All right! The Soviet Stars and Stripes are nonsense, and the battle flag of the "Galactic Empire" is even more unreliable.
Zhao Xin was helpless, so he took Wu Siyu and Zhao Liang to find the nine-member group at the Education Gate late at night. As a result, this matter aroused great interest among a group of teachers, and finally even Chen Qingsong and Hong Tao were called over.
Some people suggested using the sickle and ax flag to represent the broad masses of working people; some people said that the Feilong flag was good because it conformed to the destiny and changed dynasties; others said that the Sun and Moon flag was the best because it rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty; the most disgusting thing was that Lao You actually treated Zhao Xin He admired the Soviet Stars and Stripes painting very much, and clamored to occupy the other side of the ocean in the future and drive all the foreign devils back to the European continent.
Among the nine-member group, a mathematics teacher named Yu Deli is the most knowledgeable about flag issues. This is purely his personal hobby.
He didn't speak for a long time. After everyone expressed their thoughts, he said: "Zhao Xin, everyone has no objection to you wanting to raise a flag, but you must first understand what this flag represents."
Lao You on the side said: "Lao Yu, please stop being so secretive and say what you have to say."
Yu Deli thought for a while and then said under the eyes of everyone: "Let's talk about the military flag first. The establishment of the military flag is to establish a combat system with clear levels and the ability to implement orders from top to bottom.
For example, in ancient times, the Great Banner represented the highest-level ruler and was also called the "flag head". There is a hair ball on the pole used to erect the bun. This is made of ox tail, and its scientific name is Hao (sounds the same as Shao). According to legend, after Huang Di defeated Chi You, he cut off his hair and used it as a decoration for the 纛, which represented the noble status of the 纛.
When a general is ordered to go on an expedition, he must raise the tooth flag. When we listened to storytelling in the past, we always said that the flag must be sacrificed during the war, but in fact it was the tooth flag that was sacrificed.”
Wu Siyu suddenly raised his hand and interrupted: "Why is it called Yaqi?"
Yu Deli felt a little unhappy because he was interrupted. He glanced at Wu Siyu dissatisfied and explained: "In ancient times, the emperor personally went to war and built a big tooth flag. The flagpole was decorated with ivory. So it was called the tooth flag. The tooth flag was on the battlefield. The place must be where the supreme commander is. As for the troops below, they must fly the five-square flag, and the soldiers must hold the flag in their hands.
Generally speaking, the flag represents a national system from top to bottom. Specific to the battlefield, it must be able to reflect the situation on the battlefield. The commander can understand the situation on the battlefield and adjust the combat strategy by watching the changes in the flag. "
Zhao Xindao: "Teacher Yu, I understand what you mean. However, our military orders are all based on walkie-talkie communication, and there is no need to use a bunch of flags to convey orders."
"No, you don't understand." Yu Deli said. "You have said that Beihai Town was built based on modern industrial technology. Without those weapons, mechanical technology and freighters, it would be difficult to stay in such a desolate outer northeast. So now that we have a foothold, as a A group of modern people from another time and space must have a sense of sovereignty.
You set up military and police systems, medical education systems, opened factories in Beihai, and even promoted Mandarin and taught pinyin Chinese characters, aren't you all trying to establish an exclusive political power? Including the modern civilization we have brought, these are all manifestations of sovereignty.
How is sovereignty demonstrated? The first is the flag! "
After hearing this, Zhao Xin fell into deep thought.
When he originally had no intention of breaking into this time and space, he only wanted to make money to fill the void, and to save the refugees from suffering with a good attitude. Take Liji and the others to a place where there is no oppression from the government, and get some gold to spend back home.
But then Zhao Xin found that he couldn't take care of it by himself, so he asked Liu Sheng to help; then he asked Wang Yuanfang and others. With people, we can sail big ships and pick up more refugees. At this time, he found that he needed medical and other auxiliary personnel, so he recruited Chen Qingsong and others.
Until that time, Zhao Xin only had the evil idea in his mind to establish a political power and overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but in terms of actions, he was still hitting here and there with a hammer and a stick. They did Sendai here, Matsumae Clan there, and even went to Nagasaki to stir up trouble. In general, his purpose is to save people and gold, and his foreign policy is inconsistent. He doesn't even want to win over the local border residents.
With this attitude of doing whatever he needed, he went south to Yangzhou to kidnap Shouma and come back as a teacher, and then deceived Lao You and the other nine people from modern times.
Because he wanted to go to the island country to cause trouble, he established a military system; because he needed to manage the refugees in the island country who did not understand the language, he put Katayama Kanbei in charge of the police system.
Beihai Town has developed to this point. With the influx of a large number of refugees from the Qing Dynasty in the future, and with the popularization of literacy, it is urgent to set up its own flag and establish a political power. Otherwise, why should the people listen to you? Why should we fight for life and death? Wouldn’t it be great to be an obedient citizen of the Qing Dynasty?
