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Chapter 12
At this time, the poetic style of the Tang Dynasty still followed the Qi and Liang Yuxi, and did not reach the height of Yu Xin. Only a few people began to change their poetic style.The original representative work is Wang Ji's "Wild Hope": "Looking at Donggao at dusk, what to rely on when you move and rely on your desires."

The trees are all autumn, and the hills and mountains only fall.

The shepherd drives the calves back, hunts horses and brings birds back.

If you have no acquaintance, Changge has plucking.

There is also Wei Zheng's "Out of the Customs": the Central Plains first competed for the throne, and the pen was devoted to Rong Xuan.

Even if the plan fails, the generosity still exists.

The stick pays homage to the emperor and drives the horse out of the gate.

Please go to Nanyue, and go to Dongfan with Shi.

Yu Yuzhi Gaoxiu, haunts the plains.

The ancient trees sing cold birds, and the empty mountains sing night apes.

It not only hurts the clairvoyance, but also shocks the soul.

Are you not afraid of hardships and dangers, and deeply cherish the grace of the country.

Ji Bu has no two promises, and Hou Ying has one word.

If you are emotional in life, who will judge your fame!
Especially the latter poem is full of loyalty, and I don't see any trace of the powdery air of the Six Dynasties. It is a milestone in the transformation of Tang poetry.

Then there are the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty, Wang, Yang, Lu, Luo and Chen Zhiang, and the poetic style began to become fresh, which once again laid the foundation for the arrival of Tang poetry in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.After the Four Masters, Song Zhiwen and Shen Quanqi appeared again. The two poets competed in beautiful styles, but they also had a few golden works such as "Being Tested Out of the Fortress".In addition to these two people, there are also the big writer Cui Rong and the great writer Su Weiwei.

In fact, Shangguan style was the most popular at this time. There was Shangguanyi before. Tang Gaozong transferred the political center to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and he served as prime minister. One day when he was waiting for the palace gate to open, he saw the scenery at dawn. So I wrote a poem "Entering the Chaoluodi Step by Moon": the pulse is wide and the river flows, and the horses are driven to Changzhou.The magpie flies to the mountain and the moon dawns, and the cicadas make noise in the wild wind and autumn.

At that time, after reading this poem, the officials looked at it like a fairy.It is estimated that it is not that serious. This is the flattery of other officials.However, his poetic style is beautiful and charming, which was regarded as orthodox at that time.Later, his daughter Shangguan Wan'er carried forward her father's poetic style, and every time this daughter wrote a poem, people all over the world copied it.

There is another one among them, the military general Guo Yuanzhen, although he is a military general, he can write very good poems, especially the "Sword of Sword", which writes about heroes who are underappreciated, but the writing is extremely majestic. Wu Zetian just read his poem After the poem, I greatly appreciated it, and then began to reuse it for him.

However, generally speaking, the present Tang poetry has begun to become thicker, but it has not yet reached the broad state of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.Therefore, the faces of the four adults turned pale when they saw the young man write this poem.

Especially after Di Renjie watched it, a storm arose in his heart!
At this time, the military strength of the Tang Dynasty began to gradually decline. First it was defeated by the Khitan, and then by the Turks. Countless soldiers died in front of them, and many people on the border suffered disasters. A general who is good at fighting, destroys the Great Wall himself.

Therefore, in October last year, Di Renjie wrote a letter saying: "The four barbarians are born outside the seal of the former king, so they reject the sea in the east and block the quicksand in the west. Self-defeating, and then attacking. If you wait for work with leisure, the strength of the fighter will be multiplied. If you use the master to resist the enemy, you will have the convenience. If you fortify the wall and clear the field, you will have nothing to gain. Years, the two captives can be subdued without attacking."

In fact, this method is not good, and the Song Dynasty seems to have played like this.The main reason for the decline in the Tang Dynasty's military strength was the corruption of the military system in Wu Zetian's hands, and Wu Zetian beheaded many generals who were able to recruit and fight well. This is one of Wu Zetian's three major criticisms.

And this poem satirizes the general's arrogance and underestimation of the enemy, and his indifference to the soldiers, which led to the defeat of the battle.This reminded Di Renjie that Wang Xiaojie underestimated the enemy last year and was defeated by Khitan. The 17 Tang army almost died.Therefore, when Di Renjie saw this poem, he resonated with his thoughts.

The most rare thing is that this poem is written in a tragic and magnificent way, with a strong spirit, which makes people feel a lot of emotions after reading it.Therefore, Di Renjie almost exclaimed when he saw it.

