The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 108: Accession to the Throne and Title
After the emperor's uncle Zhu Bohai finished reading the imperial edict, officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple put it away again.

Zhu Bohai took back the imperial edict with both hands and handed it to Zhu Jianxuan on the ground.

Zhu Jianxuan took it with both hands, stood up, put the imperial edict back into the box, and placed it on the desk in the hall.

Zhu Bohai handed the golden seal, golden book, golden order and golden sword bestowed by the emperor to Zhu Jianxuan in turn. Zhu Jianxuan took them and placed them on the desk.

Zhu Jianxuan sat back on the throne behind the desk and looked forward. Zhu Bohai stood beside him.

Representatives from all over the United States and civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty all bowed four times to pay homage to the prince.

After four bows, Zhu Jianxuan asked everyone to stand up.

The transfer of power certainly requires ceremony, but most ceremonies are simple and quick.

Mainly confirm three things: source, recognition, and symbol.

Now that the American people have taken the initiative to invite him, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty arranged for Zhu Jianxuan to come and authorized him to serve as the King of America.

Representatives of the American people and Ming officials paid homage to express their approval and acceptance of this statement and fact.

The imperial edict of the Ming Emperor, as well as the golden seal, golden book, golden order and golden sword specially bestowed on the king were used as symbols of power.

After completing this simple process, Zhu Jianxuan became the rightful king of America.

As for how to manage the country in the future, Zhu Jianxuan will decide for himself.

You can decide how to organize and hold the coronation ceremony.

Solemn and grand ceremonies, usually of a ceremonial and declarative nature, would be held after the monarch had gained control of actual power.

After a simple enthronement ceremony, Zhu Jianxuan took the list he had drawn and handed it to Peng Yuanrui, the Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty.

Peng Yuanrui went to the secretariat in the side hall and instructed the clerks of the Ministry of Rites to fill in their names on the prepared edict.

Zhu Jianxuan knew what the American founding fathers valued most, so he prepared the enthronement edict in advance.

The formatted edicts produced in batches omitted the long passages of praise found in normal edicts.

Use the simplest and clearest words to explain the most critical content.

Moreover, all other contents have been written in advance, only the name of the recipient is left blank, so just fill it in now.

At the same time, Zhu Jianxuan asked Liu Quanzhi, the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, to step out and read the edict of accession to the throne for him.

The first edict issued by a monarch after ascending the throne has more symbolic significance than practical significance.

It mainly repeated the agreement that Ming Dynasty and Zhu Jianxuan had made with the leaders of various parts of the United States, and finalized it in the form of an official document of the kingdom.

On this basis, various official titles are clarified and the basic structure of the entire country is briefly explained.

The official name of the country was decided to be "The United States of America", abbreviated as the United States.

Because the United States is nominally an independent country, the word "Ming" or "Da Ming" is not added before the country's name.

The official name of New York in the Ming Dynasty elegant language was determined to be "Meipingfu", implying stability and peace in America, and it served as the temporary capital of the United States.

The official national languages ​​are: Ming Dynasty elegant language and New English.

Territorial scope: All areas of the North American continent around and south of the Great Lakes, south of the St. Lawrence River, and east of the Mississippi River.

It includes the coastal areas of the northern Great Lakes, as well as the East and West Florida regions.

The Royal Cabinet and the Minister of Kingdom Affairs were established at the center of the kingdom to assist the king in handling kingdom affairs.

A "Duzhihuishisi" was set up locally to manage large areas of newly developed uninhabited land. It also served as the military authority in other administrative regions, and the chief officer was called "Duzhihuishi".

Establish "Kingdom Provinces" to manage areas that already have a certain population size and can begin to accept civilian immigrants.

The chief executive was called the "provincial governor", the chief judicial officer was called the "judicial commissioner", the chief supervisory officer was called the "anchashi", and the chief military officer was called the "supervisory officer".

A "dominion" was established to manage the two regions of New York and New Jersey, and a "free state" was established to manage eleven regions including Massachusetts.

The chief executive of a dominion or free state is called the "chief", the chief justice is called the "chief justice", and the military chief is called the "commander-in-chief".

All heads of provinces, dominions and free states can enjoy the status of earl of the kingdom while in office.

Free states can form their own parliaments and make their own local laws.

The Head of the Free State, the Chief Justice, the Members of Parliament and the Speaker, the Commander-in-Chief, and legal documents do not require the King's approval or appointment.

All dominions require the king's approval and appointment to take effect, and the king can veto and exempt them.

After the king's edict was announced, all the people present bowed together:
"I will receive the order."

Zhu Jianxuan sat behind the imperial desk, looking at the civil and military officials who were bowing respectfully in front of him, and his feelings as a king became more real.

