Chapter Four Five One King and Prince
There has always been an indissoluble contradiction between the Empire and the Hindustan Empire. The emperor meant to strengthen communication and achieve it well. But Li Junwei did not think so. He always advocated that face was enough, and all friendship should be based on the empire's military threat to India from both sea and land.
The two of them had such a problem and had never reached an agreement. Therefore, there was a compromise between the top leaders in India's diplomatic strategy.
That is, as long as India does not launch external expansion, the empire will not pose a military threat to India. On the surface, this seems very reasonable, but in fact it is unreasonable. It almost announced that it has handed over the initiative in economic and trade relations between the two countries to India. India opens up if it wants to, and tightens if it wants to.
Li Junwei couldn't argue with his brother on this issue because he knew his brother's intention, which was to maintain decency between the Li family as much as possible, while Li Junwei believed that national interests were paramount.
"Get paper and pen." Li Junwei said to the attendant beside him.
In the pavilion, Li Junwei wrote a letter to Li Zhaoyi. The content was very simple, just to tell him that the previous agreement had changed. Now that Li Zhaoming has returned to the empire, the empire will still recognize Li Zhaoyi's rule over Hindustan and keep his life secret. However, if Li Zhaoyi takes measures to damage the interests of the empire and change the good development status of economic and trade exchanges between the two countries, the empire will launch an expedition headed by him and directly conquer the entire Hindustan Empire.
As for what measures are taken, how to change the good situation. Li Junwei will not say anything. In short, the final explanation is that he, King Yu, Li Junwei. King Yu believes that you have harmed the interests of the empire and need to be conquered, so he will do it.
This is a beheading knife hanging on Li Zhaoyi's head that falls at any time.
The fact is that this letter brought an end to India's throne inheritance. After that, the royal families of the two countries only had formal decentness, and the actual relationship had deteriorated to the extreme. However, the relationship between the two countries did not become worse. During Li Zhaoyi's rule, the relationship between the two countries was generally stable and trade exchanges grew year by year.
The plan that Li Jundu left for Li Zhaoyi at that time only achieved this step, which was to seize the throne from Li Zhaogui. As for the next plan to conquer Sassanthemum and sweep the subcontinent, there was no chance to implement it again.
Li Zhaoyi, who is famous for conquering, became a successful leader throughout his life and died of depression. The only way he could disgust the empire was to constantly give the same trade power to European countries. But this was not a unilateral harm to the empire.
The more you make, the more open Hindustan is, the bigger the cake is.
In the spring of the 47th year of the empire, the royal family announced two major news, all of which were royal news.
One is about the seventh son of Prince Yu, Li Zhaoming. A few months ago, there was a rumor that the young man in Prince Yu's house died in India due to a flight accident. But as Dan Tai Yunfeng and his wife left India, a new story was re-made up.
Li Zhaoming and Lin Shirong were flying high due to the accident, and accidentally landed deep in the Hindustan Empire. The two of them worked hard and supported each other, returned to Diwu and returned to the civilized world. This story was compiled by the Indian emperor, and it looked quite sloppy, but it added a lot of legendary color to the young Li Zhaoming.
Li Zhaoming, who returned to the empire, was officially adopted by King Yu to the emperor's lineage and became the only prince of the empire, with the reason being that he was following the will of Taizu.
The second news is that Li Zhaoning, the fifth prince of Prince Yu's mansion, was adopted by the emperor to the British lineage and became the younger brother of the Indian Supreme Emperor Li Zhaogui. The fifth prince of Prince Yu's mansion jumped from the remaining four ordinary princes of Prince Yu's mansion to become the king of the Xinhua Kingdom and the lord of a country.
Li Zhaoning was eleven years old, and his ability to be selected by Li Zhaogui had nothing to do with his talent. Li Zhaoning's mother was just a female official next to the Empress Dowager. During the time when Prince Yu was on a mission to Europe, she served with her side and then came to Prince Yu's house. After leaving Prince Yu's five sons, she died of illness.
Although later generations rumored that it was puerperal fever, it was actually postpartum depression and suicide.
