Chapter 74 Emperor's Title and Calendar
The world laughs at the "Gaoliang River Chariot God", but at least the Chariot God still has the idea of unifying the world, unlike some of his descendants who are content in a corner without even thinking about it. Dare to think.
Of course, the descendants of the Che God would never dare to think about it. It was also the root of evil he planted. If he can't defeat the Liao people, he can't cure his own people?
“However, not every emperor can unify the world like a great king. Therefore, at some time, the land of China was divided and multiple countries existed.”
“As before with The Song Dynasty that the king talked about once coexisted with the Liao, Xia, and Jin. Another example is the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, which literally means five dynasties and ten countries in less than a hundred years."
Ying Zheng nodded, indicating that he understood.
After the Qin Dynasty, there were more than two thousand years of history. Not every dynasty completed the great unification like the Qin Dynasty. Instead, the princes were separated and the political power was numerous.
It seems that although the great Qin Dynasty died in the second generation, it is not too bad in history. There are still so many younger brothers at the bottom.
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng couldn’t help but feel better!
Li Nian continued: "In addition to the bamboo slips, I have painted the dragon robes, princes, concubines and ministers' costumes of all major dynasties in the past few days. The king can use them as a reference. Dragon robes are also the emperor's clothes. Also known as Long Gong, it cannot be worn by non-emperors.”
"In later dynasties, those who privately make or wear dragon robes will be regarded as treason, which is a serious crime that can punish the nine clans. Even if the prince wears it without authorization, he will be severely punished."
Ying Zheng knew this was the case. In order to reflect the uniqueness and nobility of the emperor, if everyone can wear dragon robes, how can we show the uniqueness of the emperor and make people in the world awe?
"Bring it to me quickly."
Following Ying Zheng's order, a chamberlain came in from outside the hall carrying a pile of bamboo slips and wooden boards.
The bamboo slips were presented in front of Ying Zheng. He did not look at it immediately, but looked at the servants holding the wooden boards. He saw that each wooden board was painted with a kind of clothing and a Qin seal. .
For example, the Qin seal on the first wooden board is "Qin", which means that the dragon robe painted on the wooden board came from the Qin Dynasty. Ying Zheng looked carefully and saw that it was modified based on the royal robe he often wore.
Looking at the second wooden board, Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows. The seal character on the wooden board was "Han", which meant that it came from the Han Dynasty, but the dragon robes of the Han Dynasty looked like those of the Qin Dynasty...
'What a traitor of the Han Dynasty, he even 'inherited' my dragon robe! ’
But he was not angry in his heart. If the Han Dynasty would inherit the dragon robe of Da Qin, wouldn’t it prove that the dragon robe of Da Qin was good?
After looking at the dragon robes, Ying Zheng did not look at the costumes of the princes, concubines and ministers of later dynasties. He picked up a bamboo slip and looked at it while saying to Li Nian: "You can continue!"
Li Niandao: "Your Majesty already knows that the kings of later dynasties are called 'Emperors' because of you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty is the first king in the history of China to be called 'Emperor'. The title of emperor is also occasionally different in different dynasties, but It's basically the same."
"The emperor was also arrested. He is called the 'Son of Heaven' or 'The Lord of the Ninth Five-Year Plan'. He usually uses 'I', 'I', 'I', or 'Gu' when calling himself. When others meet the emperor, they often do not directly address him as the emperor, but use 'Your Majesty', 'Long Live', 'Long Live', Titles such as 'Emperor', 'Guanjia', and 'Holy One'."
Although he was reading the bamboo slips, Li Nian said that Ying Zheng did not miss a word. When he heard that "Guan Jia" was also a title for the emperor, he said aloud: "What does the name 'Guan Jia' mean? Where did it come from?”
Li Niandao: “The name official family appeared in the Han Dynasty. But it was not officially used as a title for the emperor. It was not officially used by the court until the Song Dynasty."
"Song Taizong also asked the same question as the king, and his ministers replied, "Three emperors govern the world." , the five emperors rule the world."
"This statement originally came from Jiang Ji's "Wanji Lun" during the Three Kingdoms period. It was originally 'Three emperors govern the world, five emperors govern the world, and the emperor combines the virtues of the three and five, so it is called the official family'."
Actually There is also this understanding that the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors are really useful. He created an "emperor", and later someone invented the "official family"!
“But there is another saying. Before the Song Dynasty, doctors were called doctors, farmers who farmed were called farmers, and people who sold wine were called restaurants. They were named according to what they did. With the word 'family', the same applies to officials. People who are emperors." Ying Zheng frowned. Doesn't this mean treating emperor as a profession? Doesn't that mean anyone can do it? What else is there to say about uniqueness and mystery?
