The theory of five virtues began to decline after the Two Song Dynasty, and at the time of the Two Song Dynasty, the official self-esteem was "Song Yihuo De King". Even in the "History of the Song Dynasty: Five Elements Chronicles", you can see a lot of proverbs about fire virtue.

However, since the Yuan Dynasty, the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there has been no fixed dynasty virtue; It is said that the Yuan Dynasty is a water virtue, that is, it is just a folk tradition, until the Ming Dynasty, there are still many people who also think that the Yuan Dynasty is a water virtue.

So why didn't the Yuan Dynasty determine the fortune of virtue?

One is because the Yuan Dynasty was a unified regime established by the Mongols, and the sinicization was not deep;

Another key reason is related to the development of the knowledge system at that time, such as the astronomical calendar, arithmetic, geoscience and other political theology in the Qin and Han dynasties, as well as the political theology of Wei Wei.

Since the Tang and Song dynasties, with the development of society, astronomical calendars, arithmetic, and geosciences have gradually been differentiated from mathematics. Since then, the status of mathematics has become less and less, and it is only among the people and warlocks.

Therefore, since the Song Dynasty, due to this and various other reasons for the change of dynasty, there has been no dynasty to determine the virtue and fortune, not only the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, but also the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this tradition is not something that can be changed for a while, like the peasant war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, many people still like to build momentum for themselves with traditional ideas, such as the Red Turban Army from the beginning of the anti-Yuan and Song Dynasty banners, Han Shantong claimed to be the eighth grandson of Song Huizong, and later the regime established by Han Lin'er was named "Great Song".

Because the folk have the spread of the Yuan Dynasty as the water virtue, so the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang called his side the fire virtue in order to facilitate the anti-Yuan homeopathy, in order to show that he inherited the Song Dynasty's fire virtue, and at the same time to use the fire to conquer the water virtue of the Yuan Dynasty.

However, after Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, established the Ming Dynasty, he did not adhere to the theory of fire virtue, and the court of the Ming Dynasty did not talk about virtue luck.

When Zhang Rui ordered the ministers of the imperial court to discuss the choice of the country name, the parties were also arguing.

Some people think that they were elected because they are clean and water. The so-called water comes to cover the earth, and the clear water of Tudeke is the right way;

However, some people think that Qing is Mude, because Yuan belongs to water virtue, Ming is Tude, and Qing must be Mude, so Jinde should be used;

But some people think that the Qing should belong to the gold, first of all, they call themselves the Houjin, and secondly, the Ming is the Great Shun, and the Qing is the Great Shun. Song is the virtue of fire, then Yuan is the virtue of water, that Ming is the virtue of the earth, and Dashun is the virtue of the wood, after all, Li Chuang is also the wood, and the Qing must belong to the Jinde. Kejin is naturally fire, so it should be fire;

But some people think that it is right to be wood, after all, the Song Dynasty lives in the fire virtue, that Ming is the water virtue, and the Dashun is the soil virtue, so I am naturally the right to the wood virtue, the wood is the soil. As for the Yuan and Qing dynasties, this is the court of the Mongols and the Manchus, what does it have to do with my Han family?

So, some people thought so: Since the Yuan and Qing Dynasty are not counted, then Li Zicheng claims to be a descendant of Western Xia, so naturally it cannot be counted. Ming, the meaning of light, is naturally the virtue of fire. So we should be water virtue;

It is also said that these five virtues have always been said to be nothing more than the nonsense of Zou Yan, the yin and yang family in the Warring States Period, and the national fortune is not something that the five elements can explain clearly. Therefore, there is no need to pay attention to the so-called five virtues;

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There were many opinions, controversies, and quarrels for several days. In the end, Zhang Rui decided to synthesize the views of all of them, and chose the word "Yi" (1) as the country name.

The reason why Zhang Rui chose this word as the country name is because of "Yi", first of all, the god of fire, which is a high-level god in ancient times.

