After a painful day of playing, the next morning, I returned to the Golden Palace in the morning.

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info"You still know how to come back?" ”

Lan Luo's face remained unswerving, and he looked at Tianming with an expression.

Tianming ignored her and sat down in the center of the living room.

In the living room, there were still twenty or thirty people, some of them their own children, and some of the officials of the empire.

The topic of discussion is still about the selection of the heir of the empire, that is, the topic of determining the next emperor of the Tianming Empire.

The emperor has been the emperor for forty years, and after spending the first few years of his enthusiasm for directing the country, the back is basically a torment.

This is indeed not a job that ordinary people can do, even if Tianming handed over all the civil affairs departments to the prime minister of the empire, he rarely interfered in the three departments of science and education, justice, and finance, and only the military department was under his control.

There are too many affairs, because the army is also a small society, and the soldiers also need to eat, drink, and lazar, as well as materials and money to maintain ...... These big and small matters need to be decided by Tianming, and there are many things to deal with.

Even though he set up a military command in the later period to be responsible for military issues, for the sake of absolute stability, he still needs to make decisions about major decisions.

It doesn't matter if he's busy at work, the main thing is that his freedom is a little restricted, and it's okay to disappear for three or five days, if he disappears for more than a month at a time, then the empire may be in chaos, people's hearts are fluctuating, and anything can happen.

After all.

This empire needs one person to maintain stability.

But Tianming is really tired of being an emperor, and even has a feeling of tying his hands and feet.

It's a little hard to get out of it.

Unless he quits.

He really didn't want to do it anymore, and he had the idea of abdicating to make way for Xian.

The ministers of the Imperial Cabinet were taken aback and persuaded one after another, "Your Majesty is still very young, and it will be no problem to work for another fifty years, why are you in a hurry to abdicate?" ”

Tianming explained: "My emperor has been in office for forty years, according to the regulations. It's time to retire, and. Several princes and princesses are now mature, and it's time to step onto a higher stage. ”

What Tianming said was the truth, and his character was different from that of the world, the princes and princesses who had reached the age of thirty or forty.

It is the young, strong, and ambitious age that most of them have the idea of transforming the empire and opening up the territory of the empire.

Take his son Xinghe as an example, it is only five years before he defeats the invasion fleet of the Wuka Starmen, and he asks Tianming, hoping that the empire will immediately prepare an expeditionary fleet to conquer the nearby galaxy, and even hope that within ten years, the empire's territory will be conquered.

From one star system, to ten.

Tianming didn't quite agree with this idea, the population and army of the empire were still relatively small.

It's better to recuperate for a while longer, and after accumulating enough strength, then set out to conquer the surrounding galaxies...... Within ten years, it's a bit too rushed.

Xinghe persuaded: "Dad, there is no need to send a lot of troops, now the empire has developed advanced B-class warships." Equipped with a psionic main cannon, it is more powerful. With only a hundred ships, you can sweep through a fleet of witch stars, and build a thousand ships to complete this task, which is only equal to one-tenth of the empire's strength, why wait until you accumulate enough strength to go? ”

"Are there enough soldiers? The Imperial fleet had only 15 million men. ”

"You can expand the army, Dad, the population growth rate of the Blue Star people over the years has been extremely terrifying, and now it has exceeded two billion, ten times that of twenty years ago! They are part of the empire and excellent crews, and it is no problem to recruit one or two million troops from them. ”

"This ......"

After the dawn of the day, he said that he could not be satisfied, so he was given a higher military position and put him in charge of this matter.

Of course, there is not only one galaxy that is ambitious, but also nebula, star shower, chongchong, chengcheng, and xiaotian...... They all have plans for their own future, as well as ideas to change the empire.

In the matter of the imperial throne, even if Tianming does not plan to do it, it is necessary to determine a formal heir to the empire, and to achieve a smooth transition of imperial power is the best way to maintain the peace and stability of the empire before he abdicates.

But with so many princes and princesses, who is better to choose to inherit this empire?

Of course I choose the right one.

Xu Xingchen, the crown prince of the empire, is suspected to be a good candidate to inherit this empire.

The reason is very simple.

One, Xiaolong is the eldest of Tianming's children, the eldest son, and has the right of priority inheritance.

Second, Xiaolong's personality is like Tianming, he is very measured, kind, fair-minded, has leadership and enterprising spirit, and is very popular in the empire.

If the throne is passed to Prince Xiaolong, it must be excellent.

However, to everyone's surprise, Prince Xiaolong did not want to be an emperor, but wanted to be an interstellar traveler and travel and explore various galaxies.

Not only that, but over the years, he has also set up an interstellar expedition team to find sites with exploration value, formulate star map routes, research and design expedition spacecraft, and prepare to go to the vast universe to see the world.

