I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 29 Qin Yuelan

Because the princes of the Ming Dynasty were extremely restricted in many aspects, and these princes were rich and had free time, some of them gradually became psychologically abnormal and became tyrannical and greedy in this confinement, but many of them devoted themselves to the field of art to make their "imprisoned" lives less boring.

This also gave rise to a group of princes with great artistic achievements, leaving a significant mark in the history of Chinese art.

For example, the modern piano was invented based on the "Twelve-Temperatured Mediation", and the discoverer of the "Twelve-Temperatured Mediation" was Zhu Zaiyu from the Zheng-Wang school. Zhu Zaiyu was a famous musicologist (known as the "Saint of Music"), calendarist, and musician in the Ming Dynasty.

For example, Zhu Youdun, the second king of Zhou, was a master of opera and created many operas.

The Zhou Wang branch was the fastest-growing and most populous branch of the Ming royal family. By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there should have been four to five thousand people, unlike the Jing Fan branch which had less than 5 people after five generations.

That is why Concubine Liu would not object to Zhu Houxun's creation of operas.

Since he had decided to do this, Zhu Houxuan decided to do his best and set aside an hour every day to build his own propaganda force. The first project was "The Kingdom of Women".

Comparing it with the musical "Journey to the West: The Women Kingdom" performed by Zheng Jiaban that he watched that day, he decided to improve the quality of this musical in the following aspects.

First of all, the script is based on the 86 version of Journey to the West, with appropriate localization changes, and the character dialogues are mainly in vernacular;

Then there is the upgrade of costumes and props, which is easy to do with the financial resources of the palace;

The most important thing is the music. The current music ability of Zheng's band is still too weak. In addition, he wants to put in many songs from the 86 version of Journey to the West. In this era, there is definitely no recording and playback equipment. Everything must rely on live performance, so the band's ability must be strong.

Finally, when it comes to actors, we need to choose the most suitable ones.

After determining the direction, Zhu Houxuan decided to go to the Dianyue Office in the mansion first to take a look.

The Dianyue Office was located in the most remote place of the palace. Firstly, they had to play instruments together frequently and were afraid of disturbing other people. Secondly, musicians were considered low-class in the Ming Dynasty and had a very low status. This could be seen from the rank of the official who managed the Dianyue Office. The Dianyue of other offices were of the eighth rank, but the Dianyue of the Dianyue Office was of the ninth rank.

As soon as Zhu Houxuan arrived at the Dianyue Office, he caused a commotion.

"Why are you here, Your Highness? I was unable to come to greet you from afar, I hope Your Highness will forgive me." Dian Le Sun Gong hurriedly came forward to greet him.

"I just happened to come here accidentally. I have been in the palace for fifteen years and have never been here." Zhu Houxuan observed the musicians in the Music Bureau.

"Your Highness, you are joking. It really brings honor to our humble place that Your Highness has come here!" Sun Gong said eagerly.

The news of Yu Liu has spread throughout the mansion. Zhu Houxuan's style of employing people has aroused the interest of many people in the mansion. He has always wanted to talk to the young prince, but he never had the chance. He did not expect that this opportunity would come so directly.

"Don't talk nonsense. I know very little about Dianle. Please introduce him to me."

"As you command," Sun Gong was overjoyed. It was obvious that the young prince came prepared. He definitely did not just wander in by accident as claimed.

"There are a total of 113 people under the supervision of the Music Department, including 62 musicians and 51 performers of opera, dance, acrobatics, etc." Sun Gong said attentively.

This number surprised Zhu Houxuan a little. The famous Evergrande Song and Dance Troupe had only more than 200 people at its peak, but the Dian Music Institute had more than people.

Moreover, there were 62 musicians alone, which would be considered a medium-sized orchestra in later generations.

There were only five people who could be called masters in the Jingwang Mansion. Zhu Houxuan suddenly realized that there was a huge waste of manpower in the Jingwang Mansion. You know, there were more than three thousand people in the Jingwang Mansion, and these three thousand people were nominally serving these five people.

However, he also knew that now was not the time to think about this issue, so he put it aside for the time being.

"I heard a song in my dream yesterday, and I couldn't forget it, so I wanted to ask the musician to play this song." Zhu Houxuan gave the reason he had prepared in advance.

"That means there is no music score. How much of the song in my dream does Your Majesty remember?" Sun Gong frowned slightly.

"Ten percent!" Zhu Houxuan said with a smile. His powerful memory allowed him to remember every detail of the song he had heard in his previous life.

"Then the prince will hum it out in a moment, and I will find the most experienced musician to compose the music for the prince's song."

"Good!" Zhu Houxuan nodded with satisfaction.

"Then rest here for a while, Your Majesty. I will be back soon."

After a while, Sun Gong led a woman in plain clothes to the room where Zhu Houxuan was resting.

This woman was not wearing any makeup, her hair was tied up with a simple wooden hairpin, she did not have any expensive jewelry, and the fabric of her clothes was the most ordinary, but it could not conceal her extraordinary temperament. She did not look very old, but she had a sense of clarity that seemed to have seen through the world.

This small music house actually has such a beauty? Zhu Houxuan's eyes lit up.

But Zhu Houxuan did not lose his composure. After all, he was a time traveler and had seen many beauties in the future. So he just looked at the woman curiously and asked, "Madam, is this the most experienced musician in the Dian Music Institute?"

"That's right. Although Miss Qin is young, she is proficient in many musical instruments. Her talent in music is the highest I have ever seen in decades. Yuelan, come and meet the prince." Sun Gong explained hurriedly.

"My servant greets the prince!" Qin Yuelan bowed to Zhu Houxuan, then she stood quietly aside without even looking at him.

Zhu Houxuan couldn't help but compare her with Liu Yourong. For a moment, he felt that they were equally matched. They were women with completely different temperaments.

One is gentle and naive, the other is cold and otherworldly.

"Then I'll have to trouble Miss Qin!" Zhu Houxuan nodded with a smile.

So Zhu Houxuan began to hum, and Qin Yuelan quickly wrote down the melody he was humming with a brush on a piece of white paper.

Zhu Houxun only hummed it three times before Qin Yuelan stopped writing.

"I have recorded it all." Qin Yuelan's cold expression showed a hint of surprise and curiosity. "This song has a beautiful melody, but I have never heard of it before. I wonder where the prince got it from."

"What I got in a dream!" Zhu Houxun looked at the music score. The music score should have been recorded in the traditional Chinese gongche notation, and it was filled with beautiful hairpin-flowered small regular script. This made Zhu Houxun even more curious about Qin Yuelan's origins.

"Is this true?" Qin Yuelan did not ask any further questions and returned to her cold attitude.

(End of this chapter)