Chapter 366 The Li family wants to be a big dog
Li Junhua looked at the little guy's ignorant and fearless look and said, "Go and go, sir, what are you doing, go and play with yours."
"Hmph, I won't leave." Li Zhaoming threw the shovel and sat on the threshold.
Li Zhaoyu immediately went up to persuade him. When he was serious and wanted to take Li Zhaoming away, Li Junwei's voice suddenly rang: "Slow down, slow down..."
Everyone looked at Li Junwei, and Li Junwei's face was extremely cold. He said, "To be honest, Zhao Ming is the most suitable candidate."
"You are crazy, he is only five years old." Li Junhua reminded.
Li Junwei said: "It's easy to say because he is young. Even if he has been in ten years, he is only fifteen years old. And because he is young, even if Li Zhaoyi is extremely trash, he will not harm a child. Moreover, the father loves him very much. Didn't he even let this child be adopted for you?"
When Li Zhaoyu and Li Zhaocheng heard the word "Entertainment", they both raised their heads and looked surprised. They knew the meaning of this word, and they had already discovered that the elders especially like Zhao Ming, but they all thought that Zhao Ming was just cute and lovely. No one thought about it much, after all, he was too young.
"The father will not agree, nor will the queen, nor will the princess Yu," said Li Junhua.
Li Junwei said: "I will talk about my father and the princess. Now is the time to make up our minds. We only have two choices, either Zhaoming or Zhaoyu and Zhaocheng."
"Wait, isn't India only asking Zhao Yu and Zhao Cheng alone?" Lin Junhong reminded.
"It's just a plan to sow discord. If I get deceived, it will be a disaster for the empire. He will tie them up, either go or not. Brother, what do you think?" Li Junwei looked at the emperor.
After all, these things are the emperor's decision. Li Junhua looked at the two adult nephews who were at a loss and nodded slightly: "Okay, then let's do it."
"Wait, there seems to be something worth discussing. Yunfeng and I can also negotiate with India for a while." Lin Junhong said.
"It doesn't make much sense to delay. After all, Li Zhaoyi just wants a bargaining chip that the empire dares not move rashly." Li Junwei said.
As he said that, Li Junwei stood up and said to Li Junhua: "I'll go and say yes to the princess first, and second brother will go and see my father first."
Li Junhua nodded and said to Dan Tai Yunfeng: "You younger generations should step back, there is nothing you have to do here for the time being."
No one knew what Li Junwei said to the princess. The people outside only knew that Prince Yu seemed to have cried. He only took an hour to convince his wife. This persuasion was not only to ask his wife to agree to the two eldest sons or young sons to go to India, but to directly convince the princess to cheat later, and directly let Li Zhaoming, the youngest son, become the only candidate.
By the time Li Junwei arrived at the Changshou Hall where the Supreme Emperor lived in the backyard, Li Junhua had already told the matter to the Supreme Emperor in general.
Li Hai and Lin Junhong are both here, and the elderly Li Mingxun is extremely sad, but he also knows that there is no better choice.
"Actually, who will go there, it's better to listen to the princess' opinions more. After all, these three children are her biological children, so it may not be necessary for the old man to make the decision, right?" Li Hai said with concern for Li Mingxun's body.
Li Junwei shook his head: "That's natural. I have agreed with the princess to draw lots later. Whoever I catch will go.
Now I call Brother Wang and Brother Jun Hong to talk about another thing. I have been talking about this matter with my father for some time."
Li Mingxun said, "I am ninety-two and I won't live long. I should have made plans for the funeral."
I had a plan for the funeral of the Supreme Emperor. The tomb located in Beijing was basically prepared as early as the seventh year of the empire. Of course, the tomb was deliberately robbed Shunzhi by Li Mingxun, in order to occupy the blessing land of the dragon vein of the Aisin Jueluo family. Moreover, the flowers and plants of the tomb were all made by the people from the War Criminal Management Office.
Because of his disrepair, the empire has been repaired for 38 years.
