Chapter 369 The eldest son's regret
When Li Zhaoyu heard that the Supreme Emperor wanted to make up for the regrets that had occurred in his young son from his grandson, he became more and more nervous. Although the Supreme Emperor had not participated in national affairs for many years, his influence on the empire was still there, especially the emperor himself.
Because he rarely intervenes, the emperor will not object every time he really intervenes.
"Haha, you don't have to think too much. After all, the emperor is the emperor. Your grandfather has abdicated, and what he hopes may not come true. The situation is not bad now. Although your grandfather has been forcing Zhao Ming to adopt him this year, Zhao Ming finally went to India. It took ten years for a few years, and it was only a few years. Your grandfather is ninety-two and may not be able to reach the day when Zhao Ming grew up.
You should do your own thing, not worry about gains and losses." Li Junwei patted his son on the shoulder.
Li Zhaoyu felt a little relieved and said, "Yes, my son understands."
As he said that, Li Zhaoyu was about to retreat, and Li Junwei called him: "Let's wait, let's wait, I have something to ask you."
"Your mother wants to go with Zhaoming for a while, and this trip will definitely last for a year or two. Zhaoming is still young, and your mother feels sorry for you, but you are also her own son, and she is also worried about it. Especially the marriage between you and Zhaocheng, especially this. What's wrong with you and Miss Luo..." Li Junwei didn't want to ask too much, but he couldn't resist the princess always asked him to ask.
That day, Li Zhaocheng gained a lot of money and found a girl at the garden party, and she was in love with her. After that girl was a meritorious person, her father was a major officer of the Marine Corps. While serving in Suez City, she participated in dealing with street riots and was accidentally attacked and killed.
This hero was killed to protect children among the empire's expatriates, and he was quite heroic. After his death, he was posthumously awarded the title of baron and inherited by his son. However, his son was only nine years old, and the girl was the eldest daughter.
But the major was also from a ancestral home. He had no relatives and no reason. His children should be taken care of by his wife. However, the local official office found that the child's uncle treated the two children harshly and squandered the pension. As a result, his uncle was arrested and the child was sent to Shen Jing for care. The girl went to the girls' school and the child entered the teenage military academy.
Whether it is his identity, background or appearance, the royal family agreed and is now preparing for a wedding.
The reason why he was so fast was that Li Zhaocheng was going to go to America, and the girl was pregnant. Li Zhaocheng only dared to tell Li Junwei that Li Junwei did not dare to let the princess and the emperor's family know about it, so he could only get married as soon as possible.
In this way, Li Zhaocheng's marriage has basically been resolved, and it is not worrying if he accepts something in the future, or anything else.
But it was Li Zhaoyu who had a big problem. That day, he just left the formalities and was about to fool him, but no one expected that Li Zhaoming became a matchmaker at the instructor of the Supreme Emperor. He thought that the girl was beautiful, so he sent a note to him, saying that it was given to him by Li Zhaoyu, which stated the address of the apartment near the Imperial University.
As a result, after the garden party, Li Zhaoyu frequently received letters from some girls, which made him very upset. Li Zhaoyu knew that it was time to solve this problem. He accidentally met a new school girl at Imperial University. She was beautiful, had a decent conversation and was dressed simply, and she didn't know Li Zhaoyu's identity.
The two met because there was a townhouse opposite Li Zhaoyu's single-family apartment, and all the female students lived in it. The girl named Luo Qingluan was cooking at home and was obviously unfamiliar and lit the gas tank. Li Zhaoyu and Li Yongzhong rushed in to put out the fire. Li Zhaoyu even threw the lit gas tank directly from the window into the pond below, and sent the scared girl to the hospital.
So the two met and quickly decided to have a romantic relationship. Until Li Zhaocheng decided to get married, Li Zhaoyu also thought about this.
In this way, Li Zhaoyu's relationship has entered a special stage, that is, background review.
The royal family has rules for marriage, and they do not marry aristocratic families or wealthy businessmen. Of course, these rules are also loose, but people like Li Zhaoyu who are interested in the throne must abide by them.
