Chapter 664

What he saw and heard in Tiandu city really opened his eyes. In addition, he was full of interest in the flags that almost every family hung on their doors. When he did not understand the meaning and asked, he knew that the flag of every household was the king's flag on one side and the national flag on the other. After understanding the meaning, I learned that the adherents of the prosperous Tang Dynasty did as the Romans did. They liked to engrave all kinds of emblems and flags to show their identity. The Tang people took the lead in making the flag of a country, which was different from the flag of the Central Plains Dynasty. The flag of the Tang people is a two-color flag, both sides of which are sea blue, symbolizing that the land of the Tang people is surrounded by the sea, and the center is white, symbolizing the foundation they built on a piece of white land. In the center of the white, a golden eye is hung, which symbolizes the truth.

"Eternity is truth!" Lu Duan praised, "the moral is good!"

The flag of the royal family is that the eye of truth is surrounded by gorgeous red peonies. After inquiring, Lu Duan realized that his country adores peony and prefers the peony of the king of flowers. It is not only a symbol of the royal family, but also a symbol of the country, and most people follow the example of the royal family and plant peony wantonly. Especially after more than 100 years of changes, this kind of love is deep into the bone marrow. On the windowsill of every household, there are flowery peonies.

After a quick look, the motorcade of the mission began to slowly head for the State Guesthouse, which is specially for foreign guests and envoys. Here, they will have a rest for two days, and then on the third day, they will formally meet with the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty. In these two days, as he did in Anding City, Lu Duan visited the city in the daytime, visited the countryside outside the city in the afternoon, and wrote his own stories in the bright light at night, recording all aspects of the Tang people. Lu Duan's diplomatic mission abroad really opened his eyes. He not only met the "brothers of flesh and blood", but also broadened his horizons and got to know many foreign people and countries.

During the two-day tour, accompanied by officials from the "Ministry of Rites" of the Tang Dynasty, Lu Duan enjoyed the most proud capital of the Tang Dynasty. Especially the palace, which covers a large area and stands in the center and the highest point of the city, makes LV Duan curious. Moreover, in these two days, Lu Duan knew more than the legendary founding monarch of the Tang Dynasty, and he was also the legendary figure who had spread all over Europe and Africa and never abated after more than a hundred years.

Lu Duan learned about the great achievements of the founding "Taizu". He not only led the Tang people to get rid of the shackles of slavery, but also led the Tang people to run to the cannibal capital, and then burned the cannibal capital. Humiliating Dashi country, he went to the road of ten thousand miles, crossed the sea and came to an island, in the following decades. Under his protection and leadership, the people of the Tang Dynasty began to grow. From more than 300000 ethnic groups, the population of the Tang Dynasty increased ten times at one stroke. Moreover, the people of the Tang Dynasty seized land everywhere and scattered the development of the Tang people. Subsequently, a series of changes made the four roads merge into one. In two days, what Lu Duan heard most was the legendary deeds of the Tang monarch. The Confucianist disciples who made his son speechless were quite speechless.

Because to Lu Duan, this is a myth, not a historical fact.

However, Lu Duan did not care to say this in front of the people of the Tang Dynasty, because he saw with his own eyes not long ago that a big food merchant who came here had talked a few words because he was drunk. As a result, a group of men, women, old and young were walking in the street with swords, just like swordsmen. At this point, Lu Duan knew that in the eyes of the Tang people, the Empire of the founding monarch was like yellow. His return visit to the state of Tang shouldered the mission entrusted to him by Zhao and Song Dynasties, but not to criticize and make trouble. If those bloody Tang people are angry and cut to death, they have no reason. Because Lu Duan clearly saw that the "officers" (police) who were in charge of the affairs were all partial to the people of Tang Dynasty and didn't say a word to the cannibal who "died innocently".

"It's a pity that the sage's unique learning was broken because he was so overbearing, which was not done by the king's way!" Confucianism is particular about the protection of all Xia, harmony with all nations, the expulsion of Tartars. The Central Plains court was very friendly to foreigners who came to live and do business in their own country, or to diplomatic missions. Even some "minor mistakes" will not be punished. Therefore, in Lu Duan's view, this kind of tyranny of the Tang Dynasty, which only killed people because of quarrels and anger, is really disgusting.

However, he did not dare to say more, because he witnessed with his own eyes that these Tang people had extremely different attitudes towards big food. That kind of unbridled hatred and contempt made him a little frightened.

"The Han Dynasty fought against the Xiongnu in those days. That's right." Lu Duan murmured in his heart, but he also understood that the song people's eyes on the Khitan alien race were not so unscrupulous as the Tang people. However, he also learned a part of the history of the Tang people. He knew that decades ago, the Tang people and Dashi allied forces fought a bloody war and defeated the two countries at one stroke. After that, the army and horses of the Tang Dynasty went hand in hand. About 40000 troops landed on the land called "Egypt" and defeated more than 200000 cannibals. Moreover, more than 20 cities were destroyed and looted. There was a lot of hatred between the two sides. What's more, the Tang people used to be slaves to cannibals before. They have a stronger attitude towards cannibals. If you think about it in this way, you can understand!

Later, on the third day, Lu Duan and his party were led by the officials of the "Ministry of Rites" of the Tang Dynasty. They walked on the "royal road" and went straight to the palace. When the vehicles were walking on the royal road, they passed more than a dozen checkpoints and arrived at the palace gate after many inquiries and inspections. Lu Duan looked at the two sides of the royal road through the window, and planted many green street trees. As the royal road went on, the terrain began to rise, and there were well-equipped guards on the rammed walls on both sides of the royal road. They stood back to back, staring at the vehicles walking on the royal road and the outside. In this way, no matter who wants to assassinate, they can't avoid the eyes of all sides.

When the vehicle arrived at the palace gate, Lu Duan looked at the palace through the window and looked at the palace which was different from the Central Plains architecture. Because the style of the palace is different from that of the palace city in the Central Plains, it is like a "manor", but it covers a very large area. The gate is not a vermilion gate, but an iron fence made of wrought iron. The officials who were ordered to receive them were waiting outside the door when they saw their vehicles stop. His own attendants came forward to pave the steps for the carriage, and then the officials of the Tang Dynasty came forward to greet them eagerly.

Lu Duan looked at the official of the Ministry of rites and saw that he had blonde hair, white skin, blue eyes, wide mouth, big eyes, and a hooked nose like a Rocha. In the heart can't help but start to murmur, "so terrible appearance, unexpectedly also can be an official?" Then I remember that in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, many foreign people entered the Tang Dynasty as officials. Gao Xianzhi, who was in charge of the battle between the elite of the Anxi army and Dashi, was also an alien! I think it's reasonable to think so.