Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 698 Country Name
Yu Daoxiang giggled, stretched out his hand to grab Ye Chen's hand, looked at the tiredness in Ye Chen's eyes, and said softly: "Husband! I know your nature, personality, and temper. It's really amazing that you have come to this point. You wish. If it is not necessary, you will never engage in a large-scale war with the Song Kingdom and plunge the whole of China into war again. In the past two years, because of the death of my brother in the Northern Kingdom of Khitan, Empress Xiao and the royal family of Yelu have been fighting each other, and they have no intention of looking south. , but the hundreds of thousands of cavalry are what my husband fears the most."

"Also, these days, when you talked about the world's major affairs with us, you only said that you wanted to occupy the territory of Longyou, Uyghur, and Uyghur occupied by the Tubo people. Have you ever planned to go to Guanzhong and the Central Plains again? Since ancient times Since I got Longyou, I looked at Shu, and I got Longyou, so I have the key to unlock Guanzhong. Once Longyou is in my hands, Guanzhong and Shu can be taken easily. Based on this, I look east and plot the Central Plains and Jiangnan. But my husband I don't want China to fall into war, so I have never thought about plotting against the Song Dynasty."

Ye Chen looked at her, in the cold wind, his eyes were full of warmth: "Yu'er knows me. Your husband, I have killed many people with my own hands in the past three years, and even more people died because of me." There are tens of thousands, I am not a kind person, but if because of me, the tens of millions of Chinese people who have just lived a peaceful life for a few years because of the unification of the Song Dynasty fall into the fire again, I can't do this kind of thing. unless…………"

"Unless what?"

Ye Chen smiled happily, looked up at the sky, let out a sigh of relief, decided to put this topic aside, and said instead: "Time is running out, since Empress Dowager Xiao is seriously ill, you should go early !"

While speaking, Ye Chen let go of Yu Daoxiang's horse rein.

Yu Daoxiang looked at Ye Chen affectionately, and said, "Husband, wait for this concubine to come back and be your queen!"

As soon as the words fell, Yu Daoxiang suddenly hit the horse and galloped away.

Ye Chen sat upright on the horse until Yu Daoxiang's figure flashed across the mountain road, and then he raised the whip in his hand. Behind him, Hu Sanguang came out from nowhere and galloped towards him on horseback.

Ye Chen sighed, turned around and said: "I remember that half a year ago, news came from Xiao Xiuming in Beifu that Empress Xiao already knew about the relationship between Yu'er and me. Although Yu'er is strong and smart, but in Khitan In the caves of dragons and tigers in Shangjing, especially Empress Xiao, who is decisive in killing and attacking, Yu'er may encounter danger because of me. You pass an order to Xiao Xiuming to use his power in the Northern Mansion to protect Yu'er as well."

Hu Sanguang respectfully said yes, and then left quickly to make arrangements.

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The important people under Ye Chen's command are very busy these days, working at full capacity, and the entire ruling machine is rumbled into action, preparing for the founding of the country.Ye Chen was also very busy. In fact, since he came to the northwest, he seemed to have been wound up. Although the three wives and concubines had no time to take care of them, even the one-year-old baby girl was close at hand. Not accompanied a few times.

In the main hall that has been rebuilt and named as the Hall of Government Affairs, Ma Wentao said seriously: "My lord, the first priority of the founders of the past dynasties is to establish the name of the country. It is recorded in "Historical Records of the Five Emperors" that 'from the Yellow Emperor to Shun Yu, all have the same surname. The name of the country is changed to "Zhang Mingde". The first country name in China is "Xia", which was determined by Xia Qi. The prince..."

"Actually, from my point of view, China's first country title is 'Xia', and it's not bad for our country title to be 'Xia'." Before Ma Wentao could finish speaking, Ye Chen suddenly interrupted his words with a slightly confused expression. Said strangely.

Ye Chen was so casual, several important officials under Ye Chen's command were stunned, but they didn't know that a country named Xixia was going to be established in this place in history.After hearing Ma Wentao's words, Ye Chen remembered this matter, so he suddenly had this idea.

But Ye Chen said it casually, but civil officials such as Ma Wentao, Han Xizai, Jia Xian, Zhang Bo, etc. were not so casual. They rushed out one by one and wanted to object. The fate of our country has many sources of national titles, so we must not be so rash."

Ye Chen really didn't understand the name of the country, so he couldn't help asking curiously: "Oh! Master Ma, tell me, where does the name of the country come from?"

Ma Wentao said: "Since ancient times, the country titles of the past dynasties have mostly come from the place of origin. For example, the ancestor of Qin was named Ying, who was granted the title of Qin by Zhou because of his meritorious service in raising horses, so Qin was used as the country title; Qin is the name of the country; the king of Qin Yingzheng destroyed the six countries and was called the first emperor, and continued to use Qin as the name of the country. Before the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty became the emperor, he was the Songzhou Jiedu envoy of the German army in the later Zhou Dynasty, because the place originally belonged to the ancient Song Dynasty. So Song was the name of the country."

Han Xizai shook his head and said: "From the place of origin, it is better to come from the title. Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was named King of Han by Xiang Yu, and the fiefdom was in Hanzhong. After the world was settled, "Han" was used as the country name. This is from the title. During the Three Kingdoms period Cao Cao, the founder of the Wei State, was conferred the title of King of Wei, and his son Cao Pi inherited the title and established the state, still using Wei as the name of the state.”

