Diqin Designer

Chapter 74 Emperor's Title and Calendar

Everyone in the world laughs at the "Gaoliang River God of Cars", but the God of Cars at least still has the idea of ​​unifying the world, unlike some of his descendants who are content to live in a corner and dare not even think about it.

Of course, the descendants of the God of Cars would not even dare to think about it. It was all the evil seeds he planted that made them unable to defeat the Liao people, and they couldn’t even rule their own people?

"However, not every emperor can unify the world like the great king, so at certain times, the land of China was divided into multiple countries."

"For example, the Song Dynasty that I talked about with Your Majesty before coexisted with the Liao, Xia, and Jin dynasties. Another example is the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, which literally means that in less than a hundred years, there were five dynasties and ten countries."

Ying Zheng nodded, indicating that he understood.

In the more than two thousand years of history after the Qin Dynasty, not every dynasty achieved great unification like the Qin Dynasty. Instead, there were many separate regimes and many different political powers.

It seems that although my Great Qin Dynasty perished in the second generation, it was not too bad in history, as there were so many younger brothers to support it.

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng's mood couldn't help but improve!

Li Nian continued, "In addition to the bamboo slips, I have drawn the dragon robes of the major dynasties in the past few days, as well as the costumes of the princes, concubines, and ministers. Your Majesty can use them as a reference. The dragon robe is the emperor's clothing, also known as the dragon robe, and can only be worn by the emperor."

"In later dynasties, those who privately made or wore dragon robes were considered treasonous, a serious crime punishable by execution of all nine generations of the family. Even if the prince wore it without permission, he would be severely punished."

Ying Zheng knew that this was to reflect the uniqueness and dignity of the emperor. If everyone could wear the dragon robe, how could the emperor’s uniqueness be demonstrated and make people all over the world in awe?
"Show it to me quickly."

Following Ying Zheng's order, eunuchs came in from outside the hall carrying a pile of bamboo slips and wooden boards.

The bamboo slips were presented to Ying Zheng, but he did not look at them immediately. Instead, he looked at the eunuchs holding wooden boards. He saw that each board had a type of clothing and a Qin seal painted on it.

For example, the Qin seal character on the first wooden board is "Qin", which means that the dragon robe painted on the board comes from the Qin Dynasty. Ying Zheng took a closer look and found 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 characters on the board were "Han", which meant it came from the Han Dynasty. However, the dragon robe of the Han Dynasty looked similar to that of the Qin Dynasty...

"What a Han Dynasty thief, he even took my dragon robe!"

But he was not angry in his heart. The fact that Han inherited the dragon robe of his Great Qin did not prove that the dragon robe of the Great Qin was better.
After seeing the dragon robe, Ying Zheng did not look at the costumes of the princes, concubines and ministers of later dynasties. He picked up a scroll of bamboo slips and said to Li Nian while reading it, "You can continue!"

Li Nian said: "Your Majesty, you already know that the kings of later dynasties were called 'emperors' because of you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty is the first king in Chinese history to be called 'emperor'. The title of emperor sometimes varies in different dynasties, but it is generally the same."

"The emperor is also called 'Son of Heaven' and 'The Supreme Lord'. He usually refers to himself as 'I', 'I', 'orphan'. When others meet the emperor, they often do not address him directly, but rather as 'Your Majesty', 'Your Highness', 'The Emperor', 'Your Highness', 'Your Majesty', etc."

Although he was reading the bamboo slips, Ying Zheng did not miss a single word of what Li Nian said. When he heard that "Guan Jia" was also a name for the emperor, he asked, "What does this name 'Guan Jia' mean and where did it come from?"

Li Nian said: "The title of Guanjia appeared in the Han Dynasty, but it was not officially used to refer to the emperor. It was not until the Song Dynasty that it was officially adopted by the court."

