Chapter 421 The Last Years on
All Li Zhaoyu got was the secret registration made by the Central Court. Because he was overseas and was safe and confidential, he could not directly declare and contact. It was not until Li Zhaoyu arrived in Xijin on a boat that he received conclusive news from King Rong Li Su from King Rong. Because there was a dedicated line between Shenjing and Xijin, the information was smooth.
During the forty-five years of the empire, the empire's Supreme Emperor Li Mingxun was already ninety-three years old. No one in the empire expected that Li Mingxun would be such a long-lived person. After all, it took His Majesty the Emperor twenty-four years to establish the empire and served as the emperor for ten years. During this period, he fought everywhere, especially when he abdicated, he said that he had been fighting for many years and his health was deteriorating.
In fact, even Li Mingxun left by himself and didn't expect that he could live for so long. Sometimes he would even joke with King Yu, whether his body that he had traveled through time had become an immortal body.
Li Mingxun's life was magnificent. He traveled to the late Ming Dynasty at the age of 24. He spent twenty-four years to establish the strongest empire in history and raised three sons and three daughters. His three sons are unique, rare in ancient and modern times.
Although he was the emperor for ten years, it was a rare difficult time in his life. Military diplomacy did not require him to worry about, but his two excellent sons were destined to be incompatible because of their power, which made him feel depressed for a while until he cut off the mess and abdicated to the eldest son, Li Mingxun's life opened a new chapter.
Since then, all the politics and rise and fall of the empire have nothing to do with him. He devoted himself to all kinds of machinery and power, held various competitions, raised various activities, and used his hobbies to influence the empire's technological progress and industrial revolution.
However, long-lived people are in pain after all, which means he has to watch one relative after another leave with his own eyes. The three wives left one after another, and the eldest son, who was obviously extremely outstanding but forced to leave home, also died in a foreign land, and then his legitimate grandson, died of rabies because of a puppy.
In the pre-imperial era, the elders and meritorious people who fought with him all over the world also left one by one. When I remembered someone and wanted to see him, I realized that I had been dead for many years.
Fortunately, he suffered less from illness in his life. He had no serious illness except for some mild rheumatism. Until one morning in July of the 45th year of the empire, the night before, he had a hot pot with the emperor, King Yu and King Cheng. The Supreme Emperor who had drunk alcohol had a stroke and fell on the sickbed. His body, which was already aging due to his age, was completely limp. He was not paralyzed, but his limbs could no longer support his strength.
"Remember, if I die, I can hold a national funeral, but don't hold any mourning ceremony... By the way, Emperor, if I issue an order now, it will work or not." Li Mingxun was lying on the hospital bed, always saying whatever he thought of. Whenever he was awake, he always had to discuss some things after his death, so someone was around him specifically recording, usually the queen or princess Li Yunmei.
The emperor was very sad at first, but now he felt that the old man was confused and always joked.
"Of course it works. All the people in the world receive the kindness of their father and should be followed by the emperor." The emperor said.
Li Mingxun nodded and said with a smile: "If I die, the children at home are not allowed to be filial. If you should get married, you should have children. I will tell you that the names on the cards in Fengxian Hall were all made up by your father back then..."
The origin of the imperial royal family was also an interesting story when the founding of the country. Li Mingxun traveled through time, but according to facts, he showed that his ancestral land was Tai'an, Shandong. He only said that he went to sea with his father when he was young and lived in the South China Sea. Later, he suffered a shipwreck in the Luzon area and was rescued by Lin Cheng and Li Hai, which made a good story.
As for the fact that after becoming emperor, Li Mingxun wanted to be granted his ancestors, at that time, Li Mingxun thought that his parents were still alive, how could he make a card for him there, so he made up several identities and regarded them as the ancestor of the Li family. However, because of coincidence, someone in Tai'an came to the door, but was treated as a fraud.
"The more you talk, the less you are doing it." Li Junwei pushed Li Mingxun aside.
