Chapter 306: Subjects and Citizens (I)

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The weather is sunny!

On this day, Shenyang is shining, the city of Shenyang at this time is like a city that has been boiling, an hour ago, people's march was in solidarity with the comrades in the Guannei, and now, their parade is celebrating, what are they celebrating?

They were celebrating the restoration of Chinese orthodoxy and, of course, the birth of a new emperor, who had witnessed the birth of an empire just an hour earlier.

Zhonghua or Zhonghua Dynasty, this is a Chinese title, of course, according to the most popular title now, it should be called the Chinese Empire, perhaps the latter is more modern and more likely to become the name of China in the future. While people were celebrating the news, countless telegrams - both civil and official - were sent from Shenyang to the whole country and the world.

In any case, everyone knows that times have changed, and from this day on, the Qing Empire is a thing of the past, and although they do not know what happened in the capital, no one can doubt it, as observers of the Far East said a few years ago - "The fate of the Qing Empire is determined by when the governors seize imperial power".

Yes, the Qing Empire was powerless to stop any of the governors from "usurping power". However, what is most unexpected is that Li Hongzhang did not become the first "usurper", but Tang Haoran in the northeast, under the "persecution" of the people, became the emperor of the new empire, which is different from any empire in Chinese history.

First of all, he was established under the "national fanaticism", it was the national fanaticism that pushed Tang Haoran to the throne, and a long time ago, in the newspapers of the Northeast, Tang Haoran was compared to Zhu Yuanzhang, and now, under the promotion of the people, he finally became Zhu Yuanzhang, so the rest of the thing is to unify the whole country.

When the people of Shenyang cheered and the people of the whole country were shocked by the official and non-governmental telegrams in Northeast China, when the news of Tang Haoran's proclamation of the emperor sounded like the thunder of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the sky above this country and even the world, he himself, as the protagonist of the incident, was still in the same shock.

I became an emperor!

Although it is not muddy, but from the addition of the yellow robe until now, Tang Haoran's whole person is still in a kind of trance, although he has fantasized more than once, fantasizing about becoming the emperor, but when this day comes in this way, he can't accept it, more precisely, all this is completely beyond his plan.

Originally, according to his plan, after the end of the Sino-Russian war, when the army marched into the Guannai, when the elite of the Northeast Army occupied the capital, he would be at the request of the generals and officials and gentry - whether they wanted to or not, he would ascend the throne as emperor, of course, in the history books, he would record everything with heavy pen and ink, people would record all the merits they had, and the victory of the Russian war would become the cornerstone of the empire, and the glory of the victory in the war would ensure that no one questioned his throne.

But now, in an unexpected way, not at the behest of the generals, nor at the advice of the officials and gentry, but in a huge "mass movement" -- at the strong demand of hundreds of thousands of people, he was even somewhat "forced" to become the emperor, which was even "against his own wishes".

"Actually, compared to the imperial system, I hope to bring a real change in the system to China, such as a republic, well, a country for the people, owned by the people, and ...... for the people."

Of course, this is just self-deception, this kind of high-sounding words, at most, can only be said to others, just say it yourself, others just listen to it, Tang Haoran will never forget how excited he was at the moment when the yellow robe was added, he knew that he had succeeded!

At that moment, everything he had dreamed of finally came true.

Not only has he achieved the rejuvenation of a country and a nation, but he has also linked his own destiny and the fate of his future family with this empire, in an unprecedented and intimate way, and from now on, he has truly achieved one thing - turning his family into a country!

I am the Emperor!

Feeling the fanatical and excited gaze cast around them, although the people were still those people, and the attendant officers were still those high-talented students who graduated from military academies, Tang Haoran noticed that at this time, their expressions looking at themselves were completely different from the past, in the past their eyes were respectful, but now, their eyes were awe, excitement, and even a little fanatical.

Yes!

In China, a country with a thousand-year-old imperial system, compared to the so-called republic, people in 1902 still believed in the emperor, and in their consciousness it was almost impossible to imagine a day without an emperor, and more importantly, for these attendants, from now on, they were no longer the attendants of the governors of the three eastern provinces, nor were they the students of the governors of the three provinces, but the emperor's personal bodyguards, the protégés of the Son of Heaven!

These two points alone are enough to put their names on the family tree!

Yes, when their fate is linked to the country, in the Northeast, the fate of hundreds of thousands, millions of people has also changed, they have become ministers of the dragon from the subordinates of the governors of the three provinces, even the most ordinary soldiers of the Northeast Army, it can also be said that he is the minister of the dragon, at the beginning of the dynasty, he followed His Majesty the emperor to conquer the north and south, opened up territory for the empire, and made great contributions to the empire!

Yes!

In fact, their fate has been tied to themselves since more than ten years ago, and they prefer to be subjects - subjects of His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire rather than a so-called republic!

No, it should be said that it is the people of His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire!

When His Majesty's gaze came, every young attendant officer held his chest up and raised his head to meet the examination of His Majesty's gaze with his most spiritual side, and that kind of awe from the heart was unprecedented. It was also in their awe that Tang Haoran walked forward, and in their gaze, he felt an unprecedented feeling.

I am a ...... of the country

On the way to the platform, he heard a long live voice, and all the subjects who saw him fell to their knees, and revered the emperor in the way that people had been most accustomed to for thousands of years.

