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Chapter 82 The Decisive Battle at the White Horse Temple ([-])

If the screen of Hanlinzhai makes people take a breath of air, follow Baolinzhai's staff to open all the silk cloth.The sound of the people around them gasping for air-conditioning disappeared.

On this lacquer sculpture, more than 7000 eminent monks from India are listening to Tang Sanzang preaching Buddhism.Although there are a large number of people, these eminent monks not only have different appearances, but even expressions are completely different.Some were smiling, some were thinking with their eyes closed, some were shaking their heads and sighing, and some were surprised and admiring.Originally, Wang Hua used the Tiehuang technique, with the soft light of the lantern against the background, and the sound of the copper bell hanging from the Sakyamuni stupa came from behind, blowing with the night wind.

A kind of desolation!
A kind of quaintness!
A great compassion of Buddhism!
Like a gust of wind, blowing toward the face.

It's too late to appreciate. Below are more than 100 lacquer paintings and inscriptions that also took a lot of effort from Wang Hua. The people around them feel like crying and wanting to bow down.In fact, it was only at this time that shopkeeper He realized why Wang Hua chose to stay at the White Horse Temple and also chose to compete with Hanlinzhai at night.I used to marvel at the workmanship of this lacquer carving, but under the light of this kind of lantern, amidst the sound of this copper bell, even now I saw this lacquer carving, and my heart was shocked again.

No wonder Wang Hua repeatedly talked about the soul, no wonder Gu Kai's Buddhist painting can make Wagong Temple several million incense money in a few days!

It took a long time for the abbot and abbot of the White Horse Temple to come to their senses. They walked up to this lacquer sculpture, sat cross-legged on the ground, held Buddhist beads in their hands, and recited endlessly.

Seeing them sitting cross-legged on the ground, some people began to kneel on the ground and worship this lacquer sculpture.It was like a gust of wind, gradually moving backwards, spreading, and waves of people who came to watch knelt on the ground.In fact, the people behind didn't know what was going on, they only heard someone in front say that the competition had started, but they didn't even see a single paint.Now I finally saw it. On the high platform in the middle of the open space in the distance, there were two pieces of lacquerware, shining brightly.It will definitely shine. Tens of millions of dollars are piled up to make two pieces of lacquerware, and countless gold, silver and jewels are wasted.But there is no way to see clearly what it looks like.

But everyone is kneeling, what happened?If others kneel, I will kneel too.

All of a sudden, I don't know how many tens of thousands of people came, or how many 10 people, all of them knelt down.

In fact, at this point, there is no need to comment, and the result is known.

People in Hanlinzhai and some of the workshops associated with them all looked ashen.In order to make this screen famous, they spent a lot of money, not to mention how much labor and energy they spent!However, in the end it became a foil for others!
Because Wu Zetian also believed in Buddhism, after seeing this lacquerware, he liked it even more in his heart, and said again and again: "This Wang Erlang, Xueshi Du praised him as the second-best talent in the world, but it may not be true, but his ingenuity on utensils is not only second-hand, Eight fights are more than enough."

But at this time, Ji Xu said inappropriately from the side: "What's the use of that? It's just a Yu Wenkai."

Hearing his words, Wu Zetian and the others all changed countenance.

Yu Wenkai, a minister of the Sui Dynasty, was the most famous architect in ancient China.He once built famous buildings such as Renshou Palace and Fengxing Palace for the Sui Dynasty, but the most famous one is Daxing City.This is the first city in the history of the world.Someone has calculated the area of ​​ten ancient cities in the world: Daxing City in the Sui Dynasty (Changan City in the Tang Dynasty), with an area of ​​84.1 square kilometers; Luoyang City in the Northern Wei Dynasty, with an area of ​​about 73 square kilometers; Beijing City in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with an area of ​​60.2 square kilometers; Kilometers; Sui and Tang Dynasties Tokyo (Luoyang City), an area of ​​50 square kilometers; Ming Nanjing, an area of ​​45.2 square kilometers; Han Chang’an (inner city), an area of ​​43 square kilometers; Baghdad, an area of ​​35 square kilometers; Rome, an area of ​​30.44 square kilometers; Byzantium, The area is 13.68 square kilometers.From the above list, we can see that the scale of ancient Chinese cities is unrivaled in the world, and Daxing City is at the top of the list, and can be called the world's first city.

