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  Chapter 383 381 [The internal and external system of the country name and year name]

   Nanjing.

   In front of Zhao Han was a stack of hand-copied manuscripts of the "Dictionary of Great Harmony".

  Qian Qianyi cupped his hands and said: "The "Datong Dictionary" has a total of nearly 10,000 characters, more than 200 more than "Shuowen Jiezi"."

"I read it last night, and the entries of each word are a bit cumbersome, so I can delete or modify it a little bit more." Zhao Han didn't bother with the "Datong Dictionary" anymore, and said instead, "I invite all the scholars here today, and there are more Many officials want to assign the name of the country."

   "Since Your Highness is called the King of Wu, the title of the country can be 'Da Wu'." Qian Qianyi said.

  Xu Ying, who has been engaged in intelligence work, because of the chaos in the north and the severe epidemic in Shandong, it is difficult to continue the intelligence work.

  He was temporarily in Nanjing to collect information from various places. At this moment, he said: "Regardless of the north and the south, the word Datong has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Why not set the name of the country as 'Datong'?"

  Li Banghua said: "Your Highness is from Yanzhao, and the country name can also be 'Dayan'."

   There were dozens of people in the room, fighting back and forth, and came up with a number of country titles, and Zhao Han had to decide which one to choose.

  Zhao Han was also very entangled, and asked, "How about the country's name 'Zhonghua'?"

Zhang Pu clasped his fists and said: "China is also China. Throughout the ages, the dynasties have been up and down, which one is not China, which one is not China? Zhonghua, China, Huaxia, Kyushu, Tianxia, ​​all words are synonymous and cannot be used as country names. Regardless of the new dynasty What is the name, all can be called Huaxia China, and all can be called Kyushu Zhonghua, why bother to name the country 'Zhonghua'?"

   "This statement makes sense." Huang Zongxi supported Zhang Pu's statement.

  Zhu Yuanzhang's "Fengtian Discuss Yuan Northern Expedition" contains a large number of China, China, and even the words "expel Hulu and restore China".

  Unless you look at the world, "Zhonghua" is really not suitable as a country name.

  Zhao Han thought for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "Let's vote by secret ballot."

   People who have been officials in the Ming court are no strangers to this stuff, and the court often votes by secret ballot.

  Especially when selecting cabinet ministers, ministers, and governors, court selection is a routine process. If the result cannot be obtained on the spot, the ministers will nominate the main election and the supporting election, usually with a list of two or three candidates.

   Then an enlarged meeting was held, and the ministers were asked to vote by secret ballot, and they had to write their reasons for election.

   But the decision-making power rests with the emperor, and the voting results are only for reference.

   Moreover, the emperor was afraid of forming a party among his officials, so he often chose the one with fewer votes. Sometimes, the list of candidates cannot satisfy the emperor, and the ministers will be asked to nominate candidates again.

  When the imperial power and the prime minister repeatedly saw each other, the candidate had to be pushed several times.

  If the emperor bypasses the ministers and directly appoints someone, or directly gives a candidate. This is a violation of the rules, which proves that the relationship between the emperor and his ministers is very bad.

  Taking Chongzhen as an example, he only followed the rules for the first two or three years, and broke the rules for the rest of the time.

  Zhao Han asked people to distribute official documents, and after about a quarter of an hour, all the votes were handed in.

   "Call the votes." Zhao Han said.

  Zhang Dai is in charge of checking the votes, Zheng Sen is in charge of counting the votes, and Chen Zisheng is in charge of singing: "Datong 28 votes, Dawu 21 votes, Dayan 15 votes, Dagan 11 votes, Yamato 8 votes..."

  No one gets more than half of the votes.

  Zhao Han observed the handwriting carefully, and immediately laughed.

  Because they are all written in Taige script, the handwriting of the scholars cannot be recognized. This is really a secret ballot.

   "Forget it, let' Datong" be the name of the country." Zhao Han could guess that people like Xu Ying, Chen Maosheng, Xiao Huan, and Zuo Xiaoliang should all vote for "Datong".

  As for the voters of "Great Wu", most of them are scholars from Jiangnan.