This kind of background review has no rules, it is just a matter of having to be done. You can do it early or late, but you can't do it. For example, before Li Zhaocheng established a romantic relationship with his fiancée, he conducted a background review on him and established a romantic relationship after confirming that there was no problem. This is about doing it early.
The relationship between Luo Qingluan and Li Zhaoyu is simply broken in this background review.
Li Zhaoyu did not conduct background checks as early as his younger brother because he found that when Luo Qingluan was hospitalized, the people who came and went to visit were not women from wealthy families, but were girls from ordinary families. Moreover, she would blush even when holding hands, obviously she would not have any problems with her private morality.
Therefore, Li Zhaoyu regarded Luo Qingluan as an ordinary girl from an ordinary family, but this was a huge mistake.
Facts have proved that this girl’s background is not simple. The Luo family is a mining giant in South Africa. It has a diamond mining industry in South African provinces and inland provinces. It is also an important shareholder of African development companies. Its mining industry is spread throughout eastern Africa and is a true big capitalist.
However, her mother has a noble background. Her mother Gao's grandfather was Gao Mingyi, the founding father of the Empire, and the first generation of naval officer. She lost her hand in the naval battle with Spain. She was known as Banlong. Later, she retired and joined the African Development Company. The armed forces of the African Development Company were founded by her.
The nobles and capitalists, Luo Qingluan stepped on all the red lines that royal marriage could touch.
However, in Li Junwei's opinion, Luo Qingluan's background is quite clean and it is not unacceptable to be in ambiguous manner.
As a sentence in the background investigation report provided by the Security Bureau said: Family background is family background, and girls are girls.
Although the Luo family is a big capitalist, and the family's mining industry in African colonies is often involved in slavery and violent suppression of such dirty things, it has little to do with Luo Qingluan.
Because Luo Qingluan's father was a prodigal son in the family and he did not even have the opportunity to participate in the family business. When his father and brother developed the family industry, he relied on his family power and wealth to eat, drink, gamble and enjoy and indulge in Cape Town. The union between Luo Qingluan's father and mother was a family marriage for the sake of interests.
Moreover, Luo Qingluan had no sense of belonging to the Luo family, because after her mother died early, her uncle who went to South Africa to visit relatives found that the child was not valued by her bastard father at all and was bullied by her stepmother. So he decided to take Luo Qingluan away and give it to her widowed aunt who had been in Hangzhou for many years.
However, her aunt was a female official next to the late empress dowager and served as the principal of Hangzhou Women's Middle School. At the age of six, Luo Qingluan arrived in Hangzhou and had almost no contact with the Luo family.
Because my aunt was the illegitimate daughter of the concubine's son of the concubine's son of the concubine, according to the empire's surrender, her grandfather, the baron, had passed away. Pinghai Gong was one of the few nobles in the empire who did not have to live in Beijing because of the responsibility of guarding the country. This baron's daughter had no connection with the Pinghai Gong family.
Therefore, Luo Qingluan's background can be said to be full of taboos, or there are no taboos. To put it bluntly, what is worth being taboos is her bloodline, not the background.
Li Zhaoyu hesitated for a while, lowered his head, and said to Li Junwei: "Father, my son and Miss Luo are ultimately destined to be together..."
"No, her family is not considered a noble family. Moreover, her adoptive mother not only knows your grandmother, but also knows your aunt. Your aunt is still thinking about protecting you this big matchmaker." Li Junwei couldn't help but his son misunderstand and said intently.
"No need, my son has made it clear to her." Li Zhaoyu said seriously.
Li Junwei coughed lightly and said, "You must have something to do with background checks, but Miss Luo's background is not unacceptable."
"The father talked about her adoptive mother, and her son had read the investigation report. Gao was a mother worthy of respect. She spent her whole life running for the liberation of women. She admired me like her elder sister. If it was just because her adoptive mother had a noble background, I would definitely try to distinguish it. But after all, her surname was Luo. Even if she was the most inconspicuous daughter of the Luo family, I could not accept it.
If I marry her, the Luo family will definitely come to the door. At that time, whether it is to admit it or not, it will embarrass the royal family. Instead of embarrassing it, it is better to cut the mess early... That's it. Even if my grandfather did not set the rules to not marry a wealthy family back then, his son would not be involved with it." Li Zhaoyu said.
