kings, especially its special terrain determines its plains and less arable area.
But this is because the neighboring country of Changsha is Nanyue.As the land that Liu Qi is always on guard and wants to take back, the original Changsha Kingdom lost many counties when it was Liu Fa's turn, and those counties were filled with ordinary counties directly under the jurisdiction of the central government. county.And the imperial court stationed troops there.
It is natural to garrison troops to garrison food.Since grain is to be stored, it is natural that all the good land will be distributed.
As a result, Changsha is very embarrassed.
Talk about a closed country, but all you get are problematic areas, and all the good places are taken away by the old man!
Isn't what this old man did a little unkind?
But if you are not satisfied, there is no place to reason. No matter who makes Liu Fa's mother herself, she is not favored. Her mother Tang Ji is a maid who serves by the side of Cheng Ji, the biological mother of four, five, and three princes. When Ji Ji was born, Cheng Ji had her period, so she sent Tang Ji up.
Of course Liu Qi had no feelings for Tang Ji, and he was not short of sons, and the sixth son of the emperor was in the middle. Soon, the favored Mrs. Jia gave birth to their first son for the emperor.
The emperor's seventh son was born, and the sixth son's life as a short-lived young son ended. Naturally, he would no longer receive the attention of his old father, but fortunately, Empress Bo also took care of the children carefully, so Liu Fa and his mother did not suffer from this. be slowed down.
Since he has no feelings, he certainly has no guilt or guilt when arranging the fiefdom.After all, according to today's rules, sealing the country to you is already a good treatment!
But no matter how small the feudal country is, the palace is not too small. After all, every prince took a sum of construction funds with him when he was a feudal vassal. The poorer the place, the cheaper the labor force. It is reasonable to say that Liu Fa brought this A sum of money can build a nice palace.
As for how to fix it afterwards, that is another matter.
Everyone's starting conditions are similar, and naturally they are well aware of the situation when they just joined the feudal clan.
Yes, Liu Fa, I thought you were an honest person, but I didn't expect you to be the most cunning!
Liu Fa's move is completely singing a bitter drama, complaining to his father-father, you see, my life is so inhumane that I can't even straighten my arms and legs!Can you see if we can give you a bigger place?
Liu Qi could naturally understand this blatant misery. He laughed angrily, waved his hand and nodded at his son, "You, you..."
But his son had put up his face to ask for the land, and he couldn't completely deny his son face, otherwise it would be unreasonable.Considering that the "homework" handed in by his son this time can be regarded as meaningful, the method of sugar production is indeed profitable. If it works well, it can be regarded as a way to make a fortune for a lifetime.
All kinds of thoughts in the emperor's mind only took a few breaths, and he didn't see at all that he had just done some brainstorming.At that moment, Liu Qi allocated another three counties to his son, filling the border of Changsha.
But in this way, Liu Qi was also afraid that the next few sons would follow suit, so he quickly found an excuse to end the dinner.
There are only two winners in this banquet.
One is Xia Anran who got a guqin, and the other is Liu Fa who got three counties.
When leaving the arena, the brothers in front of Liu Fa all had "I can't see it, you boy!" eyes shining in their eyes when they passed by him.
Several princes younger than Liu Fa also poked him behind his back with small eyes.After all, let alone the limelight being robbed, we were also deprived of the opportunity to perform, what's the matter!
Liu Fa... Liu Fa doesn't care!
Liu Fa is about to be overjoyed!
His move this time was also a gamble. One bad thing was that he was completely disgusted by his father, but he still made this decision after discussing with the Prime Minister of Changsha.
The geographical location of Changsha is really not good. In the north, there is Yunmengze that is constantly expanding and eroding towards them. In the south, there is the Nanyue Kingdom. Bringing pressure on the security management.
These pressures made the military expenditure of the Changsha Kingdom very large. In addition to going to the mountains to sweep the forest and arrest savages and bandits, the Changsha Kingdom itself also insisted on training troops to win South Vietnam.
Although the friction between the two sides has decreased a lot recently, whether it is the prime minister or the lieutenant of Changsha, since Liu Fa became a feudal clan, what the ears hear and the eyes see is South Vietnam and Vietnam.
When the prime minister has nothing to do, he studies the map. When the lieutenant has nothing to do, he goes up the mountain to study the water situation, and he also trains the sailors. These are all money.
The land area of Changsha is small, and the big head of taxation—the poll tax is not high, there is no way to increase revenue, and it is impossible to reduce expenditure. The result is that the soldiers try their best to be self-sufficient. .
Really, this kind of treatment would bring tears of bitterness to the national soldiers of any country.The army of Changsha State thoughtfully tried not to burden Changsha State's precarious finances, but Liu Fa couldn't say nothing at all.
Although he was not favored, he grew up in the palace anyway, so he could naturally know from the clues that the Nanyue Kingdom was a thorn in the old father's heart, second only to the Huns.
Nangong's marriage this time is obviously because his father wants to stabilize the north for the time being.
