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Chapter 1197 Country name and capital

In the side hall, Wang Cangao sat on the throne, and below were the civil and military ministers such as Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, etc. When they saw everyone standing, Wang Can waved his hand and said, "Are you not tired to stand? You all sit down. Keep you here to discuss the issue of the country and year names. As for ascending the throne, you can choose another good day, so I won't consider it for the time being. Please speak freely and tell your own opinions."

Everyone thanked him and sat down in order.

There was a silence in the hall, as if no one wanted to make a head-on bird.

Finally, Lu Meng clasped his fists and said, "Lord, Dingzu (Ren'an's character) is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and it is the Beidou of Mount Tai. It is best for Dingzu to make the decision on the country and year names."

With a fierce kick, Lu Meng kicked the ball to Ren An.

This Ren An was Ren An of the Three Kingdoms, and was not a figure in the Western Han Dynasty in Sima Qian's "Letter to Ren An".

Compared with Ren An of the Western Han Dynasty, Ren An is currently talented and highly respected, and is a fruitful figure in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Liu Yan once commented that Ren An was "the ingot of the country", which shows how important it is.

Ren An is already seventy-six years old, with silver hair, sparse beard, and wrinkles on his face. He walked with staggering and needed help. Although Ren An was the Minister of Rites, he was not in charge. What Wang Can wanted was such a great scholar to be in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and he also set an example for the scholars in Yizhou.

Ren An bowed to Wang Can and said slowly: "King of Shu, you founded the country in Chengdu. The country's name is Shu. As for the year name, the King of Shu can be customized."

Behave in a regular manner and act without any politeness.

Wang Can shook his head and said, "The country established does not need to follow its geographical location or something. It must have momentum and be able to overwhelm Cao Cao's Wei Kingdom. Shu Kingdom is too ordinary, not good."

Ren An smashed his mouth, wanted to speak, but didn't say anything.

Wang Can looked at Guo Jia and asked, "Fengxiao, you have many ideas on weekdays. What do you think is better to choose a country name?"

"What is a ghost idea? That's full of wisdom."

Guo Jia said a few words in his heart, his eyes turned, and he said with a smile: "Lord, I think the word "Saint" is simply used as the name of the country and call our dynasty the "Holy Dynasty". What do you think?"

"Holy Dynasty?"

Wang Can murmured twice, smiled on his face and said, "It's not bad, Holy Dynasty, Holy Dynasty!"

Just when Wang Can felt good, Xun You bowed and said, "Lord, I think it is extremely inappropriate to use 'saint' as the country's name, and it is not desirable, it is not desirable!" Xun Youlian said two 'undesirable', and then turned to Guo Jia who was smirking, and glared at Guo Jia fiercely, blaming Guo Jia for coming.

“Why?”

Wang Can looked at Xun You strangely and asked with a smile: "Gongda, let me first talk about why you oppose Fengxiao's proposal? Why do you think the word "Saint" is not good, and then what kind of country name do you think is the best."

Xun You stood up from the seat and bowed: "In the past, the seven kingdoms competed for power. The Qin Kingdom's national name was Qin, and was called King of Qin. Ying Zheng unified the world and ascended the throne and emperor. He continued to use the Qin King's national name, called Daqin. Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang killed the snake and rebelled, and was later named King of Han. Emperor Gaozu defeated Xiang Chu and unified the world. He continued to use the Han King's national name, called Dahan. Now the lord's lord's national name, and wanted to ascend the throne and become emperor. Naturally, he continued to use the lord's royal title and called Dashu. I believe that the suggestion of Dingzugong was mature and polite, so please think twice."

"Da Shu, uncle?" Wang Can felt funny in his heart and shook his head repeatedly and said, "Da Shu is not good, not good."

Xun You sighed and asked, "Do you dare to ask the lord, what character is used as the country name?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Can showed a bright smile on his face and said in a deep voice: "I want to use 'Heaven' as the country' and call it the Heavenly Kingdom."

When the civil servants in the hall heard this, they were in an uproar.

Good guy, it’s too arrogant to use “Heaven” as the country name!

Cheng Yu coughed lightly, stood up, bowed and said, "Lord, the emperor calls him the emperor, which means the son of heaven. However, the lord's country's name is "Heaven", which is called the Heavenly Dynasty, which is disrespectful to heaven. We can call ourselves the "Holy Dynasty", and other small countries of the barbarians surrender, and can respect us as the "Heaven Dynasty", but we cannot use "Heaven" as the national name. Please think twice."

Cheng Yu said earnestly, with a solemn expression, and said sincerely: "If God is angry, the country will be in danger. Lord, you should choose a powerful country name, just like the 'Sage' mentioned by Feng Xiao, or take 'Yu', 'Zhou', 'Hong', 'huang', 'huang' and so on as the national names. Why do you choose 'tian'? This is not OK!"

Wang Can said, "I am the Emperor of Heaven, isn't the Heavenly Dynasty good?"

At this time, Jia Xu knelt on the ground with a pounce and said, "Lord, you can't use 'god'!"

Bang! Bang!

The old guy simply kowtowed the ground with his head and kowtowed twice in a row.

Immediately afterwards, important ministers such as Ren An, Li Ru, Xun You, and Tian Feng knelt down one after another and asked Wang Can to choose the country name again. In the eyes of these ministers, God should not offend him. Wang Can used "Heaven" as the country name and was disrespectful to God. Wang Can looked at the kneeling area below and felt a headache. Fortunately, Wei Yan and Lu Meng had not kneeled down yet.

