Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 625 "Glorious Revolution"

Churchill led more than 400 English officers to defect. They announced their acceptance of the Mandate of Heaven and overthrew the tyrannical King James II.

On the second day, more than 1000 Ming marines and British soldiers entered the city of London.Cheers erupted all over London, and people took to the streets to welcome these "rebels" and "foreign intervention forces", no matter what they don't have to worry about the Catholics will liquidate them.

James II fled London with his queen and prince immediately after discovering Churchill's defection.However, he is doomed to escape because the Ming Empire stands behind this coup, and France, where he fled, is now heavily dependent on Ming's military support, so France will not provide any help to his James Party.Even allowing him to live in France was because Louis XIV had asked Daming what he meant.

Zhu Yongrong and Helen also dressed in splendid attire, and surrounded by members of the House of Representatives and nobles, entered the Whitehall Palace.

Here, Zhu Yongrong and Helen will be crowned, and the coronation ceremony will be performed by the Anglican Patriarch, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Zhu Yongrong was not used to wearing the attire of the British king.Even the matter of conversion before made him feel very awkward.But Duan Muwen told him that the conversion was only for the outside world to see. Believe it or not, you just need to show them.

Zhu Yongrong said that this is not a lie?

Duanmu Wen said that Christianity is a lie from top to bottom, no matter what miracles it is, or what happens to the little boy when the priests who are supposed to be moral models are doing one thing to others. According to custom, since your Royal Highness is here, you should follow the local customs.

Zhu Yongrong sounded very scared, but there was nothing he could do.He always kept a distance from ghosts and gods, which was in line with the attitude of most Chinese people, but Duanmu Wen's comfort seemed to make sense.

The Archbishop of Canterbury anointed Zhu Yongrong. Zhu Yongrong, who just became an Anglican believer yesterday, knew nothing about it and could only follow the process.

His crown was not the old crown, but it was made in a hurry by the jewelry craftsman of Daming. After receiving the news from Bai Mingxiu, he ordered the jewelry company in Europe to make this "hat".The shape of the crown is very different from the traditional crown of the Ming Dynasty, with a huge ruby ​​on it.This crown was given to the British Kingdom as a gift. The British thought it was a very face-saving gift, but from another perspective, this crown was given to them by Ming Dynasty.

The archbishop put on a new crown for Zhu Yongrong and said: "God bless my king."

"God bless my king!"

All the ministers, councilors and nobles shouted excitedly, making Zhu Yongrong a little anxious, but after all, he is also considered a king now, and he has to maintain his basic decency.So he stood there with great majesty, accepting everyone's salute.

From this day onwards, the Min King from Ming Dynasty was crowned as the King of Britain, the Stuart Dynasty was terminated, and Britain ushered in the first unified dynasty - "Min Dynasty".

That's right, because the royal family theoretically does not have a surname, so they will use their territory as their surname or the name of the dynasty, so Britain has produced names such as the Stuart Dynasty and the Hanover Dynasty.Strictly speaking, Zhu Yongrong has no territory, but he has a fief name, which is Min, so according to the usual practice, the new dynasty created by the United Kingdom is the Min Dynasty.

However, the names of European monarchs are very repetitive, so there is such a saying as the second generation of such and such, but it is impossible for Zhu Yongrong to name his son Zhu Yongrong again.So the king of this generation is King Yongrong (King Yongrong), and the British have no choice but to accept the king's name in Chinese pinyin for the first time.Although Zhu Yongrong was given the Christian name John when he was baptized, he did not accept being called John II.Because the former King John was hundreds of years ago, and he has no blood relationship with him.Even if he became the king of England, he would not dare to abandon the old Zhu's family.

He didn't expect that the later British people were more accustomed to calling him "King Jon" (King Jon), because they couldn't pronounce the Chinese pinyin well even if they were killed.

Zhu Yongrong also released an exciting news at the coronation ceremony: his wife, Queen Helen, is pregnant, and the Kingdom of Britain will usher in a real heir, an heir of the Anglican Church.As soon as the news came out, all the nobles and the people were extremely jubilant.Zhu Yongrong couldn't understand this.

According to the negotiation between the Ming Dynasty and members of the British Parliament, the original Kingdom of England, the Duchy of Wales, the Kingdom of Scotland, and the Kingdom of Ireland ceased to exist and were directly merged into the Kingdom of Britain.The kingdom consists of four provincial-level administrative regions: England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, with counties under each province.The Kingdom of Britain has a unified parliament, which allocates seats according to the reweighting method of the population of the four provinces. There are 135 MPs in England, 45 MPs in Scotland, 30 MPs in Ireland, and 18 MPs in Wales.

This method was immediately opposed by Scotland and Ireland, but Thomas Osborne, Lord Danby, who was appointed as the prime minister of the kingdom, immediately declared: "If anyone dares to despise the authority of the kingdom and attempt to split the great kingdom If he does not protect the interests of the former people and the kingdom, then he will be punished with the iron fist of the kingdom."

As the mascot, Zhu Yongrong also signed the edict approving Prime Minister Osborne's crusade against the rebel forces. In actual government affairs operations, he only has the power to sign, and has no power to participate in actual discussions and government affairs.Regarding this, the parliamentary nobles including Osborne and Sidney were very happy.

"Although we have paid a great price, isn't it all worth it? We have maintained the security of a Protestant country, achieved true unity, and remained invincible in the ensuing European wars. The revolution has undoubtedly been a great success," Sidney said at a cabinet meeting.

Prime Minister Osborne nodded approvingly, and said: "Yes, this can be said to be a major victory for the whole of Britain. It is an event that changed history. We should think of a very decent and easy-to-sing word for it."

Everyone thought of several names, but none of them felt good enough.

In the end, Sidney had an idea and suggested: "This is a bloodless revolution, it is supreme glory, why don't we call it a glorious revolution."

"Glorious Revolution! Sounds awesome, yes, let's use that word."

"Long live the Glorious Revolution, long live Britain!"

(End of this chapter)