Because he lost his mother since childhood, he was raised by Princess Yu for a while. Later, when Prince Li Zhaoji died, Li Zhaoning was once sent to the palace and handed over to the queen to raise. The queen once intended to adopt Li Zhaoning, even if she did not consider the throne, she would relieve her loneliness.
But the reason why Li Junhua refused was very simple. When Li Zhaoning was seven or eight years old and his heart matured, the emperor discovered that Li Zhaoning was not the material for being an emperor at all. Although a child of seven or eight years old could not see the potential, the problem was that a crown prince should be cheerful and good at dealing with people. Li Zhaoning's heart was completely a dull gossip. He liked painting and reading, and other things that others could not disturb.
Li Zhaoning was very interested in learning, but he was interested in books. His level of learning was not as good as that of King Yu's children, especially in mathematics and physics.
When he was seven or eight years old, Li Zhaoning would go out to school and come into contact with people outside the royal family. When other children were at this stage, they would use school to go shopping and watch operas, Li Zhaoning was used to going home to do homework, which was unacceptable to the royal family. Even fighting was easier to be accepted by the royal family than doing homework honestly.
The queen may not care about the throne, but the emperor cannot cause internal turmoil because of a child who has no value in training. So the two agreed that when Li Zhaoning was fifteen years old, they would discuss whether to accept him as a prince. At that time, his mind was fully mature.
The emperor had no son and was destined to adopt him from Prince Yu's Mansion. It could be one or several, but each of them had at least the willingness and ability to go into politics.
However, Li Zhaoning's eagerness to study and his hobbies attracted the attention of another important member of the imperial royal family, that is, the third princess Li Yunmei. Li Yunmei never got married in her life and devoted her whole life to mathematics. In the early years, she rarely even returned to the palace and lived in the Imperial Academy of Sciences for a long time.
It was when Taizu Li Mingxun was old and needed to take care of him that Li Yunmei lived in Li Mingxun's Changshou Palace, but she also took care of him while working. Seeing Li Zhaoning living in the Queen's Palace seemed to see herself in her youth and loved her very much.
In the imperial royal family, women play an important role. Li Zhaoning has this attribute in it and seems to have a good relationship with every woman in the royal family, especially those important women, the queen, Princess Yu and the third princess.
And this is the most important reason why he won from this competition. After all, the king of the Xinhua Kingdom only needs to be the king and sit on that chair. He doesn’t need to have any ability. After all, the country’s borders have been demarcated, and there are powerful countries around him and there is no need to expand. There are no decent citizens in the country, and there is not even a decent palace. He does not need to perform his duties in a short period of time. So even a fool, Li Zhaoning can be the king.
He only needs to stamp his own jade seal on some national books. If it is complicated, he can also leave this kind of thing to others.
"Zhaoning, don't you have anything to say?" In the imperial study room, the emperor, Prince Yu and Li Zhaogui stood in front of Li Zhaoning. In order to worry that the child could not withstand such a big change, he called the third princess Li Yunmei to avoid him being nervous.
Li Zhaoning had just finished school and was carrying his schoolbag. When he heard the news, he stood there in a daze. After hearing his aunt's inquiry, he asked, "Dad, do I need to go to the Kingdom of Xinhua to be the kingdom? I mean, I want to go..."
Li Zhaoning wanted to go to the capital of the Kingdom of Xinhua, but he couldn't remember where the capital of this country was. Of course, he couldn't blame him, because this capital does not exist yet, so Li Zhaoning could only say: "Then do I need to live in that palace?"
Li Zhaogui smiled, because the palace did not exist, and even the foundation did not exist. He just piled up some building materials in the temporary port. As for the foundation, it was planned to wait for the king to determine where to build the palace after the king was selected.
"No, you will be in Shin Kyung for at least five years." Lee Shao Kyu said.
Li Zhaoning nodded slightly, thought for a while, and asked, "What am I going to do? Will it delay my schooling?"
"There are some activities, mainly ceremonies, and we need to meet foreign guests." Li Junwei thought for a while and said.
