It's July, and the whole city of Jinan is completely hot like this midsummer.
No one can remain peaceful, everyone is looking forward to the most important day.
On July 12th, the sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly. All things are in full bloom, and the heaven and earth are new.
On the 65th day of the lunar month, knowledge comes, which is suitable for the king. It is auspicious.
At eight o'clock in the morning, all the people in the city had already mobilized, gathered on both sides of the central road, and waited patiently.
Many people even put out scented eucalyptus and three animals, and prepared firecrackers and fireworks.
All the buildings along the street were spontaneously painted in red, carefully cleaned, and sparkled in the sun.
Zuo Mengeng took off his usual light clothes and became solemn and serious on this day.
The twelve-column crown was only worn by the emperor when he held grand ceremonies.
His crown is different.
The outside is even wrapped in gold, with a five-clawed dragon engraved on it.
There are nine pearls on each of the twelve pillars. Each pearl is the size of a thumb, pure white and crystal clear, without any color.
These precious pearls all come from Jilin. Obtained by pearl divers by diving into cold water rock crevices, it is priceless.
If it weren't for today's celebration, Zuo Mengeng would be reluctant to use it.
The dragon robe he wears is also specially made.
It is made of the most expensive tapestry and dyed with gold foil, so it is the purest golden color throughout.
There is also a nine-color real dragon on the outside, which uses nine kinds of the most expensive silk threads and nine colors, and is hand-sewn by the best craftsmen.
At nine o'clock sharp, Zuo Mengeng boarded the royal chariot and walked out of Prince Xia's Mansion under the guard of the Guards.
From now on, Prince Xia's Mansion was officially renamed the Imperial Palace.
When discussing the founding of the country, all parties felt that the Xia Palace was too simple and unsuitable for the emperor's status, so it was proposed to build a palace.
Or wait until the capital is captured and then move into the Forbidden City.
However, both proposals were rejected by Zuo Mengeng.
The royal family members are simple and do not need an overly extensive palace complex.
In addition, Zuo Mengeng did not want the palace to be too large and consume too much of the national finances. And if the royal family alone pays for it, the burden will be too heavy.
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After comprehensive consideration, Prince Xia's Mansion is completely suitable.
For his persistence, officials at home and abroad and even the common people were deeply moved.
In the past thousands of years, when have we ever seen an emperor who cared so much about his country?
Even the most basic enjoyment has been given up.
As for the fact that many people were worried that Prince Xia's palace was too frugal and could not highlight the emperor's majestic views, Zuo Menggeng's answer made everyone excited in the newspapers.
[When the country is strong, no one dares to look down upon me even if I live in a thatched cottage; when the country is in decline, even the fairyland is no more than a treasure trove for the enemy. 】
Today, all the Xia troops were dressed in costumes and were all over the streets and alleys of Jinan. While maintaining law and order, he also demonstrated the power of Xia's martial arts.
Zuo Mengeng's royal chariot came out and immediately aroused cheers from all the people.
I saw that the royal chariot was dragged by six white horses. The height of each horse was the same, nearly two meters, like a divine horse in the sky.
In front of the royal chariot, a thousand costumed cavalry were responsible for clearing the way.
With Xia's strength, it was very easy to get a thousand cavalry. But these thousand war horses are all highly consistent, and they are all black, which is very amazing.
Not to mention the people of Xia State present, even the envoys from various countries who came to watch the ceremony were stunned and speechless.
The royal chariot has been carefully modified so that Zuo Menggeng is not sitting upright in it. Instead, you can stand up, walk all the way, and greet the people along the way.
Although the people of Xia Kingdom have seen many people with Zuo Menggeng's appearance, the meaning is particularly different today.
Whenever Zuo Mengeng waved his hand, the voice of "Long live" resounded through the sky.
The royal chariot team went all the way out of the city and finally arrived at the foot of Mount Tai.
A grand altar has already been built here.
Zuo Mengeng was led by Zhang Zhenxiu and Huang Zonghui to the altar.
Under the witness of countless people, Zuo Menggeng offered incense to the heaven, earth, mountains and rivers, the sun, moon and stars, wind, snow, thunder and rain.
After the ceremony was completed, the salute gun roared, a total of one hundred and eight times.
This means that Zuo Menggeng has been recognized by all things in the world and can proclaim himself emperor and establish a country.
Hou Xun was so excited that he walked up to the altar with his head held high and read the edict in public.
"Heaven and earth protect and serve the people, the emperor's edict said: Pangu opened the sky and there was yin and yang, Nuwa created humans and there are all things, Yanhuang benevolence and there is China. Xia started a new chapter, Qin created a new system, and feudalism has lasted for more than two thousand years. Time, heaven and earth have changed. , the stars and the moon rotate, and everything is new, different from the old world. My subjects, up and down, should understand the changes in the sea and the world, and follow the power of the general trend of the world. Only in this way can we ensure that China will always be prosperous for generations, disasters will never be eliminated, and we will always be the master of the world. The country. For the new, the people are the foundation, and the heaven and the earth are the link. From today on, the country is called China. Everything the sun and moon shine on is our land of China..."
The people who watched the ceremony discussed it enthusiastically and were very satisfied with the new national title.
Moreover, this country name is obviously completely different from those previous dynasties, especially for the people of the Xia Kingdom who are not Han, it gives them a greater sense of identity.
This is what a country looks like.
The edict contains many contents.
In addition to clarifying the name of the country, the location of the capital was also announced.
There has been discussion among the outside world before, and everyone believed that after the Xia Kingdom was unified, the capital would definitely be moved to the capital.
However, today's edict made it clear that the capital was in Jinan and was renamed Shangdu.
In addition, Nanjing was renamed Nandu.
Those with a flexible mind immediately sensed the mystery.
Since there is the Southern Capital besides the national capital, are there also the Eastern Capital, the Western Capital and the Northern Capital?
Is the reason why it has not been announced because those places are not unified yet?
In addition to the title of the country and the capital, the title of the emperor was also announced, which was the former reign title.
Year name: Xinzhong.
However, the empire did not use year numbers to mark the years, but issued two calendars: the Gregorian calendar and the lunar calendar.
The Gregorian calendar is the solar calendar commonly used for funerals.
It was explained in the edict that it was to connect with the world and facilitate communication with other parts of the world. Therefore, the time when Jesus was born and Buddhism was introduced to China was regarded as the first year of AD.
When the empire was founded, it was 1644.
The Xia calendar is the Yellow Emperor calendar, and this year is the 4341st year of the Yellow Emperor.
The lunar calendar that has always been used is determined to be the Chinese calendar.
The empire is an open country, so the people of the empire have a very high degree of acceptance of the Gregorian calendar.
In addition to the above, another important content in the edict is the completion of Xia Jun's name change.
From now on, the Xia Army was officially changed to the National Defense Force, and the internal organizational structure remained the same.
After completing the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, Zuo Mengeng set off again and returned to Wanmin Square.
This is the former Quancheng Square, which underwent large-scale transformation in order to cooperate with the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The brand-new Wanmin Square is so grand and vast that it can accommodate half a million people for large-scale events.
And this is the core area of the entire founding ceremony.
Representatives of the National Defense Forces from all over the country have already been prepared to be inspected by the emperor and the people.
