Wild North America 1846

Chapter 692 Discussion on enfeoffing feudal kings
Imperial Capital Chang'an
Inside the Forbidden Garden of the Daming Palace

The hearty laughter of Emperor Li Cha was heard, and more than a dozen smart and lovely grandsons gathered around their knees, making the always aloof Holy Emperor show a rare smile.

These 10 grandsons aged 6-9 are from King Qin, Crown Prince Tang-Li Gan (the third son of the emperor), Guangnan Wang Tang-Li Kun (the emperor's seventh son), Pingxi Wang Tang-Li Xin (the emperor's tenth son) One son) On the palaces of the princes.They are all descended from the emperor's grandsons (note, refer to the queen's descendants) who rank high in the succession to the throne. It is difficult for those descended from the concubine to even meet the emperor's grandfather.

This is also impossible.

Emperor Li Cha has a total of 135 princes and princesses. The youngest 73 princes are only two years old. There are nearly a hundred princes and princesses who have reached 16 years old.

from this year
The Daming Palace has stopped selecting beautiful women, and the emperor's harem will no longer admit newcomers. It is estimated that the chances of His Majesty the Holy Emperor leaving the royal family will be even less in the future.

This is also the result of repeated admonitions from Empress Lin and the cabinet ministers. There is no need to worry about the royal inheritance. Now the most important thing is the emperor's sacred bow, which is related to the rise and fall of the empire.

"Stop kneeling, get up, all the emperors and grandchildren will be rewarded, and each emperor and grandson will go to Longevity Mountain to pick a companion beast?" Emperor Li Cha said with a magnanimous wave of his hand.

The lions, tigers, leopards, and birds of Wanshou Mountain (note, homonym of Wanshou Mountain) are all handsome and highly intelligent. These are all alien species of beasts trained by Emperor Li Cha with his true blood, and the accompanying guards could not be better.

Most of the rewards given to the emperor's grandchildren are the cubs of lions, tigers, leopards, and beasts. They grew up with them since they were young, and their feelings are naturally deep.

"The emperor's grandson is waiting to thank the emperor's grandfather for his kindness!"

Hearing the reward from Grandpa Huang, all the grandchildren of the emperor were overjoyed immediately, and they all knelt down and kowtowed again to thank them. Even Empress Lin who was beside her couldn't hide her joy.

His Majesty's Holy Beast is not an easy reward. So far, only the top 20 princes and several founding marshals and dukes have received this reward, and each one is regarded as a treasure.

There is a reason why Emperor Li Cha is so generous. These young grandsons are the heirs of the future empire, and the ranking is still before the concubines.

For example, the eldest son of Qin Wang Li Ganzhi, the nine-year-old grandson of the emperor Tang-Li Shiye, is the fourth heir to the throne of the Tang Empire, second only to his father and two uncles.

As for the fourth-ranked Duke of Hawaii and the eldest son of the emperor, His Royal Highness Tang-Li Yuan, he has automatically lost the right to inherit the imperial throne after His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty proclaimed him King of Kentucky.

His Royal Highness Tang-Li Geng, the Duke of Panama and second prince, has automatically lost the right to inherit the fifth throne of the Tang Empire after the emperor issued an imperial edict and was crowned King of Oklahoma.

The emperor's grandsons born in Qin Wangfu, Guangnan Wangfu and Pingxi Wangfu are ranked first in the right to inherit the throne, and they have higher priority than other concubine emperors and uncles, commonly known as "jumping in line".

In this era where bloodlines are used to judge noble and humble, from the princes, important officials of the empire to ordinary people, it seems that everyone has naturally accepted this "jumping in line" phenomenon, and the same is true in the inheritance of imperial nobles.

It was precisely because the emperor's grandsons appeared one after another that the eldest son of the emperor and the Duke of Hawaii Tang-Li Yuan obediently accepted the order and went to Kentucky to create a new kingdom.

