Originally, these young people came here for only one purpose, and that was to complain.

Spending a hundred dollars to see a person their age draw a picture is the work of a madman, and if it is used to complain, it is worth it, after all, life is so boring.

In fact, they can all be named "Tucao Brigade", they really have no other purpose, just to complain, and then humiliate Han Yi, out of the long-standing evil anger in their hearts.

At first, they did the same, and as soon as they came, they complained all kinds of complaints, and the ridicule never stopped.

But soon they forgot about it, and stood in front of the painting and listened to the story, and listened to it with great fascination, and even discussed it.

Again, life is so boring.

Many of them have never been out of Chang'an, and they have heard about the outside world, which seems to have opened a new door for them.

Moreover, these 300 paintings mainly contain the two most important events of the past decade, the first of which was the elimination of Goguryeo and Baekje.

Although the painting is not a wartime situation, it is a painting of Goguryeo and Baekje after the war, which is a very important thing for the Tang Dynasty, and after the destruction of Goguryeo and Baekje, everyone heard that the merchants made a lot of money over there, and a lot of resources were transported from Goguryeo, but when it was said before, they were all outside the country, and they were very happy about it, what were Goguryeo and Baekje like?

It's fascinating to look at.

But the most eye-catching thing is this second thing, that is, the unprecedented economic crisis.

Although that crisis has passed, it has left an indelible scar in everyone's heart, the loss is enormous, incalculable, whether it is spiritually or wealthy, at that time it even seemed that the whole country was going to collapse, and the general dynasty reached that juncture, it was necessary to go to war to erase all this.

As a direct result of that crisis, local officials were either killed or wanted, the empress who was in power was thrown into the cold palace, none of the prime ministers of the dynasty were spared, Li Yifu and they were even directly sentenced to death, Xu Yushi and Lu Chengqing were also demoted, hundreds of officials were convicted, thousands of officials were directly fired, and the state issued tens of millions of national bonds.

This has never been done before in history.

It can be said that except for Han Yi, the invisible culprit, all of them are big losers. Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang, the world's first, once invincible husband and wife, needless to say, they almost divorced, Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong, they needless to say, the ministers are not a few good, businessmen, at the beginning, the whole is the businessman, how many businessmen are bankrupt, and then the other way around, rectify the landlord gentry, the gentry class of the canal generation is a mess, let alone the people, as long as it is a disaster, the people are the most pitiful, and they don't need to ask.

This scar is left in everyone's heart, now the imperial court promulgates any decision, will take into account the crisis, now no one in the DPRK and China dares to mention nationalization, now whoever says nationalization will be scolded bloody, the root cause of the crisis at the beginning, is nationalization, and no one dares to say that taxes are levied in advance, when Han Yi returned, how difficult the finances were, and no one said that taxes were levied in advance, and finally issued treasury bonds.

However, everyone is very confused about the crisis, and they don't know exactly what is going on, and they don't know what the chaos is like.

Although there are records in the text, there are only a few sentences in the official records, and there will always be some beautification, which is not vivid.

But these paintings of Wang Yuntu are equivalent to recording that scene and revealing many mysteries.

These spit brigades were deeply attracted by these stories.

The reason why Wang Xiansu, including some of his friends, thought that although the painting was good, it was not to the point of holding an art exhibition, it was because they didn't think about the story behind it, they focused on painting skills, painting a few ragged people, and it was not beautiful, what was there to look at.

Today, the key role is played by the wooden signs, and the lady introduced on the side, what time, place, event, plus the lady's explanation, these paintings immediately become meaningful, each place, every point in time, and even the expressions of each character, as if hiding a story.

In the final analysis, it is the characters that are the most attractive and the audience is the widest, what landscape paintings, landscape paintings, ordinary people are not interested in those who are not interested, and must have a very high artistic accomplishment to be interested in those paintings.

Gradually, everyone argued again, because those ladies just introduced a general idea, but there are some details they don't know.

"Do you have permission from the imperial court to exhibit these paintings?" A man of about thirty years old, standing at the entrance of the corridor, looked at a painting, and frowned.

A person beside him asked, "Why does this matter need the permission of the imperial court?" ”

"Look at this painting, in which an official in an official uniform is beaten by the people and crawls on the ground, embarrassed."

"There is also the road leading to Muzhou, where people are strewn across the streets, but the officials passing by turn a blind eye."

"Yes! Although these paintings may be real, they have a bad impact on the imperial court. ”

"It's not good for us, you look at this, it's not a gentry annexing land and driving out farmers."

Everyone immediately discussed this matter, because this was something that had never been done before, although these things were also mentioned in newspapers and historical records, that is, the people were not living well, and the officials were corrupt and perverted the law.

But, after all, it is a written record, and this painting is different, this is a very vivid drawing, the officials and gentry are all the ruling class, but the image in the painting is so embarrassing, but because it has never been before, so everyone does not know what to think of these paintings.

