Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 443 0438 [Spring Club Premiere]

Although the king and emperor have not yet been proclaimed, the system has already been established, and various etiquettes should also be established.

This spring, the father and son presided over the Spring Society in Hanzhong and Xiangyang respectively.

This activity is very old, from the time of oracle bone inscriptions to the Song Dynasty.At the beginning, it was a sacrifice to the god of five grains, and later it became a sacrifice to the land god. In addition to praying for rain, praying for harvest, and entertaining people and gods, there were also activities of marriage, love and begging for children in ancient times.

It was even written into "Zhou Li" and confirmed in the form of laws and etiquette.During the spring society, marriageable men and women are allowed to date by themselves, and sexual running is also allowed.Those who prohibit men and women from dating without reason will be punished by the ruler.

Zhu Guoxiang sent official documents to all prefectures and counties in advance, formulating the highest standards for offering sacrifices to the Spring Society.

To put it simply, sacrifices must not be extravagant and wasteful!

The most important thing is that officials, gentry, merchants, and common people all participated in the excitement of the participation of the whole people, which is more like a collective celebration of all walks of life.

A country and a nation must have this kind of festival celebration to build self-identity and cohesion.

Especially in reclamation areas, in view of the scarcity of population, unmarried and unengaged men and women are encouraged to have free love and dating during the spring club.Especially for those refugees, most of their families have been destroyed, and it is very common for them to lose their husbands and wives. They work hard all year round to reclaim wasteland, so they can take advantage of this time to quickly remarry and reorganize their families.

Emperors have Taishe, counties have county clubs, and villages have Li clubs. These two days are celebrated everywhere.

Zhu Ming strictly followed the etiquette of the county community, and took his wives and concubines out early in the morning.

As the magistrate of Xiangyang, Li Hanzhang has already led the officials to wait, and there are still some prominent families in Xiangyang standing beside him.

There are mainly Kuai, Xi, Luo, Zhang, etc., especially the Kuai, who settled in Xiangyang during the Qin and Han Dynasties.However, because of the wars in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, and the Song Dynasty did not have any high-ranking officials, although there were many clansmen, they had already separated.

"Meet the Generalissimo!"

Zhu Ming walked out of the gate, officials and prominent families saluted together.

"Let's go." Zhu Ming smiled.

In front were guards in heavy armor clearing the way, followed by musketeers in silk clothes. Zhu Ming rode forward slowly on a cornucopia, wives and concubines followed in carriages, and officials and prominent families followed behind.

"It's so lively!"

Zhao Fujin lifted a corner of the car curtain, looking at everything strangely.

Today's Xiangyang City is extremely lively.

In recent years, due to government exploitation and refugee issues, as well as Zhu Ming's rebellion against the imperial court, the Spring Society in Xiangyang has not been well managed.Now that it has finally recovered, and there are no internal or external troubles, all the people can celebrate to their heart's content.

Many suburban farmers brought agricultural and sideline products into the city and peddled them along the street with smiles on their faces.

Officials don't care much, they only maintain traffic in key streets and alleys, and stipulate that places with the most people should not set up stalls randomly.

The older girls and the younger daughter-in-law took to the streets together, all wearing the best clothes at home.I really can't afford good clothes, and I wear the latest and cleanest clothes. Maybe I don't have the money to buy things, but I'm happy to hang out on the street and watch the excitement.

The solar terms are still early, and the peach and plum flowers have not yet bloomed. Many people hold wintersweet in their hands, or wear unknown wild flowers on their heads.

Even men have hairpins on their heads.

"The Grand Marshal is here!"

The people in front shouted.

In fact, there was no need to shout, the movement of the guards clearing the way was quite loud, and the common people hurriedly stood on both sides of the street to give way, and then waited to pay their respects to the demeanor of the generalissimo and the guards.

Wherever Zhu Ming passed by, people on both sides waved their hands, but fortunately, no one dared to throw things at him.

There is also Goulan House in Xiangyang, which has been open since the morning and presents various acrobatics, tricks, dramas and other programs.

After leaving the city, it is still lively.

Zhu Ming went straight to the altar in the suburbs and presided over the Spring Society sacrifice in person.

The ceremony is solemn and simple, the grand is all kinds of etiquette, and the simplicity is the simplicity of all sacrifices.

Only Zhang Jinping followed Zhu Ming to sacrifice, and the rest of the concubines belonged to the audience.

At the end of the sacrifice, there were other participants in the activities, and they dispersed to celebrate with their relatives and friends.The rest wanted to follow the Generalissimo all the way to the barracks. I heard that there was also a celebration in the army today.

Most of the followers were entering the barracks for the first time, looking around very curiously.

I saw groups of sergeants queuing up in civilian clothes.

Although he didn't wear armor or weapons, he still carried a murderous aura.

Kuai Zhang, the patriarch of the Kuai clan, exclaimed: "With this powerful army, the world can be settled!"

Luo Shaozhi, head of the Luo family, said: "Compared to the Xiangyang Forbidden Army and the Xiang Army before, these soldiers in front of us are truly a division of tigers and wolves. No wonder they were able to defeat the officers and soldiers."

Seeing Zhu Ming's army, these members of the prominent family firmly believed that Zhu's father and son could win the world.

"Generalissimo, you are ready!" Zhang Juhou came to Ju Ming's side.

"Very good." Zhu Ming nodded.

Everyone sat around the stage in a fan shape, and nearly [-] soldiers also moved to benches and sat down.

There is no microphone, and the audience sitting in the back row must not know what is being performed on the stage. Fortunately, they can watch the performances in rotation in the future.

In the beginning, an elderly man came to the stage to sing some operas. The libretto was easy to understand, and the people at the bottom could understand it. This was to introduce the time and place where the story happened.

