Chapter 758: Presentation of Credentials
Ascending the throne, this matter, to be honest, Zhao Xin has never considered this issue, if a native of the Northern Song Dynasty, or even as a royal family, becomes the heir, becomes the emperor, this is the ultimate pursuit of life.
As a time-traveler from the 21st century, Zhao Xin has never been his greatest pursuit of the emperor, to a certain extent, he wants to better realize his own value, rather than pursuing the emperor who is high.
But through the persuasion of these officials, Zhao Xin also realized this, the name is not right, the words are not good, before, even if the Dinghai has a population of 35 million, but the overall area is not large, it can still be in the name of the Dingjun, but now, after taking the entire Liao State, as well as the northeast, a huge land, if this land, is still quite huge, if it is still in the name of the Dinghai, it is really not suitable.
To become the emperor, Zhao Xin was finally moved and agreed to become the emperor, and then the rest of the things began to be prepared by various preparatory personnel.
Since he wants to become the emperor, then, he can no longer be shabby to the original level, and the necessary palace still needs to be built, and some people proposed to expand the palace of the old Liao, but when this report was reported to Zhao Xin, it was vetoed.
In the current state, Shenyang was chosen as the capital and the country was opened, but in the future, when the whole of East Asia is the center, Shenyang will be too remote.
Cold is one aspect, the area of radiation is too small, and it is also an aspect, in Zhao Xin's view, now he just doesn't want to take the Northern Song Dynasty, not can't, in the future, as long as he wants, he can take the Northern Song Dynasty at any time, then in terms of comprehensiveness, Shenyang is even more inappropriate.
Zhao Xin vetoed the idea of Sun Ji and others to build a large number of buildings, Sun Ji and they were going to build a palace city that was larger than the imperial city of the Northern Song Dynasty, which was not a big construction for the Ding Navy, you must know that under the premise of large-scale use of cement and reinforced concrete, the construction of an ancient building, under the premise of using enough manpower and machinery, did not take much time.
Taking the Imperial City of the Northern Song Dynasty as an example, it took only about 6 months from demolition to the completion of the final construction, which is still because the Bianliang of the Northern Song Dynasty is relatively narrow and cannot fit so many machines.
An imperial city that is twice the size of the imperial city of the Northern Song Dynasty may be completed in no more than 4 months under the premise of investing enough manpower and machinery.
The construction of such a palace costs a little more than an ordinary building, but it is still within the acceptable range.
Zhao Xin is not worried, this cost, now the size of the navy, the production capacity, the construction of these palaces, is not a big expense, and even on the huge construction site in Shenyang, this is relatively harmonious.
According to the distribution of the court of the Northern Song Dynasty, in addition to the large-scale buildings of the three major halls, most of the rest are harems, 999 and a half rooms, most of which are harems.
Seventy-two concubines in three palaces and six courtyards are talking about the emperor's luxurious life, but now Zhao Xin is only a few years old physiologically, and he doesn't have this hobby, finding so many concubines, at this time, what are you doing with such a big palace, and I am still panicking when I live in it.
After several discussions, compromises and discussions, the final construction of a palace group centered on 5 halls, the five halls are for working purposes, the real Zhao Xin lived, probably just a palace group occupying 20 acres, this palace group refers to some gardens in later generations, while ensuring usability, increasing comfort.
In terms of momentum, the main thing is the main hall, no emperor can be generous, take out his own harem, casually for others to visit, there are five halls on it, you can show the style of the navy.
In addition to the palace and enthronement, there is also the restoration of identity, if it is the identity of the Marquis of Dinghai and the Miao family, of course this is okay, but there is no Zhao Xin's original identity and dignity, before it was to avoid trouble, but also to prevent the hostility of others, giving the navy unnecessary trouble, and now, even the Liao State has been taken down, so there is no need to worry at all.
China attaches great importance to tradition and identity, and former emperors, or founding monarchs, will more or less put gold on their bodies to make a so-called long-standing identity.
But Zhao Xin's status is noble, there is no need to rely on any aspect at all, he himself is Renzong's biological son, the only son, Renzong's reputation, in the whole East Asia, can be said to be very popular, even the Liao people, because of Renzong's death and weep bitterly, such an emperor's son, these of Liao, or the people from the Northern Song Dynasty, restored their identity, is very helpful to the cohesion of the people, under certain circumstances, can get twice the result with half the effort.
