Bai Le nodded slowly and followed the attendant to the second prince's residence. The second prince's residence was originally the mansion of the founding duke. It occupied a large area. Later, because of the extinction of his descendants, the mansion was taken up. After Li Zhaocheng got married, he was given a mansion by the emperor and merged some buildings next to him, and the specifications were no less than that of the prince's mansion.

When he entered the mansion, Li Zhaocheng had already received the news, but he did not make much polite controversy with Bai Le, and directly informed him of the truth.

The emperor asked Bai Le to persuade Princess Ying to calm down and not always go out to work with Princes Ying. In fact, it was just a remark. In fact, it was to persuade Princess Ying to be content with her and not to be whimsical.

Since Li Jundu went to India to establish a country, the British King's branch officially fell into the lineage of his second son Li Zhaoyan. Li Zhaoyan did not participate in politics, but made considerable achievements in the two fields of agriculture and water conservancy. He was a model for the empire to not engage in politics and join the army and aristocrats.

In addition to the fact that when they were in Beijing, the King and the King of England participated in some etiquette activities and clan activities, they worked mostly in other places. The rest of their time left their footprints, including Western Xinjiang, Gansu and inner Xinjiang, and the main part of them was water conservancy projects. Although the King of England was busy with work, they lived a happy life and gave birth to multiple children. The King of England was also considered a scattered branch.

But perhaps she was used to her current life and regarded the matters brought about by her identity as a burden. Princess Ying had the idea of ​​leaving the royal family. Of course, she could not convince her husband to be named by the prince, but instead focused on the next generation.

This is mainly a member of the royal family. Because of his identity, there is little choice in major issues related to career choices, marriage, and other matters related to people's life destiny. Princess Ying, who loves her son, does not want her children to be restricted by various rules.

The solution of the Princess Ying was to respond coldly. All the nobles of the empire were divided into royal families, inner vassals and outer vassals. They were managed by the clan mansion, the jujube and the veil inspection department of the Lifan Court respectively. All the nobles had a complete set of rules to arrange their lives.

Generally, when the children of a nobleman are six years old, they can ask for a title, but except for applying for a title in Shenjing, the rest are just one attitude. If you ask for a title, it means that if the nobleman wants to let his child participate in politics or join the army, then the child will be sent to a school in Shenjing or Beijing to study.

The King and the King of Ying did not ask for a title for their children, but followed them all the time. Wherever they worked, the children would study.

According to the rules, when the noble child is sixteen years old, he will be asked for a title again. If the nobleman has only one son at this time, the child will be named the crown prince and inherit his title in the future. As for whether to surrender or maintain the title or maintain the title, it depends on his performance.

Once you become a prince, you have to join the imperial guards. Of course, most noble families have a prosperous descendant, and the empire does not have a system of inheritance for the eldest son. Therefore, any aristocratic man who is over 16 years old will be named a prince. This is a noble status and can get the opportunity to join the imperial guards or be admitted to a military school.

In theory, a nobleman will have three sons who will be awarded titles. If none of the three sons make obvious contributions, then one will be reduced to the first-class successor, and two will be reduced to the second-class successor.

If you do not ask for a title for your child, it will be automatically regarded as giving up your aristocratic status, and the advantage is that you can choose your own career.

The eldest son of the Prince of Ying's Mansion is fifteen years old and has not been invited to be granted. Princess Ying expressed her idea of ​​wanting the children to get rid of their aristocratic identities among her sister-in-law.

If the emperor usually did not blame him. After all, King Ying had more than one son, and perhaps the eldest son was not favored, so it would be fine when the other sons grew up. Anyway, King Ying had only one princess, all of whom were legitimate sons.

But this time it was different. The emperor urgently needed the British couple to express his attitude, that is, there would inevitably be a child in the future to inherit the British title.

The reason is actually very simple. It turns out that Li Zhaoning, the fifth prince of Prince Yu’s mansion, has already adopted the King of Ying’s lineage and is considered the King of Ying’s younger brother. This means that if Li Zhaoying does not choose a son to inherit the title of King of Ying, then theoretically this title will be passed to Li Zhaoning, which is contrary to the original intention of Li Zhaoning to inherit the Kingdom of Xinhua alone and is involved in the empire.