   Thanks to Kublai Khan’s start, the national titles all carry the word "Da", Dayuan, Daming, Daqing, Dashun, and Zhao Han's national title "Datong" seems to be very gregarious.

After Zhao Han made a decision, Qian Qianyi immediately flattered him: "The great Qian Yuan, the beginning of all things, is the unification of the sky. This is called the Great Yuan; from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were six people at one time, and the other was riding six dragons to control the sky. This is called the Great Ming Dynasty." ;Protecting Dahe, Nai Lizhen. The first common thing, Wan Guo Xianning. Datong is Dahe, the country name is "Datong", which coincides with the change of the main road. In the end, the Ming Dynasty thought it was the country. Your Highness is wise!"

  Zhao Hanquan pretended not to hear the flattery, and continued: "Let's set the year again."

   "Since the name of the country is Datong, the name of the year should be Xiaokang!" Zhang Pu said immediately.

   Liu Rushi agreed with a smile: "That's good."

  Li Banghua and Pang Chunlai also said: "The year name should be Xiaokang."

  Xu Ying, Chen Maosheng, Xiao Huan, Zuo Xiaoliang and others also said together: "Xiaokang is excellent!"

  When the name of the country was determined, there were different opinions.

  When the year was determined, everyone's opinions were surprisingly unanimous.

   "Datong" and "Xiaokang" are both published in "Book of Rites · Li Yun".

  Datong is the ultimate pursuit of Confucianism, and well-off is the secondary pursuit of Confucianism. Forcibly understood, the former is an advanced stage and the latter is an elementary stage.

Moreover, using "Xiaokang" as the reign title is to elevate Zhao Han infinitely, and he is juxtaposed with Xia Yu, Shang Tang, Zhou Wenwang, Zhou Wuwang, Zhou Chengwang, and Zhou Gongdan—the rule of these six can be called well-off.

  The name of the country, Datong, is the ultimate pursuit.

  The year title Xiaokang was Zhao Han's rule, and it had reached the level of Xiaokang.

   The meaning is very good, but it's a pity that Zhao Han always feels a little awkward when he hears it.

  Since the Ming Dynasty, everyone likes to use the year name to represent the emperor. Emperor Hongwu, Emperor Yongle, how awesome they sound.

  But when Zhao Han comes here, is he called Emperor Xiaokang?

  The well-off emperor Zhao Han, did he lead the people of the whole country to become rich and run towards a well-off life?

  Seeing that Zhao Han seemed a little unhappy, everyone found it hard to understand. This year name is so good that the emperors of all dynasties dare not use it, and most emperors are not qualified to use it. This is on par with Dayu!

   "Ahem!"

Zhao Han coughed twice, and said, "Yao, Shun and Yu Tang are also the ancient sages. How can I be worthy to be on a par with Xia Yu and Shang Tang? And what is my virtue to be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Wen Wu and Duke Zhou? A well-off year number, it must not be used.”

Qian Qianyi suddenly realized, and quickly flattered: "A well-off person, who writes righteousness and trustworthiness, and punishes benevolently, shows the people to be permanent. Your Highness selects talents and uses them, organizes disciplines and establishes discipline, and wins the hearts of all people. How can it not be called well-off? Please also please Your Highness Don’t underestimate yourself, it’s just because of public opinion!”

   Seeing that everyone wanted to persuade him again, Zhao Han hurriedly said, "Change the year name!"

  Ruan Dacheng mixed into the dictionary compiling team and was also invited to discuss the matter today. He said, "How is Kangxi?"

  Zhao Han scolded: "Change another one!"

  Zhao Han's violent reaction also confused everyone.

  Kangxi is also very good. It means prosperity and prosperity. Now that there have been catastrophes every year, this year name is a good sign.

   "Why not call it Kangning?" Qian Qianyi said.

  Zhang Pu immediately objected: "Emperor Xiaowu of Jin Dynasty named Ningkang, and the "Book of Wei" was mistakenly named Kangning, so it can no longer be used."

  Qian Qianyi retorted: "Since it was made by mistake, why can't it be used again? We will publish "Book of Wei" in the future and correct the mistakes!"

