Li Ke received a message from Mononobe Murakata that day. When he saw the news, Li Ke smiled.
This means that Datang has solved another huge problem.
However, considering Mononobe Murashita's subsequent request, Li Ke pondered for a while, and then directly held an impromptu court meeting. Of course, Li Shimin also participated.
"Li Ke, since you are the one holding the emergency meeting, if you have any questions, just tell them directly." Li Shimin came up and set the tone first.
"Everyone, I received the latest news yesterday. The Japanese state has officially changed its name to Fusang Prefecture starting today. So far, the small countries surrounding the Tang Dynasty have surrendered one by one. This has also caused a big problem." Li Ke looked at it. All the ministers spoke directly.
"These small countries each have their own languages and speaking habits. They also have their own way of naming their characters. However, this naming method is very inconvenient for the Tang Dynasty. Although these small countries have their own language pronunciation , but they don’t have their own written language, and they all understand Chinese.”
"In the process of popularizing Chinese characters in the future, in order to better facilitate household registration statistics and related policies, I would like to put forward an opinion here, that is, to all the people of the Tang Dynasty, whether they are Nanman, Beidi, Xirong, Dong Yi, from today on they are all my people of the Tang Dynasty."
"Therefore, these four titles are strictly prohibited from being used in any official text of the Tang Dynasty in the future."
"And in order to popularize Chinese surnames, from today on I draft a Chinese surname to pass on to the world." Li Ke said with a calm face.
Following Li Ke's words, the little eunuch waiting next to him naturally distributed printed documents about surnames to all the ministers below.
After Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng opened it, they were stunned for a moment.
"Hundred Family Surnames" is written on the top.
The following is marked with a letter: a: Ah. b: Bai, Baili, Bai, Ban, Bao, Bao, Bao, Bei, Ben, Bi, Bian, Bian, Bie, Bing, Boshang, Bo, Bu, Bu.
The following ones all start with the order of the initials and vowels. All the surnames that exist in the Tang Dynasty are listed.
After everyone started browsing, Li Ke continued: "What I mean is that the following surnames should be open to all Tang people across the country. Those who do not have surnames can freely choose these surnames and register their household registration with the local security department. "
Everyone looked down, and the first thing they were looking for was naturally the letter L. When they saw that the first character following L was the character Li, it meant that His Highness had opened the surname Li to the world.
"I have a script to start this memorial." Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment and then said directly.
"Say." Li Ke nodded.
"Weichen feels that this matter is inappropriate. First of all, Weichen does not disagree with this move, because there should be a way. If we choose to let the people choose, what should they do if they all choose to follow the national surname Li? We can't suddenly have millions of people with the surname Li in the world. This would not be good for household registration statistics, distribution of surnames, etc.," Fang Xuanling said.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness is unprecedentedly enlightened. China has been newly established, and all nations have surrendered. Your Majesty has even canceled many taboos. This is really a blessing for the people. However, there are indeed many disadvantages to this kind of self-service choice. It is better to choose randomly. is more appropriate."
Regarding Fang Xuanling's words, all the ministers nodded in affirmation. They all knew that it would be impossible to disagree with this matter. Even the surname Li has been included. Who else dares to object? No one, including the five surnames Qi Wang, dared to object.
Since there is no objection, what Fang Xuanling said does have this problem. Everyone knows in their hearts, if nothing else, there are nearly one million people in Qinghai Prefecture. If you let them choose, everyone will want to be like His Highness. By then there will be millions more surnames named Li, so there will definitely be a large number of duplicate names in household registrations.
And this number is indeed too much.
Li Ke also agreed. He really didn't consider this. Now that he thinks about it, it is indeed a possibility. Fang Xuanling's opinion is very pertinent.
Regarding the China mentioned in Fang Xuanling's mouth, Li Ke was not surprised. The word "China" first appeared in the Zhou Dynasty.
Ministers like Fang Xuanling often used them. Fang Xuanling used them many times in history. For example, in the sixteenth year of Zhenguan in history, Xue Yantuo Zhenzhu Khan presented fine horses, mink skins and other precious treasures to propose peace.
Li Shimin asked the ministers for their opinions, and Fang Xuanling once said, "China is newly settled, war is fierce, and war is dangerous, so it is beneficial to make peace."
In fact, after arriving in the Tang Dynasty, Li Ke realized that the Tang dynasty was much more enlightened than imagined. For example, the people of the Tang Dynasty actually claimed to be not Tang people, but Han people, or Han family sons.
This is recorded in many documents and books, and Li Shimin and the others never said anything.
For example, when the Nanzhao Kingdom surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, it was written in the official document that "please all surrender to the Han Dynasty (the Han Dynasty)". At that time, the various tribal leaders in Nanzhao "are willing to return to the Qing Dynasty and swear to be Han ministers forever." Wu Li Er."
Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, there was no absolute prohibition against calling oneself a Han or a son of the Han family. Li Shimin's tolerance was not only reflected in his ability to let go of all the ministers who followed his eldest brother, but also in his lack of tolerance. For any hero who has done this, his tolerance and generosity are reflected in all aspects.
Just like Hou Junji's rebellion in history, if you change the dynasty and don't give you the nine clans, your whole family will inevitably be executed. But Li Shimin only killed Hou Junji, and his wife and children were simply exiled, and they were exiled to Lingnan, which was not a particularly remote place.
It was precisely because of Li Shimin's broad-mindedness that the Tang Dynasty's tolerant and open attitude was established. If it were placed in the Qing Dynasty, everyone would understand it.
As for Li Ke, after handling various matters in the Tang Dynasty, he naturally became more open to this aspect. If the Tang Dynasty wanted to integrate various ethnic groups, it must have this kind of mentality.
"What Mr. Liang Guogong said is true. I think we can improve it. For example, among the names of some people in small countries, if there is a surname that is the same as one of the hundreds of surnames, just select this character as the surname. If not, then randomly select it. One." Wei Zheng thought for a while and then suggested.
"I second my opinion." No one else had any opinions. This matter may be considered a big deal or a small matter. But His Majesty and His Highness have made an attitude, so each family naturally doesn't care. After all, each family has its own genealogy.
"That's it." Since everyone agreed, Li Ke stopped being pretentious, "Everyone will follow this."
Mononobe Murashita, who is far away in Fuso Prefecture, received the news sent after this court meeting.
"My disciple: Fusang is now a minister of the Wubu clan. He is unparalleled in loyalty and bravery, and he has bravely killed the enemy. He has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty. He is specially given a Chinese surname: Wu. In respect of the wishes of the Wubu clan, he is given the name: Zhen. I now respect the individual of Wu Zhen. Request that Wu Zhen be appointed as the General of the East of the Tang Dynasty, with a rank of 4, and he will lead the remaining 8,742 troops guarding Fusang Prefecture and the Pacific Fleet of the Tang Dynasty across the Fusang Sea and land on the back of Goguryeo, waiting for follow-up orders."
