Of course Sui Xiong knew about Leon's injury.
You know, Leon was injured in his temple. As a god, if you don't even know what's going on in your temple, you might as well buy a piece of tofu and hit him to death!
Sui Xiong was very unhappy, but he had no intention of personally dealing with King Chiyue.
On the one hand, Leon was not seriously injured, and on the other hand, Leon was really unreasonable about this matter.
I went to spy on others and was hurt by others' retaliation. What's there to complain about
Of course, if Leon was seriously injured, then Sui Xiong would be unreasonable. But after all, he wasn't seriously injured. In this case, Brother Xiong was still willing to be reasonable.
Anyway, the strength of the Scarlet Moon King is about this, and Leon will surpass him sooner or later. When the time comes, it is only reasonable to let Leon go to him to settle his grudges.
In contrast, Sui Xiong is more concerned about another thing now.
"Names?" He looked at the report and asked with some confusion, "Are there many people without names in our Northwest Republic?"
This report was submitted by Leonard, and the content was to recommend an operation to "perfect names" in the Northwestern Republic.
At first glance at the beginning, Sui Xiong was stunned—why do you need to perfect your name? Could it be that there are still many unnamed people in the Northwest Republic? Or maybe there are a lot of weird names
After looking carefully, he finally understood what Leonard meant.
In this world, civilians do not have surnames, only first names. Because of their lack of culture, their names generally have no distinctive features. They are just a few common words repeated over and over again, or some words related to their identity. This leads to a very serious case of name duplication.
Leonard has counted that among the permanent residents of Void City alone, there are 6,296 people named "Spring", 5,261 people named "Qiao", and 5,261 people named "Qiao". There are 5,250 "Jack"... These are the three most common names in Void City.
There are many similar names with serious repetitions. Overall, there are 424,500 permanent residents in Void City, and there are only 1,109 people whose names are not repeated at all.
After deducting these names, there are more or less duplicate names left, which add up to a total of 4,991 names, not even 5,000 names. If we deduct the least repeated names, we will end up with 582 highly repeated names, with a total of nearly 300,000 people using these names.
There are 300,000 people and less than 600 names. On average, one name is used by about 500 people. Especially for some common names, if you shout them while walking on the street, you can see many people turning their heads.
This situation is actually nothing, but Leonard feels very uncomfortable.
The reason is simple. The ninth name that is seriously repeated is "Reynard". There are a total of four thousand and six people with this name.
Leonard didn't pay attention at first, or in other words, he didn't notice this problem at first. Not long ago, he presided over the work of reorganizing the army. During the process of reorganizing the army, he checked the roster of the entire army with great interest, and found out to his embarrassment that there was a Leonard on the left and a Leonard on the right in the army. Often there are two or three on a page.
In the entire army of the Northwest Republic, there are more than a hundred people named "Reynard".
This is really a shame. You must know that the Northwest Republic does not have many troops. There are only more than 3,000 people on the roster!
Leonard was so shocked by this incident that he naturally wanted to solve the problem. But he couldn't let so many people change their names. After much deliberation, he only proposed to promote the "Perfect Name" movement and let people choose their own surnames.
The first name can be repeated, but the last name generally cannot.
After all, people in the Northwest Republic are now considered to have a certain level of culture. When they choose a surname for themselves, they will never say it smoothly like their fathers did.
This proposal also has another benefit, that is, it can greatly enhance the people's self-confidence and pride.
In this world, "surname" has always been the privilege of nobles. Even those businessmen with substantial wealth do not have surnames. If the civilians in the Northwest Republic could all have surnames, then at least they would feel superior.
Moreover, this can also highlight the culture, highlight the specialness of the Northwest Republic, and even attract many talents who are eager to extend their families.
In general, this approach has many benefits except for a slight increase in administrative costs. It does have hundreds of benefits and only one harm, and it is completely worth doing.
Of course, this is what Leonard said.
After Sui Xiong read it, he didn't think about objecting, but he remembered something else.
I remember that when I was in school, Professor Cheng talked about ancient times and said that during the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period in China, "Chinese people adopted surnames" and during Japan's Meiji Restoration period, "the surnames were popularized."
These two events are nearly two thousand years apart, but they are surprisingly consistent. When civilians without surnames choose a surname for themselves, they often choose various surnames for themselves and their descendants based on their home address, job, identity, and even some good wishes.
However, with the passage of time, many of the common people in ancient China who chose surnames for themselves were not able to pass on their surnames, so that to this day, the common surnames in China are still those of the ancient aristocrats - Professor Cheng once half Jokingly and half sadly, in contemporary China, the streets are full of descendants of princes, generals, prime ministers or landlords and wealthy businessmen. There are very few who were truly poor from the first ancestor with a surname.
In fact, let alone China, even if the surname movement has not yet occurred in Japan for less than two hundred years, the concentration of surnames has gradually become apparent. This is still in modern society, where it is relatively easy for the poor to continue their descendants.
If the Northwest Republic promotes the surname movement this time, many strange surnames will appear. But hundreds or thousands of years later, how many of these surnames will be passed down
Thinking of this, Sui Xiong couldn't help but sigh.
After sighing, he put the proposal to a high-level meeting for discussion.
Although with his prestige, he could decide it with one word, but he felt that it would be better to discuss it.
As a result, during the discussion, everyone really put forward a lot of opinions.
"It's a good thing to have a surname, but you have to limit it. You can't take some awkward surnames."
"Yeah, you can't have a surname like 'dog shit' or 'cat ears', that would be too weird!"
"It's just dog poop, what's so weird about cat ears?"
"...Okay, I just said it casually..."
"It's not okay to have a surname of 'Void'. It can easily be misunderstood."
"Yes! This surname is not allowed, otherwise hundreds of years from now, future generations may think they are our Majesty's sons of gods..."
"... I'm just a jellyfish, how can I get so many sons of gods!"
"Your Majesty, we must guard against this matter!"
After some discussion, several supplementary and improved opinions were put forward, and finally the matter was passed smoothly.
A few days later, the civilian surname movement in the Northwest Republic officially began.