Chapter 208: New Three Artifacts
The Yaga Mirror, the Grass Pheasant Sword, and the Yasaka Qiongquyu are the three major artifacts of ancient Japan. These three pieces are also referred to as: mirror, sword, and curved jade. They are no ordinary treasures. Legend has it that when Tensun (the grandson of Aunt Amaterasu) arrived, he gave three treasures - the Yachi Mirror, the Grass Pheasant Sword, and the Yasaka Qiongqu Jade to Emperor Jimmu, Japan's first mortal king. Since then, successive emperors have been required to possess three major artifacts to prove their status as emperors.
After the collapse of the first emperor, the Japanese imperial family held three major ceremonies for the succession to the throne, namely the practice of the Zuo, the enthronement ceremony and the Great Taste Festival. The new emperor first performed the ritual of practicing the sword and the koyu, a ritual also known as the "sword seal to cross the Go" (獒 i.e., quyu). The mirror was enshrined in the palace and was not allowed to be moved. After the practice of the Zuo, the new emperor will have to go through the enthronement ceremony and the Great Tasting Festival before he can officially become the emperor of the unity of God and man and be recognized by the people. In fact, this practice of the emperor was influenced by the jade seal of the ancient Chinese emperor. In ancient times, the jade seal was a symbol of the emperor's power. The Emperor of Japan followed the example of the Chinese emperor and enshrined the three treasures of mirror, sword, and jade as sacred objects in the palace. Therefore, in addition to having a mythological color, the three major artifacts are also endowed with religious, political, and authoritative colors.
However, as the emperor fled, the Imperial Palace in Tokyo was also burned down in the bombing, and the three artifacts disappeared with it. Without the artifact, the three major ceremonies of the emperor's succession to the throne would not have been possible. And the three major ceremonies are very important for the new emperor to be recognized by the people, and Ishihara Waner's request, the whole country Lin also felt that he could not refuse, so he had no choice but to ask His Majesty.
His Majesty's reply was a little strange, "Don't worry, prepare as usual!" The matter of the artifact is solved by Weiyang Palace! ”
"Is it possible to create that so-called artifact?" The whole country knows in his heart, it is nothing more than to get a few fakes, the huge empire, it is not easy to imitate a few ancient mirrors and ancient swords? As for that Quyu, it is not uncommon in China, and it is enough to carve one according to the style.
Rarely, the Governor Quan's kind words appeased Ishihara Wan'er, after all, this is to fool people with Xibei goods. Ishihara was a little flattered, and wanted to say something more, so he weighed it up or gave up.
In the early hours of May 28, the Royal Navy's Pacific Fleet's battleship Honhashi passed through the Uraga Waterway and sailed into Tokyo Bay. Because Tokyo was badly damaged by the war, the entire Chiyoda Ward was burned to ashes, and the new Imperial Palace and the Toei Governor's Palace were being built. There was no way to hold a ceremony to welcome the new emperor on the dusty and chaotic construction site, and Japanese government officials led by the "five generals" jointly wrote a letter requesting that the place where the new emperor disembark be changed to Yokohama.
The whole country agreed to change the place of the warship to berth, but did not agree to dock in Yokohama, "If you can't move around, you will sign a joint letter, are there any rules?" The new emperor will disembark in Chiba! "The Governor's obscenity is on full display, and to put it bluntly, your joint letter has made the Governor unhappy, and you can ask for it, but it is absolutely not okay to use this method of persecution. The rule that the law does not hold the public accountable does not work in Japan, and the soldiers of the Nanyang Army do not care about this, and perhaps the more "public" they are, the happier they are.
Unlike Yokohama, which is mainly industrial, Chiba is mainly populated, but there are a large number of warehouses and factories along the coast. The news of the new emperor was released early, and tens of thousands of Japanese gathered in Chiba Port early in the morning, either holding signs welcoming the emperor back to Japan or holding small buntings, and everyone's eyes were full of hope!
