In addition to the paintings of the four Wu clan families, the page-long gift list also lists more than a dozen scrolls of masterpieces by famous artists from the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and there are a total of thirty scrolls of paintings alone.
The collection of Ming Dynasty calligraphy and paintings is in the ascendant. Although these great painters of the Wu School are not far apart, their paintings have been sold at very high prices. Like Tang Yin's large landscapes, fine works cost thousands of taels of silver each. Shen Zhou's ones are similar, Qiu Ying's and Wen Zhengming's are slightly cheaper, but they still cost one or two thousand taels of silver.
Not to mention the works of famous artists from the Song and Yuan Dynasties. The most precious one is the "Picture of Dead Trees and Strange Rocks" painted by Su Dongpo and inscribed in running script by Mi Fu. It can be called a unique treasure in the world and a priceless treasure that no amount of money can buy. If it weren't for Mr. Zhao's unique position in Jiangnan, this painting would never have reached his hands.
He knew that Zhang Juzheng had extremely high appreciation and was one of the few collectors in the Ming Dynasty. His idols could not distinguish famous paintings, so he reluctantly gave up his love.
There is no other way. If you don¡¯t want to let go of your child, you can¡¯t trap the wolf. If you don¡¯t want to let go of your baby, you can¡¯t get a wife.
"It's a pity that compared with these predecessors, Xu Wei's paintings are scum now. First of all, he is still alive, which is not conducive to hype. Secondly, there are so many fakes in this guy's paintings, and it's hard to tell whether they are genuine or not. Because many of them were copied by himself, they couldn't be sold at a high price. Otherwise Mr. Zhao can save a lot of money.
In addition to paintings, there are dozens of authentic calligraphy works of various kinds; dozens of Suzhou woven embroidery brocades; various jade artifacts; jewelry; and two hundred kilograms of white sugar and white rock sugar packed in glass ¡
By the time Gu finished reading the gift list, a full quarter of an hour had passed since the chiming clock on the table.
She picked up the tea cup and took a sip to calm down her shock.
She was secretly stunned. She always heard her husband say that Zhao Hao was the richest man in the Ming Dynasty at least one of them. She didn't feel much about it yet, but after seeing the gift list, she realized that what her husband said was true.
"You kid is really messing around," Mrs. Gu closed the gift list and said calmly, "I dare not accept such an expensive gift. Even if you accept it, my master will return it to you."
??Zhao Haoxin said, where is this? The gift my godmother gave me as a meeting gift back then had to be ten times as much as this?
It was only later that I found out that my godmother had beaten her so much that the meat was rotten in the pot, so she didn¡¯t lose money anyway.
"These external things are not as good as one of Xiao Jing's hairs." Mr. Zhao said with a sincere expression: "This time my nephew has the courage to come here just to confess to my aunt what happened between me and Xiao Jing and what I want from you." Bi, this gift is simply not worth mentioning, it can only be regarded as a show of affection."
"Alas, you kid" Mrs. Gu said with a sad look on her face: "Since we already have a county master, why can't we let our Xiao Jing go?"
"Aunt, please listen to my nephew." Zhao Hao lifted his robe, gritted his teeth and knelt in front of Gu and said, "Ming Yue and Xiao Jing have known each other for a thousand days. The so-called love grows over time, nothing better than this. By the time I realized it, it was already "I don't know the origin of love, but it goes deeper and deeper. The living can die, and the dead can live." Mingyue Xiaojing couldn't bear to be separated, so I went to the door shamelessly, begging Mr. Zhang and Aunt Zhang for mercy, and brought me to the house. Xiao Jing, please give it to your nephew."
"You don't know where love comes from, but it goes deeper and deeper. The living can die, and the dead can live" Mrs. Gu repeated faintly, but she gradually became sluggish.
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At this time, a certain new imperial examination candidate who had just left Nanchang and was preparing to go to Beijing to take the exam suddenly shed tears for no reason.
