Sun, moon, stars, mountains and rivers, black dragon flag.
There is no need to explain the sun and the moon. The drawings of the sun are mainly red and yellow, and the moon is light. There are many stars, represented by the "five-pointed star" uniquely drawn by Li Zhiyun. The mountains and rivers are mainly famous mountains and rivers, with the black dragon lingering.
For mountains and rivers, a huge black dragon must be drawn, with its body coiled around the mountains and rivers, and its head higher than the sun, moon and stars. The edges of the scales of the black dragon's body were painted in gold at the strong request of the ministers.
Why is it the black dragon? Nothing else, because the black dragon is domineering, in line with the concept of the empire, and more in line with the habit of both the current emperor and the previous emperors to be black.
Based on this, the ministers also asked the Ministry of Rites to work overtime to come up with a set of flags to be used by the prince and the prince in the future.
The key point of distinction is naturally gold and silver.
The Imperial Flag of the Sun, Moon, Stars, Mountains, Rivers, Golden Scales and Black Dragon is naturally the emperor's flag, and it is also the only flag of the empire.
In the future, when the prince travels, he will use the black dragon flag with red background and silver scales.
The people responsible for the painting were Yan Lide, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and his younger brother, Yan Liben, the Shaoqing of Sinong Temple.
Both of these brothers are among the best painters in the world.
This is the national flag of the Tang Dynasty. Both of them were very focused. There were more than a hundred scraps alone, and the finished product has not been completed until now. After the drawing is done on the paper, naturally it cannot be taken out directly.
Let the embroiderers with the best craftsmanship embroider them into fabrics.
"Sigh." Yan Liben said in a good tone, looking at the scrapped piece of drawing paper, he said helplessly: "Brother, it's been half a month."
"Yes, it's been half a month." Yan Lide said: "We can't slack off. Your Majesty has entrusted this important task to you and my brother as a sign of your trust in us. We must not let you down."
They all served under the late King of Qin and submitted to His Majesty only after King Qin's death.
The "Picture of Brotherly Harmony" painted by Yan Liben in the Qin Palace is still collected by the emperor.
"Brother, the black dragon is circling the mountain. Why don't we paint the dragon first and then the mountain?"
"It's feasible." Yan Lide pondered for a moment, then continued: "His Majesty said that the black dragon must be domineering and even ferocious. This must be paid attention to."
"yes."
Another half month passed, and they finally drew a complete picture of the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, golden scales, and black dragon emperor flag.
After that, more than 40 embroiderers worked day and night, and finally it was 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 top of Chang'an City. As the Black Dragon Imperial Flag slowly rose, the people cheered.
The extremely huge black dragon occupies three-quarters of the flag. Its body is attached to the high mountains. Its claws are stepping on the rivers. It raises its head high and overlooks the sun, moon and stars in all directions. Its black and golden scales are shining. The dragon
The eyes are extremely majestic and the momentum is 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 exclaimed.
The person next to him said: "I think it's a little too brutal and a little less solemn and peaceful."
The scholar from before looked up and said, "It's true, the dragon head is a bit too real."
Although no one has ever 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 Black Dragon Flag of the Tang Dynasty is not peaceful at all, only majestic and domineering.
Full of aggression.
Lu Dongzan stood at the gate of the city, and the Tubo troops were waiting for him in the distance. After studying Han culture for several months, Lu Dongzan resolutely left here. Because he found that the more in-depth he studied, the less he could learn thoroughly.
Let yourself be deeply immersed in the ocean of knowledge. Tubo is currently in the process of employing people, and he does not have much time to learn knowledge here.
Looking at the mighty and domineering black dragon flag, Lu Dongzan felt a shadow in his heart. Before leaving, he told the officials of the Ministry of Rites that he hoped that Tibetan students would come to the Tang Dynasty to learn the advanced cultural etiquette of the Tang Dynasty. However, the officials of the Ministry of Rites directly
Rejected him and told him that only the people of the Tang Dynasty or the children of foreign countries who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty were qualified to study.
Lu Dongzan was not qualified to decide for Songtsen Gampo whether Tubo would surrender to the Tang Dynasty. All he could do was to send the news back as soon as possible. By the way, Zanpu was asked to be careful and wary of the Tang Empire.
This empire was completely different from the 'Confucianism' in their culture. The Tang emperor was full of desire to conquer.
Withdrawing his gaze, Lu Dongzan started on his way back.
When he came, he was full of expectations, but when he went back, he was anxious.
The Tang Empire was extremely strong from top to bottom. Everyone talked about war and everyone was warlike. The people of this empire were hundreds of times as many as Tubo. Once Tang and Tubo fought against each other in the future, he would really have no idea.
That night, he wrote in his diary;
'Before leaving, the Tang Empire determined their flag. After asking around, I realized that the flag was not a military flag or an order flag, but a national flag representing the Tang Empire. They called it the Sun, Moon, Stars, Mountains, Rivers, Golden Scales and Black Dragon Flag.
, yes, it is a 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 was a self-proclaimed god, the son of heaven, and the incarnation of the divine dragon. The black dragon on the flag is the incarnation of the Tang Emperor. He has mountains and rivers under his feet, the sun and moon in his hands, and is surrounded by stars, which represents that he will rule everything in the world, and everything in it.
Everyone must surrender under his feet. He is really arrogant, very arrogant. But I have to admit that Emperor Tang had the capital to be arrogant. Whether it was the powerful Tang army or the talented ministers, he was stronger than
There are many Tibetans.
I wanted to give Tibetan students the opportunity to learn the culture and etiquette of the Tang Dynasty, but they rejected my request and told me that they could only learn it if they surrendered to the Tang Empire.'
'I feel the Tang Empire's desire to conquer. Although Tubo is far away from the Tang Empire, I can feel that the Tang Empire has paid attention to us. At the moment, it is not suitable for Tubo to conflict with the Tang Empire. Maybe we should consider it carefully.
Decide whether to continue to communicate with the Tang Empire. If we want to cut off communication, we must not delay it.'
'As far as I know, this Tang Emperor can be expressed by the word greed. Every conquest he made was to destroy the enemy's country and destroy the enemy's species. They talked about enlightenment, but in fact they used murderous methods.
.In Chang'an, no, or rather within the entire Tang Empire, the Han people were supreme, and the others
They are all inferior and inferior people. I once met a tribe leader from the grassland in Chang'an. He also had 60,000 to 70,000 people under his command, and he held a title conferred by the Tang Emperor. However, when facing the officials of the Tang Empire,
, but he is extremely respectful. In his words, only by becoming a Tang person can one sit back and relax.'
'This empire has become stronger and stronger. The emperor of this empire is extremely young. Now Tubo cannot easily conflict with the Tang Empire. It can be manipulated or even deceived, but it cannot be easily started. Otherwise, no matter whether it succeeds or fails, Tubo will be damaged.
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 strategy.'
With a sad heart, Lu Dongzan left Chang'an and Guanzhong and embarked on the long journey back to Tubo.
On his mission to the Tang Dynasty this time, he was not in a good mood, it could even be said to be very bad.