Chapter 1405 Whoever said that the prince will have the last laugh
What's even more strange is that the officials are all standing behind this young man. Even if they are standing behind this person, most of them have respectful faces.
This person is none other than the eldest son of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, King Qi Li Huan!
He is already eighteen years old this year. He just graduated from the preparatory department of the Royal School last summer and entered the history department of Guozijian University to continue his studies.
During the winter vacation last year, he took advantage of the winter vacation to live in the fiefdom of Osumi County.
Like him, there was his younger brother, the second son of the emperor, King Zhao, Li Han. King Zhao also took the time to go to his fief Wandan during the winter vacation.
Both of these people have already been crowned kings, and they went to their respective fiefdoms to formally declare vassals during the summer vacation two years ago. Although there is an imperial edict allowing them to continue studying in the imperial capital, they are only allowed to stay during the study period.
It's just the imperial capital. After graduation, everyone has to return to the fiefdom.
At the same time, every winter and summer vacation, in order to avoid suspicion, they would also take the initiative to apply for permission to return to the fiefdom to live and live. After all, with the advent of steamships, navigation on inland rivers and seas is not affected by the season and wind direction, making it convenient and fast.
King Li Huan of Qi did not actually stay in Osumi County for long. In fact, he only lived in Osumi County for about five days before he took the royal steamer again and embarked on his return journey.
After arriving in Shanghai yesterday, he did not continue to Jinling City, but planned to stay in Shanghai temporarily for a few days and inspect according to orders.
This kind of inspection is naturally not to inspect any government affairs. Even though he is the eldest son of the emperor, he has not received any public office, and he is already the vassal prince of Osumi County. Now that the imperial prince is on the throne, he, as the eldest son of the emperor, is the vassal prince.
Even though he was allowed to stay in the imperial capital temporarily because of his studies, he still had to keep a low profile.
This kind of inspection is just to inspect the royal family’s own property!
And even if it is the royal family's own property, in fact, if there is no decree, he will not go to the royal family's property to conduct any inspections. That would be too high-profile.
And high-profile princes have never had a good ending since ancient times.
Ever since he was granted the title of king and a vassal a few years ago, King Qi has maintained a low profile, and as he grew older, this low profile was engraved in his bones.
After arriving in Shanghai yesterday, the local officials in Shanghai learned of the situation and came to pay their respects. However, King Qi did not see any of them. He said that he was just passing by and there was no need to mobilize troops. He did not even stay in the royal palace in Shanghai.
The Imperial Household Assets Division has a large number of palaces in various places across the country, mainly the residences of many former Ming lords or powerful officials. However, quite a few of these palaces are used for other purposes on weekdays to maintain necessary
The income will be used for repairs, and it will be used as a palace when necessary.
Only a few palaces with relatively large scale and strong political significance have always maintained the style of palaces, such as the Forbidden City in Youzhou City, Guilin Palace, etc.
The royal palace in Shanghai was not the residence of a former Ming vassal, but the residence of a powerful official of the former Ming Dynasty. After it was confiscated, it was preserved because of its exquisite architecture. Later, the Imperial Property Department expanded the residence.
and repairs, and finally built a medium-sized royal garden.
However, this royal garden is similar to other palaces. It has never been occupied by members of the royal family. Most of the time it is treated as a public garden. Tickets are collected for visitors to enjoy, and they rely on income from ticket sales for repairs and protection.
In fact, the royal family has basically not moved since they established their capital in Jinling. Basically, most of the royal palaces only have one name, and not many of them are actually used.
Needless to say, Li Xuan, apart from going out for many personal expeditions during the Unification War, he basically stayed in Jinling City and the surrounding areas.
The most frequent place I visited was Dangtu Industrial Zone. Later, after the Beijing-Zhenjiang Railway was opened to traffic, I also took the railway to Zhenjiang once.
Li Xuan doesn't go out, and other members of the royal family basically don't go out either.
Queen Mother Bai returned to her hometown in Xingquan many years ago, and this was her first trip away from home in many years.
Although other concubines also visited relatives, they basically did not do so with much fanfare, and their stays in royal palaces in various places were all on a small scale.
As for Li Xuan's princes, only the two adult princes who have been crowned kings have traveled frequently in the past two years. However, in order to avoid suspicion, they never live in the royal palace, nor do they stay in the palaces of the empire's dignitaries and officials.
Basically, they either stay in hotels around the world or stay in their own private homes.
Well, these two princes are also not short of money. They own the industrial stocks of the Royal Assets Department, and they also have the salary of the feudal king, so they also have money in their hands to buy some private properties.
The King of Qi, Li Huan, kept a low profile. Every time he passed through Shanghai, he always stayed at the Wusongjiang Hotel instead of the Royal Courtyard, and did not meet local officials.
This kind of caution is actually rare at his age.
