Li Haotong knows very well that from the perspective of the interests of the Chinese Empire, they can't accept a king of the Ning Dynasty who will turn to the British in terms of political leanings in the future, even if the current Ning Dynasty **** is still young, he can't see this tendency, but his fiancée has a strong British background, and this potential risk is what the empire is unwilling to bear.

In this case, Li Haotong only needs to throw out the second prince to marry the daughter of a powerful person from the Chinese Empire, then it is equivalent to letting the second prince completely brand the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Empire will inevitably support the second prince to ascend the throne at that time.

Only when his nephew ascends the throne can he have the opportunity to become the regent, so as to truly control the Ning Dynasty.

Li Haotong is also an ambitious person, he is not willing to be an ordinary minister in a small country that does not enter the stream, but hopes that the power will tilt towards the government and the opposition, and he wants to take this small country on the road to becoming a strong country.

For this reason, he came to the Chinese Empire in person, trying to get a powerful relative for his nephew, in order to avoid political enemies and the British knowing, he still secretly brought it, only brought a few relatives, and did not go through formal diplomatic channels.

When Song Guanqian heard Li Haotong say that he hoped to propose marriage for the second prince of the Ning Dynasty, of course, he personally hoped that it would be best to marry the princess of His Majesty the Emperor, but he didn't know if this kind of thing could be done, so if it was the daughter of the prince of the empire, it was okay.

After Song Guanqian heard this, he directly told Li Haotong that the marriage between China and Ningbo was possible. But the identity of the princess is extremely noble, and she will definitely not go to the border country with her.

This is not because Song Guanqian was arrogant. However, the Central Plains Dynasty has always been more reluctant to make peace with relatives, and generally only when the national strength is not good. will send his princess out to kiss, and every kiss represents the history of humiliation.

In addition, the last Han dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, there was no example of a princess marrying outside, even in the Qing Dynasty, people only played Manchu and Mongolian marriages, strictly speaking, Mongolia is not a foreign country, it can only be regarded as a marriage within the ruling class.

So when it came to the Chinese Empire, the princess married to other countries. Especially if it is still a marriage of the nature of marriage, this is almost impossible, not to mention that Lin Zheshe is reluctant to send his daughter to Myanmar as a political tool, even ordinary citizens are emotionally unacceptable.

My Chinese Empire is not an invincible opponent in the world, but in the fast land of Asia, there is still no opponent, and in this case, it is necessary to complete the marriage with relatives, which does not hurt the self-esteem of the people!

Therefore, the princess and even the partial women of other royal families have no possibility of marrying in Myanmar.

But if it's just an ordinary aristocratic woman. This is a much more likely.

The daughter of a prince of the empire, married to the Ning Dynasty as a prince and concubine, barely passable, of course, Song Guanqian himself thought so. That's because he doesn't have a daughter or granddaughter of the right age, even if he wants to choose the daughter of a nobleman to marry the Ning Dynasty, it has nothing to do with Song Guanqian. So he was able to think from a purely political point of view.

If the marriage can be successful, there is a prince and concubine of the Ning Dynasty who was born in an imperial aristocratic family. Even the princess in the future, which will be much more convenient for the empire to control the Ning Dynasty in the future.

Meantime. Since Li Haotong put it forward like this, he must have the intention of leaning towards the empire, and if the empire supports the second prince of the Ning Dynasty to succeed in competing for the throne, he will definitely be able to obtain a lot of practical benefits, such as pulling the Ning Dynasty to completely occupy his side, thus causing huge political and military pressure on the British

As long as it can block the British in Asia, especially Southeast Asia, then it will be a good thing for the empire.

As a typical backward country, the foreign policy of the empire is now similar to that of the Americans in later generations, that is, to demolish the British.

Now with the strength of the empire, it is naturally not capable of demolishing the British on a global scale, but in this part of Asia, especially in East Asia, it can still be done, and now Li Haotong has sent this opportunity, Song Guanqian thinks that it should be firmly grasped, this operation is good, maybe in a few years, this Ning Dynasty will become a subject of the empire or even directly incorporated into the territory of the empire.

At the worst time, it will also put a lot of pressure on the British, and the British in the province will run to the waters east of Malacca to find trouble with China if they have nothing to do.

With such thoughts, Song Guanqian went to see Lin Zhe that night.

When he saw Lin Zhe, the first thing he did was to congratulate: "Congratulations to the emperor for having a prince, the addition of another prince to the heavenly family is really a blessing for my empire!" ”

Lin Zhe was in a good mood, and he also laughed twice with Song Guanqian.

In the afternoon, Qi Lin gave birth to a fat boy for him, and Lin Zhe was very relieved that the mother and son were safe, and there were no accidents.

One of them has delivered two princes for the royal family, and the three princesses' surname is Wenpo, and she was specially given the title of Shanggong, which is the highest title for female employees of the royal court, and it is a mansion located in the urban area of Nanjing.

