After more than 20 years of long development, the academic atmosphere of Taishan Academy has reached a very good level.

Chen Mu advocates practicalism.

The most famous slogan of the Academy is - Practice the truth.

Therefore, you can discuss academic topics with everyone in any place or classroom in the academy.

But theoretical knowledge must be turned into practice, not just for you to propose a hypothesis. If you want everyone to admit that your theoretical hypothesis is correct, you must produce practical results.

No matter how difficult it is, there must be a feasible practical plan.

Therefore, in such an academic atmosphere, the ideological enlightenment of pragmatism and scientism gradually became popular and was followed by the world as the only truth.

And it’s not just about scientific research and academics. This attitude also affects poetry, song, calligraphy, painting and other arts.

Nowadays, two main schools of painting techniques are popular in the academy.

One school is ink painting.

The other school is oil painting.

In fact, strictly speaking, ink painting is a latecomer.

It is a painting school that only appeared after the development of paper industries such as Zuobo paper and rice paper in recent years.

Oil paintings, on the other hand, have been passed down for thousands of years and have already appeared in the Zhou Dynasty. They mainly serve the palace and nobles, such as the pavilions and pavilions of the Zhou royal family, the coffins and coffins of the royal family and princes, etc.

The paintings at that time were mainly lacquer paintings and oil paintings, and even the Neolithic ceramics unearthed in my country later had colorful oil paintings.

Therefore, it does not mean that oil painting has not developed in our country, and of course it does not mean that we are trying to imitate Western oil painting by using it that has been passed down for a long time.

Rather, it shows that oil paintings have indeed existed in our country for a long time, but our country’s painting techniques and art did not pay attention to the realistic style. Therefore, the earliest oil paintings were only used for recording, and it was not until the Jin Dynasty that painting techniques became art.

If there had not been the popularity of pragmatism and realism, the painting art that had emerged in the Han Dynasty in recent years might have been just like the painting techniques and calligraphy of the Jin and Tang Dynasties, which were mainly freehand brushwork.

However, under the influence of mainstream values, the ancient painting technique of oil painting has been picked up again by people and has become one of the main representatives of the realistic style of painting art today.

The year before last, when Qingzhou Taishan Academy showed the latest inventions of the academy to the Luoyang Palace last year, Liu Bei noticed the extremely realistic oil painting technology.

Mainly because there were no cameras in this era, let alone video cameras.

The slogan of the creation of oil painting is that authenticity is the most important thing. In an era of worshiping ancestors, after the people became rich, they wanted to keep the portraits of their ancestors for sacrifice. This in itself was a thing full of the style of the times and a trend.

Therefore, oil painting has become increasingly popular.

Duan Yan is a lieutenant general, one of the top Zhenxi generals in the current ranking of the Twenty Generals. His qualifications are relatively low, as he was an old member of Dong Zhuo's army in his early years. But he has made great contributions, including regaining Guanzhong and pacifying Xiliang. With this meritorious service, if not for his qualifications,

Question, there must be a place among the Nine Tigers.

He didn't have much of a relationship with Liu Bei, and they didn't even meet each other very often.

However, after all, he was a lieutenant general with a high status in the Han Dynasty. In addition, Liu Bei had sent away many old ministers over the years. Duan Xuan's sudden death also made him deeply moved.

In this case, Liu Bei had to consider what happened after his death as he was already in his fifties and might not live long.

The first step is to carry out the grand conferment of honors and knighthoods.

At the end of the ninth year of Zhangwu, the list of honors and titles was determined. These lists will be promulgated at the beginning of the tenth year of Zhangwu, when Mount Tai is enshrined in Zen.

Secondly, he ordered the governor to build the Taoyuan Hall in the West Garden.

Liu Bei originally planned to build the Four Temples, but was dissuaded by Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Chen Mu, and finally gave up.

The entire Taoyuan Hall is located in the densely wooded West Garden. A large number of peach trees are planted around it, and canal water flows into the garden. There are walls around the outside and a square for sacrifices inside.

The Taoyuan Hall is divided into two floors: the inner hall and the outer hall. The outer hall has the left and right civil and military temples. After Liu Bei's death, the founding ministers who followed him would arrange them in civil and military positions, hang portraits and build sculptures for future generations to use for worship.

This situation is called enjoying the Ancestral Temple.

As for the inner hall.

Naturally, it is the private sacrificial area for the four brothers Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Chen Mu. Currently, according to Liu Bei's idea, four portraits are temporarily hung. As for the content of the sculptures, he has not yet decided.

By the end of the ninth year of Zhangwu's reign, Taoyuan Hall had begun to be built in full swing, and a large number of sculptors and the best oil painters in Qingzhou were also selected to join the palace.

In the Western world, sculptors and painters are often called artists. They have a relatively high social status and can enter and leave the upper class society.

However, in ancient Eastern society, sculptors and painters had a very low status. They were called craftsmen at that time and were not valued by the world. Therefore, the social responsibilities they shouldered were also different.

After Chen Mu emancipated his mind at the Taishan Academy, he proposed the concept of art and strongly promoted it, sculptors, painters, poets, novelists, calligraphers and other art practitioners gradually rose in status and became artists.

And unlike in later generations, many painters and sculptures were about to starve to death. In this era, due to the lack of preservation methods, people hoped to leave their own appearance for future generations to worship and admire.

