Coming out of Ningbo to Xi'an, Li Ming walked for more than half a year. After sacrificing to the Yellow Emperor, he also went to Shaolin Temple, which is the bull's ear of Buddhism in the world. One is to see the ancient temple, and the other is to talk about some serious things.

At the beginning of last year, in order to ensure that the imperial court maintained its investment in the domestic economy as much as possible during the war in the north, it sorted out the acres of land in the world when determining the annual income. It's okay if it's not sorted out, but I was shocked when I sorted it out, and the world's Buddhist temple field actually occupies half of the world's acres. Half of the achievement seems to be only five percent, but how big China is, this half achievement is a big number, the key is that Buddhist temples do not pay taxes. In other words, the imperial court has reduced its agricultural tax revenue by five percent every year, which is like cutting off the flesh of his heart for the imperial court, which is in urgent need of funds for various constructions. But in the face of the northward expansion strategy that is about to begin, from the perspective of domestic stability, this matter has been forcibly suppressed first.

Who knew that the northward expansion strategy was advancing extremely smoothly, and a large number of reserve plans were completely unused, which made the imperial court extremely optimistic about the outcome of the war. At this time, the matter of the temple property was put on the agenda. Unexpectedly, the discussion had just begun, and the matter of true and false Guangxu broke out, so Li Ming left Jiangnan. All government affairs in the DPRK and China suddenly came to a halt. After a month of back-and-forth between the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, the situation stabilized, and the first government affairs mentioned were temple properties. Therefore, when Li Ming sacrificed to the Yellow Emperor, he wanted to solve this problem by the way.

The presiding officer of Shaolin Temple said that for thousands of years, the property of the Buddhist temple belongs to the property of the outside world, and it is disrespectful to the Buddha to move this property, and the Buddha will surely bring disaster. In this regard, Yan Fu, who is in the same industry, is still saying the truth, knowing the reason, and moving the emotion. But the host of Shaolin Temple was unmoved by the name of a foreign master, which made Li Ming, who was watching from the sidelines, only shake his head and talk to them.

Li Ming slapped Yan Fu away with one palm: "Why did Zhou Wu want to destroy the Buddha, I believe you know better than me." Now I have left myself the basic resources for my life, and I hope to present the rest as a congratulatory gift on the occasion of the founding ceremony of the new dynasty. ”

"Isn't Your Majesty afraid of calamity from the Buddha?"

"If the ancestor Yellow Emperor wants to send a calamity, I must serve it carefully. But this is the land of China. It's not the turn of those Indian Ahsan to point fingers. You'd better tell your Buddha to bless me with good weather in the land of China, smooth wars, and peace and security. Otherwise, I will tear down all the temples so that these Buddhas will not find a single believer in the land of China. Li Ming glanced at the host and said, "I want to visit the back mountain of Shaolin Temple, and lead the way in front." ”

Li Ming was not one of the devout Buddhists of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he would really do such a thing. The host sighed helplessly, and could only respectfully ask the emperor to go first. Only Yan Fu, who was following behind, had a look of worship in his eyes.

In the Daxiong Treasure Hall, in front of the eight-zhang tall Buddha statue. The emperor, who had just been devout in incense, turned his head and said in front of the Buddha statue that he wanted to destroy the Buddha. Sure enough, I am the emperor of China, and my words and deeds are extremely domineering. The pious incense is just a sign of respect, and if you dare to stand in the way, you will be destroyed. At this moment, Yan Fu deeply thinks of the emperor's words and deeds, no wonder Li Xiang said that he is good at governing the country but short of foreign disputes, and he has to learn more from the emperor. At this moment, Yan Fu's admiration for the emperor is like a surging river, which is endless.

Coming down from the Shaolin Temple, I went straight to Lushun non-stop. I had to see the brand-new battleship that was about to be launched, and I was listening to the results of the test of the parameters of the new battleship. Finally, after seeing the battleship launch safely and joining the formation for a long voyage, Li Ming set off for Beijing. Then a bunch of messy things were busy in the dark, and finally the ministers were still able to save snacks.

