Chapter 419 The second round (five)
The gong show that day was held three times in a row. The first and the second were all about "the love story of the young master and the young lady". It was lingering and touching, which was more suitable for the appetite of ordinary people. During the preparations for the third session, the atmosphere around the theater suddenly became tense.
First, Liu Yu asked the female military guards to escort his family home. Soon after, the yamen and imperial guards of Jingzhao Mansion began to enter the field to guard several people in the wide open space. The people were originally watching the show, but suddenly they saw so many officials and families entering, as if they felt something big was going to happen. At this time, Sui Yu observed Liu Yu, and Liu Yu looked calm at this time, as if all this had been arranged by him long ago.
Then the Imperial Guard appeared surrounded by a group of officials. A young man walked in front of him. Unlike the Shunchao official dress that Gao Guanbo had brought later, he was wearing a heavy winter dress and a sable hat wrapped herself tightly. Sui Yu felt nervous because she had seen this person many times, and was the current emperor, Su Yan.
The emperor actually brought civil and military officials to the theater to watch the show!
Liu Yu, Sui Yi and Li Mi personally welcomed him, and Sui Yu had to follow him. As an official of the court and rank, Sui Yu knew the etiquette of welcoming the emperor, and ordinary women should avoid him when they see the emperor, which is also etiquette.
Although the emperor left the palace with a big show, he did not want to reveal his identity. Ordinary people only thought that it was a court official who came out to watch the show, but did not notice the existence of the emperor. Su Yan walked forward, Liu Yu just bowed and bowed, and then welcomed Su Yan to the main table and sat down. In front of the main table, in addition to the emperor and Liu Yu who accompanied him, there were also the right prime minister Han Sheng and the left prime minister Lan He, and Qu Zhu stood beside him in military uniform and swords. This table is also the current ruler of the military and political affairs of the Dashun Dynasty. It is the foundation of the entire Dashun court.
Sui Yu's grade was not high, so she could only temporarily have the same table as Sui Yi and Li Mi, two long tables away from the main table. Sui Yu glanced at Sui Yi. At this time, his brother was calm and composed. He should have also received news from Liu Yu that the emperor was about to watch the show.
"Brother, why didn't you say it before?" Sui Yu asked.
"What did you say?" Sui Yi said indifferently, "The emperor is coming today. I was notified until I finished the first show. Didn't you see that Brother Wen Yan has sent all his family back to the house? We are not careful when we watch our plays, and we don't care about nothing, anyway, it has nothing to do with us."
Sui Yu was helpless. Why was this brother so lacking in political sensitivity? When Hua Ji'an and the imperial army were about to return to Guanzhong, the emperor came out of the palace in person, in name of watching the show, and must have discussed important matters with Liu Yuyou, who was a vanguard general, and this matter was obviously not a "nothing business". Sui Yu thought again. Today was not the day of the court discussion. Today, the emperor just summoned some ministers from the Six-Taiwan Yamen and the Ministry of Works to discuss the cold prevention in Chang'an City. And the officials who came out with the emperor this time were also these officials. The emperor might have made a temporary decision to come out to watch the show, or it might have been prepared for a long time but didn't say it in advance.
The third scene finally started with a lot of calls. With the sound of gongs and drums, the actor-super role dressed in martial arts will appear on stage. When you see this scene, it is not the first two emotional scenes of love, but involves major issues in the country.
Afterwards, a charming old man appeared with a long sword.
It has to be said that after Liu Yu started working on the theater, Chang'an City's opera career has also made great progress. The actors have made innovations in their appearance, and they can tell at a glance that they are loyal or traitors. What is the character of this character? Now ordinary people in the theaters of teahouses often discuss these interesting plots. Although Sui Yu has never seen the play, she also knows that the old man is acting like a military general.
"I am Wutong, Luzhou..."
The first sentence of Lao Sheng sang in a silence, and the people also heard a lot of noise.
Wu Tong was a military general in the previous dynasty and was brothers with Su Li, the founding ancestor of the Shun Dynasty. Wu Tong and Su Li were meritorious generals of the Ding Dynasty in the previous dynasty, but later Wu Tong was framed and Tong was poisoned to death by Ding Dynasty and died in the border army by Ding Dynasty. Later, Su Li was unscrupulous in the Ding Dynasty army. A few years later, Su Li led his troops back to Chang'an City and drove the young emperor off the stage.
Su Li is the Emperor Taizu of Song who was wearing a yellow robe in this era.
Su Li built the Shun Dynasty two hundred years ago, while Shun Dynasty pacified the world sixty years ago. During this period, the ancestors of the Su family had been operating in the north. In the historical books compiled by the Shun Dynasty for the previous dynasty, Wu Tong was always portrayed as a treacherous minister, but there were different models among the people. After all, Wu Tong died strangely. According to general evidence, it was his good brother who framed Wu Tong's treason, the emperor.
Wu Tong's affairs have always been a taboo among the officials and people of the Shun Dynasty. No matter how enlightened the monarchs and dynasties are, there are also unwillingness to be touched by others, and their ruling power can be guaranteed. But the facts will always be restored to the truth.
