Immediately, he ordered the Qin Tianjian who accompanied the army to choose an auspicious day for the zodiac, and decided to hold a ceremony in mid-February of this year (the 5th year of Yongli, 1651 AD) in Gui (Lin).

After receiving the emperor's jade seal from the hands of Emperor Yongli, everyone shouted long live three times, and after kneeling three times and bowing nine times, the civil and military forces stood in two columns again.

The most important thing for the founding of the country is the name of the country, the national capital, and the division of family members.

At that time, Western missionaries had already arrived in Middle-earth, and many Confucian scholars had read the "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu", and at that time, China was dominant in the East, and Western missionaries drew China in the center of the world map in order to curry favor with Chinese scholars.

After the defeat of the Manchu Qing prince Hauge in 1647, the Western missionaries An Siwen and Ricci entered his shogunate, and Yang Xuan often talked to each other and asked him to make a map of the world, so that everyone was no stranger to the whole world.

According to Yang Xuan's thoughts, the main officials also know that the world is big, China is located in the center of the world, in order to respond to the saying that the sky is round and the place is round, it is better to call China directly, which is not only domineering, but also catchy.

Most of the people pondered, and some nodded secretly, thinking that everyone had no problem and was about to promulgate the country name, the capital supervisor Qian Bang shook his head again and again, and said: "Your Majesty, China, although China is catchy, when the Ming Dynasty was first established, Grandpa Hongwu was ready to set the country name Dazhong, but because of all kinds of unsatisfactory and gave up.

In the past, the country names set by successive dynasties mostly originated from the other party's fiefdoms, such as the Han Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty.

Since then, the Yuan Dynasty has taken from the Great Zai Qianyuan in the Book of Changes, and the beginning of ten thousand materials.

Huang Ming originally wanted to take Dazhong as the country name, and later took it from Han Shantong Han Lin'er and the big and small Ming kings, and the Ming king was reincarnated, so he was named Huang Ming.

Your Majesty's name for China is easy to understand, but how to interpret this China, I hope Your Majesty will make it clear. ”

Thinking of the name of the People's Republic of China in his previous life, Yang Xuan smiled and looked at everyone: "Everyone, we are located in the Central Plains and inherit Huaxia, which can be interpreted as China, so it shows that we are in the same line, and we are one for all generations." ”

When everyone heard this, they smiled and bowed their heads.

But what is surprising is that after explaining the Chinese characters, Yang Xuan's face was tense and he was reluctant to elaborate.

Everyone urged again and again, Yang Xuan's face relaxed slightly, looking at everyone, how to explain this national character, everyone can brainstorm, and they are choosing one or two.

Everyone gossiped, but they seemed very cautious, especially many generals, who did not dare to speak at all.

Everyone talked eloquently, and Yang Xuan's heart was full of joy, but what was surprising was that Qian Bang, the capital supervisor, shook his head again and again, looking confident.

Seeing that the other party was like this, Yang Xuan was quite resentful in his heart, and said with a smile: "Du Jian Jun, you are also a Jinshi and a scholar, you can tell me, if you define the national character of China." ”

Qian Bang arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was the Liaodong Jiannu Rebellion outside, and the scourge of rogue inside, natural disasters continued, and the people were struggling to make a living.

His Majesty started from the grass, and rekindled the hope of recovery with the power of one hand at the time of the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

After the founding of our dynasty, although there are old and young people left behind by the previous dynasty who can't bear it, since ancient times, only the Han Dynasty and the Emperor Ming can be compared with our dynasty. ”

Qian Bang is a scholar and the first, he is more conservative in politics, and he used to contradict himself, but he didn't expect the other party to say such words, Yang Xuan was quite happy in his heart, and he said yes to his chin when he practiced his heart, and everyone also applauded loudly.

Qian Bang looked quite proud, and continued in a soft voice: "Since Your Majesty raised the army, he has eliminated the maladministration of the previous dynasty, returned the government to the people, and put the people first in everything.

In recent years, auspicious people have been everywhere, and His Majesty has already been the hope of the people in the world when everyone supported it yesterday, His Majesty and the ministers jointly set out the four basic principles of government.

In this situation, only one word can express the original intention of my dynasty, and only one word can be used as the name of my dynasty. ”

Everyone didn't notice that Yang Xuan's face changed slightly, and everyone applauded loudly, asking Qian Bang to tell his heart.

Qian Bang was triumphant, knelt down again and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the Republic of China should be named after our dynasty, and the Chinese people should tell us about our Chinese nation, and everything is the same."

Mencius once said that the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light. The Republic of China, a people-oriented country, should be the foundation of our dynasty.

