This person is named Song Cheng, the son of the late minister Song Wenshu, and the younger brother of Song Shi.

During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Song, the two brothers passed the Jinshi exam before and after, but unlike Song Xi, after Song Xi exam, he did not become an official or entered the painting academy. He was locked up at home, just reading books and painting landscapes and forests. During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Song, the number of Jinshi gradually increased, but compared with the current number, there were still very few. At that time, it was more difficult to get the Jinshi exam.

What did you do when studying and taking the science exam so hard? Isn’t it just to get ahead of the list and then become an official.

Zhao Kuangyi was shocked after hearing this.

However, they just don’t become officials. I’m the only talent for taking the Jinshi exam. But the emperor is old, but I don’t want to work for you, so what?

There is nothing to do.

He is so noble by nature, let alone painting. No one wants to give it to anyone. I like painting, just to entertain myself, why do I show it to you? Only my brother Song Shi saw a few paintings of him, but most of them were missing in the world. Long after his death, only a few pictures of "Smoke and Misty Scenery" and "Strange Stones on the Beach" were passed down in the world and disappeared. Perhaps the gods in the sky did not like rare works of noble men, so that ordinary people could pollute them.

He was originally from Chang'an, but later his father and brother were both high-ranking officials of the court. His family moved to Bianliang City, and the people were also in the capital at this time.

Knowing his history, Zheng Lang came to the Song Mansion with a lucky mentality. Perhaps Song Cheng was already old at this time and his personality might have changed a little.

Handed a message.

Song Cheng saw the post and said, "I won't see you."

Mrs. Song advised: "Why don't you see me? That's a little prodigy."

"It's not a little prodigy, but a kind of scattered person. The little lady in the family is right. This is a frivolous and vain person."

The Northern Song Dynasty's preferential policies caused many freaks to appear in the Northern Song Dynasty. The Pill Release is one of them.

His brothers abandoned literature and followed martial arts, and had little prospects, but their descendants were not very good. They had a famous general of the Zong family. Zong Fang studied literature by himself, and his father, as a minor official, asked Zong Fang to participate in the imperial examination. He probably felt that his talents were not enough and did not dare to go. After his father died, he took my mother to live in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain. After hearing about it, Song Weigan, the Shaanxi Transport Author, recommended him to Emperor Taizong of Song. After Zhao Kuangyi heard about it, he was very interested and ordered him to go to Beijing. But Lao Zong ignored it. The reason is said to be the second. The first reason is that my mother opposes it.

Why are you living in seclusion in seclusion? Why are you looking for you when the emperor comes to find you? I want to leave you and live alone in the mountains and forests. My mother said that Lao Zhong did not dare to go to Beijing anymore. It is not very credible. The second reason is that he just started his journey and met his friend Zhang He who was demoted and returned from the demotion. He said, "What are you calling now? What official position can you give you? Is it a county lord or a county magistrate? I pretend to be sick immediately, so that he will be more famous and have a great chance in the future. Lao Zhong heard it, yes, so he disagreed.

After listening to this shameless friend, my mother died again, but the court did not make any noise, so I wrote to my friend Song Shi, "My mother is dead and has no money to bury her. You have to help me! Very awesome. A secluded man, who is so far from Mount Zhongnan to Kaifeng, actually became a good friend with a Hanlin. Zheng Lang has met so many powerful people during this period. Except for Liu Chu who is his teacher, there is no real high-ranking official as his friend or good elder!

When Song Shi heard this, he did not dare to neglect it, so he wrote a letter to Qian Ruoshui and others, saying to Emperor Zhenzong that Lao Zong was an amazing person, and the emperor valued it. Now he encountered difficulties. What should I do? Emperor Zhenzong of Song paid money and gave him an official position. The first time he gave him the Zuo Si Jian Zhizhao Wenguan, which was not much shorter than Liu Chuan. He took a rocket and rose to space, then landed on the moon and went to Mars. He served as the right censor. He had thousands of acres of fertile land in his family. He collected rent and used transportation from the official station to hold hands with the emperor when he walked.

etc.

This is what the number one hermit in the Northern Song Dynasty did.

Poor old Su Su Xun became so famous in Sichuan, the court gave him only a little master. I wonder what he felt when he thought about the resurrection of the seeds?

This metaphor is somewhat exaggerated.

Zheng Lang was a little confused about some elegant things, but these elegant things had nothing to do with glory and wealth. He considered the imperial examination, not only for the marriage of the Cui family, but also for self-protection, and to see if there is no fame and fortune. When several yamen runners came to catch him, they pressed a dog to the ground to chew on the things, and then went to the court to not worship him, and then kicked him violently. With fame, who dared? But what to do in the future has not been considered yet.

