Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 787 Lu Dongzan left worried

Sun, Moon, Stars, Mountains and Rivers, Black Dragon Banner.

The sun and the moon need no further explanation. The sun is mainly painted in red and yellow, and the moon is in light color.There are many stars, represented by Li Zhiyun's uniquely drawn 'five-pointed star'.The mountains and rivers are mainly famous mountains and rivers, and the black dragon coils around the mountains and rivers, so it is necessary to draw a huge black dragon with its body coiled around the mountains and rivers, and the dragon's head is higher than the sun, moon and stars.At the strong request of the ministers, the scales of the black dragon's body were painted in gold.

Why is it a black dragon, nothing else, because the black dragon is domineering, in line with the concept of empire, and more in line with the habit of the current emperor and the first emperor, who are still black.

Based on this, the ministers also asked the Ministry of Rites to work overtime to come up with a set of flags for the future prince and the prince.

The focus of distinction is naturally gold and silver.

The sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, golden scales, and black dragon imperial flag are naturally the emperor's flag, and at the same time the only flag of the empire.

In the future, the prince will use the black dragon flag with red background and silver scales when he travels.

Those in charge of painting are Yan Lide, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and his younger brother, Yan Liben, Shaoqing of Sinong Temple.

These two brothers are both first-class painters in the world.

This is the national flag of Datang, and both of them have devoted themselves to it. There are more than one hundred pieces of scrap drafts alone, and they haven't finished the finished product until now.After drawing on the paper, it is natural not to take it out directly, but to have the best embroiderers embroider it into cloth.

"Alas." Yan Liben said with a good tone, looking at the scrapped drawing paper, he said helplessly, "Brother, it's been half a month."

"Yes, it's been half a month." Yan Lide said: "You can't slack off. Your Majesty entrusts you and my brother with this important task. It's because of your trust in us. Your Majesty must not be disappointed."

They all worked under the command of the late King Qin, and they only surrendered to His Majesty after the death of King Qin.

The "Brothers and Harmony Picture" painted by Yan Liben in the Prince Qin's Mansion is still in the emperor's collection.

"Brother, why don't we paint the dragon first and then the mountain?"

"It's feasible." Yan Lide pondered for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty said that the black dragon must be domineering, even ferocious. You must pay attention to this point."

"Yes."

Another half month passed, and they finally drew a complete picture of the Sun, Moon, Stars, Mountains, Rivers, Golden Scales and Black Dragon Imperial Banner.

After that, after more than forty embroiderers worked day and night, it was finally completed.

The finished flag is one foot long and half a foot wide.

In the winter month of the seventh year of Zhenguan, a huge wooden pole was erected at the head of Chang'an city, and the people cheered as the black dragon imperial flag rose slowly.

The huge black dragon occupies three quarters of the banner. Its body is attached to the high mountains, its claws step on the great rivers, its head is raised high, and the sun, moon and stars overlook the surroundings. The black and golden scales are shining. The eyes are extremely majestic and majestic.

The flag fluttered in the wind, and the black dragon seemed to leave the flag at any time and disappear into the clouds.

"What a domineering black dragon!" A scholar said with emotion.

The person beside him said: "I think it's a bit too fierce, and it's a little less solemn and peaceful."

The former scholar looked up and said, "That's true, the dragon head is a bit too real."

Although no one has seen a real dragon, they have all seen dragon paintings drawn by predecessors.Most of those dragons are peaceful and peaceful, but the black dragon in the Great Tang Black Dragon Banner is not peaceful at all, only majestic and domineering, full of aggressiveness.

Lu Dongzan stood at the gate of the city, and the Tubo team was waiting for him in the distance. After studying Han culture for several months, Lu Dongzan resolutely left here.Because he found that the more he studied deeply, the less he could learn thoroughly, and instead he would plunge himself deeply into the ocean of knowledge.Tubo is currently employing people, and he doesn't have much time to learn knowledge here.

Looking at the mighty and domineering black dragon flag, Lu Dongzan was overshadowed.Before leaving, he told the officials of the Ministry of Rites that he hoped that Tubo students would come to Datang in the future and learn the advanced cultural etiquette of the Tang Dynasty. , to be eligible to study.

Lu Dongzan was not qualified to decide for Songtsen Gampo whether Tubo surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and all he could do was to pass the news back as soon as possible.By the way, Zanpu should be careful and vigilant against the Tang Empire.

This empire is completely different from the "Confucianism" in their culture. The Tang emperor was full of desire to conquer.

Withdrawing his gaze, Lu Dongzan embarked on his way back.

When he came, he was full of expectations, but when he went back, he was anxious.

The Tang Empire, from top to bottom, is extremely strong, everyone speaks war, and everyone is warlike.The people of this empire are hundreds of times that of Tubo. Once Tang and Tubo fight in the future, he really has no idea.

That night, he wrote in his diary;

'Before leaving, the Tang Empire confirmed their flag. After many inquiries, I realized that the flag was neither a military flag nor a command flag, but the national flag representing the Great Tang Empire.They call it the Sun Moon Star Mountain River Golden Scale Black Dragon Banner, yes, it's a very long name, I can't even understand the name.But for Tubo, I asked many people, and finally figured out the meaning of this flag.

The ruler of the Tang Empire claimed to be a god, the son of heaven, and the incarnation of a dragon. The black dragon on the flag was the incarnation of Emperor Tang.He steps on mountains and rivers, holds the sun and moon in his hands, and is surrounded by stars, which means that he will rule everything in the world, and everyone must surrender under his feet.He was really crazy, very crazy.But what I have to admit is that Emperor Tang has the capital of arrogance.Whether it is the powerful Tang army or the talented courtiers, they are much stronger than Tubo.

I wanted to fight for the opportunity for Tubo students to learn the cultural etiquette of the Tang Dynasty, but they rejected my request and told me that only by surrendering to the Tang Empire can they learn. '

'I feel the conquest of the Tang Empire. Although Tubo is far away from the Tang Empire, I can feel that the Tang Empire has paid attention to us.The current Tubo is not suitable for conflict with the Tang Empire. Perhaps, we should carefully consider whether to continue to communicate with the Tang Empire.If communication is to be severed, it must not be delayed. '

'As far as I know, this Tang emperor can be expressed in the word greed, and every time he conquers is to destroy the enemy's country and species.They talk about enlightenment, but what they actually do is killing people.In Chang'an, no, or within the scope of the entire Tang Empire, the Han people are supreme, and everyone else is inferior and inferior.I once met a tribal chief from the grassland in Chang'an. He also had [-] to [-] people under his command, and he held the title of title conferred by the Tang Emperor, but when facing the officials of the Tang Empire, he was extremely respectful.In his words, only by becoming a Tang native can one sit back and relax. '

'This empire has already become stronger and stronger, and the emperor of this empire is extremely young. At present, Tubo cannot easily conflict with the Tang Empire. It can be fooled or even deceived, but the war cannot be easily started, otherwise Tubo will be damaged regardless of success or failure.What makes us happy is that Tubo is far away from the Tang Empire, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers. Perhaps, we can avoid the conquest of the Tang Empire.Of course, this is not a long-term solution, but a temporary solution. '

With a sad heart, Lu Dongzan left Chang'an, left Guanzhong, and embarked on the long journey back to Tubo.

This time he was in the Tang Dynasty, he was not in a good mood, it could even be said to be very bad.

(End of this chapter)