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    Chapter 138 Marrying Again After Wang Hua¡¯s prank, almost everyone knew that Li Longji and Princess Taiping approached Wang Hua one after another in order to compete for power.  This has become a joke among the people.  Li Longji made Wang Hua so angry that he almost vomited blood. Princess Taiping was rushing to Puzhou, but the speed was slower than a snail.  After hearing the news, I dropped several exquisite porcelain tea cups.  But I wonder if it was Wang Hua's prank this time that made Li Dan realize that he had gone too far, so he issued an order again: "All government affairs of the court will be handled by the Crown Prince. It involves important military affairs, death penalty review, and the investigation of five  The appointment of officials above grade must be discussed with the crown prince first, and then reported. " This calmed Li Longji's injured heart.  But not long after, Li Longji asked to give up the title of crown prince to Li Chengqi, but Li Dan did not agree.  So Li Longji asked Princess Taiping to return to Beijing again, and this time Li Dan agreed.  Li Chiying asked Wang Hua puzzledly: "Is my third brother stupid?" What a great opportunity, but Li Longji took the initiative to ask Li Dan to transfer Princess Taiping back.  Zhu Tong watched Wang Hua tinkering with copper wire and replied for Wang Hua: "The prince is mature." "Mr. Zhu, why do you say this?" "If your third brother doesn't do this, your father will do it again."  Lift Princess Taiping to maintain balance, and your third brother will be suppressed even more severely. So as a human being, sometimes you can take a step back and the world will be brighter." Wang Hua put down what he was doing, turned around and said, "The current prince still has one.  Twenty years of growing up. But if he hadn¡¯t taken advantage of the crown prince¡¯s righteousness, he wouldn¡¯t have been a match for Princess Taiping.¡± Li Chiying was overjoyed when she heard this, and Wang Hua said that even though his third brother sometimes seemed a little lethargic.  Princess Taiping was forced into despair several times, but she was still the final winner.  But Zhu Tong heard another meaning. Wang Hua said that he could still grow for twenty years. During these twenty years, Li Longji would be wise and powerful, but after twenty years, he would decline sharply.  But Zhu Tong didn't say anything.  Wang Hua finished speaking and continued working.  He is working on something, something that occupies a very important position in Chinese handicrafts, but is not yet used in this world, a snuff bottle.  He only remembered it when he saw the enamel burning and the glass bottle filled with incense.  Many snuff bottles have been unearthed. Generally speaking, the price of snuff bottles is very good. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, snuff bottles were divided into three types. The middle one was glass, jade, ivory, porcelain, and crystal.  The workmanship is exquisite, and the general auction price is between 100,000 and 1 million.  There are also ordinary snuff bottles and snuff bottles made of coral, which cost tens of thousands.  Of course, if the craftsmanship is unique or has special significance, such as the snuff bottle used by Qianlong, the price may be higher.  If the workmanship is rough, the price will be lower.  There is also a kind of snuff bottle, which is enamel on the glass.  Because the success rate is extremely low, very few are unearthed. Each piece is unearthed with exquisite craftsmanship and dates from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Basically, it exceeds one million.  Wang Hua saw that the perfume bottle looked like a snuff bottle, so he planned to burn one himself.  He was engaged in making enamel porcelain, but he did not have the ability to make enamel on glass, and he even failed to make more than a dozen of them.  Seeing the workers laughing, Wang Hua angrily burned a porcelain snuff bottle, and then imitated the gourd-shaped snuff bottle with plum blossom pattern and enamel unearthed from the Qing Dynasty (see picture).  As a result, he was successfully burned in one go.  The pot is not big, only five or six centimeters high, but it is beautiful and rich.  Wang Hua asked the craftsman to make a jasper cover on it, but before he could play with it, Li Chiying snatched it away.  ¡°I used to be embarrassed, but now that I¡¯m married, I¡¯m thick-skinned.  Everyone's manuscripts have been reserved by her for a long time. Of course, they cannot be given to her yet and they need to be printed.  But more and more good things came out, making her even more dazzled.  Not only cloisonn¨¦, Wang Hua also asked the craftsmen to practice for a period of time and start to guide other crafts.  