Lee Myung-hoon's death marks the end of an era.

According to the order of Emperor Taizu, his funeral is not allowed to be extravagant, nor is it allowed to be too restricted by this matter, even his descendants are not allowed to be filial. He even set a wedding date for Li Zhaoyu and Miss Xia during his lifetime, which was held before the New Year.

The people of the empire even received three days of bereavement leave, which is one of the contents of the will, in order to give children time to accompany their parents.

Even so, the empire still expressed its condolences for the founding emperor of the empire in various ways. According to Li Mingxun's will, all activities did not allow a penny of imperial public funds. On the day of the national mourning, people tied with white veils lined up on both sides of the road from the imperial city to Shenjing Port, and no one knew how many people were.

It rained that day, and it seemed that God was crying too.

The body of the Supreme Emperor was to be sent to the imperial tomb in the capital for burial, which was determined when the empire was founded. The escort of the body was also handled by King Yu.

Li Mingxun’s meaning is very clear. His death is just the death of a person. Don’t affect the operation of this country because of him. The best memory of him is to live your own life well, this is true for ordinary people in the empire and the emperors in the empire.

In just one month, the Shenjing Imperial City was missing, but the King Yu who had not returned from the Beijing Imperial Mausoleum, had recovered as usual, and the state affairs did not delay for a day. However, people's mood was still a little heavy, because people in the Imperial City could often see the Supreme Emperor. In their memory, they were a bad old man who liked to joke.

In order to get the emperor who was obsessed with work to leave his imperial study, Li Mingxun even played the trick of pretending to be dead in the imperial garden and played everyone with it.

When Li Zhaoyu came to the imperial study room, he found that there were a few female officials at the door, which was rare. He asked the attendant: "Is it the queen?"

"No, the second young master is taking the child." The attendant whispered.

Li Zhaoyu nodded slightly. Twenty days after Li Mingxun's death, the fourth generation of the imperial royal family was finally born. Li Zhaocheng's wife gave birth to a son for him. According to the order of generations set by Li Mingxun during his lifetime, the eldest grandson of the fourth generation was named Li Shiyuan.

When Li Zhaoyu was hesitating whether to go in, a loud cry suddenly sounded inside. Then, Li Zhaocheng, who was in a hurry, ran out and shouted to the female official: "Come in and help, I pulled it again, and pulled it again."

Seeing Li Zhaoyu beside him, Li Zhaocheng said, "Brother, don't come in."

Li Zhaoyu was a little embarrassed. Soon, the emperor also came out with Li Zhaocheng's support. Obviously, the smell inside was absolutely sour.

"Okay, hurry up and take Yuan'er back. When I have free time, I will go to Prince Yu's Mansion and I to see you. Your new house will be repaired within three months, so don't move in." Obviously, this child has been dragged more than this time, and the emperor can't stand it.

Under the arrangement of the emperor, Li Zhaocheng took the child onto the carriage and returned to Prince Yu's mansion. Li Zhaoyu said: "Zhaocheng is a little anxious. How old the child is, he will take it out and go around and make a mess."

The emperor sat under the tree in the garden outside the imperial study room and said, "Your grandfather passed away and said that it did not delay national affairs. However, it still delayed a little. Zhao Cheng was thinking about getting things done in South America. It was just an excuse to bring the children."

Li Zhaoyu nodded slightly, but the emperor took the initiative to ask: "How do you think Zhaocheng is doing in South America?"

"I heard that the Japanese there have reached an agreement with the local government to go to Jamaica. If this is done, it will be considered a great achievement." Li Zhaoyu said.

The emperor sighed: "This child has been a little simpler to think about the problem, but he has not found the origin of the problem."

"This is not something Zhao Cheng can't blame, he can't solve Japan." Li Zhaoyu said that the Japanese were in trouble in South America because a large number of Japanese immigrated overseas. How could this Japanese incident be solved by his younger brother?

The emperor said: "The root of this problem is that Portugal has problems with the rule of colonial Brazil. Zhao Cheng could not solve this problem, but did not try it, and it was obviously missing an important link."

