HCB Chapter 284 Opera and the Everbright City of Qin Dynasty
Chapter 284 Opera and the Everbright City of Qin Dynasty
In Xianyang New City, on the central square, hundreds of exquisite glazed lamps hang around, making the whole square as bright as day.
A huge stage in the center of the square was slowly opened in the anticipation of the crowd.
I saw a gigantic background picture depicting the prairie, appearing in front of everyone's eyes.
And the fully armed and dressed soldiers who appeared on the stage afterwards caused a burst of exclamation from the audience.
"Is this "The Great Qin Breaks the Hungarian Music"?"
"No, it's not the same, but it seems more exciting!"
Ying Zheng's eyes on the stage were full of surprise.
Turning her head excitedly, she looked at Ying Yu with a questioning look.
"Father, this is a new way of singing and dancing. My son calls it opera!"
Ying Yu explained with a smile.
As a classic Chinese opera, although it was born in the pre-Qin period, the opera at this time was still very crude, basically still in the stage of singing and dancing.
The real development was still in the Sui and Tang Dynasties in the later generations, and it was not until the Song and Yuan dynasties that it was fully formed.
To put it bluntly, it was perfected after the productivity developed to a certain level, the common people solved the problem of food and clothing, and pursued a higher entertainment life.
However, now, because of the existence of Ying Yu, Great Qin has entered the prosperous age ahead of schedule, and the people's living conditions are far superior to those of the Tang and Song Dynasties in history. It is absolutely not too much to describe it as living and working in peace and contentment.
Just by looking at the various storytellers who are becoming more and more popular in teahouses and restaurants, one can understand the people's pursuit of entertainment life in Daqin.
However, storytelling still stays at a relatively abstract level after all, and it must be opera if it is really vivid.
And this opera version of "Da Qin Po Xiong Yue" is also a gift from Ying Yu to all the people of Da Qin.
Ying Yu is very clear that opera can not only enrich the entertainment life of the people in Daqin, but also make Daqin culture flourish again.
It also plays an extremely important role in guiding and controlling public opinion.
The power of opera to guide public opinion can be seen from what happened to Chen Shimei in later history.
Lao Chen is actually a real person. After being the number one scholar, he was not only a clean and honest official, but also treated his wife Qin Xianglian with respect and respect from beginning to end.
Reluctantly, I met too many fellow villagers who came to seek refuge and wanted to be an official.
Lao Chen felt that these fellow villagers were too frivolous, so he urged them to study hard and take the imperial examination to gain fame. Lao Chen was willing to subsidize part of the expenses.
For this reason, he offended a squire named Hu Mengdie who once funded Chen Shimei.
Hu Mengdie's application for an official was rejected, thinking that Chen Shimei was a heartless person.
In the midst of anger, a desire for revenge arose, and he made up stories of ungratefulness, abandoning his wife and son, and forced it on Chen Shimei.
In addition, the drama "The Case of Guillotine Beauty" was compiled to mobilize relatives and friends to perform a large number of performances and publicity.
An upright and good official has been wronged forever.
The one who suffers from the same illness as Chen Shimei is a beautiful woman named Pan Jinlian.
According to historical records, Pan Jinlian was the daughter of Zhizhou's family. She fell in love with a scholar named Wu Zhi (Wu Dalang). child.
Also because of offending people by refusing to go through the back door, Wu Dalang, who was originally handsome, was hacked into a short and poor man, and Pan Jinlian was also implicated by the way.
Become a slut in people's mouth.
It can be seen how terrible the ability of opera to guide public opinion is.
Through opera, it is completely possible to further control the public opinion of the entire Great Qin.
Moreover, opera that entertains and educates can also allow the people of Daqin who have received literacy training to learn knowledge, history, morality and ethics from it.
In today's Daqin, opera is the best propaganda and the most vivid way of expression.
As for the effect, just by watching the continuous applause and cheers of the audience, you can see how popular the people of Daqin are for opera.
Ying Yu has even begun to consider whether to try to lift the curfew in Xianyang City, stage more opera shows, and gradually expand to the major cities of Daqin.
This can not only enrich the night life of the people in Daqin, but also greatly promote the development of commerce.
People around the stage and attracted to appreciate opera performances are a huge source of consumption.
Now that the people of Daqin have increased their income and have a lot of money, they are more daring to consume.
While enjoying the performance, they will also buy some snacks or small toys for the children, which will drive a lot of small vendors.
When I have nothing to do, I will also go to the commercial center of Xianyang New City to spend.
As for the additional cost of maintaining law and order, it is really nothing to Daqin today.
In today's Daqin, there are not many other things, but a lot of money.
With bursts of cheers, the opera performance ended, and this grand military parade officially came to an end.
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The time came three days later!
Although three full days have passed since the military parade, Xianyang City is still in a carnival.
The common people even walked vigorously, especially vigorously.
On the day when the military parade ended, the Xianyang Order issued an announcement that the curfew time in Xianyang City was postponed to three quarters midnight.
When this order came out, the people immediately rejoiced.
Many people from other places who came to watch the military parade also stayed behind.
This made Ying Yu's pre-prepared opera show full of audience.
In just three days, opera has become the new signature of Xianyang City.
Merchants also took the opportunity to launch various discounts and promotions to attract people from various counties and counties in Daqin to actively shop.
The skyrocketing business tax directly made all the courtiers laugh from ear to ear.
"Your Majesty, according to the news reported by the Xianyang Order, in the past three days, the commercial tax in Xianyang New City has exceeded the normal level by more than ten times.
The increase in commercial tax alone is enough to cover all the expenses of the military parade, and even has a surplus. "
"Nowadays, many people are already looking forward to the naval fleet inspection and celebration in a month's time!"
Feng Quji reported to Yingzhenghui with a happy face.
"Great!"
Ying Zheng nodded in satisfaction.
Although the military parade has many benefits, the amount of money spent is not a small amount. Ying Zheng has always been worried about whether it will appear to be not perfect because of excessive spending and arouse criticism from corrupt scholars.
However, the current situation is exactly as Ying Yu said, the increase in income has been far greater than expenditure, and it has even played a role in driving economic growth.
Now Ying Zheng was completely relieved.
"It's just that the curfew has been canceled for several days in a row, making Xianyang City's lamp oil, candles, etc. a little urgent!"
Nestern reported with an embarrassed face.
These days, Daqin mainly uses candles and oil lamps for lighting.
Both need to use a lot of animal fat, the price has not come down.
Coupled with the long-term curfew and the reason for the low consumption on weekdays, there are not many candles and lamp oil reserves in Xianyang City.
After the curfew was opened for several days in a row, a batch had to be urgently dispatched from other counties to barely maintain it.