Thief Emperor

Chapter 889 Is it reasonable?
When he entered Tangzhou that year, Li Yun was already thinking about the future name of the country.

Because if he didn't make a fuss in Tangzhou, he wouldn't have many options to choose from. After all, the country name of this era generally had to have a source. Li Yun was born in Xuanzhou and his power was based in Wu, so he could only choose from these two places.

Unless, unless the Zhou Dynasty court gave him a fief, then he would choose the name of his country based on the place where he was granted the fief.

Unfortunately, when Li Yun became the Surveillance Commissioner of Jiangdong, he severed ties with the Zhou court and was not able to obtain any fiefdom or title from the court.

Therefore, after taking Tangzhou, he asked the scholars under his command to research his ancestral home as Tangzhou. After all, this thing is quite flexible. Once it comes out of Li's mouth, others will not and dare not to dig deeper into the matter, let alone be stupid enough to investigate where Li Yun's ancestral home is.

So now, he probably can only choose one from Wu, Xuan, and Tang.

Wu has definitely been eliminated. Firstly, he is too regional, and secondly, Li Yun doesn't like this place.

After Li Yun said this, all the officials looked around and finally their eyes fell on the two prime ministers. Du Qian looked calm and didn't say anything. Yao Zhong could only sigh slightly and said to the Minister of Rites Tao Wenyuan: "Minister Tao, this is the matter of the Ministry of Rites."

"Minister Tao, please tell us something."

Tao Wenyuan stepped forward and bowed his head to Li Yun and said, "Your Majesty, the names of future countries must be chosen from the ancient Spring and Autumn Period countries."

He lowered his head and said, "There is no Xuan in the Spring and Autumn Period."

Hearing this, Li Yun nodded silently, feeling a little complicated.

As a soul from another world, he certainly has some obsession with the name of the country Tang, otherwise he would not have done all these things in advance.

However, he single-handedly started a new dynasty, and sometimes wanted to use a country name that had never been seen or appeared before.

However, what Tao Wenyuan said also makes sense.

Even in another world, the name of a country is often chosen from the pre-Qin countries. Whether in this world or another world, there is no ancient Xuan Kingdom.

However, there really was a Tang State.

Li Yun sat on the imperial throne, his mind in turmoil.

Indeed, he has enough ability to overturn Tao Wenyuan's statement. After all, he is the founder and what he says is the truth. In another world, the names of Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties have appeared without any regional origin. Even if Li Yun establishes a Li Dynasty now, no one dares to say anything.

But at this time, he felt some inexplicable sense of fate.

The Wu Zhou Dynasty was very similar to the Tang Dynasty in every aspect.

Now, the Wu Zhou Dynasty has come to an end, the country has collapsed, and a new dynasty is about to be born.

Perhaps, Li Yun was sent down from heaven just to build another Li Tang in this world.

Thinking of this, Li Yun looked at everyone and said slowly: "Then let's follow the ancient system."

He stood up and said, "After the New Year, I will offer sacrifices to the gods, change the era name to Zhangwu, and establish a country..."

"Tang Dynasty."

After saying this, he stood up and looked at everyone.

All the officials knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Yun.

"Long live the Tang Dynasty."

"Long live your Majesty!"

When Li Yun heard this title for the first time, he felt a little uncomfortable. He waved his hand and said, "It won't be too late to change the title after the position is corrected."

As he spoke, he looked at Du Qian and said, "Brother Shouyi, you will be in charge of the remaining matters. If we don't discuss matters in the Taiji Palace, we can go to the Secretariat to continue the discussion. All the rules must be finalized before the end of the year."

“Before the New Year.”

Li Yun left with his hands behind his back: "The two prime ministers, the six ministers, and officials of the same level, please come to my place and we will make the final decision."

Du Qian bowed and said yes.

Li Yun looked at everyone, then left with his hands behind his back.

After he left, there was a lot of discussion in the hall.

Someone looked at Tao Wenyuan and said, "Minister Tao, why did the country's name get changed to Tang? Is the emperor's ancestral home really Tangzhou?"

"That should be it."

Tao Wenyuan was also a little uncertain. He said, "When the king's army entered Tangzhou, someone did find out the king's ancestral home."