But in the eyes of others, this is quite normal, because the King of Qi in the eyes of outsiders is not an eighteen-year-old young man, but the eldest son of the Holy Emperor Li Xuan of the Tang Empire and the imperial vassal king.
He is no ordinary person!
So there is no treatment that ordinary people should have.
Li Yan looked at the huge fleet on the Huangpu River and suddenly turned around and said, "Do you think this America is good or bad?"
Hearing Li Tian suddenly say this, a group of subordinate officials in Prince Qi's palace behind him were still a little unresponsive. However, the fate of these subordinate officials in the palace was to a large extent connected with Li Tian, the Prince of Qi. Immediately
Many people began to wonder about the deeper meaning of King Qi's question.
Immediately, a middle-aged man said: "Go back to your lord, America is naturally good. I once talked about America with people from the Immigration and Reclamation Division. My colleagues from the Immigration and Reclamation Division said that America is a vast land with abundant resources and a pleasant climate!"
"Really!" Li Huan responded casually: "It's such a shame to wait for such a good place!"
Li Huan said it was a pity, but they didn't know why Li Huan said it was a pity. Some people thought that Li Huan said it was a pity that these places were occupied by indigenous people.
He immediately said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to feel sorry. Although the fertile land in America has been stolen by the indigenous barbarians at this time, it only lasted for a moment. In a few years, the rain and dew of the Holy Emperor will spread all over the Americas, making the Americas fertile again."
Return to my Chinese arms!"
Li Yan smiled and did not answer!
The pity he was talking about was not about the natives, but that this fertile land would soon belong to his third brother.
Next year, his third brother Li Fang will be sixteen years old. According to tradition, he will be officially crowned king and a vassal in this year. However, he has already received the news in advance that this Li Fang's fiefdom will be thousands of miles away from the mainland of the empire.
The remote Sandalwood Island.
But he knew better that this so-called Tanxiang Island was not just a cover, just like his Dayu County and the Wandan Mansion of his second brother King Zhao, it was just a cover.
He had already received a hint from Empress Dowager Bai, telling him to be calm and calm. His future fiefdom would definitely not only be a small place like Osumi County, but might be the entire Fuso Islands.
At the same time, this kind of fiefdom is not just a pure virtual fiefdom, but a real fiefdom with some real power.
At that time, he can form a certain number of palace guards who are also under the jurisdiction of the army, and have the power to share part of the tax revenue in the fief.
Of course, the administrative power of the fiefdom still does not belong to them, the feudal kings.
His future fiefdom will be the entire Fuso Islands, and if nothing unexpected happens, King Zhao's fiefdom will be the entire Bandan Mansion. At this time, the theoretical jurisdiction of the Bandan Mansion is very large, basically all of Nanyang.
Except for the Luzon Islands, all other islands are under the jurisdiction of Banten Prefecture.
Of course, he guessed it could also be mainland Australia.
No matter where it is, the final fiefdom will definitely not be a small area, but will be an extremely vast area.
According to this calculation, Li Bing's real fiefdom will be the vast North America!
If America is really as good a place as everyone says, then this Li Fang has got a big bargain!
In the future, relying on the richness of North America, the potential of my third brother may be even greater. In the future, I am afraid that he will be a powerful enemy among many brothers!
enemy!
Yes, this is the definition Li Jian gave to his brothers!
Even though he kept a low profile, it was because his father was still alive, but it didn't mean that he didn't have any thoughts about the position under his father's butt.
On the contrary, he had the opposite, and a big idea!
But he knew better than to let others, especially his father, know his thoughts!
Because he doesn’t want to die yet!
Li Xuan's authority was something that no one dared to oppose and had no way to oppose. In the early years, the Holy Emperor Li Xuan did not allow any discussion of the issue of the crown prince, but no one dared to discuss it. Later, the Holy Emperor said that he wanted to establish a legitimate son, so he established a legitimate son.
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At that time, no matter the princes like Li Huan, the ministers, or even the Queen Mother Bai and others, there was not a single word of objection, but all words of approval. Even Li Huan himself, when the Holy Emperor Li Xuan established the fourth emperor
After Li Hao became the crown prince, he publicly stated that establishing a direct heir was the only option to consolidate the foundation of the empire.
No matter what you are thinking in your heart, on the surface, especially the side that your father sees, you must be honest and low-key.
However, this is only now. Who dares to say that he will not have a chance in the future?
Empress Dong only has one prince, and as Empress Dong gets older, it is basically impossible for her to become pregnant and have children again. In other words, the only legitimate legitimate son in the Tang Empire is Li Hao, the fourth prince, and the others are all the same.
Bastard.
Who dares to say that Li Hao can laugh all the way to the end?
He might offend his father along the way and be deposed as the crown prince in the end, or he might die before his father!
Well, the possibility of Li Hao dying before Li Xuan is not small.