What is the purpose of stabilizing the north?Naturally, the threat from the south must be resolved.So after discussing with the kingdom's subjects for several days, he was finally ready to take the risk.
— take a gamble.
If he wins the bet, maybe his father will really give him some land. The larger the land, the more income and population.Losing the bet is nothing more than being rejected by the old father. Anyway, the old father never liked him.
And Liu Fa has another purpose.
The bean sent by Zhongshan has already been planted in Changsha. The climate in Changsha is suitable, and the crop of bean is easy to manage and grows well. Liu Fa has already tried the method of cooking tofu. All of the following indicated that the crop was fully acceptable.
In this way, he can excavate some relatively barren land to plant beans, and he can also get an extra harvest.So the land is very important. With this kind of crop that hardly picks the place, he can develop more wasteland.
Shu is not liked by birds, and once it is ripe, you only need to tap the husk lightly and it will burst open. It is much more convenient to harvest than small grains of wheat, rice and millet.For farmers, it is not too much trouble to grow some beans.
If Shudang can be preserved for a long time, as my younger brother said, there will be one more item of dry food for soldiers, and they will not need to rely entirely on pancakes, thus reducing the demand for farmland output.
The most important thing is that once the supply catches up and the non-staple food increases, it also means that farmers no longer need to turn around in the farmland for staple food every day, and they can also have surplus labor to invest in other businesses, such as sugar production.
Although he had already labeled Nanyue as an enemy in his heart, Liu Fa still maintained a very good relationship with Nanyue in appearance. After he confirmed the output of red sugar, he directly signed an order for sugar cane supply with merchants in Nanyue.
In South Vietnam, sugar cane is worthless at all.But for the merchants, in a blink of an eye they found four times or even five times the price difference. Liu Fa cut it in half without changing his face. In the end, the South Vietnamese merchant finally gave in after getting soybean products as a bonus.
Nanyue businessmen were shocked after trying the bean products of Changsha country by accident. Whether it is mellow and sweet bean milk, fresh tofu, or bean coat and dried tofu, they are all delicious. Nanyue businessmen almost only need to taste The taste is enough to imagine the dishes it can cook.
Especially tofu itself, how delicious it would be in fish soup.
But there is no way, Nanyue country is not suitable for growing soybeans.
The growth of soybeans requires a lot of light, and there is also a temperature difference between day and night. Changsha itself is not suitable for planting, but there are mountains, the temperature in the mountains is cold, and the temperature difference between day and night is large.
Today, the rain belt is still in the Yellow River Basin, and the precipitation in Changsha, which belongs to the Yangtze River Basin, is far less frequent than in later generations.But the Nanyue Kingdom is different. The precipitation in the Nanyue Kingdom mainly comes from the transpiration of water vapor from the sea.
When buying things that he can’t grow at home, he can only make concessions. The South Vietnamese businessman purchased a large amount of dried tofu. Suddenly he saw the merchant beckoning him to a jar mysteriously, and said in his mouth: "Come on, little one." Brother, let me show you a baby..."
The unsuspecting South Vietnamese businessman approached curiously. Later, according to his recollection, at that moment...he seemed to see the ultimate.
"Eh, so, brother really made stinky tofu?" Xia Anran was sitting in the building, holding a small stove and simmering a pot of soup. He stopped Liu Fa while talking with him. He was about to move his hand that wanted to lift the lid off the pot.
But whether it was Liu Zhi or the passers-by, when they saw this mysterious small pot, they all wanted to open it immediately.
Without him, too!fragrant!up!
The king of Zhongshan sat on the corridor with his brothers and a few people, holding a small red clay stove and slowly stewing the clay pot there. I don’t know what is in it, but the traces of it are that they have never heard of it. An alluring taste.
Some are like expensive spices, but they are more complex. Various flavors are mixed together, and the final common response of the human body is the crazy secretion of saliva.
Liu Fa's eyes couldn't help but glanced down at the clay pot. He saw his younger brother holding the piano that his father gave him and fiddled with it in such a fragrant environment. He seemed calm and naturally full. He couldn't help admiring his appearance, and after admiring him, he finally couldn't help it, and gave Liu Xiaoshen a wink.
Liu Xiaozhu and this elder brother hadn't met a few times, but at this time, because they both had the same goal, they immediately understood each other just by meeting their eyes.
One of the two staggered, one rushed into the little king's arms like a small cannonball and successfully trapped him, giving the other a chance to open the cover.
Liu Fa opened the lid of the pottery pot, and after the steam hit the face was the fresh fragrance that had tempted them for a long time.
When the steam dissipated a bit, he took a closer look. He didn't know how Xia Anran poured it out. The liquid in the pot was all black, and the objects inside were also dyed dark brown, which looked particularly inconspicuous. , but his sense of smell is telling him—your vision has deceived you!This is sure to be delicious.
"As for what!" Xia Anran held down his younger brother's waving hand to prevent him from getting up, dumbfounded.