His father was traveling with him in the same boat, preparing to go to Beijing to take the exam. When he saw his son crying again, he couldn't help but asked strangely: "Son, why are you crying again?"
"I don't know, I just want to cry" Young Master Tang thought for a long time, but couldn't think of a clue, so he had to smile bitterly and said, "Maybe it's parting mood."
"Then you are really sensitive." Lao Tang shook his head helplessly.
"By the way, Dad, I remembered a storybook, which seems to be the most appropriate one that Mr. Zhao gave me, 'How can the sky be so beautiful in good times'." Tang Xianzu changed the subject with some embarrassment.
"Oh, what script?" Tang Shangxian asked with interest.
""The Return of Du Liniang,"" Tang Xianzu became excited when he mentioned this, "Look at the beginning, when Miss Du visits the garden and loves spring, isn't it so appropriate?"
The urban culture of the Ming Dynasty is very developed, and story-telling novels are very popular, including long novels such as "Water Margin", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and "Jin Ping Mei", as well as such novels as "Du Shiniang Sinks the Treasure Box in Anger" and "The White Snake Forever Towns Leifeng Pagoda" of short stories.
Among them, "The Return of Du Liniang" is a very famous storybook. Tang Shangxian was naturally familiar with it. He knew that in the story, Du Liniang was the daughter of a palace official. She was as beautiful as a flower. She had been smart since she was a child. She had read all books and had no knowledge of history. , especially good at mocking the wind and chanting the moon, and looking at the scenery to hurt the spring.?
That day was in the middle of March in spring, and the scenery was harmonious. The young lady took a maid named Chunxiang and went to the garden behind the house to enjoy the scenery. When she walked into the garden, she saw rockery, real water, green bamboos and strange flowers. It is surrounded by green marshes, surrounded by green willow trees; green peaks are towering among the trees, and peach blossoms are scorching red on the sides. Pairs of white butterflies dart through the flowers, and pairs of dragonflies flit across the water. The purple swallows in the beams are whispering, and the orioles on the willows have finished seeing
This young lady is a literary young man, and she has reached the age of yearning for spring. When she sees the garden full of spring, there is a connotation of love everywhere, and the little animals are also in pairs.
So I felt sad because I thought that I was already twenty-eight years old and I still didn¡¯t have a partner. I couldn't help barking twice, feeling unhappy in my heart, and hurried back to the Xiang Pavilion, sitting alone and bored, feeling the late spring scenery, and becoming more and more envious of the past when Guo Hua met Yueying by chance, Zhang Shengde met Cui, and those beautiful and talented people made secret appointments to steal their dates. .
As a result, she created a scholar in her dream and fell in love with him. After waking up, even though she knew it was Nan Ke Yimeng, she still couldn't help but miss the scholar. Gradually, this longing became a heart disease. In the end, she died without medicine which led to the story of the resurrection.
"It turns out that the colorful flowers are blooming all over the place, but they are all abandoned by the ruined wells and ruined buildings. Whose house can enjoy the beautiful scenery on a good day? Flying in the morning and rolling in the evening, clouds and green pavilions. Raindrops and wind, smoke and waves painting boats. People in Jinping can really see it. This time is cheap"
Tang Shangxian thought for a moment, then sang it again under the sign, and then he couldn't help but praise the verses: "It's wonderful, wonderful, it's so wonderful that Du Liniang sang this part of "Zaoluo Pao" when she was visiting the garden. It was really made by nature. It was like a creation made by heaven and earth. It should be so ordinary!¡±
"Yes, people say, 'Articles are made by nature and come by chance.' I didn't believe it at first, but now it seems that I can't believe it anymore." Tang Xianzu nodded happily and expressed his emotion:
"Would any woman in the world be as affectionate as Du Liniang? She would miss the person in her dream so much that she couldn't afford to fall ill. So she died of illness after painting the scene in her dream with her own hands. And three years after her death, she died again Can be resurrected because of the appearance of the person in the dream. People like her are the real lovers"
As he spoke, he held his hand on the railing and said with emotion: "I don't know where love comes from, but it goes deeper and deeper. The living can die, and the dead can live. Those who live but cannot die, and those who die and cannot be resurrected are all not the result of love." Why should the love in dreams be unreal? How many people in the world are in dreams?"
