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Chapter 434 The Controversy of Country Names
Youzhou Governor's Mansion.

Civil and military officials from Youzhou gathered together.

More than 30 officials from Wen Yanbo and Chen Xiaoyi from the governor's mansion came, and more than 20 officials from the prefectural mansion, including Wei Zheng and Lu Chengqing, also came together. , is also sitting in the left column.

On the left and on the right, on the right are Xu Shiji, Xue Wanche, Wang Junkuo, Wang Mahan and other generals of the Han army, while Ying Hefu, Er Tuo and other generals are also sitting in it.

The hall was bustling with hundreds of people, because there were too many people to accommodate, Wen Yanbo, Xu Shiji and others still had seats to sit on. As for other officials, generals could only sit on their laps, shoulders next to shoulders. Sit by the door.

The reason why everyone gathered today is that Li Chongjiu is about to become king. This is a certainty, but the specific details are of great importance. The opinions of the officials are different, and it is really difficult to agree.I don't know when and when I can finish the discussion one by one, so everyone gathered together today to make a conclusion.

Li Chongjiu coughed lightly while sitting on the main seat, and the officials below stopped their buzzing discussions.

Li Chongjiu said: "I will be called king soon, the first thing is to rectify the name. According to you, how should the country name be drawn up?"

As soon as the words fell, Shi Gaoxudao, the governor of Zhuojun County, got up from the mat and said: "I think that the king ordered the tripod to be in Youzhou. Youzhou is the land of the ancient Yan State. He made meritorious deeds in destroying Shang Zhou, and he was granted the title of Ji, and later because the land was close to Mount Yan, the country name was Yan, and the ministers thought that it could not be more appropriate to use Yan as the country name."

After Gao Xudao finished speaking, several people from Lu Chengqing stood up to speak. They were all locals in Zhuo County. They all expressed their opinions and hoped that Li Chongjiu would use Yan as his country name and focus more on Hebei in the future.

However, some people objected: "Yan Kingdom has always been located on the border, and is regarded as a barbarian country by the people of the Central Plains. If Yan is the name, I am afraid it will be difficult to have a sense of recognition."

After the man had finished speaking, Lin Dangfeng stood up and said, "There is a saying in the Book of Songs that the heavenly ordained black bird descended to give birth to Shang, and Shang was born of the black bird. Yan, Wang Shangding is based in Hebei, and he uses Shang as the title of the country, which can gather people's hearts."

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar in the room, and many officials said indignantly and disdainfully: "How can the violent Yin Shang be the name of the country."

Some people said: "This person was born in a merchant, and he used the merchant as his name. Doesn't he want to overthrow the order of scholars, farmers, industry, and commerce?"

Others looked at Li Chongjiu, and heard that Li Chongjiu was also born in a merchant, so it was his intention to use merchant as his country name.

Lin Dangfeng said unhurriedly: "I know that everyone is dissatisfied with the name of Shang, but there are many misunderstandings about the prejudice against Shang. The dispute between Guandong and Guanxi has been going on for a long time. Xia and Zhou all started in Guanxi, while Yin and Shang started in Guandong. In order to destroy Shang, Zhou people called themselves Xia, meaning to restore Xia and destroy Shang. And Wang Shang started in Hedong, Calling a merchant a name means resuming business and discussing the West."

"Nonsense! What evidence is there?" An old official with white hair and beard stood up and cursed.

Lin Dangfeng said: "Historical records say that the people of Zhou called themselves Xia, and later called themselves Huaxia, which means the prosperous summer, and the feudal states, such as Qi and Qin, were called Zhuxia to distinguish them. "

Lin Dangfeng said so much that the old official couldn't speak, he just kept repeating, talking nonsense, talking nonsense.
Li Chongjiu has gained a lot from hearing this. It turns out that what we have always called Huaxia today was what the Zhou people called themselves in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the reason why the Zhou people called it so was to oppose Shang and restore Xia.But now Kong Yingda, who has defected to Li Shimin's command, in the Five Classics that has not yet been usurped, said that China has great etiquette, so it is called Xia; But it still affects today.