The first is jade. This time, the most common materials used in the tripod base are ceramics and stone carvings, followed by silk tapestry, gold and silver lacquer, lacquerware and jade.  Wang Hua taught jade carving and taught Xia Kai and others some later jade techniques.  It has gradually matured over the years, but there is still a long way to go compared to the Qing Dynasty jades, which had a great deal of jade craftsmanship.  Therefore, Wang Hua's hard carving skills may be slightly lacking, but his theoretical knowledge can keep up.  Therefore, we teach them how to borrow the knowledge of painting, sculpture and arts and crafts in jade, and integrate techniques such as Yin line, Yang line, hollowing out and pretty colors.  I also found a few small jade materials and drew mini versions of jade carvings such as Huichang Nine Lao Pictures Yushanzi and Dayu's Flood Control Picture Yushanzi on the drawings.  Of course, some changes were made because of the different colors of the materials.? Not only jade, but China¡¯s five famous jade, Khotan jade, Henan Nanyang jade, Northeast Xiuyan jade, Gansu Jiuquan jade, Shaanxi Lantian jade, but in a broad sense also includes agate, ruby, turquoise, emerald, crystal, jade and other jade  .  But each type can be subdivided. For example, crystals include amethyst, white crystal, black crystal, brown crystal (smoky quartz), citrine, and red crystal called hibiscus stone.  Wang Hua also used these jade materials in a broad sense to guide the craftsmen to carve counterfeit versions of citrine pen holders with cranes, pines and spring patterns, and red agate carved courtyard ornaments and other handicrafts.  But they are all small pieces. Generally, only Nanyang Jade can produce large jade materials.  Materials like these crystals are small and cannot be formed into large pieces.  Next comes the gold and silverware.  Because gold and silver are highly malleable, they had high craftsmanship in the Tang Dynasty.  However, Wang Hua still asked the craftsmen to continue to create some handicrafts, such as imitation of the Qing Dynasty gold pagoda inlaid with gems, the Golden Mandala of Yamantaka, the royal engraved golden conch of Master Padmasambhava inlaid with gems, and so on.  This is to further broaden their horizons.  This not only requires a lot of gold and silver, but also a lot of gems.  There are no gems on the tripod body. If it is decorated with gems, it may not be more gorgeous and light, but it will lose some stability, but there will be a lot of gems on the base of the tripod.  This time, the materials prepared include red, blue, emerald, emerald, aquamarine, cat's eye, alexandrite, moonstone, sunstone (labradorite, He's Bi is this stone), amazonite, various crystals,  Chalcedony, jasper, agate, opal, peridot, malachite, opal, zircon, beryl, corundum, and even a few diamonds were found.  But you can¡¯t pile these gems together on top. If they are inlaid, it is very important. Therefore, when carving jade and gold and silverware, you are integrating this inlay skill.  Including the enamel lotus pattern crispy camellia lid jar made by Wang Huazheng, which is also inlaid with a large number of gold, silver and precious stones.  ??Then there is guidance on lacquerware and silk tapestry, there are still some imperfections, and by the way, the craftsmen can become more skilled.  But this is not a waste of materials. Every piece comes out, as long as it is a finished product, it immediately causes a rush.  More than enough to recover the cost.  Then he came to his old profession, porcelain.  This time Wang Hua made almost every kind of porcelain by himself, letting the craftsmen stand by and watch.  Now the materials are basically all available. Except for some glazes that came to Europe, Wang Hua did not collect them. Glazes from Nanyang to China have been introduced successively.  Coupled with the advancement of technology, this laid the foundation for him to fire various porcelains.  Therefore, with the cooperation of craftsmen, he made many porcelains by himself this time, which are one of the representative works of various porcelains in the Qing Dynasty.  Lujun-glazed Ruyi'er flat kettle, tea-glazed sheep head statue, eggplant skin purple-glazed chrysanthemum petal basin, black-gold glaze vase with golden dragon pattern, green-glazed porcelain hat tube made by Li Yucheng with deer and crane carvings, and apple green-glazed embossed seawater cloud dragon.  