After saying this, he couldn't help but shed tears.
This time, the father and son only thought that he was moved by Du Liniang and did not think about anything else
"It's such a love that doesn't know where it starts, but goes deeper and deeper. The living can die, and the dead can live. " With these words of my son, I have become a close friend of Du Liniang. I read and wrote the script of "The Return of the Soul" Coming out must be worthy of the saying, "Good times, beautiful scenery, but no good weather"!"
Tang Shangxian, who still didn¡¯t know his son¡¯s famous sayings and had them copied in advance by someone named Zhao, was still cheering.
"Well, I think so too." Tang Xianzu nodded, wiped his tears and said, "Otherwise, I wouldn't be so sad."
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Beijing, Dashamao Hutong.
After repeating the sentence, "Love doesn't know its origin, it goes deep, the living can die, and the dead can live." After seeing that, Mrs. Gu stood there in silence for a long time.
Mr. Zhao knew that copying this sentence from the inscription of Tang Xianzu's "The Peony Pavilion" worked wonders!
He has the inner support of Xiao Zhuzi, so he naturally knows that his daughter will follow his mother. Gu is also proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She likes to recite poems and make jokes, and is a Du Liniang-like character who mocks the wind and the moon.
Mr. Zhao knows very well that to deal with this kind of female literary youth, it is better to use a few acid sentences and a few poems to touch her and let her feel her own feelings, and she will convince herself and conquer by herself.
Once you grasp this key point, the rest will be simple:
First of all, it¡¯s impossible for Mrs. Gu to have never watched "The Return of Du Liniang" and "The Romance of the West Chamber", and she also knows that her daughter must have read them.
¡° Then, after Mrs. Gu found out that her daughter actually started free love, and also fell in love with the same person as the little county boss, it was impossible not to reflect on what went wrong with her education. And I will definitely think that my daughter has read too many romance novels and wants to imitate those "unruly" ladies and pursue love deviantly, so she will be seduced by bad boys.
Zhao Hao is very certain about this, because whether it is the Ming Dynasty or four hundred years later, parents all over the world are like this - when their children have problems, they always look for objective reasons and refuse to admit that it is their children's own problems.
So Mr. Zhao first opened the way with generous gifts to let Gu family reduce his bad feeling towards him. After laying the groundwork, he threw this sentence, "Love doesn't know where it starts, but it goes deep, the living can die, and the dead can live," as the key to unlocking Gu's defenses!
Because these four sentences are the best portrayal of Du Liniang.
"Love doesn't know where it started, but it goes deep - it means that she actually developed a deep love for Meng Lang.
The living can die, and the dead can live - it is said that she died because she missed Meng Lang, and she was born because Meng Lang came true.
Zhao Hao believed that these four sentences were enough to make Gu think of Du Liniang, and then his own daughter, and then worried that she would be like Du Liniang, who would become ill because of not being able to meet her beloved, and eventually die. ?
He firmly believed that Mrs. Gu would have this kind of worry because Du Liniang and Zhang Xiaojing were so similar. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)??, it goes deep - it means that she actually developed a deep love for Meng Lang.
The living can die, and the dead can live - it is said that she died because she missed Meng Lang, and she was born because Meng Lang came true.
Zhao Hao believed that these four sentences were enough to make Gu think of Du Liniang, and then his own daughter, and then worried that she would be like Du Liniang, who would become ill because of not being able to meet her beloved, and eventually die. ?
He firmly believed that Mrs. Gu would have this kind of worry because Du Liniang and Zhang Xiaojing were so similar. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com