A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 40 The founding of the Ming Dynasty and the founding of the Yuan Dynasty Hongwu

In the 27th year of Zhizheng, the first year of Xiwu, December.

The main hall of King Wu.

Wu King Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the throne, and all the officials kowtowed.

Li Shanchang, the Prime Minister of the Left State (the Yuan Dynasty respected the right, but at this time Zhu Yuanzhang had ordered the ancient system to be respected and the left was respected again, and Li Shanchang changed from the Prime Minister of the Right to the Prime Minister of the Left.) was the first, and all the ministers lined up behind him, and they all knelt on the ground. , Li Shanchang respectfully presented a book form (that is, a form of persuasion), while Wang Guangyang behind him held a bright yellow dragon robe in his hand, and Liu Ji held a jade seal in his hand.

"Your Highness, you are as brave as heaven and wise as the world. You raised troops to sweep across the world and saved the people from fire and water. You led the building and the ship to the west. The false imperial army was destroyed and the country fell. You ordered the general to march eastward. The false imperial city was broken and bound. This is the world. The situation is about to be yours! I, Li Shanchang, and others are in compliance with the public opinion, and I respectfully request you to honor me as soon as possible, so as to calm the people's hearts and create peace for all generations."

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be shocked when he heard this. He stood up from his seat, took two steps, and said with a very uncomfortable expression:
"Before, I was the king, but I did it as a last resort. You forced me to do it. Now you have elected me to be the emperor, but this is absolutely impossible. My virtue is too shallow to hold such a big responsibility."

The ministers kowtowed in unison, and under the leadership of Li Shanchang, they said again:

"Saints descended from heaven are meant to serve the people. Your Highness, you have been on the throne for three or four years, which is a sign of destiny. In the past, Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty accepted the advice of his ministers when he punished Xiang Ji; today, Your Highness, you have eliminated the riots and A life-saving spirit, benevolent to the world, Heaven's heart has been assigned to you, you must not violate it, I am waiting for you to die today!"

Zhu Yuanzhang still shook his head and refused, pretending to be "This throne is poisonous, please don't harm me."

However, the ministers were not discouraged and made a third attempt to persuade them to advance.

This time, Zhu Yuanzhang finally relaxed:

"Now the world has not been peaceful and the war has not ended. I originally wanted to wait until the world was settled before we can discuss the position. However, you are forcing each other so hard that I can only obey you. However, everything must abide by etiquette and must not be rash. .”

Wu Wang Zhu Yuanzhang officially accepted the throne.
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In the royal study of King Wu, several important civil servants of the Western Wu regime were sitting.

They were discussing the name of the new dynasty.

There have been many plans before.

For example, Wang Guangyang suggested using "Wu" as the name of the country, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not bother to compare it with the separatist regime of Sun Wu in the Three Kingdoms. Liu Ji also proposed that the king of Wu originated from Anhui, so "Wan" could be the name of the country, but this was also rejected by Zhu Yuanzhang. .

Everyone was speechless for a moment. They could only take out ancient books and search, while racking their brains to think of a nice and meaningful country title.

"Dong dong." At this moment, the wooden door rang twice, and a palace servant walked in and whispered something in King Wu's ear.

Zhu Yuanzhang's serious face suddenly showed a smile and said:
"Xuan!"

Under the gaze of all the ministers, Yan Ling, dressed in plain robes, quickly approached.

The strange thing is that the appearance of a commoner in the palace of the majestic King Wu did not arouse anyone's surprise. It seemed that everything happened naturally.

"Yan Ling, a common man, comes to pay homage to His Highness King Wu." Yan Ling knelt down and saluted uprightly.

"Pingsheng. Ruixuan, I called you here today to discuss the country's title. Do you have any ideas?" After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, Li Shanchang had already taken over and told him the discussion of the important ministers just now to prevent him from saying those things again. A country title that has been rejected.