In the dead of night, in the master bedroom on the third floor of the main building of Yingtai, Li Ming was constantly moving beside Yang Zao'er.

"Don't rub it, the concubine is pregnant. You can't serve the emperor. Yang Zao'er hid her face and smiled: "You can endure it for a few more days, and it will be good for Sister Meizi to come back." ”

A thirty-four-year-old man is in the year of the wolf and tiger. And this walk is more than half a year. Now there is a charming woman lying beside her, where can she endure it: "I will be very light and careful." It's okay. ”

"That's not good, it's not good if you hurt the child." On this issue, Yang Zao'er will never give Li Ming room for discussion, and the abdomen will never be able to move.

Hi--Li Ming sighed and could only turn over, only looking at the ceiling and crying. Yang Zao'er smiled and pinched her hair repeatedly. gently teased Li Ming's face with the ends of his hair: "There are many bright women in our homeland, and their conduct is excellent." If you really can't bear it, you can take another concubine. There's no need to endure it so hard. ”

Li Ming slapped Yang Zao'er's hand away: "You don't come." You're not happy when Naqimuge and Miko, don't think I can't see it. But to tell the truth, the ministers have coaxed you in the name of righteousness. Then he forced me to take a concubine in the name of righteousness. I really feel sorry for you, but who wants you to marry the emperor. Forget about these, if you still have to take a concubine for your own selfish desires, then you are really sorry for you. It's only a few days, and the patience is over. ”

Yang Zao'er turned over, maybe she felt something in her heart, and she whimpered a little between her words: "The concubine really wants you to take a concubine." Which housewife in the folk family doesn't want to have more children and grandchildren, and the queen mother said that the concubine has been several times. The concubine is a housewife, and she still has the amount of belly she should have. ”

"Forget it, it's better to have less wife. With the three of you, I'm already content. Li Ming gently hugged Zao'er from behind. It's a change of generation, it's something I can't even think of, and I can't be satisfied in this life.

Yang Zao'er laughed softly: "You too, Miko said that she wanted to stay in Japan for a few more days, and you agreed." Now you have brought this sin upon yourself. ”

"It's not like you can go back every year to save your family. Meizi was originally a victim of politics, and she stayed in China for six years and never mentioned the matter of saving relatives. Now I finally have a chance to go back and have a look, and I don't know when I will wait for next time. It's human nature that she wants to stay a few more days, as long as she doesn't miss something, she can be more relaxed. ”

"Don't move."

"It's up to you to stop moving. Don't worry, I'll be careful. ”

"Don't make a fuss, you can't."

"Don't move, hold ......"

Shirafumiko gently closed the door, she just put her son to sleep and walked out of the room lightly, her father and queen mother were still waiting in the hall, this was the last night she spent with her father and queen mother after returning to Japan this time. Early tomorrow morning, she will return home on the Baby Princess cruise.

Six years ago, during the Sino-Japanese War, Japan, as a defeated country, sent her to China as reparations. In six years. She misses her homeland all the time. Especially after learning about Japan's civil strife and the worsening environment, she wanted to ask the emperor several times to ask China to come forward to help Japan, but every time the words came to her lips and still couldn't speak. In China, she has always forced a smile on her face, and she does not dare to show the slightest emotion of caring for her homeland, even when she sets foot in Japan again. I also suppressed the excitement and behaved very normally, as if I was going out to travel. She has never forgotten that she is just a princess of a defeated country, and she has always been cautious in the palace, and she doesn't even dare to fight for something more for her son.

