Chapter 536: Enthronement and Military Parade
The whole city of Beijing was busy for the enthronement ceremony, and soon it came to November 1, 1902, that is, the day when Lin Daxin officially ascended the throne.
Before 8 o'clock in the morning of November 1, in the Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City, hundreds of high-level military and political officials under Lin Daxin had already gathered, and these high-level military and political officials would also become senior military and political officials of the Chinese Empire, and there were also representatives sent by nearly 20 countries in the Taihe Palace, basically the original envoys of various countries in the Qing Dynasty, but now they are all ambassadors of various countries to the Chinese Empire, and these ambassadors are here to watch Lin Daxin's enthronement ceremony.
The faces of the ambassadors of many countries to the Chinese Empire are not good, such as British Ambassador Ogner, Russian Ambassador Melkoshakin, French Ambassador Bi Sheng, and Japanese Ambassador Komura Shoutaro, the faces of these four ambassadors can be said to be forced to smile, after all, the four countries suffered very heavy losses in the war that just ended, that is, the ambassadors of Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and the United States, and they did not feel so comfortable seeing the enemy who had just defeated their country.
In addition, the Dutch ambassador Cavill, who had just been blackmailed by Lin Daxin, although he was smiling, but the bitterness in his heart was not small, and the Dutch ambassador Cavill was also 10,000 unwilling to congratulate Lin Daxin, who was like a robber, on his ascension to the throne.
However, whether the ambassadors of these countries want to or not, they have to watch Lin Daxin build a huge Chinese empire, become the emperor of this empire, and send blessings, which is really fascinating. In addition, there are ambassadors from Belgium, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Ottoman Turkey and other countries in the Taihe Palace.
As soon as 8 o'clock arrived, Li Hongzhang, the former governor of the Qing Dynasty and minister of Beiyang, respectfully picked up the edict on a yellow book on the east side of the Taihe Palace. It was read out in public.
The meaning of the edict is to praise Lin Daxin fiercely, and to say that Lin Daxin is wise and martial, eloquent and strategic, and loves the people like a son. is simply the mold of the first emperor of the ages, if he does not replace the Qing Dynasty. God can't see it, so Lin Daxin obeyed the will of heaven and ascended the throne as emperor and became the emperor of the Chinese Empire, and hereby inform the world.
After Li Hongzhang finished reading, hundreds of high-ranking military and political officials in the entire Taihe Hall bowed to Lin Daxin, who was sitting on the throne of the Taihe Hall wearing Hanfu, and shouted in their mouths: "Your Majesty! ”
Because Lin Daxin abolished the kneeling ceremony, the courtiers' three bows and nine bows to the emperor at the enthronement ceremony were eliminated and became bowing.
Lin Daxin's clothes today. It is a yellow robe embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon, a golden crown on its head, and a pair of jade leather boots on its feet.
Lin Daxin sat on the throne and said with a smile on his face: "All the Qing family are exempt from courtesy!" ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Everyone in the hall shouted in unison.
Lin Daxin sat on the throne and continued: "I canonized Ding Xueshan, Du Juan, Liu Xiumei, and He Yue as the queens of the Chinese Empire, and my eldest son Lin Zhiyong is the first heir of the Chinese Empire!" Wang Yan was appointed as the prime minister of the first cabinet, and the first cabinet of the Chinese Empire was formed, and the Chinese Empire will implement a constitutional monarchy! ”
followed by Ding Xueshan, Du Juan, Liu Xiumei, He Yue 4 daughters, Lin Daxin's eldest son Lin Zhiyong, and Lin Daxin's cousin Wang Yan. accepted Lin Daxin's canonization respectively.
After that, Lin Daxin continued: "The Dingbei Army will be officially renamed the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire from now on, the Northeast Navy will be changed to the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, and the Northeast Air Force will be changed to the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire. ”
Lin Daxin's enthronement ceremony did not have any complicated rituals. At this point, it will be over, and other matters and appointments will not be announced at the enthronement ceremony.
Although the process of enthronement ceremony is simple. However, the hundreds of high-ranking military and political officials who participated in the enthronement ceremony were still very excited, waiting for Lin Daxin to announce the three armies of the navy, land and air force. After officially changing its name to the Imperial Chinese Imperial Navy, Army, and Air Force, hundreds of high-ranking military and political officials shouted: "Long live Your Majesty!" Long live the Chinese Empire! ”
Such a shout. shouted 7 or 8 times before Lin Daxin stopped under Lin Daxin's hand.
