Section 446 The Beginning of the New Chinese Empire
The fifteenth year of the republic finally completed his historical mission, and with the end of the New Year's bell, it was not only the year of Guihai but also the Republic of China that had gone through ups and downs for fifteen years. At the beginning of the new year, the Chinese Democratic Empire ushered in its first year, the first year of Taichu, and the founding ceremony of the enthronement that attracted worldwide attention. Time is pressing, but those Confucian scholars and Taoist gentlemen do not have the slightest awareness of taking advantage of the trend, and they are completely planning this enthronement ceremony in accordance with the Confucian system. Finally, after a series of negotiations with Xu Juren, Xiong Bingsan, Meng Luochuan and other three elders, those celebrities had to accept a combination of Chinese and Western enthronement that they denounced as heresy. Let's take a look at the pomp and circumstance of the time with the lens of the cinema camera:
The monarch wore a crimson velvet burqa and the iron gray gold leading army dress of the national defense army into the nine-fold lotus altar that had just been completed at the northern foot of Qinglong Mountain. Each side in one direction demanded that they recognize the new emperor's accession to the throne. When people from all four directions expressed their approval of the new emperor, Meng Luochuan, as the first president of the State Senate, presided over the monarch's sacrifice to God.
After the ceremony is completed, the inner guard carries a golden chair and sets it up in the center of the altar facing south. Set up the crown dress in front of the golden chair, waiting for the new emperor's sacrifice to be completed. The Speaker of the National Assembly led the members of the National Assembly to bow and play in the Wangqi position. The ceremony is completed, and the emperor is pleased. The head of the Senate guided the new emperor to sit on the golden chair. The members of the parliament are arranged by province in the order in which they joined the parliament, and they stand facing the golden chairs. Before the deacon raised the crown and served the case, the abbot of the Senate took the crown and added it to the holy bow. The speaker, the prime minister, and the chief of the general staff entered the class, and all sang and arranged the class. Banqi, bowing, music, worshipping, worshipping, worshipping, flattening, Shao Lezhi. Before the first chant of the Tongzan choir. Before the prime minister is brought to the top. Tongzan sang and worshipped, and the president of the Senate worshiped and bowed. Inherit and sing, and all the officials bow three times. The official of the palm seal opened the seal, took the jade seal of the country and forwarded it to the official of the Constitutional Court. **Official Treasure. The emperor entered the throne, and the ministers were respectful of the imperial treasure, and the official of the palm seal received the treasure, and held the seal high to show the Quartet, and it was included in the cup. The president of the Senate sang in place, worshipped, rejoiced, and flattened, and the officials worshipped as happy. The abbot of the Senate sang the reset. The usher in the first official was reinstated from the west. The abbot of the Senate sang a bow. Worship, worship, flattening, wat, bowing, three bows. Long live the mountain, long live the mountain, long live the mountain, and the emperor replied, "Long live the citizens." Praise prostrate and flatten. Bow, bow, worship, worship, flatten.
After the worship is completed, a young man will come forward and present a copy of the Constitution of the Chinese Democratic Empire to the monarch, and the monarch will swear an oath according to the text of the constitution: "I will abide by the spirit of the constitution and maintain the democratic form of government." Only the interests of our country and our people are my mission, and I will dedicate my wisdom and spirit to the people, until death, and learn from heaven and man. May God bless and protect our country and my people, may our ancestors protect our country and my people, and may China's national fortune continue to be prosperous forever! ”
Next, the Chief of the General Staff presented the monarch with a bronze sword of Tai'a, a symbol of martial arts, and an ornament with a ring under the left rib. Then the prime minister presented the nine dragon buttons and Tian jade seal, and the monarch held it in his left hand. The Speaker presented the Speaker with a ribbon for the return of all the people, which was hung from his right shoulder to his chest to the left. Finally, the Constitution of the Democratic Empire of China was presented by the Constitutional Court, and the monarch held his right hand. The monarch held the seal and constitution in both hands, and the president of the Senate crowned him with the golden helmet of auspicious clouds and dragons. Everyone present chanted "God bless my emperor" and put their top hats or military hats on their heads, and 72 salutes were fired around the altar.