Even during this period of time, the national forest, which regarded the Japanese as pigs and dogs, was also moved by the Japanese spirit of not admitting defeat, and made an exception and waved his head at the crowd, causing a commotion.
The Governor was not afraid of assassination, and in the beginning, several resistance groups and gangsters attempted to assassinate the Allied leadership, but each time, they were met with insane revenge. The Nanyang Army would not look for the Assassins at all, and their way was to kill 10,000 Japanese if such an incident occurred. It was not the kind of resistance in the concentration camps, but the out-and-out civilians who found a random town and slaughtered it, and afterwards wrote a slogan, "Kill once, slaughter a town." ”
The result of this bloody and brutal repression was that Japanese civilians would no longer tolerate those who carried out assassinations, and even civilians would voluntarily report their whereabouts. Without him, I am afraid of being implicated again.
Those people have become street rats, and there is no environment for them in the city, so they have to retreat to the countryside, or even to the mountains, and fall into the grass.
The Royal Navy's Pacific Fleet's Primordial Battleship was the lead ship of the newest Prince-class battleships, because after several naval battles against Japan and the Battle of the Islands, the Navy found that the battleship was still irreplaceable. At least in terms of fire support on the opposite shore, the role is huge. After the naval commander Zhang Zheng reported to His Majesty, he added eight new battleships to the four fleets, equipped with triple 380 mm caliber front main guns, and on the rear deck, the prince-class canceled the main guns, installed hangars and take-off and landing decks, and could take off and land helicopters or vertical take-off and landing reconnaissance aircraft, so the princes class is also called aviation battleships.
This battleship, nicknamed a monster by the Western naval community, is, of course, a base product. In addition to the base, no country can produce eight giant ships with a displacement of 40,000 tons in a year. Although teased by other countries, Zhong Yi still adheres to this design concept, because the tasks of the Royal Navy battleships in the entire fleet are different from those of traditional battleships, in the United States, in Britain and even in Germany, the battleship is still the capital ship in the fleet, but in the Royal Navy, although the aviation battleship has a certain shelling capability, its main responsibility is anti-submarine and air defense and shore shelling.
In particular, the appearance of the Navy's carrier-based AWACS aircraft, the situation of being threatened by the enemy's battleship in the Yellow Sea naval battle, is almost impossible to reappear. If it weren't for the fact that there would be a large number of island-grabbing battles in future wars, Zhong Yi wouldn't even consider rebuilding battleships, this thing was too expensive, and if it wasn't for carrier-based aircraft, the cost of a prince-class air battleship would be more expensive than a marshal-class aircraft carrier.
Bunting fluttered on the new Emperor's Honhato and its sister ship, the Highway Ship, and the officers and men of the Navy dressed in white ceremonial dresses stood upright on the strings of the ship, and when they approached Chiba Port, the three guns of the six guns fired in unison, and the empty salute shells fired 62 rounds in a row (21 of which were in honor of the new Empress, the other 21 in honor of the reborn Japan, and the last 20 in the face of the two battleships of the Imperial Navy. )
Speaking of which, in the early days of the war, the Japanese had never seen a giant ship of tens of thousands of tons, let alone the unfinished Yamato, which was still parked at the Kure Port Shipyard, with a record displacement of 65,000 tons, far exceeding the class of these two princes.
But when the war began, the Japanese navy was completely wiped out, and there were no more of those big ships in Tokyo Bay. What's more, the new emperor was on top of this huge ship, and in order to see more clearly, the crowd gradually moved forward, and several of the Nanyang Army soldiers who were standing on the dock and were in charge of guarding didn't pay attention, and they were all squeezed into the sea.
The whole country Lin frowned, and Ishihara and the others were also nervous, for fear that this devil would be angry and kill. Fortunately, the governor only waved his hand, and a few more teams of soldiers were brought in to blast the crowd back out of the cordon.