What made her happy was that no one in the entire palace discriminated against her status as a princess of a defeated country, the status and respect that the imperial concubine should have was still guaranteed, and as the son of the prince, she should have something and never lacked. The queen needs to care about the study and food of the students in the world, and the concubine needs to train the sergeants to inspect the defense of the palace. The responsibility for the management of the entire palace fell on her. It turned out that she was still careful not to exceed the system, and she also asked the queen for instructions on large and small matters. But after a long time, the two sisters really didn't have time to take care of these things, so she took the initiative to take over the internal affairs of the palace. At this time, I learned that the annual funds in and out of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are as high as billions of yuan, although she can't take care of most of the funds taken by the emperor and the two concubines, and the annual use of royal enterprises alone also exceeds 100 million yuan, which needs to be signed and approved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs before it is allocated. Not to mention that the use of the palace is all decided by her. However, in addition to the monthly routine financial consolidation. In six years, no one had come to check the accounts. If she wanted to do something about it, she could have embezzled hundreds of millions of funds from it in six years, but she didn't. Miko believes that although no one is openly checking the accounts, there must be someone who is secretly concerned about the flow of funds in the accounts, and if she does something, someone will definitely stand up and accuse her. Meantime. She also needs the trust of the emperor and the queen.

Maybe it's because of her autonomy, a renovation of the imperial garden pool led to the most violent turmoil in the dynasty, and the once high heavenly royal family was instantly reduced to a fugitive prisoner, and a good home was scattered. When she boarded the Baby Princess to Japan. I was still excited that I was about to return to my mother country, and when I met my father and mother, I wanted to stay in Japan forever. But when it was reported in China that the imperial court had mobilized an army to capture Li Ming in Jiangning, her heart was pinched again. She thought of the appearance of the family eating together, she thought of Li Ming's angry expression everywhere on the table where the children ate their meals, she thought of the peace of the three sisters sitting together to chat, chatting about family life, and the children's unrestrained smiles. At this moment, she realized that in fact, her heart had remained in China. She was willing to ask her father to help her, but to no avail, she put down her status as an imperial concubine and asked to see Liu Shengxiu, the commander of the Chinese Sixth Corps in Japan. What made her happy was that Liu Shengxiu seemed to regard her as China's imperial concubine, and there was nothing wrong with etiquette. It's just that as a general in charge of the army, he can't transfer troops without instructions from the imperial court. In addition, Japan was far away from the sea, and without the assistance of the navy, he would not be able to do anything.

As Yuan Shoushan raised the butcher's knife against the Manchus, the domestic situation became more and more favorable to Li Ming, and it was not until the empress entered Beijing that the ministers of the court welcomed Li Ming back to Beijing as emperor, and she was relieved. Meizi, who was still in a hurry to go back, was persuaded by Li Ming to come back. I haven't been back to my parents' house for six years, so I will take a good rest when I go back this time. People, once you relax, you will be in a good mood. She took her children to visit all over Tokyo, but it was actually her first time visiting them. She told her children about the history of Japan, and she wanted to tell her children that Japan is also a country with a long civilization, and that Japan is still a barbarian land without the propaganda in China. It's just that she still speaks Chinese, and she has been implementing the ban on not teaching her children to learn Japanese as soon as she arrived in China, and she has been implementing it very well. There is also the ban on not entering the Japanese palace when she returns to Japan, and she has never violated it.

Unlike when she first arrived in Japan, she had to live in a legation, but now Miko lives in a palatial palace. This was the land that China wanted from Japan, because the king of Dongying County of China needed to set up a royal palace in Japan, so just two months later, the palace of Dongying County was erected.

Miko walked lightly to the front hall, and the maids in the hall had already gone out. Miko filled the tea for her father and mother, who were sitting at the top, and sat down at the bottom. Tomorrow she will leave Japan and go back to China, and her father and mother must have something important to tell her, otherwise she will not take her brother Jiaren until late at night.

