Chapter 86 Sun, Moon, Stars, Mountains, Rivers, Black Dragon Banner
Li Zhiyun didn't bother to educate these dandies. Although they were all his nephews, how could he be idle all day long to educate these little brats? What's more, these little brats were still the second sons at home.
The kind who are not reused. Generally, when this kind of dandy grows up, he will either sit on his hands and live in vain, or he will become an official and a semi-noble by relying on the benefits of his father's generation.
"Huh?" Queen Yang's eyes suddenly stopped at the supplement of the official newspaper of the Tang Dynasty. She looked at it for a while and asked: "Husband, the Ministry of Rites is collecting the national flags of the Tang Dynasty from the people all over the world."
"Well, I ordered them to do this."
Queen Yang asked strangely: "Husband, don't there be flags in the army?"
"This flag is not that flag." Li Zhiyun explained: "The flags in the army may be general flags, commander flags, or independent flags of the guards. Because of this, they are chaotic and disorderly. This time I recast the Tang Dynasty
The flag is the flag of unity, representing the flag of the Tang Dynasty, the flag of all peoples, and my flag."
Empress Yang nodded as if she understood, and asked with slight interest: "Can I also participate?"
"If you have a good idea, you might as well draw it on paper and show it to me."
"That's settled."
"Um."
The official of the Tang Dynasty clearly told the people in the newspaper that this time everyone can express their opinions, and as long as they have ideas, they can draw them and submit them for publication. Of course, this time they also took the opportunity to tell the people that the flag of the Tang Dynasty this time was different from the past, and represented the empire.
flag.
After this concept was thrown out, the people of Chang'an were immediately shocked by it. From ancient times to the present, military flags and royal flags are not uncommon, but this time the empire wanted to make a national flag, this concept really shocked a group of people.
You know, they understand the concept of using a flag to represent an army. But they have not been exposed to the concept of using a flag to represent a country.
There is no doubt that this is a very fresh and attractive thing. Some people even secretly think that if their paintings of Tang flags can be valued, wouldn't they be able to be famous throughout the ages?
As the news spread, Jingcha House in Chang'an City started to discuss it.
"I think the flag of our Tang Dynasty should be dominated by black birds."
"Why Xuanniao?"
"The current surname of the Li family is the same as the ancient Qin and Zhao kingdoms. In the past, the Qin family unified the six kingdoms and became the first dynasty in China. Their capital was in Guanzhong. Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor recorded in history.
Now our empire has its capital in Guanzhong, and we have the same clan and ancestors as the First Emperor of Qin. You should also know that Ying’s ancestor is Boyi, and Boyi’s father’s great cause is the son of a female cultivator. The female cultivator is the descendant of Zhuanxu, Xuanniao.
If the female cultivator swallows the fallen egg, she will have a great cause of giving birth to a child!
Therefore, the empire should use the black bird as its flag!"
"Okay!" There was an enthusiastic response in the teahouse.
"Your Excellency is so knowledgeable that it puts us to shame." A scholar bowed his hands in salute.
It's all very well said, but it's really hard to decide whether he is from the same clan as Emperor Qin Shi Huang. After all, in the eyes of the aristocratic family, the Tang royal family is from Xianbei. Even though the late emperor found a lot for himself when he first ascended the throne.
The Li family was a powerful ancestor, but the aristocratic families scorned him.
Who doesn’t know what your old Li family is doing?
Therefore, the saying that black birds are flags is quite popular among the lower classes.
Some officials believe that the empire should use the divine dragon as its flag to dominate the world. This statement is extremely appropriate in the eyes of some middle- and upper-class people.
There is also a small group of people who feel that there is no need to make a flag of the Tang Dynasty, and it is fine as it is now.
Liangyi Hall.
Six ministers, six ministries, nine temples, and twenty-one ministers were arranged in two rows, kneeling on the ground, looking through the Tang flags submitted by the people one by one.
Well, about a thousand pieces of manuscript paper.
The people in Chang'an were very enthusiastic about making the flag this time, and they used their ingenuity to draw pictures and submit them to the official newspaper of the Tang Dynasty.
