On the Mid-Autumn Festival in the 28th year of the Empire, the royal family had an additional family member who had returned from Europe. Princess Jing'an, who had already got married and gave birth to her. She also brought her children back, which also allowed the imperial royal family to enjoy the fun of living together for four generations.

Li Junhua had just booked the manuscript of the Mid-Autumn Festival order, and saw the queen coming slowly and said, "On Mid-Autumn Festival, you don't even have lunch. Are you waiting for the evening reunion dinner?"

"The reunion dinner is not that delicious. Fortunately, Jing'an is back this year." Li Junhua took the meal handed by his wife and barely ate two bites. For him, every reunion festival, he felt a little uncomfortable, because the Supreme Emperor would always think of his eldest son and young son and say some passionate words. This is simple in ordinary families, but in the royal family, the throne is the main factor that leads the elder brother to set up his own family and the younger brothers to travel around for many years. Li Junhua, who is on the throne, always suffers some pain because of this. As the queen, Han Zhiwei knows this very well, so she always gives her more care.

Han Zhiwei smiled and said, "The future will be better. A few days ago, you are planning your autumn hunting trip to Beijing. The railway bureau said that the telegram from Shen Jing to Suzhou has been opened, and it will be opened next year. In a few years, the telegram can be directly connected to Europe, America, and India, and you father and son will be able to send a telegram with the old three. I also saw something called a telephone in the newly revised primary school textbook this year. It is strange that after success, you can hear others talking thousands of miles away."

Li Junhua nodded: "Yes, after investing so much money, there should be some results."

Since abdicating to his son, Li Mingxun lived a life of a life of a wild crane for ten years, using health and entertainment as a pleasure. Not to mention government affairs, he rarely participated in even secular affairs. Until he found the hobby of steam engines, which later became known as the naval equipment consultant, Li Mingxun, who returned to the world, quickly discovered that his time travel has indeed promoted the development of science and technology. In some fields, such as steam and a series of military equipment, it may have advanced the historical process by 150 to 200 years.

However, Li Mingxun also found that the rapid progress is mostly in the fields of practical science and empirical science, while in some basic science fields, the progress is quite slow, and some areas have not even made any progress at all. For example, in the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, etc., because these fields will not directly generate economic benefits, but instead require a large amount of resource investment. In the field of education, the Empire's textbooks focus too much on practical aspects such as literature, history and sports, and do not pay enough attention to mathematics and other disciplines, and do not have physics and chemistry education at all. Li Mingxun responded quickly and asked primary schools to add a science subject. Although the things inside are very simple and even full of various delusions, it promotes children's curiosity and the spirit of science.

Fortunately, over the years, the scientific spirit has become as deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and a large number of front-line factories have been in the forefront of the industry. For the sake of interests, educated people have conducted basic research, which has allowed the empire's fields of physics, chemistry, etc. to a certain extent. Although it is far inferior to applied science, it has surpassed other civilizations.

Li Mingxun also began to strongly support these basic sciences. When the Imperial Academy led by the Imperial Government did not pay enough attention, he even directly established the Royal Academy of Sciences to provide R&D funds and facilities for disciplines such as physics, chemistry, electricity, etc., and improved the patent law, and continuously provided funding for these scientific research through patent fees. Major universities have also established similar disciplines and majors. Obviously, there must be a large amount of investment in the early stage, which is also the reason why Li Junhua complained that he spent so much money, but now, the funds have gradually flowed back.

The first success is in the field of chemistry. The Royal Academy of Sciences has patented more than a dozen chemical dyes. With its low price, stable color and difficulty in fading, it has quickly defeated traditional biological and mineral dyes and marketed in most of the world.

"By the way, have you asked if Jing'an came back this time and did he give his father money? What I said is the money given by the third brother." Li Junhua put down the bowls and chopsticks and asked.

Han Zhiwei said: "I gave it to it, but my father didn't want it. It is said that the money box was carried into the palace. My father insisted on not asking for it. After all, there was already a financial surplus in the Royal Academy of Sciences."

