Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

The emperor stood up from the throne, and with the support of Li Fuguo, he walked outside the Hanyuan Hall.

The officials naturally followed the emperor and stood on the imperial steps of the Hanyuan Hall together.

The King of Qin's Breaking Battle Music is a military dance performed by soldiers who used old lyrics to sing praises of Taizong's Wude after defeating Liu Wuzhou.

In the earliest Qin King's Breaking Battle Music, all the dancers were soldiers, which belonged to men's dances.

Taizong once danced this dance in the army, and thousands of soldiers danced with it. It was the most prosperous time of Tang Wude.

Later, Emperor Taizong changed the score himself, incorporating the characteristics of music from the Western Regions, and adding the accompaniment of pipa and other instruments.

The King of Qin's Breaking the Battle has changed from a military dance to a court dance, and is mainly used in state ceremonies.

In the period of the emperor, the emperor felt that the Qin King's Breaking the Array was very pleasant, so he personally changed the song "Little Breaking the Array", changing the male-dominated dance into a female dance, and also simplified the score so that it does not need to be performed in the grand ceremony. It was played by many musicians, and further became a court dance often played in the harem.

Back then when Li Heng was the prince, he often heard Xiaopo array music in the court.

But what I heard today was King Qin Breaking the Array, which is a complete set of dance music for the national ceremony.

Cheng Ji was wearing bright-colored armor. These armors were not iron armor for defense, but light armor made of special armor pieces.

Moreover, this kind of light armor has also been specially modified. In addition to showing the momentum of military dance, some loopholes have been designed to expose the waist and calves, showing the graceful figures of the dancers.

Looking at this group of "women's army" in armor, the ministers in the hall all showed strange expressions.

It's obviously an armor, but why does it look so alluring when worn by these little ladies?
Then there was Su Nuan who was sitting behind the pipe organ and playing. She only saw her lightly playing the strings, and the machine produced melodious music sounds, and as she pulled the stopper, the pipe organ produced the sounds of different instruments.

The pipe organ made a sound similar to that of a bell, and the main part of the entire music was played by such an instrument.

"What instrument is this?"

Li Tang's royal family started from the great ancestor Li Yuan, and their musical attainments were quite good.

Both Taizong and Gaozong were keen on music, and the emperor himself made several pieces of music handed down from generation to generation.

Li Heng himself can play the guqin and pipa, and he is proficient in music theory. The more he understands music, the more he is surprised by the organ.

This strange machine with an invisible structure can actually play sounds of various timbres.

The grand ceremony music and dance that originally required a band to perform can only be performed by one person.

And the resonance of the entire square is strengthened, and the Qin Wang Breaking the Array is even more melodious and beautiful, even better than the original version played by Zhong Qin.

Princess Yanguang saw her father admiring her, and immediately said: "This is a musical instrument made by the musicians in the minister's house, and it's called a pipe organ."

"Father, although there is only one player, twenty eunuchs need to pull the bellows under the qin to make such a beautiful sound."

It turned out to be the case.

Li Heng looked at the pipe organ, his daughter really put her heart into it, and even made a new musical instrument for you this Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting.

Moreover, these women wear armor and dance on the stage, which also has both strength and aesthetics.

Yu Xiaoxiao incorporated the sword dance part, making the whole dance part more focused on strength.

It happened that these graceful dancers were dancing. This contrast made the young officials under the roof feel a little short of breath.

When the performance of a song was over, Li Heng couldn't help but clapped his hands and said, "Good! Good!"

He asked the prime ministers: "It's better to have Taizong's pretentious breaking the formation music!"

The prime ministers were all silent. Taizong's "Breaking the Array" was good, but the emperor's "Little Breaking the Array" was not good.

At this time, Yu Shi Zhongcheng Cui Qi said: "Your Majesty is far away from the music of prostitution and close to the voice of martial arts, which is the blessing of my Tang Dynasty!"

Cui Guangyuan almost rolled his eyes, listening to any piece of music can be photographed like this, as expected of Cui Qi.

But all the ministers followed suit, and the smile on the emperor's face became even wider.

Li Heng said to his daughter: "From now on, all Dianyi in the court will play this broken formation music, and will no longer use "Little Po formation music"."

Princess Yanguang has such an exquisite mind, she immediately said: "Father, what do you mean to let the music and dance troupe enter the Yuefu?"

Yuefu is the official institution responsible for royal music and dance, but the Tang Dynasty still attached great importance to music and dance. Musicians and dancers in Yuefu can get royal subsidies and don’t need to live in the palace. They should be recruited as long as they have activities. Palace performances will do.

Among them, Li Guinian during the Emperor's period is the most famous. He was the Yuefu Ling, and he even held an official position.

But besides performing in the palace, Li Guinian was often invited to perform at the banquets of important court officials.

