The reason why the Ming Dynasty hung the sun flag, there is no written record, Qiu Ying's paintings truthfully recorded these scenes, and later found some physical objects on the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, but why the Ming Dynasty people hung this kind of flag on the ship, no one knows. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Some people speculate that it was the merchants of the Ming Dynasty at that time who found that Westerners used flags to distinguish their different merchant ships in their trade dealings, so they hung flags on their ships.

But Zhu Jinglun didn't like this kind of sun flag, because it was exactly the same as the Japanese flag, and the Japanese called this kind of flag the Hinomaru flag, which was also first used by the Japanese royal family, and finally promoted to the navy, and Japan began to use it in the 8th century AD, so Zhu Jinglun did not plan to use this historic flag.

But Xu Rongcun was in a hurry to use it.

After signing with Russia, the first payment for the land purchase has been paid, which is about one-third, and the final payment will be paid to the Russian government in a lump sum after the completion of the land settlement.

The transfer of land was also a troublesome affair, involving legal, economic and political aspects, and the Russians needed time to deal with it, and they had originally offered to deliver it after Christmas, but given that it was too cold in Siberia at that time, Zhu Jinglun demanded that it must be handed over in the summer.

The Russians were very sincere about selling the land, and the tsar was still waiting for the millions of taels of silver, so they agreed, on the one hand, they immediately started the clean-up of Siberia, including the government's compensation to the local merchants, the disposal of the local government facilities, and the negotiation of the handover procedure with the Ming.

The Russian team has been in Guangzhou for several months, and all kinds of legal procedures are almost underway, just waiting for Xu Rongcun to send someone to hand over to Russia, and the Russian garrison of 2500 troops in Siberia will have a ceremony with the Ming army, the most important of which is to lower the Russian flag and raise the Ming flag, which is a joke.

After discussing with Chen Zhiting and other major ministers several times, there are two national flag schemes that everyone prefers, one is the "Zhu" character flag, and the other is the "Ming" character flag, both of which are character flags, which is a Chinese tradition, and the generals who have led the troops to battle from ancient times to the present day all hang their own surnames as banners.

After thinking about it again, Zhu Jinglun denied the "Zhu" flag, the era of the family world should be over, this country is not his Zhu Jinglun's, even if Zhu Jinglun works hard to build this country, he can't accept this country to become a country with one surname.

Then there is only the "Ming" character flag, fortunately, the Chinese character itself has both the beauty of the picture, with the character as the flag, there is also a meaning of the Chinese's love for culture in it.

Some people say that they use pennants, thinking that foreigners use square flags, and China uses pennants, Zhu Jinglun thinks that the pennant may be derived from the flag scheme of the Eight Banners, so he is unwilling to accept it, erasing the memory of the Ming people of the Manchu Dynasty, which is very important.

The final plan was put forward by Zhu Jinglun, the flag still uses the square flag, the length and width ratio adopts the golden ratio, and the No. 1 flag is 1000 mm long and 618 mm wide. The background color of the flag is azure, the color of the word "Ming" is red, and the best craftsmen are hand-woven with the cloud brocade, and there are some craftsmen who immigrated from Nanjing to re-copy the cloud brocade process, so far, this is still the most brilliant handicraft in the world.

Some people are still dissatisfied with this national flag, thinking that it is too monotonous, some people want to add things to the flag, and they themselves can't reach a consensus, some people want to add a few dragons to go up, some hope to add signs such as the word blessing to the text, some say that the cloud pattern is added, some say that the deputy flag should be added, and some say that the ribbon is added.

Zhu Jinglun didn't have time to wait so long, after the first plain flag was ready, he let Xu Rongcun take it to Alaska, and swallowing Alaska was the most meaningful thing.

