Chapter 327 The New Year Party of Daqin
After all the representatives and missions met and congratulated each other, it was noon. An eunuch reported to the First Emperor at the right time: "Your Majesty, the banquet is ready, and the banquet can be held at any time!"
The First Emperor nodded, looked at the people in the hall, and said, "Everyone, the banquet is ready, go with me to celebrate today's New Year."
Logically speaking, this kind of banquet should usually be set in the evening, which has a more atmosphere at night, but the time for greetings and congratulations today is in the morning, so it is set after the greetings and congratulations.
Everyone arranged the order, and under the guidance of the eunuchs and guards, they followed Emperor Shi to a palace courtyard.
This palace courtyard looks like a huge pavilion. It was built by Emperor Shin-Emperor to hold banquets in the palace. It can accommodate thousands of people at a time. Fan Zeng and others, the candidate who was on the list of the first Xianyang exam, accepted the banquets given by Emperor Shin-Emperor.
Before I arrived at the palace courtyard, a strong fragrance came, which was a very attractive smell. The spicy smell, the aroma and the aroma of meat, made people feel very appetizing when they smelled it.
In addition, I had not eaten or drank for the whole morning and was really hungry at this time. After smelling the fragrance, some people couldn't help swallowing their saliva.
What's so fragrant? It smells delicious!
Before I could see it, just by smelling it, everyone was looking forward to the delicacies at the banquet.
After arriving at the palace courtyard, everyone immediately looked into the courtyard and saw that tables, chairs and tableware had been arranged in the palace courtyard.
But it is strange. First of all, we use not separate meals, but dining together with others on the same table.
Secondly, the center of these tables was hollowed out, and a large pot was placed, and a stove was placed below the pot, which was heating the pot, and the fragrance they smelled came from the pot.
There were many ingredients on the table, including cut meat slices, rubbed meatballs, tofu, cut fish, killed but unsliced sheep, and washed vegetables...
Without exception, none of these ingredients have been cooked.
Is this what they want to put the ingredients into a pot and cook them themselves and then eat them?
A very novel way of cooking.
In fact, in this era, when cooking food with a cauldron, sometimes it will be eaten while heating, but most of the time, the ingredients are put in the pot in advance and the continuous heating is to maintain the temperature of the food, rather than not adding the ingredients like this, and choosing the ingredients you like when someone eats it himself.
Not to mention the Gentile envoys, even the ministers of the Qin Dynasty have never seen this novel way of eating, but how can this taste be good?
But the fragrance that kept coming from the pot seemed to tell everyone that their worries were unnecessary and the taste was definitely not bad!
A table was built in front of the dining tables, which was not very high, but it was not small in size and was designed intentionally. This table can be seen at every dining table in the palace courtyard.
From this look, we can tell that this is a platform specially designed for performances. How can we miss music, music, singing and dancing in the banquet?
And today is a festive festival, so it must be even more.
Many decorations were also hung in the palace courtyard, including red lanterns, Chinese knots (Chinese knots), and various ornaments that symbolize celebrations and joy.
But what is more noticeable is the lanterns, especially on both sides of the high platform, there are eight big red lanterns hanging, each with a word on it, and the words on the sixteen lanterns are combined: the years are prosperous, the spring is bright, and the country is like a painting and auspicious.
A minister who was familiar with the handwriting of the First Emperor could see at a glance that the word was written by the First Emperor.
The First Emperor said, "Please sit down!"
Except for the First Emperor, everyone was given a wooden calf when they entered the palace, with their seat number on it so that they could take their seats.
With a novel and fresh mood, everyone sat down and found some points that they had not noticed.
Like their glasses, plates, wines are all made of the best 白白, pure and transparent, without any stains and defects.
This made the envoy of Wusun Kingdom sigh that the great Qin Dynasty was powerful. This thing is an ordinary treasure, but the Emperor of Qin could give so much when he gave the banquet, and it was luxurious and powerful!
Then I saw that there were seasonings next to each table, such as scallions, ginger, mustard, leeks, scallions, and salt, which seemed to be made by them according to their preferences.
Emperor Qin Shing sat in his exclusive seat and smiled and said, "Today is the day I will be the first year of my emperor, and it is also the beginning of my new year in Qin. Today I am here. I invite you to have fun and drink together and go to the new year. I hope that in the new year and with the assistance of you, the great Qin will become stronger and more prosperous!"
Before the banquet, the leader always had to say a few words, and the First Emperor could not avoid the vulgarity.