The answer is readily available to the time traveler.

However, if he blurted it out, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely not reject his proposal. After all, this was the name of the country that his family wanted, but how did the previous ministers deal with it?Your casual words were accepted, and they thought hard and were rejected. Could it be that they can't compare to your talent, Yan Ruixuan?

So he first pretended to think for a while, then picked up some basic ancient books and browsed them, and then he said calmly: "Your Highness, the sun and the moon move in the sky, and they remain unchanged forever. The dynasty is still prosperous for thousands of years, so it is called the Ming Dynasty." How about using the fire virtue of "Ming" as the name of the country to overcome the gold virtue of "Yuan"?"

There has always been a saying in the dynasty that the Five Elements complement each other, for example, Zhou is the virtue of fire, Qin is the virtue of water, water restrains fire, Qin then replaces Zhou; Song is the virtue of wood, and Yuan uses the virtue of gold to replace the Song.

The Ming Dynasty replaced the Yuan Dynasty with its fire virtue.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he gave him a high-five and applauded:

"What a sun and moon walking in the sky, unchanged from ancient times! Good, good! Gu's dynasty will be passed down for generations! Ruixuan, there are such coincidences in the world. Gang Gu was also thinking about this "Ming" in his heart This is the will of God! In this way, the name of the country will be "Da Ming"!"

"As for the reign name, Baishi (Li Shanchang)'s suggestion was in line with Gu's wishes, so he chose 'Hongwu' as the title!"
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On the fourth day of the first lunar month of the second year of Wu, Zhu Yuanzhang, king of Wu, offered sacrifices to heaven and earth at the Yang of Zhongshan Mountain. That is, the emperor was located in the southern suburbs. He was destined to be named "Da Ming" by the world. This year was designated as the first year of Hongwu. He made his concubine Ma the queen and the crown prince. He was marked as the crown prince, and all ministers were promoted to nobility.

At this time, Yan Ling, who was a white man, was also standing among a group of meritorious officials. He was about to usher in the most glorious moment of his life.

Standing on the altar, Emperor Hongwu opened the yellow silk in his hand and loudly announced the rewards to the soldiers who had followed him in the war for many years.

The first one is him.

"Previous Pingzhang was very aggressive in political affairs. He destroyed quarrying, attacked Jiqing, and fought in Poyang. He saved the emperor and ran the place. He worked hard and made great achievements. Although he had major faults, his outstanding achievements cannot be concealed. He was awarded the title of Yinqing Ronglu, Doctor, Shang. Zhu Guo, Zhongshu Pingzhang, recording important military and state affairs, he is the Duke of Zhao!"

"Sir, thank you for your grace!"

The moment Yan Ling knelt down to salute, the long-lost game panel heard a voice again in his mind.

【I witness! 】

[The founding of the Ming Dynasty and the founding of the Yuan Dynasty of Hongwu!Under the sun of Zhongshan, the new dynasty stands!I witness the ascension of Emperor Hongwu to the throne, and I am Yan Ling, Duke of Zhao! 】

[Reward: Character Experience Card: [Duggan]]

Yan Ling took a glance and was immediately ecstatic!

This character experience card was a timely gift, which made the biggest difficulty in his future plans self-defeating!

The official establishment of Ming Dynasty also symbolizes that his family game has truly begun...

At this time, a scorching sun hung high in the sky, bringing infinite light and shrouding this land of China with thousands of years of history...

A new dynasty was born.
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PS: The full names of the last three dynasties of China are actually "Yuan", "Ming" and "Qing", not the previous "Tang" and "Song".Because when the Mongols chose their country's name, they didn't know the customs of the Central Plains and chose the nondescript "Dayuan". The two subsequent dynasties followed the same example...

"The name of the founding of the country can be called Dayuan, which takes the meaning of 'Qianyuan' in the "Book of Changes"." - "History of the Yuan Dynasty: The Founding of the Kingdom"

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