Then, the elder stepped back, and a boy of twelve or thirteen years old followed a man in his thirties.The officials and the nobles were stunned for a moment.

It is normal for actors to wear coarse clothes in market dramas, but I have never seen one performing with a hoe on their shoulders.

The father and son walked while chanting, and then plowed with hoes.Then he sang again, the tune was a variation of "Qing Ping Le", the lyrics were still easy to understand, showing a pastoral life of prosperity and peace.

Immediately, more and more characters appeared on the stage, all of whom were rural couples and children.

Due to the mixture of slang and nasty jokes, not only the sergeants burst out laughing, but even the officials and nobles were amused.

The atmosphere in the first few scenes was cheerful and quite festive.

Until Song Huizong and Cai Jing came on the stage, the taste immediately changed.One is extravagant and lustful, the other is flattering and flattering.

The two monarchs and ministers discussed how to make money.

Immediately, the local officials received the emperor's order to discuss how to cater to the imperial court and make political achievements.When the officials received the task, they also began to plan how to fill their own pockets and exploit the common people crazily.

The biggest landlord in the village went to discuss with the officials, and joined forces to exploit the peasants, taking the opportunity to rob the peasants of their land.

The tragedy begins here, and the hero and heroine who are in love with each other are torn apart by the ruthless reality.Both parties were tortured, and the young actors in their twelfth and thirteen years were replaced by adult actors in their twenties.

Zhang Juhou has too many creative materials. He condenses the tragic experiences of hundreds of refugee families into the two families of the hero and heroine.

A series of tragic events in the world are vividly displayed.

Seeing this, some soldiers burst into tears.

For the time being, none of the pro-army under Zhu Ming came from Northwest Beijing Road, but many were refugees from Shaanxi who fled to Hanzhong.Although the stories that happened on the stage were somewhat different from their experiences, the similarities made them resonate emotionally.

Until the heroine died on the way to escape, many soldiers at the scene began to cry because their family members also died in this way.

In the last few scenes, Ju Ming asked Zhang Juhou to make some changes.

The actor's younger brother joins the army, instead of fighting the prime minister, he fabricates a battle with officers and soldiers.The rebels won a complete victory. The hero's younger brother captured the enemy, but he strictly obeyed the military order and did not lynch him. Instead, he handed it over to the superior officials for trial, and hanged all the officials who harmed the people.

"it is good!"

The suppressed emotions of countless sergeants were released, cheers came and went, and some people even shouted happily.

In the final ending, the hero whose wife died of starvation married the heroine's younger sister, started a family and started a business in Xinye, and lived a happy life of men farming and women weaving.

And, the lyrics and the tune are breezy again, and the country slang and dirty jokes are back.

After experiencing various emotions of depression, anger, and release, the sergeants looked at the happy life on the stage, all with smiles on their faces, and fantasized about their better days in the future.

"Clap clap clap!"

All the sergeants applauded and asked who the actors on the stage were. It is estimated that many people will become groupies.

Officials and rich people have mixed feelings. Although they can't empathize with each other, they also sympathize with the tragic experiences of the hero and heroine in the play.At the same time, some people brought in corrupt officials and evil gentry.

The really big corrupt officials and dirty officials either ran away or were killed.

Today, some of the officials in Xiangyang remain and continue to work under Zhu Ming and Li Hanzhang.They have done evil to some extent, but their notoriety is not obvious. Seeing the corrupt officials in the play being hanged, all of them shrank their necks and broke out in cold sweat.

There is even a scene of killing the evil gentry in the play, which also makes those big clans have lingering fears.

Wiping away tears, Zhao Fujin asked his elder sister in a low voice: "Sister, is Emperor Father really that bad?"

Zhao Fujin hesitated to speak, and it took a long time before he answered: "I don't know."

Li Shishi turned his head to look at the two imperial concubines, but he couldn't say anything, she had heard many bad words.Although she had come into contact with all the top dignitaries in the past, it was inevitable that some people would get drunk and scold the emperor.

Zhu Ming smiled and asked Li Hanzhang: "How about this miscellaneous show?"

Li Hanzhang said: "It can boost the morale of the people."

Due to the excellent performance, Ju Ming recruited another theater troupe to rehearse.First perform a few more performances for the Xiangyang pro-army, and continue to make detailed changes, and then the two troupes will go north and south respectively to perform condolences for the soldiers of various ministries.

In addition to watching, the soldiers even let the refugees also watch.

Today's main soldiers are only Han Shizhong and He Ji's troops, and they recruit a large number of northern refugees.When the two troops were watching the play, because the plot was too real, the soldiers from Henan refugees were so angry that they rushed to the stage collectively and beat corrupt officials and evil gentry.

The officers rushed to stop them, but the soldiers got off the stage holding back their anger, grabbed the side of the stage, and cursed at the actors who played Song Huizong and Cai Jing.

The villains cried out one after another that they did not want to continue performing. Not only would their lives be in danger during the performance, but even if they were recognized after the performance, they would be verbally attacked by soldiers and common people.

The positive actors are in a mess, especially the actors who play the heroine.

Whether they were adults or teenagers, the two actresses were sympathized by countless soldiers and civilians because of their tragic ending.

There were even some people from the land who didn't have much food at home, but after the performance, they brought bean cakes to the two heroines.They had to watch the actress eat the pancake before they smiled with joy, as if the heroine in the play could also eat enough.

After the tour was over, the two leading actresses each gained a few pounds...

Zhang Juhou forced them to lose weight, because it was too dramatic.That white and fat appearance, how could it look like he was starved to death?

There is no need to deliberately guide, now the soldiers of all ministries know what they are fighting for.

They are soldiers who want to overthrow the brutal rule of the Song Dynasty and let the people all over the world live a good life!

(End of this chapter)