After talking about the title of the emperor, Li Nian then talked about the title of the prince and concubines: "The emperor is the title of the king in later generations. Due to the change of the king's title, the king's son and the king's wife The title also changed naturally.”
"The king's wife is called the queen, and the rest are called concubines, such as noble concubine, shu concubine, virtuous concubine, virtuous concubine, etc. The king's son is the prince, and the crown prince is different from the other princes and is called the prince alone."
< br>This is also to reflect the difference between the prince and other princes.
The prince is a prince. Although he is still a "prince" and not a formal "king", he still has the nature of a "king". How can he be like other princes?
After listening to Li Nian's story, Ying Zheng found that not much had changed. Compared with the current Da Qin, many titles were just changed from "king" to "emperor".
Only after thinking about it, Ying Zheng knew why. It was very likely that these things were originally created by him during the Qin Dynasty and inherited by later dynasties, with some changes added to them.
"After the emperors of later dynasties ascended the throne, they accepted the worship of hundreds of officials, and generally appointed empress dowagers, empress dowagers, empresses, princes, and concubines..."
Speaking of this, Li Nian became quite curious. Before the emperor was established, there was always a saying in later generations that Fusu was the eldest son of a concubine. So the question is, which Qin Gongzi was the legitimate son of the First Emperor?
As for the reason why the First Emperor did not establish a queen, Li Nian felt that it was not that Zhao Ji cast too deep a shadow on him, but that he did not want to establish a queen before choosing a successor.
Because once a queen is selected, it will definitely have an impact on his plan to establish a heir apparent.
For a political strongman like the First Emperor, it is possible that he would not stand as a queen because of Zhao Ji's influence, but it is unlikely. It is more likely that he did not want to stand because of political considerations.
"The new emperor will also establish an era name, which symbolizes that the world has entered a period of governance by a new emperor. The era name is generally from the year he ascends the throne as the first year until he no longer rules the world. But some emperors will also change the era name. , not to use one reign name until the end."
Hearing the word "reign name", Ying Zheng became interested and asked, "What do you think the reign name should be?"
Li Nian thought for a while and replied: "I think that although the king's merits can be used to determine a year, it is not as good as a calendar."
Ying Zheng became even more interested. He stopped looking at the bamboo slips in his hand for the time being, raised his head and said, "Let's talk!"
Li Niandao: "Your Majesty can unify the world, proclaim himself emperor, and set this year as the first year of the First Emperor. He will change the calendar to the First Emperor's calendar. That is, starting from this year, all years will be counted according to the First Emperor's calendar."
Li Nian came up with this idea because he thought that the first year of the Gregorian calendar used by later generations was the year Jesus was born.
The year when Jesus was born can be used as the first year of the Gregorian calendar and be used globally by future generations. So why can’t the year when the First Emperor proclaimed himself emperor be the first year of the First Emperor?
This is the Qin Dynasty, not the later modern times. We don’t use the major events in Chinese history as the beginning of the calendar. Do we have to wait for the West to come over and then use the Gregorian calendar?
That doesn’t make sense!
Thank you to "Uncle who loves boiled beef" for 1 monthly pass, thank you to "Yunsan Gaotang" for 1 monthly pass, thank you to "I think you are a pig" for 2 monthly passes, thank "huyoucai" for 2 monthly passes 2 monthly passes, thank you to "Saint Blue Shadow" for 2 monthly passes, and thank you to "Smiling Dinisha Sexy" for 1 1 monthly pass, thank you to "Crimson Blue Sky" for 2 monthly passes, thank "Silent 5858" for 2 monthly passes, thank "The Bookworm in the Book" for 1 monthly pass, thank "Watching the Spring Festival Gala in a Small House One Night" for 1 monthly pass , Thank you to "Book Friends 120615102422984" for a monthly pass, thank you to "Falling Eternity 001" 2 monthly passes, thank you to "Book Friends 20190624154343550" for 2 monthly passes, thank you to "Ye Shenyue Reality Deified Edition" for 1 monthly pass, thank you to "I vow to go to bed early and get up early" for 2 monthly passes, thank "Book Friends 20211031231901721" 2 monthly passes, thanks to "Gray Tone De Star" Thank you to "Hai" for 1 monthly pass, thank you to "Wild Tyrant Body" for 2 monthly passes, thank "Reader 1182634312578813952" for 2 monthly passes, thank He Jiatingting for 1 monthly pass, thank "jw Wei" for 1 monthly pass, thank "Scandium Dragon" Thank you "|Kun|" for a monthly pass.
(End of this chapter)