Li Junhua nodded slightly and fell into deep thought. At this time, the attendant reported that King Cheng and Princess Jing'an had arrived. Li Junhua was surprised, why could King Cheng be with Princess Jing'an? And Jing'an had not brought the children yet.

After entering the imperial study room, Lin Junhong sent the female and attendants in the room, but when he saw the queen, he felt a little embarrassed. Princess Jing'an was holding a locked brocade box in his hand, with a seal on it. On the crossed seal was written by King Yu Li Junwei, one seal said: No one is allowed to open it. The other one said: There is a bomb inside. This is the serious King Yu style, you can know whose thing it is.

"Oh, is this a gift from the third brother? It's mysterious and a seal was posted and locked." Han Zhiwei said with a smile.

Princess Jing'an said, "Auntie, this is what my third uncle asked me to send to my uncle, but... but it is said that only the uncle and the uncle Cheng can open it."

Jing'an has been adopted by King Yu's lineage, but he can't change the title of "San Uncle" to Li Junwei, and everyone is no longer surprised. Han Zhiwei knocked on the small box and said, "Who knows what the third brother is doing, I don't bother to know what it is inside. This size is probably not enough to hold a beautiful girl."

After saying that, he put down the box and stood up to leave. Li Junhua asked, "Jing'an, what did King Yu put in it?"

"I don't know, I said the key is in your hands." Princess Jing'an said.

Only then did Li Junhua remember that it seemed that he had received a letter from Lisbon a few months ago. Apart from the usual greetings and some explanations of the continental strategy, there was indeed a key in it, but it did not mention its purpose.

Li Junhua found the key from the box that specially placed his younger brother's letters. Just as he was about to open it, Jing'an said, "Uncle San has repeatedly told him that only two uncles can see it. The child has surrendered..."

After Jing'an left, Lin Junhong muttered, "What's the mystery of this third brother? It's not really a bomb."

"Absurd." Li Junhua didn't believe that King Yu would send him a bomb, so he opened it directly. There was something wrapped in oil paper bags. The rest were all bank certificates of deposit and a thick letter.

Lin Junhong opened the oil paper bag and a smell of mold came. The things inside had already broken, but it could be vaguely seen as a piece of pastry. As for what it was, Lin Junhong didn't see it.

Li Junhua picked up the bank notes and found that more than a dozen private and state-owned banks involved in the empire were all branches in Cape Town. All of the money that Li Junwei had in these banks in his personal name was 670,000 taels less and more than one million taels more. After careful calculation, there was a total of 14.7 million taels of silver. Li Junhua and Lin Junhong knew about this silver. The expeditionary army's sea and land generals, the steward team, the staff team, and the Security Bureau had all reported secretly, mentioning that King Yu had embezzled spoils in the American War. The data provided by various aspects were different, but most people believed that the amount exceeded 10 million taels.

In the past three years, Prince Yu's mansion has given the filial piety to the Supreme Emperor every year, and Li Junwei himself spent a lot of money in Europe. He even met a Portuguese noble lady who had a favorite record of 200,000 taels of jewelry at one's own move. Li Junhua thought that the money had been spent almost the same amount, and he didn't expect that there would be so much.

"The third brother probably knew that someone had investigated him, so he handed over in advance to save trouble in the future." Lin Junhong said guessing.

Li Junhua smiled: "Do you think it's possible? It's the third brother's style that he refuses to admit his account. And even if he admits his mistake in advance, he should go back to Shenjing. Now he is still in Europe or America."

Lin Junhong thought about it, was King Yu still afraid of that little trouble? He clicked the letter and said, "After reading this, I understand."

"...Second brother, brother Jun Hong, when you see this letter, I should have already gone to America or arrived in America. Because of the United James Party, and the strength of the British colonists is far inferior to that of our expeditionary force, unless God storm ruins us in the Atlantic Ocean, the empire will definitely have a colony in North America. Two people know that that was only the beginning, and my goal has always been clear-North America must belong to the empire and no country is allowed to interfere.

