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Chapter 603 Calligraphy and Painting
Many people were killed, but the matter was not settled, and Webster's remnant party still had to deal with it.The meritorious officials have not yet been rewarded.

Dou Congyi couldn't kill his wife. This guy was too bad, so he was demoted to Haozhou Sima, and he dropped four or five ranks in one fell swoop.

Then Li Longji was named King Ping, who presided over the affairs of the internal and external stables, and took charge of the left and right chambers of thousands of cavalry.Xue Chongyu was the king of Lijie, Zhong Shaojing was promoted by an unknown number of ranks, and became the servant of Zhongshu, and Liu Youqiu was a member of Zhongshu Sheren, who also rose to many ranks, and let them participate in government affairs.Then he ordered Ma Sizong to be the general of the right Jinwuwei Zhonglang.

It was a draft. On the third day, Princess Taiping met with Li Chongmao. The two talked for a while, and Princess Taiping left.What was discussed, no one knows.But Li Chongmao began to decree to abdicate the throne to Li Dan, but Li Dan refused to grant it.So Li Longji, king of Ping, was appointed as the supervisor of the palace, the third rank of Tongzhong Shumen, Song Wang Li Chengqi was appointed as the general of the left guard, Li Chengyi, the king of Hengyang, was appointed as the general of the right guard, Li Longfan, the king of Baling, was the general of Zuo Yulin, and Li Longye, the king of Pengcheng, was appointed as the general of the right feather General Lin, Guanglu Shaoqing's heir, Li Wei, the Taoist king, is the general of the right Jinwuwei who inspects the school.That is to say, apart from Li Wei, Li Longji's brothers were all named kings.

And the other person, Princess Changning's husband, Yang Shenjiao, was demoted to the governor of Bazhou, Wei Sili survived by chance, and was demoted to the governor of Songzhou. After becoming the governor of Jiangzhou, Cui Shi was relegated to the governor of Huazhou not long after he was recalled to the capital.Li Yong was demoted to be the governor of Qinzhou because of his ambiguity with Webster.

Another person's demotion caught Wang Hua's attention.Although Xiao Zhizhong was upright, he was relegated to the governor of Xuzhou because of his in-laws with Wei's relatives.This shows that so far, Princess Taiping has not done anything.Everything is dominated by Li Longji.Therefore, Li Rizhi and Zhong Shaojing moved to the third rank of Tongzhong Shumen, and Zhong Shaojing became the biggest winner this time, faster than the one in the cross talk who was promoted to three levels in a row. A person in charge of the imperial garden became the prime minister within a few days.Because Wu Yanxiu sent people to arrest Wang Maozhong, he ran away in fright, and has not shown his face in hiding for the past few days.Li Longji didn't blame him either, he played an important role in helping Li Longji succeed, so he became a general.

Liu Youqiu persuaded Li Chengqi and Li Longji again: "The king of Xiang has been the emperor before, and all the people yearn for it. Now that the people's hearts are not stable, the affairs of the royal family and the country are the most important. Why is the king of Xiang still sticking to the small details and not ascending the throne as soon as possible?"

Although the overall situation has been decided, the emperor is still Li Chongmao, and these people are not at ease.

Li Longji replied: "Father is indifferent by nature and never cares about worldly affairs. Even if he ruled the world, he would still give up the throne to others. What's more, today's son is the son of my father's brother?"

Liu Youqiu said earnestly again: "The will of the people must not be violated. The Prime Minister wants to be single, but what about the country and the country of the Tang Dynasty?"

When the important ministers in the inner hall were discussing matters, Liu Youqiu and others knelt down again and brought up this matter.Li Dan didn't make a sound.

Princess Taiping asked all the ministers directly: "The emperor wants to pass the throne to his uncle, is it okay?"

Li Chongmao was stunned, thinking, when did I have this idea.But he dared not make a sound.

But after Princess Taiping asked, all the ministers agreed and said hello together.

