Chapter 361 Emotional Intelligence
In the inside story, everyone was already evil, but no one spoke. Li Mingxun coughed lightly and asked, "Emperor, you said that this bastard has ruined national affairs because of his own selfishness. How should we deal with it?"
Li Junhua knew that as the emperor, he could not escape, so he simply said, "When I say that, I think... this matter is indeed wrong by the third brother, but it is impossible to say that it will ruin the state affairs. First, I don't know what India reacted. Second, the third brother, in the end, is still in the interests of the empire, as it is still in the interests of the empire."
As a child trained by the imperial royal family, Li Zhaogui has a deep affection for the empire and has never had the ambition to compete for hegemony. Therefore, in the past ten years he was in charge of the Hindustan Empire, he has not had any moves to challenge the imperial order on the subcontinent. Moreover, Li Zhaogui has always attached great importance to trade relations with the empire.
Because in Li Zhaogui's view, exporting economic crops such as cotton to the empire can significantly improve the living conditions of farmers in the Hindustan Empire and introduce advanced technologies such as railways, which can also promote the progress of the Hindustan Empire.
Obviously, what the empire needs is such a monarch who is friendly to the empire, which is better than that, that is, the kind of monarch who is willing to be a semi-colonial one. However, for Li Junhua, who advocates benevolence and righteous diplomacy, that kind of monarch is not advocated.
Li Junhua believes that the only thing Li Junwei did wrong is to hide this matter and not tell him, but this is not a big problem.
The reason is very simple. The relationship between the Hindustan Empire and the Empire has always been controlled by Li Junwei, which is mainly because Li Junhua wants to avoid suspicion. After all, when his eldest brother Jundu passed away, no matter what he did, he would be misunderstood to bully the orphan and widowed mother.
On the contrary, it is very appropriate to leave it to the younger brother of King Yu, because King Yu will not ignore the interests of the empire. Over the years, Li Junhua has always felt that between the elder brother and himself, his younger brother is biased towards him.
Among the power decision-making levels of the empire, the Hindustan Empire is very special. The relationship with other countries can be discussed at the imperial meeting or even the State Council. However, no one has ever participated in the relationship with the Hindustan Empire. Except for this time, no matter what policy or decision Li Junwei made, he would discuss with the emperor or give an explanation afterwards.
"After all, you still want to protect this bastard." Li Mingxun cursed angrily as he knocked on the crutch.
Li Junhua was very helpless. After all, Li Junwei's mistake had not caused bad consequences. Even if it was triggered, would it be really punished? At least Li Junhua himself was unwilling to do so.
"The Supreme Emperor, this is still unsuccessful." Lin Junhong said.
Li Mingxun stood up and left angrily: "You just spoil him, let him do whatever he wants, let him break the sky..."
"Why are you standing there? Keep up with me." Li Hai knocked Li Junwei on the head.
Li Junwei followed him angrily, and there were only three people left on the terrace. Li Hai asked: "Emperor, what does the Supreme Emperor mean?"
"In the eyes of the third brother, his son does not have the nephew Zhaogui, so he is willing to help Zhaogui. But in the eyes of the father, grandsons are the same." Li Junhua said slowly. He looked at his father and younger brother who were leaving awkwardly, and said, "Although the father is angry, no matter how I think, I want us to wipe the butt of the third brother."
"I think so too," said Lin Junhong.
Li Hai smiled and said, "Don't worry, you guys do it. I'm back and come to play with the old man tomorrow."
Li Hai is now free of a job and has no title, and is happy and comfortable. It is his duty to participate in family affairs, but he has already let go of state affairs.
Lin Junhong sent Li Hai away and asked the emperor: "How can I wipe my butt in this matter?"
"We don't know what the Indian side will react, and how it will react?" Li Junhua said helplessly. "I have something to do. I don't understand. Today, the old man guessed that the third brother had something strange, but why did he want the third brother to adopt Zhao Ming to me? Is this related?"
Lin Junhong thought for a while: "Anyway, it's not that the Supreme Emperor really thought Zhao Yi would be recognized and compete for the reserve position. I thought, maybe there might be other ideas in it. But Zhao Ming is very smart. Maybe it's reasonable to adopt the third place in the future and adopt it to you."