Lin Daxin, who had a smile on his face, said: "All the ministers and ambassadors of various countries will now follow me to Tiananmen Square to participate in the first military parade after the founding of our Chinese Empire!" ”
At this time, more than 200,000 people had already gathered in the square outside Tiananmen Square, many of whom had rushed over from Lin Daxin's original territory, and these people had already come to the square outside Tiananmen Square at more than 6 o'clock in the morning, and under the command of the officers and soldiers of the First Guards who were responsible for the order of the square, they entered their respective areas.
Every member of the public who participated in the parade was given a smaller five-star red flag by the officers and men of the First Guards, so that the whole square became a sea of red.
Dozens of wooden poles were erected on the square outside Tiananmen Square, scattered around the square, and a tin horn was installed on these wooden poles, and today Lin Daxin will make an important speech before the military parade, and it is also Lin Daxin became the emperor of the Chinese Empire, the first speech to all the people, these tin trumpets will clearly convey Lin Daxin's speech to more than 20 million people in the square.
In addition, through the radio, all parts of the country, including the provinces of the Qing Dynasty that had just been occupied, basically all towns and cities would hear the grand scene of the military parade.
Moreover, Lin Daxin has asked people to use more than a dozen cameras to film the military parade ceremony, and prepare to cut it into a documentary film to be broadcast nationwide, and this film documentary will also be a sound film.
At present, it has not been long since the emergence of silent films in foreign countries, and Chinese films are still in a blank, but Lin Daxin has long customized many cameras and players used in the fifties and sixties of the 20th century, as well as equipment for the production of films, in modern time and space, preparing to develop China's film industry in this time and space.
The documentary film made into the military parade after the enthronement ceremony will be the first film to be released in China.
Lin Daxin led everyone to Tiananmen Square, but as long as a small number of high-ranking military and political officials could climb the tower of Tiananmen Square with Lin Daxin, other high-ranking military and political officials went to the viewing platform under Tiananmen Square to sit down, and at this time there were already many representatives from all walks of life across the country sitting on the viewing platform.
As for the ambassadors of almost 20 countries. Instead, he was placed in a seat on the upper floor of Tiananmen Square, which was necessary for etiquette.
It was 9 a.m. Wang Yan, the first prime minister who was the host of the military parade, was on the left side of the Tiananmen Tower. shouted loudly into the microphone in front of him: "In order to celebrate the founding of the Chinese Empire, the military parade has officially begun, and now I invite His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire to give a speech!" ”
Lin Daxin stood in the middle of the Tiananmen Gate Tower and said into the microphone in front of him: "Subjects of the Chinese Empire, today is the day of the founding of our Chinese Empire, from today onwards, the decadent and incompetent Manchu Dynasty has completely perished, and the Chinese Empire, which is shared by the people of all ethnic groups of the Chinese nation, will stand proudly in the east of the world." Gone are the days when Western colonialists could enslave a country with a few artillery pieces on the eastern coast! ”
"Long live the emperor! Long live the Chinese Empire! "Long live the emperor! Long live the Chinese Empire! ”……
After Lin Daxin's voice was transmitted to the entire square through dozens of iron loudspeakers, more than 200,000 people spontaneously shouted a unified slogan, and the sound resounded through the sky.
The foreign ambassadors in the Tiananmen Tower, especially the Western ambassadors, heard Lin Daxin's words and the cheers of more than 200,000 people, and their faces were a little gloomy.
British Ambassador Ogener whispered to French Ambassador Bi Sheng: "Looking at the current situation in China, I am really very worried about the situation in Asia in the future. ”
The French ambassador Bi Sheng shrugged his shoulders and whispered: "You Britain still have important colonies in Asia, and our French colonies in Asia have been lost, and we want to suppress this Chinese empire." We can only rely on you Britain to make more efforts, but we in France have already started a new round of armament construction, and if we go to war with the Chinese Empire in the future, we France will definitely fight side by side with Britain. ”
British Ambassador O'Gner nodded and said, "I believe in the dispute between our two countries and this Chinese Empire. There will be no less in the future. ”
Japanese Ambassador Komura Shoutaro saw that the Russian Ambassador Melkoshagin beside him had a gloomy face, and a glimmer of light burst out in his eyes, and he whispered to Melkoshakin: "Your Excellency, Ambassador." You, Russia, and we, Japan, were the two countries that suffered the most losses in the war. I think it's dealing with Lin Daxin, the newly formed Chinese Empire. Our 2 countries should have some common topics. ”
Russian Ambassador Melkoshagin frowned and looked at Japanese Ambassador Komura Shotaro, hesitated for a moment and said: "I also think that we Russia and Japan have some common interests, and after this military parade, we can drink tea together and talk in detail." ”
Japanese Ambassador Komura Shoutaro immediately nodded and said: "My embassy has a collection of some good tea, and I am waiting for His Excellency the Ambassador to enjoy it at any time." ”
Komura Shoutaro couldn't help but sigh that although Japan suffered heavy losses in this war, it was impressed by the world's powerful countries because of its last desperate resistance.