This idea was opposed by everyone but himself.

In particular, his wife Ren Jia quarreled with him almost every day, persuaded him hard, and persuaded him not to go out for adventures...... But it didn't work, Xiaolong seemed to be iron-hearted, and he wanted to go outside.

His wife found Tianming and cried a few times, Tianming called Xiaolong over, looked at him and said, "To be honest, do you really plan to be an interstellar traveler?" ”

Xiaolong nodded solemnly, "Yes, the universe is so big, I want to go and see it." ”

"If I pass on the imperial throne to you, will you change your mind?"

Tianming looked into Xiaolong's eyes and said.

Xiaolong shook his head, "No, I'm not interested in the throne, and I don't like it either. ”

Tianming stared at his eyes for several seconds, but still didn't see any wavering, but saw a firm yearning for his dreams, and suddenly laughed with relief, "Xiaolong, go if you want, Dad supports you." ”

Meng Xinyi and Ren Jia were taken aback, Tianming could agree to such a dangerous thing as interstellar exploration?

"You're crazy! The little dragon is our son! ”

Meng Xinyi stared at Tianming with wide eyes, Xiaolong was her son, the meat that fell from her, how could she be willing to let Xiaolong go on a dangerous adventure outside?

Ren Jia knelt down in front of Tianming, his eyes were full of tears and said, "Dad, please persuade Xiaolong to change his mind!" He is my husband and father of three children, and we don't want him to leave us! Dad, please! ”

This gave Tianming a headache, Xiaolong was his son, and of course he didn't want his son to encounter any danger outside.

But Xiaolong has been a very persistent person since he was a child, and if he believes that if he believes something, he will definitely do something, such as interstellar travel, Xiaolong has been preparing for this trip for more than ten years, and he is about to make a trip, how could he choose to give up?

If he doesn't go to the outside world for a big walk, it's impossible for him to give up.

No one can stop it.

So Tianming can only support.

It's just that the woman's hair is long, and the man who is entangled can't let go, and there are three children, all of which are three big mountains in front of Xiaolong.

The day after tomorrow is also annoyed and doesn't want to care, no matter what decision he makes, he is supportive.

…… In this way, Xiaolong, who is equivalent to giving up the throne, even if he still has the title of prince on his head, he is basically related to the throne...... It's his own choice.

Then, the succession of the empire by the prince has become a thorny problem.

…… Sitting in his seat, glancing at the people who were a little nervous and expectant, Tianming pondered for half a minute, and said: "The position of the heir to the emperor of the empire is still inherited by Xinghe, and after I retire, the major military affairs will be handed over to Xinghe to be responsible, and other brothers and sisters will help and assist to jointly maintain the empire." ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then nodded reasonably, among the princes, there is indeed only Xinghe, which is more suitable for the important task of governing the empire.

Xinghe stood up a little excited and a little flustered, and said to Tianming: "Father, I am still young and incapable of managing the empire, so you should choose someone else and let him inherit the imperial throne." ”

"Okay, don't be humble anymore, whether you do well or not, it's just a job, you just need to remember: this right represents a responsibility, an obligation, not a tool to do whatever you want, if you are incompetent, someone will take your place."

Listening to these words with warnings, two drops of cold sweat broke out on Xinghe's head, and he nodded again and again: "Yes, I know my father." ”

Looking at Xiaofeng, they didn't seem to be very happy, Tianming added: "Xiaofeng, Xiaoyun, Xiaoyu, don't be unhappy, there is only one throne in the empire, but there are more than a few planets outside, and the empire in the future will not only have a small territory like Blue Mercury, you will get what you want." ”

Xinghe also stood up at the right time and promised, "Sister, brother, sister, we are a family, you can rest assured, in the future, the empire will conquer the territory of several galaxies!" When the time comes, you want that galaxy, say it, and I will find a way to bring it down for you. ”

Xiao Feng smiled slightly disappointed, "No need for my brother, my sister will fight down the territory that my sister wants, you just need to allow my sister to have a force of her own." ”

"No problem, sister!"

Xiaofeng doesn't want an army of her own, this is not a big problem, as long as this army has been developing in the direction of the outside of the empire.

Of course, this will create a certain division and internal competition in the empire, affecting unity and stability...... But this is far better than killing each other for the sake of a throne with constant civil strife, just like doing business, one store does not have enough inheritance, then find a way to turn one store into two, three, ten thousand stores...... There are too many stores, are you afraid that there will not be enough points?

As for the question of the tail not being dropped, please, this is the interstellar era, there are trillions of stars in just one galaxy system, and there are hundreds of billions of galaxy systems outside, you have to take down a galaxy system in advance.

…… To be continued