Li Junhua shook his head: "It is precisely because Zhao Ming is very smart and looks like the third child when he was a child that I don't want him to adopt him."
Lin Junhong nodded slightly and expressed his understanding. If Li Zhaoming really has the ability of Li Junwei in the future, he would be the best candidate for the position of the crown prince. Li Junhua pays great attention to status. Obviously, there is only one person who adopts the child of Prince Yu's mansion to become the prince, and he is the crown prince.
Instead of adopting a few children and raising one to be the crown prince, it will not be beneficial to both successful and losers.
At this time, Li Junwei came back, sighed, pinched his forehead, and said, "Oh, I've been fooled all my life, but I was fooled by my son. It's so bad."
"I deserve it. If you don't have to raise me, you should be unlucky." Lin Junhong said.
Li Junwei smiled and didn't feel bad at all. He was born and didn't raise him, but Li Zhaoyi didn't suffer any loss. Being a real power prince in the Hindustan Empire is highly valued and able to display his ambitions is much better than growing up in the empire.
Li Junhua asked with a cold face: "Third brother, does this matter have to be so far?"
"I don't think there is any other choice." Li Junwei took out his rare seriousness and said seriously.
Li Junhua nodded: "Okay, I believe you. Although you have selfishness, you may not be completely selfish. Let me ask you, what do you think Zhao Yi will do?"
"Coup, seizing power, usurping the throne." Li Junwei answered calmly, but shocked the two people present.
"Is it so serious?" Lin Junhong exclaimed.
Li Junwei said: "That boy is cruel and decisive, and India is in a turbulent time because of Zhao Gui's reforms. I think it's very likely that he will do this."
Lin Junhong breathed a sigh of relief: "It turned out that you thought, I thought it had happened."
But the breath he had grown, and he sucked back with Li Junwei's next words. Li Junwei said: "I think Zhaoyi is already doing it now."
"What evidence do you have?" Li Junhua became alert. How Li Zhaoyi reacted was the key to how to deal with it next. The sooner the news of the change of power in India was known, the more we could prevent it in advance.
"Why didn't Zhaoyi come?" Li Junwei asked.
Li Junhua said: "He may have seen through your thoughts and knew that he would go but not return when he arrived in Shenjing, so he didn't come."
"Yes, if he just doesn't come, he won't leave Agra. Whether it's finding a reason or telling Zhao Keming about his own guess, with the relationship between the two brothers, Zhao Keming not only won't force him, but will also negotiate with me on his behalf. But he didn't do that!"
"Maybe he didn't think about this at the beginning, but he figured it out on the way." Lin Junhong expressed his guess.
Li Junwei said: "That makes no sense. If he figured it out halfway, he would turn back halfway. The Agra cruise ship turned back only after passing the Zhoushan Islands. Did he figure it out when he saw Shen Jing? Even if he figured it out halfway or was about to get to Shen Jing, he could make up a reason at will. Can we still send the navy to catch the ship?"
"It's hard to say..." Lin Junhong responded in a low voice. He felt that Li Junwei's determination in this matter was extraordinary.
Li Junwei was helpless and continued: "The Agra started from the Hindustan Empire and was normal all the way. It anchored all the planned ports to replenish coal and food. However, Zhao Yi had not shown up. Moreover, the telegram communication between Shin Kyung and Agra was normal. Zhao Gui had never mentioned this in the telegram.
All these are abnormal.”
“Where is wrong?”
Li Junwei said: "If I were Zhao Yi, after Agra set sail, I would launch a military coup immediately. The Agra is just a trick to deceive the empire. Zhao Yi was not on the ship, so he could not show up all the way, so he went to Shenjing and refused to enter. In this way, he could control the situation in Agra before we reacted."
Li Junhua nodded slightly: "We must consider that this will be the case. The third brother, immediately arrange an envoy to Agra to meet the Indian emperor. If the emperor is sick, he will ask to see the Queen Mother."
"Six days ago, I had someone do this," said Li Junwei.
"What's the result?"
"The Indian court claimed that the emperor was sick and did not see his foreign ministers, and the empress dowager was outside, so it would take some time to summon him," said Li Junwei.
"My sister-in-law and Zhao Gui can't meet each other, so there must be something unusual." Li Junhua said.
