After Wang Mang's head was cut off in the late Xinmang year, it has always been collected by the Eastern Han royal family.

When Emperor Xian of Han was taken to Chang'an by Dong Zhuo, he also carried Wang Mang's head.

Later, this head was obtained by Mr. Guo, and he presented it to Liu Jian with the imperial seal.

After Liu Jian abdicated, this thing naturally returned to Guo.

Why did the Eastern Han royal family collect this head? Mr. Guo could probably come up with a reason, probably a kind of ridicule of the Han royal family.

As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Guo was naturally different from Wang Mang who usurped the Han Dynasty. In order to show this difference, he also had to keep Wang Mang's head.

So Wang Mang is really unlucky.

Despite this, he was also killed by his own series of intangible reforms.

From top to bottom, no one was satisfied with Wang Mang, and even the people at the bottom didn't think that Wang Mang's new policy was good for them, which shows how failed Wang Mang was.

Even so, his policy of going to the second place has been passed down.

It not only meets the needs of etiquette and taboos, but also successfully makes people feel that the single-character name is noble and the double-character name is low.

So much so that some prisoners were changed to their names due to political reasons, and from then on they could not raise their heads in front of others, nor could they raise their heads in front of their descendants, and in severe cases they would even commit suicide.

The difference between single-character names and double-character names is so terrifying.

But in Mr. Guo's opinion, this is not very convenient and not very good.

The population is small during this period, so it’s okay if this is done, and the rate of double reputation will not be very high.

After all, before Mr. Guo started his career, it would be nice for many ordinary people to have a surname. If he is illiterate, a nickname will accompany him for life. There is no condition for naming at all, so it is even more impossible to express the characters.

So there is no problem with single-character names.

When Guo first began to count the population, he asked the people to have surnames and names.

It cannot be a nickname, it must be a big name. If you don’t want to choose it, then let grassroots officials help them naming it. So, the Liu Dawang and Li San can only be named in a single character anyway.

But later, as the demographic accelerated, more and more people were facing the situation of duplicate names, and many people still needed to avoid it.

Including Guo's character "Peng" after he became the emperor, everyone can no longer use his character "Peng" and must avoid taboos. As the Supreme Emperor, Guo Dan cannot use the character "Single".

This has caused particularly big trouble for many people to name.

There are only so many characters. Can you still create characters by yourself after you change them?

Learn from Wu Zetian?

At that time, Zhang Wei will be rampant in the world, you will be Zhang Wei, I will be Zhang Wei, and he will be Zhang Wei. If an emperor is born, you will change your name together.

In order to avoid taboos, the court stipulated that when writing the word "peng", it should be replaced by "peng" and the word "single" should be replaced by "one".

If this continues, I don’t know when the rename will become a huge trouble for the empire.

Therefore, after Mr. Guo handled some big things, such big things that are not big things must be put on the agenda. It is imperative to change the taboo avoidance system and abolish the policy of [removing two names].

Mr. Guo held a meeting, convened officials from the Shangshu Desk and officials from the cabinet, and discussed with them the matter of changing the taboo system and the policy of going to the second place.

When I heard about it, the ministers felt a little strange, and I wonder why the emperor suddenly remembered this.

That is, Zao Zhi had some expectations for this matter, so he stood up to express his support.

"In recent years, the number of registered populations has increased and the population growth rate is unprecedented. His Majesty requires everyone to register and get a household registration. If only a single name is used, a very high rename phenomenon will occur, which is not favorable to the court's statistics.

In the future, if there are more and more household registrations in Wei, there will be more and more people who are the same as the names of the people. It would be fine if one Zhang San, but hundreds of Zhang Sans. Who knows who is who? In this way, it will be very troublesome to the rule of the court, and such issues have to be considered."

Zao Zhi spoke and said, "Your Majesty's move is beneficial to the country."

Zao Zhi expressed his supportive attitude, and then Guo Peng looked at the others.

For example, Cui Yan, Minister of Rites.

Cui Yan felt Guo Peng's gaze.

He had no choice but to stand up.

"Your Majesty, I think that the single name is noble and the two name is cheap for hundreds of years. It has become a custom and is something that everyone agrees with. If a sudden change is made, there will probably be some resistance and many people will feel doubts.

Moreover, the biggest resistance is not to reiterate the name, but to avoid taboos. According to the etiquette system, future generations should avoid taboos for their predecessors and for the king. If the name is two-character name, the scope of taboos will be greatly increased, which will cause greater trouble for future generations.

If you follow the ritual system and avoid taboos for the venerable, two names will not work. If you do not work with two names, as Zaobutang said, the situation of the double name is indeed embarrassing. How to change it may not be decided overnight. Please think twice."

Although Cui Yan’s words are not that nice, they are indeed the truth.

From the Spring and Autumn Period [to be taboo for the respected, to be taboo for the relatives, to be taboo for the wise], avoiding taboo was the troubles of everyone later.

However, for monarchy, this is also a helping force, reminding people from all aspects to pay attention to the superiority and inferiority of the superiors and subordinates, which is conducive to rule, which is an important part of the feudal ethical system.

Taboo is a big proposition with many small propositions, such as national taboos, family taboos, sage taboos, internal taboos, constitutional taboos, personal taboos, etc., and there are many types.

As time goes by, feudal monarchy has deepened and there are more and more rules to avoid taboos.

In the era when Guo was in, taboo mainly involved the official and family levels.

For example, the taboos for the emperor, the taboos for the emperor's father, the taboos for the deployment of Shangguan under the dual monarchy, and the taboos for future generations in the family to the ancestors.

