: A big show wins the hearts of the people

Before the emperor's wedding, Hou Defang was quite silent for a while. The original Lotus Storytellers were gone and the new book was gone. Although it was not closed, it looked not far away.

In fact, with the situation at that time, even if Hou Defang was not so conscious, the people would not dare to go there. No one could see the soldiers who set up cheques or inspected on the streets. Of course, they knew that the situation was tense, and according to their instinct to avoid misfortune and seek good fortune, no one would come here to catch up.

But now no one knows that the storm has passed. Although there are still military soldiers on the street, these people are all led by Fanzi. Who doesn’t know that Xie Hong is now in power and the factory guards are all his minions? Hou Defang is certainly as stable as Mount Tai.

In the past, the people in the capital were busy making a living every day, and they just drank tea and chatted in their spare time, and they didn’t think that life was not difficult.

However, after being influenced by the various rare things created by Xie Hong such as two major leagues, current reviews, and gambling, if you don’t watch the league, listen to the current reviews, or click a few bets at the gambling market, everyone always feels that something is missing and life is boring.

Fortunately, many scholars didn't know what crazy they had gone, but even let go of their usual reserved gentleness. They all ran to the streets without caring about their faces.

At the beginning, they scolded the emperor and the plague god. Of course, these people disappeared soon. Although the Jinyiwei's son used to be a coward like a group of cowards, it was because their original leader had problems.

As the commentary says: a group of sheep led by a lion is better than a group of lions led by a sheep. Now the Admiral of Jinyi is Qian Ning, the subordinate of the God of Plague. With the murderous aura of the God of Plague, it is naturally far better than before. When he caught people, he was so swift, just like a group of hungry wolves.

Then, scholars began to scold court officials, but no one was arrested this time, so more and more people joined the ranks of cursing. Scholars almost became a landscape in the capital. It was not until the news of Houdefang reopening that the people watching and cursing were distracted and flocked to the Royal Park again.

So, when Li Dongyang and the other three arrived at the Royal Park in confinement, they saw a crowd of dark people from afar. Not to mention Houdefang, it was difficult for even the park gardens to get close.

"This is also..." Zhang Sheng originally wanted to make some criticism, but he couldn't say it when he said that. This is not in the court, and he didn't need to express his stance of being incompatible with Xie Hong, but he had to be silly. It was useless to just make two companions laugh at him.

"Then Xie Hong is indeed capable of bewitching people's hearts. It's just a small comment that can attract so many people so enthusiastic. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be hard for me to believe it." Li Dongyang couldn't even smack his tongue, and after a while he let out a long breath.

He was already very concerned about Xie Hong's next actions. After listening to Yang Tinghe's message, how could he sit still? It was unprecedented to show the movements of the court to the people.

In the local yamen, if there is a major case to be tried, it may cause the public to watch, in order to show the fairness and integrity of the parents' officials, but what does the motion of the court center have to do with ordinary people?

Seeing the scene of so many sought after people in front of him, Li Dongyang was shocked. He didn't expect that ordinary people were so concerned about state affairs, otherwise how could so many people gather here?

"The two don't know that those who were stationed in other teahouses were talking about current reviews, but Hou Defang was a little different." Yang Tinghe was very meticulous in his work. Although he had never seen each other, he still went to find Li Dongyang after getting complete information.

"The staged here is said to be a drama, which is somewhat similar to the opera, but has fewer singing styles and does not have much embellishment of the words. Instead, it directly imitates the original scene and is straightforward and vivid, so it is very popular among ordinary people."

"Drama?" Zhang Sheng was stunned. The popularity of opera and storytelling is true, but there is really no drama that can make people so popular, and no drama is related to the court. Of course, since it was created by Xie Hong, it is naturally different. Didn't the current comments go beyond the scope of traditional comments and attract many listeners in a unique way?

"Li Yong, go and see the situation and find a way to let me and the two adults approach and take a look." It was said that they were in a misfortune, but of course they would not go alone. Li Dongyang casually called a family member and ordered the other party to go to the front station. He felt that it was necessary to see Xie Hong's methods in order to have a response.

