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Chapter 149: Calling the Emperor, Raising the National Flag, and Playing the National Anthem

Not long after, they heard a voice saying, "The King has arrived!" Everyone immediately behaved themselves. Those who were looking around withdrew their gazes, those who were talking in low voices stopped talking, and all bowed in one direction: "Welcome, the King!"

Ying Zheng was seen wearing a crown and a black dragon robe, and walking with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, escorted by his guards, and ascending the high platform specially built for his coronation ceremony.

Standing on the high platform, Ying Zheng looked into the distance.

His eyes seemed to look across the mountains, across the rivers, and saw the people of the world who were rushing towards the county town or the county town. No matter they were the old Qin people or the people of the six former kingdoms, they were all ready to see what he, the king who was about to be crowned emperor, would bring them.

Retracting his gaze, Ying Zheng looked at the people below the stage who saluted him and said calmly, "No need to salute!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After everyone stood up, Prime Minister Wang Wan stepped out and said, "Since the decline of the Zhou Dynasty, the division of the kingdoms, the chaotic times have lasted for hundreds of years. The kingdoms have been at war and the people have been bleeding. All the people in the world want to stop the chaos and stop the wars..."

This was also part of the ceremony of becoming emperor, and it would be bad to not explain anything. Ying Zheng took the stage and directly announced, "I am the emperor today. From now on, you must call me 'Your Majesty'!" Of course, he had to talk about the Qin Dynasty and his contributions first to prove that he was qualified and capable of being called emperor.

And this needs to be said by someone of sufficient status. It wouldn't be good for Ying Zheng to brag about his own achievements, right?

Wang Wan, the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, was obviously the most suitable person.

Wang Wan started from the founding of the Qin Dynasty, describing how the Qin Dynasty had grown from a small country to its present state through hard work and the perseverance of many generations.

Of course, Wang Wan beautified the story and omitted some unfriendly contents.

When talking about Ying Zheng, Wang Wan praised Ying Zheng's contributions even more, and his words almost clearly implied that without Ying Zheng, even with the remaining power of the previous kings, the world could not be unified and the war that lasted for hundreds of years could not be ended.

Ying Zheng is the key to the unification of the world today. Your Majesty has made inestimable contributions. We and all the people in the world should thank Your Majesty. Your Majesty deserves to be called the emperor, which is reasonable and legal!
Wang Wan said: "Today, the world is unified, wars have ceased, and the four seas are at peace, all because of your achievements. Looking back in history, no one can compare to you."

"Your Majesty's virtues are equal to those of the Three Sovereigns, and your achievements are greater than those of the Five Emperors. It is inappropriate to call you 'King'."

"I think that only the title of 'Emperor' can show your merits and let the people of the world know your virtues. I ask you to be called 'Emperor' to follow the will of heaven and the will of the people!"

As he spoke, Wang Wan knelt down and loudly requested: "Your Majesty, please call me 'Emperor'!"

After Wang Wan, the young Prince Ying came out on behalf of the Qin royal family and respectfully requested, "Your Majesty, I ask that you call me 'Emperor'!"

Liu Ji, who was invited, also stepped out to make a request on behalf of the people of the world, saying, "Liu Ji, a villager from Pei County, asks the king to be the emperor for the sake of the people of the world!"

Even among the six kings and princes who were "invited", King Jian of Qi also stepped forward to request Ying Zheng to become emperor.

After these people, everyone knelt down and made a request together: "Please call your majesty 'Emperor'!"

Although he had known this would happen, now that he had seen it with his own eyes, Li Nian still felt that the ancients really knew how to have fun.

Everyone knows that this is just a formality. Even without these, Ying Zheng would still be crowned emperor. However, this process can better prove that his title of emperor is reasonable and legal, and is what everyone wants.

Don’t underestimate these processes. Sometimes, the impact of losing these seemingly useless processes can be huge.

