In front of Zhao Han was a stack of hand-copied manuscripts of the "Dictionary of Great Harmony".
Qian Qianyi cupped his hands and said: ""Datong Dictionary" has a total of nearly 10,000 characters, more than 200 more than "Shuowen Jiezi"."
"I read it last night, and the entries of each word are a bit cumbersome, so I can delete or modify it a little bit more." Zhao Han didn't bother with the "Datong Dictionary" anymore, and said instead, "I invite all the scholars here today, and there are more Many officials want to assign the name of the country."
"Since Your Highness is called the King of Wu, the title of the country can be 'Da Wu'." Qian Qianyi said.
Xu Ying, who has been engaged in intelligence work for a long time, due to the chaos in the north and the severe epidemic in Shandong, it is difficult to continue to deepen the intelligence work.
He was temporarily in Nanjing to collect information from various places. At this moment, he said: "Regardless of the north and the south, the word Datong has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Why not set the name of the country as 'Datong'?"
Li Banghua said: "Your Highness is from Yanzhao, and the country name can also be 'Dayan'."
Dozens of people were gathered in the room, fighting back and forth, and came up with a number of national titles, and Zhao Han had to decide which one to choose.
Zhao Han was also very entangled, and asked, "How about the country's title 'Zhonghua'?"
Zhang Pu clasped his fists and said: "China is also China. Throughout the ages, the dynasties have been upright, which one is not China, which one is not China? Zhonghua, China, Huaxia, Kyushu, Tianxia, ??all words are synonymous and cannot be used as country names. Regardless of the new dynasty What is the name, all can be called Huaxia China, and all can be called Kyushu Zhonghua, why bother to name the country 'Zhonghua'?"
"This statement is reasonable." Huang Zongxi supported Zhang Cai's statement.
Zhu Yuanzhang's "Fengtian Calls for the Northern Expedition of the Yuan Dynasty" contains a large number of China and China, and even the words "expel the Hulu and restore China".
Unless you look at the world, "Zhonghua" is really not suitable as a country name.
Zhao Han thought for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "Let's vote by secret ballot."
People who have been officials in the Ming court are no strangers to this stuff, and the court often votes by secret ballot.
Especially when selecting cabinet ministers, ministers, and governors, court selection is a routine process. If the result cannot be obtained on the spot, the ministers will nominate the main election and the supporting election, usually with a list of two or three candidates.
The next step is to hold an enlarged meeting, let the ministers vote by secret ballot, and write their own reasons for election.
However, the decision-making power rests with the emperor, and the voting results are only for reference.
Moreover, the emperor was afraid of forming a faction among his officials, so he often chose the one with fewer votes. Sometimes, the list of candidates cannot satisfy the emperor, and the ministers will be asked to nominate candidates again.
When the imperial power and the prime minister repeatedly seesaw, candidates have to be pushed several times.
If the emperor bypasses the ministers and directly appoints someone, or directly gives a candidate. This is a violation of the rules, which proves that the relationship between the emperor and his ministers is very bad.
Take Chongzhen as an example. He only followed the rules for the first two or three years, but he kept breaking the rules for the rest of the time.
Zhao Han asked people to distribute official documents, and after about a quarter of an hour, all the votes were handed in.
"Call the votes." Zhao Han said.
Zhang Dai was in charge of checking the votes, Zheng Sen was in charge of counting the votes, and Chen Zisheng was in charge of singing: "Datong 28 votes, Dawu 21 votes, Dayan 15 votes, Dagan 11 votes, Yamato 8 votes"
No one got more than half of the votes.
Zhao Han observed the handwriting carefully, and immediately laughed.
?Because they are all written in Taige script, the handwriting of the scholars cannot be read. This is really a secret ballot.
"Forget it, let's use 'Datong' as the country name." Zhao Han could guess that people like Xu Ying, Chen Maosheng, Xiao Huan, and Zuo Xiaoliang should all vote for "Datong".
As for the voters of "Great Wu", most of them are scholars from Jiangnan.
?Thanks to Kublai Khan's start, the national titles all carry the word "Da", Dayuan, Daming, Daqing, Dashun, Zhao Han's national title "Datong" seems to be very gregarious.
After Zhao Han made a decision, Qian Qianyi immediately flattered him: "The great Qian Yuan, the beginning of all things, is the unification of the sky. This is called the Great Yuan; from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were six people at one time, and the other was riding six dragons to control the sky. This is called the Great Ming Dynasty." ;Protecting Dahe, Nai Lizhen. The first common thing, Wan Guo Xianning. Datong is Dahe, the country name is "Datong", which coincides with the change of the main road. In the end, the Ming Dynasty thought it was the country. Your Highness is wise!"
Zhao Hanquan pretended not to hear the flattery, and continued: "Let's fix the year again."
"Since the name of the country is Datong, the name of the year should be Xiaokang!" Zhang Cai said immediately.
Liu Rushi agreed with a smile: "That's good."
Li Banghua and Pang Chunlai also said: "The year name should be Xiaokang."
Xu Ying, Chen Maosheng, Xiao Huan, Zuo Xiaoliang and others also said together: "A well-off life is excellent!"sp; Chen Maosheng asked suddenly: "The inner court uses female officials, can these female officials marry?"
Zhao Han explained: "If a female official wants to get married, she can choose to retire. Ordinary court ladies enter the palace at the age of 16 to 18. If they are 25 years old and have no female official position, they must be forced to retire and leave the palace, and return to the people to choose a husband to marry .¡±
"This is a benevolent government!" Li Banghua clapped his hands in praise.
Zhao Han said again: "To serve as a court lady, you must take an exam, and it is all voluntary. The inner court cannot forcibly recruit court ladies from the people, and the selection of empresses and concubines also cannot be forcibly recruited. I will write these things into the constitution, including that the inner court must not interfere in politics."
Xu Ying asked: "Should the harem system also be changed?"
Zhao Han said: "Following the old system of the Ming Dynasty, there are two levels of concubines under the empress. However, the imperial concubine and the imperial concubine are abolished, and this concubine title can no longer be established."
Zhao Han did not limit the number of concubines, because it is useless to limit.
In the future, which descendant will be the emperor and how many women he wants is not a matter of one sentence? Forcibly specifying the amount will lead to problems, such as abolishing a certain concubine to make room for a woman he likes.
Moreover, after limiting the number of concubines, the battle in the harem will be intensified, fighting for those seats.
Zhao Han only made a rough idea, leaving the rest of the specific content, such as setting the inner court organization, the position of female officials, etc., to the Ministry of Rites.
Zhao Han said: "The clan and relatives, I don't support idlers. Even the prince, after he grows up, he has to go to the palace to support himself. He can join the army or be an official, but he has to take an exam. Civil and military positions can only reach the third rank at the highest level, and are not allowed to govern a province. Clan relatives other than the fifth rank can only achieve the second rank at the highest level, and are also not allowed to govern a province. For military positions, the fourth rank and above are not allowed As the real command. Except, of course, the Navy."