What Yu Deli said is very clear. The so-called flag is basically the product of the continuous strengthening of the consciousness of sovereignty. At this point, Beihai Town needs to declare its sovereignty through a flag, and reflect its own political characteristics, history and culture through the style, color and pattern of the flag.
In the final analysis, there is no sovereignty and no country.
Zhao Xin lit a cigarette, took a few deep breaths, and asked Deli: "Teacher Yu, I understand what you mean. Do you have any good suggestions?"
Yu Deli nodded, got up and went back to his room. After rummaging for a while, he came out holding a yellowish notebook. "Choose one." After saying that, he put the book in his hand on the table.
Everyone gathered around to take a look, and saw the words "National flag pattern reference materials, compiled and printed by the preparatory meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, September 1949" printed on the cover of the book.
"Lao Yu, why do you still have this treasure?" Lao You exclaimed.
"Personal hobby. I bought it for 20,000 yuan." Yu Deli explained calmly.
In this way, after everyone discussed all night until dawn the next day, they finally finalized the number 30 in the reference material as the draft flag of Beihai Town, but with slight modifications.
The entire flag is composed of red, white and black, and the size is according to the standard of three to two length and width. The red flag symbolizes revolution, and also conforms to Zhu Ming's red color; the white five-star in the center represents light, symbolizing Beihai's political power and armed forces; Beihai is a country based on workers and peasants, and there is vast black land in the northeast, so the white five-star outside The color black represents the black land; the twelve-tooth wheel represents the great power of industrialization, and also symbolizes that the enemies of Beihai Town will be crushed by the wheels of history.
The rest was simple. Zhao Xin went to get the red pongee fabric and waterproof spray ink for making the flag; Chen Qingsong was responsible for making the flagpole. Two days later, the first flag, 3 meters long and 2 meters wide, was finally born!
When the flag was raised, everyone who stayed in Beihai Town came and stood in a dense crowd in the square. In the crowd, Shen Jingdan, Shen Xuan, Jiang Tenglin, the Wu brothers, the girls from Tang Xiao, the Xu brothers, and even the two priests Markarius and Ferapontov also stood in the crowd and watched.
When the large flag was raised to the top of the flagpole through the pulley and fluttered in the wind, the modern audience present cheered. Beihai Town finally has its own banner!
Markarius and Ferapontov looked at the fluttering flag on the top of the flagpole and the patterns on it, and looked at each other. These are indeed a group of barbarians who do not believe in God!
Father Ma looked at the smiling Zhao Xin under the flagpole and couldn't help gritting his teeth. It was this devil who actually explained to himself that the red cross on the outer wall of the hospital did not represent a cross, but two crossed blood-stained bandages! After hearing Zhao Xin's explanation, Macarius almost rushed up and strangled him to death.
The refugees from the island country knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the flag. Because the refugees in the island country left their country and left their hometown, they were no longer subjects under the rule of the shogunate. Therefore, the expressions on their faces were full of excitement and joy. People like them were no longer ownerless souls, and finally had a home.
The Wu brothers and the dozens of refugees from the Qing Dynasty looked pale. Even with the flag, the fool also understood that the kings here were going to stand up to fight against the imperial court!
Shen Jingdan looked at the people with different expressions around him, then turned to look at Shen Xuan with a smile on his face, thinking that his identity as a relative must be finalized as soon as possible, and everything depends on Ah Quan.
Two days later, when the red flags were erected on the walls of Fuldan City and Jurgen City, more than 4,000 people present cheered like a mountain roar and a tsunami. Especially the thousand-man troops under Liu Sheng who arrived earlier cheered excitedly. Many people took off their hats and threw them into the air to express their joy.
Katsu Kaishu, Jiuzang, Manzo, Shigesuke and others looked at the big flag on the city wall, and their tears couldn't stop falling. They had been looking forward to this day for a long time!
Amidst the cheers in the background, Liu Sheng put down his saluting right hand and said loudly to Zhao Xin beside him: "In the end, we have reached this point."
"What?"
"Let's build a country under the flag. What are you going to do next?"
"Let's talk about it after we fight this battle. I can't decide this matter alone." Zhao Xin said calmly.
"It couldn't be easier to kill mosquitoes with cannons. Do you think we will fail? If there are ten thousand people, we can directly capture the city of Beijing!"
"Then what?" Zhao Xin looked at the crowd in the distance and said lightly: "This is a hell-like era of ice and fire shrouded in the 'Prosperous Age'. The seeds of all the humiliation we will suffer in the next hundred years. , in fact, it has been buried. The white people in Europe have long been dissatisfied with the massive outflow of silver, and they will soon replace other commodities with opium. And Tsarist Russia in the north has always been eyeing it with covetous ambitions. As long as it discovers the weakness of this old empire, it will go south. Seize territory; that's what they've done historically.
Do you think that old lady czar doesn't want to invade China? They have made preparations several times, but in the end they were reluctant to bear the benefits brought by Kyaktu trade!