  Since it is controversial, it is best not to use it.

  Pang Chun said: "How about Yuantai?"

   "Yes!" Zhang Pu nodded.

  Huang Zongxi said: "I propose that the reign name be Xingzhi."

   "I think Zhaolong should be used."

   "Yongye is also excellent!"

   "..."

  After Zhao Han denied "Xiaokang", the reign names were all over the place, which was even more chaotic than when discussing the country names.

   Seeing that the crowd could not come to a conclusion, Zhao Han made a final decision: "Stop arguing, the reign name is 'Minshi'."

  In an instant, the audience was silent, and there were no longer any objections.

  Qian Qianyi, Ruan Dacheng and others even called out Shengming and frantically flattered Zhao Han.

   Minshi has nothing to say, just a simple combination of two Chinese characters. But it corresponds to the "Three Originals", using the year title to emphasize the people-oriented, and it also reveals that Zhao Han is the first emperor who should respond to the people.

  …

  Country title, year title, you can brainstorm.

  Qian Qianyi and others are not qualified to participate in the discussion of the inner court, harem, clan, and relatives.

   "Is there no inner court?" Li Banghua said pleasantly.

  Traditional civil servants are happy, who wants to be dictated by eunuchs?

   Worried at the same time.

  Pang Chunlai reminded very implicitly: "If there is no inner court, and eunuchs are not needed, there may be... something about the palace."

   This kind of thing is very common in Europe. Using genetic testing methods, you can find that some European royal families seem to have impure blood.

   Zhao Han said: "There is an inner court, but eunuchs are not used, and female officials are used to fill the posts, and the inner court is not allowed to interfere in the government."

  Using eunuchs to suppress civil officials is actually a manifestation of stupidity and incompetence.

  Zhu Di likes to use eunuchs to handle affairs, but he has high prestige and can control eunuchs. That being the case, why use eunuchs? Normal use of civil servants and military generals can also be restrained!

  Switched to other emperors, if they couldn't suppress civil servants, they certainly couldn't suppress eunuchs. Forcing the use of eunuchs will instead lead to a group of civil servants. It is better to directly divide the civil servants.

  Chen Maosheng suddenly asked: "The inner court uses female officials, can these female officials marry?"

Zhao Han explained: "If a female official wants to get married, she can choose to retire. Ordinary court ladies enter the palace at the age of 16 to 18. If they are 25 years old and have no female official position, they must be forced to retire and leave the palace, and return to the people to choose a husband to marry .”

   "This is a benevolent government!" Li Banghua clapped his hands and praised.

  Zhao Han said again: "As a court lady, you must take an exam, and it is all voluntary. The inner court cannot forcibly recruit court ladies from the people, and the selection of concubines is also not allowed to be forcibly recruited. I will write these things into the constitution, including that the inner court must not interfere in politics."

  Xu Ying asked: "Does the harem system also need to be changed?"

  Zhao Han said: "Following the old system of the Ming Dynasty, there are two levels of concubines under the empress. However, the abolition of the imperial concubine and the imperial concubine shall no longer set up this concubine title."

   Zhao Han did not limit the number of concubines, because it is useless to limit.

  Which descendant will be the emperor in the future and how many women he wants? Forcibly specifying the amount will lead to problems, such as abolishing a certain concubine to make room for a woman he likes.

   Moreover, after the number of concubines is limited, the battle in the harem will be intensified, and fights will be fought for those seats.

  Zhao Han only made a rough idea, and left the rest of the specific content, such as setting the inner court organization, the position of female officials, etc., to the Ministry of Rites.

Zhao Han said: "The clan and relatives, I don't support idlers. Even the prince, after he grows up, he has to go to the palace to support himself. He can join the army or be an official, but he has to take an exam. Civil and military positions can only reach the third rank at the highest level, and are not allowed to govern a province. Clan relatives other than the fifth rank can only achieve the second rank at the highest level, and are also not allowed to govern a province. For military positions, the fourth rank and above are not allowed As the real command. Except, of course, the Navy."

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  (end of this chapter)