Being able to join the Yuefu has many benefits for a musician and dancer, and the only obligation is to perform in the palace.

The emperor nodded, and Princess Yanguang immediately said, "Thank you, Father, for your kindness!"

Su Nuan and Yu Xiaoxiao in the audience also led the music and dance troupe to thank each other, Cheng Ji just felt like a dream.

As a dancer, being able to join the Yuefu is the same as the National Dance Troupe in later generations, almost the highest artistic pursuit.

Didn't expect it to come true so easily.

Being able to enter the Yuefu will surely increase Cheng Ji's value when performing outside in the future, and with the identity of the Yuefu, she will encounter much less harassment.

She was so excited that she was about to cry, the hard work of training these days seemed to be nothing.

The emperor returned to the throne full of satisfaction, he was very satisfied with today's Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting, and he also liked the gift of his daughter very much.

Li Heng said: "Princess Yanguang is very loyal and filial. I will add [-] households to the princess and designate Huayin as the place where Princess Tang Mu lives."

Princess Yanguang immediately thanked her ecstatically.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was no real enfeoffment, and one thousand households in Shiyi was not an actual award, but was converted into money and sent to the princess mansion every year.

For a rich and powerful princess, a thousand households in the food town is not a small income.

Huayin is famous for Hot Spring Pass, and most of the land in Huayin is owned by the royal family. The emperor rewarded the princess with the royal property in Huayin.

Compared with the investment in the music and dance troupe, Princess Yanguang at the Zhengdan Grand Court this time can be said to have made a lot of money.

Even the princes looked at the princess with jealous eyes.

Next, the Zhengdan Grand Court will enter the normal procedure. First, the envoys from the foreign vassals will present gifts.

The various gifts presented by these vassal states also increased Shang Bo's knowledge.

He didn't expect that there were so many vassal states in the Tang Dynasty, and some tribes even presented spears from the Stone Age as gifts to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

However, Li Heng also casually gave some gifts in return, which were some porcelain from the Tang Dynasty or worthless cloth, which could be regarded as sending off these beggars.

However, the big vassal states of Silla still sent valuable gifts.

The gift from Silla was twenty top-quality Silla ginseng. These ginsengs were tied with red ribbons and were about the size of a fist. At first glance, they looked like decades-old wild ginseng.

The envoy of Fusang sent a box of huge winter pearls. It is said that this kind of large pearls were pulled out of the sea by the divers of Fusang, and they must be caught in winter. They were also quite precious treasures in the Tang Dynasty.

The Uighur envoys also presented handsome Uighur horses, and the envoys from the Western Regions also presented valuable gifts, and Li Heng also gave gifts of similar value in return.

At this time, the Hanyuan Hall was full of rare and rare treasures, and when the foreign feudal vassals finished sending them, their own people would give them away next.

The congratulatory gifts given by the ministers are much more subtle. Qingliu civil servants can basically send New Year's poems, and the emperor returns gifts according to his official position.

The gifts sent by Jiedu envoys from other places are basically auspicious, such as a sika deer with albinism, a turtle with a pattern on its carapace, and various rare stones and treasures.

For these gifts, the living ones were sent to the royal garden to be raised, and the treasures were sent to the palace, and the emperor also gave gifts in return according to his official position.

However, Li Heng also issued an imperial edict ordering the Jiedu envoys from all over the country to stop offering auspicious auspiciousness. This move was also praised by the prime ministers.

At the level of the prime minister, the gifts were basically manuscripts, calligraphy, paintings, poems, etc., and the emperor also gave gifts in return according to the regulations, and at the same time gave court banquets, which was regarded as special care for the prime minister.

The rest of the officials from the third rank and above in Chang'an were also bestowed with royal wine.

This year's Royal Wine is Shazhou Burn, which King Yue paid tribute to from Longyou.

When all this was over, everyone in the court looked at the princes.

The foreplay is over, and the next is the main event.

Those princes who have no rights also sent all kinds of rare treasures, but not all princes and princesses are as rich and powerful as Princess Yanguang.

For example, Princess Yanguang, an unfavorable younger sister, married a fallen honorable Princess Ji Guo, and presented her with a picture of the beautiful country embroidered by herself.

However, Li Heng appreciated his daughter's kindness very much, and he also returned five hundred households and gave him one hundred gold, which relieved Princess Ji's financial distress.

The underage prince sent gifts made by himself, handwritten scriptures, his own calligraphy and painting works, and basically received relatively generous rewards.

After these small fights, King Qi came out more and more, and he said to the emperor:

"Father, my son has recently obtained a treasure, congratulations for the Zhengdan court!"

Then, following King Qi's order, four eunuchs carried the red coral tree covered in red silk into the Hanyuan Hall.

The red coral tree was as tall as a person. When King Qi lifted the red silk cover, all the ministers gasped!

Such a huge red coral tree is a treasure worth ten thousand gold!