The saying "The sun and the moon compete for glory, and the mountains and rivers are swallowed up" at the banquet of the Four Nations can only be called a legend to ordinary people. After all, it is a bit exaggerated to use vegetables to paint paintings. Even though it was rumored at the beginning, the people could not imagine it.
, what exactly does that dish look like?
However, this "Twenty-Four Bridges on a Moonlit Night" can be said to have turned the legend into reality, and everyone finally had a real understanding of Li Qi's cooking skills.
On that day, almost everyone in the city was talking about the magic of this dish. It is foreseeable that this dish will become a legendary dish in Bianjing. And "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" also became famous.
It has become the most popular book today.
However, it was precisely because of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" that the story weekly of Taishi College also became famous. Taking advantage of this momentum, Li Qi changed the name of the story weekly to Song Dynasty Times Weekly, enlarged the page, and started
Time magazine was printed on a large scale. Nowadays, you no longer have to go to Zuixianju to watch "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". In order to cooperate with the economic reform, Li Qi gave away part of the profits of Time Magazine in the Song Dynasty, found some small businessmen, and gave
They offered some discounts to help them open a newspaper, and the Song Dynasty Times Weekly naturally became the first real newspaper.
Of course, all this was done with the consent of Song Huizong. Li Qi told Song Huizong at the time that since the court kept banning folk tabloids, why not try to use other things to replace tabloids, Song Dynasty Times Weekly
The emergence of the media can, on the one hand, put an end to tabloids, on the other hand, it can facilitate management, and on the other hand, it can also become the mouth of the imperial court among the people. Kill three birds with one stone, why not?
Song Huizong was confused and agreed under Li Qi's non-stop deception.
As soon as the Song Dynasty Times Magazine came out, it was sold out immediately. Sales doubled day by day, and there was no way to stop it.
The birth of Times Weekly of the Song Dynasty. Among them, those who gained the most were the editor-in-chief of Times Weekly of the Song Dynasty Cai Jing, deputy editor-in-chief Li Qi, and the three chief editors, Chen Dong, Ouyang Che, and Feng Yinu.
Among these five people, Li Qi is the one who has benefited the least. Anyway, he is already the spokesperson for innovation. He wrote "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" which are already known to everyone. Everyone knows about them. In fact, are there any
For him, the Song Dynasty Times Magazine made no difference at all.
Naturally, those who have benefited the most are Cai Jing, Taishi Academy and Song Dynasty Times. These two powerful tools made him infamous among the people, which has gradually changed. Now he no longer likes to sit in a sedan chair, as long as the situation allows
Next time, he usually chooses to walk, because he gradually falls in love with walking on the road and sees the people giving him a sincere smile, instead of the fear or insults in the corner.
This is also the fundamental reason why Li Qi chose the big tree Cai Jing in the first place, because an old man who is about to be buried. His thoughts will definitely change. Although his old eyes are cloudy, he can see further. Otherwise, how could he be the general?
Death. His words are also good.
As for the second biggest beneficiary, it is none other than Feng Yinu. After this period of hard work, people have gradually forgotten her identity as a singer. Now some people call her Teacher Feng, and even call her the number one female gentleman in Tokyo.
, rather than some kind of seal. Of course, those who carry lewd precepts like Gao Yanei must be excluded.
Although it was just a change of title, it was enough to make Feng Yinu cry with joy. Whether it was because of her inferiority complex or because she really hated the title Geisha in her heart, she had waited for this day for too long and it was too hard.
Nowadays, the indifference that belongs to a superstar and the occasionally inferior look in her face are rarely seen on her face. All these have been replaced by an approachable smile.
Bai Qiannuo, Li Shishi and other friends were also happy for her.
In addition, Chen Dong and Ouyang Che have also benefited a lot. Their remarks have gradually attracted everyone's attention. This is what they want to see. Li Qi knows that the two of them will never be content with the ordinary life of teachers. They still cherish
Great ambitions.
But it is precisely because of this that these two people are the ones Li Qi takes care of. As long as they submit articles for publication, Li Qi will personally read them. After all, these two people are the same and lack a trace of tact.
Qi Ke didn't want his efforts to fail in the hands of these two people. It would be such an injustice.
In the past few days, Li Qi has not been idle, and has been working day and night to make the national flag. Since a newspaper can change the fate of so many people, Li Qi firmly believes that a national flag may be able to change the fate of the entire Northern Song Dynasty.
Let the so-called Southern Song Dynasty in history be stillborn.
In the early morning of this day, before dawn, Li Qi was kicked out of the warm bed by Bai Qiannuo. Why? He didn't understand why the morning meeting was really so early. In his opinion, this
It's so inhumane. There's no time for morning exercises.
Fortunately, Song Huizong only asked him to go to court today, and did not ask him to go to court every day. All of this was the blessing of Tuobu Shuai, who could be both civil and military, and that was all.