Zhang Rui started in the name of the god of fire with the benefit of firearms, which just appropriately shows the uprising mode of the bandit army. At the same time, it fulfills the various ideas of the people of the Quartet for the suppression of the bandit army, and it also means that the court prays to the heavens for the blessing of the god of fire, and the firearms of the suppression of the bandit army can continue to be invincible and invincible in the world.

At the same time, "Yi" also refers to a kind of scene, or it can also be said to be a kind of rich, luxurious. It has the meaning of the word Huaxia, symbolizing Zhang Rui's pursuit of the future country.

"Yi" is fire, for fire, similar to Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang when he was against the Yuan Dynasty. Their rebellion against the Qing Dynasty was also to "drive out the Tartars and restore China".

"Ming" inherits the fire virtue of "Song", and his bandit army inherits the fire virtue of "Ming". In fact, in terms of Zhang Rui's current status, there is nothing wrong with the bandit army talking about inheriting the fire virtue of "Ming".

At the same time, Zhang Rui also believed that if "clear" was water, then the three points of "clear" water would be dried up by the bandit army with four fires.

And "Yi" and the "Yi" in the Book of Changes are homophones, which are very consistent and commensurate.

The Book of Changes is the crystallization of the thought and wisdom of the Han nation, and is the theoretical root of natural philosophy and humanistic practice in traditional Chinese thought and culture. The Book of Changes covers all things, and is an outstanding representative of the traditional culture of the Han nationality; It is vast and subtle, all-encompassing, and it is also the source of Chinese civilization.

Zhang Rui takes its meaning as not forgetting the origin.

In addition to the national name, Zhang Rui also specially "created" the national flag, which is similar in design to the national flag of later generations, but it added the word "Yi" and four "fire" characters to the five-star star.

The character "Yi" in the main star represents the people "Yi" court, and the four stars behind it represent the Shinong industry and commerce under the "Yi" dynasty. It indicates that the people under the "Yi" dynasty will have a prosperous life in Shinong and business.

The pattern is represented by a star, which refers to the people who sacrificed for the "Yi" Dynasty, even if they sacrificed, the Yi Dynasty will not forget their merits. Second, it means that Yi Chao's future goal will be the sea of stars (of course, this Zhang Rui doesn't dare to say it, for fear that it will be too shocking.) ）。

The background color of the national flag is red, which not only shows the fire virtue of the Yi Dynasty, but more importantly, to commemorate those who dare to shed blood and sacrifice for the "Yi Dynasty".

This red color shows the sanctity of the country led by the Yi Dynasty, and anyone who dares to ignore this country is playing with fire and self-immolation, and will pay a heavy price.

As the saying goes, the benevolent see the benevolent, and the wise see the wise. Zhang Rui's country name was naturally not satisfactory to everyone, but the momentum it showed made many people cheer, and an unprecedented sense of honor silently emerged in their hearts.

Since they met, what the Qing Dynasty has instilled in them is: you are just ant people, all this is your life, and if you want to change, you can only wait for the next life to be reincarnated. It is already the grace of the court that you can live, and you can not think about anything else.

It never occurred to them that the name of a court would place the people on it; Nor had they tried to gain such a strong sense of pride from the imperial court. They didn't even think about being part of the court.

Among them, businessmen are the most emotional.

From ancient times to the present, their merchants have been regarded as cheap industries by the imperial court and are most despised. Children of merchants are not even allowed to participate in the imperial examinations. But they didn't think that this Yi Dynasty had left their place on such an important national flag, which really flattered them.

There are still many deficiencies in this Yi court, but only the people who have been under its rule for less than a year can deeply feel that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not comparable to it.

The Qing Dynasty has always treated the people as slaves, like cattle and sheep. But the Yi Dynasty really regarded the people as its people.

In the Qing Dynasty, officials who could be lawless, under the supervision and supervision set up by the Yi Dynasty Emperor, could only be cautious, and did not dare to show their greed and be discovered.

This Yi Dynasty is not perfect, but it is enough for many people to love it in their hearts, are willing to work hard for it, and even sacrifice their lives for it.

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