Although before this, it was these kneeling people who put the yellow robe on the emperor's body, although they witnessed with their own eyes what "the king and the general Xiangning have a kind of", but now, when the emperor they "held" with one hand appeared in front of them, almost everyone did not feel a sense of awe, and even some people were faintly trembling.

This trembling is not because of excitement, but because of timidity, and the reason why they are timid is because of fear, and they are afraid that their blessings are too thin to bear this kind of "imperial grace" that can see the face of the king, and in this heartfelt awe, their heads are lowered, and they do not even dare to come out of the atmosphere, and they even want to bury their heads in the ground like an ostrich.

Awe!

As a journalist, as he witnessed the changes on the platform, Morrison first felt that it was the term, and he fully felt the awe of people from the bottom of his heart. Originally, as a journalist, he and a dozen other reporters only went to the Zabaikal front with a special train to report to the world about Tang Dashuai and his brave and fearless soldiers, but what they did not expect was that they witnessed a revolution.

No, it's not a revolution!

But what is it if it is not a revolution?

It is appropriate to describe everything here in terms of revolution, and it is equally inappropriate. For this wave of hundreds of thousands of people demanded not the power of the people, but the demand for an official to obey their will and become an emperor, to be the emperor of a new country, which seems unprecedented in the history of mankind.

It is not appropriate to describe it as revolutionary, and even less appropriate to describe it as subversive, perhaps, this is also destined to become an extremely important and controversial part of history.

But although I don't know how to describe all this, everyone knows how lucky they are as journalists, because they have witnessed all this, and they know that in the future, they will also witness the imminent wave of this ancient oriental country.

"We witnessed the birth of the Napoleon of the East!"

I don't know who said it in French, and it was this evaluation that made everyone nod their heads in agreement as if they suddenly realized, yes, they witnessed the birth of the Napoleon of the East, yes, is there any better way to describe it than to describe it as the Napoleon of the East?

"No!"

Suddenly, Morrison interrupted the admiration of others.

"I don't think he is the Napoleon of the East, perhaps, the Don has everything that Napoleon has, but let's not forget that the biggest difference between the Don and Napoleon is that he expelled the Tatars from colonial rule over the Chinese! This is the most fundamental difference! He is a liberator! The liberator of the country and of the nation, perhaps, in this sense, he is greater than Napoleon! ”

If, when Tang Haoran heard these words at this time, he would definitely hug Mo Lixun hard, not for anything else, just for his "fair words", yes, he is a liberator, the liberator of the Chinese nation, this alone is enough to make him the most righteous emperor after Zhu Yuanzhang, no, not second only to Zhu Yuanzhang, but side by side, they are all liberators of the nation and defenders of civilization.

Of course, all these titles come from the outside world, not their self-proclaimed, and even, whether it is for Zhu Yuanzhang in history or Tang Haoran now, they don't have the consciousness of being liberators at all, at this time, Tang Haoran himself is still feeling the awe of the people and indulging in it.

If, before this, Tang Haoran fully understood the attraction of power to men, then now, he feels why throughout the ages, countless heroes and heroes have always been unable to resist the temptation from imperial power, because this is supreme, because this is enough to make anyone surrender and be in awe.

When Tang Haoran was in the carriage, he also immediately felt everyone's strange eyes. These subordinates, who have been accustomed to calling him Dashuai, are still in shock at this time, for a while, maybe they have not yet adapted to this change, although there is awe and joy in their eyes, but compared to the common people, because there is too much contact, awe naturally talks a lot.

"What's wrong?"

Tang Haoran stood solemnly at the door with his hands down, and the room was so quiet that only the sound of breathing could be heard.

"Haven't you seen me before, and now I have three heads and six arms?"

"The ministers have seen Your Majesty!"

Almost at the moment when Tang Haoran's words fell, the people in the carriage immediately knelt together, looking at the scene of them kneeling, Tang Haoran pursed his lips lightly, looking at the officials in the palace in front of him, his brows furrowed slightly, perhaps, he longed to become an emperor and enjoyed the awe of the people, but he couldn't accept that everyone knelt like that, could it be that from now on, everyone will see themselves like this?

It's like on TV, even if the queen sees herself, is it the same kneeling?

However, Tang Haoran did not say that he was flat, since they were willing to kneel, let them kneel, didn't he abolish the kneeling ceremony a long time ago? They haven't knelt for so many years, why are they kneeling now?

Just like that, the people in the carriage knelt there, and Tang Haoran stood there, at this moment, a silent game seemed to be playing out here, what were the two sides playing? Is it tradition and modernity? Of course not, in fact, the reason why these people kneel down is because of habit, because of the fear of the imperial power for thousands of years, but Tang Haoran knows that this so-called awe is simply like a "fart".

I don't need your prostration!

Tang Haoran didn't say anything, but chose to treat it with silence. Use silence to remind them that the rules here have not changed, except that they now have an additional title, they can still do it there, and they can still use bowing as a basic etiquette, as for treating people as slaves, inferior kneeling, it has long been abolished. According to the Tao, they should be accustomed to bowing, and even as early as the beginning of the establishment of the Northeast Province, they have promulgated a new etiquette model in the name of the governor, requiring officials to study carefully, strictly obey, ten years of promotion, so that the people here have long been accustomed to the "new ceremony", but now, in the face of the supreme imperial power, these people still choose to be in awe! Chose to bow with a kneeling representative.

However, this is not what Tang Haoran wants! (To be continued.) )