Origin

Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan's eyes were full of curiosity instead of disgust, Jiang Tao felt relieved, bent down and raised his hand to invite Wu Zhongyuan into the side hall, then ordered someone to light a brazier, bring in tea and drinks, and at the same time sent someone to summon musicians and actors.

While waiting for the musicians and singers to arrive, Jiang Tao lost no time in asking Wu Zhongyuan to apologize. The reason why he apologized was that Jiang Zheng had died not long ago. Logically speaking, he should not be singing and dancing at this time. If he did not apologize, he would worry that Wu Zhongyuan would regard him as a human being. The unfilial son who exceeded the etiquette, apologized and worried about burying Wu Zhongyuan, as if Wu Zhongyuan himself did not pay attention to etiquette.

This scale is difficult to grasp, and it is also very difficult to express it, but Jiang Tao is very good at this. He speaks cleverly and tactfully, humbly and respectfully. A measured person will never treat a leader as a friend. A leader is a leader, even if No matter how kind you are to yourself, others are still leaders.

In modern terms, the material base determines the superstructure. If material civilization is not good, there will be no energy to develop spiritual civilization. People's lives at this time were very difficult. There were almost no entertainment activities. Songs and dances were luxuries. Precisely because they were rare, Only Wu Zhongyuan would be curious.

There were many musical instruments in the side hall. Wu Zhongyuan turned around and found that the most common ones were chimes and drums. In addition, there were pipa, erhu, flute, harp, xunsheng, and there were many varieties.

As for why in modern archeology, only metal musical instruments such as chimes have been unearthed, it is because the materials used in other musical instruments will gradually decay over time and cannot be preserved in modern times.

After coming back for so long, Wu Zhongyuan rarely heard music except the sound of Donghai Xinyue Fox's piano, so he couldn't help but feel curious. Not long after, the musician came, knelt down and saluted Wu Zhongyuan and Jiang Tao, and prayed for their long life.

Although Wu Zhongyuan ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he never thought of himself as long live. Now that he suddenly heard other people praying for a thousand years of life, he felt very harsh. There is a saying in modern times that the king of thousands of years is the turtle of ten thousand years. Jiang Tao is chubby. With her round face and small eyes, she really looks like a bastard.

Jiang Tao didn't know why Wu Zhongyuan suddenly turned to look at him and hurriedly raised his glass to invite him for a drink. Wu Zhongyuan responded with a smile.

There were more than ten musicians in total. The musicians came first, and the actors came later. There were more than twenty people in total. After the actors arrived, the etiquette became more humble. You must know that the status of musicians at this time is very high, almost on the same level as warriors, and they belong to the same class. The white snow above the court hall. The status of singers and dancers is very low, equivalent to the lowly people on the streets. This is exactly the opposite of modern times. In modern times, singers and actors have a very high status and are praised to the heavens, while the status of artists engaged in art is rarely known.

The two sat down, Jiang Tao raised his hand slightly, and the performance began. It was pure music. The actors stood on both sides of the stage without leaving the stage.

Chime bells are the main instrument, so the bells should be struck first. Wu Zhongyuan didn’t know the music, and he couldn’t tell the difference between Gong Shang Jiao Zheng Yu, and he just felt that the musician was playing too slowly.

I didn't hear anything beautiful or melodious, just bland and tasteless.

In fact, it is not impossible to have a slow tempo, and there are also songs with a slow tempo that are nice to listen to. But this time, he really can’t enjoy the music played by these musicians. If the remaining sound does not disappear completely after one hammer blow, he will never continue to play it for less than five minutes. He knocked him to sleep.

The musicians played solemnly from below, while Wu Zhongyuan sounded drowsy from above. What kind of music was this? It was clearly a lullaby.

Just when I was bored and my interest was waning, the style of music finally changed and a new instrument, the erhu, was added.

The structure of the erhu is very simple, but it is very difficult to play. It can be played passionately or sadly. This time the musician took the latter approach, which is extremely slow, humming, and squeaking. It was like going to a funeral. Wu Zhongyuan wanted to go down and beat someone.

Jiang Tao, on the other hand, looked intoxicated. Culture and art were connected. After all, he didn't grow up in ancient times. He really couldn't understand people's preferences for culture and art at this time.

Listening patiently, Wu Zhongyuan soon found the pattern. At this time, the music gradually added instruments, and then the flute was added. The sound of the flute is relatively melodious, but it becomes unpleasant when played too slowly, with a drawl. La tune.

Most of the musicians are men, and there are very few women. The musicians also have serious faces when playing, and they seem to be very involved, but they just can't enjoy such a slow rhythm. How slow it is can be described in detail. Modern people have The song is called Love of Life, and the tempo is slow enough. However, the tempo played by these musicians is three times slower than Love of Life. Using multiples to describe it is not accurate. In short, that’s what it means. It makes the listener uncomfortable and sleepy.

When the guqin was added, the actor began to dance. In the early stage, it was a solo dance. The dancer was a young woman in her twenties. She was tall and slender. She wore very few clothes, all of which were silk clothes. The dance rhythm was also very slow. He strives to express the beauty of a woman's body. Although he occasionally rolls his sleeves, the overall feeling is still coquettish, more coquettish and pretentious than before and under the moon, and less passionate and passionate. Good-looking, but boring.