Suddenly, a person said aloud: "This is the value of these paintings." ”

Everyone turned their heads and saw a group of people coming to the corridor, it was Han Yi, Yan Liben, Li Chunfeng, Zhang Wenguan, Hao Chujun, Liu Xiangdao, Cheng Chuliang, Li Siwen, Zheng Shanxing, Cui Jijian, Cheng Chuliang, Changsun Yan, and even a prince Li Hong who had not appeared for a long time.

It's a really strong squad.

This Tucao brigade really didn't expect to meet such a super lineup here, and was stunned for a moment before reacting, and hurriedly saluted them, looking extremely flustered.

Han Yi swept his eyes and said with a smile: "Some people just said that these paintings have a bad impact on the imperial court, I don't know if I heard it wrong?" ”

No one answered.

Han Yi smiled: "What? Dare to say that you still don't dare to admit it? ”

A young man stood up and said, "Who said they wouldn't dare to admit it, isn't it?" There are some paintings that paint officials and gentry so embarrassed. ”

Han Yi said: "Do you mean that the people in the painting should starve to death on the side of the street?" ”

"I... I didn't say that. The young man hurriedly denied it.

Yuwen Xiumi looked at the young man with contempt, and said secretly, even you, a nerd, want to take advantage of Brother Han, it's really beyond your strength.

Han Yi smiled: "Then what do you mean?" ”

"I... I.... The young man was sweating profusely, he was not stupid, he knew that there was a trap in Han Yi's words.

Han Yi shook his head with a smile and said, "I think at the time of that crisis, you should have heard a little about the stories in the painting, and knew that these were not made up, but facts, and they were only rare, and the situation at that time was much darker than in the painting." But what really has a negative impact on the court is the poor people in the painting, the people in the painting actually have a painful skin for His Majesty, for the court, and for the country, and they are still faintly painful. ”

Speaking of this, he shook his head and sighed, "I'm really disappointed in you, you are obviously here to find trouble today, but you can't even find a point. ”

Many people's faces turned red.

One person plucked up the courage and said, "Since Shang Shuling knows that these paintings will have a negative impact on the imperial court, why do you want to put these paintings on display?" Wouldn't that undermine the stability of the country? Some people even take advantage of this to make waves. ”

They were all from the noble family, and of course they knew politics.

"Because I think the positive impact of these paintings is much higher than the negative impact."

Han Yi said: "Back then, Taizong said that with history as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall; With people as a mirror, you can see the gains and losses. And these paintings are mirrors, and they will remind us of this painful lesson, so that we will not make the same mistakes in the future, and their value is, in my opinion, much higher than those of the sages, because the sages only teach us how to be people, how to do things, but why do we do it? After doing this, what will be the consequences, the explanation in the book is not very clear, not that the saint does not want to explain, but he does not necessarily know the specific result. And this picture tells us why benevolence is so important, and what will happen if we do the opposite.

What art is, that's what art really is. Because it can inspire and warn people. Of course, I never think that those landscape paintings are not art, they are art, but their value is not as good as these paintings, no matter how beautiful the landscape is, what can it mean? From the perspective of interests, how much you give, you will get, have you ever thought that when Wang Yuntu painted these paintings, he was also facing danger, and he traveled a long distance, which was difficult for you to experience, so the value of these paintings is naturally incalculable.

And you people, as well as your elders, only know that you sit at home and pamper yourself, rely on the old and sell the old, and guide the country, but you don't know that true art actually comes from life. Although the Orchid Pavilion Preface of the Book Sage Wang Xizhi is good, its real value is far less than one-ten-thousandth of these paintings, because the existence of these paintings can warn us and warn future generations not to repeat the mistakes of the past, I think none of you want to experience such a big crisis again, then we should preserve these paintings, because it is the most valuable wealth for our future generations. ”

Li Chunfeng stroked his beard and laughed: "A good sentence art comes from life, wonderful!" Wonderful! ”

Li Hong was also a little excited: "That's really good." ”

Han Yi was full of momentum and smiled modestly: "Where, where." Everybody, please. ”

"Please."

Han Yi ignored this "spitting" brigade and led these VIPs inside.

"Yikes! This... It's not.... ”

Cheng Chuliang stopped suddenly, pointed to a painting, and opened his mouth wide.

Li Siwen said: "What? ”

Cheng Chuliang said: "Siwen, isn't this us?" ”

Li Siwen stared at it, and saw that the painting was a team of cavalry galloping on the road, and after a closer look, the leader was the two of them, "It's --- really us!" ”

Cheng Chuliang was very excited, this feeling was really amazing, "Yuntu, that kid is really, he secretly painted the two of us into it, and he didn't tell us." ”

He Ruohan suddenly came over and said, "Second Uncle Cheng, what were you doing at the time?" ”

Cheng Chuliang thought for a while, then looked at the wooden sign below, and immediately said: "I remember, at that time, I was chasing a group of robbers with Siwen in Chenzhou. ”

Li Siwen nodded again and again: "Yes!" Yes, extremely! I remembered it too. ”

He Ruohan asked, "Then have you captured that group of robbers?" ”

“......！”

Cheng Chuliang and Li Siwen were silent at the same time.