This time I went to America and continental Europe, I had a deeper understanding of European colonists, so I had more ideas and ideas on the expansion of overseas territories, and my concepts changed. Thus, I had a new plan for the way of ruling the North American colonies, which began with our occupation of Peru, and all the funds in the plan began to be raised in the American War. Except for the filial piety to the father and private expenses, the rest were all in front of you. If you agree with my plan, the money will be sent back to me as the funds for the plan. If you do not agree, the money will be disposed of by my second brother.

I would like to suggest not to deal with it publicly. I don’t want to damage my glorious image, and my plan is as follows…”

Li Junwei's plan was to ask Li Junhua to order the empire's colonies in North America to reward King Yu and turn it into the fief of King Yu. Of course, this was not because Li Junwei wanted to learn from his elder brother, and to establish his own country and become the king. In fact, Li Junwei promised in his letter that if the North American colony became the fief of King Yu, he and his immediate relatives would never go to North America. The fief of King Yu was just to give King Yu's absolute control over the North American colonies.

Li Junwei first mentioned the particularity of North American colonies. Although he could not violate the agreement with his father and told these two brothers that in the original history, North America had a country that was enough to confront Chinese civilization, just as no one believed in this era that Britain had the ability to become an empire that never set, and the West would overwhelm the East. Li Junwei felt that it might not be possible to believe that the two brothers could say it. But he still tried his best to explain the potential of North American colonies. Obviously, for Li Junhua and Lin Junhong, this was not difficult to understand. You should know that when the elder brothers set up their own business, North America was at the same level as the subcontinent in the eyes of the Supreme Emperor.

It is precisely because North America has infinite potential that Li Junwei firmly believes that this land is different from any overseas territory of the empire. What the empire can accept in other overseas territories is absolutely unacceptable on this land. One of them is the matter of the mixed residence of the barbarians and summer.

In fact, as the emperor, Li Junhua and his father and younger brother have different understandings. He believes that the empire is an unprecedented prosperous era in China. It should be inclusive of all ethnic groups, civilizations and religions like the prosperous Tang Dynasty. It is the mind that a powerful dynasty should have. However, Li Junwei believes that in some key points, only with ability should they be able to be actively tolerant, and in inevitable circumstances, the number of foreign races should also be controlled, especially Western ethnic groups and Tianfang civilizations, which are very different from China.

After thousands of years of history, dynasties have changed, and the empire is just a dynasty in Chinese history. A dynasty can rise, decline, prosper, and be corrupt. During the Tang Dynasty, when Emperor Taizong and Emperor Xuanzong came to dynasties, all countries came to ceremonies, and they were indeed worthy of yearning for, but it was also the root cause of the rebellion of the barbarians in the late Xuanzong period and the subsequent Five Barbarians invading China.

It is precisely based on this understanding that Li Junwei led the exclusion incident in Nanyang. Although he avoided large-scale bloody conflicts, he re-controlled the provinces of Nanyang in the hands of the nation. It is also based on this understanding that Li Junwei suggested that Pei Yuanqi take the initiative to accommodate the stateless people and use the power of foreign races to build the western frontier of the empire.

But the problem is that North America is the farthest in the empire, and even the era when steam-powered ships have been invented is still a distant feeling.

North America should be the last choice for provinces with rich and concentrated populations in the empire. The distance is too far, and it is difficult to form a climate in a short period of time when the empire's large-scale immigration through administrative means. North America is also difficult for North America to be the first choice. After all, in front of North America, there are more urgent Xijin, South Africa, American provinces and other places. Therefore, in the next few decades and even hundreds of years, the population size of North America will be very low. It is difficult for the empire to establish provinces here and can only rule in a colonial manner. However, colonial rule means a dark future. No one can guarantee that a United States will be born in North America a hundred years later. The United States, which is disunited from the empire, will become the largest competitor of the empire.
Chapter completed!