After coming out of the Chongzheng Palace, Wu Haogu returned to the Hanlin Painting Institute, followed Liang Shicheng to complete various procedures, and also got a special studio for himself. Then Liang Shicheng explained the rules of the painting academy again, and it was not necessary for the painting academy to be on duty every day. However, it must be ensured that at least one person is waiting for the edict in the academy during the day.

Therefore, the edict of the academy must take turns to be on duty, usually one edict is on duty for ten consecutive years, and then another person. However, Wu Haogu is a new recruit, and there is a familiar process, so he does not have to participate in the rotation immediately.

In addition to the daily work of the edict, in addition to painting under the order, there is also the responsibility of managing and appraising the paintings collected in the palace and teaching the students of the painting academy.

The number of bachelors in the Academy of Painting is forty, divided into ten first-class, ten second-class, and twenty third-class. When there is only one vacancy, it is necessary to select a skilled painter from among the students to fill it.

However, vacancies are rare. Because it is not easy to go on to art and wait for the edict, there are few opportunities to work. So a candidate will often serve for decades!

However, the students of the Hanlin Painting Academy are still "very valuable", and it is a holy place for young painters all over the world to yearn for.

Because of the large number of paintings collected by the Hanlin Painting Academy, they may not be real, but they must be good! Even if it is an imitation, it is also a fine product, and there are many authentic collections of great court painters. These works can be copied by students, and there will also be edicts from the academy and art schools to guide students to practice painting.

Such an opportunity is rare outside the art academy. Unless it is a son-in-law like Mi Youren who learns to paint, folk painters will not see many authentic works of famous artists in their lifetime, and there is no chance to copy them at all.

Copying is the main means of learning painting today.

Therefore, entering the academy to study painting is a shortcut for folk painters to improve their skills, and once they enter the academy, even if they are just a student, they can immediately increase their value. A piece of paper painting can be sold for a lot of money at the cheapest.

Therefore, the quota for entering the academy to study painting has always been snatched by people to break their heads, and the small number of places is usually contracted by the painter's family and the big businessmen of the Kaifeng Mansion Calligraphy and Painting Firm...... Of course, it is necessary to send money to a few pending edicts!

If it weren't for Wu Haogu's painting skills before being pierced by the soul, it would have been difficult for his father Wu Chengzhi to spend money to send him to the art academy as a student.

And now, Wu Haogu has become the most valuable chief of the edict, and naturally he will get three or four student places (Chen Youwen's students were driven away) to sell for money.

In addition to selling the quota of students in the academy for money, Wu Haogu can also accept other students in the name of waiting for Zhao Zhichang, because he can take out his own facsimile (copy of famous paintings) from the palace for students to copy, so he is also recognized as a good teacher and can receive good students...... Or get a lot of tuition!

There is another way to make money, which is to use the identity of the chief to give people a palm. Wu Haogu had a "Drunken Arhat Picture" by himself before, and teased Liu Youfang and Wang Xu. Therefore, his eyesight (generally believed that if you can make a fake, you must be able to recognize a fake) is recognized, and now he has the identity of the first person in the painting, and he has also accepted apprentices like Mi Youren, so the price of inviting him to palm his eyes is not low.

And the calligraphy and painting behavior of Kaifeng Mansion to prevent him from using this identity and fame to find fault, he has to pay a lot of filial piety.

In addition, the edict also has the qualifications to evaluate paintings! Because the edict represents the court, the evaluation given is authoritative. Although it is not as good as Mi Fu, Wang Xu, Li Gonglin, but it can still make people willing to offer a large amount of filial piety.

Finally, the works of the Emperor Zhichang himself also have a relatively high value in the Kaifeng Mansion calligraphy and painting market...... Of course, this financial path is of no significance to Wu Haogu, because his current pen has reached a level comparable to that of Li Gonglin.

Among the living painters who do not have the status of Jinshi, it is definitely the highest value!

In short, waiting for the edict to grow up in the "big official" is definitely the most money-hungry shortage.

And on the first day of Wu Haogu's get-this-missing, he was personally praised by the official Zhao Xu: the first person in the painting!

This is even more impressive!

Zhao Xu didn't say it casually, he was Wu Haogu summoned in the Chongzheng Palace, and there was a living room standing on the side of the hall at that time. Therefore, Zhao Xu's words of praising Wu Haogu were recorded on the spot, and they will be included in the "Records of Zhezong" in the future.

And in the court, it has always been the place where news spreads the fastest. The news that Wu Haogu was praised by the official family immediately spread all over the place, and when he saw Wu Haogu again, his attitude immediately became respectful and enthusiastic, as if he had been friends with Wu Haogu for many years.

So by the time he finished dealing with these new friends one by one and came out of the palace, it was already time for him to come out. By the time Wu Haogu returned to his home, it was completely dark. After talking to his father and mother about today's meeting with the Son of Heaven, Wu Haogu, who felt mentally exhausted, ate something and went to sleep.

Although he didn't do much work today, and he didn't rush much, but in the Chongzheng Palace, he had to talk to the Son of Heaven, sketch in front of the Son of Heaven, and draw a silent sketch for the Son of Heaven, which was really sad. When Wu Haogu slept in bed, he hoped that he could get used to such a life with the king every day.