Generally, the storytelling and opera cannot involve court affairs. This is the most basic limit. This drama is directly related to Su Li, the founding emperor of Shunchao. Anyone with a little political mind feels a crisis in his heart. Su Yu immediately glanced at Liu Yu, because Liu Yu was the creator of this drama, and Liu Yu was responsible for the writing and rehearsal of this drama. Obviously, Liu Yu was writing this drama from the beginning, and was prepared for Su Yan to watch it, but he didn't know what direction the drama would go, whether it would respect history or be subject to power.
The first part on the stage was Wu Tong's scene. By the second part, he was framed and there were many remarks in the lyrics that were dissatisfied with reality. Finally, he committed suicide by taking poison and sighed: "Brother, I'm sorry!"
Although the character Su Li did not appear from beginning to end, Wu Tong's sigh at the end of his life already pointed out the center of the play that Su Li killed Wu Tong.
When the whole play was finished, the people did not dare to applaud. After all, there were many high-ranking officials and nobles in front of them. Such public criticism of the founding emperor of Shun Dynasty was equivalent to disrespect. No matter who wrote the play, he would not end well. But at this time, the creator of the play, Liu Yu, was very calm, because the emperor in front of him was obviously not here to settle him.
"Master...this is over?"
Su Yan is a play-blind. Even though he knows the general meaning of opera on the stage, he doesn't understand what Liu Yu wants to express.
"Did you understand?" Liu Yu asked.
Su Yan shook his head honestly, Wu Tong, he seemed to have heard of Liu Tong before, and he didn't care who the surname Wu was.
He had already listened to the advice and stopped relying on Liu Yu's power, but in a blink of an eye, he seemed to have put aside his past grudges with Liu Yubing again. This made people in the court unable to understand this new emperor with a weak will.
Su Yan lowered his figure and came to Liu Yu for help, which had already caused the old ministers of the court to complain. However, Liu Yu did not say that he would help or not, so he directly asked him to watch such an obscure opera.
Lan He is the most hostile to Liu Yu among the people on this table. At this time, he glared at Liu Yu and shouted: "Marty Wuyi, is this the show you asked the emperor to watch today?"
Liu Yu smiled and said, "Is it good to write? Is it necessary for Lan Xiang to give me some comments?"
Lan He was quite helpless. He expected that with Liu Yu's knowledge, it was impossible not to know that this drama was a forbidden scene. When a forbidden scene was made, the emperor would have to watch it. Isn't it obvious that the emperor would give this drama to "rehabilitate" Wu Tong in history?
Lan He said helplessly: "Will a treacherous minister write a biography for him?"
Liu Yu smiled again and said, "I did not comment on whether he was loyal or traitorous. This is probably up to the emperor to judge. Emperor, what do you think?"
Su Yan looked embarrassed. He had only a little understanding of this drama just now, but he always felt that the "Wu Tong" on the stage was quite good, and it was also very satisfying to fight with foreigners in a live-action martial arts scene. Since it was a fight against foreigners, it should be a rank of loyal ministers.
"Loyal minister..."
Lan He quickly interrupted Su Yan and said, "Your Majesty, don't make random comments!"
Su Yan was stunned at first, looked at Lan He, and then Liu Yu, looking at Liu Yu, looking confused. This matter was so messy that he couldn't understand. He was just a character on the stage. Liu Yu seemed to force him to comment, but Lan He didn't let him comment. As for this? At this time, Su Yan was no longer the original Wu Xia Among. He understood that things should be clarified first. In other words, he wanted to hear what Liu Yu and Lan He were saying.
"Master, do you have something to say clearly?" Su Yan said bluntly, "Is this Wu Tong related to what's going on now?"
Liu Yu glanced at Lan He and sighed to Su Yan, "Emperor, this Wu Tong is the current minister and General Hua who is outside Tongguan."
Su Yan opened his mouth slightly as if he was surprised. He quickly closed his mouth and stopped talking. When he heard Liu Yu's words, he seemed to understand everything and said directly: "Master, don't say anything else, Wu Tong is a loyal minister."
This sentence was deafening and not only made the people on the main table feel surprised, but anyone who could hear this sentence could feel the weight of it. The officials looked at each other. Could it be that today was to give Liu Yu and Hua Ji a stable relationship? The question of loyalty, not loyalty, or treacherous is a false proposition, and it is determined by the propaganda public opinion orientation.
Other ministers can also be understood as Liu Yu wanted to excuse himself and Hua Ji'an for his abusing power, so he quelled Wu Tong, who had been a treacherous minister for two hundred years.
"Master, are there any other questions?" Su Yan looked at Liu Yu.
"It's gone." Liu Yu smiled faintly, "Prince, please come back."
Su Yan didn't need to ask Liu Yu what he said, but in fact Liu Yu had already given him an answer. The first thing the emperor did when he returned to the palace was to start summoning ministers to discuss the rewards for the meritorious personnel of the pacification of the Turks this time. The merits and reputations are also considered rewards for merit.
But the next day, news came from Tongguan, and the matter of asking for rewards for merit was temporarily put on hold.
Yuan Bolang, a special envoy from the imperial court, was beheaded and displayed on the public by Hua Ji'an in the name of disrupting the morale of the army.
Chapter completed!