His Dan Majesty, the Janissary Guard's flag is outside the Fengtian Gate. The dragon flag is twelve, divided into about one, and twelve people are used for armor. Beidou Banner one, Xuyi one is in the front, Leopard Tail is in the back, and there are three armor soldiers. Two tigers and leopards. Taming Six. Minutes or so. Left and right cloth flags sixty-four. Door flag, sun flag, moon flag, Qinglong and white tiger flag, wind and clouds, thunderstorms, rivers, Huaiji flags, Tianma Tianlu Baize, Vermilion Bird Xuanwu and other flags, wood, fire, earth, gold and water five stars, Wuyue flag, bear flag, Luan flag, and twenty-eight Suzhou flags, each six elements. Each flag uses five soldiers. One person holds the flag. Four men with rifles to guard the left and right. Set up five chariots outside the Mukden Gate. The jade chariot is centered. Left gold chariot. Sub-leather. Right elephant chariot. Sub-wooden chariot. All are tied to the left and right of the Dan Pier. There are three lines of cloth yellow guards, yellow covers, canopies, curved covers, purple umbrellas, red umbrellas, pheasant fans, Zhu Tuan fans, feather buildings, leopard tail dragon head rods, letter flags, missionary flags, stop flags, silk guide flags, halberd flags, Ge Yu, and Yi Gong Yu.
Dan Majesty left and right, Chen Gong Festival, Xiang Festival, Golden Festival, Candle Cage, Green Dragon and White Tiger Building, Ban Sword, My Staff, Standing □, Lying □, Ritual Knife, Armor Staff, Halberd Guduo, Vermilion Bird Xuanwu Building, etc. On the left and right sides of the temple gate, there is a round cover. The golden chairs, the golden pedals, the basins, the jugs, the yellow fans, and the red fans are all controlled by the internal security forces. The two attendants of the ceremonial house held up the table and entered the temple. The drum is strict. The ministers each have their own court clothes. Sub-strict.
Each according to the product from the same class outside the noon gate, north as the top, east and west to the east. Praise for the class. and the internal security forces and other officers were put in place. The officers of the guard were dressed in their own clothes. and the official entry of the palm print. Drum three strict. The prime minister and the civil and military officials below are in their respective positions.
The Emperor ascends to the throne. The big music is drummed and cheered up. Happy. General Roller Blinds. Shang Baoqing put the treasure on the case. The arch guard whipped. Introduce the class to introduce the civil and military officials into the Danqi worship seat, and stand in the north. Beginners, music. To the place, to stop. Zhiban sings class. Praise and sing and bow down. Musical composition. Four worship, xing, flattening. Happy. Holding the table to the lower officials, enter through the west gate of the temple.
Sing inside the table. The watchman knelt in front of the desk with a watch. The official knelt on the east of the case, and the table was placed on the case. Out of Wat Xing. Retreat to the west and east of the temple. Singing and singing the table inside. In front of the official case, take the table and kneel in the west of the hall. The exhibition officials knelt together and proclaimed. The exhibition officer is out of the wat. One person relayed the table to the case. They all stepped back into their positions. The proclamation officer prostrated himself and was happy. Hold the table below the officials, go out of the west gate of the palace, descend from the west steps, and reset. Praise and bow down. Musical composition. Four prostrations. Happy. Singing, bowing, and dancing. Singing and kneeling, singing the mountain shout, and each arching his hand to raise his forehead and shout long live three. The Le Gong Military Academy sang in unison. Drumming should be. Sing out of the wat. Prostrate Xing. Musical composition. Four prostrations. Hobi. Then he sent the queen of the official register to announce the throne to the world.
At this point, the new monarch has been officially crowned, all the parliamentarians salute the emperor, all the nobles come forward to swear allegiance to the emperor, all the ministers under the leadership of the president of the senate collectively swear allegiance to the emperor, and then the royal family members pay tribute to the king one by one, if the crowned emperor has an empress, there will be a simple coronation ceremony for the queen after the salute. If the crowned empress has a royal husband, and the empress's royal husband does not have a coronation ceremony, the tribute link will end here.