Britain and France have increased their support for Japan because of Japan's performance in the end, and now Russia is also willing to contact Japan, you must know that at the military parade in Shenyang many years ago, Komura Shoutaro ate the closed door soup of the dead Russian minister Pablofu.
Lin Daxin waved his hand to the crowd in the square downstairs of Tiananmen Square, and the cheers of "Long live the emperor" and "Long live the Chinese Empire" were a little smaller, Lin Daxin continued: "The imperial navy, land and air forces of the Chinese Empire are the most important guarantee force for the peaceful development of our Chinese Empire, and from now on, all the citizens of the Chinese Empire must remember that there is the most powerful army in the world behind you, and no matter where you go, the Chinese Empire and the imperial army of the empire will always support you!" ”
The cheers were followed by the slogan "Long live the royal army," and in the cheers of more than 200,000 people, Wang Yan, the first prime minister of the cabinet, who was the host of the parade, announced the official start of the military parade, and the first item was to raise the national flag and play the national anthem.
In the majestic national anthem, a five-star red flag slowly rose on a white flagpole in front of Tiananmen Square.
Then the square resounded with a high military song, "Forward, forward, forward!" Our team is facing the sun, stepping on the land of the motherland, carrying the hope of the nation, and we are an invincible force. We are the sons and daughters of the workers and peasants, we are the armed forces of the people, who fight valiantly and without fear until the invaders are wiped out, and the bright red banner flies high. Listen! The wind is howling, and the trumpet is sounding, listen! How loud the victory song is! The soldiers rushed to the battlefield to kill the enemy in orderly steps, and the soldiers rushed to the frontier of the motherland in full steps, forward, forward! Our team to the sun, to the final victory, to the highest honor! ”
This military song is adapted by Lin Daxin according to the military song of modern time and space, and has been used as the military song of the Dingbei Army, the Northeast Navy and the Northeast Air Force over the years.
With the sound of the military song, the first to walk in front of Tiananmen Square are three military flags, which are the military flags of the Royal Navy, Army and Air Force of the Chinese Empire, and the red military flag with two golden rifle cross patterns in the middle is the original military flag of the Dingbei Army, and now it has become the military flag of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire.
The blue flag on the left with a golden anchor pattern was originally the flag of the Northeast Navy, and now it has become the flag of the Imperial Chinese Navy.
The blue flag on the right with a white winged eagle pattern is the original flag of the Northeast Air Force, and now it has also become the flag of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire.
On the parade channel in front of Tiananmen Square, the three flag bearers were wearing the military uniforms of the navy, land and air force, followed by 20 rows and 12 columns of flag guards, holding bayonet Type 96 rifles, each of the four columns was a branch of the army, wearing the same military uniform as the flag bearer, and the height of the flag bearer and the flag guard was 180 centimeters, and they walked to the front of Tiananmen Square with neat steps.
As the phalanx approached Tiananmen Square, the standard-bearers holding the flag of the Imperial Chinese Army shouted, "Let's go!" ”
Immediately, 3 flag bearers and 240 flag guards kicked their feet to a height of 75 centimeters above the ground, changed from starting to walking, and walked majestically towards Tiananmen Square.
The 240 flag guards were almost like one person, neat and unusual, even the height of their feet was exactly the same, on a horizontal line, when they were walking, the momentum was absolutely shocking.
The crowd in front of the parade channel couldn't help but start cheering again when they saw such a heroic army, and on the upper floor of Tiananmen Square, many of the ambassadors of various countries sitting down were stunned to look at the military flag team slowly walking below, even the ambassadors who had seen the military parade in Shenyang many years ago were also like this, this momentum is really too good. (To be continued......)
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