Chapter 203: The country is named Chu and the reign is named Longxing
According to the tradition of Jiangdu Army, after every war, a reward ceremony will be held.
However, this time Zhang Yangquan has not been able to reward the generals because he has decided to become king.
In the past, I didn't call myself the king because I was afraid of attracting the attention of the court. Now that the Yuan Dynasty is no longer able to conquer, the advantages of calling the king outweigh the disadvantages. It can gather people's hearts and boost the momentum.
Regarding the title of the king, country, era and date after he became king, Zhang Yangquan discussed with his officials many times, but they never finalized it.
Today's meeting is precisely to discuss this matter, and at the same time discuss Jiangdu Army's development strategy for the next few years with the ministers.
The meeting time was at the end of the afternoon, and a quarter of an hour before midnight, Zhang Yangquan and Qin Lingjun entered the lobby of the General Manager's Mansion together.
At the bottom of the steps, the civil and military officials had already arrived and came out to see the ceremony.
Zhang Yangquan sat down at the head of the table, stretched out his hand and said: "No need to be polite, everyone can sit down and talk."
There are rows of chairs on the left and right. The civil servants sit on the left, headed by Guo Niansheng. The generals sit on the right, headed by Xu Baisheng.
Qin Lingjun sat on a smaller chair next to Zhang Yangquan.
Zhang Yangquan looked at the military generals and saw that most of them looked anxious. He smiled slightly and said: "Everyone must know the first topic of today's meeting. Now let's discuss the title of the king and the title of the country. Who has the best one?
Just speak your mind freely without any scruples!"
"Can our generals also give us advice?" Wang Da, sitting in the fifth position on the right, asked eagerly.
"Of course!"
Wang Daxi said: "The king's nickname is 'King Wu', and the country's nickname is Dawu. What do you think?"
Before Zhang Yangquan could speak, Sun Hong shook his head and said: "General Wang, please don't take the country name and era name casually, otherwise you will become a laughing stock in the world!"
Wang Da stared and said: "'King Wu' sounds so majestic, how could he become a laughing stock?"
Sun Hong didn't want to mess around with Wang Da, so he cupped his hands and said to Zhang Yangquan: "My subordinates think that the king should be named 'King of Song' and the country should be named Song. People all over the world are looking forward to overthrowing the Yuan Dynasty and restoring the Song Dynasty. This can win the hearts of the people in the world!" Wang Meng twisted his beard and said: "Sun Tongzhi's words are reasonable! The Song Dynasty is the most recent dynasty for our Han people, and all Han people in the world miss the Song Dynasty. It is said that when Han Shantong revolted, he claimed to be the eighth grandson of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. The general manager can follow his example!" p>
Zhang Yangquan had no expression on his face and said nothing.
Ma Yulin sneered: "The Song Dynasty was defeated by the Mongols. It stayed in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time and did not want to make progress. The emperor was stupid and treacherous ministers were in power. Isn't it self-humiliating to take this country name?"
Zhang Yangquan encouraged: "What suggestions does Ma Tuiguan have?"
When Sun Hong and Wang Meng saw Zhang Yangquan's attitude, they knew that he didn't like "Song", so they didn't mention it anymore.
Ma Yulin raised his head and said: "The future development direction of our army is Jiangnan, so we should take this as the basis. The king will be named 'Wu Wang', and the country will be named 'Wu'. Only in this way can we win the hearts of the people in Jiangnan!"
Zhang Yangquan remained silent again.
Fang Yuan saw this and said loudly: "As the saying goes, destroy and then build, there is no need to use the name of the country of the predecessors!"
Zhang Yangquan hurriedly asked: "Uncle Fang, what suggestions do you have?"
Fang Yuandao: "In the Book of Changes, Qian is the first hexagram, and Qian has always been said to be heaven, king, father, etc. Why not take the king's name as 'Qian Wang' and the country's name as 'Daqian'?"
Zhang Yangquan was suddenly moved.
Luo Guanzhong said hurriedly: "No, the Mongols established the Yuan Dynasty based on the meaning of Qian and Yuan in the Book of Changes. If we use 'Qian' as the country's name, wouldn't it misunderstand the world!"
Zhang Yangquan was stunned for a moment and asked: "What suggestions does Judge Luo have?"
Luo Guanzhong pondered: "I thought you could choose between 'Song' and 'Wu'! If the manager doesn't like these two country names, you can also choose 'Chu'!"
Compared with Song and Wu, Zhang Yangquan could still accept the title Chu. In a sense, he was born in Jingchu, so he asked: "What does Chu mean?"
Luo Guanzhong hurriedly said: "The original intention of Chu is to go to the forest and build a home, so it is very suitable to use it as a country name!"
Zhang Yangquan looked around and said, "What do you think?"
The civil servants were still able to accept it, and the generals did not object.
Zhang Yangquan said: "In this case, the king's title will be 'King of Chu' and the country's title will be 'Chu'. Next, we will discuss the year name and date!"
Sun Hongdao: "The date can be chosen on the sixth day of June next month, which is God's Blessing Day!"
Zhang Yangquan said: "Okay!"
Guo Niansheng suggested: "Let's use Longtan as the year name?"