Meiji coughed gently, his health has been getting worse and worse in recent years, and he has seen a lot of Chinese and Western medicine, but there has been no improvement in the slightest. Take a sip of tea to moisten your throat: "Miko." I had no choice but to send you to China back then, and I hope you can forgive your father. Now you can also see that the Japanese people are now under the exploitation of the foreign powers, and the heavy industry has been handed over to China as compensation for the defeat of the war, and now Japan's largest income textile industry is also making meager profits because of China's price reduction. When you go back this time, can you tell the emperor? Let him raise the price appropriately. ”

Miko hesitated. Her father, who was originally in good health, deteriorated after the defeat, and Li Ming also asked her to select the best medicinal materials in the palace and send them back, but it had no effect at all. Miko wanted to agree to her father's pity, because she knew how profitable the textile industry was when she ran a royal business. However, the price of collecting enough is not determined by the imperial enterprises alone, but is a punishment by the entire Chinese business community for provoking Japan. It is the national policy of the entire Chinese court to suppress Japan, and she can't open this opening at all. Miko thought for a long time but shook her head and said, "I'm afraid my daughter can't do anything about this matter." However, aren't there still British and American merchants on the island who are also collecting enough raw silk and cloth? As long as Britain and the United States raise prices, Chinese merchants must also raise purchase prices. ”

"You don't know, except for the Chinese. Nowadays, more and more foreigners are no longer coming to Japan to buy raw silk cloth. Meiji said helplessly.

This is a fact, and the problem is in the transportation. The three major shipping companies in the Far East -- Pacific Freight, the Ryukyu Shipping Company, and the China Merchants Steamship Company -- forced merchants from Britain and the United States to transport all products shipped from Japan, except for those destined for the Chinese mainland. But Li Minghei is here, and the three freight companies compete with each other on the surface, but in fact they are controlled by the imperial court. So I want Li Ming to wave his pen. These goods were transported at a loss or even at a loss, so that they bought Japanese raw silk in the Shanghai trading market. It is more expensive than buying it from Japan at a low price and shipping it to Shanghai by the foreigners. The British and American merchants did not think of a way, they amassed a huge amount of money to buy raw silk cloth at a high price in Japan, hoping to take the opportunity to drive away the Chinese merchants. After the Silk War ten years ago, the Chinese merchants understood the benefits of unity, so the people of the Shanghai Raw Silk Federation directly transported the Chinese raw silk cloth to Japan at a loss and then bought it to British and American merchants. At this time, the imperial court sent officials to pay the subsidy - all the shipping of raw silk cloth between China and Japan in that year was free of charge, and if it was not enough to make up for its losses, it would be reduced or reduced later. With the support of the imperial court, the Shanghai Raw Silk Federation rolled up its sleeves, so that British and American merchants found that they could not buy all the raw silk cloth from Japan. When the British and American businessmen reacted, they turned around and returned to China, hoping to raise the price by buying Chinese raw silk and then buy it back to Chinese manufacturers. Unexpectedly. After these foreign merchants bought a large amount of raw silk at a high price, they hoarded it in the major warehouses of the Dasheng Garment Group, and the materials originally used to make military uniforms were released in large quantities. The foreign businessmen thought that China had reached the last stand, and planned to completely suppress China's raw silk industry, so they had just started to buy, and the local governments also opened warehouses and began to sell them at the behest of the imperial court. The foreign businessmen asked the minister to come forward, but the Chinese government did not intervene in the market through administrative means, and everything was free to sell. If you want to win over some Chinese businessmen to dismantle Chinese commerce, no one dares this time, and it is not one or two Chinese businessmen who helped foreigners in the last Silk War. With the participation of the government, foreign businessmen could only sell their inventories at a low price at a loss and withdraw, and honestly buy materials in Shanghai.

The Chinese merchants, who had won again, counted the losses on the heads of the Japanese. Due to the loss of competition, Chinese merchants pushed the purchase price of Japanese raw silk to the lowest price that could only sustain operations, and the profits that Japanese merchants had made in Britain and the United States were once again returned to China.

