After being turned into cannon fodder, I relied on involution to survive

"My proprietor is already a prince with a different surname. Since you gave Duke Jingguo the title of prince, shouldn't you also give my proprietor a title upgrade?"

Yu Zizhen leaned back on his chair and looked down at the middle-aged scribe who was speaking, "If he is willing to give up his military power and go to Beijing, I can give him a hereditary and replaceable prince title. If he is not willing, then he can only remain the King of Zhenbei. .”

Before the middle-aged scribe could accuse her of being unfair, Yu Zizhen had already persuaded him earnestly, "You have to understand that a strong emperor will not allow other tigers to look at her beside her bed."

Middle-aged scribe:.
Is this a clear warning to them that if King Zhenbei continues to want both, then she will take action against King Zhenbei?

He and his colleague exchanged glances, "I will truthfully convey your words to my boss."

Yu Zizhen nodded, "Then you go back and convey the message. Tell King Zhenbei that if he is not satisfied with the conditions I offer, I can also give his second son the title of second-class marquis after Yu Zicheng marries a wife and has children. But the price is that the child will have to stay in the capital from now on."

The middle-aged scribe was slightly relaxed. Although he and King Zhenbei were actually more inclined to directly upgrade King Zhenbei's title from a county prince to a prince than to give a new title of second-class marquis to Yu Zicheng's second son who did not know where he was. , but Yu Zizhen was able to give the Zhenbei Prince some compensation after firmly rejecting them, which at least showed that she did not mean to make things difficult for the Zhenbei Prince.

Although the middle-aged scribe felt that Yu Zizhen, as a person who was about to ascend the throne and proclaimed emperor, actually said bluntly threatening his biological father, he was not a qualified emperor candidate because of his shallowness.

But it was precisely because Yu Zizhen had no city government that he believed without much consideration that Yu Zizhen did not want to have an extra prince with a heavy army in his new dynasty, so he refused to grant the title of King Zhenbei, and It wasn't because she still resented the wrong treatment and debt owed to her by the King of Zhenbei and his wife.

The reason may not be important to others, but to the guilty and short-tempered King of Zhenbei, this reason is very important, because it is related to whether Yu Zizhen will deliberately target them and retaliate against them in the future.

Sure enough, after repeatedly confirming Yu Zizhen's attitude with his advisers, King Zhenbei agreed to the compensation conditions proposed by Yu Zizhen without much hesitation.

At this point, Yu Zizhen only had Baiyue, Shu, and Liaodong left to recover.

According to the follow-up plan proposed by a group of officials, Yu Zizhen chose to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor first, doing little corvee and paying little tax, so that the people could rest and recuperate.

As for the Baiyue, Shu, and Liaodong that were abandoned when Xiao Yuanjin’s grandfather was there, as well as the foreign races outside the Pass that have always been eyeing the Central Plains, but failed to take advantage of it because Yu Zizhen’s plug-in was powerful and moved too fast, considering the current national strength and people’s livelihood , Yu Zizhen predicted that it would be at least five years before she could attack those places again.

According to the suggestions of his staff, Yu Zizhen stationed troops on the border to frighten the foreign tribes, and then sent envoys to invite the current leaders of Baiyue, Shu, and Liaodong to attend her coronation ceremony.

After setting the tone for the next steps, everyone including Yu Zizhen got busy again.

Other trivial preparations were taken care of by others, so Yu Zizhen didn't have to worry about anything. However, as the unquestionable founding emperor of the new dynasty, Yu Zizhen had to make her own decisions about the country's name, the year's name, and so on.

As a name-dropper, Yu Zizhen actually didn't want to take this idea at all. However, no one gave her a chance to assign tasks. All her subordinates all gave Yu Zizhen this task that they considered to be of special significance. Responsible.

Apart from biting the bullet and reading the book, what else could Yu Zizhen do?
She picked up a book of Shuowen Jiezi with a grimace, read it for a long time, and finally selected a word "Zhao" that she thought had a good meaning.

Yu Zizhen, who thought he had completed his task, happily wrote the word "Zhao" on the paper, "I have thought about it, the name of the country will be called Zhao, which means bright, what do you think? Not bad, right?" Everyone:.
Although they can understand Yu Zizhen's good intentions in wanting to use this character as the name of the country,...
"This word is inappropriate. It will make people suspect that you are continuing the Zhaowang line of Da Qi."

"Yes, especially King Zhao's fiefdom has always been in the eastern region."

"And with all due respect, although the word Zhao has a pretty good meaning, its connotation is a bit too simple and straightforward."

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Being rejected by everyone with various reasons that she thought were completely unreasonable, Yu Zizhen lost his temper and said, "Then Xia, Shang and Zhou? Qin and Han? Sui and Tang?"

Everyone:.
Xiao Yuanjin rubbed her throbbing eyebrows and reminded her as gently as possible, "It can't be used by those previous dynasties."

Others nodded in agreement.

Yu Zizhen took a deep breath and tried to use his brain, "Na Hua?"

Huaxia Huaxia won't let her take the national name Xia, so it's okay for her to use Hua, right?
Seeing everyone making eye contact with each other, and a small number of them moving their lips slightly, as if they were going to continue to refute her, Yu Zizhen copied a sentence in a hurry, "The vastness of China, the eternal rivers, rise like the sun, and are like the eternity of the moon."

Is this connotation deep enough?
With a quick glance, he found that they were still showing signs of quarreling. Yu Zizhen had no choice but to continue reciting as emotionally as possible, "Well, the land is vast and rich, and there are many talents. They are lying on all sides, and people are coming from all directions? Isn't this okay?"

If someone keeps saying it's not okay, Yu Zizhen decides that she will transfer the arduous task of naming to them (them) no matter what!

Maybe they sensed Yu Zizhen's hidden dangerous aura, but everyone including Xiao Yuanjin finally stopped refuting Yu Zizhen.

They accepted the "Hua Kingdom", and then, with Yu Zizhen's insistence, they changed the name of the founding emperor from "Jianyuan", "Kaiyuan", "Taishi", "Wude", etc. that they thought sounded good. It was changed to the word "Yongning" that Yu Zizhen liked.

Although "Yongning" sounds neither eye-catching nor imposing, Yu Zizhen insisted on using these two words for the era name because of its simple and straightforward beautiful meaning.

She hopes that the world will be peaceful and peaceful, with clear seas and rivers, and that the people will have enough food and clothing and a stable life.

With this year name, Yu Zizhen felt that he could always remember her good wish at this moment, and work tirelessly for it in the long years to come.

Busy time always passes quickly, and in the blink of an eye, Yu Zizhen ushered in her coronation ceremony.

Although the leaders of Baiyue, Shu, and Liaodong who were invited did not come in person, they all sent their close ministers, sons, nephews, and nephews to come.