From this point of view, the Hanlin Academy is actually a subordinate department of the Inner Servant Province, which is different from the academy where Yang Yi is located; But so far, it is customary for everyone to refer to the Academy as the Hanlin Academy, and Yang Yi, the head of the Academy, is also called the Hanlin Academy.

The Hanlin Painting Academy of the Great Song Dynasty was established on the basis of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Later Shu Painting Academy, and Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Meng Chang of the Western Shu Dynasty were all very talented people, not like the emperor, but like an artist.

Under the influence of these two, both the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Western Shu established painting academies, which attracted many talents in painting, such as Huang Qian, Huang Juhuan, Dong Yu, Li Zhaoqing, etc.

After the Great Song Dynasty conquered these two countries, these talents returned to the Song Dynasty with the lord of the country, and they were all sealed as Hanlin to be edicted, which greatly enriched the Great Song Hanlin Painting Academy. The establishment of the academy also follows the system of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Later Shu.

In addition to eunuchs doing official business, there are posts such as waiting for edicts, art studies, waiting, and students. The number of personnel varies. From time to time, the people are recruited by examinations to recruit good painters, and they are given job names to enrich the team of the academy.

In addition, there is also a hierarchy of students' status. Generally, it is divided into three levels: outer house, inner house and upper house. After monthly private examinations and annual public examinations, the number of students with excellent character and learning has risen in turn.

According to the different backgrounds of the students, they are divided into Shiliu (scholars and doctors) and miscellaneous streams (selected by folk craftsmen), and "Shiliu" can be used as other administrators, but "miscellaneous streams" are not.

Yang Yi wore regular clothes, and Shi Shiran entered the Hanlin Painting Academy.

With my identity, how can I be a gentleman? Yang Yi thought.

The environment of the painting institute is very elegant, the pavilions of the corridor are hidden among the pines and cypresses, the peony flowers on the flower beds are blooming, Yang Yi folds east along the corridor, and he sees many small cases under the pines and cypresses, and there are more than a dozen young people painting.

asked the little official who led the way, it turned out that the painting academy was recruiting candidates today; As soon as Yang Yi heard this, he became interested, and Qingniang has studied for a long time, let's take the test today, I am not afraid of losing my ugliness, this can only be regarded as game dust at most.

The eunuch who is engaged in official affairs is called Li Sixi, don't look at this name is a bit vulgar, but it is Li Xian's family, Li Xian was prominent in the Shenzong Dynasty for a while, and he once succeeded Wang Shao as the commander of the Xihe Army, and his record is not bad.

Although Li Xian is no longer there, the connections he left behind are still there, Li Sixi is quite mixed in the palace, he is in his early forties, short in stature, with a thin face, perhaps because of the habits of Hanlin, and he looks quite elegant.

It's just that as soon as he saw Yang Yi, he immediately showed the posture of waiting for someone, and nodded and said from two feet away: "Scholar Yang is a rare guest, I heard that the financial budget and luxury consumption tax promulgated by the DPRK and China are all presided over by Scholar Yang, how can I have time to come to the academy today?" ”

Yang Yi replied to him, and said with a smile: "Gonggong Li said that he was joking, there are ministers in the court, they are presiding over their affairs, where can I use it to cause chaos, this is not idle, so I will go to the painting academy to take a look, or Gonggong Li, you are good here, you are doing some elegant things, which is really enviable." ”

"Scholar Yang, don't laugh at our family, what can our family do, it's just to come to Zhang Luo to collect some firewood, rice, oil and salt in the courtyard to help with chores, this line of calligraphy and painting, our family doesn't know anything."

"Gonggong Li is too modest, as the saying goes, those who are close to ink are black, and those who are close to Zhu are red, and Gonggong Li wanders between calligraphy and painting every day, even if he can't, he will definitely become a Danqing saint over time."

For the eunuchs, Yang Yi did not discriminate, and mostly smiled at each other, these words made Li Sixi listen very comfortably, and said with a smile on his face: "Let Scholar Yang smile, you are a distinguished guest, let's not stand here and talk, we just got some good tea from Jiangnan, so how about inviting Bachelor Yang to have a taste together?" ”

"How dare you bother Father-in-law Li, I really have something to ask for today, and I hope that my father-in-law will be accommodating."

"Look at what you said, what did Scholar Yang command, even if he said that our family can serve you, it is a blessing from the previous life, how dare you shirk it?"

"Father-in-law, then I'm welcome, I heard that the hospital is taking the exam to recruit people, can my father-in-law arrange it and let me take the exam too."

"What? Mr. Yang, are you going to take the exam...... Examination? ”

Li Sixi's eyes almost fell to the ground, he forgot to close his mouth when he grinned, and he even looked at Yang Yi carefully again to make sure that the person in front of him was really a scholar of the Great Song Hanlin University.

"Hehe, father-in-law don't be surprised, as the saying goes, live to be old, learn old, I am very lacking in painting, now I am idle and want to learn painting, this is not thinking of your father-in-law, father-in-law you have a lot of talents here, you have to help with this favor, you will not forget your father-in-law."

As soon as Yang Yi said this, Li Sixi had no reason to refuse, and hurriedly arranged it, no matter how Yang Yi played, just let him have fun, and he could make friends with Yang Yi, which was something he had long hoped for.

In this way, there is an extra small case after the candidates under the pine and cypress, Yang Yi is wearing a Confucian shirt, like a personable scholar, even the chief examiner Li Tang did not notice him.

Yang Yi lowered his head and began to study the ink and adjust the ink, today's test question is a Tang Dynasty poem: Selling a restaurant by the bamboo lock bridge.

