The practice of era names was first created by Emperor Wu of Han. It was specifically used to mark years, but it was also closely tied to politics. From an era name, one could see the Imperial Court's or the emperor's attitude toward governing the realm.
Changing era names was extremely common during the Han Dynasty. Every Han emperor had more than a dozen era names. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang alone used fourteen, while Wu Zetian used thirteen.
During the Han Dynasty, era names were generally changed every four to six years, rather like modern five-year development plans. Whenever one stage of the plan was completed, or some major event occurred, the emperor could change the era name. It was not like the Ming and Qing periods, when an emperor used a single era name for his entire life. In the end, the era name even became another title for the emperor, as with the Yongle Emperor and the Chongzhen Emperor.
The Han Tribe was currently in the same situation. Its outward expansion had run into a bottleneck, and for the time being, it no longer had the strength to keep expanding. It might as well take advantage of this time and opportunity to consolidate itself internally.
When everyone saw Luo Chong suddenly propose changing the era name, they all looked puzzled. The previous era name, "Establishment of the Origin," had only been used for four years, and everything was going well. Why change it all of a sudden?
Luo Chong had never expected them to understand the meaning of those words on their own, so he took the initiative to explain.
"'Accumulated reserves are the lifeblood of the realm!'
"What this means is that stockpiling grain and supplies is the lifeblood of the nation and the lifeblood of the