"Master, I know, but..." Li Yong glanced at the dark crowd and felt a little bitter. His master wouldn't come here easily, so how could he know the fanaticism of these sought after people? He went to the line? Even if the people who maintained order in Houdefang ignored them, the queue would not be a waste.

There is a way, that is, to spend money to buy the front row. With the vigorous development of new things such as Houdefang and the league, new businesses specializing in reselling tickets and queueing on behalf of others have also emerged. As long as you find such a person and spend some money, you can save the pain of queuing up to buy tickets.

However, the price of buying the order position changes according to the market conditions. Judging from today's situation, the money spent is absolutely indispensable. I have hundreds of taels of silver on it, but it seems that it is hard to get a ticket now. How can this amount of silver be enough?

The only thing Li Yong could be glad was that his master was not the kind of stubborn and rigid scholar-official, and he was much more harmonious. Therefore, after explaining his own difficulties, Li Dongyang did not scold him, but just ordered the butler of his followers to give him silver.

After Li Yong squeezed into the crowd, Li Dongyang turned to his two colleagues and smiled bitterly: "I am a first-rank official and a high-ranking official. My monthly salary is only a few dozen taels, but I don't want to come here to watch a show and cost hundreds of taels of silver. This really embarrasses me."

"Gei Li doesn't need to worry. Xie Hong is very good at these business matters, which can be seen from his behavior in Xuanfu. In fact, as I see, what he is best at is actually his weakness. If he can get the help of his fellow disciples in Jiangnan, he may not be able to decide the outcome with him here."

Yang Tinghe had already received news and had a deep study of Xie Hong. Taking this opportunity, he raised another topic.

"Oh? The maniac seemed to have some ideas. There were only three of us here, so why not speak out." Li Dongyang browned. It was obvious that Yang Tinghe had some ideas and would come to him to find him. If he simply reported the news, he could just call a servant. Why do he need to work with him in person?

"The key is that the fellow Jiangnan..." Yang Tinghe lowered his voice and said in a deep voice.

"I originally had this intention, but why..." Li Dongyang has been thinking about it over the past few days and has thought a lot of ideas, including what Yang Tinghe mentioned. However, since the court meeting, Xie Qian always looked cold when he saw him and didn't even have the chance to speak, so how could he persuade him?

"If I can get the approval of Ge Lao Li, I am willing to use my weak power." Yang Tinghe smiled slightly, obviously thinking about these things. "What the colleagues in Jiangnan are concerned about is that their own power in the court has suffered too much loss and have been secretly guided by Xie Hong, so this is what we have done recently. If we are..."

"Master, vote..." As he was whispering, Li Yong squeezed out of the crowd in a sweat, happily waiting to show his merits. But when he saw that several adults were discussing matters with a serious look on their faces, he immediately stopped. It turned out that he was not cunning enough, but it was really difficult to get this vote.

"It's okay," Li Dongyang waved his hand and said with a smile: "This is not a place to discuss. Jiefu, Brother Baiya, let's go in first to see this so-called drama."

"I'll follow Mr. Li." After all, this place is Xie Hong's place. It's hard to keep any of the people like spies. It's such a big deal to be discussed. Of course, you have to be cautious. Yang and Zhang also smiled and nodded, and followed Li Yong into it.

Although they were indifferent, anyone could see that they had extraordinary identities and were either rich or noble. Although Xie Hong asked Hou Defang to strictly maintain order, he did not interfere with this kind of private ticket trading, which made Hou Defang's audience accustomed to this. Therefore, Li Dongyang and others were not left with any difficulties.

The audience all knew that these people spent a lot of money, and there was nothing wrong with not queuing up. For Hou Defang, those ticket sellers were registered by the management party, and whoever made the sound would be as good as they could. It was a happy situation for everyone to interfere. Why bother?

Xie Hong knew very well that spending money to buy privileges is a consistent deal in ancient and modern times, and it is an inappropriate move to ban it.

As he walked along the way, Zhang Sheng felt very uncomfortable. According to common sense, a court official like him would come out from afar wherever he went. Even if he didn't ring the gong, it was just because he was in the capital. If he was in the local area, he would be very powerful.