Han Yi hurriedly stood up and said with a smile: "Could it be that you are going south now, and you can still see a robber?" ”

Cheng Chuliang reacted immediately and said, "Yes! Do you think that the robbers have gone up to heaven and into earth? This kind of ignorance is a question that can be asked. ”

He Ruohan nodded and said, "That's right, Second Uncle Cheng really used a knife to kill chickens when dealing with these little thieves." ”

"Of course."

Cheng Chuliang snorted.

But in fact, they didn't catch it at that time, because their main task at that time was not to arrest, but to deter, that is, to go on a rampage everywhere, which is very vivid in the painting, and they almost rushed around, because if they wanted to catch them one by one, they would start a guerrilla war, and it would be endless, and then as soon as the crisis passed, the government stabilized, and the Civil Security Bureau was built, and the robbers naturally couldn't get along, and many of them became the owners of the national debt.

"Huh? What are they doing? ”

Li Hong was suddenly fascinated by a painting.

Han Yi turned his head to look at it, and saw two groups of people in the painting holding their weapons high and confronting each other, and said with a smile: "This is the workshop area of Muzhou, didn't it set off a wave of anti-business back then, and the surrounding farmers wanted to come to Muzhou City to destroy their workshops and rob their property, and the people of Muzhou naturally did not want to be arrested, so they organized to protect their property, so there was this scene." ”

After hearing this, Li Hong said worriedly: "I see that their number is far inferior to that of the other party, and I want to come to them ......." ”

Cheng Chuliang hurriedly said: "Your Highness guessed wrong. ”

Li Hong was surprised: "What did I guess wrong? Could it be that Chief Superintendent Cheng was also there at the time, or did Chief Superintendent Cheng arrive in time? ”

Cheng Chuliang shook his head and said: "We just went to Muzhou to have a look, at that time, Muzhou and Yangzhou were the most stable, but as far as I know, even robbers did not dare to enter Muzhou to rob houses, and Muzhou was unscathed in the whole crisis, so they must have won this time." ”

Li Hongdao: "But their numbers are obviously inferior to each other, so how did they win?" ”

Han Yi smiled and said, "This has to start with Chen Shuozhen's rebellion at the beginning. ”

Cheng Chuliang was curious: "What does this have to do with Chen Shuozhen?" ”

Han Yi said: "That Chen Shuozhen is a native of Muzhou, although Chen Shuozhen was suppressed, but the entire Muzhou is already full of holes, it is difficult to recover, even the local officials are helpless, it just happened that the imperial court encouraged commercial development at that time, so the people of Muzhou chose to go into business, so they developed, and became richer than before Chen Shuozhen's rebellion." The farmers over there just came to destroy the workshop, or to grab something to go back, but in the eyes of the people of Muzhou, these workshops are their lives, and they are unwilling to return to the previous life of displacement, so they are willing to give their lives to defend their workshops. Although the peasants were superior in numbers, the two sides had different purposes, which led to the defeat of the peasants. ”

Li Hong looked at the painting and nodded, "Yes! The craftsmen were all dead, and the farmers were just a little arrogant. ”

Their question and answer caused Yuwen Xiuya and the others to gather around to listen to the story.

Yan Liben nodded and sighed: "I didn't expect that child Yuntu to have such exquisite painting skills at such an age, and he is not as old as him." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, this old man was none other than Yan Liben!

"Grandpa, Wang Yuntu's painting skills can't be compared with grandpa."

A white-faced boy in his teens said excitedly.

Yan Liben looked back and saw that it was his grandson Yan Sifa, and said, "You are here too." ”

Yan Sifa nodded, all along, his grandfather was the first painter in the Tang Dynasty in his mind, and he was irreplaceable.

Li Chunfeng said with a smile: "Brother Yan doesn't need to be presumptuous, I see that the paintings of you and Yuntu have their own merits." ”

It is really an exaggeration to be able to have its own merits with Yan Liben's paintings, and to say it from Li Chunfeng's mouth.

Yan Liben smiled modestly and said: "Brother Xian has won the award, in fact, the most praised painting of the foolish brother is the demeanor of the characters, but the demeanor of the characters in the Yun painting is more than the painting of the foolish brother, you look at the characters in this painting, everyone's demeanor is different, which is thought-provoking." As he spoke, he looked at Han Yi again and said with a smile: "This should all be thanks to the sketches created by Brother Han back then." ”

"Where, where." Han Yi said with a smile: "I told Yan Shangshu about this before, in this regard, Wang Yuntu's paintings are better than Yan Shangshu's paintings, but Yan Shangshu is also taking a professional route now, and I think it is quite appropriate to evaluate it with its own merits." ”

Yan Liben smiled and nodded.

The eldest grandson Yan said: "But Yuntu is so old that he can have such exquisite painting skills, and be able to draw all kinds of things in this world, it's incredible!" As he spoke, he walked over to a painting and looked at it intently.

Zhang Wenguan and they also spread out very tacitly, because they were all attracted by some paintings.