African Nationhood

This is a dream, and Shi Jintang is walking in it, his face full of anxiety.

He didn't know how to get out. He saw that the surroundings were crowded with dark human silhouettes. The faces of these human silhouettes could not be seen clearly, but they kept pointing at him and whispering.

Shi Jintang wanted to hear clearly what they were saying, but the more he listened, the more noisy his ears became.

The noises were getting louder and louder, making his brain hurt.

At this time, he finally heard what these silhouettes were saying, "You are a liar," "You are hypocritical," "You have double standards."

Shi Jintang wanted to tell them apart, but he couldn't open his mouth. He was anxious and wanted to teach them a lesson. He stretched out his hands and kicked his feet...

"Henry, Henry~~"

These calls were like fairy sounds, directly pulling him out of his endless dream.

Shi Jintang opened his eyes in a daze, and in front of him was none other than Kelly.

"Kelly, thank you."

Kelly looked surprised, "Why are you thanking me?"

"You saved me."

Kelly wanted to ask again, but Shi Jintang had already stood up and walked quickly into the bathroom.

When Shi Jintang came out of the bathroom, the anxiety and panic on his face were gone, replaced by his usual calm and unsmiling look.

"Why didn't you finish what you just said?"

Kelly asked as she stood up slowly. Although she was fifty-five years old and her skin was already a little loose, her temperament became more and more graceful.

Shi Jintang smiled, "I had a nightmare just now, and you woke me up in time, so I thank you."

Kelly nodded after hearing this, no wonder you kicked me, it turned out to be a dream.

After saying that, she got up, jumped off the bed with bare feet, and walked to Shi Jintang.

"We are lovers, isn't it normal for me to save you?"

Shi Jintang hummed, lowered his head and kissed his wife, then patted her on the back, "Hurry up, there are still a lot of things to do today."

Kelly smiled and nodded, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Shi Jintang slapped his wife on the buttocks and threatened: "Next time you yell like that, I won't give you a spanking!"

Kelly made a face at her husband, "That's what I want to call him."

Shi Jintang wanted to teach his wife a lesson when he suddenly heard the voice of a maid coming from outside, "Your Majesty, Queen, are you awake?"

Shi Jintang immediately stopped smiling, coughed, and then replied: "Come in."

Kelly had already gone to the bathroom, and the maid who came in came in to dress Shi Jintang first.

First of all, we need to help him trim his beard. He has been growing a beard for many years, and after many years of maintenance, he has developed the style of "four eyebrows".

As for other places, they also need to be repaired and the surface needs to be kept clean.

In addition, Shi Jintang also needs to arrange his hair. After all, he has to wear two sets of clothes today, first the generalissimo suit to go outside.

When you go to the Sheji Altar to offer sacrifices, you need to change into Hanfu, and after the enthronement, you need to change back into the generalissimo uniform.

As for Kelly, it will be simpler. She only needs to dress up and appear when Shi Jintang ascends the throne.

……

Shi Jintang's generalissimo uniform is a high-collar slim-fitting dress based on the August 1st style Chinese dress. It is made of sky blue fine cotton fabric.

The dress hat is round and straight, the fabric color is the same as the dress, the brim is black lacquer, the hat is gold, and the gold lines on the hat are three wide and one narrow.
There is a red tassel on the top of the hat, and the hat emblem of the dress is a dragon, a lion, and a beast sitting on an osmanthus branch.

The collar is decorated with five gold braids, and a horizontal flat epaulette is worn. The epaulette has a red background, five gold stars on it, and a pattern of intersecting swords embroidered with gold thread.

The dress has golden tassels on the top and epaulette tassels. The armbands and side edges are also dotted with four gold edges.

The dress belt is made of gold with gold flowers and gold buckles; the trousers patch at the seam of the trousers is made of red woolen thread nailed to the outside.

Wearing riding boots at the feet, the handle of the ceremonial knife is made of pure gold and is inlaid with many gemstones, including emeralds, rubies, sapphires and diamonds.

In addition, the two ends of the marshal's cane are gold heads, and the head of the cane is inlaid with the African Star No. 530.2 diamond weighing carats.

The walking stick is wrapped in dark blue velvet, and its body is studded with gems.

As for the Africa Star II diamond, which weighs 317.14 carats, it is set in Kelly's crown.

Nine diamonds were cut out of the entire Star of Africa, and the couple occupied the two largest diamonds.

……

After putting on the general marshal uniform, Shi Jintang looked in the full-length mirror and felt that he was extraordinary at this moment and had the demeanor of a future movie star.

(Lao Qiu is so handsome!)
After leaving the dormitory of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Sun Hu, the personal guard, was already waiting. He looked at His Majesty the Emperor's clothes and marveled, "Your Majesty, you are so brave!"

Shi Jintang chuckled, "Let's go."

As soon as the group of people walked out of Jie Xiuyuan, the slightly fat Shi Ming immediately came over and said, "Your Majesty, you are so handsome today!"

After speaking, Shi Ming opened the car door and let Shi Jintang sit in the back seat.

Shi Ming quickly came to the front row, and Sun Hu and others sat in the car behind. "Your Majesty, we are going to the Sheji Altar now."

"Ah."