If the King of England insists on not asking for a title, he can't find a guy from India who doesn't even speak Chinese and uses his left hand to eat with his right hand to be the King of England.

Although the British king is also a mixed race, it is a mixed race between the national and the Yarkand Uygur tribe. Both of these tribes are imperial nations. It is hard to say about the guys in India. Li Jundu's harem is the stage of political marriage, and there are guys of all ethnic groups and all kinds of beliefs.

When looking for Bai Le to be a lobbyist, the emperor did not want to be too irritated with the King of Ying and his wife, so he could not ask for it. Another point is that Bai Le went, which was the right medicine.

Bai Le has a status today. In addition to his own ability, the identity of the royal relatives also played a great role. More importantly, if the British couple cannot give the emperor a satisfactory reply, then Bai Le will not be easy to get involved in the center in the future. This is difficult for Bai Le, who is young and promising and has a bright future.

Li Zhaocheng only informed Bai Le about the situation. As for how Bai Le persuaded him, he did not involve it. Perhaps this was the attitude of the royal family, trying to moisten things silently. Bai Le also keenly discovered that the second young master had a lot of information on his desk. It was obvious that he had been assisting his father in handling the affairs of the clan's mansion for a long time.

Kyoto, Japan.

The streets of Kyoto are bustling, and it is the most prosperous time of the day. On the busy streets, a group of children shouted and sang and cheered at a group of people. Wherever these people went, they would become lively, which made Adrian in the crowd very distressed.

Adrian was a French businessman. He knew that the reason why the citizens here were like this was because he was a foreigner and a foreigner who looked completely different from other foreigners. Not only him, but also his black slave, Dutch wife and his British friend John.

"The textiles here are quite cheap, especially silk fabrics. It seems that the rumors are correct. Japan has made unique achievements in silk fabrics." John said. Seeing Adrian embarrassingly protecting his wife, John said: "Don't worry, these people are just curious. They won't be like this. The Japanese are generally timid. It is a felony to attack us here.

Two years ago, in Nagasaki, the British ambassador's wallet was stolen by a thief and his hands were cut off by local officials. You know, there were only four pennies inside."

It was John's first time to come, and in Kyoto, it was too difficult to meet a white-faced person, so he and Adrian were very successful in becoming friends.

The two entered a silk shop, which was very large, and the shop's shop shouted loudly and drove the people outside the door away. John pointed to a pattern drawn on the shop and said, "This means that he thought he was noble, so the clerks here are very domineering."

With the help of the clerk, the group was able to live in peace for a while, and Adrian's wife had already brought her translator to ask about the prices of various textiles.

Adrian is in the textile business. This is his first time to come to Japan, while John, the British, is in the coal business. Adrian came to Kyoto because he was not familiar with Japan and thought that Kyoto was the capital of Japan. Just like Paris's status in France, it must be the largest and most prosperous city.

On the contrary, Kyoto is not even the top five cities now, far from the prosperity of Nagasaki, nor is it as developed industry and commerce as Nagasaki, and a peaceful environment. At least in Nagasaki, foreigners walking on the road will not be watched by people as monsters.

John also participated in the discussion. He seemed to be a little moved and seemed to want to make a move in such a business.

Although silk fabrics in Kyoto are also quite cheap, Adrian still found that their prices are not competitive compared to Nagasaki. After all, there is no decent textile industry in the local area. Kyoto, located in the inland, has no competitive advantage compared to the sea-like cities in terms of participating in international trade.

So, Adrian just bought some things he liked for his wife and left with John. On how long he stayed in Kyoto, John and Adrian had a difference. John was in a travel mood, but Adrian was here to do business. Since the business was not good, he simply wanted to buy a train ticket, go to Sakai Port, and then go to Edo or Nagasaki.

"Dear Adrian, you have definitely missed a lot of good things. I really don't want you to leave like this." John chose to see Adrian off, and the group came to the train station. In the carriage, John kept talking. At this time, the sudden stop of the carriage made John plunge into Adrian's wife's arms. This behavior of disgrace made John very angry.