An hour passed, and after three rounds of selection and elimination, six drawings finally entered the final selection.
"Is this the black bird flag that the people agree with?" Li Zhiyun asked, pointing to a picture of a black bird flying with wings spread.
"Exactly." Fang Xuanling told the emperor the meaning of this picture among the people.
"That's right." Li Xiaogong nodded, "Your Majesty, I think this statement is very good and very consistent with the actual situation."
Ministers: "..."
shameless!
Who the hell knows whether the old Li family has the same ancestor as Emperor Qin Shi Huang? Even if the old Li family is really the descendant of Xuanniao, there is no doubt that they have Xianbei blood.
But, no one said this, because it is difficult to say this kind of thing, it all depends on the emperor's decision.
Li Zhiyun smiled and looked at the second picture.
This is a picture of a dragon with fangs and claws, and auspicious clouds are painted around it, which is very vivid.
Du Ruhui said: "The meaning of this picture is that your Majesty is the real dragon emperor. The dragon is invisible and formless. He is the lord of all spirits, big or small..."
I talked a lot and pulled a lot, but it just showed that the emperor was a god.
After listening, Li Zhiyun nodded and looked at the next picture. An official immediately jumped out to explain to the emperor.
Soon, Li Zhiyun looked at all six paintings.
Li Zhiyun said: "The queen and I also painted a picture together. Take a look."
With that said, Gao Liangzhong stepped forward and took out the scroll, and two chamberlains worked together to spread it out in front of everyone.
The painting on the picture is very strange. It does not belong to any current school of painting. It is a very simple outline of lines, some straight and some curved, eventually forming an abstract dragon head. There are two claws under the dragon head, forming a
The five claws are also outlined with lines. The whole painting seems to be randomly outlined with a brush, but if you look closely, you can see that the dragon head is quite mysterious, like ancient runes.
"Is this a black dragon?" Xue Shou touched his chin and said with interest.
He has never seen this kind of painting before. No, the word "Tang" on the uniforms of Chang'an Primary and Secondary School is also this kind of abstract painting.
"Yeah." Li Zhiyun said: "But this is just a first draft. My idea is to draw stars around the dragon's head to represent the current state of the Tang Dynasty, the Governor's Mansion. What do you think?"
Yuchi said respectfully: "I think it's acceptable, but why don't you give it a good body painting?"
"Your Majesty, I think these two dragon claws can hold something, such as the sun and the moon." Du Ruhui said.
"Where's Xiangyun?"
"Then it must be added."
The ministers began to discuss quietly.
Li Xiaogong pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, why not combine this painting with the black bird painting into one."
"How to say?"
Li Xiaogong said: "The divine dragon controls the sun, the black bird hovers over the moon, and the stars spread below."
Xue Shou said: "You mean, the Dragon Black Bird is for His Majesty the Emperor, and the stars are for the Tang State and the Governor's Mansion, but is that true?"
"Well, that's what I thought."
"This is not bad."
"Well, it's really good."
"The divine dragons and black birds are all incarnations of His Majesty. It's really good."
Many ministers think this idea is good, I want them all!
Li Zhiyun touched the stubble of his beard and thought for a moment without saying anything.
Wen Yanbo said: "This is too complicated. It would be better to simplify it."
"Well, that makes sense." Chen Shuda agreed.
"How about adding mountains and rivers?" Li Jing said: "There is something wrong with having only the sun, moon and stars, without mountains and rivers."
The ministers looked at each other, feeling more complicated.
Li Zhiyun was reminded by Li Jing's words, and he said: "Otherwise, the black dragon will circle the mountains and rivers, and the sun, moon and stars will gather in all directions."
"What about Xuanniao?" Li Xiaogong asked.
"The black dragon is better." Li Zhiyun said.
Well, the emperor has said so, so there is nothing more to say.
Finally, the Tang flag was decided to be called the Sun, Moon, Stars, Mountains and Rivers Black Dragon Banner. The abbreviation was: Sun, Moon, Black Dragon Emperor Banner.
Based on this, the abstract dragon head painted by Li Zhiyun was abandoned, because the black dragon lingering in the mountains and rivers needed to be close to reality.