Dou Wan, who was by the side, supported him from the back and straightened him upright. The little king hugged his chubby brother in his arms like a little pillow, and in turn stopped his younger brother's curious behavior of wanting to see it. .
ah!Brother is too bad!
Liu Xiaoshen immediately realized that he had been put in a different position, and he didn't struggle too much. He just stretched his neck and tried to look at it. When he saw nothing, he immediately turned around with a pure face, "Brother, what are you doing?"
The little expression is so harmless, it can't be seen that he and his brother did something like peeking just now.Xia Anran pinched the cheeks of the baby at home with both hands, rubbed it once and for all, and said to Liu Fa: "Brother, cover it first, it should not be tasted yet."
Liu Fa reluctantly closed the lid, then sat back down again, with a face that continued to live on the scent just now, "What are you doing? It smells so good?"
"It's the sauce from Zhongshan Kingdom..." Xia Anran smacked her lips, "I brought a jar with me to show my father the finished product. Now those sauces are all in the palace, so I only have these outside."
That's right, the little king originally brought the jar of soy sauce to show his old father.In fact, these sauces were not yet ready to be harvested, and the old man and he immediately took away the whole jar as soon as they were sure that these sauces were edible now.
This pot is still full of dry sauce, there is no soy sauce, so it was taken away by someone, Xia Anran didn't believe that his father would wait until the finished product was produced, and definitely eat it directly with dipping sauce or wrap it Sauce to eat.
Hmph, he has already seen through the peeing nature of northerners!The unique skill in the north is that everything can be sauced!
He is [-]% sure that when the soy sauce comes out, his father will find an excuse to ask his son for it.
In the end, the little king tried his best to leave a small bowl from the sauce jar, and thus got a lot of expensive spices from his father. These spices are now in the pot, barely forming a stewed soup.
When Liu Fa and the others heard that there were a bunch of expensive ingredients that made his heart bleed, and the final object of service was a few cheap chicken and dried tofu, he was numb.
Too...too extravagant.
Liu Fa couldn't help being speechless, he looked at this younger brother with something wrong, and the words "prodigal son" were written brightly.
Xia Anran ignored him, pushed the piano table aside, then hugged her younger brother and continued to inquire about the tofu topic he cared about.
When it comes to stinky tofu, Liu Fa feels sad.
The younger brother swears that anything covered with straw can grow fine hairs, white ones, black ones, let alone green ones. He also said that his mountain top has good feng shui and it is easy to grow them... so that Liu Fa was killed by Changsha. The Prime Minister of the State has persuaded him many times overtly and secretly, the key point is not to waste food.
After many failures, the craftsmen of Changsha Kingdom finally mastered some skills. The problem is that no one dares to eat the tofu they made in the end.
Hearing this, Xia Anran's eyes drifted away.
During the fermentation process, protein will be decomposed into ammonia and sulfur compounds, and unfortunately... these two substances also exist in large quantities in the cesspit.
He can probably understand the feelings of Changsha people whose noses have not been destroyed by chemicals and fragrances when they open the jar that has been sealed for a long time.
Liu Fa said calmly: "When the jar was opened, the prime minister dragged me away, so I didn't smell the smell at the beginning. It is said... that I fainted a few times."
He took a jar and put it on the table, and said to his brothers, "Would you like to try it? This jar hasn't been opened yet."
He said enthusiastically: "I don't know whether it will be successful or not. I would like to try it with my brother."
The author has something to say:
Liu Bang: Dancing is worse than dancing, chatting is better than dancing, making yourself feel comfortable is everyone's talent.
Xiao He: +1
Fan Kuai: +2
Zhou Bo: +3
Courtiers: +N
Liu Fa: Continue to dance. It is better to dance than to ask for something. If you beg your father in this way, you will not be lonely and have no burden if you fail~
Brothers: Cunning!
Brothers: Treacherous!
Uncle and Grandson: Heartbroken!
Cough
This is true. Changsha King Liu Fa really got the land by dancing.
It is said that according to the law of the Han Dynasty, although it is more relaxed than that of the Qin Dynasty, in fact, more than three people will be punished for holding a banquet "without reason".
So it happened... A certain family had an accident, and the whole village watched. In order to relax, even if someone died in the family, others would come to watch and join in the fun and have a banquet.
cough.
Didn't I say it before?In the beginning, the wedding was supposed to be quiet and not to tell others, but the reason why it became a lively scene where everyone eats a banquet later may also have something to do with this rule.
After all, even funerals can hold banquets, especially weddings.
Dancing, especially mass dancing, is actually a good way to relieve stress. The younger generation probably only knows square dancing!In fact, disco and ballroom dancing were very popular in the 80s and 90s. Basically, parents who were still talking about friends at that time would go to the ballroom to dance.
The early square dance was also a fitness dance in the community. I remember I had it when I was a child. At that time, it was fan dance or something (I also learned to swing the fan to close the fan!)
The more stressful life is, the greater the need for entertainment.
This is inevitable.
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