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"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 country name can be 'Great Wu'." Qian Qianyi said.

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

He was temporarily in Nanjing to collect information from various places, and said at this moment: "No matter the north or the south, the word Datong has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Why not just name 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, and they fought over and over to come up with a number of country titles, and it was up to Zhao Han to decide which one to choose.

Zhao Han was also very tangled, and asked, "How about the country 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 have the same meaning and cannot be used as the name of the country. 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 is reasonable." Huang Zongxi supported Zhang Cai's statement.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's "Fengtian Call for the Northern Expedition", there are a lot of Chinese, Chinese, and even the words "drive out the barbarians 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.

The next step is to hold an enlarged meeting, let the ministers vote by secret ballot, and write their own 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 saw each other repeatedly, candidates 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.

Take Chongzhen as an example. He only obeyed the rules for the first two or three years, but he kept breaking 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..."

None had more than half the votes.

Zhao Han carefully observed the handwriting, and immediately laughed.

Since they are all written in Taige style, 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, 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 he didn't hear the flattery, and continued: "Let's fix the year again."

"Since the name of the country is Datong, the name of the year should be Xiaokang!" Zhang Cai 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!"

There are different opinions on the name of the country.

When it came time to determine the year, everyone's opinions were surprisingly unanimous.

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

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 For a well-off life.

The national name Datong is the ultimate pursuit.

The reign title Xiaokang was Zhao Han's rule, which 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 he came to Zhao Han, could he be called Emperor Xiaokang?

Did Zhao Han, the well-off emperor, 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 difficult 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!

"Cough cough!"

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 quickly said, "Change the year name!"

Ruan Dacheng sneaked into the dictionary compiling team and was also invited to discuss the matter today. He said, "How about 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 Kang Ning?" 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 is Yuan Tai?"

"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, and it was even more chaotic than when discussing the country names.

Seeing that the crowd couldn't 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 shouted at 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 asked in surprise.

Traditional civil servants are all 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 servants 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!

If it was another emperor, if he couldn't suppress civil servants, he would definitely not be able to 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 get married?"

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, and if they have no female official position at the age of 25, 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 in praise.

Zhao Han said again: "To be a court lady, you must take an exam. It's all voluntary. The inner court cannot forcibly recruit court ladies from the people, and concubines are 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 imperial concubine and noble concubine are abolished, and this concubine title cannot be set up again."

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 is not a matter of one sentence?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."

Chapter 382 [Royal education and knighthood issues]

There will be no problems with the system of sending out palace ladies, at least in the Qing Dynasty.

In the 16th year of Kangxi, it was stipulated that palace ladies who were over 30 years old were sent out.In the first year of Yongzheng, it was also stipulated that all court ladies were ordered to leave the palace when they were 25 years old.

Leaking palace secrets?

You are those eunuchs and court ladies who never leave the palace?Especially those big eunuchs, not only often go out of the palace, but also privately build luxury houses in Beijing, and even marry wives to live.

Even if a woman who came out of the palace was too old, the people would rush to marry her.

Take the crown prince of Ming Dynasty as an example, among 5000 people auditioning for the crown princess, [-] of them will be promoted to the palace.When the queen mother and empress presided over the semi-finals in person, there were only [-] left, and one main concubine and two side concubines were selected from them.

The rest of the unselected women were all sent back to their original places, and the matchmaker broke the threshold immediately.

Especially those who advanced to the top [-], they were simply robbed by the people like crazy!

There was once a pair of sisters who advanced to the top three at the same time.In order to prevent gang formation, one of them was sent back to his hometown.This woman thinks very highly of herself, she thinks she is a crown princess, and she refuses to agree to anyone who proposes marriage, and in the end she dies alone.

"General Fei is also a relative," Xu Ying reminded.

Zhao Han explained: "The founding minister should not be considered as a foreign relative. How great an official he can be depends on how much merit he can make."

Li Banghua asked: "Does the James Mansion need to be rebuilt?"

Zhan Shifu was the educational institution of the princes of the Ming Dynasty. It was basically abandoned in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and it became a springboard for the promotion of the princes of the Imperial Academy.

Li Banghua was asking about the prince's education.

Zhao Han said: "In the establishment of a school in the imperial city, the prince also has to go to elementary school and middle school. Choose children of the right age who are innocent, and go to elementary school with the princes. When the prince goes to middle school, he will choose three students with excellent grades from all over the country. primary school graduates, and go to middle school with the princes."

"Not the Forbidden City?" Li Banghua repeatedly confirmed.

"It's not the Forbidden City, it's the Imperial City." Zhao Han affirmed.

The imperial city is the office of the central government. The government offices of the six ministries of the Ming Dynasty and the governors of the fifth army are all located in the imperial city.

As for the Forbidden City, it was the place where the emperor lived, had leisure and worked, and the cabinet agencies were also located in the Forbidden City.

Pang Chunlai smiled and said, "The prince will accompany you."

Zhao Han said solemnly: "The school-age children who are selected to study in the imperial city will be occupied by the children and grandchildren of the powerful in time. I do not prohibit it, and I will never prohibit it. But there are only forty children in each grade. And every year The last ten in the exam must all be eliminated, and students of that grade must be re-selected to supplement."

This is to encourage children to study, not to play with the prince.

Li Banghua asked again: "What about middle school?"

Zhao Han said: "In the future, all counties will have a unified examination for primary school graduation. No. 1 in the county can be sent to the provincial examination. , sent to Huangcheng to go to middle school with the prince. Only the top ten graduates of Huangcheng primary school can stay to accompany the prince to go to middle school, and the rest of the students will be eliminated."

Chen Maosheng asked: "If there is no prince, does the Imperial City School need to be temporarily closed?"