For Mr. Guo, maintaining the principle of taboo is also a favorable thing for rule. If you rashly abolish taboo, you will inevitably encounter huge resistance and will not be conducive to rule.

Therefore, in order to facilitate demographic statistics and future governance, Guo decided to convene ministers to make a change and summarize the taboo avoidance system, determine the taboo avoidance principle of the Wei Empire from various levels, leave a certain amount of freedom for future generations, and facilitate the general public.

So Guo Peng nodded in response to Cui Yan's suggestion.

"Cui Qing's words are reasonable. Thinking twice must be thought twice, but change is also necessary. Otherwise, if hundreds of Zhangs, Sans and Lissi pop up, will the court still count the population? I decided to make a comprehensive change and summary of the taboo production."

The ministers didn't know how the emperor planned to change it, but if the emperor wanted to change it, they had to follow the emperor's wishes.

A few days later, Guo Peng summoned the powerful ministers and many famous scholars to discuss this matter in the palace. In response to the predecessor's regulations and actual needs, he made some detailed changes to the taboo avoidance system and the two-name system.

About a month later, Guo Peng announced the specific results of the discussion.

In general, the general principle of [titling for the respected, taboo for the relative, taboo for the wise] will not change, but it is necessary to make some changes on some issues under this framework.

The first major premise is the issue of naming the people. The new regulations formulated by Guo allow the people to naming the people without having to deal with them in accordance with the principle of taboo avoidance.

After all, I don’t know much about the words, so it’s too difficult and unnecessary to let them avoid them.

When facing local residents, it is allowed to name the same without following the principle of taboo avoidance. Both single and double names are free, and even the emperor's name can be allowed to use them at will.

The groups that need to be avoided are officials, scholars and people whose property reaches a certain amount. These people have a certain economic foundation and must be literate and have a cognitive understanding of reading. They need to avoid taboos according to the general principle of avoiding taboos.

To be precise, it is determined based on the amount of property and the level of identity. Most of the people with small property and low status do not need to be shy away from it. The emperor's name can also be used.

This is the great grace of heaven and the grace of the emperor.

Those with high status and high property need to avoid taboos according to the general principle of avoiding taboos. The emperor's name should not be used randomly, but taboos should be avoided. The names of family elders should not be used randomly, taboos should be avoided, and taboos should be avoided in many other situations.

The only thing that involves the entire group that needs to be avoided is the name of the contemporary emperor.

Mr. Guo stipulated that as long as the emperor lives, no matter whether it is the current emperor or the Supreme Emperor, as long as he lives, the name of the contemporary emperor must be avoided.

But he added a deadline to this rule, which is when he is alive.

After the contemporary emperor died, the emperor's name was opened to be used without any taboos. It was regarded as the last grace left by the emperor to future generations, and avoiding some important ancient books and texts left by their predecessors losing their original meaning in order to avoid the emperor's taboos.

In addition, if the emperor's name is a double-character name, then as long as the emperor's two-character name is not connected together, it is not a taboo. The two characters can be used separately, and as long as they are not connected together, there is no problem.

There are only so many in general, and too many Guo has not changed it, so it will not shake the fundamentals of this system.

Of course, there is another one that has been brought out and changed by Guo Peng.

Mr. Guo did not allow some powerful and prosperous Shangguan to force his subordinates and the people in the management area to avoid taboos.

If such a situation occurs, some officials like to act arrogantly in their jurisdiction, and openly ask officials and people in their jurisdiction to avoid their taboos.

Some of them are because Shangguan himself has no meaning, but some officials who are good at ease take the initiative to avoid taboos in order to please Shangguan and try to gain political benefits.

What's more, in order to gain more political benefits and express their attitude, they force others to take the initiative to avoid taboos for Shangguan like themselves. Those who do not do so will be excluded, framed, and worn.

We were originally at peace with each other, but after such a fuss, it immediately became a difference between closeness and distantness.

The official group is like this, and the people do not let it go. For their own interests, those small officials forced the people in their jurisdiction to avoid taboos with him and do their best to do their best to do their best to do their best.

Guo hated this situation very much, so in the new regulations, Guo once again proposed the standards.

The so-called "All the kings under the world are the kings and ministers under the world are the kings and ministers. There is only one emperor and one king in the world. You are all my ministers, just avoid taboos for me, and you also have to avoid taboos for your superiors. What are you doing?

Want to be an emperor?

This is presumption! It is disloyal!

Mr. Guo, who has been governing and attacking the second monarch, took this opportunity to set this provision down.

From then on, no subordinate official has to avoid taboos for superior officials.

If Shangguan threatens, it is a situation where he is arbitrary, and his crimes will be rebellious!

If a lower official takes the initiative to avoid taboos for the superior official, he is a villain and shameless!

If you have this situation now, please change it immediately.

Is the name given to you by your parents to please Shangguan?

Unfilial!

Adding the former is disloyalty and unfilial!

What face do those who are unfaithful and unfilial have to stand between heaven and earth? What face do you have to be an official of my Great Wei Empire?

We, Wei, govern the country with filial piety, and those who are unfaithful and unfilial are not qualified to be officials of our Wei! They are all dismissed!

Mr. Guo used his traditional skills to trick Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu into vomiting blood, and used right and wrong to change the concepts, and put on a big hat. No one can afford to take the reputation of being unfaithful and unfilial.

The famous scholars who were still arguing at that time did not dare to speak and agreed with the condition proposed by Mr. Guo.

So the taboo avoidance system of the Wei Empire was decided.
Chapter completed!