But now, let alone ceremonial guards, he even had to squeeze around with a group of people. Even if he was to endure humiliation, it would be a bit too embarrassing. Zhang Sheng was cruel in his heart. He was indeed a vulgar treacherous and did not even know the distinction between the superior and inferior etiquette. Even if he gained power, he would eventually be full of evil in the future.

When it was late at Houdefang, Zhang Sheng discovered that next to the original teahouse and billiard club, there was a new building, and there was more than one. This is not uncommon. It is now built, which is Xie Hong's usual style. Isn't that small black room like this?

This time the building is much rougher than the original ones. From a distance, it looks like a large shed. There are many shouts in the greenhouses from time to time, and there are many people making noises, but they are uneven. It is obviously the shouting of the audience.

Hearing these voices, Zhang Sheng felt a little happy, because there were few cheers, but many people were scolding. Isn’t this the so-called failure of the show? This treacherous man finally reaped the consequences, and he deserved it! Drama is much more difficult than commenting on words. How could a vulgar person do anything?

In addition to gloating, Zhang Sheng was also surprised. Since the audience was dissatisfied and even scolded, someone should have left the show? Although Lord Zhang had never watched the show outside, he still often watched it at home. If the show was not sung well, he would of course repel it. How could he even curse it while watching it?

What is the situation now? Zhang Sheng was a little confused. It was not until they entered a greenhouse and saw the scene on the stage that he suddenly realized, and then he became even more angry and almost scolded him on the spot.

There were many people on the stage. The costumes on these actors clearly showed their respective roles. A young man in a yellow robe sat high in the middle. Most of the people on both sides were purple robe python belts, and some people dressed in warriors surrounded them...

This scene made Zhang Sheng very familiar, and even aroused the fear in his heart, but he was more angry. This was clearly the performance of the court meeting a few days ago!

Not to mention whether the court's proposals are in line with the laws of the court, will it harm the dignity of the emperor and the literati? Just talking about the bright yellow dragon robes on these people's clothes, can they be copied at will?

What's more, just glanced at the scene on the stage and listened to the two lines, Zhang Sheng also realized what the audience was scolding. They were not scolding the plays and essays, but cursing the ministers in the court.

"The criminal Liu Daxia... is greedy and favoritism... the entrustment is ineffective..." The young man who played Zhengde's voice was clear and quite nice, but this voice sounded like thunder and lightning in Zhang Sheng's ears. This was not only an act, but also a retelling of the lines at the court meeting word by word.

"...Then the heads of nine sides to thank the world!"

"Okay, such a foolish and useless person should be killed. The court spent so much money to support the soldiers, but they were defeated everywhere. If such a person is not killed, it is not enough to thank the world!"

"Yes, kill well!"

Zhang Sheng looked around in a daze and found that the people around him had completely lost their usual cautious appearance. They all looked excited and their faces were red. They waved their arms vigorously and shouted loudly, as if the person they were calling for the beating and killing was not the Minister of the current dynasty, nor the big man they used to dare to look up at.

"Min Kyu, you failed to rob a girl in the same day... Zhang Fuhua, you spy the son committed a murder... Su Shi, you..." The performance on the stage continued, and the boy's voice was as cold as Zhengde on that day, with murderous aura.

"All the sycamos deserve to die!"

"Those who squander the people's wealth and ointment will not die well!"

The screams continued. If it weren't for the stage using some amplification device, I'd probably not even hear the actor's lines. For Zhang Sheng, he would rather not hear these lines that made him angry, especially the lines could evoke his unpleasant memories.

"The emperor is wise!"

"With the Emperor of Ming in the court, the rejuvenation of the Ming Dynasty is expected!"

Gradually, the shouts and scolding disappeared, and replaced by cheers and prayers. The sounds gathered together, like thunder, awakening Zhang Sheng and others who were in a daze. The few people couldn't help but look at each other in shock.

Is these still the gentle people of the Ming Dynasty who were as gentle as sheep? Is this the purpose of the emperor and Xie Hong? He actually gathered the hearts of the people with just a few plays?

What a scheming! This young man was so scary. The three of them were all cold. In addition to being shocked, they couldn't help but have new ideas in their hearts. Although they had their own ideas, the purpose was to be unified: Xie Hong's momentum must be curbed, otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would inevitably be out of power!
Chapter completed!