Your Majesty, Weichen suggested that our dynasty should be called China, and the full name should be the Republic of China. ”

It's okay not to listen, as soon as he heard the name of the Republic of China, thinking of the warlord division after the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the flames of the War of Resistance against Japan, and the devastation of life in the War of Liberation, Yang Xuan was dumbfounded, and the coffee table in his hand actually fell to the ground on the table, making a crisp sound.

Everyone looked at each other, everyone looked at the emperor above in puzzlement, according to everyone's thoughts, what a beautiful name the Republic of China is, Your Majesty should be happy, why don't you like it at all?

Yang Xuan stood up suddenly, sat down again for a long time, stood up again, and finally sighed: "The Republic of China, the country of the people, although the intention is good, it is not a thousand-year achievement, and it is difficult to achieve." ”

Qian Bang knelt down and said: "Your Majesty has not been a saint for hundreds of years, if you work hard, you should be able to achieve the great governance of the world and achieve the great harmony of the world." ”

Gu Yanwu also came out and said: "Your Majesty was born in this vice-list, and he took it as his responsibility to help the world.

In the past few years, although the world has been in turmoil, His Majesty has been based on benevolent government, and if he works hard, he should be able to achieve great governance in the world. ”

When everyone heard the loud applause, Yang Xuan's face turned pale, and he didn't know what to do when he returned to his seat.

Ren Yu Jinshi was born, and he was more attached to Sun Kewang in history, and he was good at figuring out his intentions, seeing His Majesty's expression like this, he felt wrong, and suddenly his face lit up, and he said: "The Republic of China that you are talking about probably also has the meaning of the Ming Dynasty, which means that our dynasty upholds the continuation of the Emperor Ming, right?"

Your Majesty is a scholar from a poor family, and when the world is in turmoil, he throws his pen from Rong, drives the eight kings, defeats Haoge, enters the lake, and goes down to the two Guangzhous, such a great achievement, in the eyes of you, but the continuation of the emperor's Ming.

Ladies and gentlemen, the eunuchs were in power at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was the disaster of building slaves outside, there was the rebellion of the rogues inside, Sizong was hanged on the coal mountain, King Hongguanglu was taken away by the Tartars one after another, and Emperor Shaowu of Longwu was killed in the chaos.

Ladies and gentlemen, is it possible that in the eyes of you, I will inherit the emperor so much? ”

Everyone was shocked, Qian Bang was so frightened that he knelt in front of his seat, and repeatedly said that this was not what he should have been, and pleaded for punishment.

Ren Yu was overjoyed in his heart, walked out of the ranks, looked at Qian Bang who was sitting on the ground and trembling with his body, and continued to accuse: "Your Majesty, how can Qian Bang harbor evil intentions, say above this court, what is the importance of the people, the king is light, and the society is secondary, where is Your Majesty so placed, and where are Your Majesty's descendants like this?" ”

Qian Bang trembled, but now he was irrefutable, and he kowtowed again and again to ask for guilt.

It is natural to put the people first, and the people value the monarch lightly, but if there is a populist in Taiwan, it is far from the blessing of the country and the nation.

It is now the middle of the 17th century, and the country is in the midst of a capitalist civil war in distant Ingilia, and if the country prematurely descends into populism, like King Charles I of England and King Louis XVI of France, the country is plunged into civil strife, and it is the ordinary people who suffer.

Thinking of this, Yang Xuan stood up from his seat, walked down the steps, and looked at everyone: "Everyone, I am a talented and first-place talent, and I am fortunate to be the deputy leader."

At the time of Buyi, I and Zhuqing generally read the Four Books and Five Classics, and believed that the people were the most important, the monarch was light, and the society was secondary, which was justified.

But let's think about it, a family needs to be a pillar, a country also needs its own king, many things the king has the king's consideration, the common people have their own difficulties, if a little unsatisfactory, everyone will rise up, the common people are caught in the fire, so far from Mencius's original intention.

Ladies and gentlemen, if nothing else, just talking about the future Northern Expedition, it will be difficult and dangerous, and there will be many difficulties, if there is a slight difficulty, some people will ask me to stop the Northern Expedition with the idea that the people are more important than the king, and if it really comes to that moment, everyone should tell me whether I should listen to these few ministers, or not? ”

When everyone heard this, they shook their heads, and Qian Bang also kowtowed; "Your Majesty is wise, Weichen is stupid, I didn't expect it to be so far."

Yang Xuan nodded and continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am a poor man, and of course it is also my ideal to value the people and the king, but in this world, the sky is often not as good as people wish.

Ladies and gentlemen, while propagating the idea of valuing the people to the common people, we must not go too far and fall into populist thinking.

Everyone, don't say anything else, just say that although there was the defeat of Salhu in the last year of Wanli, the treasury is full, as long as the monarch and the ministers use their lives, it will not take a few years to put down the disaster of Liaodong Jiannu, and restore peace in the world.

