Chapter 331: Country Names and Year Names
The date of enthronement is gradually approaching, and the discussion between the DPRK and China about the name of the new dynasty, the name of the year, and the capital division is also on the agenda.
The name of the country, the future name of a country, is naturally to be considered carefully, and the name of the country of the Celestial Empire has its own set of rules, which are generally according to the title or fief of the person who is called the emperor.
For example, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was the king of the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang of the new dynasty was the marquis of the new capital, and Li Yuan, the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty, was the prince of the Tang Dynasty, all of which were titles as the names of the new dynasties.
However, this set of rules began to change after the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty, was named "Song" because he was born in Songzhou.
The Yuan Dynasty, which is also counted as the Great Unification Dynasty of the Central Plains, is taken from the "Dazai Qianyuan" in the Book of Changes, and the Ming Dynasty is said to be taken from the later "The End of the Ming Dynasty", and the country name is not set according to the traditional rules.
Su Yan convened a small meeting in the imperial study, which included three cabinet ministers, five Shangshu, and the Imperial History of the Zuodu of the Imperial Inspectorate, whose purpose was to discuss the choice of the country, the year, and the Jingshi of the new dynasty.
This may be the first time that Cabinet Deputy Aid, Kong Xingxi, has had a disagreement with his partner.
Kong Xingxi hoped that in accordance with the traditional rules of the Celestial Empire, Su Yan's title would be the name of the country, and the name of the country would be Chu.
But Xu He objected to his idea, and Xu He said, "The name of Chu is too regional, and it is not suitable for the Great Unification Dynasty."
After saying that, he arched his hand in the direction of Su Yan and said, "Among the ministers, the Yuan and Ming all choose the country name from the "Yi Qian", the Yuan is taken from the Dazai Qianyuan, and the Ming is taken from the Ming Dynasty.
As if to prevent anyone from ignoring the contents of "Yi Qian", he shook his head and read:
"Yi said: Great Qianyuan! The beginning of all materials is to rule the sky. The clouds travel and the rain is shined, the product flow is shaped, the Ming Dynasty is always, the six are formed, and the six dragons are multiplied by the sky. The main road changes, each is life, and the Yamato is protected, and it is the right chastity. The first out of the house, Xianning of all countries.
Whether it is Qian or Ning, it is in the same lineage, and it is really orthodox among orthodoxy, and it can be used to cover up the eight pillars and become the universe, and the six together to open the capital."
"Qian, Ning?" Su Yan thought silently in his heart, and inevitably began to mumble, the Qianchao always reminded him of Qianlong, the "Emperor of the Ages" and "the Perfect Old Man", so he directly vetoed it.
Ning Chao was fine, but he was not very satisfied.
The other ministers attending the meeting all nodded their heads in approval when they heard Xu He's statement, in fact, the country name of the new dynasty is more in line with the rules of the country name of the Celestial Dynasty according to what Kong Xingxi said, and Xu He's Qianhe Ning inherited the previous dynasty, which is not a good idea.
Xu He's point of view also made several other ministers who had ideas in their hearts shut up, and they all thought that their ideas were not as good as Shousuke's, so it was better not to say that they were bored.
But they didn't want to say it, Su Yan just wanted them to say it, he saw that Wu Zhongluan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, wanted to speak again, and directly named him and motioned for him to speak.
Wu Zhongluan felt bitter in his heart, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "Back to Your Highness, the old minister thinks that "Spring and Autumn Left Transmission of Justice?? In the tenth year of Dinggong", he once said: "China has great etiquette, so it is called Xia; There is the beauty of uniforms, which is called Hua".
You can choose Hua or Xia as the country name, Lao Chen thinks that Huawei's country name is more appropriate, my Celestial Dynasty has been known as China since ancient times, and Huawei's country name is implying that the new dynasty is Chinese orthodoxy.
If Xia is the name of the country, our Han family will be called Zhuxia when it was in the pre-Qin period, and it has also been called Huaxia for thousands of years.
After Wu Zhongluan finished speaking, Su Yan nodded and expressed his praise, with Wu Zhongluan's beginning, other ministers also had the courage to participate.
Among them, the most laughable thing for Su Yan is Zhu Yongyou, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and I don't know if his brain circuit is really different from others, or if he wants to please Su Yan, he actually led out that Su's ancestor Kunwu and his descendants were once named Su, and the new dynasty can trace back to the ancestors, and the country is named Su.
If Su Yan adopted his statement, it would really be the second dynasty with a surname as the country name after Chen Baxian of the Chen Dynasty.
After the ministers expressed their thoughts, they wrote down the names of the countries they thought of and submitted them to Su Yan for the right to decide
In the end, it returned to Su Yan's hands, and he actually had an idea in his heart.
His fingers flexed, lightly tapped on the table, and finally put the word "Xia" on it, and said: "I want to adopt Wu Shangshu's idea, with Xia as the name of the country, Xia also has a big meaning, my new dynasty will establish the country with force, and it will also expand outward and lay down a huge territory."
"So, let's make the country summer." He said categorically.
After hearing this, the ministers glanced at each other, and then Xu He took the lead in getting up and saluting, and said, "Follow Your Majesty's decree, Your Majesty will be ten thousand years, and Daxia will be ten thousand years!"
Su Yan smiled and accepted the ministers' change of words, raised his hand to signal them to be flat, and then they began to discuss the name of the new dynasty.
The ministers had conquered before coming, so they all gave several alternative era names, and Su Yan made a selection and chose "Wu'an" as the era name.
Wu'an Wu'an, originally meant to settle peace by force, and also entrusted Su Yan's desire to break this troubled era through his martial arts and let the people return to living and working in peace and contentment.
The final issue is the location of the capital, which is not too controversial, in the places controlled by Su Yan at the moment, there are only three places that can be suitable as the capital, one is Nanjing, the second is Wuchang, the fief of Su Yan when he was still the king of Chu, and the third is the newly recovered Henan Mansion.
Needless to say, Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, has been the base of Su Yanguang since he recovered Jiangnan, and it is the natural capital of the new dynasty.
Wuchang is located in the center of the imperial court, if it is the capital of Wuchang, it can take into account both the east and the west, but Wuchang is not as prosperous as Nanjing, and the infrastructure is not as good as Nanjing, so it was rejected after entering the alternative.
As for Henan Province...... The predecessor of Henan Mansion is Luoyang, which is also the ancient capital of thousands of years, it is said that Emperor Taizu once thought of choosing a place between Luoyang, Xi'an and Beiping to move the capital, but because of the death of the crown prince Zhu Biao, Luoyang is no longer suitable to become the capital of the economy to the south, so it was also vetoed.
Therefore, the capital fell on Nanjing so logically, and the designation of Nanjing as the capital division was also in line with Su Yan's idea of opening up the sea power empire, since he was ready to include Nanyang into the sphere of influence, it was most appropriate to set the capital of Nanjing.
In the end, Su Yan finalized the national flag of the new dynasty, and the Central Plains Dynasty did not finally have a fixed national flag until the late Qing Dynasty.
After some discussion, the national flag was also determined, the national flag changed to the Ming Dynasty's sun and moon with the Hui flag, it is not as simple as a "Xia" word, according to the Han tradition, the new national flag depicts a dragon soaring through the clouds, it opens its teeth and claws, and has a round of the rising sun on its back.
This is different from the Yellow Dragon Banner of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, although the flag of the New Dynasty is also yellow as the background color, but neither the composition nor the beauty can be compared with the Yellow Dragon Banner of the Manchu Dynasty.
After the national flag was urgently sewn out and sent to Su Yan, Su Yan was extremely satisfied.