Of course, all of this stems from the dispute between East and West. Both Xia and Zhou rose in Guanzhong, while Shang rose in Hebei.

Lin Dangfeng talked for a while, but there were too many people who opposed it. Although Li Chongjiu had sympathy, but in this era, people really didn't like the Shang Dynasty.If Li Chongjiu wants to use business as his country name, he will inevitably be alienated from the gentry below.Shang was the first to be ruled out.

But at this time Yinghe Fu got up and said: "What Yan, the name of the country of Shang, in my opinion, is not as good as Zhou."

As expected of a warrior, Yinghe Fu suppressed all the voices in the hall as soon as his majestic voice came out.Everyone thought to themselves, what qualifications does a fan have, pointing fingers.

"Why do you say that?" Li Chongjiu asked with interest.

Yinghe Fu said respectfully: "Zhou is the master of the world, and we grassland people are also convinced. Back then, the Yuwen family founded the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which had a vast territory and conquered beyond the Great Wall. However, it was usurped by Yang Jian's Great Sui, and now the Great Sui is in decline. , we can restore the Zhou Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, so that all the tribes of the grassland will follow the wind."

Yinghe Fu was not alone, Ji Chuan also stood up and said: "Zhou paid great attention to farming, taught people to be based on agriculture, and was called the prosperous age in ancient times. Only the second generation of Zhou and Han used kingly ways to educate the one and the people, and the Han mixed. Domineering, strict punishment and hypocrisy, using Zhou as the title of the country is the best."

Li Chongjiu heard the two talk about the reason why Ji Chuan recommended Zhou. He could guess that the surname of Shang was Zi, and Zhou and other feudal states had the surname of Ji. Ji Chuan heard that he was exiled from Guan Long, so he naturally preferred Zhou.

As for Yinghefu and others who supported Zhou, it is easy to understand that the Yuwen clan who founded the Northern Zhou Dynasty was from Xianbei, and Yinghefu’s Xi clan was also Xianbei. Back then, Yuwen Xianbei and Xi clan Xianbei lived near Wuhou Qinshui They live together and are very related.

For example, Yinghefu's ancestors were heard to be from Duanbu Xianbei, and Ertuo was said to be a descendant of Murong Xianbei, so they thought that the Northern Zhou Dynasty established by Yuwen Xianbei was very friendly to them.

Of course Ying Hefu and Ji Chuan's opinions were opposed by Gao Xudao, Zhao Heran and other Youzhou people who believed that Yan was the country's name.

Zhao Heran said: "When the Zhou king's capital was Haojing, it was Zong Zhou, and when he moved east to Luoyi, he was called Cheng Zhou. The king started in Youzhou, and he was thousands of miles away from Luoyang in the pass. How can Zhou be the name of the country? .”

Liu Yi, the prefect of Anle County, objected: "If you talk about Wang Ji, Youzhou was only acquired later. Huaihuang, when Yuyi opened the town, was the place where Wang Shanglong prospered."

Chen Xiaoyi also objected, saying: "The two dynasties of the Sui Dynasty have lasted for decades, and the common people obeyed Wanghua more. Both the north and the south regard the Sui family as the clan state. Even more unfavorable."
The gentry in Youzhou strongly opposed it, but Yinghefu and the others accepted the reason and were at loggerheads.

At present, the civil and military officials on both sides are arguing together, almost throwing their fists at each other.But Wang Mahan, Tan Zong and others have nothing to do with them. Whether it is Yan or Zhou, it has nothing to do with them. They just feel that these are officials from one side of the border, like a bitch cursing the street. Noisy, very interesting, everyone watched straight.