Compared with spending money to buy Alaska, although the military generals of the Ming Dynasty also felt that it was very important, they were not excited, because China has never paid attention to the land in the north since ancient times, thinking that those are wild lands, even Siberia or even Mongolia They don't care, let alone the land of Alaska further north and farther away, they also feel that it is the icing on the cake, after all, it can be regarded as expanding the territory, so they only feel that this has symbolic meaning, but does not have practical significance.

They are more concerned about Zhu Jinglun's time to ascend the throne!

This is what they are most concerned about, Zhu Jinglun is not unconcerned, but he does not regard this kind of procedural matter as something extraordinary, a founding ceremony is far less than the establishment of a responsible government of substantial significance, but since the people of this era like this kind of symbolic things, and regard the enthronement ceremony, worship to heaven and other ceremonies as the source of legitimacy, then Zhu Jinglun decided to take this opportunity to force these ministers to accept some changes, some changes that they usually do not consider at all.

"Cut your braids!"

This is one thing that is difficult for these literati doctors to accept.

They said:

"How can you cut the hair and skin of your body?"

"How can the ancestral system move?"

The Manchu Qing Dynasty ruled for hundreds of years, so that people have forgotten the traditional hair ornaments, saying that they were slaves as a sense of superiority, which is too emotional, in fact, they do think that braids are traditional, but it does not mean that they do not know that braids are only a thing in the Qing Dynasty, and the shaving order is implemented throughout the Qing Dynasty, and the common people may not know, and it is impossible for them to be unknown to these literati.

Zhu Jinglun said with a smile: "Parents who have received skin and skin on their bodies, why do you have to shave half of your head, and that half of your hair is not given by your parents?" ”

Zhu Jinglun's words made the literati very uncomfortable, this is unreasonable, but keeping braids has become a habit, but Zhu Jinglun can't accept this habit, he actually doesn't care what other people keep hair, but braids are too symbolic, for the Manchu Qing, this is a symbol of the submission of the Han people, Zhu Jinglun is anti-Qing, of course, you have to start with the hair, he doesn't care what kind of hair the beggar at the door keeps begging, but he must care whether his officials keep braids or not.

Chen Zhiting, Long Yuanxi and other ministers who read poetry and books did not express their positions, and the others were even more silent.

Zhu Jinglun sighed: "Since you think it's the ancestor's thing, then okay!" Please Confucius Sage! ”

As soon as Zhu Jinglun's voice fell, several guards immediately brought in a painting, stood on the ladder and unfolded it, it was a portrait of Confucius, a full-body portrait.

Everyone was shocked when they saw Confucius, they had never seen such a Confucius, because Confucius had a long braid.

Zhu Jinglun said: "Since everyone thinks it is the ancestor's thing, I think the Confucian saint did not have braids, and the Confucian saints can not respect the ancestors. ”

Everyone was stunned, they didn't expect Zhu Jinglun to use this trick, when Zhu Jinglun proposed to cut their hair just now, they made up their minds in their hearts, it was a big deal not to be an official.

It's actually a matter of habit, everyone shaves their hair according to the order, and they all regard braids as a tradition, and it's hard for them to change. But no one has ever seen Sage Kong wear braids, this is another tradition, they say that this is the ancestral thing, because of their concept, causing the common people to think so.

The power of cultural discourse is controlled by the literati and doctors, and in the hands of the bureaucracy, they don't cut their braids, and the common people will definitely not follow suit. So he simply moved out another cultural tradition to suppress this cultural tradition, and see if in the hearts of these literati, whether saints can't blaspheme, or their hair can't be cut.

Zhu Jinglun smiled: "What do you think, Lord Chen? ”

Chen Zhiting has been silent, but he is really uncomfortable when he sees Confucius with braids, and he feels completely unacceptable when he thinks that the portraits of saints across the country have become Confucius saints with braids. But when he thought of cutting his braids, he also felt that it was inappropriate, his father was braided, his grandfather was braided, his grandfather's grandfather was also braided, the ancestors in his ancestral ancestral hall were all braided, and when he thought that he was going to cut his braids, he felt that he was very unfilial.

