Chapter Nine Hundred and Five
After discussing the country name, it's time to discuss the era name. Wen Huanzhang and those well-educated Confucian scholars came up with many era names for Shen Long to choose from. These era names have their own meanings, but none of them satisfied Shen Long.
So Shen Long planned to come by himself, "In the Five Dynasties, the warriors disrupted the country, causing the people to die, but in the Song Dynasty, it was an overkill, only cultivating literature and virtue and not martial arts. It must be known that building a country should be civil and military for a long time; in order to eliminate the centuries-old abuses of the Song Dynasty, To rejuvenate my heart of martial arts in the Central Plains, I thought I should use the name of Hongwu!"
In the process of formulating the year name, usually Hanlin Confucian officials drafted several alternative plans in advance, and then submitted to the new king to choose one of them as the official year name; only "Hongwu" was an exception, which was made by Zhu Yuanzhang himself Created; the military affairs were the most prosperous in the early days of the founding of the past dynasties. Hongwu means grand martial arts, which means Zhang Xianwu's might, and literally does not lose the heroic spirit of Huaiyou.
Due to the limitations of the times and himself, although there are many inadequacies in the various national policies formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang's achievements in leading the people of the Central Plains to overthrow the rule of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty are solid.
Shen Long chose this year name, firstly to show off his martial arts in defeating the Kingdom of Jin, and secondly, as he said just now, to revive the heart of martial arts in the Central Plains. It is still in the hands of Xixia, and the Western Regions have been in the hands of the Hu people for nearly a hundred years after the Guiyi Army was destroyed by the Shazhou Uighurs.
There are still many battles to be fought in the Central Plains in the future. In addition to sweeping the Western Regions, Shen Long also needs to let the fleet of the Central Plains sail to the sea.
Everyone took orders, so the country title and year title were set. Wen Huanzhang hurriedly took people to prepare to draft the corresponding edict, which would be announced to the world after the formal enthronement ceremony.
After some intense preparations, Shen Long's enthronement ceremony was held on time. He replaced Zhao and became the real ruler of the country, and the people of the Central Plains changed from the subjects of the Song Dynasty to the subjects of the Qi Dynasty.
It goes without saying that after ascending the throne, the civil and military officials were rewarded. The heroes who followed Shen Long from Liangshan received different rewards according to their abilities and previous achievements. The grass bandits who fell into the grass became the founding fathers? Many people feel as if they are in a dream.
Thinking of those brothers who followed Song Jiang again, all the heroes were full of emotion. If they hadn't followed Song Jiang at the beginning, but stayed on the mountain, I'm afraid it would have been another result?
Of course, no one has forgotten Zhang Qing, Sun Erniang and others. They are very clear that although Yuan Wai's brother is willing to take care of his brother, he will never allow anything that violates the law. Although he has become a hero in the founding of the country, he must act cautiously in the future , Don't give away your own head, let alone destroy the old loyalty.
The news of the new emperor's enthronement and change of dynasty spread all over the world, and most of the states and counties in the world sent documents of surrender. Many people thought that there would be such a day,
And made corresponding preparations, even Li Gang was no exception. Although this is a bit sorry for the officials of the Song Dynasty, it is a good thing for the people of the world, and Li Gang can accept this.
But it's not that he is not clear-headed. How to deal with these people has become Shen Long's first problem since he took the throne. At the court meeting, someone brought up this matter, and then everyone discussed it. Some suggested directly sending troops to crusade. Others said that there is no need to make such a big noise, just an imperial decree to dismiss the officials in those places.
When all kinds of opinions came to Shen Long, Shen Long came up with an unexpected solution, "This is just a trivial matter. Some people who don't know the current affairs can't make any waves, but now there is a major event that needs to be resolved." Discuss with you."
After all, Daoquan Chang'an, the director of Taiyuan Hospital and the School of Medicine, stood up, took out the memorial and read, "Chen'an Daoquan discussed smallpox with His Majesty in the past. His Majesty said that Sun Simiao, the king of medicine in the Tang Dynasty, once treated the smallpox patient. The pus from the body to prevent smallpox, but unfortunately the effect is very little, and it is easy to contract smallpox."
"Your Majesty asserted that it might be possible to replace human pox with vaccinia, which may prevent the spread of smallpox. Since then, I have studied carefully under the guidance of Your Majesty. After several years, today I finally found a way to prevent smallpox! Just give people If you plant cowpox, you can avoid the threat of smallpox, and I ask your Majesty to teach this method to the world, so that the people of Daqi will never suffer from smallpox again!"
In this era, smallpox can be regarded as a terminal disease, and it is a serious disaster. Countless children, young and strong women die of smallpox every year. If we can find a way to completely solve smallpox, it will be a great merit for countless living people!
Therefore, when Shen Long knew this situation, he immediately thought of what Han Dahammer had done, so he asked An Daoquan to concentrate on research and continue to provide various supports. Until now, he finally found a solution that meets the technological level of this era. method, and has cultivated a large number of relevant talents, and can vaccinate the people of the world.
As soon as this statement came out, there was a mess in the court. Many of the officials in the court had relatives who died of smallpox. When they heard about such a thing, how could they bear it?
Shen Long followed up with the decree to popularize vaccinia cultivation in Tokyo first, and then expand from Tokyo to the whole country. The future Daqi will need human resources very much. After the smallpox is completely eradicated, the infant mortality rate will be greatly reduced, and the population of the Central Plains will increase. There will be a sharp increase, and there will be no shortage of human resources no matter whether it is to open up the north, penetrate the Western Regions, or manage overseas colonies.
The people of Tokyo quickly witnessed the miracle of science. Since the vaccination was planted, smallpox was really on the verge of extinction in Tokyo. The news spread, and officials from all over the country wrote to the imperial court, strongly demanding that people be quickly sent to plant cowpox here. , so that they can also enjoy this benefit.
Those prefectures and counties that were still unwilling to surrender suddenly became anxious. Will His Majesty be angry that I can't wait to vaccinate our side? Now many officials hurriedly signed the edict of pleading guilty, and those who refused to do so were directly kicked out of the yamen by the local people.
Without dispatching a single soldier, Shen Long easily solved this problem that was a headache for civil and military officials, and greatly won the hearts of the people. When the cowpox took effect, Shen Long's evaluation among the people reached an unbelievable level.
Now that the country is stable, it is time to consider the issue of using troops, so at the Great Court Meeting, Shen Long proposed to use troops to Xixia and the Western Regions.
As soon as the words fell, countless generals became excited and challenged Shen Long one after another. This is a good opportunity to make contributions, how could they miss it?