Chapter 2219: The country's name is Qin, and the capital is Luoyang

It is actually a very troublesome thing to be called emperor. It is not done just by Qin Hao’s announcement of becoming emperor in public. There will be a lot of processes to go after that.

For example: determine the title of the country, determine the capital, determine the year name, issue a manifesto to announce the world, choose good times and hold the throne ceremony, and worship the heaven, ancestors, gods and ancestors.

In addition, envoys must be sent to nearby countries to submit prayers and requested envoys to Luoyang to watch the ceremony.

The Qin Hao's throne ceremony must be a grand event. This is related to the trend of the whole world. Of course, only Qin cannot participate. If no other country comes to watch the ceremony, wouldn't it be the Qin's self-entertainment?

In addition to the above points, Qin Hao has another step in becoming emperor than others, that is, changing his surname.

The identity of the descendant of the First Emperor has been confirmed, but Qin Hao still has the surname "Qin", so before he becomes emperor, he must change his surname back. At that time, the new Qin State will be the real Qin State.

The road has to be walked step by step, and the meal has to be eaten one bite at a time.

There was no dispute over the civil and military officials of the court about choosing the name of the country.

As a descendant of the Ying family, Qin Hao was the direct descendant of the First Emperor, and his king's name was King of Qin. Except for "Qin", it was impossible to use other national names.

Regarding the establishment of the capital, the ministers had little disagreement. They only chose among the two cities of Luoyang and Chang'an. No one mentioned the big cities such as Yecheng, Jinyang, Xiangyang, and Yanjing.

A group of officials from Qin and Jin, led by Qin Jian, believed that since they wanted to restore the throne, they would be thoroughly restored, and that Qin was the name of the country, the country must be in Chang'an.

Although the Qin army had not yet taken Guanzhong and Chang'an was not in the hands of the Qin army, the Qin army had already started war against Tang, and it was only a matter of time to take Guanzhong.

After taking over Guanzhong and Chang'an, Chang'an was renamed Xianyang, and the former Xianyang County was directly incorporated into Chang'an.

The views of Qin Jian and others were supported by many people, and the restoration was completely aligned with Qin Hao, but in the end he denied Qin Jian's proposal and adopted Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen's proposal to establish the capital of Luoyang.

Qin Hao has his own considerations when choosing Luoyang instead of Chang'an:

First of all, seizing Guanzhong is definitely not something that can be done in the short term, but the ceremony of ascension to the throne is imminent, and Qin Hao cannot wait for a year to become emperor;

Secondly, even if you successfully occupy Guanzhong, Liangzhou, Hanzhong, Longxi and other places, they are still under the hands of the enemy. If you don’t capture all these enemies, you will not be stable. The most important thing in determining a country is stability.

The last and most important point is that Qin Hao doesn't want to follow everything in the pre-Qin period, but Qin Shihuang.

Although Qin Hao borrowed the title of descendants of the Ying family to restore the throne, what he wanted to establish was his own Qin, not Qin Shihuang's Qin.

If the capital of the country was set in Chang'an and then changed its name to Xianyang, there would be too many overlaps between the two Qin and would definitely be compared by later generations.

Even though Qin Hao's great achievements far surpassed those of the pre-Qin, the pre-Qin was an ancestor after all, how could later generations surpass their ancestors?

With this identity, Qin Hao's Great Qin was innately inferior to Qin Shihuang's Great Qin.

Qin Hao was unwilling to put himself behind Qin Shihuang when his descendants mentioned him, so he would not take the same path as Qin Shihuang, so it was absolutely impossible to establish the capital of Chang'an.

In fact, Qin Hao wanted to establish his capital in Yanjing, the emperor guarded the country, and the king died in the country. However, the Youzhou in this era was too poor. Yanjing could become the capital of the vassal state, but he could not bear the heavy responsibility of the capital for a day.

As for Luoyang, although it has been repeatedly devastated by war, it is still the largest city in the world. Its population and economy are not comparable to Chang'an today.

In addition, establishing the capital of Luoyang is equivalent to hanging a sword of Damocles on the necks of the princes in Guanxi and Guandong. It can not only intimidate the princes of Guanxi but also intimidate the princes of the Central Plains, but it can be said to have many benefits.

"Okay, I don't have to persuade you, I will decide to make the capital in Luoyang." Qin Hao said firmly.

Qin Jian and others, seeing that Qin State solved this problem, had no room for negotiation, so they could only retreat with disappointment.

As for the year name used, the civil and military officials once again had a dispute.

Zhuge Liang proposed to use "Zhangwu", which means "Zhangwu" means civil and military;

Zhang Hong proposed to use "Huanglong", which is the true emperor of fate;

Guo Jia proposed to use "Huang Chu"...

Gu Yong proposed to use "Huang Wu"...

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All the ministers believed that Qin Hao swept the princes inside and expelled Yuan Qing outside. He had been fighting for many years and had never lost his achievements. Therefore, there was either the word "Wu" in the year name to show his achievements or the word "Huang" to show his dignity. Therefore, the proposed year name is either "*Wu" or "Huang*".

Qin Hao saw that everyone had been arguing for more than ten minutes, but no one said he was dissatisfied with each other, so he gave Jia Xu a wink.

After Jia Xu understood, he pretended to cough twice and stood up and said, "What does Your Majesty think of the year name of 'Shenwu'?"

"Shenwu? Weird Shenwu?"

Qin Hao was shocked and smiled and said, "My uncle suggested that he be as kind as the king, so he should make the year name Shenwu."

The reason why Qin Hao asked his ministers to discuss was to see if there were any new year names. As a result, all the ones he proposed were used by others in history. Although they have not been used yet, Qin Hao still doesn't want to use them. He wants to use his own year names.

I asked Jia Xu to stand up and express his opinions, but I just couldn't imagine it. Wen Tianxiang really came up with it.

When Zhuge Liang, Zhang Hong and others heard this, they all felt that the Shenwu year name was magnificent, domineering, and catchy. The most important thing was that had not been used yet. It was really the most suitable year name.

In this way, Qin Hao's reign was decided, and Emperor Taizu of Qin, who was talked about by future generations, was born.

As for the manifesto of becoming emperor, it is naturally impossible to write it by Emperor Qin Hao. There are countless outstanding scholars and scholars in the Great Qin State. If Qin Hao himself was allowed to take action, the literati of Qin State would not be able to raise their heads.

Writing a manifesto is difficult or not, and it is not easy to say. There are still many people who can do it, such as: Han Fei, Qu Yuan, Wang Xizhi, Qin Guan, Wang Anshi, Wen Tianxiang, Zhuge Liang, etc.

It is very simple to write a good manifesto with the literary talent of these people.

Finally, after some consideration, Qin Hao decided to hand over this task to Qu Yuan. His writing style was gorgeous, magnificent, and upright, and relatively more suitable for writing this manifesto.

Seeing that the lord gave him such an important task, Qu Yuan made up his mind to live up to his trust, so he went into seclusion to write a masterpiece.
Chapter completed!