Chapter 2223: The country was named Qin and its capital was Luoyang.

Chapter 2223 The country was named Qin and its capital was Luoyang

Chapter 2219: The country was named Qin and its capital was Luoyang

 Proclaiming himself emperor is actually a very troublesome matter. Qin Hao cannot just declare his proclaimed emperor in public and be done with it. There are still many procedures to go through afterwards.

For example: determining the title of the country, the capital of the country, the title of the year, promulgating a proclamation to inform the world, choosing a good time to hold the enthronement ceremony, and offering sacrifices to heaven, ancestors, gods, and sages.

In addition, envoys must be sent to surrounding countries to deliver greetings and invite envoys from various countries to come to Luoyang to observe the ceremony.

Qin Hao's enthronement ceremony must be a grand event. It is related to the trend of the entire world. Naturally, Qin cannot be the only country to participate. If no other countries come to watch the ceremony, wouldn't it be Qin's own pride?

 In addition to the above points, Qin Hao had another step to take when he proclaimed himself emperor, which was to change his surname.

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

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

 There was no dispute among the civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty about which character should be chosen as the country’s name.

As a descendant of the Ying family, Qin Hao is a direct descendant of the First Emperor, and his royal title is King Qin. It is impossible to use any other country title except "Qin".

Regarding the capital of the country, the ministers had little disagreement. They only chose between Luoyang and Chang'an. Big cities such as Yecheng, Jinyang, Xiangyang, and Yanjing were not mentioned.

The officials of the Qin and Jin Dynasties headed by Qin Jian believed that since restoration was to be carried out, the restoration should be complete, and the country with Qin as its name must be in Chang'an.

Although the Qin Army has not yet captured Guanzhong and Chang'an is not in the hands of the Qin Army, the Qin Army has already launched a war against the Tang Dynasty, and it will only be a matter of time before the Qin Army captures Guanzhong.

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

The views of Qin Jian and others were supported by many people, and Qin Hao strongly agreed with the statement that restoration should be thorough, but in the end he rejected Qin Jian's proposal and adopted Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen's proposal of establishing the capital in Luoyang.

  Qin Hao had his own considerations in choosing Luoyang instead of Chang'an:

 First of all, capturing Guanzhong is by no means something that can be achieved in the short term, but the enthronement ceremony is imminent, and Qin Hao cannot wait for a year to proclaim himself emperor;

Secondly, even if Guanzhong is successfully captured, Liangzhou, Hanzhong, Longxi and other places will still be in the hands of the enemy. If these enemies are not captured, Guanzhong will not be stable, and the most important thing for a national capital is stability.

Last and most important point, Qin Hao did not want to be like the pre-Qin Dynasty or Qin Shihuang in everything.

Although Qin Hao borrowed the name of a descendant of the Ying family to restore his country, he wanted to establish his own Great Qin, not Qin Shihuang's Great Qin.

If the capital of the country is set in Chang'an and then renamed Xianyang, there will be too many overlaps between the two Qin Dynasties, and they will definitely be compared by future generations.

Even though Qin Hao's achievements in the Great Qin far exceeded that of the Pre-Qin, Pre-Qin was his ancestor after all. With this status, Qin Hao's Great Qin was inherently inferior to Qin Shihuang's Great Qin.

Qin Hao did not want future generations to put himself behind Qin Shihuang when referring to him, so he would not take the same path as Qin Shihuang. It was absolutely impossible to establish Chang'an as his capital.

In fact, Qin Hao wanted to make Yanjing the capital, with the emperor guarding the country and the king dying in the country. However, the foundation of Youzhou in this era was too poor. Yanjing could become the capital of vassal states, but it could not bear the heavy responsibility of being the capital of a dynasty.

As for Luoyang, although it has been devastated by wars many times, it is still the largest city in the world. In terms of population and economy, it is not comparable to Chang'an today.

In addition, making Luoyang the capital is equivalent to hanging a Sword of Damocles around the necks of the princes in Kansai and East. It can intimidate both the princes in Kansai and the Central Plains. It can be said that there are many benefits. "Okay, Fourth Uncle, there is no need to persuade me anymore, I am determined to make Luoyang the capital." Qin Hao said firmly.

Qin Jian and other members of the Qin clan saw that Qin had solved the problem in this way and left no room for negotiation, so they could only retreat with disappointment.

As for what era name to use, the civil and military officials once again had a dispute.

Zhuge Liang proposed to use "Zhang Wu", Zhang means Wen, and "Zhang Wu" also means Wenwu;

 Zhang Hong proposed to use "Huanglong", the Yellow Dragon is also the destined emperor;

Guo Jia proposed to use ‘Huang Chu’…

Gu Yong suggested using ‘Huang Wu’…

 …

The ministers believed that Qin Hao suppressed the princes internally and expelled the Yuan and Qing Dynasties externally. He fought for many years without any defeat, so the reign title should either have the character "武" to show his achievements, or the character "黄" to show his nobility, so they proposed The reign name is either '*武' or '黄*'.

Qin Hao saw that everyone was arguing for more than ten minutes, but no one was convinced, so he gave Jia Xu a wink.

After understanding this, Jia Xu pretended to cough twice, then stood up and said from experience: "What do you think of the reign name 'Shenwu', Your Majesty?"

 “Shenwu? Yingming Shenwu?”

Qin Hao was shocked, raised his hands and said with a smile: "My uncle suggested that in line with the king's wishes, let's name him Shenwu."

The reason why Qin Hao asked the ministers to discuss it was to see if there were any new era names. As a result, the ones that came up were all used by others in history. Although they have not been used yet, Qin Hao still didn't want to use them. I want to use my own unique era name.

Let Jia Xu stand up and express his opinion, just to see if he has any good ideas. If it is not what he thinks, it is really what Qin Hao wants.

When Zhuge Liang, Zhang Hong and others heard this, they all felt that the reign name Shenwu was majestic, domineering, and catchy. The most important thing was that it had not been used by anyone before. It was the most suitable reign name.

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

As for the imperial edict, it was naturally impossible for Qin Hao, the emperor, to write it. There were countless outstanding literati in the Qin State. If Qin Hao had to do it himself, the literati of the Qin State would not be able to hold their heads high.

 Writing a message is neither difficult nor easy. There are still many people who are qualified, such as: Han Fei, Qu Yuan, Wang Xizhi, Qin Guan, Wang Anshi, Wen Tianxiang, Zhuge Liang, etc.

With the literary talents of these people, it is extremely simple to write a good slogan.

 Finally, after some deliberation, Qin Hao decided to hand over this task to Qu Yuan. His writing style was gorgeous, majestic and upright, which made him more suitable for writing this memorandum.

Seeing that his lord entrusted him with such an important task, Qu Yuan made up his mind to live up to his lord's trust, so he went into seclusion and prepared to write a masterpiece that would be handed down for generations.

With Qu Yuan's literary talents, writing a slogan was simply too big. It only took him one night to write the first draft, but he was not satisfied. He revised it for three more days in an effort to improve it. After the revision was irreversible, he asked Han Fei and Zhuge Liang for help. After polishing, Qin Hao's essay on proclaiming himself emperor was finally published.

Regarding the possible change of the reign name, do you have any good suggestions?

　　

　　

 (End of this chapter)