When the first great dynasty meeting after the unification of the Qin State ended, the entire Xianyang City was in a state of shock. One king was cut in half, and another abandoned the city.
This matter is very shocking. If it were mentioned in the past, it would definitely arouse the attention and discussion of many Qin people. But now, except for some people who use it as a conversation piece after dinner, all other Qin people have put their minds on another major event.
superior.
Discussing the emperor's title! When the Qin Dynasty issued an imperial edict to discuss the emperor's title, it became the most important thing in Xianyang today, even in Guanzhong, and in the entire Qin Dynasty.
The ministers, nobles, ministers, and doctors who are qualified to discuss the title for the king are either immersed in thinking, or looking through ancient books and collections, trying to find a more noble title for the king from the ancient slips.
If the emperor's name he came up with is adopted by the king, it will not only be in Emperor Jian's heart, but also his name will be immortalized through the ages, so that all Qin people will know whose mouth this great emperor's name came from.
The benefits of this matter are so great that it can make many ministers' eyes turn red, and they are thinking hard about it.
In the Li Mansion, Li Sigao, the Tingwei, sat at the head of the table. In front of his table was a plate of baked, golden and crispy wheat cakes. Next to it were peeled oranges and sauce served with beans.
Li Si stretched out his hand and pinched a piece of orange, dipped it in the sauce first, and then put it into his mouth. With the other hand, he picked up the wheat cake and took a bite, feeling the wonderful taste of the three kinds of food mixed in his mouth. The wrinkles on his face were soothed.
unfold.
Next, sit his two sons Li You and Li Yu. They are currently expressing their opinions on the matter of the king's discussion of the emperor's title.
"With the decline of Zhou Tong, five hegemons emerged one after another."
"A tyrant is a person who dominates the princes, controls the world, and is more famous than the emperor. In the past, there was Duke Mu of Qin who dominated Xirong. After that, seven kingdoms fought with each other in endless melee, fighting for hegemony in the world. The so-called hegemony means fighting for the hegemony of this overlord."
"Nowadays, the Qin Dynasty is domineering and the whole world is equal. Since it is for hegemony, how about taking the name of hegemony and calling it 'Emperor'?" Li You spoke in a deep voice, with a resolute face and bright eyes. He first put forward his feelings for the king.
The view of the emperor's title.
"Overlord?" Beside him, Li Yu frowned and shook his head: "What my brother said seems reasonable, but the overlord is the former 'Uncle'. The name of Fang Bo means he is under the Emperor.
Using Ba as the emperor's title may not be enough to show the dignity of the king, and may be suppressed by the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty."
"In my opinion, before the Qin Dynasty, although Duke Mu was the hegemon, the middle path declined, the palace was in civil strife, and it was defeated by the Wei State. It was not until Lord Shang entered Qin and Qin implemented the rule of law that it reversed its decline and dominated the seven kingdoms.
, go out east and annex the world."
"If there is law, Qin will not prosper." At this point, Li Yu stuck out his tongue, licked his lips, and said with a smile: "So why not call him the 'Father Emperor'? This will also show that our Qin country is a country ruled by law?
Father, what do you think?" Li Yu was full of energy and looked at Li Si expectantly.
"Father Emperor?" Li Si, who was sitting in the chair, heard the name that his son came up with, his eyelids jumped, and he almost choked on the wheat cake in his mouth.
Compared with his eldest son Li You, who was fond of military warfare and was willing to go to the battlefield to perform meritorious service and seek military success and wealth. His middle son Li Yu, like him, was fond of the study of punishment and naming. He was interested in Legalist classics and practiced Legalism.
the road.
Therefore, Li Yu proposed
The name "Father Emperor" has a small thought behind it. Li Si couldn't help but shook his head. This kid's mind works very fast, but he is still too young.
As soon as the name "Fa Emperor" comes out, people can see his inner plan at a glance. Fa Emperor. If the Fa is above the Emperor, how can this be allowed by the king?
Although Qin used law to strengthen the country, the king of Qin does not necessarily only use legalists. Law is just a tool used by the emperor to govern the country.
Li Si couldn't help but think of the seventy doctors recently recruited by the King of Qin. Among these doctors, there were disciples of famous scholars, Yin and Yang schools, Legalists and other schools, but most of them were from the Confucian school.
Among them, Fu Sheng, Chun Yuyue and others were all Confucian disciples.
Even before the Qin Dynasty, he asked someone to recruit Kong Yu, the eighth grandson of Confucius, to come to Xianyang to meet the king. However, Kong Yu refused because he was in mourning and only sent his disciples to come to see him.
These things made Li Si feel threatened. Although the King of Qin recruited these Confucian scholars probably for the sake of appearance, Li Si could not relax his vigilance.
In particular, Wang Wan, the current Prime Minister of the Left, is quite friendly with Confucian scholars. If those guys use Wang Wan's power and his position as a doctor to influence the king's thoughts, then it will be a big problem for them who believe in law.