Vase with lantern pattern, turquoise green glaze gluttonous pattern bowl, pink celadon glaze square bagua vase, imitation official kiln lotus leaf style brush wash, bean green glaze dark tea bowl, sacrificial blue glaze imitation bronze bean, sky blue glaze convex flower statue, yellow glaze carved landscape  Teapot with pattern, rectangular tray with chicken fat and yellow embossed sea dragon pattern, sacrificial red glaze skimming bottle, rouge water chrysanthemum petal basin, white glaze Qiucao cup, Guangcai large vase with flowering figure pattern, ink color landscape covered bowl, gold color**, yellow  Green dragon bowl on the ground, blue color over-the-wall bowl with the image of Three Friends, alum red color bowl with Kui dragon pattern and rooster button with high legs, plain three-color teapot with hollowed-out longevity character, plain three-color duck-shaped inkstone drop, Doucai teapot with picture of baby playing in the courtyard,  Wine-blue glaze vase with figure pattern, yellow ground pastel vat with flower and fruit pattern, pastel vase with lion ears with figure pattern, enamel bowl with hundred-flower brocade pattern, multi-color consecrated mallet vase with flower, bird and animal pattern, blue and white glaze with red sea water chasing clouds and dragons  Plum vase with pattern, blue and white bamboo, stone and banana vase with jade pot and spring vase, blue and white six-sided vase with figures.  (There are many handicrafts in this chapter. I will explain them in detail one by one in relation to the works, including some general jade) Some porcelain technologies are not mature yet. Fortunately, after so many years of experimentation, plus sufficient manpower and sufficient materials, Wang Hua personally  Making and experimenting at the same time.  This is the greatest love of his life, and he has almost forgotten the current political situation.  Fortunately, Zhu Tong helped him to handle the affairs of the eight states for him, so that the business would not be delayed.  But not long after, as Wang Hua said, the imperial court appointed Dou Huaizhen as the imperial censor and Tongping Zhangshi.  This is clearly Li Dan playing with balance again.  Dou Huaizhen was Princess Taiping¡¯s number one confidant. While giving Li Longji virtual power, she also gave Princess Taiping real power, which created constraints.  Xue Qianguang, the imperial censor, and Murong Xun, the royal censor in the palace, couldn't stand it anymore. They impeached Princess Taiping and asked Princess Taiping to present her to Li Dan. Li Dan had no choice but to devolve Xue Qianguang.  But one piece of news caught Wang Hua¡¯s attention. Li Dan sent envoys to inspect ten roads across the country. Some people thought that the jurisdiction of Shannan Road was too wide, so they divided Shannan Road into east and west roads, and separated Hexi Road from Longyou Road.  In fact, at this timeIt is not yet time to return the Northwest.  Wang Hua didn't say anything after hearing this. He wanted to pay it back anyway, so there was no use fighting for the name.  What caught his attention was the following news. Li Dan divided the country into twenty-four governors. The governors were responsible for prosecuting the good and evil of state and county officials in the areas under their jurisdiction. Only Luozhou and Gyeonggi Prefecture were not affiliated with the governor's office.  Li Jingbo, the right concubine of the crown prince, Lu Yan, the prince's family member, and others commented: "The governor alone has the power of life and death, and his power is too heavy. If incompetent people are appointed, the harm caused will be too serious. Now the grade and salary of the censor  They are all humble, but their reputation is very high. Your Majesty sends them to inspect the place on time, and the evildoers will naturally not dare to run rampant." So he dismissed all the new governors again and established ten more inspectors.  This news reminded Wang Hua of the situation when the towns in the Tang Dynasty were divided.  But he still said nothing.  But I admire the vision of Li Jingbo and Lu Yan.  There are two other pieces of news that have attracted the attention of people all over the world.  The first news is that because of Li Chongfu's incident, Li Chongmao was demoted to Jizhou as governor. When crossing the Qinling Mountains, he fell off a cliff and his whereabouts are unknown.  Finally, the officers and soldiers sent people down to search and found that Li Chongmao had fallen into the creek under the cliff.  After a long time, Li Chongmao's body was found downstream.  Li Dan burst into tears when he heard the news and carried out a series of posthumous donation activities.  But it¡¯s unclear whether his cry came from guilt in his heart or from crocodile tears.  The official version of this incident is that Li Chongmao slipped and fell off the cliff. Most of the folk opinions are that Li Chongmao committed suicide because of his thoughts. There is also a popular theory that Li Chongmao was intentionally killed by Li Dan.  