On March 15th of the ninth year of Tianxian, Lin Hai officially ascended the throne in Jinguan City and was crowned emperor.
Although Lin Hai asked for everything to be kept simple, everyone rejected his request directly and straightforwardly.
Ling Yang, on behalf of all civil and military officials, submitted a memorial stating that in the recorded history, no one had ever been able to integrate the power of the entire southwest, nor had anyone ascended the throne in Jinguan City. As the pioneer of all this, Lin Hai deserved a grand coronation ceremony.
Of course, Ling Yang privately said, "Our wedding lasted three days. If the principal keeps the ceremony simple, even if he doesn't say anything now, he might get punished later. Besides, there's still a lot to come. If we don't have some fun now, we might run out of time."
Shi Zhen'er was much more understanding. She dressed up for a rare occasion, then said nonchalantly, "The coronation ceremony can be simple. We still have to listen to Brother Lin. But if my wedding is simple, you bastards will never get any funding in your lifetime."
In response, Lin Hai could only magnanimously say, "Let them be."
Obviously, Lin Hai could only lower his requirements and keep his part simple, and as for the rest, just let them do it.
Although no one has experience with ascending the throne, it is not that no one in the world has ascended the throne. Given the average life expectancy in this world, it is reasonable and normal to change the emperor every once in a while. It can be regarded as normal loss. Therefore, both the records in classics and the experience of predecessors are quite rich.
Moreover, Qinghe now has many old ministers who have defected to it. Xiang Baiang personally participated in the coronation ceremony of the current emperor of Liang Empire, Xia Junao. In his words:
"Except for the fact that I didn't sit in that seat myself and the emperor didn't call me to the bridal chamber, I'm familiar with everything else. It's perfectly appropriate for me to oversee the ceremony."
Wei Mingyuan, who was far away in Zhongxing Prefecture, even sent his own ceremonial officer, saying that his enthronement was presided over by this ceremonial officer, and it was most appropriate for him to take the lead.
The Liang Empire, which was in a very awkward position on the surface, also sent a special envoy, who brought congratulations from the Emperor of the Liang Empire to the newly born Qinghe Empire and His Majesty Lin Hai.
This made everyone except Lin Hai very excited. Although no one understood whether His Majesty Xia Junao was really crazy, as he came to congratulate one of his ministers who was going to become emperor, this at least showed that the attitude of the Daliang Empire was friendly.
Yes, being friendly for no reason is still friendly.
This means that everyone can relax a little bit, as the imagined scene of the Daliang heavy cavalry covering the armored infantry and charging in overwhelming numbers will not happen for the time being.
Lin Hai, who knew the inside story, didn't care. After all, even if he met the Emperor Liang, he would still have to call him "Mr. Lin"...
In addition to the congratulatory gifts, the Emperor of Liang also sent a gift, an imperial edict, conferring upon Lin Hai the title of King of Qinghe, granting him the nine gifts, the right to bow without his name, the right to enter the court without bowing, the right to enter the palace with a sword and shoes, and the right to be granted the same status as the three officials...
What the Emperor of Liang meant was that the gap between going directly from earl to emperor was too long. He could help Lin Hai get the throne first, so that it would seem more legitimate when he became emperor.
But they were still very considerate. As a special envoy, Yan Zipei privately handed the imperial edict to Lin Hai, saying that this was just a token of his Majesty Xia Junao's appreciation and that he didn't mean to look down on Lin Hai. If Lin Hai felt it was inappropriate, he could just send the imperial edict to the kitchen as firewood...
This is so embarrassing.
Lin Hai directly rejected the kindness of the Emperor of Liang. Although it seemed more legitimate to be promoted from a prince to an emperor, the higher his status in the Liang Empire, the greater the moral obstacles he would face when he became emperor. There was really no need to do more things just for a legitimate title.
Lin Hai asked Yan Zipei to convey his gratitude to Emperor Liang, but he made it very clear that his throne did not come from any tradition, but from the support of millions of people in Qinghe, so he did not need to pay too much attention to red tape.
Of course, Yan Zipei did not believe this. He would rather believe that Lin Hai's throne came from hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Qinghe. This was also a consensus in the world.
The auspicious time has arrived.
After Lin Hai completed the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven at the altar, he sat on the dragon throne which had been hastily built with a layer of gold foil the night before. Ling Yang, the head of all officials, read out his edict of accession to the throne aloud.
He established the Qinghe Empire, renamed Jinguan City as Xijing, and made it his capital. He changed the reign title to Jianchu, with the tenth year of Tianxian as the first year of Jianchu.
Shi Zhen'er was enthroned as queen, and her name was Lin Shi.
Conferring the title of Father-in-law to Master Shi
Jin Lingyang was the Prime Minister, in charge of civil servants, and established the Ministries of Industry, Agriculture, Commerce, Households, Personnel, Rites, Education, National Defense, and the Qinghe Academy of Sciences.
The Qinghe War Countermeasures Headquarters was established, with Lin Hai serving as the commander-in-chief of the Qinghe armed forces, and Wang Liang, Lu You, Cheng Guorong, Ding Lin and others leading various armies.
He also extended invitations to the other three countries in the world, hoping to have full communication with the rulers of the three countries at the right time and place.
This can be regarded as Lin Hai's last effort for peace.
Yes, that’s actually what was written in the coronation edict at that time.
The ancestors of the Lin family were not canonized according to tradition.
After all, for Lin Hai, his ancestors were still in another world. Of course, the most important thing was that even with the memories of this body he had inherited, he could not remember who his ancestors were...
There were no three thousand concubines in the harem.
Well, actually, Lin Hai tried to mention it indirectly, but Shi Zhen'er was very sharp and discovered the hidden meaning of Lin Hai, and used the steel balls that never missed to make a hole in the newly renovated backyard rockery, which completely extinguished Lin Hai's thoughts.
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