To restore the identity, at the very least, it needs the approval of the Northern Song Dynasty, especially Renzong, otherwise, for the people at the bottom, it may be counterproductive and forcibly lean towards the top.
This point is a little difficult, although they used a drill to show their muscles to Han Qi, but in the end, what reaction the Northern Song Dynasty would have, it is difficult to say.
Zhao Xin is the most calm, what kind of view Renzong has, what kind of view the Northern Song Dynasty, he doesn't know, anyway, the country is going to be established, these two things can be done together.
Ordered the newly established Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be responsible for communicating with the Northern Song Dynasty, sending letters of state to the Northern Song Dynasty, and asking the Northern Song Dynasty to send envoys to establish diplomatic relations.
Since it is the emperor, then a country name must first be determined, and the following officials have put forward a lot of suggestions, and some people think that since this country was established on the basis of the fixed navy, then it is good to set the name of the navy.
Of course, a huge empire, of course, can not use two words, which represents the status of respect, then the sea can be used as a separate choice.
Dingguo, Haiguo, Zhao Xin heard these names, he really couldn't laugh or cry, saying that it was a name, and he couldn't take apart the words of Dingjun, so he couldn't call it a militaristic country.
Of course, some people also suggested that Zhao Guo, first, was also one of the Seven Kingdoms during the Warring States Period, and similarly, Zhao Xin's name was also surnamed Zhao, which was a perfect combination.
However, all these titles, after Zhao Xin saw it, were all vetoed, it sounded good, but he was not familiar, among the many choices, Zhao Xin vetoed all of them and put forward his own choice China.
In ancient China, the meaning of the word "country" was "city" or "state". "China" means "the city of the center" or "the state of the center". In the literature of the Zhou Dynasty, the word "China" has five different meanings: one refers to Jingshi, that is, the capital; the second refers to the kingdom directly ruled by the Son of Heaven; Three refers to the Central Plains; the fourth refers to the domestic and the mainland; The five refers to the area inhabited and the country established by the Han Chinese.
Since the Han Dynasty, people often refer to the Central Plains Dynasty established by the Han people as "China", and the Central Plains Dynasty established by fraternal ethnic groups also call themselves "China". During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Southern Dynasties called themselves "China" and the Northern Dynasties as "Suolu"; The Northern Dynasty also called itself "China" and the Southern Dynasty "Daoyi".
Even in this era, the Northern Song Dynasty and the Liao State, each calling themselves Chinese, is also an orthodox status, such a name, showing the momentum of Zhao Xin, although some different from the previous ideas, but the strong Zhao Xin, or unified the entire title, called China.
There are a lot of things that need to be done to establish a country and ascend the throne as an emperor, but fortunately, Zhao Xin is not just one person now, and the Dinghai Navy has formed a whole system, only some orders put forward above, and then the following can be smoothly executed in accordance with this order.
Among all the orders, the first sequence is the construction of the palace, which is related to the face of the future, the establishment of a dynasty, inviting the surrounding countries to come to watch the ceremony, even if there is only one Northern Song Dynasty, in Zhao Xin's view, the current Japan and Korea, just under his soldiers, once the navy withdraws its hand, it can be destroyed under the palm of the hand.
Even North Korea and Japan are not in Zhao Xin's eyes, and even to a certain extent, the combat effectiveness of the Northern Song Dynasty is not good, but as the son of Renzong, the respect for Renzong and Concubine Miao must be invited, and it is the first time to invite.
In order to show respect, the deputy foreign minister of the Dinghai Navy personally dispatched, this in the past Northern Song Dynasty, not even a little fame, even Xiucai has been tested several times, but he did not pass the examination, at best, he can only be regarded as a simple intellectual.
This deputy minister named Sun Yuexi is not without talent, but the old-style education is not suitable for him.
Entering the Dinghai Navy, first stood out in the training, showed a relatively strong government ability, and later entered the business system of the Dinghai Navy, perhaps in the commercial sales ability, not as good as others, but in some outreach capabilities, very good.