Don't look at that 'Old Man Shiquan' who boasts about the 'Top Ten Martial Arts', that's because Westerners can only enter Guangzhou now, and they still can't see the bottom of this country! Now that we are doing this in the north, you see, the internal affairs of this old empire are already in danger. "
"Alas!" After Zhao Xin said this, he shook his head and sighed.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month of this year, when the victims of the disasters in Henan and Shandong were struggling on the verge of life and death, Qianlong, who was very happy about his success, arranged the "Thousands of Old Man Banquet" in the Qianqing Palace to entertain more than 3,000 elderly people over 65 years old selected from all over the country. More than 400 tables, shocking the world.
At that time, Qianlong not only toasted several centenarians in person, but also asked his descendants to toast to these elderly people. The scene was very lively. Everyone present had a happy smile on their face, as if they were admiring the prosperity of the world.
However, the truth of the matter is that the emperor ordered the Thousand-Senior Banquet to be held to show sympathy for the people, but in fact it increased the burden on the people. Officials at all levels in various places took the opportunity to amass money wantonly. It was entirely up to the prefect and county magistrate to decide who should go and who should go. They could be as big as they wanted. Those who have no money cannot go if they are old enough; those who have money but are not old enough can change their age to go.
On the day of the Thousand Old Man's Banquet, thousands of old people lined up outside the Meridian Gate early on the fourth watch. After being searched and checked, they entered the palace and waited. It was not until noon that Qianlong came out to see these old people.
In the first month of the year, the city of Beijing turned to ice and the wind was biting. These old people stood in the cold wind and waited. They only had a few quick bites in the morning and carried them until noon. With an empty stomach and the fact that the emperor had given him wine, he had to drink it. As soon as the banquet was over, a group of old people fell down. After leaving the palace, more old people fell.
Eight years later, when the British mission entered the interior of China, they found that the country, especially in the north, was far from the orderly, prosperous and peaceful country they had imagined. Underneath the superficial prosperity was an astonishing decline. After the mission returned, they wrote to the King of England, believing that China could be bullied and that only a few three-masted warships could destroy the coastal fleet and cut off all shipping from Hainan Island to the North Zhili Bay. And fifty years later, they did the same.
Liu Sheng patted Zhao Xin on the shoulder, and he felt the entanglement in the other person's words.
"Don't you always say that you want to overturn the table and break the roof? Only by smashing the old order can you build a new one."
"It's too difficult! The cycle of fighting chaos begins with this and will end with this!" Zhao Xin didn't know what happened to him today, and he suddenly felt so many emotions.
"Forget it, I don't want to attack Beijing anymore; and you, don't think too much. I remember we discussed with Lao Chen and the others before that we should first defend this black land, develop technology, and jump out of that trap. Say it again."
"Malthusian Trap."
The two of them were chatting casually when Guisheng ran over panting.
"Sir, that Shu Haili is trying to escape with his men! We are already surrounding him."
Shu Haili stared at Baman Gong a few steps away with an extremely annoyed expression. Ever since the red flag was raised at the top of the city and the surrounding soldiers threw their hats into the air, he knew that these people were being deceived. These people are all bald and have no braids at all!
Shu Haili's reaction was quite fast. He took advantage of the people around him not paying attention to him, contacted everyone, and planned to call the original fort residents to escape together and go to Hunchun to inform. Who knew that after hearing this, Baman Gong suddenly jumped up and shouted. As a result, not only himself, but also his wife, children and other fort residents were escorted over by the soldiers.
If this kid hadn't snitched, Shu Haili felt that he would have been able to run away smoothly with his people. But now, looking at the angry soldiers with guns around them, they look like they want to eat themselves.
"You ungrateful bastard! After eating meat for a few days, do you want to rebel with these people?! Why do you have it? What do you have? Wake up, the imperial army is coming!" Looking at a With his wife and children looking horrified, Shu Haili cursed Baman Gong.
Baman Gong looked impatient and said disdainfully: "Why? Just because they give me three meals a day, just because they give me these clothes. From my father to me, our family has been I have been working in Karunli for almost fifty years, but what has the court given us? I don’t even have a wife!"
"After a few mouthfuls of food, your clothes have captivated your mind? The imperial army is coming, and your family will be wiped out!"
"I'm happy! I've been working with them these days, and no one has ever looked down on me because I'm poor or of low status. You've seen all the three meals a day, from top to bottom, even the general eats the same. We are the same. Just for this, I am willing to sacrifice my life, it is worth dying!"
After listening to Ba Mangon's words, a dozen single Hamburg residents looked down at their new clothes and shoes, and they all bowed their heads in silence.
Shu Haili said angrily: "Don't be deceived by this kid! You are all bannermen!"
Baman Gong rolled his eyes at the other party and said disdainfully: "Pull him down! If you are so unlucky to return a bannerman, I would rather not be a bannerman!"
(End of chapter)