But after saying this, Emperor Shin-Emperor changed his tone and said, "Although today is the first day of the New Year, the spring has not arrived and the weather is still cold. It is the time to eat this pot. It can warm our bodies and eat and drink with you, which is more delicious."
The First Emperor was in great interest today and personally told everyone how to eat: "You must have seen how to eat this pot. From these ingredients, choose what they like and put them in the pot and cook them. They can be eaten with boiling. The pot is divided into red pots and white pots. The soup ingredients of the white pot are relatively light, while the red pot is a bit spicy. They are boiled according to their preferences."
"You can also use the ingredients for seasoning according to your personal preferences. I will not say much, please eat it!"
After the First Emperor "Everyone, please eat!" fell, everyone began to prepare dipping dishes for themselves. After the dipping dishes were prepared, they immediately picked up the ingredients and put them in the pot to cook.
Soon, the entire palace courtyard was filled with the aroma of various ingredients being boiled.
Wang Wan and others at the same table watched Li Nian skillfully prepare the dipping dish, then picked up a kind of ingredients they didn't know very well and put them in a red pot to cook, then put them in the dipping dish, and finally put them in their mouths to eat, and they all came up with an idea:
Seeing that this person is so skillful and knows when the ingredients can be cooked well, he must have eaten it many times before. Perhaps it was this person who gave His Majesty the Emperor a banquet today.
Seeing Wang Wan, Wei Liao and others looking at him, Li Nian said in confusion: "Do you guys don't know how to eat this tripe?"
After thinking about it, I felt that these people were definitely not as experienced as a Shu person in later generations when eating hot pot, so I said again: "This tripe is actually the stomach of a beef. It tastes quite crispy, but it should not be hot in the pot for a long time, otherwise it will affect the taste. Of course, it should not be too short, otherwise it may not be able to kill the tiny things in it."
"The Prime Minister and you should be like me when cooking. It must not be too long or too short."
Not long after everyone started eating, two young and beautiful women boarded the table, dressed in festive clothes.
When they got on that stage, these two women must have performed something, but what should they perform?
While everyone was thinking, they heard the two women sending them a long list of greetings and blessings in unison, mentioning that today is the beginning of the new year of the Qin Dynasty and the first emperor's reign as emperor. It is a festival worth celebrating. Then, the first New Year's Gala of Qin was announced.
The "New Year's Party" was naturally also written by Li Nian, but this was not what Li Nian wanted to do, but the First Emperor asked him how to celebrate the first anniversary of his reign as emperor and the beginning of the new year.
After Li Nian mentioned the Spring Festival Gala in later generations, the First Emperor decided to also create a version of the Spring Festival Gala in the Qin Dynasty. In many aspects, the Qin Dynasty is far from the later generations. The Qin Dynasty cannot do what it can do in the future, but the First Emperor thinks that it can still do this.
Li Nian did not refuse the idea of the First Emperor, because his expectation for the Qin Dynasty was to not only be strong and prosperous in the military and economic aspects, but also in the cultural and spiritual aspects.
Although the fundamental purpose of the First Emperor's Spring Festival Gala in the Qin Dynasty was to satisfy his vanity, doing so was indeed conducive to the cultural construction of the Qin Dynasty.
Li Nian gave a suggestion: The Qin Spring Festival Gala cannot be limited to the palace, but should also be informed of it. After the Qin Spring Festival Gala in the palace is over, the Qin people should be performed outside.
The spring and snow are all nobles, and the people of the Qin Dynasty can also enjoy it.
Although there is no radio and television in this era, the Qin Spring Festival Gala cannot be covered throughout the country, and all the people of the Qin Dynasty can hear and see it, it is also great to be able to see it among some people.
The First Emperor agreed to this request, so under the planning of Li Nian, the first Daqin New Year party was established.
The reason why it is not called a "gala" is because it is still in the afternoon, and it is not at night at all.
The two young women were naturally the hosts of the party. Under their hosting, the first program appeared. This program was performed by thirteen Qin court musicians and sung by eighteen brave soldiers selected from the Qin army!
When the poem in the Book of Songs sounded, everyone stopped and listened to this passionate and united in the Qin Dynasty war song.
Although the envoys from Donghu, Yuezhi, Wusun and other countries did not understand what the Qin people sang, they could feel the momentum and spirit contained in the song.
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
They seemed to see that on an ancient battlefield, the Qin soldiers entrust their lives and death to the robes, and charge forward bravely and unitedly, fighting with the enemy in blood.
Because I believe that other robes can protect their backs, even if they die, it is definitely not because an enemy killed them from behind!
You can tell from a war song what kind of army the Qin people's army is.