Miko didn't know what was going on, because the treasury transferred the money directly to the bank accounts of the three major companies, at least she didn't know about freight and subsidies. She also thought that the Shanghai Raw Silk Federation was fighting hard to compete with foreigners at a loss, and now that she has won, she naturally wants to recover her losses from Japan. To be honest, Miko can't see that Chinese businessmen will put a yard in Japan, at least the losses of the Dasheng Garment Group have not been made up.

"Miko, we've inquired very clearly. All the Chinese royal enterprises are under your management and you have the right to decide, if you can raise your hand appropriately. Then the life of the Japanese people will be much better. At the enthronement ceremony of the Chinese emperor, we decided to let Jiaren go to watch the ceremony, and at the same time meet His Majesty to discuss the matter. We'd love for your help. ”

Miko shook her head and could only refuse helplessly. She is no longer a Japanese princess, she is now a Chinese imperial concubine. The national policy, she can't change it yet.

"Miko. You are the princess of the Great Japanese Empire. Back then, your marriage to the Chinese emperor was just a measure of rights, but China encroached on Japan step by step, and gradually disintegrated the industrial capacity of the Great Japanese Empire. Jiaren, who was sitting on the side, spoke: "Actually, the current China is just that Li Ming is dead and there must be civil strife, so that China can no longer trap Japan, and the empire can take advantage of the momentum of foreigners to rise again." Miko just needs you to ...... gently now," Kahito gestured around her neck.

"Do you want your daughter to kill your husband?" Miko's face turned white all of a sudden: "This is absolutely impossible." ”

"Yaga." Jia Ren said angrily: "You are the princess of the empire, so you must be loyal to the empire." And that son of a. Nor can it be stayed. ”

"Presumptuous." Miko slapped the case: "A prince dares to roar at the palace. Come on, throw him out. The door opened, and the two guards picked up Kahito and left without saying a word, leaving the Meiji couple unmoved to ask Miko. You must not forgive me for wanting me to kill my husband and children with my own hands.

"Please." Miko sat down, took the tea bowl, and said calmly, "Send off guests." ”

This is their daughter is good, but she is the imperial concubine of a powerful country, and she is also a real power imperial concubine. The Meiji couple sighed and walked out of the palace in solitude.

Early the next morning, when the baby princess slowly left the Tokyo docks. Miko didn't see her parents who would have come to see her off, nor did she wait for her brother Wang, who would come with her. But with the son's body and the sound of cheerful laughter, this is enough.

Also on this day, a vehicle carrying the flag of the Kingdom of Hawaii drove into the Hawaiian Legation in China, escorted by a convoy. Sitting in the car was Hawaii's chief consul, Lee Eun-bo. At the founding ceremony of the new Chinese dynasty, tribute was paid to the vassal states, and invitations were also sent to friendly countries. Hawaii was one of the friendly countries, but the Hawaiian representative was the last to arrive.

Representatives of various countries will first report to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after arriving in Beijing, and Li Enfu is no exception. The porter handed the post in. Tang Shaoyi personally came out to greet him: "It turned out that His Royal Highness the Prince had arrived, and he had never been far away to greet ......."

"You're the Prince. Your whole family is a prince. Li Enfu was furious and turned around and left.

Tang Shaoyi hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Li Enfu's sleeve: "Yes, yes, the lower official knows the mistake." Mr. Li, please move to the lobby to talk? It's just that why does Master Li wear a veil on his face, but his face is injured? The lower official asked the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat the adult. ”

"It's really faceless—" Li Enfu said with a handful of snot and tears. Lee Eun-bok is the chief consul of Hawaii and the prince of Hawaii, but he is the news of the prince. The Chinese government knew before he did.