Lin Junhong said: "If this is the case, it is better to use both soft and hard. The Indian Ocean Fleet is best to move."
Li Junwei said: "Can I prepare for the time being, or wait for another two days. Three days later, it will be the agreed day between the ambassador and the palace general manager. At that time, if you don't see your sister-in-law again, what is the truth."
Li Junhua got up and walked back and forth on the terrace a few times, obviously considering Li Junwei's opinion carefully. Finally, he said: "If you can stop fighting, it's better not to fight. Third brother, what do you think."
This is obviously Li Junhua's bottom line when asking his younger brother. Li Junwei is dedicated to supporting Li Zhaogui as the emperor of the Hindustan Empire. But the problem is that it is very likely that Li Zhaoyi has completed a military coup now. If he persists, he will have to move troops.
This move is not a small move, just the Indian Ocean fleet is not good, it requires mobilization of the army, or even a ground decisive battle. This scale of investment is something that Li Junhua doesn't want to see.
After all, Li Zhaoyi usurped the throne for his own interests and had no interference with other countries. Perhaps Li Zhaoyi's attitude towards the empire is not as good as Li Zhaogui, but the two sides cannot be incompatible. If Li Zhaoyi can protect the empire's interests in India, then being the emperor of the Hindustan Empire seems not completely unacceptable.
Of course, if Li Zhaoyi takes the wrong move, that large-scale war is inevitable.
"I just want to do my best, but the interests of the empire are supreme." Li Junwei expressed his attitude, and he also said: "Zhao Yi's heart is as cold as ice. I am also worried that if the fight starts, this bastard will harm Zhao Gui."
"Okay, then let the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Marine Corps prepare first." Li Junhua ordered.
The three of them left. Li Junhua went back to his bedroom, but heard the child inside laughing endlessly. As soon as he heard it, he knew that it was Li Zhaoming and the queen playing.
"You haven't gotten rest yet," Li Junhua asked.
The queen smiled and said, "Zhaoming has had fun, and it will probably take a while."
"Zhaoming, grandpa got angry today, didn't scare you?" Li Junhua asked when he touched his nephew's head.
"No, it's not that I'm angry at me." Li Zhaoming said with a smile, and then he asked again: "Uncle, have you discussed whether I want to be your son."
"Would you like to be my son?" Li Junhua asked with great interest.
Li Zhaoming shook his head decisively: "I don't want to."
"Being my son is not to let you leave the palace, your parents will love you," said Li Junhua.
Li Zhaoming still shook his head: "I don't want to do that either."
"Why?"
"Dad said, whoever we brothers will be the emperor in the future, I don't want to be the emperor." Li Zhaoming said seriously.
"Why don't you want to be the emperor?"
Li Zhaoming said: "I want to be King Yu. My uncle is so busy every day. I watch this memorial and hold that meeting all day. It's boring. My father, King Yu, is better. He can travel all over the world and play."
"You can't just think about playing. You are the royal child. You have to think about helping the world and making contributions to the people."
Li Zhaoming smiled and said, "Dad said that the greatest contribution of the royal children will not cause trouble."
"It turns out that he is like your father, he is a scammer." Li Junhua said, pinching his nephew's nose, but he didn't look unhappy at all, because in his memory, his younger brother also looked like this when he was a child, as if he wanted to be a cynical prince, but he still became the pillar of the empire in the end?
Li Junhua said: "Zhaoming, go to bed."
"Then do I want to be your son?"
"If you can become an emperor in the future and are willing to become an emperor, then you can be my son."
Li Zhaoming nodded: "Okay." He took off his shoes, got on the bed, suddenly ran down, ran to the queen happily, whispered in her ear, and then went to bed.
With his words, the queen couldn't stop smiling. Li Junhua couldn't help but ask: "What did Zhaoming say to you just now? I'm so happy."
"How can we tell you the whisper between us? He won't let me tell you." said the queen.
"It probably isn't a good thing." Li Junhua shook his head.
The queen couldn't hold it in her happiness after all, so she said it: "Zhao Ming whispered to me, I'm kind to him, he wants to be my son, but he doesn't want to be your son." The queen said with emotion: "The child of this third family has the highest emotional intelligence."
Chapter completed!