Some people even bowed to Tao Wenyuan and said enviously, "Minister Tao decided the name of the new dynasty with just one sentence. Even if nothing else is mentioned, just based on this one sentence, Lord Tao will be remembered in history."

Tao Wenyuan waved his hand, then looked up at the sky, sighing with emotion.

"There is still more than a month before the world changes."

Du Qian put his hands behind his back, walked up to Tao Wenyuan, and said with a smile: "People in the future will remember what happened today with just four words."

"The Zhou Dynasty will be replaced by the Tang Dynasty." After saying this, he turned his head to look at the people in the hall and said slowly: "Everyone, the new dynasty is about to be established. There are many things to do. Everyone should work harder."

"After this busy period, I will ask for a reward on behalf of you all."

Everyone bowed to Du Qian and said, "We will follow your orders, sir."

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The next day, in Li Yun’s residence.

Fei Xuan, dressed in black, was sitting at the bottom of the living room, while Li Yun was sitting in the main seat. Looking at the former Jiangdong Surveillance Commissioner in front of him, he smiled and said, "Minister Fei, have you made up your mind about coming here today?"

Fei Xuan lowered his head and sighed, "Take the position, my daughter is still young after all."

"Sixteen or seventeen years old, right?"

Li Yun put down the teacup and said with a smile: "It's not small anymore."

"However, if you don't agree, I won't force you, and this matter will be void. But in the future, if my little brother marries someone else's daughter, you must not regret it."

Fei Xuan looked up at Li Yun, then looked down at the tea in his hand. He thought for a moment and said, "Then... let them meet. If they get along well, I will agree to this matter."

Li Yun laughed and clapped his hands, saying, "Okay, okay, I'll start making arrangements before the New Year."

After saying that, he stood up, patted Fei Xuan on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Old sir, I found this son-in-law for you, and it is absolutely not a loss for you."

Fei Xuan nodded silently and said, "I know that General Meng is a top-notch talent in the army, but I am a civil servant and he is a military commander, so I don't think it's appropriate."

"Meng Qing is an honest person."

Li Yun said seriously, "I won't treat your daughter harshly either."

Fei Xuan looked at Li Yun and said with a smile: "I can see that ordinary people would not worry so much when they get to the top."

"It's not my concern."

Li Yun smiled and said, "In a few years, I will use him more. I need to let him settle down first."

Fei Xuan was stunned and looked up at Li Yun, somewhat surprised.

Li Yun saw his expression and knew that he had misunderstood, so he shook his head and smiled, "Sir, what are you thinking about? Am I the kind of person who would threaten the general's family?"

"If I were this kind of person, the Jiangdong Army would not be what it is today."

He put his hands behind his back, walked to the door, looked at the sky outside, and said, "Meng Qing has no problem marching and fighting, but he is young, and he dares to fight, but he is still not stable enough to be a commander."

"Let's see if he can get better after he gets married."

Now, with Guanzhong, Hedong, and Youyan, Li Yun can achieve the unification of the core areas of the Central Plains dynasty since ancient times.

Among these places, Hedong is obviously the easiest, because there is no natural barrier. We just need to wait for Li Yun to recover some strength before we can take action. After Hedong is recovered, Guanzhong will not be difficult either.

But the mission that Li Yun really wanted to assign to Meng Qing was Youyan.

Therefore, he had to use the next two to three years to carefully hone the generals that he had personally trained.

The first thing is to give him a family so that he can settle down completely.

Fei Xuan looked at Li Yun thoughtfully.

However, he quickly came to his senses and bowed his head and said, "My Lord, I came here this time not for my daughter's marriage, but for an important matter."

Li Yun turned around and looked at him: "You say."

"It's about criminal law."

Fei Xuan was the Minister of Justice. He looked at Li Yun and said, "Before, we had been using Zhou laws. Now that the new dynasty is about to be established, should we revise the criminal laws?"

"It must be changed."

"There is a law that I have wanted to change for a long time. Shangshu Fei, you are an expert in criminal law for many years, so I would like to ask you for your advice."

Fei Xuan bowed his head and said, "Please speak, sir."

Li Yun returned to his seat and asked, "Is it reasonable to punish the relatives by association?"

Fei Xuan was silent for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "It's unreasonable, but it's good for the country."

Li Yun took a sip of water and continued, "I want to change this method."

"From now on, the implicated will not result in death, Minister Fei..."

"What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)