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That's why he wanted to scare the other party by killing the three kings. This was a good opportunity. King Jian of Qi was located in the land of Qilu and was very good at Confucianism. By killing him, he could also sue the Confucian scholars that the Qin State was his method.
In the world of family, he showed his majesty of Legalism.
As a result, Zhao Tuo dissuaded him from doing so.
"Zhao Tuo is very favored by the king. He can admonish the king easily, so don't conflict with him." Li Si squinted his eyes. Zhao Tuo, who showed his political talent, made him feel a little threatened. But now, there is another more important person than Zhao Tuo.
The enemy needs Li Si to deal with it.
Confucianism... Doctoral Academy. Seventy doctors gathered together to discuss the matter of the emperor's title.
"In the past, Qin and Qi were both powerful in the world. The two kings called each other emperor, Qin was the Western Emperor, and Qi was the Eastern Emperor. It can be seen that Qin had the intention to call the emperor based on the region. Now that the King of Qin has unified the world, it is better to call him the 'Chinese Emperor'
How?" A doctor cited the past events of the Qi and Qin emperors and concluded that
The title of "Chinese Emperor".
"Chinese Emperor?"
"Isn't it appropriate? In my opinion, can he be called Emperor Yu or Emperor Yi?" Another Dr. Nagasu immediately rejected the other party's proposal and came up with two names in one go.
propose
The doctor with the title of "Zhongdi" suddenly frowned and asked: "What is Emperor Yu, Emperor Yi, and where does the code come from?" Dr. Longbeard stroked his long beard under his forehead and said: "I checked the classics and found out about the history of Qin.
Let’s start with Boyi from the past.”
"Bo Yi assisted Emperor Zuo Shun in taming birds and beasts, and was appointed to the post of 'Yu'. This is what is called 'Benefiting Yu, and improving mountains and rivers'."
"After that, Boyi left Dayu to control the floods. Before Dayu died, he wanted to cede power to the world and Boyi. Unfortunately, Dayu's son used force to seize it, and only then could the Xia Empress dynasty exist."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Therefore, the world was originally owned by Boyi. Today, the descendants of Boyi and the descendants of the surname Ying will regain the world. This is something that has been destined in ancient times."
"The ancestor who followed the Qin emperor's legacy and got the surname is Boyi. It's better to respect Boyi's name and call him 'Yidi'. Or take Boyi's position as his title and call him 'Yu Emperor'. That's fine too.
Call it destiny!"
"Emperor Yi, Emperor Yu? Not noble enough!" The doctors started fighting again for the emperor's title. Everyone wanted the emperor's title they invented to be adopted by the Qin Dynasty and become the title of the Lord of the World.
Therefore, they all belittled the imperial title taken by the other party, and at the same time praised what they had come up with. For a while, the doctors were so quarrelsome that their saliva flew everywhere.
Servant Zhou Qingchen frowned when he heard this. Seventy doctors, seventy mouths, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of emperors appeared.
Everyone was quarreling over each other's quotations from scriptures, which made him, a servant, helpless. Zhou Qingchen simply turned around and wanted to leave the doctor's academy to get some fresh air.
At this moment, he saw a young man in the corner of the academy, looking at the noisy doctors with red faces, a smile on his face, and there seemed to be a hint of disdain in his smile.
Zhou Qingchen raised his eyebrows and stepped forward and shouted: "Shu Sun Tong, all the doctors are thinking hard about the emperor's title. You are a disciple of the Kong family. I think you must have great opinions, so you should talk about it." Shu Sun Tong, a disciple of the successor of the Kong family.
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Because his teacher Kong Kun rejected King Qin Zheng's plan, but he was afraid that King Qin would be angry and blame him, so he asked his disciple Shusun Tong to come to Xianyang to receive the order.
However, I don't know whether it was because Qin Wangzheng was angry or for other reasons, but Shusun Tong was not appointed as a doctor, but as a doctor waiting for the imperial edict.
That is to say, those who are waiting to be appointed as doctors can only be regarded as reserve troops. Because this uncle Sun Tong is a disciple of the Kong family, Zhou Qingchen pays a lot of attention to him. Now seeing the abnormal expression on this young man's face, he can't help but feel curious.
, just ask.
Hearing the question from Zhou Qingchen, Shu Suntong quickly raised his hand to say hello. He hesitated briefly and said: "I heard that before the ancient emperors, there were three emperors who were respected, namely the Emperor of Heaven, the Emperor of Earth, and the Emperor of Tai. Now look at the achievements of King Qin
, it is beyond the reach of the ancient emperors, so it is better to take the word 'Emperor' as a title to show your nobility."
"Emperor?" Emperor of Heaven, Emperor of Earth, Emperor of Tai. Zhou Qingchen blinked and felt that the situation suddenly opened... It was the same as other places such as the nobles, the doctor's palace and so on.
Today's great concubine, Zhao Tuo's mansion, is also a gathering of talented people, working together to provide advice and suggestions for the king's imperial title.
Although Zhao Tuo already knew the answer to the imperial title matter, knowing it was one thing, and the process in between was another.