Princess Taiping directly lifted Li Chongmao up and said: "The hearts of all the subjects in the world belong to the king, this throne does not belong to you anymore."

Li Dan resolutely refused at this time.

In doing so, one is to set an example, and it is best to give way a few times before he has the nerve to sit on the throne.The second is the marriage between Wang Hua and Li Chiying. Their marriage has not been settled yet, and Li Dan dare not sit in this position.Even though Wang Hua was in the capital, Li Dan was still very apprehensive.But because of this, Li Chongmao had no choice but to order Li Dan to take charge of the government.In fact, the emperor became an empty shelf again, and the power was transferred from Webster to the king.

So Li Dan appointed Zhong Shaojing as the order of Zhongshu.

After Wang Hua heard it, he thought to himself, what an amazing thing, this time it has become the truth.

However, because this kid started from a young official, he has no experience and rewards and punishments at will, which made the ministers hate him very much.But he has made great achievements recently, no one dares to say.At this time, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple advised him to resign in accordance with the etiquette, and stop being a prime minister, you are not that kind of material.Then he wrote to Li Dan and said: "Although Zhong Shaojing has made great contributions to the country, he was born as a small official and has no talents. Now he is suddenly promoted to the position of prime minister. I am afraid that all people in the world will have more words."

Li Dan also saw that he was not expected to be a prime minister, so he was changed to the Minister of the Household Department, and then sent to Shuzhou as the governor.

Even the governor of Shuzhou is tantamount to a real relocation for Zhong Shaojing.But Wang Hua saw the shadow of Princess Taiping in this matter.The reason why Zhong Shaojing was promoted so quickly this time was because he hesitated for a while.Li Longji knew it, and he knew it, but Li Dan didn't know it. He thought that the big event started from Zhong Shaojing's house, and he thought he was Li Longji's main helper.Li Longji was also embarrassed to say it.But I was somewhat unhappy in my heart, so I didn't protect Zhong Shaojing.

But why did Xue Ji speak? Strictly speaking, he is still a member of the Wei Party, but now he has the right to speak, because he was subdued by Princess Taiping.But from the appearance, he still thinks that his son married Princess Xianyuan.

With another change in the court, Yao Yuanzhi became the third rank of the Minister of the Ministry of War. This is the long history of Xiangwang's mansion, and it is reasonable for the old man of Xiangwang to be promoted.Song Zhiwen's brother Ran Zuyong and other members of the Wei Party who survived by chance, because they were small people, flattered Wu Wei and exiled to Lingnan.However, Wei Sili and Xiao Zhizhong were the Minister of Zhongshu, Zhao Yanzhao was the Minister of Zhongshu, and Cui Shi was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.You can see that Princess Taiping's shadow in the court hall is getting heavier and heavier.

At the same time, Princess Taiping was added as ten thousand households, and all the sons were also kings.

But not long after, Cui Shi was dismissed as Shangshu Zuo Cheng, Zhang Xi was appointed governor of Jiangzhou, Xiao Zhizhong was appointed governor of Jinzhou, Wei Sili was appointed governor of Xuzhou, Zhao Yanzhao was appointed governor of Songzhou, and Li Qiao was demoted to governor of Huaizhou.Song Jing finally came out of his head, and was the third rank of the same family as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Shi Jian, and Cui Riyong.Tang Xiujing retired, and Zhang Ren was willing to retire as General Zuowei.

It was reasonable for Zhang Xi to be demoted. He was Webster's confidant, and he would be demoted from court sooner or later.Tang Xiujing was demoted because he was loyal to Li Xian, not Li Dan, and he let his son marry He Lou's daughter in order to protect himself, which was also criticized.As the prime minister, Zhang Ren was willing to stand by and watch, so it was also understandable that this would lead to such a fate.

However, Xiao Zhizhong and others were demoted before, and then moved back, moved back and demoted again, which made people laugh and cry.Fortunately, they hadn't had time to leave in the capital, otherwise they would definitely be dizzy if the court was promoted and demoted like this on the road.