"Avoid suspicion?" Li Junwei asked.
"Yes, avoid suspicion." Li Zhaoyu admitted simply.
"I understand, go and do it. Although compared to the big things you have done, that Miss Luo is just a small matter, but it is related to a woman, so it is better to handle it properly." Li Junwei reminded.
Li Zhaoyu nodded and left, while the princess walked out of the inner room and said unhappily: "I asked you to persuade him. Miss Luo is infatuated. Yu'er finally got moved once, why refuse so thoroughly!"
"This is no longer a matter of emotion. If your son wants to be an emperor, even if he can't be, he has to show his ambitions politically. He must draw a clear line with the capitalists. This is the bottom line. Two generations of kings of the empire, the father's generation prevents capitalists from seizing power, and the emperor's generation is fighting against capitalists. Internally, our main enemy is the capitalists. If your son is not clear about the capitalists, how can he become the emperor?
This is a life-and-death struggle, and there are not so many children who love each other. In Zhaoyu's eyes, his political life is greater than everything. Not to mention that Miss Luo, even you and me, can't compare to you." Li Junwei said to the princess.
The princess was puzzled: "How could this child be like this?"
"Do you think there are so many lucky people in the world like me? You have a free and easy life. Zhao Yu loves the country but not the beauty because this beauty cannot have both." Li Junwei was also a little helpless.
"Hmph, he wants to be a good emperor..., don't you and me to leave your mind behind now?" The princess was even more displeased with her son's emphasis on politics over feelings: "What should I do with Miss Luo? I see that the girl is really good and sincere to Zhaoyu."
"Why do you ask me? How do I know? I can only solve it by Zhaoyu himself."
"Just spoil him and let him swear others outside, and sooner or later, you will slap yourself."
"I just say that it may not be true. This kind of thing must be considered badly, but it must be done to the good." Li Junwei quickly comforted his wife. Although he was as whispering as he could, Li Junwei had already muttered in his heart: "Can Li Zhaoyu really become a good emperor?"
Li Junwei discovered a problem in this matter, that is, Li Zhaoyu seems to not want to be related to capitalists, and this is exactly what an emperor should not do. No matter how bad the public opinion environment of the empire is to capitalists, capitalists exist in the empire and are a very important branch of the imperial political power.
An emperor should mediate and manipulate various forces, rather than being enemies with one of them and cutting off contact.
But Li Junwei also understood why his son was like this. If the public opinion environment of the capitalists in the empire was harsh, it would be a very unforgivable in the small environment of Prince Yu's Mansion. All the negative news and political enemies of Li Junwei were related to it.
This is the inevitability of the political balance of the empire. After all, King Yu represented a military aristocrat and he fought for power and profit with the capitalists. But this inevitably affected Li Zhaoyu. As he grew up, Li Zhaoyu went to Europe and saw the situation of the Netherlands, the most developed capitalist country in Europe at that time, and witnessed the exploitation and oppression of workers by the capitalists. He personally faced the capitalists in Panama, which made him hate the capitalists more.
But in Li Junwei's opinion, this is wrong. After all, Li Zhaoyu is a traditional military aristocrat and his independence from capitalists is due to fighting for power and profit. However, when facing challenges from other classes, traditional military aristocrats and capitalists are the most determined ally relationship. After all, both sides are the privileged classes and vested interests of this empire.
Indeed, during the more than 30 years of Li Junhua's rule in the empire, he used the working class to suppress and balance capitalists, but did Li Junhua also use capitalists to suppress military aristocrats and extreme nationalists, thus forming a stable triangular political relationship between aristocrats and workers and civilians. If he hated capitalists and opposed them, then this political balance would be broken.
But what Li Junwei didn't know was that his brother Li Junhua had noticed it long ago, and even called Li Zhaoyu to his side, taught him personally, and asked him to take the initiative to contact capitalists with the economic cooperation of the Eastern Alliance system to explore the boundaries between his legitimate interests and illegal interests. But obviously, Li Zhaoyu did this through a clever trick, but did not do more important things.
Chapter completed!