This An Wen Po can be regarded as the royal family's royal Wen Po, experienced, skilled, delivered five new members of the royal family, she also delivered for many noble families in Nanjing, these five or six years have delivered nearly 100 babies, never had an accident, is the Nanjing near and even the entire Jiangnan is second to none Wen Po.

In addition to An Wen's mother, the rest of the people are also blocked by varying amounts.

Of course, these more private bounties were not taken from the treasury, but directly from the royal treasury.

Lin Zhe has always been a person with a clear distinction between public and private finances, the treasury is the treasury, and the royal property is the royal property, and now with the improvement of the empire's situation, the imperial treasury will pay a fixed amount of five million yuan every year for the maintenance of the royal family, so even if the royal family does not have subsidies for many industries of the imperial family, it will cost a lot.

However, the five million actually did not cost much by the royal family, and most of them would be returned to the treasury under various names, and the royal family actually did not spend much.

The imperial family of the Chinese Empire is originally small, with dozens of members, and it does not have thousands or even tens of thousands of palace maids and eunuchs like ancient dynasties, and there are a large number of clans to support, so the imperial expenses of the empire are not large.

After rewarding the relevant personnel, Lin Zhe went to see Qi Lin and the newly born fifth son, but Qi Lin was already asleep at that time, so he did not continue to stay in the Anhua Courtyard, and returned to Xinhua Hall to continue to deal with the government affairs that could not be handled every day.

As soon as I returned to the palace, I saw Song Guanqian!

Lin Zhe, who was in a good mood, directly beckoned Song Guanqian to sit and drink tea together, although Song Guanqian was a little apprehensive in his heart, and he didn't dare to sit on the sofa, but he also knew that Lin Zhe was in a good mood now, and if he put on a scared appearance and didn't dare to accept it, it would make Lin Zhe unhappy.

So I accepted it.

While drinking tea, Song Guanqian also talked about the Ning Dynasty and Li Haotong.

When Song Guanqian told the story of the Ning Dynasty in detail, Lin Zhe on the other side had a somewhat heavy face!

"If what I remember is correct, Lin Chengting should not be fifty-five years old this year!" Lin Zhe said!

Song Guanqian said: "King Ning is fifty and three this year, only one year older than Weichen!" ”

"Fifty-three years old!" Lin Zhe repeated this: "It's only fifty-three years old! ”

Song Guanqian on the side didn't know why Lin Zhe's expression suddenly became lonely!

He didn't know that the current Lin Zhe suddenly fell into a very strange feeling: that is, the loneliness of life!

I think that back then, when the world's heroes were competing for Kyushu, he Lin Zhe, Shi Dakai, Yang Xiuqing and a few others from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, as well as Li Hongzhang, Zeng Guofan, Xiang Rong, Du Xing'a and Xianfeng from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the world's heroes gathered together, although everyone may not have met each other, but they don't know how many times they have heard each other's names, but as time passes, one by one they have failed.

Either he committed suicide in defeat, or he became a prisoner.

Only he and Lin Chengting were able to go to the end, and Lin Zhe obtained the land of Kyushu and established the Chinese Empire.

Although Lin Chengting was unlucky in the past few years, he took a tortuous path, and fled in embarrassment like a lost dog several times, but although he was defeated in the battle for hegemony in Kyushu, he went to Myanmar to lay a foundation and was recognized by China and Britain.

Although his achievements are not as good as Lin Zhe's, they are far stronger than others, and they can even be said to be the only two people who have succeeded.

And now, Lin Chengting is also going to die of illness, which makes Lin Zhe feel a little strange, as if there is no one left who fought for the world with him at the beginning.

He's the only one left!

A feeling of loneliness arises spontaneously!

However, Lin Zhe's state did not last long, but after such a short half a minute, Lin Zhe regained his composure, and then asked again: "What is the specific situation over there in Ning Chao now, and how well do you know Li Haotong?" ”

Song Guanqian said: "Before coming, the minister asked the relevant staff of the East Asia Division, and also inquired about the reports sent by some intelligence departments, although there is no clear information in these reports, but it can be basically judged, and the current situation on the Ning Dynasty side is quite complicated.

According to the intelligence, Lin Chengting has appeared in public for at least three months, and the diplomats stationed in Ning Dynasty also mentioned in the report that Lin Chengting had coughed in public before, and combined with Li Haotong's words, it is very likely that Lin Chengting is seriously ill!

In addition, the family of Ning Chao****'s fiancée is far closer to the British than our previous judgment, and some of the people who support Ning Chao**** are mostly pro-British.

If we sit idly by, I am afraid that in a few years, the British will enter Ningguo in a big way, and I am afraid that it will cause certain strategic hidden dangers to our Yunnan border area! ”

After Song Guanqian's words, Lin Zhe's eyebrows wrinkled! (To be continued.) )