It looks incomprehensible on the outside, but in fact this is Li Longji's counterattack.

However, Princess Taiping was not willing to be weak, and she pointed the finger at another person, Cui Riyong.

Xue Ji said in a letter: "Cui Riyong has ulterior motives. He has been attached to Wu Sansi Webster before. He is not a loyal minister. Selling his master for glory is not a righteous man. Don't you hear that Wang Hua cut and attacked and killed Webster's soldiers. Shameless in the world, the worst It's this person."

Cui Riyong also wrote a letter to explain: "Although I have made great mistakes in the past, but I have made great achievements recently, so don't question it. But Xue Ji entrusted the marriage of the state with Zhang Yizhi and Zong Chuke inside. Why not guess it?"

In Wang Hua's words, these two are shameless people, but on the surface they are slandering and attacking each other, but in fact it is Princess Taiping and Li Long who are wrestling behind the scenes.Li Dan played Tai Chi and dismissed both of them. Cui Riyong was the governor of Yongzhou, and Xue Ji was Zuo Sanqi's regular attendant.

Li Dan's Tai Chi is of course very good, but as a courtier, this kind of Tai Chi can keep him safe, but as an emperor, he lacks decisiveness.This also means that a bigger battle is coming!
As for Wang Hua, who made the greatest contribution in this coup, almost no one mentioned it.

It's not that Li Longji forgot about Wang Hua, at that time Li Longji was still a passionate young man, not very dark.

Therefore, I found Wang Hua and said to him, "The King Lingxia promised by my father is still valid now."

With Wang Hua's great achievements this time, even King Lingxia is not enough.

But Wang Hua looked at Li Longji mockingly, King Lingxia?It’s just that I don’t want it in the northwest, and I still have 700 million people in my hands. This is now, maybe four or five years later, the population will surpass that of Tubo and Turks, and become the fourth pole of the world (Tang Dynasty, Dashi, Eastern Rome Empire), at least on a par with the Frankish Kingdom.

He didn't take the official position of the Tang Dynasty as one thing at all, but talked about another thing, he said: "Your Majesty, it's just right for you to come, I have something to talk to you about."

Now everyone calls Li Longji His Highness, but Wang Hua still calls Li Longji his son. Li Longji also feels very helpless. He sat down and said, "Please tell me."

"The imperial court owes a debt to the Northwest, and the food and cloth are fine, but I have a request, and there are 500 million yuan left. I hope the imperial court will pay me all at once this year."

"Director Wang, this was signed by the late emperor and you, why bring it up now?" That was the result of Wei Dang's request to send troops to Wang Hua.Now that the Wei Party has collapsed, this ledger should never have been turned over.Li Longji couldn't get angry, so he had to say: "Besides, I haven't seen the economic situation in the Northwest. The economic situation is good now, and you plan to hand it over to the court next year. Why bother the people in other places and make the Northwest rich?"

Unhappy in my heart, I spoke very politely, and still used the title of me.

In any case, Li Longji was very grateful to Wang Hua. If it wasn't for Wang Hua, this coup would not have been successful at all.

Wang Hua replied: "It's not for the northwest, but for the tripod of Kyushu. I have run out of money and owe a lot of debts."

Li Longji's face darkened, and he thought that you still have the nerve to bring this up.Now that Wang Hua's buying of people has been made public, every [-] to [-] renminbi per person transferred led to this crazy population transfer.In order to get money, some people forcibly persecuted the people, or tricked the people to transfer the whole family to the ship and send it to the sea.

The court does not know exactly how many people were transferred, but it must be more than 100 million people.Wang Hua has money in his hands, but he has to admit that for the sake of the Northwest, he has provided a lot of subsidies. In addition to this expense, it is estimated that the working capital in his hands is indeed empty.

