Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty Two The drama starts, it is difficult to recruit
Li Zhi went to Chenxi Palace, and then Li You also went. At this time, Chenxi Palace was surrounded by people. The Yin Concubine was very kind, allowing many palace maids and eunuchs from other palaces to watch "The Peony Pavilion" together... Not only that, many guards also came.
Anyone who came here was still given a little snack to eat.
In addition to these palace maids and eunuchs, many relatives of concubines also came outside. From this you can see that the popularity of "The Peony Pavilion" was so popular that the three concubines in the harem were all here, and Xu Hui also came.
Now Xu Hui and Yin Fei are getting very close, and the two seem very intimate in the palace.
Li You made a rough calculation. At this time, there were at least a thousand people in Chenxi Palace. Just as it was about to start, Li Shimin hurriedly rushed over from Ganlu Palace. Because Li You was at the end, Li Shimin glanced at Li You and asked, "Why don't you go inside?"
Li You haven't spoken yet.
Li Shimin said 'oh': "You don't know how many times you have watched it, so let's leave it to those who want to see it... By the way... If Shao and Xiao have other big shows next time, you can come to the palace to check it out for me first, it's really...!"
After saying that, Li Shimin hurriedly entered Chenxi Palace. When the Chenxi Palace heard that the emperor had come down, the "Peony Pavilion" officially began. Yang Qu on the side left a little and said, "Your Highness... Your Majesty likes "Peony Pavilion" very much. Last time he was in a sub-dress, he secretly watched it once. After watching it, he shouted that it was good and wanted to watch it again. However, because Shao and Xiao were their daughters-in-law, he had some concerns.
Your Highness, if you can, if you have a new show, please let me go to Chenxi Palace to perform it first...!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a female voice suddenly sounded inside. Yang Qu was excited: "Oh, everyone Shao is out, I'm going in. Your Highness, remember what I said..."
Then Yang Qu ran quickly into Chenxi Palace.
"Give me, let me... a group of monkeys, don't block somebody's way."
Haha... I have said a long time ago that the Tang Dynasty was very enthusiastic about star chasing, not much more rational than modern star chasing. Yang Qu liked Liu Mengmei, played by Xiao Yan very much. Last time, he secretly came to Dunhuafang and met Xiao Yan and was so happy to see Xiao Yan. Finally, Li You saw Yang Qu like Xiao Yan and Shao Yiyi so much, so he found two folding fans. When Shao Yiyi and Xiao Yan signed their names on it.
You didn't see it, Yang Qu was so happy.
The folding fan was found in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and nothing strange, but it should be the first time that Yang Qu carefully put away the two folding fans, which was so careful.
Seeing Yang Qufeng breaking in quickly, just as Li You was about to take a look from afar, who knew that a few more people rushed over, Yuchi Gong, Cheng Yaojin, Li Lizhi, Changsun Chong...
"Sister...you can't run away..." Li You shouted at the person who came with a little amused and cry.
Then he heard Cheng Yaojin turn back and say, "Your Highness Princess, the old minister has told you a long time ago, don't run away, but you just don't listen..."
"And...and...you aren't you going to take up seats for your ladies, you have to take up ten seats by yourself. How can we not run away..." Changsun Chong said speechlessly.
"Then you can't blame the old minister. The old minister has many family members and they all want to come and see it. But the old minister can only send someone to report the news, and then the old minister will take over the seat..." Cheng Yaojin smiled.
"You two are the same, so you have to occupy twenty seats. If we don't run, will there be a seat?" Li Lizhi was ridiculous.
"I'm a lot of people in that old minister!" Yuchi Gong smiled and turned around and shouted, "Then I will go in first... You can wait a moment..." He followed Yuchi Gong and ran in first.
Cheng Yaojin shouted loudly, "You old black charcoal...wait for me..." He followed Cheng Yaojin and rushed in.
"Chonglang... let's go..." Li Lizhi was also unwilling to be outdone and wanted to rush into Chenxi Palace with Changsun Chong, but he was pulled by Li You. Because he rushed too hard, Li Lizhi fell into Li You's arms after being pulled like this.
"Fifth brother...what are you doing...Shao everyone started acting...!" Li Lizhi knocked Li You angrily.
"Yes... Your Highness, Your Highness, don't block it. If we go late, there will be no place..." Changsun Chong was also anxious to prepare to enter Chenxi Palace.
"Sister..." Li You was speechless: "The one performing in it is your younger brother and sister. You have seen them before. Why do you still have this? Moreover, you should have watched it several times, why do you still want to watch it?"
"What do you know... We are watching dramas, not people, okay, okay... don't block me, I'm going in." After saying that, Li Lizhi trotted in.
However, Changsun stopped, took out more than ten folding fans from his clothes and handed them to Li You and said, "Your Highness, help me... Please sign your name with Xiao."
This is my mother, aunt, cousin, and cousin... Another one is my father's, and my father likes everyone."
After saying that, Changsun Chong blinked at Li You with an expression you understand.
"Wow... this star-chasing clan of the Tang Dynasty is really amazing...!"
Li You sighed, but at this time, Li You suddenly remembered a good publicity method in his mind.
