"No, no, no, Secretary Wei, you've misunderstood. This is a Five-clawed Golden Dragon!”Lin Chen narrowed his eyes and chuckled.
In the Great Tang Dynasty, or in the era before the Song Dynasty, people actually did not recognize the word 'gold', because gold was very tacky.
Moreover, the smelting industry was not developed at that time. Most people had never seen gold or even knew about it. It was not like the scene of gold everywhere in the stupid TV series.
In the Song Dynasty, all kinds of foundations were developed in history. They were content with enjoying themselves, which also promoted the progress of the smelting industry. At that time, there was a lot of gold.
One had to know that in Li Shi Min's era, there were many times when copper coins were not enough. They could directly use cloth and other valuable goods to exchange for things.
Even if the country collected taxes, most of them were grain, cloth, and so on. These things were not easy to store, so after a year, less than 10% of them would be saved.
This was also one of the reasons why even the national treasury was so poor.
Although Li Shi Min's yellow robe had gold in it, it was called 'yellow'. The imperial robe was actually an evolution of the yellow robe.
In the Great Tang,'yellow' represented earth. According to the five elements, the center was earth, so the foreign countries were called the Great Tang of the Central Plains.
The term " Celestial Empire " actually existed during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. It meant a central country.
It was only later on that because the emperor monopolized power, they all used their own country's name. It was not until later on that the term 'Celestial Dynasty' was mentioned again.
"Don't spout nonsense, Ruler. This is clearly a five-clawed yellow dragon!”Wei Zheng retorted directly.
His wrinkled face had an expression that said," Don't change the topic. I can see it clearly."
"Secretary Wei, shut up!" Li Lizhi scolded.
It was a little strange in the Great Tang. There were women among the military officials, such as the former Princess Ping Yang, Li Xiu Ning.
However, there were no female officials other than during the reign of Wu Zetian.
During Li Shiming's time, even Empress Zhangsun could only give suggestions to Li Shiming in private. She would never dare to talk about state affairs in front of the ministers.
Li Lizhi's situation was a special one, the first in the Great Tang.
"Your Royal Highness, you…"
Before Wei Zheng could finish, Lin Chen raised his hand and interrupted,"Secretary Wei, let me tell you a little story!
He said that there was a poor scholar who couldn't afford to buy books or even borrow them, but he really wanted to learn!
Therefore, when he found an opportunity, he stole a book from a rich family and was caught.
When the rich family asked him why he stole the book, he said with conviction that stealing the book was not stealing!
Secretary Wei felt that stealing books was not considered stealing books.”
Wei Zheng widened his sunken eyes and said angrily,"There's actually such a scum? Who is it?"
"This is just a story. Secretary Wei, there's no need to fuss about it!”
Lin Chen waved his hand and smiled. Those who stole the hook were killed, and those who stole the country became vassals. Benevolence and righteousness were preserved in the door of the vassals.
To put it bluntly, anyone who stole a small thing would be caught and executed!
And the person who stole the country and changed the dynasty became the emperor!
The emperor also spread the name of benevolence and righteousness, ending the chaotic world that was brought about by thieves like them. This could be considered as stolen benevolence and righteousness. They were just villains!
Secretary Wei wondered if that was the case.”
"How dare you!"
This time, Wei Zheng was still thinking about Lin Chen's sudden turn when a gray-robed old man with a long beard stood up and roared at Lin Chen.
"Who is this lord?" Lin Chen asked in surprise.
It was obvious that this was a person with five surnames and seven Wangs.
Actually, the people of the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs were already as angry as Wei Zheng.
However, as the descendants of an aristocratic family, this was their way of survival. It was similar to following the words of others.
If no one took the lead, they would be a well-behaved aristocratic family, except for those who violated their interests.
With someone taking the lead, they were proud families. At most, after they lost, the leader would be killed.
Their aristocratic families had their roots there and were not the main culprits. Who could do anything to them?
It could be said that this was a way of survival, and it was also one of the important reasons why the aristocratic families of the Zhenguan period could be passed down from the Warring States period.
Now that Wei Zheng had taken the lead, the pride in the hearts of the aristocratic families finally made them unable to hold back.
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