However, the Donglin Party did not think about the difficulties of the country at all, and forcibly demanded the abolition of commercial endowments, so that the treasury was empty, not only did it not have the money to recruit troops and buy horses to quell the disaster of Liaodong Jiannu, but also had no money to relieve local natural and man-made disasters, but also laid off a large number of post soldiers.

And when it came to Sizong, the treasury was empty, in order to alleviate the financial crisis, so that the party forcibly levied three salaries, drank to quench thirst, this husband made chaos in northern Shaanxi, and became a big coward in the world.

Tracing back to the source, it is those Donglin Party people who sell their fame and reputation and cancel business endowments, which is too populist. ”

Qian Bang was inextricably linked with the Donglin Party in the past, but now when he heard the disaster of the Donglin Party mentioned again, he sweated profusely, knelt on the ground and said yes again and again.

Yang Xuan sighed and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, everyone knows that governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, and many things often backfire.

I have taken the people-oriented as the fundamental national policy of building the country, and I also have the idea that the people value the king lightly, but we still need to seek truth from facts and truly achieve the difficulty of valuing the people and the king.

Although the name of the Republic of China is good, it does not correspond to the facts, but it encourages social populism, which is not good.

Seeking truth from facts, the country is called the Chinese Empire, based on the people, seeking truth from facts, governing the country according to law, and giving priority to the Han people as the national policy. ”

When everyone saw this, they said yes one after another.

The country name is followed by the year name, and in the past, every emperor called the emperor made an era name, and sometimes an emperor had two or three era names, so it was very difficult to remember.

Although the protagonist was born in science in his previous life, he also loves literature and history, even so, if others mention the emperor's year name, it is not only difficult to come up with the specific You are good, but also often make mistakes.

As a contemporary person, of course, I prefer the Gregorian calendar year name, but after all, this is based on the date of Jesus' birth, and it is of course inappropriate to simply copy it.

The two people who can best represent Chinese civilization are two, one is the Yellow Emperor and the other is Confucius.

If the ancient sages are used to open the Yuan, the emperor and Confucius should be given priority, if it is not for the two of them, it is not enough to open the Yuan.

The year of the Yellow Emperor's birth, the year of the emperor is difficult to verify, although the Republic of China period made a Yellow Emperor year name, but it is still quite undesirable.

Confucius is different, the historical record is very complete, it was decided to start the era with the year of Confucius's birth, Confucius was born in 551 BC as the first year of Confucius's birth, and now the fifth year of Yongli (1651 AD) is the year 2202 of Confucius's birth.

After the year name, it was the capital, and considering the controversy over the capital in the previous life, it was decided to take Wuchang as the line first, and then decide where to go.

Queen Zhu Shuying is the queen, the princesses Ma Fengyu and Liu Lian'er are the concubines, the eldest son Yang Wen is the auxiliary prince, and the second son Yang Wu is the prince of Zhenguo.

After that, the deputy capital supervisor Chen Jichang came out of the list and played the first article, that is, how to treat the Ming clan well.

Yang Xuan didn't think about it at first, according to his own estimates, probably just like the Republic of China, promulgating a Ming clan preferential treatment regulations, and the main clansmen of the Ming Dynasty can be crowned marquis, who would have expected that there were two kings and three kings in ancient times.

Since the Han Dynasty, China pays attention to the rule of etiquette, attaches great importance to various political ethics, since Yao Shunyu, each dynasty in order to highlight the authenticity of the dynasty, all add the royal family of the previous dynasty, so there are two kings and three Ke said.

The most orthodox two kings and three ke, that is, to seal the first two generations of descendants as two kings, and the first three generations of descendants are called three kes (guests).

For example, after Cao Pi became the emperor in history, Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was the Duke of Shanyang, and Liu Chan, the queen of the Shu Han Dynasty, was the Duke of Anle.

After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Gong Yang Yu was the Duke of the Kingdom of Xu, the line of Sui Zhengshuo, the color of the car riding clothes, a still chapter, and the descendants of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were the Duke of Jieguo.

Ming Taizu Feng Yuan Emperor Sun bought the eight as the Marquis of Chongli

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Yang Xuan thought about it again and again, and decided to follow the example of the ancient imperial court, and named Zhu Youlang, the emperor of Yongli, as the Duke of Neijiang, allowing his fief to be enshrined in Ming Zhengshuo and clothing, and building a temple in the Ming Dynasty to worship Ming, and allocating 2,000 yuan of silver coins every year as his salary.

Ordered to find the descendants of Emperor Chongzhen, and if they were still alive, they would be named marquis, and they would be given 1,000 yuan of silver every year.

Zhu Yihai was the Marquis of Lu, and Zhu Pingyu, the eldest son of the King of Fushun, was the Marquis of Fushun to stabilize the Ming clan.