This national sports meet also has this meaning. The Supreme Emperor wants to see the prosperous times and the excitement. The sports meet is a type of planning.
Li Mingxun personally was also prepared. In the early years, he was keen on machinery and held various power competitions. Now these events have either evolved into official events of the Imperial Industry, or have begun to be processed. The venue is given to the Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Dynamics as experimental venues, and the equipment is donated to schools or science palaces in major cities to cultivate children's interests.
Some manors were also sold. Li Mingxun strictly distinguished the family property from his own private property, and gave all his own private property except for some commemorative ones to his back.
And all of this cash was in one account at this time and it was only started to be used last year.
However, Li Junhua was not invited to participate in it. All the matters were handled by Prince Yu's Mansion, but Li Junhua knew the details. For example, the Supreme Emperor account once received 120,000 imperial silver dollars in three years this year, and specially created a batch of commemorative medals, divided into gold, silver and copper. Some of these commemorative medals will be given to the medal winners of this National Games.
Li Junhua also knew that the Yu Mansion was contacting some craftsmen recently, as if he was customizing a batch of swords and a pen factory. He received a contract to customize 3,000 gold pens. However, in terms of detailed design, both parties went back and forth for more than a dozen times, but they could not satisfy the Supreme Emperor.
As for memoirs and other things, Lee Mingxun started looking for someone to write them ten years ago.
Therefore, the Supreme Emperor dealing with the funeral is almost an open secret.
"My personal funeral has been done almost. Everything is handled by the third brother. In the future, the third brother will not be able to do it, so naturally the person he chose will inherit it. You don't need to interfere. Today I asked you to come here to talk about the funeral of our royal family. The Li family was prosperous because of me, but they dare not seek for thousands of years, let alone the future.
I thought that in the emperor's generation, the power was moved down and the imperial power was seized, just like the British king, but I didn't expect that the emperor was extraordinary, and he not only gave the empire prosperity, but also preserved the authority. This is a path I could not imagine, and the emperor was better than me..."
Li Junhua quickly knelt down and said, "My son dare not."
"Do you dare to do it better than me. It's great to do what I could not imagine. Get up and talk." Li Mingxun asked Li Junhua to get up and said, "There is the achievements we have today because my son is a wise monarch. But in the past dynasties, ancient and modern times, both invincible dynasties, and where are there everlasting dynasties? Where have there been a continuous wise lord?
The rise and fall of the world and the replacement of dynasties is the general trend, and it will not change by the power of one person. The Li family will definitely not be able to get out of this historical cycle. Nowadays, civil rights are growing increasingly, while our Li family is only incompatible with foreign enemies and traitors, but never wants to be enemies with the people of the world.
But if the power, honor and disgrace of a family and the interests of the people of the world are together, it is naturally the butt that determines the head. In short, in my eyes, the so-called emperors, religions and other things are the products of the times and cannot be obtained now, but may not be tolerated by the world in the future.
Now our dynasty is monarchy, and is at the forefront of the world, achieving this unparalleled empire. But did not the feudal centralized power of the Qin and Han dynasties become the best in the world because of their institutional advantages? What we are practicing now will be abandoned by the times in the future.
But as a member of the Li family who started his sect, I must consider it. It would be fine if the Li family succeeded in retreating in the future. If it was time to retreat, I would not want to destroy the clan. Just like the royal families in all dynasties, they would be destroyed."
"Yes, the old man taught me the most." Everyone knelt down and kowtowed.
Li Mingxun laughed: "Get up, get up. Let's get up. I'm not teaching you a lesson. You are all very good and you are at this age. Even if the emperor becomes a foolish monarch tomorrow, you will become traitors. With such a big empire and such a big foundation, you will suffer disasters until you die, and you will suffer disasters. What's the use of my lesson?
I am not talking about my arrangement after death, but about the arrangement after a hundred years or even two hundred years. One day, in order to become the countercurrent of the times, the Li family will be incompatible with the world. At that time, we will have a way out, but it will be too late to find a way out at that time. So, while I am still alive, we will arrange a place for our descendants. Although you are younger than me, you probably won’t be able to enjoy it.”
