Hearing Wu Meiniang's last words, Li Su's face sank, and she frowned and pondered.

What Wu Meiniang said was actually half a month ago, the civil and military officials headed by Wang An submitted a memo to Li Su, the content of which was a proposal to establish a country and become the emperor.

Speaking of the founding of the country, in fact, as early as a few years ago, among the more anxious generals, such as Lu Qing, Su Dingfang and others, they wrote several times, expressing their hope that Li Su would establish the country, but at that time, considering the attitude of the Tang Dynasty, Li Su suppressed this matter, and Wang An and Lu Hong, these ministers, also knew that the time was not yet ripe for the establishment of the country, and all aspects of Taiwan still needed to rely on the support of the Tang Dynasty.

However, after so many years of development, now the power in the hands of Li Su has increased greatly, not only mastering a large amount of land, but also migrating a large number of people from the Tang Dynasty, and now the number of Han people in Li Su's hands has reached seven million, which has reached one-third of the number of Han people in the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, because Li Su vigorously developed industry and commerce, agriculture was mainly a large plantation economy, which liberated a large number of people from the land, and indirectly promoted the development of industry and commerce.

It is precisely because of the development of industry and commerce that Li Su's annual tax revenue has risen in a straight line, and even two years ago, Li Su's annual treasury revenue has surpassed that of the Tang Dynasty, which allows Li Su to show his strength in both administration and military, and his rule over various places is also more solid. At the same time, it also attracted many talents from the Tang Dynasty to serve under him.

With economic and administrative support, the military strength in Li Su's hands has also been greatly enhanced. Because the land he occupied was all overseas, the military power in Li Su's hands was dominated by the navy. The nature of the Army is closer to that of the Marines of later generations.

Among them, the navy is the core army, from top to bottom only recruit Han Chinese, the total strength has now reached 200,000, the main warship more than 700, other small and medium-sized warships thousands, divided into the east, south, west, north, and middle five fleets stationed in various places.

Among them, the Eastern Fleet was the latest to be established, and is now stationed in the Hawaiian Islands in the East, whose main mission is to protect the security of the American shipping routes, and it is also the main fleet of Li Su's invasion of the Americas. The Western fleet is stationed on the island of Ceylon. In addition to helping Li Zhen and Li Yun, it also protects the safety of the route from Africa to Malacca. The Southern Fleet is the strongest, stationed in Luzon, Java, and Australia, and Li Su is preparing to split this fleet into two fleets, while the main force of the Northern Fleet is stationed in the port of Wakokunu, responsible for the security of the waters of Samhan, Waguo, and Liuqiu.

In addition, there is the Central Fleet, which is responsible for Taiwan's security, but the strength of this fleet is very weak, and there are very few main warships in the fleet, most of which are small and medium-sized ships. In normal times, it is mainly responsible for maritime arrest and anti-smuggling and other tasks.

In addition to the navy, Li Su also has an army of 300,000 people, the core of which is an army of 100,000 Han Chinese, and half of them are firearms troops. As for the remaining 200,000 people, they are an alien army composed of steppe people, Japanese people, and Sanhan people.

Although the number of alien troops is large, they are only used for auxiliary purposes in peacetime. For example, when a new place is occupied, Li Su will send these alien troops to manage law and order. suppressed rebellions, etc., the real main force on the battlefield was still the Han army. After all, he didn't want to follow the old path of the Roman Empire, so that the Romans lost their military power, and the army was all barbarians, and in the end, they were eaten up by these barbarian armies, and most of the land was lost.

It is precisely because they have such strong economic and military strength that Wang An and Lu Hong, who originally did not agree to establish the country as the emperor, have now changed their views, after all, in all aspects, Li Su has full wings, and it is indeed time to establish a country, which is also the trend of the times, even Li Su cannot change it.

However, Li Su still had concerns about the founding of the country, so after Wang An and them brought it up, he did not give them an answer for the time being in the name of the need for careful consideration, but half a month has passed, but Li Su still has not been able to make up his mind, which makes Wang An and others very anxious, so he reminded him through Wu Meiniang.

"Mei Niang, what do you think I should do about this?" Li Su pondered for a long time, and finally looked up at Wu Meiniang, and asked with a serious face, establishing the country and becoming the emperor is not only a state affair, but also his family affair, after all, it is still the age of the family, so he wants to hear Wu Meiniang's opinion.

After Wu Meiniang heard this, she walked to Li Su's side gently, and then said softly: "Originally, from my standpoint, I naturally hope that my husband will ascend the throne as the emperor, but I also know that this matter makes you very embarrassed, so the concubine is in this matter, and everything is arranged by the husband, but husband, you also have to consider the feelings of Wang An's civil and military officials." ”

Li Su sighed after hearing this, although Wu Meiniang said to let herself be the master, but in fact, in her heart, she still hopes to let herself ascend the throne, after all, Wu Meiniang is different from Wen Xin and others, her fame and fortune are heavier, so she naturally hopes that Li Su can go further, and she can also have a higher status at that time.