Zhang Yangquan was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Qin Lingjun. The two looked at each other and smiled. This year name is quite symbolic.
Seeing that Zhang Yangquan seemed about to agree, Luo Guanzhong hurriedly said: "In the past, our army was like a swimming dragon trapped in a pool. Now that the dragon emerges from the pool, it is better to use 'Longxing' as the reign name!"
Zhang Yangquan looked at Guo Niansheng, who pondered for a while and said with a smile: "Longxing is indeed more suitable than Longtan!"
Zhang Yangquan said loudly: "Okay, the year name and date have been selected. There is still more than half a month before the ceremony, so Deputy Manager Guo, Judge Luo and Judge Ma will prepare it."
The three of them came out at the same time: "My subordinates take orders!"
Zhang Yangquan added: "Now let's start the second topic. Later this month, it will be the time to sow late rice. This time, late rice will be planted in Jiangdu, Tongzhou, Zhenzhou and Taixing. Before the king's ceremony, this is the first priority. Big deal!"
All the officials responded in unison.
"How to allocate errands, please give me the manager's advice!" asked a short black man with his hands raised. He is the supervisor of the Sinong Bureau, named Yuan Shi.
Zhang Yangquan glanced at him and said: "You will still be in charge of sowing Jiangdu, Wang Jiancheng will be in charge of Tongzhou, Sun Tongzhi will be in charge of Zhenzhou, and He Guanzhu will be in charge of Taixing."
The four of them said in unison: "I accept my orders!"
Zhang Yangquan added: "Each of you can choose two deputies in the General Manager's Office. The affairs of the General Manager's Office can be put aside for now. You must take charge of this planting work!"
"Yes!"
Zhang Yangquan's eyes returned to the right and he said to the generals: "The third issue is about the use of troops in Jiangnan. You can tell us whatever you think!"
Shanzhu hurriedly said: "General manager, my subordinates thought they could cross the river from Tongzhou, attack Changshu, and then attack Jiangzuo in a large scale!"
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Zhang Yangquan stood up and walked to the wall. There was a huge map hanging on the wall. Qin Lingjun and other officials also stood up and gathered around.
Zhang Yangquan pulled out the long sword from his waist, handed it to the wild boar, and said, "Please tell me in more detail!"
The mountain pig took it respectfully, then walked to the map, pointed at Tongzhou with the tip of his sword, and drew a circle upward.
"Please see, starting from Tongzhou and capturing Changshu, we can completely block the Yuan Dynasty's shipping. Then use Changshu as the center to attack Jiangyin Road, Pingjiang Road, Songjiang Prefecture, Jiaxing Road, and Hangzhou Road east of Taihu Lake!" Yuan Shi said happily: "The vast land in these places, especially Pingjiang Road, is more suitable for growing grain than Yangzhou. If it can be conquered, the land tax will be increased several times!"
Zhang Yangquan nodded.
This is exactly Zhang Shicheng's development route. It was after owning this rich land that he became the most powerful force in the rebel army.
Fang Yuan frowned and said: "There are more than 50,000 defenders in Changshu, I'm afraid it won't be easy to attack!"
"I just got the news that Yang Wanzhe has been transferred to Changshu!" Geng Si reminded. He no longer stuttered when speaking outside, but he still couldn't help but fall into his old habit in front of Zhang Yangquan and Qin Lingjun. p>
Wang Daqi said: "Who is Yang Wanzhe? I've never heard of it!"
Geng Sidao: "Yang Wan is Yang Tongguan. He was named by the Tatar Emperor a few days ago!"
Wang Da subconsciously touched his chest. The place where he was injured by Yang Tongguan that day was still aching!
Li Er said with a solemn expression: "Looking at it from this point of view, it will not be easy to conquer Changshu!"
Shanzhu said solemnly: "Yang Tong is strong in land battles. Water battles do not require close combat. We have the advantage of artillery and are not afraid of the Changshu navy."
Fang Yuandao: "We used to defend the city, but now we are attacking the city. If Yang Tongguan doesn't fight with you on the sea and sticks to Changshu City, how will you conquer the city?"
Shanzhu said: "We can cut off his sea transportation, and we are not afraid that he will not come out! Besides, except for Changshu, which is heavily guarded, the rest of the Jiangzuo area is weak. As long as Changshu is captured, we can capture a large area of land in one go!"
Zhao Desheng suddenly said: "The sea is not as wide as the rivers. The Yuan army can take other shipping routes, but you may not be able to cut them off!"
Shanzhu said: "Sea transportation is inherently risky. The farther away from the coast, the risk will increase. As long as I block the coastal sea lanes, at least five out of ten shipping accidents will happen. The Tatar Emperor will definitely be furious and force Yang Tongguan to
Take the initiative to engage in a naval battle with me!"
Zhang Yangquan saw that Shanzhu was well aware of every situation and had obviously been thinking about this matter for a long time, so he asked: "How many people do you need?"
Shanzhu hesitated for a while and said: "Twenty thousand sailors are enough, but each ship needs to be equipped with six cannons!"
Zhang Yangquan said blankly: "How many artillery pieces are needed?"
The mountain pig said: "About four hundred gates!"