Therefore, after people gradually accepted the art of sculpture and oil painting, they were also willing to spend money to use this technology.

Anyway, the country is now rich and the private economy has developed.

If you have money, you can choose sculpture, and if you don't have money, you can also choose oil painting. Even if these two arts are still in the niche stage, they still have their uses. At least sculpture art will never go out of style in the gardening and construction industries.

On the sixth day of November in the ninth year of Zhang Wu, heavy snow fell in Luoyang, and the Qianli Mang Mountain turned into a silver dragon. The rustling snowflakes were flying, covering the world in a bright white snow.

The interior of Yutang Hall was as warm as spring. Since the morning, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Chen Mu had been busy dressing themselves up carefully.

According to Liu Bei's intention, merit classification must be carried out when conferring honors.

The highest-level special meritorious officials will not only be awarded the Medal of the Han Empire, but also be awarded lordship, meritorious title, title, rank, etc.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! At least like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Chen Mu, in addition to the imperial medal, the lord is the first-grade Dazhuguo, the first-grade Ronglu doctor, the meritorious title is Tonghou, and the title is Duke

, and the military rank is general.

The classification of merit is an offending task, so it is left to the cabinet and the three ministers to jointly sort.

In the end, the list was drawn up and Liu Bei gave instructions. Even if there was some dissatisfaction during the classification, there would be no problem because it was a collective decision.

Among the special founding officials and first-level meritorious officials, these people will enjoy portraits and sculptures, as well as the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

In the first batch of lists.

There are only three special meritorious officials, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Chen Mu.

Originally, in terms of seniority and meritorious service, Dian Wei should have been ranked.

Not to mention anything else, just the scars on his body, which he suffered many times while trying to save Liu Bei during the rebellion, are enough to be included in this list.

But Dianwei declined on his own.

So Dian Wei was ranked first among the first-level meritorious military officers, and was granted the title of Shangzhuguo (first rank), Guanglu doctor (first rank), the merit title was Guannei Marquis, the title was marquis, and the military rank was general.

The leader of the first-level civil servants is Jushou, who ranks from the first rank of Shangzhu Kingdom, from the first rank of Guanglu Dafu, Guannei Marquis, and Marquis, and the military rank is general.

Logically speaking, civil servants should not have military titles.

However, Juzhi and others also have positions in the army. They are generals and advisors and members of the staff, so they should also have military titles.

The rank of military advisor is one level lower than that of chief general, so generals and advisors are often awarded the rank of general, generals and advisors are awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and so on.

Currently, there are only seven people in the entire first batch of honorary lists for Mount Tai.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Chen Mu, Dian Wei, Ju Shou, Zhang Liao, Xun Yu.

Originally, in terms of seniority, Taishi Ci should also have a name, because he and Dian Wei were on the same level.

Dian Wei joined during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. In mid-184 AD, it only lasted three or four months before and after the sworn alliance with Liu Guan and Zhang.

Taishi Ci joined the army when he was the Prime Minister of Jinan after Liu Bei's crusade against the Yellow Turbans, and he was only three or four months apart from Dian Wei.

However, Taishi Ci was used as an errand boy by Chen Mu in the early and middle stages. He did not participate in many wars, his qualifications were sufficient, but his merits were insufficient, so he could not be selected for the list.

As for Zhang Liao.

In fact, his qualifications are not as good as those of Tai Shici, but his contribution is too great.

In the battle with Yuan Shao, Chunyu Qiong was killed in the formation, Gao Lan was beheaded in the formation, Tadun was beheaded in the battle of Bailang Mountain, he went north to attack Xianbei, drove out Xianbei in the west for three thousand miles, and Yanran Leshi.

Therefore, despite his great reputation, if Zhang Liao is not selected into the first batch of lists, I am afraid that the soldiers of Wan Sheng Army will not be convinced either.

However, many of the heroes are not in a hurry.

Because everyone knows that this is only the first batch of lists, and the second and third batches will be added one after another in the future.

Due to Tai Shi Ci's qualifications and achievements, even if he is not at the top of the second batch of lists, he is at least in the top three, so he is not upset that he was not included in the first batch of lists.

After confirming the first batch of lists, Liu Bei immediately ordered sculptors and painters to start sculpting and painting the lists intensively.

In fact, there were originally more than ten people on the first batch of lists, such as Taishi Ci, Qianzhao, Gao Shun, Zang Ba, Tian Feng, Xun You, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, etc. Their qualifications and merits were not bad, but they were before the challenge against Dong.

Just join, at least it should be on the list.

But both sculpture and painting are technical tasks that take a long time to complete. If there are too many people, even the most skilled artist will not be able to complete the task quickly.

Therefore, we have to first determine the list of those who have made the greatest contributions, and then sort them in order in the future.

Moreover, there are actually some heroes in the list who have obviously made great contributions but cannot be included in it, such as Yan Zhong, who has passed away long ago.

As the best undercover agent, Yan Zhong has always been the best unsung hero in Chen Mu's heart.

But unknown heroes cannot see the light of day.

Therefore, there was no choice but to compensate Yan Zhong's heirs with some meritorious deeds.

So many people at the time were wondering why a hermit who lived in seclusion in Qingzhou and died of illness within a few years of joining Liu Bei's camp, why would his descendants receive so many honors?

Little did he know that no one knew his name, his achievements would last forever, and even within the entire Military Intelligence Department, Yan Zhong had a great influence.
To be continued...