It was a dark and windy night, and Chinese officials in Hawaii, including Li Enfu and Xu Shichang, were getting drunk in celebration of the capture of a Russian battleship by four light cruisers. However, the Hawaiian queen who was present had the servants send the drunken ministers home, except for Lee Eun-bok. The night was lingering. That night was earth-shattering. At dawn the next day, Li Enfu watched the naked fat girl next to him flee in the wilderness, in order to avoid unnecessary entanglement, Li Enfu jumped on a cargo ship bound for China without even informing Xu Shichang. The ship did not go directly to China, and had to make a detour of the South Seas on the way. When he got off the ship in Guangzhou after a month of wandering at sea, he learned that he had been named the Prince of Hawaii, and what was even more tragic was that the fat woman was pregnant?! What's even more tragic is that the fat woman actually sent an official letter to the Chinese government, citing Confucian classics to criticize Li Enfu, a bastard who abandoned his wife and children, and at the same time asked the Chinese government to uphold justice.

"What does the Queen of Hawaii think?" Tang Shaoyi wondered. The Queen of Hawaii had no children before, so this time, whether it is male or female, it must be my Han bloodline, and China will definitely support him as the future king of Hawaii, isn't this equivalent to giving Hawaii to China? Hawaii, such a strategic place in the Pacific, China's top leaders, especially Wu Deren, have long coveted him. It's just that China is now supporting the restoration of the former vassal states everywhere in the name of justice, and secretly manipulating the vassal states. Hawaii is not a place for vassal states to find a place to start, otherwise they would have robbed it a long time ago.

"It's all my stinky mouth—" Li Enfu regretted it. Over the years, she has been whispering Confucian classics in Liliukarani's ear, telling her that China has not been an aggressive country in history. And at this time, the imperial court cooperated too well, Ryukyu, Anui, and Luzon became independent in China's victorious wars again and again, and Korea, a weak country under China's nose, was alive and well, and everything seemed to better confirm Li Enfu's words. Liliukalani had made a request to the Chinese vassals, but he refused due to the international situation and China's low-key tactics. In this big victory in the Indian Ocean, Li Enfu and Xu Shichang talked countless times after drinking, and they may not see that China will lose, so Liliu Kalani, who has heard the phrase "spit out the truth after drinking", made an important decision that night.

"So what? At least your son is the future king of Hawaii, isn't it good that your son is a prince? Li Ming heard that Li Enfu had reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and planned to come over to take a look, and when he walked to the door, he heard the conversation inside, so he also joked when he raised his legs and entered the door: "However, I remember that I asked you to go to Hawaii just to let you cover for me, but I didn't expect the Qing family to be so dutiful, and the cover went directly to the queen's bed, and by the way, I found a throne for my son." Yes, yes, His Royal Highness the Prince really has a long-term vision that is beyond our reach. ”

"Your Majesty—" Li Enfu cried, "why does little Hawaii need his subordinates to use such means, as long as my army falls, I can bow down and be a subordinate." Thinking that my dignified Chinese eight-foot man was raped by a barbarian mother-in-law, he already has no face to see people. You're still saying that, you're trying to force me to kill myself—"

"Pull it down, if you don't want the Queen of Hawaii to succeed. Men are really going to get drunk, but they can't lift it. Li Ming looked at Li Enfu opposite with disdain: "If you do it, you will do it, my Chinese man dares to do it." ”

"Wronged—that damn fat woman actually added aphrodisiacs to the water I drank. Woo woo...... "Li Enfu shuddered when he thought about that fat body.

With the arrival of Li Enfu, all the supreme heads of state of the vassal states and representatives of various countries arrived in China, and the Chinese government also made all preparations for the founding ceremony on the day of the Spring Festival. The New Year's dinner was still held in front of the Taihe Palace, and the canopy set up by standard formwork separated the cold. The monarchs and ministers, as well as the representatives of China and foreign countries, all enthusiastically discussed the future of New China.

When the bell rang for the Spring Festival in 1905, the beautiful fireworks twinkling in the sky also heralded that China would be even more brilliant. (To be continued......)