In the side hall, Wang Can sat high on the throne. Below him stood Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia and other civil and military ministers. Seeing everyone standing, Wang Can waved his hands and said, "Aren't you tired of standing? Sit down. I'll leave you here."
, is to discuss the issue of the country name and the reign name. As for the enthronement, we can choose another day and will not consider it for the time being. You can speak freely and express your opinions."
Everyone thanked him and sat down in order.
There was silence in the main hall, as no one seemed to want to be the first to do so.
Finally, Lu Meng clasped his fists and said: "My lord, Duke Dingzu (characterized by Ren An) is in charge of the Ministry of Rites. He is the Beidou of Taishan. It is best for Duke Ding to make the decision on the country name and the reign name."
With a fierce kick, Lu Meng kicked the ball to Ren An.
This Ren An is the Ren An of the Three Kingdoms, not the Western Han Dynasty figure in Sima Qian's "Book of Reporting to Ren An".
Compared with Ren An in the Western Han Dynasty, the current Ren An has outstanding talents and high moral prestige. He is a fruitful figure in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Liu Yan once evaluated Ren An as "the ingot of the country", which shows his importance.
Ren An is seventy-six years old. He has silver hair, a sparse beard, and wrinkles all over his face. He staggers when he walks and needs help. Although Ren An serves as the Minister of Rites, he is not in charge.
.Wang Can wanted such a great scholar to sit in the Ministry of Rites, and he also set an example for Yizhou scholars.
Ren An tremblingly bowed his hands to Wang Can and said slowly: "King of Shu, you founded the country in Chengdu. The name of the country is Shu. As for the year name, the king of Shu can decide it himself."
He behaves and behaves in a polite manner, without any violation of etiquette.
Wang Can shook his head and said: "The name of the country you establish does not need to be based on geographical location or anything like that. It must be powerful and able to overwhelm Cao Cao's Wei State. Shu State is too ordinary and is not good."
Ren An smacked his mouth and wanted to speak, but he didn't.
Wang Can looked at Guo Jia and asked: "Fengxiao, you usually have a lot of clever ideas. What do you think? What kind of country title do you think is best?"
"What do you mean by a clever idea? That's a clever idea."
Guo Jia cursed in his heart, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "My lord, I think it's better to use the word 'holy' as the name of the country and call our dynasty 'holy dynasty'. What do you think, lord?"
"Holy pilgrimage?"
Wang Can murmured twice, with a smile on his face, and said: "It's not bad, Holy Chao, Holy Chao!"
Just when Wang Can felt good, Xun You held up his hands and said: "My Lord, I think it is extremely inappropriate, undesirable, and undesirable to use 'Sheng' as the name of the country!" Xun You said two "undesirable" words in succession.
, his eyes turned to Guo Jia who was snickering, and he glared at Guo Jia fiercely, blaming Guo Jia for his misbehavior.
"Why?"
Wang Can looked at Xun You strangely and asked with a smile: "Gongda, first tell me why you oppose the proposal of Fengxiao? Why do you think the word 'saint' is not good? Then tell me what kind of country title you think is best."
Xun You stood up from his seat, cupped his hands and said: "In the past, the seven kingdoms were competing for supremacy. The Qin State was named Qin and was called the King of Qin. Ying Zheng unified the world and ascended the throne and proclaimed himself the emperor. He followed the name of the King of Qin and was called the Great Qin. His great ancestor Liu Bang beheaded him.
Snake revolted and was later named the King of Han. Gaozu defeated Xiang Chu and unified the world. He inherited the title of King of Han and was called the Great Han. Now that the lord has been promoted to the King of Shu, he wants to ascend the throne and proclaim himself the emperor. Naturally, he will follow the lord's royal title and be called the Great Shu.
I think Dingzu Gong’s suggestion is a mature and prudent statement, so I ask my lord to think again.”
"Da Shu, uncle?" Wang Can was amused in his heart and shook his head repeatedly: "Da Shu is not good, not good."
Xun You sighed and asked, "May I ask, my lord, what word should be used as the name of the country?"
When Wang Can heard this, a bright smile appeared on his face, and he said solemnly: "I want to use 'Tian' as the name of the country and call it the Celestial Dynasty."
The civil servants in the main hall were in an uproar when they heard this.
Good guy, it’s too arrogant to use ‘Heaven’ as the name of the country!
Cheng Yu coughed twice, stood up, raised his hands and said: "My lord, the emperor calls him the Son of Heaven, which means son of heaven. However, the name of my lord's country is 'Tian', and calling him the Celestial Dynasty is disrespectful to God. We can call him
We are the 'Holy Dynasty', and other small Hulu countries surrender and can respectfully call us the 'Celestial Dynasty', but we cannot use 'Heaven' as the name of our country. Please think again, my lord."
Cheng Yu spoke sincerely, looked solemn, and said sincerely: "If God is angry, the country will be in danger. My lord, you have to choose a powerful country title, which can be like the 'Holy' mentioned in the filial piety, or '
"Yu', 'Zhou', 'Hong', 'Huang', etc. are used as country names, why did you choose 'Tian'? This is not okay!"
Wang Can said: "I am the Emperor of Heaven. Isn't it bad for the Heavenly Dynasty?"
At this time, Jia Xu knelt on the ground with a plop and said: "My lord, you can't use 'Heaven'!"
Bang! Bang!
The old guy simply kowtowed his head to the ground twice in a row.