Wang Can asked: "Lu Meng, what do you think?"

Lu Meng said loudly: "The lord said it was 'heaven', and the last general agreed to 'heaven', and the last general agreed."

"Damn it!"

After Lu Meng finished speaking, Cheng Yu shouted loudly.

Cheng Yu widened his eyes and angrily shouted: "Lu Meng, do you still indulge your lord in the face of big troubles? The lord uses 'Heaven' as the country name, which is an offensive act of God and is disrespectful. The lord can use any character as the country name, but you cannot use the word 'Heaven'. You have to think clearly and don't make mistakes."

Cheng Yu's voice and expression were stern, his gray eyebrows were leaping and extremely angry.

Lu Meng was scolded by Cheng Yu, but did not refute.

Seeing that everyone was opposed, Wang Can sighed: "All the Lords should get up, don't use 'Heaven' as the country name." These old guys disagreed, let alone Cai Yong's level.

Everyone stood up to object, and Wang Can'er couldn't stand it.

"The Lord, the Holy Lord!"

The civil officials breathed a sigh of relief and called Wang Can Shengming.

Wang Can said in a deep voice: "Since you can't think of a domineering country name, you can follow the proposal of Dingzu Gong and use "Shu" as the country name and call it Dashu. I have adopted your suggestions. You must agree with my opinion on the year name. Starting from myself, you will no longer draw up the year name, and the Chinese calendar will be based on the Chinese calendar. This year is the seventh year of Xingping, and it will be changed to the first year of China. From now on, you will use China directly for a few years, and calculate one by one, and no longer set the year name."

When everyone heard this, they had a headache again.

The year number is exclusive to every emperor. Is it difficult to deal with without the year number?

Everyone looked at each other, thinking that Wang Can was really troubled. When choosing a national name, he chose "Heaven", and now he has made a trick of abolishing the year name, which is troublesome.

However, Wang Can took a step back, how could they persist?

Seeing that everyone was silent, Wang Can said, "There are too many national names that the people cannot remember, nor can they remember them. Just use the Chinese Annals that are convenient for memory, and accumulate year by year, so that they can better remember and more convenient. Things are settled and will not be changed. Starting this year, the repetition of the Han Dynasty will be abolished and the first year of China will begin."

"promise!"

Jia Xu, Cheng Yu and others could not resist Wang Can, so they had to respond.

Tian Feng stood up and bowed, "Lord, the country name and year name have been solved, and there is also the problem of capital establishment. Although Chengdu is flat and prosperous, the roads in Shuzhong where Chengdu is located are difficult to travel, and the transportation is inconvenient, and it is not suitable for being the capital of a dynasty. I suggest that the lord moves the capital of Luoyang, and can control the land of You and Geng to the north, lead the land of Jingxiang to the south, and control Bashu, Xiliang to the west, and control Yanzhou, Qingzhou and other places in the east. It is most suitable to establish the capital in Luoyang."

Wang Can curled his smile and nodded and said, "Yuan Hao's words make sense, I agree. As for the current situation, we have taken Luoyang and Chang'an, controlled the three auxiliary places, and moved to Luoyang. When we fight Cao Cao next, I will be in charge of Luoyang and command the war. After ascending the throne, we will go north and move the capital to Luoyang."

"The lord is wise."

Tian Feng bowed and smiled.

No one refuted this proposal, because everyone knows that although Chengdu is good, it is surrounded by mountains and the roads are rugged. It is not suitable for being the capital of the country. It is the most suitable to move the capital to Luoyang.

...

The first year of China, the third day of June.

Wang Can was called emperor in Chengdu and his country was named "Shu". Since then, Da Shu was born. After Wang Can ascended the throne, he was rewarded with officials, which is what all civil and military generals are looking forward to.

When the edict was passed down, everyone was very happy.

After being excited, Wang Can calmed down and began to prepare for a decisive battle with Cao Cao.

Shi Ah hurried to the palace, with joy on his face and deep joy on his eyebrows, and did not calm down from the joy. Now Wang Can has fulfilled his promise to Wang Yue and Shi Ah at that time, appointed Shi Ah as the Sili Captain, and became the supervisor of the capital and the local government, and his authority increased greatly. After Shi Ah entered the hall, he said, "My dear Shi, please pay homage to Your Majesty."

Wang Can waved his hand and said, "Sit down, is there anything wrong?"

Shi A said: "Report to Your Majesty, I have sent someone to round up Ju Su and Hua Xin, arrested two of them, and asked Your Majesty to decide."

Wang Can frowned and said, "Ah Shi, don't add the four words 'reported to Your Majesty' when speaking. Just say something directly. It's so irritating to listen to it, remember it clearly."

"No!" Shi A bowed his head.

Wang Can ordered: "Take Ju Su and Hua Xin to the hall and I will interrogate it myself." Although Wang Can is already the emperor of Shu, when he talks to his confidant, he is still used to calling himself "I". Although this title has been advised countless times by Jia Xu, Tian Feng and others, Wang Can still do his own thing, and Jia Xu and others have no choice but to persuade him.

Shi A received the order and hurriedly bowed and quit.
Chapter completed!
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