Not only Di Renjie.It can be said that everyone sitting at this time has gathered almost all the elite poets of the Tang Dynasty.But after listening to this poem, everyone was at a loss, not even the arrogant Comrade Du said a word.Compared with this poem, it's no wonder that Shangguan Wan'er didn't like all their poems just now.

Di Renjie pulled Cui Xian, Song Yuanshuang, and Ji Xu aside, and asked in a low voice, "Do you know who wrote this poem?"

Such poems must be popular all over the world once they come out, but Di Renjie has never heard of them.He hadn't heard of it, Song Yuanshuang and the other three shook their heads in the same blank.

Di Renjie and the three adults looked at each other, thinking in unison in their hearts: Could this poem be written by this young man?
At this moment, they suddenly heard the young man sigh again, looked at the painting and said: "Although the paper is crude and the brush and ink are simple and rough, the painting has no picturesque meaning, and the words have no shape. When will I reach the Dacheng?"

As he spoke, he picked up the picture from the drawing board and reached out to tear it off.

Di Renjie said anxiously: "Don't tear it up!"

I'm really in a hurry, first of all, this painting, not to mention the ingenuity of the painting, the painting skills may not be as good as dare to be called the best in the world, but it is also a high-quality masterpiece.Later generations said that the famous painters of the Tang Dynasty were nothing more than Wu Daozi, Li Sixun, Yan Liben, Wang Wei and others.But at this time, the Tang Dynasty was still influenced by the Jin Dynasty's division of scholars into nine grades, and various painters were divided into different grades, and the rankings were mostly different from the rankings in the eyes of later generations.

Throughout the entire Tang Dynasty, in the eyes of Tang people, the character of painters was three princes: Han Wang Yuanchang, Jiangdu Wang Li Xu, and Si Teng Wang Li Zhanran.Their ranking has nothing to do with painting skills, but mainly because of their transcendent status.But all three are famous for their paintings of bees, butterflies and birds.

Next, there is one person on the Shenpin, Wu Daozi.One of the gods, Zhou Fang.There are seven people under Shenpin, Yan Liben, Yuchi Yiseng, Yan Lide, Han Wu, Li Sixun, and Zhang Yu.There are seven people on Miaopin, Wei Wumin, Zhu Shen, Wang Wei, Wei Yan, Wang Zai, Yang Yan, and Han Huang.There are five people in Miaopin, Chen Hong, Fan Changshou, Zhang Xuan, Cheng Xiuji and Bian Luan.There are ten people including Feng Shaozheng and Zhang Xiaoshi.Nengpin Chen Tan and other six people.Nengpinzhong Yangbian and other 28 people.Can taste Huang Er and other 26 people.Yipin Wang Mo, Zhang Zhihe, and Li Lingsheng.

This ranking is very harsh, even Zhang Xiaoshi, Wu Zhimin and others did not squeeze in.Of course, now is the period from the early Tang Dynasty to the middle Tang Dynasty, and this ranking has not yet been released.But according to this ranking, in Di Renjie's eyes, this young man's painting skills are naturally missed, and it is difficult to find a good one.

If this boy knew that the most famous prime minister in the dynasty actually gave him such a high price, he might be flattered.In fact, it is also related to Di Renjie's psychology. If it is ranked in the nine ranks, it is also the reason for seeing this poem.

Moreover, this young man seems to have created a precedent for calligraphy with his grassy hands, and the most rare thing is this poem.If this painting and this poem are handed over to Emperor Wu, how much shock will it have on Emperor Wu?

The young man turned around, his eyes dazed and puzzled, when did so many people come, four in official uniforms, and dozens of soldiers standing guard not far away.

Even so, he wasn't nervous at all.He looked at Di Renjie, his eyes were still dazed, but he was not nervous. He just flipped up his rough linen robe and asked vigilantly: "This envoy, this painting was drawn by a boy. If you tear it up, you will not offend the envoy." Jun."

If it wasn't for the fact that the imperial court is controlled by Wu Zetian, who kills people and exterminates people at every turn, this young man might say, "You can tear up my paintings as you want, and don't care what your business is."

Di Renjie said: "Little brother, I want to buy this painting you painted."

Buy my painting?A surprise appeared in the boy's eyes, good thing, now I am so poor that I don't even have money to buy a pen.He asked, "So, envoy, how much will you give me?"