Of course, the reason why he went to court today was naturally because of the national flag.
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In the main hall, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were already standing on the left and right sides, but judging from their expressions, all of them looked a little depressed, because they all knew that they were going to court today to accompany the prince to study and watch Li Qi's personal performance.
Sure enough, after the routine shouts of long live the mountain, Song Huizong sat on the dragon throne and said loudly: "Where is Li Qi, the economic envoy?"
As soon as these words came out, it meant that basically nothing else would happen to anyone else.
Li Qi, who was hiding behind and yawning profusely, quickly stood up and saluted: "Wei Chen is here."
"Can you complete the national flag I ordered you to make?"
"Reporting to the Emperor has been completed."
"Send that piece over for me to see."
"As commanded."
I saw two young eunuchs coming up to the temple with a roll of cloth.
Song Huizong could not wait any longer. He waved his hand and said, "Open it quickly."
"yes."
The two young eunuchs immediately slowly opened the roll of cloth.
Except for Li Qi, everyone else was staring at the national flag that was about to reveal the true face of Mount Lu, with excitement in their eyes.
And Song Huizong's hands were trembling slightly with excitement.
However, when the two young eunuchs showed the national flag in front of everyone, everyone was stunned, with confusion in their eyes.
"What is this?"
Song Huizong stared at the national flag blankly, as if he couldn't believe the facts in front of him.
The length and width of the flag are similar to those of later generations. This is not the point. The key point is that the pattern on the flag is too simple. The lower half is a golden river, occupying half of the page. In the center is a red sun, but only the sun is exposed.
Half of the face is exposed, but the upper half is a white sky.
Perhaps Li Qi usually brought them too many surprises, so that they had too much expectations for this flag, but they never expected that Li Qi was going to send them away with such a simple flag. The gap was really big.
It's too big. This time I was really surprised.
Sweating! What kind of looks are these? Does it have to be colorful and dreamlike to be the best? It is really superficial. Li Qi cupped his hands and said: "Report to the emperor, this is the rising sun flag designed by Wei Chen.
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Li Bangyan chuckled and said: "We can see this too, but this rising sun flag is too simple. I'm afraid even a child can draw it."
Li Qi's face was filled with relief and he said: "With the words of Zuo Xiang, I feel relieved."
Li Bangyan asked in astonishment: "What do you mean by that?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "To put it simply, the national flag is an iconic flag of the country and a symbol of the country. It must tell everyone in the world its meaning very intuitively. If it is made too complicated, it will be counterproductive.
. Just now the left prime minister said that even children can draw it. Isn’t that great? If the children of the Song Dynasty can draw the national flag of their country before they go to school, and through the national flag, they can deeply understand the country they live in.
In the land of Song Dynasty, there is a citizen of the Song Dynasty, which is definitely a gratifying thing."
Song Huizong nodded and said thoughtfully: "What you said makes sense."
Li Qi added: "Moreover, my Chaoyang Flag is just simple, not simple. It has a very profound meaning."
Song Huizong snorted and said, "Why don't you tell me quickly?"
"yes."
Li Qi took a few steps forward, walked to the flag, and explained: "Then I will talk from bottom to top, starting with the yellow part below. I think everyone can see that this is a river, and it is
A yellow river, obviously, represents the Yellow River. The Yellow River gave birth to our Chinese history and glorious culture. It is the origin of our mankind and promotes the progress of mankind. It can also be said to be the most symbolic of our Song Dynasty.
A river of meaning. The Yellow River is made of water, and water represents the people, and yellow generally symbolizes sunshine, gold, mineral deposits, resources and wealth. The combination of the two symbolizes the wealthy life of the people of the Song Dynasty."
Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was very happy when he heard this and said: "Interesting, interesting. I didn't expect that it contains such a profound meaning, wonderful, wonderful."
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty."
Li Qi cupped his hand and said with a smile: "Actually, this yellow part also has a great significance."
"Isn't it more?" Song Huizong looked stunned, got up and went down the steps, came to the flag, looked at it carefully for a while, and said: "I really can't see what other meaning is hidden in it?"
Li Qi pointed to the "river surface" and said: "Your Majesty, please look at the 'waves' on the 'river surface'."
"wave?"
Song Huizong and a group of ministers frowned and looked at it, but they still couldn't understand it after looking at it for a long time.
Song Huizong asked curiously: "Then what does this 'wave' symbolize?"
These guys really had no imagination at all. Li Qi had to explain patiently: "Your Majesty, please see how many waves there are in total?"
Song Huizong raised his eyebrows and glanced at him to make sure that he was not kidding him, and then he counted carefully. After a moment, he said: "If I counted correctly, there are a total of sixteen 'waves' here."
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly realized and said: "Does this wave symbolize the sixteen states of Yanyun?" (To be continued...)