The first performer to dance is the leader of these performers. In modern terms, she is the lead dancer. This woman can also sing while dancing. The general meaning of the lyrics is that a left-behind woman misses and cares about her lover who is away fighting. The lover This word is a derogatory term in modern times, but in the entire feudal society it is a complimentary term, generally referring to two people who truly love each other.

There are more and more types of musical instruments, and the number of dancing and singing actors is also increasing. In the end, it is like a large musical dance. No, to be precise, it is more like a funeral procession, with players playing, playing, crying, and leading the dancers. The movement of raising arms and sleeves is like throwing paper money into the sky during a funeral.

As the saying goes, you can't tell the difference between good and bad without comparison. Compared with the twisting of hips and murmurs of these actors, he prefers Jiang Nan's sharp screams when facing the enemy. How real, how wild, and how... charming.

Jiang Tao misunderstood Wu Zhongyuan's looking around, thinking that Wu Zhongyuan valued his status and was embarrassed to watch directly, so he wanted to give these musicians and actors to him. In fact, this was Jiang Tao's real motive for inviting him to watch the singing and dancing.

Wu Zhongyuan was not tired of Jiang Tao's behavior. It was normal for subordinates to please their superiors. Although he didn't like jesters like He Shen, he even less liked loyal ministers like Ji Xiaolan. The emperor was already tired and distracted. As a minister, if he talks about unpleasant disobedience all day long, he will be even more upset. Fortunately, Qianlong was a peaceful emperor. If he had been an emperor in troubled times with great pressure, he would have been sent to the frontier long ago.

Wu Zhongyuan declined Jiang Tao's gift, and Jiang Tao also found that he didn't seem to be very interested in the beautiful singing and dancing. When the song was over, he said to the foreman musician, "Change to a more cheerful song."

Wu Zhongyuan wanted to stop him with words, but when he thought that it was still half an hour before lunch, he did not speak and allowed the musicians to play again.

As soon as he heard the musician ringing the bell again, Wu Zhongyuan sighed helplessly, but before he could finish his sigh, the flute was added, and then the sheng. The sheng is an instrument very similar to the yu that has been used for thousands of years, but this time There is no Yu in time, only Sheng.

Then came the drums. The sound of the drums was relatively low. As soon as the drums were added, the rhythm was no longer a soft sound, but began to be more passionate. When the guqin was added, the sound was high-pitched and the rhythm accelerated again. Wu Zhongyuan finally Got the feeling.

At the same time as he found the feeling, Wu Zhongyuan suddenly looked sideways and frowned.

Seeing Wu Zhongyuan frowning, Jiang Tao just thought he didn't like the music, and was about to raise his hand to interrupt, but Wu Zhongyuan raised his hand before him and said, "Don't interrupt, continue."

Jiang Tao didn't know why and looked at him doubtfully.

Wu Zhongyuan did not explain in words. The reason why he frowned was because the music played by the musician at this time seemed familiar to him. Although he could not remember what the music was for the moment, one thing was for sure, that is, it was the music of this music. The rhythm does not belong to ancient times, but to a modern song.

After listening for a moment and unable to recall, Wu Zhongyuan turned to Jiang Tao and said, "Stop the chimes and continue with the other instruments."

Jiang Tao relayed the instructions, the chimes stopped, and the rhythm became clearer. This piece of music belongs to the category with a relatively fast tempo, but it is not very fast. It should be a modern popular music.

Because the instruments used to perform the music are very different from modern instruments, although Wu Zhongyuan felt that the music was very familiar, he could not recall what the music was.

At this moment, the leading dancer began to lead people to dance. This time the dance style changed drastically, the movements were accelerated, and the rhythm was relatively strong. It was completely different from the previous slow dance. Although it was not as enthusiastic as modern dance, it was still like a battle. The battlefield is very powerful, and when you shrug and turn around, there is a vague shadow of Western dance, but it is not as startling as the Cha Cha dance.

Jiang Tao had noticed something strange about Wu Zhongyuan's expression, but he didn't know why his expression was so solemn. While he was watching nervously, Wu Zhongyuan raised his hand and said, "Speed ​​up the tune."

"Speed ​​up the beat." Jiang Tao shouted to the musicians.

The musician heard the sound and quickly sped up the rhythm. In order to keep up with the beat, the actor had to speed up the dance.

Wu Zhongyuan listened to the tune carefully and suddenly remembered what kind of song it was. It was a very old song called A Fire in Winter. However, the original singer of this song was not Fei Xiang or Gao Lingfeng. This song The tune came from the West, and the original singers were several foreign women.

Looking at the dancers' dancing postures, they clearly have Western characteristics. Although they are still soothing, they are obviously not Chinese-style.

"Your Majesty?" Jiang Tao looked at each other in confusion.

Wu Zhongyuan turned his head and glanced at Jiang Tao, then said in a deep voice, "Stop."

Hearing Wu Zhongyuan's words, Jiang Tao hurriedly stood up and gave orders. The musicians stopped playing and the actors returned to the sides anxiously.

Wu Zhongyuan also stood up, frowned and looked around the audience, "Who taught you this song and dance..."