After that, the president of the Senate sang the roll class, and the hundred officials retired, and the ceremony was completed. With the halogen book guide, the temple on the east side of the altar, the book treasure, and the four generations of examiners. After that, he worshiped the shrine, and also had a crown to worship the heavens and the earth, and prayed for the prosperity of the country. The monarch then changed into the imperial crown, the queen wore the queen's full queen dress, the emperor left the Fengtian Hall with the constitution and jade seal in hand, and all the people present sang the national anthem and shouted three long live salutes.
After the ceremony was completed, it was announced to the world and the name of the Yuan was changed (after that, the emperor changed the Yuan and did not re-establish the era name, and still continued the order of the Taichu year). In the afternoon, the emperor and empress received envoys and ambassadors from various countries in the main hall of the palace and thanked them for the ceremony. In the evening, a banquet was held in the Chengtian Hall to invite all the important ministers, generals, parliamentarians, and representatives from all walks of life, and a grand feast of 10,000 people was held. At night, fireworks are set off all over the city, and the whole city is jubilant all night long.
The emperor and queen rushed to Mount Tai overnight, at the time of the sunrise of Mount Tai Riguan Peak, set up an altar, worship the ancestors of heaven and earth, read out the sacrificial text of the ancestors of heaven and earth, and inscribe the boulder on the top of the mountain. After the ceremony, he returned to Chengtianfu (the southwest new city of Jinan Prefecture had been renamed at this time and was designated as the administrative capital of the empire). A large military parade was held on Chengtian Square to review the national armed forces such as the National Defense Force, the Internal Security Force, and the Air Force.
At the award ceremony after the founding ceremony, the new emperor Wu Chenxuan awarded Duan Qirui, Du Yunhua, Wu Luzhen, Xiao Mingfeng, Wu Peifu, Lan Tianwei, Zhang Shaozeng, Yang Shihai, Wei Lihuang, and Chu Zhaodong ten people as first-class generals in the empire, and awarded He Zhong, Feng Ru, Hüliegu, Yin Chengzong, Zhu Yunjie, Zhang Jianyuan, He Dazhuang, Cheng Biguang, Chen Jialiang, Luo Zhen and other ten people as second-class generals, and He Minhan, Yu Jian, and Ding Sheng, the instructor of "Xuanyuan", and 48 people as lieutenant generals. At this award ceremony, the top ten first-class generals, the top ten second-class generals and the forty-eight lieutenant generals were personally conferred by the new emperor Wu Chenxuan as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the commander of the empire in the Fengtian Hall of the Imperial Palace, and each of them was given a golden sword to fight against the heavens. Holding this sword can be the commander of a party, and it can be a chief officer. In addition, the new emperor also gave these generals the privilege of carrying swords to the court, but although this article was written into the edict, none of the generals really wore swords to the court, but at the palace gate guards handed over all the weapons before daring to go to the court to pay homage to the emperor.
Thereafter, the generals of each unit confer the rank of colonel of the headquarters, the officers in charge of the units confer the rank of lieutenant to all officers of the headquarters, and the rank of soldier is generally conferred by the commander of the company or squadron. The ceremony for the conferment of reservist officers and enlisted men will be held after the completion of the conferment of titles in the active force and is expected to be completed in the second half of the year. The Standard Air Force was also awarded the rank of being part of the national armed forces, which, like their uniforms, "is distinctly distinct from the Wehrmacht, and seems to be a deliberate reminder that the armed forces do not belong to the Wehrmacht." ”
Finally, the three-day enthronement ceremony came to an end, and China's history officially entered a new era of constitutional monarchy. To the great confusion of all foreign observers, the people of almost all parts of China were not worried that the appearance of an emperor would return them to the slave life of kowtowing to the emperor in the past, but on the contrary, they were happy to have a high-ranking backbone that they could rely on for a long time, rather than a great president who could only be a five-year family by deceiving the countrymen by lip service. In the words of an old farmer in Zhejiang, "There are thousands of families, and there is one person in charge." The head of Nong's family changes Nong's heart every day? "Many revolutionaries and die-hard devotees of the republican system in exile have to lament the feudal remnants of the countrymen and their inability to exercise democratic rights independently.