There are many differences between Chinese painting and Western painting, from painting methods to color styles.

At this time, many painters in the hall used ink, so from a distance, the picture scroll is full of ink-painted scenes.

After the ministers and painters present got Zhang Zeduan's guidance, they came to Li Nan's painting in turn, staring at the finger-sized eunuch on the screen, and soon there were bursts of exclamations in the hall.

There are many differences between Chinese painting and Western painting, from painting methods to color styles.

Traditional Chinese painting was more inclined to freehand, which was only changed during the Song Dynasty, while Western painting was more realistic, and Li Nan used the hyper-realistic painting techniques of later generations in this painting.

Just now, when Li Nan was competing with other painters, because the time was too long, Zhao Ji and many ministers picked up the melons and fruits snacks on the table to kill time.

In this painting, Li Nan not only painted all the scenes just now, but also painted the extremely small things such as the cores, peels, and melon seed shells in the tray in the hands of the little eunuchs.

Zhang Zeduan's ability to depict thousands of characters in the painting scroll is indeed extraordinary, but it is even more difficult for Li Nan to paint the miscellaneous objects in the hands of the characters in the painting clearly and recognizable, so he will admit defeat in public.

Seeing that everyone was amazed, Zhao Ji said conclusively: "Li Nan has reached the peak of the subtlety and extreme in the painting, and there is no doubt that he is the first in this scene!" ”

Zhao Tingzhi, who had an ugly face, didn't dare to say much, and then angered the official Zhao Ji, so he had to return to his original position angrily in his heart and continue to watch the second competition.

In the second scene, Zhao Ji did not let others ask questions, but according to the practice of the Hanlin Painting Academy, he directly ordered someone to carry a roll of white silk to the hall.

This white silk is full of poems by various famous artists, and there is another silk cover on it, and each participant in the competition needs to choose his own topic.

Once the topic has been chosen, the concealment is removed, and everyone needs to draw according to the poems they have drawn.

This kind of competition is not only a test of painting skills, but also requires a certain amount of luck and poetry comprehension ability, otherwise you can't even figure out the meaning of poetry, so how can you talk about painting?

Hearing that Zhao Ji really wanted to use the traditional topics of the Hanlin Painting Academy to test Li Nan, Zhao Tingzhi hurriedly glanced at Wu Yuande, the edict of the Academy.

Wu Yuande nodded with a slight smile, signaling that he had arranged everything.

There is no absolute fairness in the world, not to mention that Li Nan's enemy is the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty? So he was well 'taken care of'.

Other painters drew relatively simple questions, such as: "In heaven I wish to be a winged bird, in the earth I wish to be a branch." "Suddenly, like a spring breeze coming overnight, thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloom." "Raise your head to look at the bright moon, bow your head and think of your hometown."

But what Li Nan drew was two sentences from the Tang Dynasty poet Jia Yi's Five Uniques "Mengxia": "The mirage is the pavilion, and the frog sound is the orchestra." ”

This may seem like a simple question, but it is actually extremely difficult for the artist to express the sound of frogs in his work without being unconventional.

Li Nan, who was frowning and looking at this topic, didn't know that in fact, when it was time for him to choose, this large section of white silk was all poems carefully selected by Wu Yuande for him.

In addition to the title of this poem describing the sound of frogs, there is also a more difficult "once the sea is difficult to water, except that Wushan is not a cloud." "The road is like a blue sky, and I can't go out alone." "I am born to be useful, and I will come back when my daughter is gone."

After the painters took the questions they had drawn, they quickly returned to their seats, after all, there was not much time, everyone thought for a while, and hurriedly started to paint.

Li Nan is well aware of his own reality and reality, and if he wants to say that in terms of realistic skills, there may be no one present who is his opponent, but it is more difficult to draw the artistic conception, after all, the Spring Palace painting skills he extracted focus on detailed expressions and various postures.

This time because of the test questions, so everyone used the broad freehand painting method, and all the paintings were completed in less than a stick of incense.

