Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

Soon after Zhirong Bookstore closed its business, various bookstores also launched color-printed books and drawing notes, a collection of color-printed products labeled "Authentic Color Printing", "Color Printing Origins", "Ancient Color Printing", "Employing Cui Meiren as Painter", and "Cui Meiren's Biography" Squeeze the listing.

Some of these books are printed with outlines and filled in color, some are line drafts painted in pieces, and some are printed in multi-page printing... They fully reflect the copycat skills and imagination of the craftsmen of Ming Dynasty. Originally, when Cui Jian, "Lianfanglu" and "Three Kingdoms" were on sale in the market, the quality of these books was very different from that of the world. Sometimes they were listed with color printing signs. Readers would rather save money to buy that one. But when Zhirong Bookstore fell, some people were willing to buy these.

Just like when Apple came out, mobile phones would never return to the keyboard era. After the publication of color-printed novels, single-ink novels, storybooks, and playbooks were not very popular. Even if the color pictures on the book are printed rough, they are still colored, and they look more comfortable than the ink version, and they will save face when taken out.

Mrs. Xu sent out to find the subordinates who took over the technology of the Cui family bookstore and were stunned by these shops: one family is true today, one family is orthodox tomorrow, and many talented women who claim to be Cui Meiren'er and her sisters and nephews came out, spending a lot of money. , But no results were found in the end.

Even the person who bought the bookstore was not in a hurry to open it, and did not know what to repair inside. The Cui family got a little closer to inquire, and Zaoli, who patrolled the street, came to drive him away.

He said he was sent by the master Cui family here, and those Zaoli laughed strangely and said, "What kind of character is Mr. Cui, can his family send someone like you? Don’t be the one who stole it last time. The master’s stuff is like a thief and slave, right? Walk around, grabbed and stood in the cage for a day, watching him tell the truth!"

The servant turned his head and ran away. Last time Cui Ming came to this Qian'an County to teach the eldest son and went to jail, and the whole family was sold out. He didn't dare to ask Cui Xie to reason, he didn't dare to sue Mrs. Xu, and he silently suffered this loss. Back in Beijing, Mrs. Xu asked, he only said that the owner had a deep background and could not find out what the origin was.

Mrs. Xu's private room is limited, and her husband and son-in-law have to spend money as an official. Almost all the income from the outer courtyard can't pass her, and she spends it like running water. She couldn't support such expenses, so she had to rest her mind for a while, and ordered the person to run to Qian'an every few days, and stared at their bookstore, and then checked the person behind it when the new store opened.

The servant only agreed, turned his head and left the matter behind. He only had an excuse to go to Qian'an when he was short of money, and asked his wife how much travel expenses would be required, and then he didn't go there, but just found a place to relax outside. Mix for a few days.

The Xu family's investigators took a break, but the person they were looking for showed up on the market. In this trend of business people claiming that they are the source of color printing, printing the original portrait of Cui Meiren, a copy of the "Diamond Sutra" that is only sent in stalls and bookstores under the sign of "traditional color printing" "But it sold silently.

This book appeared silently, as if the night of Beijing was full of book stalls in Qian'an, Tongzhou, and Jingcheng, and then it was strongly recommended by booksellers.

This is the real source of color printing!

Zhirong Study had it before it was down!

This painting method is really Cui Meiren's painting method!

Those books that follow the trend are shoddy, and Qingzhutang is the bookseller of conscience!

In the first half of the year, people who bought the "Diamond Sutra" and those who wanted to buy it rushed to buy it. The husbands in the palace who had good faith in the Buddha heard about it and quickly sent their family members to buy it. They also made people ask where the Qingzhutang book was. Tang, where did you get such a good Buddha painter?

It’s a pity that no matter how you ask, the owner of the bookstores in Beijing can’t tell who the seller is. They just say: "It’s like a private publication. Although there is a card, the shop in Qingzhutang can find it. No. And it's not usually sold. Only in the three festivals of Qingming, Yufo, and Xiayuan, I saw his home deliver a few shipments. There is not even a store that has been consigned for many years."

You are the one who sells Buddhist scriptures, and you are not the one who sells **** pictures. Why don't you open the scriptures in a serious manner, but make you so mysterious!