Don't just give a copper plate, which is not enough to buy paper.

Di Renjie smiled, and took out an ingot of silver cake from his bosom. This ingot of silver was not small, it seemed to be at least a dozen taels, and it shone brightly in the sunlight.

"Di Shilang, this is too expensive." Ji Xu said from the side.

"Not expensive, not expensive. Isn't Wen Zhiyong worth a thousand stones?"

Chu Suiliang wrote good calligraphy, and once asked Yu Shinan: "How is my calligraphy better than Zhiyong?"

Yu Shinan replied: "I heard that his words are worth [-] yuan, are your words worth this money?"

At that time, the grain was ripe, and a bucket of rice was five qian, which meant that one word of Zhiyong was worth a thousand stones of grain.However, after the Tang Dynasty was governed by Li Shimin, the country was peaceful and gradually became rich, and extravagance began to flourish.At that time, people paid more attention to calligraphy and painting, which caused some masters' handwriting to be hyped up by the world, which was very valuable.Not only calligraphy and paintings, but also poems can also be sold for money. Li Yong is good at stele odes.

In the Tang Dynasty, gold and silver were used as currency, but because they were precious, they were not often used, and they were not the mainstream currency. Gold and silver had to be exchanged for copper coins in counters and gold and silver shops before they could be used.However, because the loss of gold and silver was not as great as that in the Song Dynasty, the exchange relationship between gold and silver and copper coins was relatively stable.This ingot of silver is more than a dozen taels, and it is worth more than 1 Wen in copper coins. The painting and calligraphy of the young man may be worth so much money, but the value of the calligraphy and painting depends on the author's reputation. From the latter point of view, it is obvious that Di Renjie The price is a bit high.

Di Renjie didn't answer. First, he cherished his talent. Judging from the boy's clothes and the paper, pen, ink and inkstone he used, his family was poor, and Di Renjie wanted to help him.The second is to see how the boy reacts when he sees this huge sum of money.

Chapter 14 Accompaniment
The boy looked at the ingot of silver, and then at the picture he drew.Scratching his hair, he asked Di Renjie, "Old Ambassador, my painting is not worth so much money."

Di Renjie smiled and said, "Why is it worth it or not? If someone says you are worth it, then it is worth it, and if it says you are not worth it, then it is not worth it."

At that time, there was no standardized trading market for calligraphy and painting. Most of them made a living by selling calligraphy and painting, but the price was not high, but a few real masters were ashamed to sell paintings. People who asked them for help mostly asked for gifts. .In fact, as Di Renjie said, the value of real master handwriting is very vague.

But you are everyone?The boy thought.

Di Renjie also found it interesting looking at his expression.

The young man looked at the ingot of silver in Di Renjie's hand, and said after a while: "Although it is said that gentlemen are not free to eat, but this is not considered cheap food, is it?"

Di Renjie laughed again, and said, "It doesn't count, this is someone who bought your painting with this money."

Then the young man stood up, came to Di Renjie, gave a salute and said: "Emissary, although I know this painting is not worth the money, it is the old envoy who took pity on me. But five buckets of rice are hard for a hero." , now the boy's life is a bit embarrassing. The old Shijun's money is of great help to the boy. Although Shijun wears purple clothes, he must be a very good minister in the court. If the boy says something, he will report it later. It’s self-defeating. But trust me, the money will be worth the money.”

Although he said it very politely, he actually accepted it calmly.

The three of Cui Xian glanced at each other, with smiles on their faces, this young man is really a strange man with strange deeds, he behaves uniquely from ordinary people, and his demeanor is refined, faintly reminiscent of those celebrities in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

The young man stuffed the silver into his robe, and said: "The uniforms of these envoys are either red or purple, and they followed the army all the way to the east. They must be the officials who sent troops to Hebei, right?"

Di Renjie nodded, this young man has good eyesight.

The young man said again: "Then the boy has received the favor of the envoy, please make another painting for the old envoy."

"That's fine," Di Renjie applauded.Just now, the young man has never seen the cumbersome technique of painting or the brushwork of writing this grass.Now let this boy paint again, and he really wants to watch it again.

After Di Renjie finished speaking, he said to his housekeeper, "Take out a set of paper, ink, brush and inkstone from XX's luggage."

The paper, the pen, and the ink used by this young man are all very humble, which affects the quality of his calligraphy and pictures.Although Di Renjie was not rich, he was the prime minister after all, and the court regularly distributed paper and ink.Therefore, the four sets of the Four Treasures of the Study that accompanied him were all of high quality.Di Renjie was out of pity for talent, and secondly, he wanted to see how far this young man could develop his talent with the excellent Four Treasures.