These top painters of the Hanlin Painting Academy, all day long in this academy behind closed doors, the mind is inevitably a little imprisoned, the paintings are all according to the book, advocating 'not imitating the predecessors and the shape of the object is natural' Zhao Ji after reading, slightly dissatisfied.

Li Nan, who came from later generations, had a flexible mind, and did not stupidly paint the scene of the frog struggling to make noise, but used simple brushwork to depict another scene.

Against the backdrop of the distant mountains, a rapids poured out from the rocks of the mountain stream, and after falling into the pool, the mist was clear, and several tadpoles swam in the pool, although there was not a single frog on the picture, it made people faintly hear the sound of frogs in the distance.

After seeing all the paintings, the hall resounded with the sound of controversy.

The officials of Cai Jing's family naturally supported Li Nan's victory, but Zhao Dang and many courtiers thought that Li Nan's painting skills were not as good as other painters.

However, it is useless for these people to say more, Zhao Ji praised after seeing this painting: "Li Nan's masterpiece, there are paintings in the paintings, there are paintings outside the paintings, there are paintings in the poems, there are poems in the paintings, the sound is full of emotion, the ink is like gold, the best work!" ”

Seeing that Li Nan had won two games in a row, if he won again, he would be able to make demands on the official family, and the people of the Zhao Party were all worried.

If it is said that other dynasties, or other emperors of the Song Dynasty are on the throne, then even if a talented man like Li Nan is recognized by the official family, he actually has no big achievements, but he is just an unpowerful minister, a fortunate minister, but the current emperor is Zhao Ji who only loves to have fun.

Today, Gao Yu, the commander of the palace in charge of Tokyo's military power, was originally just Su Shi's little servant, but because of his outstanding skills, he was valued by Zhao Ji, and soon became a high-ranking official with real power.

There are also Zhu Mian, who is good at building gardens, Wang Mian, who likes to be clever and flattering, Cai You, who can act in the market's best plays, and Li Bangyan, who is familiar with the indecent things in the market, and can compile and sing the market proverbs as lyrics and songs......

Many of Zhao Ji's former playmates are now in high positions and hold great power, and now not only Zhao Dang's people, but even some other neutral courtiers don't want another traitor to appear around the official family.

The courtiers wanted to think about it, and they worried about it, but they couldn't shake Zhao Ji's will, so the third game continued.

In this last competition, Zhao Ji personally came up with the question, picked up the pen, and wrote the word "true" on the paper with his original thin gold body.

Although politically incompetent, Zhao Ji was a talented painter and calligrapher. His paintings, meticulous and rigorous, pursue the verisimilitude of details, and can be self-contained, so he attaches the most importance to the truth and detail in his paintings.

Many of the painters of the Hanlin Academy have long known the style of the official family, and they have used this proposition many times, so they don't need to think about it, or repaint the old works, or paint new works, and start writing together.

Li Nan thought for a while, looked for what he needed in his mental memory, and quickly picked up his pen and drawn.

The competition took the longest time, and it wasn't until nearly noon that people finished their works one after another.

Zhao Ji took the ministers to appreciate it carefully, except for those mediocre works, only Su Hanchen's paintings were the most exciting.

Su Hanchen is good at painting Buddhism, ladies and children, and is known for his realistic characters in the painting academy.

In the courtyard, the two sisters and brothers gathered around the small round bench, concentrating on the game of pushing the jujube mill, and on the round bench and the grass not far away, there were also scattered delicate toys such as turntables, small stupas, cymbals, etc. In the background, a bamboo shoot-shaped Taihu Lake stone stands tall and sturdy, surrounded by blooming hibiscus flowers and daisies. The whole painting is extremely delicate and realistic, which can be called a model of ancient realism.

Originally, everyone was amazed after seeing Su Hanchen's paintings, but when Li Nan's paintings appeared, the Qingyun Hall was suddenly silent......