However, I dare not spread this statement publicly.  Li Dan also felt panicked and dealt with all the hundreds of officers and soldiers in custody. In fact, he had never had the idea of ??killing Li Chongmao. Where were the two masters in Oceania? What was the use of killing Li Chongmao?  .  At least now he doesn't want to kill Li Chongmao.  It¡¯s quite unfair.  Only a dozen people knew the inside story. When the truth came out a few years later, Li Longji was also helpless.  The second thing is that Tubo was forced to have no choice but to send envoys to ask for peace and declare vassalage to the Tang Dynasty.  On the other side, Mo Chuo also sent envoys to proclaim their vassalage to the Tang Dynasty.  Although this is the credit of the Blood Camp, now Wang Hua is Li Dan's son-in-law, and he immediately handed over the northwest and the Blood Camp to the imperial court. In addition, he made great achievements in pacifying the Zhuwei in the past, and now he is making the tripod of Kyushu, which can also be regarded as the imperial court's.  glory.  Li Dan was very happy to hear this. Of course, the political situation had not yet completely settled down, and he did not want to start a war, so he agreed to them all.  This news is also good for Wang Hua, that is, the tripod of Kyushu will be built immediately, and he will move Tibet and Turks to the central state. If the two countries do not surrender, there will be disputes.  At the same time, Mo Chui sent an envoy to propose marriage to the Tang Dynasty. Li Dan agreed and named Li Chengqi's daughter the Princess of Jinshan, preparing to marry the Turks.  Li Chiying was dumbfounded when he heard this. He finally rescued Princess Jincheng. Why did his father marry his granddaughter to a foreigner again?  And because Li Chengqi and Li Longji are brothers, they have a very friendly relationship. His daughter often interacts with Li Chiying. Although she is a generation older, she is only a few years older, and she is usually like a sister.  She found Wang Hua who was firing porcelain, pulled him up, and asked Wang Hua to write a letter to stop this.  Wang Hua said: "Little princess, what can I do? Your father doesn't even believe in his own son who has made great achievements, how can he believe in me? Besides, I will hand over the territory and the army immediately, which means I will have nothing. If you offend me,  Your father, maybe your father is still interested in murdering me. "This is an exaggeration. Even if the territory is handed over to Wang Hua, it is still a fake hand in hand.  Are you really staying in the Central Plains with nothing?  But Princess Jincheng has some feelings for him, and he has promised Princess Jincheng to get married. If she doesn't want to, he will find a way to save her.  As for Li Chengqi's daughter, there is no need for him to cause trouble.  Besides, this is just the beginning. Later, Li Longji will marry more princesses and princesses.  How does he care?  Li Chiying murmured: "Why is this? Why is this?" Wang Hua said: "When you become an emperor, you have the emperor's heart, but you no longer have the heart of the people. Your father is not the same father." Li Chiying made him angry with one sentence.  .  But the other person was very worried. Mu Zili asked fearfully: "Erlang, you won't do this to my daughter in the future, will you?"  He is fair, with a hint of mixed blood.  Wang Han also gave birth to a baby??, but a little thin. After hearing the news, the Wang family in Taiyuan sent many congratulatory gifts.  Then there was news that Li Hong and Li Chiying were pregnant.  But Mu Zili made no move.  Wang Hua has no ambitions for the Central Plains. He also owns a vast territory, more and more people, and is equivalent to an emperor. Now he is deliberately trying to mess with the Tang Dynasty, otherwise he would have left long ago.  She was the only daughter who was kept as a "precaution for old age", but she could not marry far away like the Tang Dynasty did.  Wang Hua laughed and said, "I will marry her to Europe in the future." Li Hong chased after Wang Hua and wanted to hit him, but knew that Wang Hua was joking.  But after a while, I cried.  Now Wang Hua has more and more children, and everyone is very happy. Although there are many children, there will be more people competing for the head of the family in the future, which is better than those without.  However, Mu Zili only has one daughter, and she feels very guilty.  Wang Hua advised: "In the worst case, we can recruit one consort in the future. We really can't recruit two or three." Mu Zili said in a dumbfounded voice, "What are you talking about?" After comforting Mu Zili, Li Chiying quietly wrote a message.  He sent a letter back to Beijing and asked Li Longji to persuade Li Dan.  