After a while, the housekeeper brought some paper and a set of pen, ink and inkstone.

The paper industry began to develop in the Tang Dynasty. Among them, the most famous ones were hemp paper from Yizhou, rattan paper from Wuzhou, bamboo paper from Yuemin, Chupi paper from Jiangnan, Lianshi paper from Linchuan, incense paper from Luozhou, and coastal paper. moss paper, as well as cocoon paper, mulberry paper and other types.Among them, the hemp paper from Yizhou is the best, which is a kind of paper specially used by the imperial court, and it is divided into two types: jute and white hemp.It's just that only the prime minister can use jute exclusively, so it is called Xuanma to worship the prime minister.

What the young man used just now was ordinary hemp paper made from hemp grass produced in the Central Plains and pulped into pulp.Although Yima paper is called hemp paper, the material used is pulped from rags.The quality of the two cannot be compared.

The old housekeeper brought Yizhou hemp paper, but he didn't dare to take jute and let the boy paint.

In addition, the other types of the Four Treasures of the Study brought by the housekeeper are not ordinary Four Treasures of the Study.When the young man saw it, he lost his composure and shouted: "Yizhou hemp paper, Chang'an tung soot ink, Xuancheng Zhuge Zihao pen, Wuyuan Longwei Venus inkstone!"

Di Renjie was a little surprised, hey, although this young man is poor, he has good knowledge, and he recognized the origin of the four treasures at a glance.

Of course he didn't know that this young man had been a human being in two lifetimes. In his previous life, he was knowledgeable and fond of various collections.It is not uncommon to think that the origin of these four treasures.If you don't recognize it now, it's too bad.

The young man began to study ink, so that good generals match good soldiers, and good horses match good saddles. With these kinds of paper, ink, pens and inkstones, the young man also regained his spirit.The more ink was ground into the inkstone, the young man stood up and said to Di Renjie: "This old envoy, can you play the flute?"

Di Renjie nodded.The flute is not difficult, I can play it since I was a child.It's just that I don't understand the boy's intentions.

The young man said again: "Then can the old envoy play the song "June" for me?"

Di Renjie's butler immediately reprimanded: "Bold!"

It seems that he is really courageous. Di Renjie is a dignified prime minister. Now he is the deputy marshal of Zhengbei. The prince has not come, but he is actually the generalissimo.How can I play the flute for you, a commoner?You thought you were King Qin!
Di Renjie made a gesture to signal the housekeeper not to be angry, and said to the young man, "Thank you for your kindness."

In fact, Cui Xian and the others also understood the boy's intentions.Although they may not know their exact identities, but my party is wearing official uniforms, either purple or scarlet, and they must be important officials who went to the north.The boy just asked about this.Let Di Renjie play "June" now, the boy has ulterior motives.

"June" comes from "The Book of Songs, Xiaoya", which praises Yin Jifu, the hero of King Zhou Xuan's Zhongxing, who has outstanding commanding skills and helped King Xuan of Zhou successfully crusade against Yan Yun.This is the teenager wishing them a successful start.It's just that when the young man asked Di Renjie to play the flute, he immediately changed his taste from flattery to a bit hard-bodied.I'm just wishing you well, but not kissing your ass.

Among the four, apart from Di Renjie, that is, Ji Xu has the highest status. This person is cruel and outspoken, known for his cruelty, and was a famous cruel official of Wu Zetian.But he is different from Lai Junchen and others. Although he is cruel, he does not kill people indiscriminately, and he knows the general situation.The most important thing is that he is bold and dares to speak up.After Lai Junchen's crimes were exposed, Wu Zetian was still reluctant to kill Lai Junchen. Ji Xu stopped Wu Zetian's car and forcibly persuaded Wu Zetian to kill him.Finally, this violent official was brought to justice. After Lai Junchen was executed, the people in Tokyo rushed to come to the cut meat, and trampled it into mud.He also persuaded Erzhang to establish the Li family as orthodox, and finally made Wu Zetian decide to pass on to his son but not to his nephew.

Therefore, this young man's behavior not only suits Di Renjie, who is known for his uprightness, but also suits Ji Xu's taste.

I saw Di Renjie disregarding the crudeness of the flute and getting the boy's saliva on it, he took it from the boy's hand and began to play.

(End of this chapter)