Wang Hua ignored his expression and continued: "At first I didn't intend to count on the money from the court, but I really can't afford it. Even the 500 million yuan from the court is probably only half of the cost. Remember, The cauldron of Kyushu was not made for me."

The last sentence really hit Li Longji's vitals.He hesitated and said: "You mean that the Kyushu cauldron will cost more than ten million yuan."

"It's very possible. I underestimated it. It wasn't until I cast cloisonne and turned my attention to jade that I realized that its cost was far beyond my expectations. But my son, I just want to say one thing. If the court will now If half of the superfluous officials are cut off, or an edict is issued to cut half of the mansions of the noble princesses and sons and princes and not to build them, the money will come out. If the sons do not agree, the imperial court will have to fulfill the peace agreement. Within two years, the owed The grain, cloth, and copper coins must be transported to the northwest together.”

If you don't give it, you have to give it, Li Longji smiled bitterly, and said: "Can I still refuse?"

There is no other way, Quan should reward Wang Hua for his contribution.

However, news of the Thousand-Thousand-Thousand-Thousand-Thousand-Throwing Device spread out.This aroused people's great curiosity.

Wang Hua then put forward the second request.

Because there are 81 patterns, all of which are famous scenery in various states.For example, in the first Central Continent, the first of the nine patterns is Chang'an City as the scenic spot, and Zhongnan Mountain as the background.The second pattern is the Great Wall. No one pays attention to it now, but it has to be admitted that it is a landmark of China.The third picture is Hukou Burst, one is the Yellow River, which is the mother river of China, and the second waterfall has a great symbolic meaning.The fourth picture chooses Wu Gorge, which has beautiful scenery, and the Yangtze River is also the mother river of China.In the fifth picture, Wang Hua did not choose Mount Tai, but instead chose Mount Huang for Jifeng Zen.The mountain is Huangshan, the water is Jiuzhaigou, and the landscape is Guilin. This is the most beautiful place in China.Therefore, the sixth and seventh scenes were also finalized.The eighth picture is the Potala Palace. Sorry, Wang Hua took all of Tubo into his pocket regardless of Tubo's opinion.The ninth piece is the intersection of Suoge Water and Xiaohai.As for the part of Koryo and Cochin, it was too small to be considered by Wang Hua.As long as Lake Baikal is in the bag, the rest of the north will be safe.But the latter painting of the local king has never been there. He drew it based on his memory and pictures on the computer of later generations.

The same is true for other patterns, some are drawn from memory, and some are drawn one after another based on the description of the hands.

The second state is Siberia. Wang Hua didn't even understand it. How did this area fall into the hands of the Russians?Later, it was the resources of the Far East that supported the Russians from falling.The first pattern is the Ural Mountains, which immediately distinguishes this place from Asia to Europe.Then to the scenery of the Aral Sea, the beautiful scenery of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the empty and desolate Siberian tundra, the excellent natural port of Vladivostok, the snowfields and aurora of the Arctic, the Jian River and the Ob River, and the outer Xing'an Mountains.

Mayan architecture in North America, five sister waterfalls in Belize, Greenland, Rocky Mountains, Wudalian Lake, Hudson Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Great Plains, Orizaba Volcano.

and many more.

In all, the 81 pictures mainly focus on the famous scenic spots of the landmarks, supplemented by other beautiful scenic spots, covering the five major orientations of the state's east, west, north, south, and middle.

Wang Huali painted it over and over again, and later made some improvements.He does not seek charm, but seeks similarity in shape, trying to have the same effect as the pictures taken by the camera on the computer.

These pictures were then handed over to the now famous portraits of the Tang Dynasty to be repainted with verve.

Therefore, the support of the court must be needed. For example, Xue Ji, who is now fighting with Cui Riyong, has excellent painting skills and is good at painting figures and cranes.Zheng Qian, whom Wang Hua once supported, was good at painting landscapes.Zheng Qian's three painting friends, Wang Wei and Zhang Tong are now little kids, and they can't be counted on.Li Sixun, the great general who is good at painting landscapes, Li Zhaodao, the young general, and Li Sixun, the younger brother of Li Sixun, is a thousand-year-old, and Li Linfu, the son of Li Sixun, who will be a great man in the future.These four are all masters of landscape.