How can you choose your future goals if you haven’t realized it yet?

But Zheng Lang would not deny that shameless behavior.

Zheng Lang didn't know Song Cheng's bad comments, but heard that he refused. Although he was prepared, he was a little disappointed in his eyes.

Sier said dissatisfiedly: "What's so great!"

I was thinking to myself, isn’t it just a Jinshi? There are so many officials in the capital who are polite to their little masters. A Jinshi can draw some paintings, which is even more noble than the doctor in the Ministry of Works! At least they gave the painting a look, half opened the middle door, and welcomed the little master in!

"Don't be rude, this is a noble person like Lin Hejing," Zheng Lang stopped her, then gave a bow and left.

But the two blockages caused him to change the order of visiting people.

I originally wanted to visit everyone Yan Wengui first, but it turned out to be Gao Keming.

The advantage of high painting is cleverness, but the disadvantage is that it lacks elegance. In terms of historical status in the painting world, it is far from being compared with the masters in Shaanxi, even compared with Yan Wengui and Yan Su, it is slightly inferior. However, that is the entire history of the Chinese painting world. Nowadays, Gao Keming's paintings are still very famous.

Moreover, this person values ​​righteousness over profit, has a noble character, and is known to people at that time. There was once a wealthy businessman named Chen from a quasi-hailing man who paid a fortune to ask for his "Spring Dragon Rise" Picture. What is the concept of a thousand gold? Song Huizong only gave Cai Jing's two fans, who repeatedly made a fuss for historians, only one gold was given to him. In the era of Huizong, a gold was not enough.

The pen holders that Zheng Lang made were made by four hermits, and in this context, they were worth hundreds of gold.

A peerless zither is only about a thousand gold. If it were the works of famous masters of the world, it might take several years to make a good zither worth only a few hundred gold.

But Gao Keming didn't agree.

At this time, the most famous thing in the painting academy was that a few years later, a set of "Three Dynasties Training and Review Pictures" was painted for the young emperor, with a total of 100 important things from Song Taizu to Song Zhenzong, which were used to hollow out printing and awarded ministers. It has not happened yet, but it is already very famous, but this person still retains the character of a mountain hermit in the past, is indifferent to fame and fortune, and is indifferent to the world.

After being turned away for two consecutive times, Zheng Lang was a little unconfident. He gave it a try again to see if this person with noble character would refuse again.

"Dalang, who are we going to visit now?" Not only Zheng Lang, but also Jiang Xing'er made him feel unconfident when he turned aside twice.

"Gao Keming."

"I have heard of this man and my painting skills are very good." Jiang Xing'er jumped.

"Well," Zheng Lang nodded without comment. He went to visit Gao Keming just to learn from it. In terms of painting skills, in this era, there were several people who were much more skilled than him. Some had not grown up yet, some were folk, historical books did not record, and it was rare to verify, but there were several people who grew up and had great success in painting skills, far above Gao Keming.

Thinking of this, he looked at the West again.

If you want to ask for advice, which person is the one he wants to ask for the most, but one is that it is difficult to visit, two is that it is too far away, and three is that it is not clear about his attitude. You cannot take it seriously and go to Zhongnan Mountain to study art under him.

Jiang Xing'er didn't know what Zheng Lang was thinking. Gao Keming was also one of her idols. She didn't expect that she could actually witness it with her own eyes after being attracted by Zheng Lang.

I can only say that this kid is crazy.

Since I visited, Zheng Lang asked Song Bo to inquire in advance. There were only a few people, some of them were found, while others did not. Song Bo drove the ox cart directly to the door of Gao's house. It was not a luxury house, but it was much smaller than Liu's mansion. There were two rows of houses that were three in and three out, and there was a patio in the middle. There was no inside from the outside, but two ancient locust trees could be seen circling up, with ancient branches scattered and twirling, and they penetrated into the sky. However, the leaves fell and some dry brown branches were left.

The gate was also an ordinary gate, and there was no gatekeeper, but there was an old servant sitting at the door. Zheng Lang congratulated and handed the greetings. It could not be compared with Yan Wengui, but it was also one of the famous masters of the Northern Song Dynasty. Zheng Lang still maintained a respectful attitude.

"Are you the Zheng family in Zhengzhou?" The old servant looked at him curiously.

“That’s right.”

"It's just right that Dalang is paying the price. You can wait a moment and I'll report it now."

"Trouble the old man."

"You're welcome," said the old servant, and the old servant walked in. But it might not be possible for Gao Keming to meet him. The old servant is the old servant, and Gao Keming is Gao Keming. Jiang Xing'er blinked and looked inside with some concern.

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