"Idiot, do you not even drive?" Adrian angrily scolded his black servant.

"Master, there are some situations."

Hearing the black servant say this, Adrian poked his head out of the carriage and found that the way to the train station was blocked by a group of people. This was a large-scale guard of honor, with at least thirty cavalry guards, each wearing traditional Japanese armor, with long spears, and spear tassels sprinkled like blood. Behind him, there were many people, dressed by officials, dressed in dresses, journalists, and more were people watching the fun.

A large flag was held high, with a ship pattern on it, and more and more Kyoto citizens used it to cheer.

"This must be a big shot," John murmured.

In fact, he is not a big shot, but just the Japanese Izu Representative and Ryohide Egawa.

The deputies were one of the official positions of Tokugawa shogunate. During the reform of the fifth generation of generals, Japan changed the feudal system to the county system, and the deputies were actually equivalent to the county magistrate. Logically speaking, the deputies did not have such great power, but this Egawa Ryohei was extraordinary. He was called the Yamato hero by the Japanese Imperial State Newspaper and the dragon in the sea.

You should know that Egawa Ryohide is a proxy official under the shogunate, and he has received praise from the Imperial Kingdom. And such high praise is all because of his achievements.

Egawa Ryohide was a samurai warrior. His father followed the generals of the Five Dynasties to participate in the Second Japanese Civil War and became a deputy official in Izu. In the early days, deputy officials were mostly held by meritorious officials or nobles, but they were handed over to professional bureaucrats one after another.

Logically speaking, it was impossible for Egawa Ryohide to inherit his father's official position, but Egawa Ryohide was very extraordinary. He traveled to Nagassaki when he was young and had been to the empire and liked sailing the most. When he grew up, he joined the Edo Machinery Institute established by the Tokugawa Shogunate and participated in the construction of the first steam-powered cruise ship of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Egawa Ryohide served in the naval army of the Tokugawa Shogunate in his early years. He performed well in the Ogasawara incident and was well-known.

The Ogasawara Archipelago is located more than 1,000 kilometers south of Edo, Japan. It is now controlled by Japan. However, seven years ago, due to its ownership issues, it once triggered a dispute between China, Japan, the Netherlands and the West. This incident was called the Ogasawara incident by Japan.

Seven years ago, a Dutch expedition ship funded by Britain and the Netherlands set out from Nagasaki and went deep into the Pacific Ocean to explore the same goal as many Japanese explorers, looking for new colonies.

The ship discovered the uninhabited island of Ogasawara Islands and immediately announced that it was a common colony in Britain and the Netherlands, and announced it to both Japan and the Empire that this is an international practice, because there are too many uninhabited islands on the ocean. According to the practice, whoever discovers first belongs to whom. Therefore, whenever a new island is discovered, it will be reported immediately and recorded.

But the Dutch captain was quickly responded, and both Japan and the Empire said that the Ogasawara Islands belonged to their own country.

Japan provided a lot of evidence. As early as 1593, Shinono's Ogasawara clan discovered it, so it was named.

Later, there was also an exploration report from Shimaya Zaemon. In 1670, seven people encountered a storm and drifted to Ogasawara. After returning, they reported to the shogunate. Five years later, the Tokugawa shogunate included it in the territory, set up stone tablets, demarcated the island boundaries, and even planned to immigrate there.

The Dutch, however, did not recognize its ownership of Ogasawara because the Tokugawa shogunate did not sign a maritime treaty.

But the Empire soon joined in because the Pacific Ocean was regarded as an inner lake by the Empire, and Britain and the Netherlands would definitely not allow colonies here, even a small island.

However, the records of discovery of Ogasawara that the Empire took out were all 1670 years later. Fortunately, the Empire came up with the Treaty of Panama, a treaty signed between the Empire and Spain. The treaty stipulated that the Spaniards owned islands in the Pacific Ocean on the west coast of America. In addition, all islands in the Pacific belong to the Empire.

In 1543, the Spanish navigator Vera Robos discovered the parent island in the Ogasawara Islands. Therefore, the empire believed that this island belonged to the empire.
Chapter completed!