Of course, there is another alternative, that is Kaifeng in the Northern Song Dynasty.But the construction of Kaifeng is unreasonable.Because in the Northern Song Dynasty, except for the prodigal son Huizong of the Song Dynasty, all the emperors were frugal and did not deliberately build cities. Often the inner city could not live, and they developed outside the city.By the time the Northern Song Dynasty fell, it had become a Sandao city.It continues to develop outward, so Kaifeng is the most irregular city, and there is no way to calculate it.

The appearance of this Yu Wenkai is a grand event in the history of Chinese architecture, but it is precisely because of his instigation that Sui Yang prospered the palace city, dug rivers and canals, coupled with the urging of the court and his cruelty, in order to catch up with the project. Five or six of the ten died, which accelerated the demise of the Sui Dynasty.

It's a bit embarrassing to say that.It was just a piece of lacquerware, and it didn't use a penny from the treasury. Like Zhang Yizhi's banquet that day, it probably cost several million.What Ji Xu said was a bit too much.

In fact, Ji Xu also had good intentions, and he didn't want Wang Hua to get lost in these obscene tricks. Studying and becoming an official is the right way.What's more, under the envoy of Master Wang, the fight between the two families has invisibly promoted the atmosphere of exaggeration in the society, which is not a good thing.

In fact, Wu Zetian knew it well, and she waved to Wang Hua again.

Wang Hua walked over and asked cautiously, "May I ask your Majesty, what are your orders?"

Wu Zetian reprimanded: "At your age, if you don't study hard, why do you lead the world to be extravagant and luxurious? Do you want me to learn from the Western Jin Dynasty?"

Wang Hua thought to herself, isn't this wronging me?You see, the Zhang brothers and Princess Taiping, the cost of those mansions is not calculated in billions of dollars, but in gold and silver is also calculated in tens of thousands of taels.Not to mention that your concubine, the Great Monk Huaiyi, set fire to the Mingtang, and the loss in that one time was probably more than one billion yuan.I made a piece of lacquerware, so the Tang Dynasty became the Western Jin Dynasty?

But dare not explain.He replied: "Your Majesty, these things are just small ways, but if the big way goes astray, it will also harm others and yourself. If the small way gives it meaning, it will also be enlightening to the people. Your Majesty, please see."

As he spoke, he brought Wu Zetian to the front of the lacquerware to read the inscription.The little flower was still embroidered under the inscription. Wu Zetian looked at it, thought about it, and understood what Wang Hua meant, and turned his anger into joy again, and said, "What a little flower."

Even Ji Xu couldn't say anything.

After Wu Zetian finished reading it, she knew the result without commenting, and went back happily.As soon as they left, the common people dared to gather around to watch, especially the lacquer carvings painted by Wang. In addition to the figure statues, there are also inscriptions, and there are more than 100 pictures and inscriptions. It is impossible to appreciate them without getting close.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Wang Hua held Xiao Honghong's hand, and it was time to leave.

At this time, the moonlight was white, and the night breeze officially began to cool down!
PS: This volume is over.In the next 20 days, continue to work with everyone on the public version.As for the dissatisfaction of some friends with this volume, I apologize again, but think about it, I can’t really put it on the shelves until it reaches 50 million words, right?Let's understand each other.In the future, two shifts will be maintained, and sometimes three shifts will be violent.

By the way, thank you for your recommendations, collections, encouragement, and rewards (I will make a separate thank you for the list of rewards when it is put on the shelves).thanks.

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