African Nationhood

(Some of the names of the imperial institutions in the previous chapter can be changed to ancient names.

For example, the military department should be changed to the Privy Council, the judiciary should be changed to the Supervisory Council, and the Guards should be changed to the Royal Guards. If you think it should be changed, leave a message if it is changed. If not, keep it. )
The news that Chairman Shi drunkenly leaked the imperial organization quickly spread. After hearing Chairman Shi's thoughts, Tie Lan went to Xinghan Palace alone on July 7 to persuade him to join.

Then the cabinet was headed by Prime Minister Ouyang Geng, the National Defense Committee was headed by Ding He, the Judicial Committee, and the Central Parliament all came forward one after another. Even Qu Sangqian, who was far away in Europe, also sent a telegram to persuade people to move in.

Sultans, chiefs, queens, and kings also came forward to persuade them to proceed.

Then the civil service system, the military officer system, and people's representatives sent letters to persuade them to join.

At the gate of Xinghan Palace, Chairman Shi said in public that proclaiming himself emperor was not what he wanted. As chairman, he could already serve all the people. All officials should not persuade him any more, otherwise they would be severely punished.

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On July 7, the "Nan Hua Daily News" directly published on the front page "Nan Hua needs an emperor, please Chairman Shi to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor as soon as possible!" 》

Then the cabinet, the National Defense Committee, the Judiciary Committee and the Central Council, as well as the princes and the people, continued to come forward to persuade the government to move forward.

Chairman Shi declined in the Zhonghe Hall and once again stated that proclaiming himself emperor was not what I wanted, and the media was not allowed to incite the people indiscriminately.

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Chairman Shi's actions directly shocked the European media.

Especially the British media, including The Times, Daily Mail, Manchester Guardian, Daily Mirror and other media, have accused Shi Jintang of being a hypocritical politician and a shameless dictator.

They even criticized Chairman Shi for playing such a false excuse game, which simply insulted the public's intelligence.

The South China Daily immediately wrote an article to counterattack that Britain is a weak and incompetent imperialist country, and that the British House of Commons is a stronghold of shameless politicians.

The media of the two countries exchanged words for a while, and then dissipated.

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July 1919, 7, Hanking University.

More than 100 college students gathered in the cultural activity room of Hanking University.

These are students from the Department of History and Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Hankyong University. The leaders among them are Zheng Changyuan, a student from the History Department, and Zhao Changrong, a student from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature. Both of them are under 19 years old and are about the same age as the college students sitting in the classroom.

They were very familiar with the ancient Eastern allusion of "three words and three concessions", so they gathered together and planned to complete this ancient ritual.

Zheng Changyuan took a deep breath and said loudly: "Students, please take a look at the sky outside. The sky is just right at this moment, and the blue sky and white clouds show the tranquility of the world.

But all this is provided to us by one person. Who is this person? "

A group of college students followed Zheng Changyuan's guidance and looked at the sky outside. It was indeed as he said, the sky was peaceful.

Hearing Zheng Changyuan's question again, they all answered in unison: "Chairman Shi."

After Zhao Changrong listened to everyone's answers, he then said loudly: "Yes, everyone answered correctly, it is Chairman Shi.

A survey was done in the school before, and everyone supported Chairman Shi's proclaiming himself emperor.

Now that we have reached a critical moment, we must all use our courage and courage to do something important that will go down in history. Do you have the confidence? "

Everyone answered in unison: "Yes, yes, yes!"

"Okay, everyone is confident, then we will set off immediately and target Xinghan Palace."

So a group of college students lined up neatly and walked around the university campus holding a giant banner saying "Nanhua needs Chairman Shi as emperor".

When they meet familiar classmates, these students immediately greet them, and the students who are called are also happy to obey.

By the time their team came out of Hanking University, the team had expanded to about 1000 people.

These students already accounted for a quarter of the total number of students at Hanking University. These students held banners and walked north along Houtu Street.

Pedestrians on the road immediately became excited when they saw the neat queue of these college students and the handwriting on the banners.

They also spontaneously walked to the back of the college student team and followed. As the team got longer and longer, the number of people also increased.

When the team arrived at the foot of the Union Building on Church Street, the scene became even more lively. There were already many people waiting for the campaign to persuade people to enter again.

I just didn’t expect that this time it would be initiated by college students.

As the team moved forward, more and more Hanking citizens arrived. They followed silently and continued to gather. When they arrived at the South African War Martyrs Monument, the entire team already numbered nearly 10,000 people.