Zhang Bo said noncommittally: "The name of the country should be selected according to the birthplace, such as the Liao Kingdom built by the Khitan people. The word 'Liao' in the Khitan language means iron. The sixth emperor of Liao Shengzong changed the name of the country to Liao, which symbolizes that the country is as strong as iron."

Jia Xian was unwilling to be lonely, and stood up and said: "My lord, the name of the country still has to follow the prophecy. Liang Gong, Zu Siqi Taizu said: "The golden knife and the sharp blade are mowed together. Now it is appropriate to call it Qi. It should be true and follow it." This is the meaning of prophecy."

Kou Zhun, who just came back from Yanzhou today, hesitated for a while, and said, "Teacher, it is better to respect and inherit the name of the country. For example, there were several Zhou dynasties in history, and most of the founders respected Zhou rituals and wanted to imitate Zhou. The system may be used because of the long continuation of the Zhou Dynasty. For example, Yu Wenjue's Northern Zhou Dynasty, Wu Zetian changed Tang to Zhou, and Guo Wei, the Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, believed that he was a descendant of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty. Han is the name of the country. This can show the royal family has a long history and noble blood."

Ye Chen was stunned when he heard that, he couldn't understand why everyone cares so much about a country's name. Does a country's strength depend on a name?Putting down a lot of serious business and not doing it, talking here and there, endlessly, he felt very speechless.

"Okay, there is no need to discuss. This king thinks what Kou Zhun said is reasonable. The name of Dingguo should be honored and inherited. Since Pangu opened up the world, the three emperors and five emperors until now, the first great empire is the Xia Dynasty. The establishment of the Huaxia Weifu, and the location of our capital is Xiazhou. So, let’s decide the name of this country, and use the word 'Xia'." Ye Chen said decisively.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Han Xizai knelt down with a thud, and said solemnly: "The auspicious talisman of the prince is famous all over the world. No one in China knows and respects it. If the title of the country is not determined by the title, It is really regrettable to change the name of another country. Therefore, the officials think that the name of Xiangfu country should be used as the name, so that the people in the world know that this country was built by the prince, and because of the prestige of the prince among the people in the world, let me The Chinese people rushed to vote."

When Ye Chen heard the words, he couldn't help but feel very reasonable, and the others were also thoughtful.

Ye Chen pondered for a while, and shouted: "Okay! Let me take this king's title as the country's title, and use the word 'Xiangfu' as the country's name. Jianxiang Fu Kingdom."

Han Xizai was overjoyed and took the lead in saying, "My lord is wise!"

The others hesitated for a moment, and said in unison: "Your Highness is wise."

Since then, the Northwest Xiangfu Kingdom has been established, and it is only waiting for the founding and enthronement ceremony, and then it will be announced to the world.

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The ministers left, Ye Chen left Jia Xian and Zhang Bo behind, the three discussed for a long time, Ye Chen concluded: "That's it, Mr. Jia will start buying rice, wheat and other good grains, and Zhang Bo will buy them next year. In spring, when the permafrost thawed, people began to dig Qinqu and Hanqu, reclaim good fields and plant food."

Jia Xian and Zhang Bo bowed and said yes, and then Zhang Bo said: "I recommend to the prince a man named Tian Jiumi, who is proficient in farming in the Northwest. Next spring, he will be very useful in reclaiming good land and planting!"

"Oh! Where is this person now, bring him to see me." Ye Chen said.

"It's just outside the hall. The officer will bring him in right now." Zhang Bo agreed, then turned around and left, leaving the government affairs hall.

Regarding the future prospects of Xiangfu Kingdom, Ye Chen has a long-term plan in his mind - to reclaim a large area of ​​fertile land in the Ningxia Plain of Hetao, and then allocate a piece of land to be filled with military factories and civilian factories based on the research results of the Weapons Department , to revitalize industry, supplemented by science, education, scientific research or research on the invention of objects.Then commercial capital was formed to monopolize and harvest some industries in the major economic zones of the Song Dynasty, the Western Regions, and Khitan.The last is to combine the advantages of professional soldiers of later generations to make the military structure scientific, precise, reasonable and professional.In this way, food self-sufficiency will be realized, productivity will reach a certain level of industrialization, commerce will be truly exportable, and the military will be powerful.

The first of these four major goals is to 'take agriculture as the foundation and food as the key link'. The so-called economic base determines the superstructure is the same reason, which is the basis for realizing the latter three goals.Therefore, Ye Chen attached great importance to the cultivation of fertile land along the Yellow River Basin within the territory of the eleven prefectures.

After Zhang Bo went out, Jia Xian slightly hesitated and said, "My lord! I think that with the lord's respect, and now there are many opportunities, the people recommended by Zhang Bo don't need the lord to spend time to meet them personally."

Ye Chen shook his head and said: "As Zhang Bo is a man, since he dares to recommend this person to the king, then this Tian Jiumi must be a talent. What's more, the reclaiming of fertile land next year is related to the national fortune of the year after the founding of the king. It must be taken seriously.”

Jia Xian still didn't take it seriously, but facing Ye Chen who was becoming more and more majestic, even an old friend like him who had a deep friendship with Ye Chen didn't dare to express his dissatisfaction now.

(End of this chapter)