Anyhow, they knew the name of Qingzhutang in advance this time, grabbed the Buddhist scriptures, and finally had something to offer. But this Buddhist scripture is also a rarer and rarer thing. Only one copy can be regarded as a tribute, and only one offering is called filial piety. If everyone holds a few dozens of books, it will become a mess of useless things. How to please the emperor's wife?

The **** Gao returned to his house during his improper days, and sighed with his nephew, Gao Qian, who had been on his knees.

Although he could not be compared to Liang Fang who is in charge of the Dongchang factory, he still has a bit of face in the palace. Gao Qian has also become a Jinyiwei hundred households, and has some connections outside. Hearing the news, I said: "I also read the scriptures. The printing is actually not very fine, and it is better than the magnetic blue earth lacquer scriptures that cannot be made in-house. It is only better than the face, like Cui Meiren. Why not call my father. How many paintings does the painter come to Beijing to paint?"

Gao Gongzheng said: "Why don't our family know this! But I am in the palace, and the people under my hands are not strong. Where can I find the painter? If I'm the father-in-law Liang who holds the Dongchang in his hand, why can't I find someone? "

Gao Qian said confidently, "Father, why don't you be discouraged. It's not hard to find Cui Meiren. I heard that the conductor Tongzhi Chen Ying has a picture of her. Besides, there are paintings imitating her everywhere in the market, so I can't find it. Go to the original owner, find a painter who is good at imitating, and tracing a larger picture of a scripture into it, isn't it better than a small painting on that scripture?"

The high **** frowned: "That Cui Meiren is good at painting **** women, and he also painted men with bare chests. I don't think it is a serious and good family. If it is really her, I would not dare to offer her Buddha statue. Nothing, I will go to Wensi The courtyard is looking for an enshrinement, but your majesty looks at Xu with the painter's technique in the palace, and it is not as fresh as the outside.

Gao Qian said, "Otherwise, I'll go find for my father, and after the drawing is finished, I can just include the names of individual people."

Gao Gonggong sighed, "Seeing that you are going to lower the yuan, and you will not be able to keep up with the rituals of the Wanji Shi. Our family does not have a Dongchang fan, and it is always inferior to the previous ones. Forget it. If you find a good painter, ask him to draw a picture of the fairy banquet and drink it carefully, and just wait for it to be dedicated to the emperor on New Year's Day.

What he could think of, as expected, everyone else wanted it.

The memorial service in the next Yuan Festival Palace has just begun. Liang Fang, Li Rong and other trusted eunuchs presented paintings to the imperial concubine palace: there are Guanyin in a bottle, the face is like the moon, and the white robe is like water. It’s just like Cui Meiren'er's brushwork. The picture of the Buddha's lecture shows the Buddha's solemn face, two ears, shoulders, and thirty-two statues, eighty kinds of good. The expressions of the Arahants underneath are different, and they are all painted according to the volume and tail of the Qingzhutang scripture.

Gao Liang didn't catch up with this wave of diligence, and then looked at the scrolls that seemed to be made by one person, and couldn't help but secretly contempt them-they all used the pictures to please the mother, and he didn't know how to be ashamed! Not as good as him, at least I know that I can find someone to draw a fresh fairy picture.

He wandered around in the palace, and his heir and nephew Gao Qian diligently ran outside and broke his leg. During the New Year’s Day, he asked people to buy and compare all the color-printed pictures on the market that imitated Cui Meiren's paintings. He brought in the best painters and asked them to paint a Cui Meiren painting. A picture of a fairy in a painting style.

Drawing a big picture is a waste of time, so draw a single picture first and ask his father to taste it.

These painters are all familiar with drawing and drawing, and they are drawing pictures for the eunuchs of the Li Jian, all rushing to draw meticulously, and then they are sent to the Gaofu after they are mounted. When Gao Qian came back, he opened his eyes to each other, picking the best one for his father.

Unexpectedly, this opening made him almost tore the painting-a piece of Liu Bei wearing a crown of hibiscus and yellowish brown and purple cloth; a piece of Cao Cao with a black crown and a green brown and yellow collar; Zhao Yun with a golden armor and golden crown; and another woman The crown-dressed Zhen clan... There is even a perfunctory family who doesn't even bother to change their clothes. They directly described the picture of Guan Yu in the Six Talents version, with the title "Showing the Spiritual Righteousness and Bravery of Wu An Yingji King", and he is regarded as the statue of Emperor Guan Sheng!

