The Jiaofang Division of the Darong Empire, located in the northeast of Miyagi, occupies a large tic-tac-toe-shaped territory, mainly composed of two major alleys, the Honji Hutong and the Lingsi Hutong.

The Hutong of the Division is where the Department of Teaching and Correction is located, and it is also the location of the Law and Music Department established by the state, and its status is much higher than that of the Hutong of the Chess, and all kinds of court musicians who are proficient in music and rhythm are basically concentrated here.

As the official office in charge of the world's top musicians, the Department of Rhythm and Music is always responsible for many large-scale scenes of welcome or celebration ceremonial music, so in comparison, the Hutong of the Division is actually more serious and deserted than the Hutong of the Si Si on weekdays.

The Chessi Alley is the real entertainment place, the dancers and geisha are all over there, and it is lively every day, and if the men want to be entertained, they all go to the Trick Alley, and they will only step into the Honji Alley if they have serious things.

Fu Xuechen looked like a chick who had never been to the Teaching Workshop Division, and he didn't know where the Teaching Workshop Division was opening, so Yu Zuo acted as a guide and gave her a rough introduction with a smile.

Fu Xuechen couldn't help but hit back slightly: "Does Your Highness come often?" So familiar? ”

"Nope! I've only been here twice, both times with my brother, once with the third brother and once with the fourth brother. Yu Zuo smiled and said: "The third brother is on an errand in the Ministry of Rites, and the fourth brother is learning Hengxiao with the master of the Legal Sound Department." ”

The Prince of Iceberg is actually learning to play the flute? I can't see it! Fu Xuechen blinked his eyes in surprise, and when he looked back, the fourth prince was indifferent on the surface, but in fact, he loved music? Love pets too? That's a bit of a difference!

Yu Zuo smiled again at this time: "The imperial grandmother likes music, and the fourth brother probably wants to learn to play the flute himself, and when the time comes, he will play a birthday song for the imperial grandmother, and he can save a few words, which is indeed his temperament." ”

The Hutong of the Division is divided into the East Courtyard and the West Courtyard, and the musical instruments of the musicians in the East Courtyard are mainly gold and stone, such as chimes, pottery xun, suona, gongs and drums, etc.

The musical instruments of the musicians of the West Courtyard are mainly silk and bamboo, such as Yaoqin, Guzheng, Erhu, Dixiao, etc., there is a high-rise building in the middle of the two courtyards, called Huarui Jixiang Building, which is a large-scale celebration and entertainment venue, and the function is roughly equivalent to the theater and auditorium of later generations, if you need many musicians and geisha to perform together, the rehearsal of the program is in this building.

Yu Zuo took Fu Xuechen to the West Courtyard.

The person in charge of the West Courtyard is the second official under Fengluan, and when he learned of the arrival of the six princes, he stepped forward to greet him, and it was Zuo Sile Fang Zhixin, who was a minor official from the eighth grade, and as for the chief official Fengluan, he generally ran back and forth between the Ministry of Rites and the Department of Teaching, and he happened to be not in the Department of Teaching at the moment.

"Your Highness Sixth is here today for ......," Fang Zhixin asked.

"On my grandmother's birthday, I prepared a song to sing, and I hope that the musicians who will appear at that time will be able to play drum music for me and Shang." Yu Zuo directly explained his intentions.

"I see! It's not hard, it's not hard! Fang Zhixin felt that this request was a trivial matter for the musicians, and he immediately felt relaxed in his heart, and led Yu Zuo and Fu Xuechen directly to the central high-rise building.

Because there are only three days before the Holy Birthday Festival, the musicians and dancers are now concentrated in the Huarui Building to rehearse and practice cooperation, so as not to make mistakes at that time.

This is just the cheapest for Yu Zuo and Fu Xuechen, so that before the official celebration, they can get a glimpse of the leopard and watch several grand performances prepared by the Teaching Workshop Division.

The only pity is that during the rehearsal, everyone wore their own regular clothes, not performance dresses, which inevitably looked messy and lacked the beauty of unified costumes.

But Fu Xuechen has been very happy watching it, and she finally found a similar feeling of watching the artists' rehearsals backstage in a variety show in this strange era.

Although there are no pianos, violins, jazz drums and other Western musical instruments in this era, and there are no modern sound equipment and dazzling lighting equipment, it also has its unique ancient charm.

