Li Ke received a message from Monobe Murashita that day. When he saw the news, Li Ke smiled.

This means that Datang has solved another huge problem.

However, considering Monobe 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 court meeting, you can speak up if you have any questions." Li Shimin came up and set the tone first.

"Everyone, I received the latest news yesterday. The Wa Kingdom has officially changed its name to Fusang Prefecture from today. So far, the small countries around the Tang Dynasty have been subordinated 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 language and speaking habits, and they also have their own way of naming their characters, but this naming method is very inconvenient for Datang. 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 make an opinion here, that is, to all the people of the Tang Dynasty, whether it is Nanman, Beidi, Xirong, Dong Yi, from today onwards they are all the people of my Great Tang."

"So these four titles are strictly forbidden to be used in any official text of Datang in the future."

"And in order to popularize surnames in Chinese characters, I have drafted a surname in Chinese characters starting today, so as to pass it on to the world." Li Ke said calmly.

Following Li Ke's words, naturally the little eunuch waiting next to him distributed the printed documents about the surname to all the ministers below.

After Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng opened it, they were stunned for a moment.

"Hundred Surnames" is written on the top.

And the bottom 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 are all beginning with the order of the initials and finals.List all the surnames that exist in Datang now.

After everyone started to read, Li Ke continued to speak: "I mean that the following surnames should be open to all Tang people across the country. Those who don't have surnames can freely choose these surnames and register with the local security department. "

Everyone looked down, and the first thing they were looking for was the letter l. When they saw that the first character after l was the character Li, it meant that His Highness would also open the surname Li to the world.

"I have a book to play." Fang Xuanling pondered for a while and then said directly.

"Say." Li Ke nodded.

"Wei Chen feels that this matter is inappropriate. First of all, Wei Chen does not disagree with this move, because there should be a way to do it. If the people choose to choose by themselves, what should they do if they all choose to follow the country's surname Li? There must be hundreds of thousands of Li surnames in the world suddenly, which is not very beneficial to household registration statistics and surname distribution." Fang Xuanling said.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness is unprecedentedly enlightened. China is newly established, and hundreds of countries are subject to surrender. Your Majesty has canceled many taboos. It is really a blessing for the people, but this kind of self-help choice does have many inappropriate points. It is better to choose randomly. 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 would dare to object?No one, including the five surnames and Qiwang, dared to object.

Since you can't object, what Fang Xuanling said is indeed a problem. Everyone knows it in their hearts. Among other things, there are nearly a million people in Qinghai Prefecture. If you let them choose by themselves, everyone will want to be with His Highness. Surnames, there will be several million more Li surnames, so there must be a large number of duplicate names in household registration.

And this number is indeed too much.

Li Ke also heard that he agreed. He really didn't consider this. Now that he thinks about it, there is indeed such a possibility. Fang Xuanling's opinion is very pertinent.

Li Ke was not surprised by the China that Fang Xuanling talked about. The term "China" existed as early as the Zhou Dynasty.

Ministers like Fang Xuanling and others often use them, and Fang Xuanling has used them many times in history.For example, in the 16th year of Zhenguan in history, Xue Yantuo Zhenzhu Khan presented precious treasures such as good horses and mink fur, and proposed marriage and peace.

Li Shimin asked for the opinions of the ministers, and Fang Xuanling once said that "China is newly established, the army is fierce and the war is dangerous, and it is also beneficial to marry relatives."

In fact, when he came to Datang, Li Ke realized that the Tang Dynasty was much more enlightened than he imagined. For example, the people of Datang actually claimed that they were not Tang people, but Han people, or Han Jiaerlang.

Many documents and books have recorded this, and Li Shimin and the others have never said anything.

For example, the famous Nanzhao Kingdom in history was attached to the Tang Dynasty. In the official document, it was written "Please all belong to the Han Dynasty (the Han court)" at that time. There is no separation."

Therefore, Datang did not have any absolute prohibition on the matter of claiming to be Han people and Han Jiaerlang. Li Shimin's tolerance is not only reflected in the fact that he can let go of all the ministers who follow his elder brother, and that he does not treat others with respect. Any hero who has done this, his tolerance is reflected in all aspects.

Just like Hou Junji's rebellion in history, if you change a dynasty, if you don't go to the Nine Clans, the whole family will inevitably be punished.But Li Shimin only killed Hou Junji, and his wife and children were simply exiled, and they were exiled to Lingnan, which is not a particularly remote place.

It is precisely because of Li Shimin's mind that Datang has an inclusive and open attitude. If it is put in the Qing Dynasty, everyone who understands it will understand it.

As for Li Ke's handling of various matters in the Tang Dynasty, he was naturally more open to this aspect. If the Tang Dynasty wants to integrate various ethnic groups, it must have this mentality.

"What Liang Guogong said is true. I think it can be improved. For example, in the names of some people in small countries, if there is a surname that is the same as the surname of these hundreds of surnames, it will be directly selected as the surname. If not, it will be randomly selected. One." Wei Zheng thought for a while, and then suggested.

"The ministers and others seconded the proposal." No one else had any objections, this matter was either big or small.But His Majesty and His Highness have made an attitude, and each family naturally doesn't care, anyway, each family has its own genealogy.

"That's it." Now that everyone agrees, Li Ke is no longer hypocritical, "Everyone will follow this in the future."

What was received in Monobe Village, far away in Fusang Prefecture, was the message sent after this court meeting.

"Under the door: Today there is Fusang, a subject of the Monobe family, who is unparalleled in loyalty and bravery. He has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty. He is specially granted the Han surname: Wu, respecting the wishes of the Monobe family, and giving the name: Town. Today, respect the individual of Wu Zhen Request, appoint Wu Zhen as Datang Zhendong General, the fourth rank, lead the remaining 740 troops guarding Fusang Prefecture and the Datang Pacific Fleet, across the Fusang Sea, land from the back of Goguryeo, and wait for follow-up orders."

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