The student team still moved forward silently. They continued to move forward. After reaching the back entrance of Panshi Street, they followed Panshi Street to the former residence of Chairman Shi.

After arriving at the old chairman's house, the students began to shout slogans: "Nanhua needs Chairman Shi to be the emperor~~~" Thousands of people shouted in unison, attracting many citizens to watch and follow.

The parade expanded again, and when they advanced to the archway outside Xinghan Palace, the citizens gathered here also joined the parade.

At this moment, nearly 3 citizens had gathered outside the entire archway, and everyone chanted and petitioned, "Nanhua needs Chairman Shi to be the emperor~~~".

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Shi Hao, who was interning at Xinghan Palace, and Shi Xi, who was returning home, soon learned of the news outside the archway.

With smiles on their faces, they walked into the door of their father's office in Xinghan Palace and knelt down together, shouting loudly: "Please ask my father to proclaim himself emperor and satisfy the people's demands!"

Chairman Shi, who was sitting in his office correcting official documents, burst into laughter when he saw his eldest son and daughter enjoying themselves so much.

He got up from the armchair, walked quickly to the eldest daughter, and reached out to pull her up.

He pointed at the eldest daughter and said, "Why are you joining in the fun?"

Shi Xi was pointed out by his father and couldn't help pouting. He took his father's arm, shook it and said coquettishly: "These are the aspirations of the people. We are your children and your subjects. These are the true words of the ministers." ”

Shi Jintang chuckled and said to Shi Hao: "Get up too and come with me to go out and have a look."

Shi Hao stood up quickly after hearing this. He was very envious of the close interaction between his eldest sister and his father, but his father had doted on his sister since he was a child, and he couldn't compare to him.

The two siblings followed their father out of Xinghan Palace and got into the Crown Car waiting at the door.

When the car was still a few hundred meters away from the archway, they got out of the car and walked slowly towards the archway.

Shi Xi looked up at the plaque "Spring and Jingming" on the archway, with a sweet smile on his face. Today is such a good day!

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"The Chairman is here, everyone be quiet."

I don't know who shouted, and the people outside the archway fell silent. Shi Jintang's tall figure appeared under the archway.

The moment they saw Chairman Shi, Zheng Changyuan and Zhao Changrong felt the blood rush to their heads. After the two of them looked at each other, they raised their arms again and shouted: "Please ask Chairman to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor!"

Following the lead of the two of them, more citizens also shouted: "Please call the Chairman to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor!"

Shi Jintang smiled and glanced at the students in the front row wearing Hankyung University's emblem. He waved his hand and said, "Students and citizens, I hear your calls.

It's just that proclaiming myself emperor is not what I want, so please don't mention it again.

Remember that you are all students and young people, and you are the future pillars of our Nanhua. Let’s stop what we have done today and go back. "

Things have already reached this point, how can we let it go?
Zheng Changyuan and Zhao Changrong knelt down directly on the ground and shouted loudly: "Please Chairman Shi, please ascend the throne and proclaim yourself emperor!"

As the two knelt down, other college students and citizens who followed them also knelt down.

Tens of thousands of people shouted in unison: "Please Chairman Shi, please ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor!"

Shi Hao and Shi Xi also knelt down with the crowd, and there were many people kneeling under the large archway.

Shi Jintang had a look of embarrassment on his face, "Hey, why are you doing this?"

Ouyang Geng, Ding He and others, who had already heard the news, saw that the time was almost up. They quickly walked to the front of the crowd and knelt down together under the plaque reading "Government, Tongtong and Renhe".

"I respectfully request Chairman Shi to comply with public opinion and ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor!"

Ouyang Geng's words led to the voices of the people present, and the voices became more and more unified and louder.

Although he was excited and felt numb all over, Shi Jintang still did his best.

He sighed loudly, pretended that he couldn't bear it, and said: "That's all, I'll just ask you.

All of you, please stand up and stop kneeling. "

Now all the people present were happy. They still knelt on the ground and shouted loudly: "Long live, long live, long live!"

Seeing that everyone was unwilling to get up, Shi Jintang had to help Prime Minister Ouyang Geng up first, then Commander Ding He, then Cai Shaoji, Shi Jinyong and others, and finally the two college students Zheng Changyuan and Zhao Changrong.

The citizens who were kneeling like this all stood up, with sincere smiles on their faces.

And the hearts of the college students are filled with pride. They have really accomplished a feat that will go down in history! (End of chapter)