Li Zhaoning said: "Can you arrange the holiday? I don't want to delay my class."
"Yes." This is the emperor's speech.
Li Zhaoning nodded: "Then I have no other problems."
"Okay, then you go and rest first." Seeing that Li Zhaoning was so calm, Li Junhua smiled and said to him.
Li Zhaoning asked, "Then can I finish my homework first and then rest?" This was his usual habit, but in the palace, everything was to listen to the emperor. This made Emperor Li Junhua very embarrassed because what he meant was to let Li Zhaoning arrange his future life freely.
Obviously, Li Yunmei knew her nephew better. She called the female official and gave a few instructions. The female official took Li Zhaoning's schoolbag and went to the bedroom where the queen lived together.
Li Junwei looked at his son who walked out of the imperial study room. His small back was a little weak. He shook his head and muttered, "This child is a little strange."
Li Yunmei retorted without hesitation: "Zhaoning is a smart and normal child. It's strange that you are the group of people. Well, he is just a child, wandering in the ocean of knowledge, but suddenly told him that he would be the king in a place where birds do not shit."
Li Junwei smiled and refused to argue with his sister because he could never argue with his sister because this woman was never rational and only reasoned with him when she had spoken.
Li Yunmei said: "You should try not to delay his study in matters arrangements. To be honest, the so-called king of the Xinhua Kingdom is just a game that needs to be made to satisfy the ambitions of you elders. This game is a bit bigger, but it is just a game."
The emperor nodded and said, "Actually, there is nothing to do. In the short term, just make him a dress. At the right time, attend some occasions in the empire as a king, just show your face. There is nothing to be afraid of."
Li Yunmei nodded: "Then I want to accompany you all the time. I mean the recent times. I am worried that this child will be afraid and will have ups and downs in his mood."
The third princess loves Li Zhaoning very much. Everyone knows this, so the emperor will naturally not refuse. After the emperor agreed, Li Yunmei said: "Then you discuss the serious matter. I will go first. I will take Zhaoning out of the palace tomorrow and stay at my place for a while, or stay at Sister Yu's place for a while. During this period, you should not see him."
When Li Junwei heard his sister say this, he couldn't help but worry about whether his son had any mental problems. After all, his mother died of postpartum depression. He heard the word postpartum depression from his father, and he only heard a word and did not understand the core of it at all. Li Junwei always believed that it was a mental illness exclusively for pregnant women, and mental illness could be inherited.
But he didn't dare to say it, because after Li Zhaogui's choice, he had talked with Li Zhaoning and recalled his daily interactions with his son. He felt that this son was just a little dull, not stupid, and had no mental illness. It's just that his sister's caution made him suspicious.
"Then I'll go first." Li Yunmei said and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute." Li Junwei suddenly called the third princess. He wanted to speak, looked at the emperor, looked at Li Zhaogui again, and smiled, saying, "Zhaogui, you go and do it first, there is something between us to say."
"Then I'll go back first." Li Zhaogui didn't understand his intention and chose to leave.
"What's the matter? You still have to avoid Zhaogui?" Li Yunmei really didn't understand what would be.
Li Junwei said: "In front of Zhaogui, something is hard to say. Come on, third sister, sit down, haha, let's talk slowly, let brother, let me think about the lyrics carefully."
Seeing his younger brother's cautious appearance, Li Junhua felt that he was doing something strange. The King Yu in front of him was so strange. When did King Yu, who had been thick-skinned since childhood, pay so much attention to it?
"If you have something to say, just say it." Li Yunmei couldn't help it.
Li Junwei looked at his sister and thought for a while and said, "Have you noticed that he is normal in that regard during this period of time?"
"What aspect?" Li Yunmei was puzzled.
Li Junwei said: "It's that aspect, that aspect of men."
"What are you talking about nonsense?" Li Yunmei stood up angrily. After all, the third princess is still an old girl.
The emperor also understood why Li Zhaogui was invited out. Li Junwei continued: "This is very important. We have to make sure that Zhaoning will give birth to a fat boy after marrying a wife in the future, right?"
Chapter completed!