In this world, only King Yu, Li Junwei, knows Li Mingxun's true identity. It took Li Mingxun for 40 years to tell King Yu about everything he remembered. The two agreed that this secret could be passed down, but only passed on to the key people. Li Junwei has not found a third person yet, but it is inevitable to keep this secret. Li Junwei was worried that his father would be confused and told the truth.
"When I talk about serious business, I will die one day, hold a funeral, and have a national holiday, three days off. This is the last benefit I have won for everyone." Li Mingxun said relaxedly. The more I think about it, the more I feel that my idea is really too genius and will definitely be loved by future generations.
Li Junhua glanced at his younger brother and King Cheng, both of them laughed but didn't say anything. Li Mingxun said again: "My arrangement is that as long as it is not so serious, I have to go to the House of Commons and let the people there pass. Before I die, I will be willful, but I cannot say that my sons are unfilial."
"Yes, yes." Li Junhua agreed.
Li Mingxun asked again: "Emperor, has my auspicious land been repaired last time?"
"It has been well prepared for many years, and it was done by Brother Jun Hong during that business trip." Li Junwei said.
Lin Junhong also said: "Yes, old man, I have seen it with my own eyes, there is absolutely no problem this time."
"Third brother, where are you prepared for the funeral?" Li Mingxun asked.
"You're ready, don't worry, you'll do what you told me." Li Junwei responded casually. Facing the suspicious gaze cast by Li Junhua, Li Junwei quickly shook his head and signaled that this was perfunctory.
Li Junwei was indeed just perfunctory. He didn't prepare any of the funeral objects that Li Mingxun asked to prepare. The older Li Mingxun was, the more playful he was. He even ordered Li Junwei to visit some people in the world to see if he could place some things like institutions in his tomb. Li Junwei was also evaded.
Later, Li Mingxun even asked his son to prepare burial objects to surprise the tomb robbers.
There are many surprises. For example, Li Mingxun asked to bury a lot of gold, but they were all fake. They were all nickel alloys with some lead. They also had to bury some porcelain. These porcelains were exquisitely made, but they all had to be in the same style - for microwave ovens.
Even if those tomb robbers get things, it is useless.
Because these requirements were too much, Li Junwei always agreed, but in fact he had no action at all.
At this time, the queen walked in. When Li Mingxun saw her, she habitually pulled the blanket on her body. In front of her daughter-in-law, Li Mingxun always had to be more solemn.
"It's the queen, the emperor stays, you all go out." Li Mingxun said.
Li Junwei and Lin Junhong helped Li Mingxun to sit down before they stepped down. In front of Li Mingxun, there was only the emperor and the queen. Li Mingxun sighed and said, "After all, our Li family is sorry for you, the queen."
"It's not as what the father said. If the child has today, he will be blessed by the father. If he had no father, he might have been a corpse on the road long ago." The queen wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said.
He has always been grateful for the kindness of the Supreme Emperor. In his eyes, this Supreme Emperor has the only mind and demeanor in the world. He has never controlled his care for those who are young and fathers.
Li Mingxun shook his head: "I didn't stop the emperor from marrying Concubine Rong. If I had known this was the result, I wouldn't have been sitting there. I would have known that you had a stronger relationship with the emperor than Jin, and you should have ended up together."
The queen gave birth to two daughters, but she did not give birth to a child for the emperor in the end. Because under the supervision of the empress dowager, King Yu helped him to marry Rong Fei and gave birth to Prince Zhaoji. However, due to an accident, the prince, Rong Fei and the empress dowager both passed away, which became the last thing that Li Mingxun regretted in his life.
"It's all the past. The child and the emperor have never complained about each other. This is our fate." The queen lowered her head.
Li Mingxun said: "Actually you blame the third brother, right?"
The queen raised her head and looked at the sincere eyes of the Supreme Emperor. She couldn't bear to deceive and nodded slightly. Anyone with discerning eyes knew that the emperor married Concubine Rong. Although it was forced by the empress dowager, if there was no match for King Yu, no one would have entered the palace. King Yu was more concise and smart. After taking the details, he found a love-like relationship for the emperor.