Li Zhaoyu nodded and said yes, but he didn't agree. Portugal's rule over Brazil must be problematic, and there is no doubt about this, but this is not something that can be done by increasing the military police and strengthening the government's capabilities. In essence, it is because the Brazilian colonies still implement slavery now. If there is slavery, there will be escaped slaves. If there is escaped slaves, resistance organizations will be formed inland.

But this is not something that Li Zhaocheng can solve, or even something that the empire can solve.

Slavery is a barbaric, backward and illegal system on the side of the empire, but it is also considered an advantage in the West.

Western merchants believed that if there were no cotton grown by slaves in Brazil, the world's share of cotton would be more controlled by the empire and subcontinent countries, and the Western economic lifeline would be even more controlled by the East. In the general industrialization level of European countries is lower than that of empires, large machinery is not popular, and textile costs are rising, having low-priced cotton grown by slaves provided by Brazilian colonies is an important factor in the competition with China's cotton textile industry.

Therefore, in Europe, at least until today's forty-five years of the empire, slavery still had a market and was accepted and promoted by Europeans.

"Okay, let's not talk about his problems, let's talk about you." Seeing that the imperial study room had been cleaned, the emperor took Li Zhaoyu back to the imperial study room and said while walking: "Next month, your father will be back, but it is obvious that he is the saddest one. I don't know when he will get out of the sadness of losing his father, so I can only wait for him.

But your wedding date has been set....”

When Li Zhaoyu heard these words, he felt that it was a sentence from heaven or on earth. He was really confused. As the emperor said, he suddenly stopped, paused, and shook his head: "Maybe I am old, and I can't find the point.

Let me put it clearly. Given your father's mental state, I now rely more on King Cheng. Given the festive and lively wedding, Lin Shirong from King Cheng's family needs to come forward. Lin Shirong has some problems. If it is not handled properly, he may not be able to attend your wedding. King Cheng also has to worry about this matter, so you have to solve Lin Shirong's troubles."

"But, the child doesn't know much about Lin Shirong..."

"This is the arrangement I have given you. Just do it. If you don't understand, you can take the initiative to understand. Your father and I think that he should be your best man, that's that simple." The emperor's face was solemn and he put on an attitude that was undiscussable.

Li Zhaoyu is not completely unfamiliar with Lin Shirong. After all, the two families are very close, but Lin Shirong is obviously not in the same circle as him. Lin Shirong belongs to the circle of the children of the playboys and nobles. Considering the character of the third generation of the imperial royal family, the lack of family education and the fourth generation, in fact, after King Yu, Lin Shirong is the representative of the royal family in this circle.

Lin Shirong is eighteen years old and is the eldest grandson of the Cheng Palace. King Cheng was originally a few years older than the emperor, and his family education was relatively traditional and he got married very early, so his grandsons were already eighteen years old, one more generation than the royal family.

Lin Shirong is indeed a playboy, but he is not a playboy in the ordinary sense. He has shown his clever side since childhood, and has a cheerful and free personality. He has a very good taste when he was a child, but he has no interest in government affairs. Even things like sacrificial activities that must be participated in can be avoided if possible. This is also related to the tutoring of the Prince Cheng's Mansion.

The first generation of King Cheng’s lineage was Emperor Taizu’s righteous brother, and the second generation was the emperor’s childhood friend. Lin Junhong realized very early that the glory of King Cheng’s lineage had reached its limit and could not go further. It was better to take the initiative to take the initiative to take the lead. This is why there are no outstanding people among King Cheng’s descendants.

Lin Shirong's bad habits of eating, drinking, gamble and other dandy habits are not the same. His only hobby is to play and play all kinds of strange things. The treasure building in Prince Yu's mansion is the place he yearns for the most. Moreover, Lin Shirong is very brave and has a thick skin, so he can play well.

But his play was not about walking birds and fighting crickets, but about playing big and exciting. When he was a teenager, he liked to participate in various activities organized by Emperor Taizu and was also a participant in the Imperial National Games last year. At the age of 17, he won a swimming championship and a shooting runner-up. In the field of sports, he made a big fuss for the Imperial Royal Family, so he once became a positive image of the younger generation of the Imperial Royal Family.