For example, if a Sima family member did not follow the procedure and stabbed the emperor to death in the street, it would not only break the oath, but also make regicide commonplace, and make the situation of ministers with great merits more dangerous. Even if they were very old, as long as they were not dead, they would be suspected by the emperor. Seeing so many people petitioning for him to be the emperor, Ying Zheng pretended to decline, and finally announced himself as the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty amid the shouts of "I choose Ying Zheng, Ying Zheng is the emperor of the people!"

After Ying Zheng announced himself as the emperor, everyone immediately changed their address and bowed respectfully, "Greetings, Your Majesty!"

At this time, the morning sun rose to a certain height, and the sunlight fell on Ying Zheng, who was wearing a black dragon robe, making him look tall, majestic and unfathomable.

Ying Zheng said: "No need to be polite!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Ying Zheng said: "Today is the day I am crowned emperor, and it is also the day when the Great Qin is newly founded. Today I will set up the Great Qin national flag, the Great Qin national anthem, and the Great Qin national emblem."

"Someone, come, raise the national flag and play the national anthem."

This process was naturally proposed by Li Nian. He said that countries in later generations all have their own national flags, national anthems and national emblems. Ying Zheng thought it made sense, so he arranged it for his Qin Dynasty as well, and even specially selected a team of musicians to play the national anthem today.

As soon as Ying Zheng finished speaking, he saw Meng Yi leading a group of Qin soldiers walking over. They were marching in a very orderly manner, with a flag in his hand.

Many people only then realized that the tall pole was designed for this purpose. It was their first time to participate in the national flag-raising ceremony, and they couldn't help feeling curious and excited.

This team of Qin soldiers were carefully selected from the palace. They were people of similar height, weight and build were chosen from the guards of the palace. They went through the flag-raising process training with Meng Yi under Li Nian's command.

Soon, Meng Yi walked to the flagpole, and together with a Qin soldier, tied the Qin national flag in their hands to the rope, and grabbed the rolled-up flag in the upper left corner with one hand.

Although he had rehearsed it many times before, Meng Yi was still a little nervous at this moment.

This was the first time that the Great Qin raised the national flag, and in front of His Majesty and so many people, and Li Nian was recording it with his phone. If the flag was not raised well, Li Nian would take a picture and pass it on to future generations...

After the flags were tied up, a grand and solemn music sounded, as if a magnificent poem was unfolding before our eyes, grand, majestic, iron-blooded, resolute, vicissitudes, and towering, from ancient times to the future. That is the history of the Qin Dynasty, from small to large, from weak to strong, from a herdsman who raised horses for the Zhou royal family to the current master of the world.

As the music played, Meng Yi threw up a corner of the flag in his hand, and the rolled-up flag unfolded and fluttered in the air. This made Meng Yi breathe a sigh of relief, as nothing went wrong.

It was a black flag with two totems on it, one was a black bird and the other was a blue dragon, flying together on the flag.

The Qin people valued black and used the black bird as their totem. But now that they have conquered the six kingdoms and unified the world, it is not appropriate to use the black bird as the only image, so they painted a blue dragon on the flag to represent the world.

The black bird and the blue dragon are equally matched and fly together on the flag, which means that Daqin and the world are inseparable. Daqin is the world and the world is Daqin.

Listening to the grand and majestic music, everyone present looked at the black flag painted with a black bird and a blue dragon rising slowly towards the sun, and an unprecedented inexplicable feeling arose in their hearts, an indescribable emotion flowing.

Standing under the same flag and singing the same national anthem, these people developed a sense of identity with the Qin Dynasty. Although it was just a bud, only a bud could grow into a towering tree.

Perhaps in the future the Qin Dynasty will be destroyed, this national flag will fall, and this national anthem will be swept into the dust of history, but the identity it brings will be passed on to the people of this land.

Even if there is no longer a Great Qin in the future, and we are no longer called Qin people, we all come from all over the world, from home and abroad, but we are all brothers and sisters.

(End of this chapter)