How can this thing be shown to father? How can this thing go in?

It's not as good as finding someone to describe a Buddha statue and send it up!

He smashed the scroll in a rage, and was still upset when he returned to the sanctuary. He complained to people that there are so many profiteers doing business in the world today, and he dared to fool the eunuchs! Several other Jin Yiwei who was also the eunuch's righteous son and nephew said angrily: "There is such a person? Apart from anything else, Guan Di's is too foolish. Can Jin Yiwei still be angry with this? Get him! "

No, there are only a few companies that publish color-printed books. The family who painted the Zhen family heard that it was going to publish the biography of Luoshen, and the family who painted the Emperor Guan also wanted to buy the album of Er Qiao Yu Dongdong. If you catch it, you can't buy it!

There were those who added fuel to the fire, and there were those who calmed things up. The news spread slowly and finally reached Xie Ying, who was supervising the exercises of the former captain.

He heard that he was the heir of the father-in-law Gao, and he couldn't help thinking of the time when he went out with the **** Gao to issue an decree: At that time, Cui Xie stood in the courtyard wearing a Confucian costume and looked at them with gratitude. Later, I learned that I had asked him for a watch, so I almost kowtow to him in the yard. Before I left, I wanted to give them something in return.

Later, he gave him two portraits, which were more refined than those given to others.

What if you let him know that it is Father Gao who wants a painting to be included? Will you also draw pictures of gods and Buddhas that seem to jump out of the painting?

But in the eyes of literati, if you have a relationship with the eunuch, your reputation will be bad in the future. Moreover, he had such a famous name on his body, and he didn't want to reveal his true identity. He kept painting under other people's names. If he made that fairy travel picture for Father Gao, wouldn't all the arrangements be in vain.

It's just a person like Cui Xie who knows that the high **** has asked him, but he can't help, will he feel that he owes him and wants to make up?

The imperial court can't really want that kind of thought. Otherwise, with Weiningbo's reputation and military merits, it is not because of Wang Zhi's drag that he was relegated...

When Xie Ying met Gao Qian again, he seemed to inadvertently mention the six talents criticizing the Three Kingdoms, which caused him to complain severely about the painters.

Xie Ying listened patiently and smiled and said, "Since Mr. Gao wants to offer paintings to the emperor and is elected as a famous artist, why must he have Cui Meiren? Besides, I think his paintings are not difficult to imitate. Isn’t it the same. It’s just that hundreds of households urged too tightly that day, and the craftsmen inevitably perfunctory. If you find a real good painter to paint slowly, you will definitely get a good painting. If the hundreds of households don’t believe me, I will ask someone to find A painter, he spent two months working on fine-tuning, and he will definitely be able to produce good results by the end of the year.

Gao Qian said, believe it or not, "You can find someone? I have asked them to repaint. Those people can't paint such vivid people without the original paintings of the Three Kingdoms.

He shook his head and sighed: "I heard that there is a copy of Ruan Sheng in Luanzhou. He painted the four beautiful pictures of Chen Tongzhi's house in the military mansion. I also went to borrow it. The paintings of beautiful people are generally the same. Unfortunately, the painter hadn’t been there for a few months, and he couldn’t find anyone for a while. When he found it, I was afraid that he would be like other painters, and he would not be able to paint like that without the original painting. The face comes..."

Xie Ying raised her eyebrows slightly, revealing a touch of arrogance: "Then Cui Meiren's paintings are only vivid in color and fresh in style. Is it possible that there is only one of his paintings in the world? Well, now I have said this. , I must give Daddy Gao an explanation-even if Cui Meiren's imitation paintings can't be copied, Xie can't produce a Song Dynasty fairy tale picture?"

Gao Qian is also a dead horse as a living horse doctor. He gritted his teeth and said: "If this is not done, I will admit it. I dare not ask for a picture of the immortal travel of the thousand households; but if it can be drawn, the thousand households will have to work hard to get off the government. It must be in my heart, and my father will naturally know it."