Zhu Jianxuan gently raised his hand, asked everyone to take a seat, and began to issue some specific orders:
"The emperor's great uncle, whose name is Prince Bohai, the chiefs of staff Zhang Beining and Lin Yongping, the Ming Dynasty's Minister of Rites Peng Yuanrui, and the Ming Dynasty's Junior Secretary of the Honglu Temple Liu Quanzhi were appointed as acting cabinet scholars.

"Dispatch Shu Chong, a clerk from the North American Governor's Office and the North American Central Guard, to the Cabinet Sheren to assist the cabinet scholars in planning the coronation ceremony and preparing the ennoblement ceremony and imperial edict documents for the kingdom's meritorious officials."

The people involved in the appointment immediately stood up and bowed to receive the order:

"The ministers obey the order."

When American founding fathers such as Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and Hancock heard this order, they felt a surge of power in their hearts.

Finally, I have come to this step and obtained the official title of nobility. Only a little time of waiting is left.

But after all, we still need to wait, and I don’t know how many days it will take to go back and forth.

I don't know how long this preparation will take. I should have waited patiently to avoid omissions in the process.

But still hope to get it as soon as possible.

Many people's hearts are full of confusion.

They didn't know that Zhu Jianxuan had prepared the edict in advance and was already filling in their names in the side hall next door.

Zhu Jianxuan continued to issue local orders:
"The Hedong Commandery of the Kingdom of America is established, covering all territories outside of the Dominions and Free States.

"The Army Commander Li Anbang is appointed as the Commander-in-Chief, and the North American Central Guard Commander Zhao Chengdong is appointed as the Acting Commander-in-Chief.

"Appoint George Clinton as head of New York and William Livingston as head of New Jersey."

The few people mentioned by Zhu Jianxuan also immediately stood up to receive the order.

After these two sets of orders, the framework of the American Kingdom was established.

But this shelf is now ridiculously simple.

Except for the institutions that already existed in the original thirteen colonies, most of the other institutions were directly vacant.

There is not a single minister of the kingdom, and all cabinet members are temporary.

There was no province in the local area. A very simple and crude way of setting up a governorate was used to govern the entire United States, including Long Island.

Because the United States really doesn't need these things right now.

This Hedong Commandery is sufficient to manage all Ming Dynasty immigrants and soldiers. All we need to do in the future is to continue adding garrisons.

As for the rest of the Americans, they were governed by the original thirteen colonial governments.

Today's morning meeting has come to this point and it seems it should end.

The American founding fathers at the scene were a little confused, not knowing whether they should get up and leave.

At this moment, Peng Yuanrui, the Minister of Rites, came out with a few clerks and holding a few wooden boxes.

Peng Yuanrui took out a scroll from the box and spread it out on the imperial desk in front of Zhu Jianxuan.

Zhu Jianxuan took a look at the content, picked up his "Treasure of the King of America" ​​gold seal, dipped it in ink and pressed it on.

The clerk of the Honglu Temple picked up the scroll and handed it to Liu Quanzhi, the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, who read it out:

"By decree of the King of America, John Adams is crowned!"

Washington and other American founding fathers who were present at the scene had no idea what Zhu Jianxuan and several Ming officials were doing.

But when I heard these words, I reacted immediately.

I immediately became excited.

They all knew that in the Ming Dynasty's system, receiving an imperial edict meant having status.

The final canonization ceremony is actually just a ceremony.

So today, now, immediately, the identity can be determined directly.

Adams, whose name was called, reacted quickly. He immediately came to the center of the hall and knelt down in front of the imperial desk.

Liu Quanzhi read aloud:
"Decree of the King of America:

"Now there is an American warrior, John Adams, who has made great contributions to the country of the United States and has been conferred the title of hereditary earl of the Type B state.

"Appreciate this."

The content of the decree consisted of only this short sentence.

Adams felt a little regretful, knowing that this was a rushed product, but he was finally relieved:

"Your Majesty, I, John Adams, thank you for your kindness."

After hearing the decree, Adams raised his hands above his head and accepted the order.

While the decree was being read out here, the second decree of enthronement also completed the sealing procedure.

Zhu Jianxuan used his seal on letter after letter.

Liu Quan read out the letters one by one.

The founding fathers of the United States, with extremely excited and complicated emotions, walked to the hall one by one and knelt solemnly to receive the title.

This process lasted for an hour.

Zhu Jianxuan issued a total of sixty-six enthronement decrees in succession.

All the representatives of the dominions and free states who came to the scene received their own enthronement decrees directly.

There are 446 imperial edicts in the three boxes behind Peng Yuanrui.

It is for those who are on the list of meritorious personnel but are not qualified to be introduced individually and are not qualified to come to the scene.

Zhu Jianxuan no longer personally sealed the imperial edicts for enthroning these people, and instead asked several cabinet scholars to do the work.

After all the seals were used, Zhu Jianxuan asked Li Anbang to arrange cavalry to escort the personnel of the Honglu Temple to various autonomous regions and free states to announce the imperial edict.

(End of this chapter)