Chapter 953 Crowned as King(1/2)
Year 4355 (1658 AD), August 20th, at six o'clock in the morning, it was just dawn.
The State of Wu built Yecheng, and there are still buildings here that originally belonged to the Holy Roman Empire.
Anyone who is familiar with this place can easily tell that this is the city of Vienna.
Wu Wangqi Gangyi did not like the castle left by the Habsburg family.
He built a Chinese-style garden in Jianye City as the royal palace of the Kingdom of Wu.
Wu Wang Qi Gangyi, together with the civil and military officials of the Wu Kingdom and representatives from all walks of life, came to the Holy Roman Empire Cathedral.
In order to show the power of the conqueror, he decided to change the cathedral into the auditorium of Wu State and hold the coronation ceremony here.
Zhao Quan wore a red official robe and walked timidly among civil and military officials.
He clearly distanced himself from civil and military officials.
His official position is the censor of the right capital of the Wu Kingdom's capital procuratorate.
He was not a serious censor. King Wu Qi Gangyi believed that being a royal guard would easily lead to rejection by civil and military officials.
He did not establish this kind of institution in Wu State that was exclusive to the royal family and similar to the Jinyiwei.
Wu Wangqi resolutely asked Zuodu Yushi of the Supervisory Council to be responsible for supervising all officials.
As the former steward of Prince Wu's Mansion, Zhao Quan was deeply trusted by King Wu Qi Gangyi and became the first censor of Youdu, establishing a supervisory agency.
He saw some minor problems in the enthronement ceremony. Several church bishops came to ask King Wu Qi to accept the Pope's coronation resolutely, otherwise they would not recognize King Wu.
Zhu Dahu, the Minister of Rites, is handling this matter.
Zhao Quan wiped the sweat from his face and walked to Wu Wang Qi Gangyi's side.
He said in panic: "Your Majesty, I failed to do this well and let these troublesome bishops come to me.
I should tie them up in the church to prevent these ignorant people from disturbing the king's enthronement ceremony."
Wu Wangqi waved his hand resolutely: "Zhao Quan, I don't blame you for this matter.
These people are like toads jumping on their feet. If they don't bite, they will bite others.
There are millions of aborigines in Wu Guoxin, the bird god named Jehovah.
Even if we try to dilute the aborigines with Han people, the absolute number of aborigines is still too large.
Now that these indigenous people can be appeased, there will be no need to create unnecessary conflicts.
This bird church still needs to keep them.
But we must let them know who is the master of Wu."
Wu Wangqi resolutely pulled out a golden pistol from his waist.
"My king was able to conquer the Kingdom of Wu only by relying on his martial arts.
I am not one of those cowardly scholars. Those who surrender can be given a sweet date to eat, and those who do not surrender can be given bullets."
Zhu Dahu, a tall man from Shandong who was 1.8 meters tall and the Minister of Rites of the State of Wu, walked up to Wu Wang Qi Gangyi.
"Your Majesty, I have convinced these bishops that they will never dare to disturb the ceremony again."
Wu Wangqi Gangyi saw these bishops lying on the ground with blue faces.
These people were obviously tortured and fainted due to suffocation.
"Master Zhu has done a great job. Today is the most important day in my life. It would be unlucky to see blood."
Wu Wangqi was resolute and snorted coldly: "These two old guys Qian Mingyi and Qu Tian dare to go against me.
You little shrimps dare to go against this king."
When Wu Wangqi Gangyi thought about this situation, he was very angry.
He whispered in a low voice: "I specially chose this auspicious day to be the first to be crowned king.
Qian Mingyi and Qu Tian, these two old guys, insist on competing with me for time."
These princes and kings who are preparing to be crowned have already confirmed in advance through telegrams the time for everyone to ascend the throne and be crowned.
In fact, they can do it every day, as long as they choose a date that is not the generally unlucky date.
The officials of Qin Tian Jian are all capable of describing this date as an auspicious day.
But the representatives of the other vassal states and empires were unable to do anything at all.
Several newly established countries around Europe also need to send envoys to various countries to congratulate them.
These things need to be prepared in advance. Even if Europe is small and connected by waterways, it will still take about ten days to travel.