Working together, uniting with the enemy, and uniting with each other is definitely a terrible strong army.
After the beginning of "Qin Feng Wuyi", it is a drama like a sketch in later generations. It tells the story of the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms who set off a rebellion last year and forced an originally happy family to desperately lead to a desperate situation. Fortunately, the Qin soldiers arrived in time to save the family from water and fire.
But this story made Wang Ben's expression a little strange, because he led his troops to put down the rebellion of the old nobles in the six countries, so he also mentioned and praised him in the play.
Even Wang Ben, who has experienced strong winds and waves, almost couldn't hold back when he was praised and promoted in this way.
It really feels so strange that I watched my deeds be brought into the drama and be appreciated by others.
The third program is still a dramatic story, but this time it tells the relationship between the Huns and the Qin Dynasty, which proves that the Qin and the Huns are both China, and they are Chinese brothers, and they should work together to forge the glory of China.
This is obviously used to promote the Huns as the younger brother of the Qin Dynasty. Li Nian's idea of deciding this program was to lay a rationality for the Qin Dynasty to annex the Huns in the future.
We were originally a Chinese family, but because we were away from home for too long, the Huns had forgotten their origins. However, with the help of the Qin brothers, the Huns' younger brothers gradually recalled them.
Therefore, the Huns defected to the Great Qin, and the Huns became Great Qin people, which was not called "annexation", but the Huns returned to China.
This program attracted representatives of the Xiongnu students and the Xiongnu missions from the Daqin National Academy, which made some of them very excited.
They worked for the Great Qin and wanted to transform from the Huns to the Great Qin people. They were not betraying the Huns or the Shanyu, but they were following the footsteps of their ancestors.
This is called recognizing one's ancestors, how can it be called betrayal?
Therefore, they did things for the Qin Dynasty and even occasionally betrayed some of the interests of the Huns. That was not betrayal or made mistakes, but they wanted the Huns to return to China for the sake of the Huns' good.
This eliminated the original sense of morality and uneasiness in their hearts, and made them more confident in betraying the Huns and doing things for the Qin Dynasty!
The fourth program tells the changes in the family life of a Qin man in the past year of reform, which demonstrates the impact of the reform of the Qin Dynasty.
The punishment of the Qin Dynasty is no longer as severe as before. The Qin family does not have to worry about suddenly breaking the law when they are arrested and severely punished. The corvee taxes in the Qin Dynasty are not as heavy as before. As long as they work hard and work hard, their lives will only get better and better in the future...
From the time of living in a desperate and poor life, the Qin family gradually had a bright future and hope, although they did not live well immediately.
This show made Emperor Shi Xin silent because he always remembered the sentence Li Nian said, "I am afraid that Pei Gong will not be the King of Qin."
The fifth program is a singing and dancing performance, the dance of Qin, and the music of Qin.
The sixth program is also a singing and dancing performance, but this time the performer is no longer a Qin person, but a Hun. To be precise, it was a beautiful woman given to the First Emperor but was not included in the harem by the First Emperor. She was good at singing and dancing, and performed a Xiongnu song and dance in the costumes of the Xiongnu and the Qin Dynasty.
When they saw the show with their tribal characteristics appear, the Huns who attended were very excited and felt very proud. This was their song and their dance!
Next is the Baiyue tribe's program, each showing its tribal characteristics, and several tribes even performed juggling.
At this time, everyone also understood why His Majesty the Emperor gave a banquet like this. It turned out that it was because he wanted to watch the show. If it were a normal banquet, the food would have been cold in the current weather.
This "New Year's Party" is indeed its name. It is a grand event that allows everyone to relax and have fun. The old days are gone, and the new days begin. The Qin Dynasty will have a good start in the new year.
After these singing, dancing and vaudeville performances, we returned to the drama program.
This time, it is about the changes brought about by the First Emperor after he implemented the new policy in the six countries. A group of Zhao prisoners were arrested and imprisoned for the harsh laws of the Qin Dynasty, and they had resentment towards the Qin Dynasty.
But during the new policy, his original crimes were abolished and released, and his resentment towards the Qin Dynasty was also reduced. Especially in the last scene of the drama, a prisoner from Zhao kowtowed to the southwest with his mother who had picked him up and shouted, "Long live your Majesty!"
After this show, Emperor Shiniu picked up the wine lord in his hand and said to everyone: "I have said that I will celebrate today's New Year with you. Please drink this cup to celebrate the Great Qin and New Year!"
Everyone also picked up the wine lord and replied in unison: "Congratulations to the Qin Dynasty and New Year's greetings!"
(This chapter ends)