The first thousand three hundred and eighty-three chapters seal the king overseas
On the issue of establishing a heir, Li Xuan actually hesitated for a long time. The most important thing was to consider whether the successor was qualified and the impact it would have on the government, and even the more important subsequent unrest.
After all, from Li Xuan's own perspective, Li Xian is actually the most ideal choice, because Li Xuan chooses a qualified prince to inherit the position, which will bring great benefits to the subsequent empire rule, and Li Xuan
Xuan himself also had enough prestige and means to secure the crown prince's position, regardless of whether he was the eldest son or not.
But Li Xuan is worried that after he opened Li Xian's head, future generations will follow suit, but whether he is virtuous or not is an issue that cannot be accurately measured. Among many princes, you think he is virtuous, but others
People don't think so. This may lead to a fight for the right to inherit the throne. In the least case, the government will be in turmoil, and in the worst case, it will trigger a civil war.
But if you establish a direct heir, there will be no such problem. No one will have to fight. The order of succession is determined at birth, and other princes will be cut off from the beginning.
However, if a direct heir is established, it may lead to the tragedy of a useless person becoming the emperor.
Both methods have their own pros and cons, but after comprehensive consideration, Li Xuan decided to establish a direct heir!
Because Li Xuan believes that whether the prince is qualified or not, the education he receives is decisive, and education can be optimized. Li Xuan believes that through perfect education, even if the eldest son Li Hao's own talent is mediocre, he can still
Train to become a qualified emperor.
So in the end, Li Xuan chose to establish a direct heir and increase the ability of the prince through acquired training, instead of letting the princes compete with each other, and then selecting the winner as the prince, so as to avoid political turmoil as much as possible.
At least in the next ten to twenty years, Li Xuan needs to ensure that various domestic turmoils will not break out due to the issue of the reserve establishment.
Now that he has chosen to establish a direct heir, dealing with the other princes must also be put on the agenda.
Especially for the two older princes, according to the traditional rules of the Central Plains dynasty, it is necessary to be crowned king, and at the same time, they also need to be granted vassal status.
In the pre-Ming Dynasty, the early princes were granted real titles, established vassals in border areas, and then became vassal kings with real power. Later, King Yan Zhu Di rebelled and seized the throne. In the later Ming Dynasty, the princes began to be raised like pigs.
If the vassal is over, the vassal will only give glory and wealth, but not real power.
However, Li Xuan did not want to follow the early Ming Dynasty's policy of vassalization, causing the vassal king to be semi-independent and then rebel. At the same time, he did not want to drive out the adult prince and confine him to the fiefdom to be raised like pigs.
In addition, if the prince is not sent out to establish a vassal state, there will be many problems. Referring to King Fu of the previous Ming Dynasty, if the delay in establishing a vassal state will lead to other thoughts, thinking that one still has a chance.
After comprehensive consideration, Li Xuan decided not to follow suit, but adopted the vassal policy of sending the prince overseas!
As for rebellion in the future, rebellion is rebellion. Anyway, Li Xuan’s global strategic goal is to conquer the whole world, but even Li Xuan does not think that after conquering Australia, America, Europe, Africa and other regions, these places
It can always belong to the rule of the central dynasty, but over time, there will always be all kinds of messy turmoil.
Therefore, it is better to prepare now. After a few hundred years, even if they are split, the immigrants in those places will still be Chinese people, and the people who rule these Chinese immigrants will still be his descendants, Li Xuan.
At that time, even if the various separated regions fight, it will only be a family civil war. Just fight, just like the First World War. It is a group of relatives fighting. Fighting back and forth, the meat will still rot in the pot.
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Li Xuan didn't know what kind of development and changes he would bring about if he did this, but he didn't plan to worry so much. He would just do it first and see how the situation develops. If the momentum of things was wrong, then he would make corrections.
Anyway, with the prestige of Li Xuan, the founding emperor, everything he did could be done with just one sentence.
Considering these, it is more just his selfishness, rather than the fact that he really wants the empire he created to last forever, which is impossible.
Li Xuan's true thoughts are actually a bit selfish. When he was alive, the empire was unified and ruled the world.
As for how he can control so much after his death. Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, and it is enough to enjoy the glory and wealth for hundreds of years. If they are all a bunch of wimps in the future, they deserve to die.
This kind of thinking, to put it mildly, is that after you die, you will not care about the flood!
If you seal your son around the world, you might be able to leave a bloodline to continue to rule a certain place in the future.
Based on this consideration, Li Xuan made a choice that was beyond everyone's imagination when it came to the issue of the vassal appointment of his eldest son, King Qi, and his second son, King Zhao.
The land is Wandan.
However, in the eyes of anyone in the contemporary world, these two places are alien lands. The people of the empire would not be willing to immigrate to these places unless they really cannot survive.
But Li Xuan sealed the two princes to these two places, which was beyond everyone's expectations.