"Song Taizong also asked the same question as Your Majesty, and his ministers answered, 'The Three Sovereigns ruled the world, and the Five Emperors ruled the world. This is what the emperor is all about.'"

"This saying originally came from Jiang Ji's Wanji Lun during the Three Kingdoms period. It originally read 'The Three Sovereigns govern the world, the Five Emperors rule the world, and the emperor combines the virtues of the three and five, so he is called the official family.'"

There is actually such an understanding. The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors are really useful. They created an "emperor", and later someone invented the "official"!
"But there is another saying. Before the Song Dynasty, doctors were called "medical families", farmers were called "farmers", and wine sellers were called "winemakers". They were given the word "family" according to what they did. The same is true for officials, and the emperor is a person." Ying Zheng frowned. Isn't this treating the emperor as a profession? Doesn't that mean anyone can do it? Where is the uniqueness and mystery?

After talking about the title of the emperor, Li Nian talked about the title of the princes and concubines: "The emperor is the title of the monarch in later generations. As the title of the monarch changed, the titles of the monarch's sons and wives naturally changed as well."

"The wife of a king is called the Queen, and the rest are called concubines, such as the Imperial Concubine, the Virtuous Concubine, the Virtuous Concubine, and the Virtuous Concubine. The son of a king is a prince, and the crown prince is different from the other princes and is called the Crown Prince."

This is also to reflect the difference between the crown prince and other princes.

The Crown Prince is the heir to the throne. Although he is still a "heir" and not the official "king", he also has the qualities of a "king". How can he be treated the same as the other princes?
After listening to Li Nian's story, Ying Zheng found that there was not much change. Compared with the current Qin Dynasty, many titles were changed from "King" to "Emperor".

After just one thought, Ying Zheng knew why. It was very likely that these things were originally created by him during the Qin Dynasty, and were inherited by later dynasties with some changes made to them.

"After ascending the throne, the emperor of a later dynasty would receive the homage of all officials and would usually appoint an empress dowager, a royal concubine, as well as the queen, the crown prince, and the concubines..."

Speaking of this, Li Nian was quite curious that since the First Emperor never had an empress, there have always been claims in later generations that Fusu was the eldest son of a concubine. So the question is, which prince of Qin was the First Emperor's legitimate son?

As for the reason why the First Emperor did not have a queen, Li Nian felt that it was not because the shadow cast by Zhao Ji was too deep, but that he did not want to have a queen before choosing an heir.

Because once a queen is chosen, it will inevitably affect his plan to establish a crown prince.

It is possible that a political strongman like Qin Shi Huang would not establish a queen because of Zhao Ji's influence, but it is unlikely. It is more likely that he did not want to establish a queen for political reasons.

"The new emperor would also establish an era name, symbolizing that the world has entered a new era of rule by an emperor. The era name usually starts from the year of his accession to the throne and ends when he is no longer in power. However, some emperors would also modify the era name, not using the same era name forever."

When he heard the word "year name", Ying Zheng became interested and asked, "What year name do you think I should choose?"

Li Nian thought for a moment and replied, "I think that although the king can set a reign title based on his merits, it would be better to set a calendar."

Ying Zheng became even more interested, and even stopped looking at the bamboo slips in his hand. He raised his head and said, "Let's talk!"

Li Nian said: "Your Majesty, you can designate the year when you unified the country and established the system as the first year of the First Emperor, and change the calendar to the First Emperor calendar. That is, starting from this year, all years will be recorded according to the First Emperor calendar."

Li Nian came up with this idea because he remembered that the first year of the Gregorian calendar used by later generations was the year Jesus was born.

The year of Jesus' birth can be used as the first year of the Gregorian calendar and is commonly used around the world. Then why can't the year when Qin Shi Huang became emperor be used as the first year of his reign?

This is the Qin Dynasty, not the modern times. If we don't use major events in Chinese history as the beginning of the calendar, do we have to wait for the West to come over and use the Gregorian calendar?

That doesn't make sense!

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