Watching all kinds of beauties in ancient costumes dancing enchantingly, water sleeves flying, accompanied by melodious classical music, zheng, piano, flute, successive harmony, occasionally played by bells and drums, it is really a different kind of enjoyment.

In this era, there is no program host, but there is a master of ceremonies, which is equivalent to a combination of host and director, and when the official performance is performed, the master of ceremonies will command and control the process of the performance, when to stop, when to perform, when to change the program, when to perform what program, and so on.

Fang Zhixin told the emcee about the requirements of the six princes, and the emcee immediately understood, and immediately found him several musicians who would be present that day according to the requirements of the six princes, namely gongs and drums, dulcimer, zither and suona.

After Yu Zuo sang a simple birthday celebration in Cantonese, the musicians discussed a few words with each other and immediately collaborated to play a suitable accompaniment, which sounded very festive and joyful, and the effect was very good.

Fu Xuechen looked at these musicians in amazement and admiration, sure enough, masters who are proficient in music No matter which dynasty they were born in, masters are masters, within the scope of their profession, soundtracks are as simple and easy as playing, and they are easy to come by.

Even they don't need to rehearse with them beforehand, as long as they signal to start, they can immediately make the most suitable accompaniment at the most opportune time.

Therefore, it took less than a quarter of an hour, after Yu Zuo and Fu Xuechen nodded their heads to approve of one of the versions of accompaniment they had temporarily matched, the two could leave, and the musicians would go back to write down the score, and the master of ceremonies would pay extra attention to the movements of the six princes, and could command the musicians to do a good job of live accompaniment at any time.

In the previous life, the Tang Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty all had a system of untouchable status, which was actually a slave system, musicians and dancers all belonged to the untouchable, and the lowly status did not belong to the commoners.

The most uncomfortable thing is that the descendants of the lowly family still belong to the lowly status, and they cannot participate in the imperial examination for the rest of their lives, and there are almost no channels to turn over, and they are not even as good as tenants, at least the children of tenants are still eligible to participate in the imperial examinations.

The "ancient common sense" that later generations are most familiar with about the lowly nationality is the legacy of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Ming and Qing dynasties carried it forward, but they don't know that the most criticized "cowardly" Song Dynasty, which was vigorously belittled and slandered by the Yuan Dynasty's revision of history, is more advanced than the Ming Dynasty in some social systems, for example, the Song Dynasty did not have a lowly nationality system, and the Song Dynasty also attached importance to commerce and commercial taxes.

The use of slaves in the Song Dynasty was closer to the employment system of later generations, the slaves in the large families were hired, and the government would protect their personal and property safety by signing the contract, and the musicians and dancers of the Song Dynasty, including the women of the Qinglou, also relied on the contract to engage in related occupations, and when the contract was terminated, they were no different from the commoners, and their children had similar social status to the children of the commoners.

The Darong Empire also does not have the saying of cheap nationality, all the people, are the people, craftsmen, musicians, dancers, Qinglou girls, etc., the profession belongs to the lower ninth class, but the identity is the same as the commoners, as long as the net worth is innocent within three generations, their descendants also have the right to participate in the imperial examination, which is similar to the Song Dynasty.

However, the Darong Empire also stipulated that the status of slaves was subordinate to the master's family, as long as they signed a deed with the master's family, they automatically gave up the treatment of commoners, became vassals of the master's family, and accepted the jurisdiction of the master's family, so that they did not have the right to participate in the imperial examination, which was similar to the Ming and Qing dynasties.

As for the children born of the union of slaves and slaves, there are two different paths to take: they can be registered as commoners, do not sign a deed of ownership with the master's family, do not accept the cultivation of the master's family, and let the relatives of non-slaves raise them on their behalf; You can also sign a deed with the main family at birth, become the son of the main family, and be a vassal of the main family for the rest of your life.

To be honest, there is no such thing as a cheap position, Fu Xuechen thinks it is too good, so many talents in the manufacturing industry, talents who are good at music and performing arts can make full use of their talents to earn survival resources on the one hand, and on the other hand, they don't have to worry about their offspring, if they don't have the talent of their parents, they can go on other paths.

And musicians and dancers still belong to the ninth-rate professions, Fu Xuechen also thinks it is good, this talent does not belong to the mainstream of society, and there will be no phenomenon of various star worship that will be criticized by people in later generations.