Chapter 55: Yale Dashao
"good!"
"color!"
Hearing Qingji's response to the rude and disrespectful Gandang, everyone present felt relieved.
Gan Dang is like a dumb person eating bitter herbs, unable to express his pain!
Originally, he wanted to use the soil as a gift and take the opportunity to humiliate Qingji.
I didn't expect Qingji's thinking to be so quick and his eloquence to be so amazing!
Gan Dang's act of humiliating Qingji turned into something that Qingji said was Gan Dang voluntarily offering the country and people of Han to Qingji as a gift?
What's the reason?
Gan Dang was furious, but he knew he was in the wrong, so he could only suppress his anger and walk aside in disappointment.
He knew that he couldn't challenge Qingji's bottom line again and again, otherwise he would be courting death!
At the moment, Qingji is restraining himself and maintaining his demeanor as a king and host.
If Gan Dang really angered Qingji, he would inevitably be punished by being torn apart by a chariot, which would be a laughing stock!
"The King of Wu's generosity is truly incomparable to that of ordinary people."
"Let alone ordinary people, even among the kings of the world, how many people can be compared with the King of Wu?"
"That's right. If it was the king of another country, Gan Dang would have been beheaded long ago!"
Everyone couldn't help but praise Qingji for his magnanimity.
"Your Majesty, the auspicious time has arrived. Your Majesty should immediately ascend the stage to offer sacrifices to the heavens."
Dazai Jizha on the side reminded him.
Hearing this, Qingji straightened his rather complicated crown and robes, straightened his expression, and was about to climb onto the altar that symbolized the roundness of the sky and the squareness of the earth, when suddenly a chariot came galloping from a distance.
The chariot went straight through the crowd and came to Qingji!
"Your Majesty, urgent news!"
An armored soldier hurriedly jumped down from the chariot and handed a bamboo slip to Qingji.
An urgent report from Zhenzi?
Everyone was confused.
Only Qingji and Shi Mimu could guess what had happened!
Zhenzi was an important city and military stronghold of the State of Wu located on the bank of a large river.
It was the bridgehead for Wu to attack Chu, and it was also the gateway to Wu!
Its geographical location speaks for itself.
Because the closest and most convenient route for Chu to attack Wu is to march eastward from Zhenzi!
When Qingji opened the battle report, his expression was uncertain, making it hard to figure out his true thoughts.
Just as Qingji had guessed before, the State of Chu really sent its troops to attack Wu, and chose the route of Zhenzi.
According to the intelligence from Heifu, the garrison commander of Zhenzi, a fleet of the Chu State suddenly appeared along the Yangtze River, and it was quite large!
It would take at least five or six days to ride all the way from Zhenzi to Wudu without stopping.
Even if we take the water route, it will take two or three days!
It seems that the Chu army is already besieging Zhenzi.
Such a huge city of Zhenzi is already in danger!
Qingji then waved to the Grand Marshal Sun Ping, and calmly handed the battle report in his hand to Sun Ping for him to read.
“Your Majesty…”
A look of shock appeared on Sun Ping's face.
"Don't make it public."
Qingji held Sun Ping's hand and whispered in his ear , "Cancel the originally planned ceremonial guard. Have them march to the direction of Zhenzi immediately and quickly reinforce the Zhenzi garrison."
"promise!"
Sun Ping bowed, then took the order and left.
After Sun Ping left, Qingji continued with his crowning ceremony as if nothing had happened!
The auspicious time has arrived, don’t miss it!
At this moment, looking at Qingji's back as he followed closely onto the altar, Mimu, an official of the Jin State, was filled with admiration.
Qingji really has the spirit of a heroic ruler!
When the enemy army invaded, Qingji was able to remain calm and do his own thing. He was truly a man of great scheming and unfathomable character.
Qingji was seen slowly climbing up the altar and standing in front of the huge bronze tripod that was emitting billowing black smoke.
At this time, he was wearing the large fur crown used by the Lord Haotian.
A long fur coat, a black robe and a red skirt.
The top is painted with six patterns of the sun, moon, stars, mountains, dragons and Chinese insects; the lower skirt is embroidered with six patterns of algae, fire, powdered rice, Zong Yi, Fu and Fu, a total of twelve chapters, so it is also called the twelve-chapter clothing!
A monk came over with a tray, on which was placed a crown with twelve tassels.
Qingji took the crown with twelve tassels with a solemn expression and put it on his head.
Suddenly, a pleasant and melodious music sounded!
The musicians under the altar played a variety of different instruments according to the rhythm they had rehearsed before.
One is a small drum with flexible small ears on both sides and a handle. When the handle is shaken, the two ears will hit the drums and make sounds . It is commonly known as a "rattle".
Its name is Tao!
The other is a percussion instrument, shaped like a square box, made of wood, and struck at the beginning of the music.
This is zhu!
There is also a large bell called the yong and a percussion instrument called the yue - when the music is about to end, it is struck to stop the performance.
At this moment, listening to the wonderful music in the venue, the ministers and officials were so fascinated by it that they couldn't help but shake their heads, as if they were trapped in a situation where they couldn't extricate themselves!
It's really true that everyone else is drunk but I am the only one sober!
Seeing the ministers and officials around him looking like this, Qingji felt amused in his heart, but he remained calm and pretended to be very intoxicated.
At this time, accompanied by the beautiful music, the singing girls team sang in Nongyin.
"…The dense forest of elephants is growing stronger day by day.
If you want to hear my beginning, it is mysterious and obscure.
It is so beautiful and becomes more and more gentle day by day.
I want to hear the great abyss, the deep abyss is full of water..."
Some people even came out early, put on fur coats and animal feathers, and "danced" in the middle of the place!
It is said to be a graceful dance, but in fact, Qingji looks more like a group of demons dancing wildly.
Because they are dancing as birds, beasts, and phoenixes!
It looks a bit out of place.
However, everyone present was enjoying it, just like when Qingji was a child in his previous life and was watching others perform lion dance.
Qingji knew that the music being played was called "Da Shao", which was the music and dance of Shun and one of the traditional music and dances of China since ancient times. Legend has it that it was composed by the musician Kui (or Zhi).
"The Book of Rites: The Book of Music" states: Poetry expresses one's aspirations; song sings one's voice; dance moves one's appearance.
From this set of music, we can see that poetry, music and dance are closely combined and none of them can be missing!
"Da Shao" is the most famous of the six musical instruments. It is popular and has a long history.
Legend has it that the creator of this music and dance was a one-legged monster called "Kui", and its content was to praise Emperor Shun for inheriting and carrying forward the merits of Emperor Yao.
Its performance form is "striking stones and clapping stones" and "the arrival of the phoenix and the dancing of all beasts", which shows that it was also a primitive dance in the clan society!
However, performing large-scale classical music is extremely complicated.
Because this is a piece of music that is a trinity of poetry, music and dance, it involves the use of instruments such as bells, pans, zithers, se, pipes, shengs, flutes, drums, zhuos, yus and yongs, all played together.
Musicians, dancers, and singers are all indispensable, and the team is huge!
Therefore, looking throughout the world, the only people who are qualified to play the elegant music like "Da Shao" are kings and nobles, and it can only be played in formal occasions!
The song is over.
The dancers followed, but the show wasn't over yet!