Now the people in Xianyang are thinking hard about the title of the king. All the ministers and officials hold meetings and discussions all day long, and there are various conferences and small meetings.
Naturally, Zhao Tuo cannot lag behind. He must also hold a meeting with all his military colleagues to discuss the matter. Only in this way can it appear that Zhao Tuo has the title of King in his heart and is thinking about it with all his heart.
At this moment, the lights in the mansion were dimly lit. Zhao Tuo sat up and looked at everyone in the mansion with a smile. He also wanted to hear what names the dog-headed military advisors under his command could come up with.
They are Shejian, Lishiqi, Lishang, Heihipu, Xiqigu, Zhongli Mei, Lu Wan and other old subordinates.
Among them, Li Shiqi, with the title of right concubine, successfully settled in Xianyang with his younger brother, became a glorious resident of the imperial capital, and purchased houses and land in Xianyang city.
Now it was Li Shiqi, the most educated person under Zhao Tuo, who told everyone about the ancient events of the Qin Kingdom in order to find the origin of the emperor's title.
"The ancestor of the Qin Dynasty was the descendant of Emperor Zhuanxu, who was called a nvxiu. The nvxiu weaved, and the black bird dropped its egg, and the nvxiu swallowed it, and gave birth to a great cause. The great cause gave birth to a son named Da Lian. The great cause gave birth to a son, called Da Lian..."
Here, Lu Wan was the first to burst out with inspiration and shouted: "So big? It seems that the king's ancestors like big characters, otherwise they should be called big emperors!" Lu Wan said excitedly: "How good is the word big? It turns out to be big king.
After proclaiming the title of emperor, he is called the Great Emperor. The meaning is simple, and he is mighty and domineering! "Great Emperor?"
On the main seat, Zhao Tuo blinked. He felt
The name "Great Emperor" seems to have been called by someone in history. After Lu Wan finished speaking, Zhong Lizhen said next to him: "Since it is called "big", it is better to use the word "Tai". Tai means the "big among big". So it is called "Tai".
How is the emperor?" Zhongli Mei's face turned red. He was from Chu.
The supreme god believed by the Chu people is Tai Yi. He chose the word Tai as Emperor because of his own thoughts. Tai Di.
Doesn’t it sound good? After Li Shiqi finished reciting the deeds of Qin’s ancestors, the best thing everyone came up with was
"The Great" and
"Emperor", Lu Wan and Zhongli Mei were still arguing about this. Li Shi turned his head and said to Zhao Tuo, who was sitting in the chair with a joking expression: "Master, I recently got to know a fellow from Wei in Xianyang. He is from Yin and Yang."
Born in a family, now Xianyang and other Yin and Yang disciples have deduced the Five Virtues for the Qin State, and they have achieved quite a lot. I have heard some news. How about using this to find the emperor's title?" Deducing the Five Virtues?
Zhao Tuo was startled, knowing that this was something created by the Yin Yang family, something similar to destiny. He didn't know much about it, so he asked: "How do you say the number of five virtues?" Li Shiqi glanced at everyone and saw everyone
They all looked at it curiously and shut their mouths before showing off the secret they had heard.
He said: "Yin Yang family said that in the past, the Yellow Emperor obtained the virtue of earth, and the yellow dragon appeared in the land. In the summer, he obtained the virtue of wood, and the blue dragon stopped in the suburbs, and the grass and trees were luxuriant. In the Yin Dynasty, he obtained the virtue of gold, and silver overflowed from the mountains. In the Zhou Dynasty, he obtained the virtue of fire, with the symbol of red crow.
"The current Qin Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty are the time of water virtue. In the past, the ancestor of Qin, Wen Gong, went hunting and caught a black dragon. This was the auspiciousness of water virtue. Therefore, Qin should be regarded as water virtue, which is still black." After these words fell, Xiqigu's inspiration
coming.
He shouted: "Since our Qin country has the virtue of water, it is better to be called the 'Water Emperor'! It just fits the deduction of the five virtues!" Water Emperor?
Zhao Tuo's brows jumped and he stared at Xiqigu. How did you come up with such a name? He immediately retorted: "What Water Emperor? You are not domineering at all. Since the drunkard said, we are the ancestors of Qin."
If you have captured a black dragon and it is still black, then you might as well call it the 'Black Emperor'! Hehehehe! "Black Emperor!"
The black butt smiled, and his hands habitually dug into his butt. If the king is called
"Black Emperor", wouldn't his black butt also be able to take advantage of it? Everyone should bring one at least
As for the word "black". Zhao Tuo shook his head and looked at Li Shiqi and said, "Since Mr. Meng mentioned the Five Virtues of the Yin Yang Family, I think he has already considered it in his mind. I wonder what the imperial title is?" Li Shiqi smiled slightly.
, said: "In my humble opinion, since the Qin State is blessed with water virtues, and it started when Duke Wen of Qin obtained the black dragon, it would be better to use the dragon as the emperor's title. The king should be called..."