It's not that I didn't want to kill, it's just that there was not only a new emperor on these two battleships, but also ...... What about the future daughter-in-law of the Grand Governor! His Majesty promised, but the phrase "find your own way" was automatically ignored by the whole loudspeaker.
After the salute was fired, Zhanzi, who wore a crystal wreath and a long white dress, walked to the second deck of the original number, accompanied by her sister. At this time, there can be no ambiguity, the whole country Lin took the lead in saluting, and both Allied officers and Japanese soldiers on the dock saluted the new emperor with the most standard military salute.
Mingbu sister...... No, it was a bright smile on the face of Asakanomiya Zhanzi, and a pair of cute little tiger teeth were also wrinkled and shining in the sun. As Zhanzi waved her head repeatedly, the wharf erupted with a mountain-shaking whistling sound, and the sound of "Long live the Emperor" spread almost throughout Tokyo Bay.
Maintaining a saluting posture, Quanguo Lin smiled slightly, "It's done!" It is perfect to subdue the stubborn and fanatical Japanese with the new emperor. Your Majesty is clever, really high! ”
It was easy to get rid of the frenzied crowd on the dock and send the empress to the Cadillac royal car that was transported with the ship, and the whole country pouted, His Majesty's treatment of women is different, this kind of elongated car with the golden corolla logo was produced in total, except for two in Weiyang Palace, and the other in King David Palace in Manila.
The whole governor raised his legs and stepped into his own red free cross-country, still a little indignant, "Lao Tzu hasn't sat on it yet, but I will match this little Japanese lady first!" ”
In the temporary imperial palace of Chiba, one box after another was moved in by the guards, and Lin was a little dazzled when he saw it, and turned his head to look at Zhanzi who was sitting on Shi Shiran, "That ......"
I didn't speak for a long time. Zhan Zi smiled, as if he understood Lao Quan's embarrassment, "Lord Governor, you are the general of the Han Kingdom and the governor of Dongying appointed by His Majesty, you can call me Concubine Ying or Zhanzi!" ”
Yes, this girl is really smart! Governor Quan's old face was slightly red, "That Sakura Imperial Princess, Ishihara Wan'er told me that the new emperor must have three artifacts to succeed to the throne, but ...... Mirror, sword and Qu Yu, we haven't been able to find it, you will ascend the throne in three days, about the matter of the three artifacts, does Your Majesty have any arrangements? ”
"Your Excellency, you have to worry about so many things, what a trouble for you! His Majesty has already told me about the three artifacts. His Majesty said: The emperor is not a god, we are all the same ordinary people, so I don't have to fool the people with the legends of my ancestors. As the Emperor of Japan, what I need is to guide the people towards peace and tranquility. So, since the old three artifacts are gone, let's let them disappear completely! When I inherit the throne, I will complete the ceremony with the new three artifacts given to me by His Majesty. "Zhanzi has a very good grasp of his identity, and every time he talks to the governor, he always bows slightly.
This made Lao Quan feel very good, "This girl is good, or Your Majesty's vision is powerful!" The new three artifacts mentioned by Zhan Zi also aroused considerable interest among the governors, "The new three artifacts? Princess Sakura, can I see this first? ”
"Absolutely! Your Majesty has explained that when I inherit the throne, it will also be yours! I will only participate in some ceremonial 'acts of state' regarding the rule of Japan, and I will bother you and the government officials. Zhanzi picked up the hem of the long skirt with his hand, stood up carefully, and instructed the guards to open a few boxes, "Please come and see, Lord Governor, these are the new three artifacts given to me by His Majesty, of course, there are not only three, there are many more, they are all for your lords!" ”
"Nani?" After staying in Japan for a long time, the Governor occasionally comes up with a few words in Japanese, "Isn't this TV?" ”
Seventeen-year-old Zhanzi smiled cutely again, "Yes, Lord Governor, the TV, the refrigerator and the washing machine are the new three artifacts that Your Majesty has given me!" ”