But if he didn't cut his braids, the saint would have to keep them, and he found this unacceptable.

Someone once said that if you want to open a window in the house, there will be people who will oppose it, so if you say that you want to push the whole wall up, people will persuade you to open a window.

Now this is the case, between the braids they cut and the braids of Confucius, these poets sighed.

"Braids are easy to shave after the Qing army enters the customs, and Sage Kong is a sage of the Qin Dynasty, so naturally he will not keep braids."

Chen Zhiting sighed.

Zhu Jinglun asked rhetorically: "But I just heard you say that this braid is something left by the ancestors?" Could it be that Confucius was a foreigner, not a native of our ancestors? ”

Chen Zhiting said: "There should be a new atmosphere in the new dynasty, if the emperor orders to cut the braids, how dare the ministers disobey." Why bother to ask for a portrait of a saint, such a blasphemy of a saint will not chill the hearts of scholars all over the world. ”

Chen Zhiting's attitude is clear, you ordered us to cut our braids, they obeyed the order, there is no need to use Confucius to insult the scholars.

Zhu Jinglun heard the complaints, and sighed in his heart, sure enough, the concept of these scholars is the most rigid, no wonder the reforms of the previous dynasties mostly ended in failure, this kind of old-fashioned people are unwilling to change easily, even if the same is death, they are willing to die for the old era.

He suddenly felt that maybe he had been doing something wrong, that is, he hoped to use the way of boiling frogs in warm water to slowly reverse the concept of traditional scholars and doctors, and lead them into a new era, maybe the new era can really only be established by new people, and old people can only slowly decay with the old era.

Now even if they are forced to cut their braids, they will have a thorn in their hearts, and their hearts will still be the same as before.

The braids on the head are easy to cut, but the braids in the heart are difficult to cut, if this is not the case, Zhu Jinglun would not have to discuss with them.

Zhu Jinglun couldn't help but sigh: "Do you think that I have insulted you by discussing with you instead of giving you an order, don't you think I respect you?" ”

Everyone was silent, they didn't talk about it in private, they also felt that Zhu Jinglun did things and liked to listen to everyone's opinions, which was very good, and they all said that this had the demeanor of Tang Taizong, but they were used to the dictatorial rule of the Qing Dynasty, so if it was ordered to let them cut their hair, they might be more acceptable.

Zhu Jinglun sighed: "It's up to you." Dolgon had to shave his hair and make it easy to wear, and the heads of the people he killed for this purpose were rolling, and most of the people with backbone were killed. Today I just want to restore my original appearance, but you want to keep the hair that the Qing Dynasty imposed on you. I don't want to force you, if you want to cut it, you can cut it, and if you don't want to cut it, don't cut it. Compared to the hair on your head, I hope you can cut off the barbaric slave habit that the Manchu Qing brought into the customs in your heart. This country is not my country alone, it is a country of everyone, and you, as the officials who run the country, I don't want to see you always dragging a servile braid in your heart. ”

After Zhu Jinglun finished speaking, he waved his hand: "Let's go back." I'm willing to rule the world with the scholars, but I don't want to be the master of a bunch of minions! ”

After driving everyone away, Zhu Jinglun returned to the house and asked Zhang Rou to bring the scissors.

"Cut!"

"Ahh

Zhang Rou was stunned.

As a woman, he is more bound by tradition, and he feels that cutting braids is a big rebellion.

"Scissors!"

Zhu Jinglun shouted angrily, and she trembled to cut Zhu Jinglun's braids.

A messy hair is scattered, Zhang Rou still cuts it less, only from the middle, leaving most of it, which can be re-woven at any time, but this is a meaning, he broke with the old era first, it depends on those officials, he has said it very clearly, he will not be the master of a group of minions, they don't cut their braids, Zhu Jinglun will not ascend the throne, I believe those shrewd guys must understand. (To be continued.) )