Candidates should make a painting according to the artistic conception of this poem, Li Yi used to have a certain foundation, before returning to Beijing, Yang Yi and Qingniang copied the master's paintings every day in Hangzhou, not to mention brilliant, but it is not a problem to draw a few scenes.

From this poem, it seems that Cuizhu, Xiaoqiao, and Restaurant are the entities depicted in the poem, as long as they are not stupid, everyone knows this.

The key is how to deal with the spatial relationship between these entities, to put it bluntly, how to lay out, how to ink, which is the main and which is secondary, what to focus on, and how to make your painting vividly depict the artistic conception of this poem.

My family Qingniang said that the key to painting is artistic conception, otherwise no matter how good your painting is, you are also a painter, and you will not be able to become a master.

My family Qingniang also said that before putting down the pen, the whole painting must be clearly conceived in the mind, first form an image in the mind, and even the shade of a grass and a tree are conceived clearly, so that the pen can be put down, and such a painting has charm.

My family Qingniang also said that painting is intentional, not hand...... Uh-huh, this point Scholar Yang is still a little confused, this is not a hand, no matter how good I think in my mind, others can't see it?

My family Qingniang said again...... Forget it, what Qing Niang's girl said is not young or old, if you think about her words all over again, you don't need to paint this painting, just hand over the white scroll, won't it be too embarrassing, right? I heard that Qian Zhongshu also handed in a blank paper in the mathematics test.

By the way, my family Qingniang also said that painting should be superb, and I thought about Qian Lao's math test, is it distracted?

Restaurants are sold on the side of the bamboo lock bridge, and restaurants are sold on the side of the bamboo lock bridge...... Yang Yi began to recite this poem repeatedly in his heart, Cuizhu, Xiaoqiao, and Restaurant, which one is the key?

Do you want to draw a picture of Wu Song drinking eighteen bowls in Jingyanggang? Or Sun Erniang sells wine, and there are human barbecued pork buns...... Forget it, let's draw Wu Song, Yang Yi slowly showed a smile on his face, starting, dipping ink, and brushing, next to it is a small bridge, well, this has been painted with Qing Niang, copy; The bridge is a green bamboo, this one is better to draw, I paint! I draw! One more, by the way, add a few more bamboo shoots, there is no bamboo shoots, this one is simpler, I paint, I paint...... Hey, why is this paper so small? Oh, my God! There's no paper, and I haven't painted it yet? Where did Wu Song go to drink?

Do you want to hang this painting next to Fengle Building? Charge the number with Fengle Building?

But the examiner won't go to Fengle Building to see the paintings! Unless you invite him to a meal in Fengle Building, no, the food in that place is expensive!

What to do? By the way, when driving on the road in later generations, you will generally see the words "gasoline 10 yuan/liter", and you will know that you have arrived at the gas station.

Well, there is no place to draw in the restaurant, so hang a sign on the bamboo, so that people will know that there is a restaurant here.

Three bowls are not enough.

Scholar Yang waved his pen, and the five words dragon flew and phoenix danced, and the breath was like a wisp...... Uh, how can you say that? It should be said that it is right to swallow thousands of miles like a tiger, well, do you want to add the words "Wu Song is inside"? Forget it, people don't know who Wu Song is.

Hey! Why are you all looking at me?

Yang Yi was originally a descendant, and after thinking about his own Qingniang's words, he put pen to paper, and the dozen or so candidates in front of him had already finished handing in the papers, and one or two of them were around to watch him paint.

Scholar Yang was a little shy, blushing and arching his hand to everyone, handing over the painting, the chief examiner Li Tang got Li Sixi's explanation, and did not reveal his identity, took his painting with a smile, and walked into the school where the examiners were.

Li Tang is not old, less than thirty-five years old, a native of Heyang Sancheng, the characters are handsome and elegant, only two years ago into the painting academy, good at painting landscapes, part-time workers, now it is the post of waiting for the edict, Yang Yi heard his name when he was alive, it is said that his painting style has a great influence on later generations, this time Yang Yi came to the painting academy mainly to worship him as a teacher.

When Li Tang came out again, Yang Yi's eyes were almost blind, a ten-year-old young man, with a jade belt and a purple robe, dignified and elegant, not who Zhao Ji was.

If it is not strange that Zhao Ji appeared in the art academy, then the person who followed him made Yang Yi have a toothache.

This person is Mi Youren, who was rejected by him when he was in Hangzhou, and he was wearing an official uniform to be edicted; Obviously, he has successfully entered the academy, Yang Yi looked at Zhao Ji again, and he knew in his heart that it seemed that people had insects climbing up to the high branches.

Zhao Ji and Mi Youren couldn't help but be stunned when they saw Yang Yi.

In fact, there is no deep hatred between Yang Yi and Zhao Ji, it was just some battle of will, after a few years, everyone has been peaceful, and no one has provoked anyone, but after all, there has been a conflict; Now I suddenly met in the art academy, Zhao Ji and Mi Youren and Li Tang stood together, obviously the examiner, and Yang Yi was actually a guest candidate, and when they met in this scene, they couldn't help but stare at each other, but they didn't speak.

Li Tang took the two paintings and said to the candidates below: "Among the sixteen people who participated in the test this time, only two of their paintings fully depicted the artistic conception of 'selling restaurants by the bamboo lock bridge'; and most of them took how to reflect the restaurant by the bamboo forest bridge as the focus of the picture, or distant view, or close view, or lively, or quiet, which was not enough; but in fact, the artistic conception of the poem 'selling restaurants by the bamboo lock bridge' is not in the bamboo forest, not in the small bridge, not in the restaurant, but in a 'lock' word, how to use pen and ink to reflect this 'lock' word, this is the key. ”

(To be continued)