Thinking of this, Li Su was also very helpless, fortunately, he also knew that although Wu Meiniang persuaded himself to ascend the throne with some ideas for himself, he was actually mainly thinking about him, after all, for Li Su now, the benefits of ascending the throne far outweigh the disadvantages.

Although he knew that Wu Meiniang was kind, Li Su still couldn't make up his mind, so he could only say that he could only think about it again, and Wu Meiniang had no choice but to retreat in the end.

But before Li Su calmed down, the door of the study opened again, and then Jin Shengman came in with a tray, and there was a pot of tea on the tray, which was Li Su's habit, whenever he had lunch, he liked to drink a few cups of tea, Wen'er was in charge of it before, but since Wen'er had a daughter, Jin Shengman took care of the tea delivery.

Since Jin Shengman served as Li Su's secretary, she quickly relied on her administrative skills to get Li Su's recognition, and the relationship between the two was slowly eased, and even the two had a son Li Han, but because Jin Shengman was usually very busy, Li Han was generally helped by Wen'er and Hua'er.

"Your Highness, please have tea!" Jin Shengman smiled and poured out a cup of tea, and then put it in front of Li Su and said softly, and when Li Su took it, she walked behind Li Su and gently pinched his shoulder, which made Li Su feel relaxed all over his body, closed his eyes after taking a sip of tea, and at the same time leaned his head on Jin Shengman's chest, which made the other party's eyes red, but he didn't dodge.

"Shengman, what do you think of Wang Fu's proposal half a month ago?" After a long while, as if he was about to fall asleep, Li Su suddenly spoke.

Jin Shengman, who was helping Li Su pinch his shoulders, was stunned, although she helped Li Su deal with some government affairs, but in major matters, it was not her turn to speak, so naturally she didn't expect Li Su to ask herself such an important question, and she didn't know how to answer it for a while?

However, Jin Shengman was the queen after all, and she quickly reacted, only to see her ponder for a while and then replied: "The husband has some concerns in his heart, so he definitely does not want to be the emperor now, but this matter is the trend of the times, so from the perspective of the concubine, it is still the same time Wang Fu and other people to invite, after all, this matter is also more beneficial than disadvantageous for the husband." ”

Jin Shengman's answer did not surprise Li Su, because excluding the influence of some other factors, ascending the throne is indeed his best choice.

Thinking of this, Li Su sighed tiredly, and then waved his hand to let Jin Shengman retreat. And after sitting in the study for a long time, he suddenly got up and walked out of the study, and then walked to the backyard.

Today is the tenth day, so Xijun and Mengxue are in the palace, when Li Su walked to the garden of the inner house, he happened to see Xijun and Mengxue sitting together chatting, and Feng Shuyu was sitting next to him, and he didn't know what they were chatting about, and from time to time he let out a silver bell-like laughter.

Speaking of which, Xijun is now in charge of the financial power of the palace, and all the industries and businesses under Li Su's name are under her jurisdiction, but since she has been ugly, she has divided half of her heart on her children, and usually lets go of most of the financial matters to the people below, especially after having Feng Shuyu, this smart woman has grown up quickly, and has now taken over most of Xijun's work, and even Xijun is already planning to have a child.

As for Mengxue, she is the dean of the Taiwan Medical College, which is also her favorite job, and because she is a woman, there are more women and fewer men in Taiwan's medical schools, and even now there are more and more female doctors in Taiwan's medical community, and I believe that it will not be long before the medical industry will be taken away by women.

Looking at Xijun and Mengxue, who were talking and laughing, Li Su wanted to ask them their opinions on his accession to the throne, but after thinking about it, he gave up, after all, the two of them have always been not very concerned about political affairs, even if they ask themselves, I am afraid they will not give any good advice, and it will also make them a little more troubled.

Thinking of this, Li Wei shook his head helplessly, turned around and walked towards the courtyard where the Chinese heart lived in the inner house. Looking at the weather, it is estimated that Wenxin should also wake up from a nap. Although Wen Xin doesn't care much about political affairs, she is his wife after all, and if she ascends the throne, Wen Xin will be his queen, so Li Su wants to hear Wen Xin's opinion on this matter.

When Li Su walked to the door of Wenxin's courtyard, he heard the sound of a few children playing inside, and when he entered the courtyard, he found that the eldest sister was playing games with Li Qi and Li Mian and other younger siblings, and in front of the main hall, Wenxin was lying on a recliner, while looking at a few lively children, while stroking his abdomen, his face exuded a kind of maternal love, which made people feel very quiet in their hearts at first sight, and even Li Su's chaotic thoughts were calmed down at once. (To be continued......)