Li Chongjiu silently watched the quarrel between the two sides for a long time, then suddenly got up and clapped the table and shouted: "The country has not yet been established, and you claim to be divided into Youzhou and Grassland. If you quarrel like this, what will happen in the future?"

Seeing that Li Chongjiu was angry, all the officials and generals in Youzhou surrendered their hands and pleaded guilty.

At this time, Xue Wanshu came forward and said: "The ambition of the king is to sweep the world and mix the north and the south. Whether it is Youzhou or Saibei, the layout is rigidly restricted to one place. If the husband is the title of the country, he should be tolerant. , you can embrace the world."

What Xue Wanshu said made the civil and military officials nod, but some people asked back: "According to what you mean, what country name can tolerate thousands of people and embrace the world?"

Xue Wanshu said with a smile: "I'm just throwing bricks to attract jade, it's better for you to discuss."

At this time, Su Su, the governor of Taiyuan County who had been silent all this time, spoke.

Su Suyan said: "I thought the king was from Taiyuan Shi'ai, and Taiyuan Shi'ai was from the land of Zhao. King Wuling of Zhao, who rides and shoots in Hu Fu, and the master's father is not dead. How dare Qin attack Zhao. I think it is best to use Zhao as the title of the country."

Su Su Nai is the fourth uncle of Li Chongjiu, with a very high status, and he himself is a great official in the frontier, so no one dared to object to his words for a while.

Xue Wanche stood up and said: "Back when Zhao Jue was in the Three Jin Dynasties, there were Linhu, Xiongnu, Donghu, and Loufan in the north, Qiangqi in the east, fierce Wei in the south, and Qin with tigers and wolves in the west. There is the master father, and there are Lian Po, Li Mu, Zhao She, and Le Yi (the Zhao people), who have defeated powerful enemies from all directions and established themselves among the princes, so I am the leader of Zhao."

Wen Yanbo on the side also said: "Zhao Wu has Lianpo, Li Mu, Wen has Xunzi, Lin Xiangru, there is Qin who advocates martial arts, but there is no Qin's barbarians. Among them, Zhao Shi is better than Yan, and the scholars still respect the character of Zhao people who died and did not surrender."

Su Suyan said: "The king came from the Li family of Zhongshan, and the Li family of Zhongshan and Li Mu belonged to the same family. In the past, Qin destroyed Zhao, and the king of Zhao mistakenly killed Zhao Mu by mistake. Zhao people hated him. If he called Zhao, he could be revived. In the name of the State of Zhao, attack Hedong."

After Su Su said that, many people present nodded.

Wang Yu said: "Yan Guo and Zhou Guo are just a dispute between one place and one region. The king is Taiyuan, and he is the descendant of the Li family in Zhongshan. The ancients respected the ancestors and respected the clan, and the clan was accepted by the clan. , to unite the tribe and get close to the neighbors. Therefore, the king uses the place where he and his ancestors were born as the country name, which is beyond reproach."

Ji Chuan was a little unconvinced, but still did not give up Da Zhou's idea, and asked, "Is there a precedent for what you say?"

Wang Gui said with a smile: "Why not? The mysterious bird of destiny descended to give birth to Shang. In the inscription, the character Shang looks like a phoenix. This is the mysterious bird."

"It's far-fetched!" Ji Chuan scolded.

Wang Gui said: "The people of Zhou began in Zhouyuan, flew in Qishan, and all lived in Fenghao, but they took the name of the country where their ancestors lived in Zhouyuan. Isn't this God's will!"

Ji Chuan was stunned when he heard the words, but Wen Yanbo laughed loudly and said, "I've heard that Wang Shujie is well-read and knowledgeable, so seeing him today is as expected."

Wen Yanbo smiled, bowed to Wei Zheng and Ji Chuan, and said nothing more.

Seeing that most of the ministers stopped talking, Li Chongjiu said solemnly: "Very well, then this matter shall be settled here, and the name of the country is Zhao!"

(End of this chapter)