……

According to Eastern etiquette, when one ascends the throne and becomes emperor, one must offer sacrifices to heaven.

So he asked Cai Jinzhang to create an area for worshiping heaven beside the Sheji Altar, so that the functions of the Sheji Altar would be more diverse.

The entire Shejitan covers an area of ​​18 square meters, is about 600 meters long from east to west, and is about 300 meters wide from north to south.

Among them, the Temple of Heaven for worshiping heaven is located on the east side of the Sheji Altar, with the Sheji Altar in the middle and the Jiji Altar on the west side.

In order to avoid confusion, a wall was specially separated from the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Sheji.

When Shi Jintang's motorcade arrived, the military police had already surrounded everyone here.

All civil and military officials from Nanhua gathered here. When Shi Jintang got off the car, he saw many officials wearing sacrificial Hanfu.

Everyone came to greet the emperor. Shi Jintang waved to many officials, and then after a short greeting, he went into the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests in the Temple of Heaven to change clothes.

The Hanfu used by officials was designed by Guo Songtao's two sons, Qin Mo and Zhong Yilin, who were literati from the Qing Dynasty. The overall pattern was red at the top and black at the bottom.

The red upper skirt and black lower skirt have patterns on them and a red cloth belt. The hats worn by the officials are the black crowns of the Ming Dynasty, and they hold ivory wat boards in their hands.

All civil and military officials are uniformly dressed, which looks pretty good. The younger you wear this kind of Hanfu, the more heroic you look.

For example, young people such as Shi Hao, Qu Yijiang, and Ding Guodong look more energetic when wearing Hanfu than the bloated Ouyang Geng, Cai Shaoji, and others.

Shi Jintang's uniform is crimson with dark gold dragon patterns.

The main body of the dress is divided into two parts: the upper garment and the lower garment. The garment is decorated with the twelve chapters of dragon, sun, moon, stars, mountains, Chinese insects, Zongyi, algae, fire, powder rice, 黼, and 黻, and has knee coverings. , leather belts, large belts, ribbons and other accessories.

These things were determined by Zhong Yilin and others after research, and Shi Jintang only wore them.

In addition, he also has to wear a crown, and the beads on the crown are Persian Gulf pearls.

The size is uniform and looks good on the head.

When Shi Jintang was dressed new, all the ministers also stood in a line according to their official positions, civil and military, and waited outside the Temple of Heaven.

So Shi Jintang coughed and walked towards the Temple of Heaven.

……

The Temple of Heaven was imitated from the ancient capital of the East, but not all the buildings here were imitated, only the core Circular Mound Altar and the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests were imitated.

By the time Shi Jintang arrived at the Circular Mound Altar with a group of ministers, the three animal sacrifices had already been put in place.

Zhong Yilin acts as the sacrificial ceremonial officer, and he will give instructions during the ceremony.

Shijintang climbed up to the second floor of the circular mound from the south and stood facing north, waiting for the bonfire to be lit.

Zhong Yilin called out: "Please bow to the emperor and all officials."

Shi Jintang and the officials bowed four times upon hearing the order.

While they were bowing, a servant came up to the altar carrying a plate containing animal blood and animal hair.

Shi Jintang took the memorial text written on brocade silk from Zhong Yilin and read aloud:
"On January 1, 1920 AD, Chairman of the Nanhua Committee Shi Jintang declared to heaven on behalf of the Nanhua Kingdom:
But God has sent me a warning, and I have concentrated my destiny on the people. I rely on it in a clear and simple way, and my sight and hearing are not far away.

When the six dimensional qi are flourishing, follow the Yi code and practice gifts carefully.

Respectfully offer jade and silk sacrifices, and rice is used to fill the common people's products.

Shangxiao. "

After the memorial poem was recited, Shi Jintang handed the brocade silk back to Zhong Yilin, and then took the wine glass from the servant's hand.

When the music of sacrificial meat plays, the animal blood and hair are immediately removed;
The drum music sounded again, and then the priest recited a blessing. Some people danced in the music, and Shi Jintang raised wine to worship the sky.

After toasting, he took over the new memorial text:
"We, the king of the Chinese people, have come to an end since the Ming Dynasty.

Due to the ignorance and stupidity of the Qing Dynasty, the descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties were oppressed by foreign powers for nearly a hundred years, and the people were miserable and miserable.

Wei Chen, based on the greed of the British, stole a corner of southern Africa from them as the foundation.

Then they arrested and expelled the natives, and also attacked the British and French ethnic groups, so that we, the descendants of Yan and Huang, could seize territory and establish a Han nation.

All the ministers said: They are afraid that the people will have no master, and they will definitely want to use the title of emperor.

I dare not resign, and I dare not fail to tell God and the emperor.

On January 1, 1920 AD, an altar and rituals were set up in the capital of Han Dynasty to announce to God and the emperor.

Jane is in the heart of the emperor.

Shang Xiang! "

After chanting like this, Shi Jintang took wine to toast heaven again.

Do this again and again, and the sacrifice to heaven is over.

Ps: Sacrifice to heaven refers to the process of offering sacrifices to heaven by Lao Yuan. Some of the ritual words are from Lao Yuan, and some are from Ming Bao Hao. (End of chapter)