Li Longji is frightened now. Who still has the guts to persuade him?  However, the marriage failed in the end and had nothing to do with Li Dan and Li Longji, because the Turks instigated Khitan and other tribes to invade Hebei many times, which made Li Longji unhappy.  So Princess Jinshan was not released.  But in the court, Li Dan's balance once again fell in favor of Princess Taiping. Because Wei Anshi did not agree with Princess Taiping, Princess Taiping suggested that Li Dan let Wei Anshi serve as Zuopushe, guest of the prince, and third rank of Tongzhongshu. This was for  The empty title was removed and the real power was reduced.  He also appointed Dou Huaizhen as the servant. At this time, he was building a Taoist temple for Princess Jinxian. All the ministers objected. Only Dou Huaizhen expressed support for the project and took the initiative to personally supervise the servants.  The people said that he was the queen before (the one who is above the father and below, can't be beaten), and now he is the princess.  At this time, Zhang Shuo came to the northwest.  The position is the Inspector of Longyou Road, but the twenty-three prefectures are a bit complicated. Most of them belong to Longyou Lingwu Road, a small part belongs to Shuofang Road, and a small part belongs to Shannan Road.  As for the investigation of the North West, it is purely a joke, there are other things.  But the court could not find a second good candidate, so it sent Zhang Shuo anyway.  The first task that came was to take a look at the Kyushu Tripod. Wang Hua immediately replied: "I haven't done it yet." Still practicing his skills, the tripod body and the tripod base have not been made yet, and the work has not even started.  Zhang Shuo frowned. I heard that Wang Hua smashed all the five million coins that the court had given out, and now he also used his own money.  He was not polite and asked the question directly.  Wang Hua said: "Follow me." He was brought to a large warehouse in the city. There were mountains of materials inside, but these materials were so precious that Wang Hua even used five hundred soldiers to guard them day and night.  Wang Hua said: "Most of them are used for materials, but the materials are not ready yet. There are also expenses for craftsmen's salaries and prepared tools. When construction starts, the cost will come down." "Manager Wang, when are you ready?  "Start construction?" "Probably next spring." Zhang said and frowned.  Wang Hua saw what he was thinking and added: "You don't need to be afraid of sharpening workers when cutting firewood. Once the skills are mature, the work will start very quickly. Now that the skills are immature and forced to start work, the waste will be greater and the tools made will not be perfect. Remember.  Come on, it is the tripod of Kyushu. Not only does it have symbolic meaning, but it also has various astronomical, geographical, humanistic, historical and physical and chemical knowledge. It will guide the development of the future people, and the effect it will have is beyond your imagination.  , otherwise I wouldn't be so cautious. Do I like extravagance? I just want to show you some handicrafts." I took Zhang Shuo to a large workshop outside the city. This large workshop covers an amazing area in a Gobi desert.  There are seven or eight porcelain kilns for firing porcelain, but all the raw materials for firing porcelain come from all over the country.  Wang Hua took out the handicrafts one by one.  Zhang said he just shook his head after seeing it. It was extremely beautiful and extremely luxurious.  They all made him linger.  After a long time, he moved away and said worriedly: "It's too luxurious." Wang Hua spread his hands and said: "I admit it. But it is precisely because of these luxurious utensils that the craftsmen's skills are honed. This is not for  Luxurious and extravagant, but for the sake of skill, the situation must be treated differently. "Zhang said silently, no matter what, Wang Hua only paid five million yuan for such an important instrument, and the imperial court still owed it to Northwest."  debt", whichHis money was advanced by Wang Hua from his own pocket, and even the censor could not make a fuss about this matter.  You can¡¯t spend 50,000 yuan to build a tripod of Kyushu, right? That¡¯s not a tripod of Kyushu, it¡¯s a tripod of Kyushu (it¡¯s also a tripod, used for cooking, it¡¯s very small, usually twenty or thirty centimeters high).  So he changed the subject and said, "Manager Wang, can you hear what's going on in the court?" Wang Hua was so angry that you, Li Longji's die-hard loyalist, couldn't do it, so you had to listen to what drama he had to say.  []
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