You should know that the recruitment of 15,000 Tiger Guard soldiers was a very large project. Now in ancient times, the news was blocked, and suddenly recruiting 15,000 people was recruited, and there must be a particularly large advertisement.
At first, Li You was worried about how to promote it, but now it seems that there is a good way to promote it.
At this moment, Li You also heard the singing in Chenxi's palace. Shao Yiyi was really amazing. She and Xiao Yan practiced together for less than half a month before they appeared on stage. No one expected that she would become a hit.
And the popularity is really incredible. Of course, Li You, the only one in the Tang Dynasty, who can tolerate his women appearing outside in this way.
So Shao Yiyi and Xiao Yan are actually happy too.
After the performance ended, applause rang out throughout Chenxi Palace. Shao Yiyi and Xiao Yan left the curtain together, and even Li Shimin shouted "Okay, it's really a big fire."
At this time, seeing his two wives getting angry, Li You called out his four-wheeled carriage in a pleasing manner. Then Li You used his four-wheeled carriage to pick up his two wives back to Dunhuafang together.
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In the four-wheeled carriage, Li You received his three wives, Cui Xiuniang, Shao Yiyi and Xiao Yan. You don’t know that when the three of them left, the palace maids and eunuchs were so reluctant to leave.
Fortunately, His Majesty was there, otherwise, they would all be ready to rush over to say goodbye to Yiyi.
In the end, I didn't know how many folding fans I threw up. I wanted Shao Yiyi and Xiao Yan's signature, but Li You sat in the car and counted, and there were more than a hundred.
"You all want to sign?" Li You asked, shaking the white folding fan in his hand.
"Of course, this is what everyone loves us, we must sign it." Shao Yiyi happily picked up a white folding fan.
"Where are you..." Li You looked at Xiao Yan and asked.
"I want to sign too, by the way... Langjun, didn't you say you wanted to build a large theater for us? I don't know when I can see it?" Xiao Yan looked at Li You and asked.
"Yes... When will the Grand Theater start to be built? Also, apart from this scene and when will we rank second, I feel that one scene is really not enough."
Cui Xiuniang is now considered the agent of Shao Yiyi and Xiao Yan.
"Don't worry, it will take some time to build the Grand Theater. We are now building the academy. Moreover, the academy has been built, and the Princess Castle of Weizi will also be built, so the Grand Theater should be pushed back."
"Clam..." The three girls all showed slightly dissatisfied expressions.
But at this time, Li You laughed: "Don't worry, the Grand Theater will definitely be built, but, when building the Grand Theater, you have to do something for me."
"What's the matter..." the three girls looked at Li You and asked.
After Li You said that the three girls would help him promote the recruitment of the Hu Ben Guard. A total of 15,000 people were recruited, each with a monthly salary of five jin. In addition to these monthly salary, there are some other benefits, such as food, clothing, and living... Especially living, if you perform well, you will have the opportunity to bring your family to Dunhuafang.
You should know that Dunhuafang is a place where many people in Chang'an dream of staying in. As long as you enter Dunhuafang, you can live a stable life. As long as you are not lazy, your life in Dunhuafang will only get better and better.
But what surprised Li You was that even though his conditions were so good, there were still very few people who came to register for recruitment. Li You had already given him very high conditions. Why was there still no one? In fact, it was mainly because the Tang Dynasty at that time had a thought that good men would not serve in the army.
There is a Chinese saying: "If you like iron, don't make nails, and if you like men, don't be in the army," which is used to describe the concept of the ancient people ashamed of being a soldier. Many people believe that this saying originated from the Song Dynasty, which emphasized culture and neglected military affairs. It is believed that the Zhao officials pursued the policy of emphasizing power and valuing civil and suppressing military affairs, which led to the people's concept of being a soldier being a soldier, which has been passed down to this day.
In fact, it was not the case. As early as before the Song Dynasty, the Qin and Han dynasties, the good people began to have no good feelings for soldiers, and they had already formed the concept of "good men not joining soldiers" and despising soldiers.
The main reason is that the mortality rate has increased greatly due to the intensification of the war.
War is cruel. It doesn’t matter whether it is black cats or white cats. If you can destroy the other party, it is a good cat. Therefore, all countries are trying their best to reward war killing. Treating prisoners and surrendered soldiers often involves large-scale killings in order to achieve the goal of weakening the enemy’s combat effectiveness.
The increase in the mortality rate first brings about the serious shortage of military sources. In order to recruit soldiers, all countries have tried every means to encourage men to join the army, and even use cruel punishments to intimidate and force them. It doesn’t matter if you are a scholar, peasant, industrialist and commerce. The Qin State in the West even implemented a system of soldiers for all the people. Under such a military scale, the war will only become more and more tragic.
When we arrived in the Tang Dynasty, although we could eat food when we were in the army, the people of the Tang Dynasty nowadays were relatively saving, unlike when we were in the Sui Dynasty or the Southern and Northern Dynasties, we could not eat enough or wear warm clothes.
The soldiers in the palace had no choice but to leave land for the land and for the future generations, they could only fight for the sake of land, but the recruitment was only money and no land. Who would be willing to work for five jin of money?
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Chapter completed!