Wu Daozi, who has begun to show his talents, is also a god of painting.Jiang Jiao was good at painting eagles, Cao Yuankuo, who knew Wang Hua, was good at horses, Tang Secretary Sheng Zeng Luo Xingshi, and He Cao Xuehe Xingshi became the phoenixes of Lang Yuling's paintings.Sima Chengzhen, master of Taoist priest Li Xuejun who was good at painting, and Lu Hong who was good at landscape painting.Wait, including Li Longji, who is good at painting ink and bamboo, and himself, Wang Hua collected a total of 81 people from high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the court to folk hermits.It can be said that these 81 people represent the top painters of the Tang Dynasty, and each of them will not be lower than the top 150 in terms of strength.

Of course, the top ones are generals Li and Daozi, and Wu Daozi's painting skills have not yet reached the point of perfection.

The second is calligraphy masters. Often many painters are calligraphers themselves, such as Xue Ji, Lu Hong, etc., and some are only famous for calligraphy, such as He Zhizhang, and Zhong Shaojing who has just risen and fallen.Although his character is not very good, his calligraphy is very famous. He is a descendant of Zhong Yao. Some people call Zhong Yao the big bell and him the little bell.Another example is Li Longji's brother Li Chengqi.And Wang Hua finally found Zhang Xu, the down-and-out grass sage. In order not to let this star deviate from the direction, Wang Hua drank a lot of wine, wrote a few posters and sent them to him.This makes Zhang's cursive script finally enter the realm of great achievement, and now it is not inferior to Wang's wild cursive script.The future prime minister, Lu Jianzhi, killed his wife Li Yong to protect himself.

It was another one-time collection. In the Tang Dynasty, calligraphy was more valued than painting, so this time the collection was extremely extensive, including 180 people.Each person writes a poem or Fu.Unfortunately for Wang Hua, the highest level of calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty was the three of Ou Chuyu and Cao Sheng Sun Qianli.Later, Huai Su, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, and Zhang Xu, these eight people were the pinnacle of calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty.Li Yong's running script and He Zhizhang's cursive script are good, but there is still a gap between these eight people, and Zhang Xu's calligraphy has not really reached its peak.

That is to say, these 180 works cannot represent the real essence of Chinese calligraphy.

Then there are essays written by everyone, including Li Qiao, Li Yong, Zhang Shuo, Shen Quanqi who was exiled to Lingnan because of Afu, Su Ting, He Zhizhang, Zhang Jiuling, Cui Shi and others.These 81 people are also the best writers in writing articles in the Tang Dynasty.Wang Hua didn't ask them about their political stance, but only about their writing talent.

Wang Hua wrote the location of these pictures, geographical features, and the climate of production, etc.Then let them imagine, write an article.

Next is poetry. This time we only look at the ability to write poems, not the ability to write articles. Many literary figures have failed again, but Zhang Jiuling, Li Yong, Zhang Shuo, Li Qiao and others are still among them. There are indeed some characters Poetry, even painting is a must.But some people did not choose their essays, but chose their poems, such as Guo Yuanzhen and Song Zhiwen, who was knocked down by Wang Hua with his mouth full of teeth.Before Shangguan Xiaowan left, she forced Wang Hua to compose a small poem.

Li Longji looked at the long list and took a deep breath.

The construction of Kyushu's tripod has not yet started, and with nearly 300 people selected, its scale is already unimaginable.

Coupled with its huge cost, it spread among the people for a while, and even talked about it more times than talking about the coup in the court.After all, it will be unlucky to talk about politics badly, and it doesn't matter how much you talk about handicrafts.

It took Li Longji a long time to wake up, and said: "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)