In the eyes of many people, Li Xuan's behavior was more ruthless than the emperors of the previous Ming Dynasty. Other emperors of the previous Ming Dynasty gave their sons the title of queen. Although they did not give them real power when they became vassals, they still retained them anyway.
In the land of the Central Plains.
However, Li Xuan directly sent his son to a barbarian land overseas. How cruel this was.
But they didn't know that Li Xuan did this just to prepare his two sons first. As for the real fiefdom in the future, Li Xuan had already prepared it for them.
The real fiefdom of the eldest son, King Qi, is the Fusang Islands, while the fiefdom of the second son, King Zhao, is the entire Australia.
And when the time comes, when Li Xuan grants these princes fiefdoms, he will give them some real power, allowing them to have certain real power and even the army.
However, Li Xuan will still firmly implement the principle of local industrialization, and the colony will only serve as a source of raw materials and a market for industrial products, at least until his death.
As for after he dies, if a certain prince outside the vassal kingdom is so awesome that he can develop his own industry and then lead an army to counterattack the Central Plains and seize the throne, then Li Xuan can only say one thing: Children and grandchildren will be blessed by themselves.
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However, Li Xuan will not disclose this idea to outsiders for the time being. After all, Fusang has not been captured yet, and there are not many immigrants in Australia, so speaking out will not help.
After the vassal plan for King Qi and King Zhao was finalized, the government and the public were shocked. Even the two princes themselves were shocked, with their eyes revealing despair!
You must know that half a month ago, they still had hope of inheriting the throne, but they did not expect that half a month later, not only did they have no hope of inheriting the throne, they were even driven out of the country.
However, having received royal education since childhood, they knew very well that this matter was decided by their father personally and no one could change it.
So they didn't cry.
But their mothers and concubines are different. They have known for a long time that if their son cannot become a prince in the future, he will become a prince and then become a vassal.
But no matter how great their imaginations were, they never imagined that this vassal territory would actually be an overseas territory.
Osumi? Banten? How can we go to those shabby places?
At this time, they no longer cared about what annoyed Li Xuan. They all came to Li Xuan crying and saying that even if they wanted to become a vassal, they should not rush overseas!
In the end, even Queen Mother Bai came forward and left a sentence: "The palm of my hand is flesh, and the back of my hand is also flesh. Aren't you heartbroken?"
Hearing those words, Li Xuante was speechless. Isn't it just because I felt that the palms and backs of my hands were full of flesh that I sent them overseas to become feudal lords? Damn, from now on one will be the Prince of Fuso and the other will be the Prince of Australia. This is not good.
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Is it possible that you still want me to give them a few provinces in the mainland so that they can establish vassal states?
However, it was Queen Mother Bai after all, so Li Xuan still revealed a little bit!
"Queen mother, where is this big corner? Where is Wandan?"
Although Queen Mother Bai was born as a landowner in the countryside, in addition to enjoying the wealth and wealth in recent years, she has not been idle. In fact, she is quite concerned about government affairs. In addition, her younger brother, uncle Bai Yunqi, is now
But he is the general manager of Datang Western Company. Datang Western Company is only a company in name, but it is a colonial institution with a company fleet, the fourth official army of the empire.
Naturally, she knew where Osumi County and Banten were.
But she didn't understand why Li Xuan suddenly said that.
Li Xuan continued: "Dayu is on the side of Fusang, and Wandan is on the north of Australia!"
Queen Mother Bai was a smart person. After hearing what Li Xuan said, she thought for a moment, then raised her head again, stared at Li Xuan and said, "Are you going to seal Fusang and Australia to them?"
Li Xuan nodded slightly: "Not bad!"
Although Empress Dowager Bai had previously considered why Li Xuan wanted to seal these two princes overseas, she never thought that Li Xuan was planning to seal the entire Fusang as the place where King Qi would join the feudal vassal, and the entire Australia.
It was the place where King Zhao came to be a vassal.
Although Fuso is not currently under the control of the Empire, and the Empire only has a few small colonial sites in Australia, she has no doubt that these two places will become the territory of the Empire in the future.
Is it reliable to use such a large area as the prince's place of residence?
So Queen Mother Bai quickly changed her attitude and said with doubts and a hint of worry: "Is this feasible? Will there be no problems in the future?"
Li Xuan also knew that his mother was not a simple person, and he knew what the problem Empress Dowager Bai was talking about. It was nothing more than whether the vassal king would control more places in the future, and whether it would pose any threat to the central government in the future.
In this regard, Li Xuan said: "It doesn't matter, there shouldn't be any problems for at least one hundred and eighty years. I will take some targeted measures to ensure that there won't be any big changes within a hundred years. As for what changes will happen after a hundred years,
Yes, but that’s not a descendant of my Li family!”
When Queen Mother Bai heard this, she already understood Li Xuan's thoughts, and immediately said nothing more: "Since the emperor has a complete plan, then I, an old woman, will not say anything, but the two children are still
They are young, and their studies have not been completed yet. It is not good to go and join the feudal clan too early. The Ai family still wants them to stay with the Ai family for a few years!"