If there is no effort of these outreach personnel, even if the products of the Dinghai Navy are excellent, in the early stage of the rise, there will definitely be a lot of twists and turns, not to mention that it will not be able to develop completely, at least, it will have to pay more costs and go longer.
It was at this time that Sun Yuexi gradually stood out, and finally became the general person in charge of the entire Northern Song Dynasty business activities and outreach.
Now, when China was founded, all kinds of things are in the ascendant, diplomacy cannot be regarded as the most important part, but it can also be regarded as very critical, Sun Yuexi was sent here because of his previous merits, and in the position of vice minister, he is actually responsible for the work of the entire Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
At present, Sun Yuexi's first task is to go to the Northern Song Dynasty to deliver this diplomatic document, establish a diplomatic relationship with the Northern Song Dynasty, and invite the Northern Song Dynasty to send more heavyweight figures to participate in Zhao Xin's enthronement ceremony.
Fortunately, the powerful China does not have to worry about anyone's eyes, to the level of vice minister, Sun Yuexi is qualified to know, the current strength of the entire Ding Navy, not to mention anything else, millions of troops, and at the same time a large-scale army equipped with thermal weapons and artillery, to deal with the Liao State, only pay a fraction of the strength, maybe the Northern Song Dynasty is more powerful than the Liao State, and it is easy to win.
As far as diplomacy is concerned, Sun Yuexi has his own understanding, and at the same time, he also has some words from Xinfeng Zhao Xin, the measure of truth is always under the range of the cannon.
Without a strong enough force, even if there is a high level of diplomatic skills, it is impossible to force the opponent to sign a diplomatic agreement, but with enough background and force support, then many things are much easier, and the skills of diplomacy are at most to affect the effect, without affecting the outcome of the whole thing.
From Liao, along the road that has just been built, all the way to the south, even if the Liao State is taken, that is, less than 2 months, but for the Liao State, the change is very big.
Because of the time, the railway has begun to be planned, but the problem of the railway track is a key point, and before the construction of Anshan Iron and Steel is completed, it can only be transported from the Dinghai Sea for the time being.
The Dinghai Navy has the largest transport fleet in the whole world, otherwise, it would not have immigrated so many people to Vladivostok in the north at once.
But the capacity is not unlimited, he will be restricted in many ways, now, the most important thing for the Dinghai Navy is to immigrate and transport more machinery and equipment from the Dinghai Navy, although the railway is useful, but under certain circumstances, it is still placed on the second line.
At present, all kinds of high-speed carriages popularized by the Dinghai Navy are quite fast on the various highways built by the Dinghai Navy, and the speed is about a day or so from Shenyang to Shanhaiguan.
Because of the problem of showing the muscles of the Dinghai Navy, it gave Han Qi a huge shock at that time, and when he left, from the standpoint of doing his best, he strengthened the defense here, and now the border is also under martial law, and Sun Yuexi's arrival was also blocked.
Sun Yuexi did not hide it, as a former liaison officer, he has many identities, and he can also use other identities to quickly enter the Northern Song Dynasty, but now his identity is the chief diplomatic officer responsible for liaison with the Northern Song Dynasty, and he must be reasonable in etiquette and all aspects of practice.
Sun Yuexi was at the gate of Shanhaiguan and directly identified himself to the generals guarding the city, indicating that he was an envoy to the navy and officially submitted his credentials to the Northern Song Dynasty.
According to Zhao Xin's order, the new country was set as China, but before the founding ceremony and the ceremony, it was more appropriate to use the name of the navy for the time being.
As a person who followed Han Qi and participated in that exercise, he knew very well that the combat effectiveness of the Ding Navy was strong, and once the Ding Navy put all its combat strength into the border of the Northern Song Dynasty, not to mention his little strength, even if it was ten times more and the defense was higher, it would not be able to stop it.
Fortunately, it was relatively calm for a month or two, and he thought that luck had come, and it was possible to get through such a big crisis smoothly, but the arrival of the Dinghai Navy changed the status quo.
Of course, the guard did not dare to withhold the credentials, and after he hesitated slightly, he immediately welcomed Sun Yuexi into Shanhaiguan, and after settling down, he immediately notified Bianliang and informed them of such a news.