There are only three envoys in the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and at most three monarchs can be crowned kings at regular intervals.
If a fourth one appears, no messenger from the empire will come, and the enthronement and coronation ceremony cannot be carried out.
King Wu Qi resolutely ordered the Minister of Rites to shout: "Dahu, please move faster.
I got up early in the morning, just to compete for the first place.
Those rotten literati would definitely choose a good time. How could they think that we would start the ceremony at six in the morning?
They got the news and it was too late to prepare in advance.
But in order to prevent some shameless people, the ceremony must be simple."
Zhu Dahu, the Minister of Rites, nodded and said, "I understand."
Zhu Dahu began to preside over the coronation ceremony of King Wu Qi's resolute enthronement.
Wu Wangqi Gangyi was always a rough guy, he never cared about etiquette, and the ceremony was very simple.
I specifically told him to keep the ceremony simple, which meant that he made the ceremony more concise.
They came to the center of the auditorium, where there was a large bronze cauldron with incense burning on it.
Famous emperors and great figures in the history of the Han people are worshiped here.
On the table in front of the bronze cauldron, there are three gold plates covered with silk.
Zhu Dahu, Minister of Rites, holds in his hand the imperial edict written by Emperor Su He.
He read loudly: "On the orders of King Wu Qi Gangyi and Emperor Su He of the Great Hua Empire, he went overseas to establish his country.
Today, the State of Wu is officially established and joins the vassal state of the Great China Empire."
King Wu Qi resolutely accepted the imperial edict, bowed three times in the direction of the capital, and placed the imperial edict on the golden plate in the center.
This imperial edict represents the great cause of the founding of the Wu Kingdom.
The imperial envoy holds a jade seal.
Holding the seal in both hands, he walked up to Wu Wang Qi Gangyi.
"This is the King of Wu's Seal given by Su He, the Emperor of the Great China Empire."
Wu Wangqi took the Wu Wangxi with both hands resolutely and placed it on the jade plate on the left.
This seal represents the nominal power of King Wu.
Wu Wangqi took out the golden pistol from his waist resolutely, holding the gun in his right hand.
He then took the constitution of Wu from Zhu Dahu, the Minister of Rites, and held it in his left hand.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! King Wu Qi resolutely faced his ministers, people and representatives from all parties.
He solemnly swore: "As the king of Wu, I will lead the army and use the guns in my hands to defend Wu and prevent the people of Wu from being harmed.
As the king of the Kingdom of Wu, I will take the lead in abiding by the Constitution of the Kingdom of Wu.
Wu State takes the law as its criterion and protects the rights of every citizen."
After Wu Wangqi took the oath of resoluteness, he placed the golden pistol and the constitution on the golden plate on the right side of the front of the big roof.
Zhu Dahu, the Minister of Rites, took the civil and military officials and people of Wu State to perform the last step of the ceremony.
They collectively knelt down to worship King Wu Qi Gangyi who was sitting on the dragon throne.
Wu Wangqi lived a life of resoluteness, and everyone stood up.
The ceremony officially ended, and envoys from various countries came forward to send gifts and blessings.
Wu Wangqi was so resolute that he was sweating profusely. He changed out of the clothes that were difficult to move and put on simple regular clothes.
He looked at Zhu Dahu, the Minister of Rites, who was returning after seeing off the envoys from various countries.
"Dahu, there is no coronation process in this ceremony. I always feel that the process is weird and different from the book."
Zhu Dahu, the Minister of Rites, immediately explained: "Your Majesty, the word coronation is a ritual of previous dynasties, symbolizing that the emperor has been appointed by heaven.
Emperor Su He didn't like taking orders from heaven. He often said that the king is the one with strong soldiers and horses. The emperor's power comes from the rights transferred by the people.
The coronation ceremony was originally based on the imperial ceremony for the prince's enthronement, but was temporarily modified.
The empire has been established for decades, and etiquette has been perfected.
When Li Qingmu, the king of Liao, was crowned king, holding the seal of the king of Liao in his hand, the ceremony ended. He was laughed at by the literati in the empire for a long time.
To be continued...