However, his character caused trouble after all.

After the emperor gave the order, Li Zhaoyu did not ask anything. After all, the emperor said that if he didn't understand enough, he had to take the initiative to understand. So Li Zhaoyu left the palace and went straight to the Cheng Palace, but when he arrived at the door, he was cast by the housekeeper with a strange look.

After asking, I found out that Lin Shirong was not in Prince Cheng's Mansion at all, but was arrested in the detention center of Chongming County, Shenjing. The incident he committed was a lot of trouble.

Li Zhaoyu did not alarm the others, but when he arrived at the dock and took a boat to Chongming, he saw an acquaintance in the VIP room on the boat.

"Ajun, it's really you." Li Zhaoyu patted the young man who was reading the newspaper and said.

The young man raised his head and looked at Li Zhaoyu. Obviously he didn't expect to see him here, and said in a lost voice: "Uncle Da, why are you here?"

"Why are you here? Are you not on duty in the palace?" Li Zhaoyu sat beside him.

This young man is Dan Taijun, the eldest son of Chengen's family. Last year, he was stuffed into the imperial guards for robbery and prostitution. He performed well and became a palace guard.

"I will go to Chongming to meet a friend for four days off work." Dan Tai Jun said.

When Li Zhaoyu saw a few boxes at his feet, all of which were snacks and other things, he said, "You can't go see that guy Lin Shirong, right?"

"How did you know?" Tan Tai Jun said in a lost voice: "We are classmates and friends. I heard that he was arrested... Cousin, don't tell others. I'll go to see Shirong's affairs and can't let the family know."

Li Zhaoyu smiled: "Don't worry, I went to Chongming to see Shirong, and I was ordered by the emperor."

"So, Shirong's incident is saved..." Dan Taijun said happily, but then he shook his head: "I'm afraid I won't. The emperor is so principled that he won't break the law because he breaks the law."

Li Zhaoyu said, "Tell me first, what did Shirong do?"

"It's a nonsense, but someone's life is coming." Dan Taijun sighed, walked to the newspaper stand, selected a newspaper, and placed it in front of Li Zhaoyu. Only then did Li Zhaoyu realize that Lin Shirong's affairs were well known to everyone and had already been in the newspaper.

Lin Shirong is a very brave person. About three months ago, he couldn't stay idle and participated in a sports organization. It was called a sports organization, but in fact it was more like an adventure group called Sky Sports Club. This organization's sports are just a kind of sports - climbing the sky!

Climbing the sky in the empire is not a first to create the world. As early as the pre-Imperial era, with the support of Li Mingxun, the Imperial Army and Navy both developed Climbing the sky equipment. The research idea recommended by Li Mingxun was hot air balloons, but it did not control the imagination of the young engineers in the army, so ideas such as rockets were also revealed.

It was not until the establishment of the empire that the hot air balloon was gradually developed and quickly joined the army. In the early days, because of the army's awe and superstition towards heaven, the first batch of troops that used hot air balloons dared to use it after Li Mingxun signed and approved the "Certificate of Heaven".

After all, the emperor is the emperor. Only when the emperor approves the ascension of heaven can he truly ascend to heaven.

In the later Northern Expedition, the hot air balloon played a major role, especially in the Wengjinhe Battle between the Western Route Army and the remnants of the Qing Dynasty. It was the hot air balloon hanging high in the sky that left the enemy without any hidden traces and no surprise attacks played a role.

After that, hot air balloon technology developed rapidly, but there was no great progress in actual sports. However, as for climbing the sky, it triggered various fantasies and practices.

With the advancement of technology, various means were also invented. At least in the scientific community of the empire, installing a pair of wings on the coal-burning steam engine and making this thing fly is the goal of research for many people. Lin Shirong was not very interested in scientific research, but he was very interested in adventure.

The reason I joined that Sky Sports Club is because they have a set of mature balloons that can climb into the sky and take a look at the clouds. What this sports club constantly challenges is the height of the sky, and it is said to rise to a height of 10,000 meters.
Chapter completed!