The three people who didn't understand the inside story relaxed a little. It turned out that they were planning such a long-term thing, so it had nothing to do with their plans. Just be a vocal insect here and nodded and said yes.
The map was opened by Li Junwei and threw it on the table. Li Mingxun's hand pointed to a bay in the northern Indian Ocean, the Middle East, and the Persian Gulf.
This is a map published by the Empire Map Bureau. The color of the Empire was marked as red. This was designated by Li Mingxun back then. Although the royal family is still dark, the map likes to be red.
However, this red is different from other reds.
In fact, the territory of the empire is divided into three types of red, one is Dahong, which is the territory of the empire, including all provinces and border areas. The second type is crimson, which belongs to overseas territory. The difference between overseas territory and imperial territory is the population attributes within the territory.
The people in the imperial territory were naturally all imperial people, and they had nationalities, but they were divided into different ethnic groups. But overseas territories were completely different. For example, the Persian Gulf area referred to by Li Mingxun was the Muscat territory under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Overseas Affairs.
The port city of Muscat is the core and occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula. The residents of the territory include subjects with imperial nationality, merchants from various countries, as well as local indigenous people and populations from the surrounding areas.
Another reason why the Muscat territory did not establish a province is the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire.
Both empires have ruled all or part of this area. Once they are included in the imperial territory, they will definitely cause diplomatic disputes. As overseas territories, their territorial attributes can be discussed, that is, fuzzy treatment.
After all, in the law of the empire, territory is sacred and inviolable, and once classified as territory, there is nothing to talk about.
Of course, there is a third type of overseas territory, light red, which is called the influence area on the map, but it is actually a colony.
Li Mingxun pointed at a peninsula area in the middle of the Persian Gulf and said, "This place is called..." He thought for a while and asked Li Junwei: "What is this place now?"
"If you don't care, just call him the Qatar Peninsula." Li Junwei said.
"Okay." Lee Mingxun coughed lightly and said, "This is the Qatar Peninsula, an almost desert island. In this Indian Incident, Jokyu will lose the throne, so when I asked for negotiations, Lee Zhaoyi should pay for the peninsula and surrounding waters for Lee Zhaoji to be used as Lee Zhaoji's actual fiefdom to resettle Lee Zhaoji himself and those who are willing to follow him.
And Li Zhaogui wants to build an independent country here, which does not belong to the empire or India. From the day this country was established, everything here belongs to our Li family's private territory. All the royal family can own a piece of their own land."
"If Zhaogui is not wronged, he should give him a relatively rich territory. Quilon is actually better," said Li Junhua.
Quilon is the only colony of the Empire on the Indian subcontinent. It is located in the southernmost part of the subcontinent and is already a very rich colonial city.
"This is not for Zhao Gui, it is for our family," said Lee Myung-hoon.
"Old man, what's the matter with this broken desert... worth our preparation? If there is a day when our family is not tolerated by the world, it's better to go to the sea to find an island for peace. Hawaii is good." Li Hai said.
Li Mingxun waved his hand. What's the point of being an island owner in the future? It's better to be a big dog owner. Li Junwei said: "There is oil under this peninsula, a lot of oil."
"Oh...so what?" The three of them were a little confused. After all, the empire is now developing in the fifties in the 19th century. The most important mineral is coal, not oil.
"In the future, descendants should know their role." Li Junwei said in a general way.
"But how did the old man know? You will predict the future?" Li Hai joked.
Li Junhua coughed lightly: "Don't argue, I think the arrangement of the father naturally has the principle of the father, right, Junhong."
Lin Junhong nodded, and the two of them were tacit. Perhaps it was related to the secret that they had studied for most of their lives. Even if it had nothing to do, even if the old man was stupid and was looking for trouble here, it didn't matter. It was just a desert overseas where birds could not shit. What was it? It was just to make the old man happy. This desert was worth the money.
"I will definitely propose this condition to Li Zhaoyi."
"It must be achieved, which is the basic condition." Li Mingxun said.
Chapter completed!