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Early the next morning, Wu Haogu rarely got up early in the morning, and he had to go to the Hanlin Painting Institute again today. Yesterday, I only went through various procedures for entry, and I have not officially joined the Hanlin Painting Academy, a palace office that integrates artistic, military, and espionage functions.

So today, I have to go to meet with Liang Shicheng and another official, as well as the civil officials of the Hanlin Academy, who are nominally in charge of the Hanlin Painting Academy, and then if I still have time, I will go to Fengle Building to set up a drink, banquet the colleagues of the Hanlin Painting Academy, contact the feelings, and by the way, talk about participating in the waiting class and taking the students.

"Da Lang, after you slept last night, Su Da Lang from the Su family shop came once, and I saw that you were sleeping deeply, so I didn't wake you up."

Wu Haogu had just finished washing up, and before he had breakfast, his father Wu Chengzhi told him the news of Su Dalang's visit last night.

Wu Haogu looked at the sky, it was just bright, and it was still a little early to enter the palace, so he said to his father: "Daddy, let's go to the Su family shop together." ”

"It's okay," Wu Chengzhi nodded and said, "Then Su Dalang can invest a huge amount of 50,000 yuan in the commercial bank, so why should he be treated as the God of Wealth." ”

Wu Haogu nodded, in fact, he had a very good impression of Su Dalang, and he also intended to make a deep friendship, and wanted to invite him to participate in the operation of the firm. Especially now that Wu Haogu has an errand to be edicted, he can't put all his energy into the firm, he must find a big shopkeeper who knows some calligraphy and painting, and knows how to buy and sell, and Su Dalang seems to be a good candidate.

Putting on a wool cloak, Wu Haogu didn't eat breakfast, so he went out with his father and went straight to Panlou Street. The morning market of calligraphy, painting and literature on Panlou Street has ended, and it has become a food street again, full of stalls selling breakfast.

Wu Chengzhi bought two big meat buns that had just been baked, gave one to Wu Haogu, and the two walked while eating, and when the buns were finished, the father and son also arrived at Su Dalang's teahouse.

"Brother Chongdao!"

was about to go in, and suddenly someone called Wu Haogu's name.

looked over with the voice, but saw a fat face sticking out of a window on the second floor of the Su family's teahouse, it was Su Dali Su Dalang.

"Wu Shibo, Brother Chongdao, are you here for tea?"

Wu Haogu smiled: "It's looking for Dalang, you." ”

"Please, please."

As Su Dalang spoke, his head had already shrunk.

When the Wu father and son entered the teahouse, they saw Su Dalang running down like a gust of wind, and he didn't look like a big fat man at all.

"Wu Shibo, Brother Chongdao, please upstairs."

Su Dalang sang a fat song, and politely invited the two fathers and sons to a private room on the second floor.

The area of the private room is not large, but the decoration is very elegant, with some Jiangnan charm. The private room is not equipped with ordinary tables and chairs, but a few short-legged tea tables and futon cushions, which need to kneel and drink tea, which is very emotional.

Although the father and son of the martial arts family are businessmen, they are elegant, and naturally know the etiquette of kneeling and sitting, so they sit down upright. Su Dalang was casual, and sat cross-legged directly behind a tea case opposite the Wu family's father and son.

Immediately, the guy from the teahouse brought the fragrant tea, although it was not ordered with expensive dragon and phoenix tea cakes, but it was definitely the best in the tea.

"Brother Chongdao, I'll say hello to you first."

As soon as the guy left, Su Dalang smiled and arched his hand: "The painting academy is waiting for Zhao Zhichang and the first person in the painting...... It's all hand-picked by Miguchi! ”

This Su Dalang's news is really well-informed!

Wu Haogu smiled and said: "Thanks to the wrong love of the official family, I am so frightened." ”

Su Dalang smiled, "How wise are the officials today? How could I be wrong to love you? According to a certain point of view, Brother Chongdao will soon be entrusted with a heavy responsibility. ”

"Heavy duty?" Wu Haogu was stunned. He is actually mentally prepared for the "heavy responsibility", otherwise why would Zhao Xu value himself so much?

This official family is not an artist emperor...... But what surprised him was that Su Dalang actually knew about it.

Su Dalang looked at Wu Haogu, "Brother Chongdao should know." ”

Wu Haogu smiled bitterly, "I don't want you to know it." ”

"How do you not know?" Su Dalang said with a smile, "A certain family worshiped the old man of the painting academy as a teacher. ”

Du Lao is the name of the edict with virtue, is the old qualification of the painting academy to be edicted, born in Kaifeng Mansion calligraphy and painting family, in the third year of Yuan You was promoted to the edict, to this year has been enough for ten years, theoretically can be out of office. Before Wu Haogu became the chief of the edict, he was the first choice to succeed the chief of the edict!

However, the level of painting of this Du Lao Zhao is actually not good, his ability is mainly in the eyesight, and the level of appraisal paintings is second only to Mi Fu, Wang Xu, Liu Youfang.

In addition, Old Man Du also has the ability to accept apprentices. Adhering to the principle of teaching without class, there are dozens of disciples on Panlou Street alone.