Immediately afterwards, Ren An, Li Ru, Xun You, Tian Feng and other important ministers knelt down and asked Wang Can to re-choose the title of his country. In the eyes of these ministers, God should not be offended. Wang Can used "Tian" as the title of his country, which was disrespectful to God.
Wang Can looked at the group of kneeling people below and felt a headache. Fortunately, Wei Yan and Lu Meng had not knelt down yet.
Wang Can asked: "Lu Meng, what do you think?"
Lu Meng said loudly: "My lord said it was 'Heaven', and the last general agreed with 'Heaven', and the last general agreed."
"Asshole!"
After Lu Meng finished speaking, Cheng Yu shouted loudly.
Cheng Yu's eyes widened and he yelled angrily: "Lü Meng, do you still condone my lord in the face of great right and wrong? My lord uses 'Tian' as the name of his country. This is an act that offends God and is disrespectful. My lord can use any word as his name."
The word '天' cannot be used in the name of the country. You have to think clearly and don't make mistakes."
Cheng Yu's voice was stern, his gray brows were twitching, and he was extremely angry.
Lu Meng was scolded by Cheng Yu but did not refute.
Seeing that everyone was opposed, Wang Can sighed and said, "All princes, please get up and don't use 'Tian' as the title of the country." None of these old guys agreed, let alone Cai Yong.
Everyone rose up to oppose it, and Wang Can'er simply couldn't bear it.
"Lord Shengming!"
The civil servants breathed a sigh of relief and called Wang Canshengming repeatedly.
Wang Can said in a deep voice: "Since I can't think of a domineering country name, I will follow Dingzu Gong's suggestion and use 'Shu' as the country name and call it Great Shu. I have accepted your suggestion. Regarding the reign name, you
You have to agree with me. From now on, we will no longer draw up era names in the future, but will be based on the Chinese calendar. This year is the seventh year of Xingping, so it will be changed to the first year of the Chinese calendar. From now on, we will directly use the Chinese years, add up one by one, and no longer set it.
Year number."
After everyone heard this, they had a headache again.
The reign name is exclusive to each emperor. Is it difficult to do without a reign name?
Everyone looked at each other in shock, feeling that Wang Can was really tormenting people. When choosing the country name, he chose "Heaven", and now he has come up with the trick of abolishing the reign name. It is troublesome enough.
However, Wang Can took a step back, how could they persist?
Seeing that everyone was silent, Wang Can said: "There are too many country names, and the people can't remember them, and they can't remember them. Let's just use the Chinese calendar, which is easy to remember, and add it up year by year. This will make it easier to remember and more convenient. Things
It has been decided as such and will not be changed. Starting from this year, the era names of the Han Dynasty will be abolished and the first year of China will begin."
"promise!"
Jia Xu, Cheng Yu and others couldn't resist Wang Can, so they had to agree.
Tian Feng stood up, cupped his hands and said: "My lord, the matter of the country name and the era name has been solved, and there is still the problem of establishing the capital. Although Chengdu is flat, prosperous and prosperous, the roads in the middle of Shu where Chengdu is located are difficult to travel, and the transportation is inconvenient.
It is suitable to be the capital of a dynasty. The minister suggested that the lord move the capital to Luoyang, so that he can control the land of You and Merge to the north, control the land of Jingxiang to the south, control Bashu and Xiliang to the west, and control Yanzhou to the east.
Qingzhou and other places would be most suitable to have their capital in Luoyang."
Wang Can stopped his smile, nodded and said: "Yuan Hao's words make sense, I agree. As far as the current situation is concerned, we have captured Luoyang and Chang'an, controlled the three auxiliary areas, and can move to Luoyang. The next battle with Cao Cao will be
At that time, I was sitting in Luoyang to direct the war. After ascending the throne, I immediately went north and moved the capital to Luoyang."
"My lord is wise."
Tian Feng bowed his hands and bowed with a smile on his face.
No one refuted this proposal, because everyone knew that although Chengdu was good, it was surrounded by mountains and rugged roads, so it was not suitable as the capital. Moving the capital to Luoyang was the most suitable.
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The first day of the Chinese New Year, the third day of June.
Wang Can proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu, and the country was named "Shu". Since then, Shu was born. What happened after Wang Can ascended the throne was to reward hundreds of officials, which was something that all civil servants and generals looked forward to.
When the edict was handed down, everyone was very happy.
After the excitement, Wang Can calmed down and began to prepare for the decisive battle with Cao Cao.
Shi A hurriedly came to the palace with a happy face and deep joy on his eyebrows. He did not calm down from the joy. Now Wang Can has fulfilled his promise to Wang Yue and Shi A at that time and made Shi A the minister.
Li Xiaowei became the censor overseeing the capital and local areas, and his authority was greatly increased. After Shi'a entered the hall, he bowed: "Your Majesty, Shi'a, I'd like to see you."
Wang Can waved his hand and said: "Sit down, what can I do?"
Shi A said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I sent people to round up Ju Suo and Hua Xin and arrested them. Please make your decision."
Wang Can frowned and said: "Shi A, when you speak, don't add the words 'Report to Your Majesty'. If you have something to say, just say it directly. It will make you feel tired. Remember it clearly."
"No!" Shi A bowed his head.
Wang Can ordered: "Bring Jushou and Hua Xin to the main hall, and I will interrogate them personally." Although Wang Can was already the emperor of Shu, he was still used to calling himself "I" when talking to his confidants. Although this title
Jia Xu, Tian Feng and others advised him countless times, but Wang Can still went his own way. Jia Xu and others had no choice but to give up their advice.