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In the morning of that day, Li Shimin told Tang Zhou about the Lingyan Pavilion and the portrait of the hero.

These ministers in the court were very concerned about the things proposed by the crown prince Li Chengqian, and now they heard that Li Shimin had made a choice, and they were all excited.

This proposal was quickly approved by the ministers.

Seeing this, Li Shimin nodded slightly: "I will tell you one by one after some careful consideration, and now I think what we have to do is to find a painter and calligrapher, do you have anyone to recommend?" ”

Because it is a matter of their own, these ministers are particularly active in recommending candidates, and in their opinion, the more the people they recommend achieve in these two areas, the more glorious it will be for them.

For figure painting, everyone unanimously recommended Yan Liben, since the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, Yan Liben's figure painting is beyond the reach of others, has been recognized and praised by Emperor Wen of Sui and Emperor Yang of Sui, he is the ancient emperor painting called "Ancient Emperor Map", in the figure painting, he is the peak of the Tang Dynasty, so he painted the portrait of the heroes, that is the supreme glory.

Regarding the matter recommended by the ministers, Li Shimin agreed without hesitation, because throughout the entire Tang Dynasty, there are indeed few people who can compare to Yan Liben in figure painting.

In this way, after selecting the person who painted, there was also the calligrapher of the inscription.

In the early Tang Dynasty, there were many calligraphers, and everyone unanimously recommended Ouyang Xun.

Ouyang inquired about calligraphy, it is said that this person can do his best in eight bodies, the pen is dangerous, the seal body is particularly fine, the flying white crown is unique, the ancients are steep, the dragon and snake fighting elephant, the cloud and mist light pet the momentum, the wind and thunder, the manipulation is like a god. The decay of the true line comes from the great order, and it is not one, the forest is like an arsenal of spears, and the wind god is stricter than the wisdom of water.

In addition, when Gaozu was alive, he also said that Di people also knew Ouyang Xun's calligraphy to praise Ouyang Xun.

Therefore, something like the inscription on the portrait of the heroes of Lingyan Pavilion must not be done by Ouyang Xun.

After the ministers said their thoughts like this, Li Shimin also felt so, but he didn't agree immediately, only said: "Mr. Ouyang is eighty-three when he is old, I don't know if he can still write?" ”

As soon as Li Shimin said this, some officials who were close to Ouyang Xun immediately stepped forward and said: "There is no need to worry about the saint, although Mr. Ouyang is old, he still insists on practicing calligraphy every day." ”

Li Shimin sighed and said, "Even so, it's better for me to send someone to ask his opinion in person." ”

Seeing this, the ministers didn't say much, after all, Ouyang Xun was indeed eighty-three years old, although they admired Ouyang Xun's words and wanted him to inscribe his portrait, but if Ouyang Xun really couldn't write or didn't write, they couldn't do anything.

After all, he's just too old.

After the ministers discussed it like this, they announced their retirement from the dynasty, and after the retreat, the ministers got together in twos and threes to chat, and what they talked about the most was to hang the portrait of the hero in Lingyan Pavilion this time, who was fortunate enough to be selected.

Of course, some very famous heroes who helped Li Shimin win the world back then, such as Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong, Changsun Wuji, Li Jing, Fang Xuanling and others, are indispensable, but what they want to know more is that in addition to these people who are sure to be on the list, there are also those people.

This matter is very sensitive and exciting, and it is enough for these ministers to guess for many days, and before Li Shimin announced the list, there were some people who thought that their merits were not enough, but they had a little qualification, so they had to find a way to behave more in front of Li Shimin, so as to attract Li Shimin's attention.

While the other ministers were discussing these, Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chigong and others rushed to Cuiming Tower together, and on the way, Cheng Yanjin was very excited.

"I said Lao Gong, I Lao Cheng will definitely be on the list, when the saint fought in the south and the north, my old Cheng was great......" Cheng Yanjin looked proud, boastful, and told the wars he participated in and the things he had done one by one, as if he was afraid that others would not know.

Wei Chigong also cares about the portrait of heroes, after all, what did they work hard for? In addition to wanting to make contributions so that the people no longer suffer from war, don't you want to leave a name for the ages?

However, when he heard Cheng Yanjin boasting about himself like this, he lost his temper before.

"I said Lao Cheng, you knew how to pick up cheap back then, and now you still have the face to say."

"You...... You just picked up the cheap, believe it or not, Lao Cheng, I'm going to cut you with an axe now......"

"Alright, alright, both of you have worked hard, and the Holy One will not forget you."

Everyone rushed to Cuiming Building all the way in a joking way, and someone in Cuiming Building had already prepared everything they needed for them.

But it was said that the ministers left, and after Li Shimin returned to the imperial study, he thought carefully about the things that happened to the court this morning, and after thinking about it like this, he felt that there was no problem with letting Yan Liben paint a portrait, but he was really worried about letting Ouyang inquire about the inscription of this old gentleman.

Of course, in Li Shimin's opinion, if Ouyang Xun is really willing to make a move, it will naturally be a good thing, but he is too old, eighty-three years old, Li Shimin feels incredible when he thinks about it, he is so talented and sometimes feels a little powerless when he is middle-aged, so Ouyang Xun is eighty-three years old, and he wants him to inscribe on so many portraits, what if he is tired and has a problem?

Thinking like this, he decided to send someone to Ouyang Mansion to inquire and see what Ouyang Xun meant, but just as he was about to order a eunuch to go, he suddenly stopped.

Ouyang Xun is very famous, is it a little inappropriate to send a eunuch like this?

"Go and call Princess Danyang."

At lunchtime, Princess Danyang, who had received the order, hurried over, and after learning about Li Shimin's intentions, Princess Danyang smiled: "Holy Lord, our Mr. Ouyang is indeed old, but he does practice calligraphy every day." ”

"Oh, how can Danyang know so clearly?"

"The Holy One has forgotten what I do in the Ancient Tune Pavilion? Ouyang Xun's youngest son, Ouyang Tong, often goes to my ancient tune pavilion, and I know his identity, so I often ask for some news about Ouyang Xun, thinking about when to ask for the subword to hang in the house, but although Ouyang Xun keeps practicing words, he doesn't give away words at will, so although I went to ask twice, I shirked it with the excuse that Ouyang Xun was recuperating at home. ”

After listening to Princess Danyang's words, Li Shimin was slightly stunned in his heart, and said: "In this way, I asked him to inscribe the hero, and I am afraid that the chance of him agreeing is not big." ”

"This is not necessarily, to inscribe the heroes, what an honor this is, although Ouyang Xun has long since lost his attention to these, but he admires the heroes of the year very much, he should not refuse, the saint can send someone to ask, but if you want me to go, I'm afraid it's inappropriate."

Li Shimin nodded, Danyang went to ask for words twice, if Danyang went again, he would inevitably be misunderstood by the people of the Ouyang family.

"Then Danyang thinks it's more appropriate to send someone?"