"Father, the child met the emperor first, and made a private life with him. But the child also met the third brother at that time. Although the third brother was annoying, he always could do things in the hearts of the people. Especially since the emperor fought for the Northern Expedition, he had the third brother to accompany him. He was also the younger brother and even more of a friend of the child. He found Concubine Rong for the emperor, but he never said a word to the child from beginning to end..." The queen cried when she said the sadness.
Li Mingxun nodded: "I knew it was like this. You were right to blame him, and it was right to scold him. The third guy always liked to have the best of both worlds, but in that matter, he could not get both. Although he was our relative, he was still the King of Yu of the Empire. Although he had been careless all his life, he loved this country deeply."
"I have been annoyed for a few years and hated for a few years, but I still don't hate it anymore. The third brother is the third brother after all. Although he pretended not to know anything, he knew everything. Over the years, whether it was state or family affairs, thanks to him. The child was not going to make it clear to him anymore, and it would be over." The queen lowered her head and said.
Li Mingxun nodded with satisfaction: "I knew back then that you and Yourong were both good daughters-in-law of my Li family. The empire has today and the Li family has today's grand occasion. You both made contributions."
The queen wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and dared not claim to be credited. Li Mingxun turned to the emperor, and her face changed from soft to positive, but this was just his habit for decades. In the last stage of his life, in his eyes, the legitimate son was no longer the emperor, but his own son.
"You are my best son, Junhua, I always want to say that you are the best." Li Mingxun said.
Bang.
The emperor, sitting on the chair, knelt directly on the ground. The supreme emperor of the world and overlord of the world, cried when he heard this. Li Mingxun said lightly: "Your elder brother is very outstanding, but he has never surpassed me in his life. He is very similar to me, success or failure is also because of like me. Some people may think that his achievements are not as good as me, and some people also think that he should surpass me, but no matter which one, he still has not escaped me.
Your younger brother Regal is the smartest among brothers and the one I love the most, but his personality is too free and easy, and it is not a material for being an emperor, and it is too smart, so it is too rational and so rational, so it is not suitable to be an emperor.
As for you, Junhua, the second child, when you were young, you studied Confucianism. I thought you would become a sour Taoist scholar. Later, you devoted yourself to practical studies and experienced political affairs and military affairs. Your achievements were not significant, but they still amaze me.
Even if I pass the throne to you, it is not because you are excellent, but because the empire does not need an emperor like your elder brother. I thought you would be a mediocre emperor and would lose power in ten or twenty years of succession. But everything you did was beyond my imagination. You were really excellent, and you really surpassed me. I couldn't do these things you did at all."
Li Junhua just cried and couldn't say a word. In his life, he always wanted to prove that he was better than his brother, but he had never received a single affirmation from his father. The positive evaluation he received was given to the emperor who succeeded the throne, not to the father's son.
Li Junhua cried for a long time, and Li Mingxun suddenly asked, "Junhua, how old are you?"
"It's fifty." Li Junhua said.
Li Mingxun nodded: "You must not be an emperor over 60 years old, or you can be an emperor, but you must learn to delegate power to future generations. You are in good health and you must leave power before you are 60 years old."
"Why?" Although this was his plan, he wanted to know what his father thought.
"Leave a life with energy to be yourself. You should take the queen to Wuyi Mountain to see where she grew up, go to Zhejiang to see where she was born. Go back to Beijing to see where you meet and fall in love. If you are willing, take the train, go to Xijin, and see the Eurasian Continental Bridge you have planned to build for decades.
Our family owes the queen. You can’t take regrets to the grave, you have to compensate her and yourself. I have done a lot of right things in my life and a lot of proud things. One of them is to put you two together. At least your career as an emperor is not boring and lonely." Li Mingxun said.
The emperor nodded: "Yes, father, I will definitely do it as you ask."
"Don't, do it according to your own heart." Li Mingxun said, and finally he narrowed his eyes and asked, "Junhua, do you want to know what the secret between me and the third brother over the years?"
Chapter completed!