The situation was the same for the other concubine princes who were ranked first. Seeing that there was no hope of even a ten thousandth chance of inheriting the imperial throne, the sons of Qin Palace, Guangnan Palace, and Pingxi Palace went to the front one by one. Anyone will be discouraged.

No... The fifth son, the sixth son, the eighth son, and the ninth son are all waiting to go overseas to take up feudal lordship, that is, in the past two years.

Royal gossip spread;

It is said that His Majesty the Holy Emperor intends to take out all the 11 provinces under the former Andean Governor's Mansion in Beihai and South America, and arrange the top 20 princes to become vassals to establish a vassal kingdom belonging to the empire.

As for the princes after their twenties, they will be awarded the title of third-class duke, which is degraded from generation to generation. Such a third-class duke will be rewarded with a mansion by His Majesty the Emperor when he becomes an adult, but the title has no title, no fiefdom, and can only be fixed every year. Receive a super-grade salary from the Royal House of Internal Affairs.

After the death of these princes, the descendants can only succeed the marquis, and then the grandchildren will succeed the earl, until the title of baron. The sons of the princes and uncles can inherit five generations, and then they will be commoners.

The reason for this arrangement is that Emperor Li Cha of the Tang Dynasty made a special arrangement for the succession of titles, considering that the 300 million royal children of the Ming Dynasty almost ate up the entire country.

Nowadays, there are more than 1300 royal princes, grandsons and princesses in the Tang Empire. If it continues for several generations, it should be very easy to have several 10 people.

Even though the imperial family of the Tang Dynasty was extremely wealthy, they couldn't hold on to so many.

Because these vassal states are not independent kingdoms, their territory is an inalienable part of Datang China, they do not have an army, they do not have independent diplomacy, and they need to pay varying amounts of tribute every year to implement the unified legal and economic system of the Datang Empire.

The vassal state government was transformed from the former provincial governments in the Andes region. Officials were transferred to accept dispatches from the imperial government, and there were not many places where the vassal king could intervene.

A vassal state under such heavy restrictions is more like a Ming dynasty vassal raised locally.

The difference is that the Great Tang Empire does not restrict the children of the royal family from engaging in politics and the army, or from doing business or in various industries, allowing the children of the royal family to give full play to their intelligence and talents.

"Queen, let the other concubines worry more about the affairs of the harem. You don't need to work too hard, and take good care of your body." Emperor Li Cha said, looking at Empress Lin with some pity.

Empress Lin is only one year younger than the Holy One, and she is 56 years old. Due to proper maintenance, she looks younger than her actual age, and her majesty is still there, but her gray hair still shows the weather.

Now that her children and grandchildren are full, looking at the emperor who is still middle-aged, she feels emotional, and said: "The posture of my concubine Puliu, I have no regrets in my life to receive the love of the Holy One. I only hope that the Holy One will cherish the dragon body, and take the country and society as a concern, and lead the empire." It would be nice to have another Jiazi, that must be the wish of billions of subjects."

"Hehehe...the empress was joking, no emperor has lived so long since ancient times?"

"The concubine knows that His Majesty is not an ordinary person, but a god sent by heaven. We, the concubines in the harem, can only pray for His Majesty day and night. I hope that the Spring and Autumn Period will always be here!"

"I know the empress's painstaking efforts, and the concubine Lin Xing has already restrained herself, hehe..." After a few awkward laughs, Emperor Li Cha immediately changed the subject and said;

"Considering the construction of the new colony, I plan to entrust the kings in the summer and autumn of next year and let them all go out and venture.

Many princes have learned all their skills, and there is no use for making noise, so let's compare and see who is stronger and who is weaker?

Don't say that I didn't give them a chance many years later. "

After hearing this, Empress Lin nodded dignifiedly, and said, "All matters concerning the court shall be subject to His Majesty's imperial decree, and the courtiers and concubines will not comment. I think it should be the blessing of these emperors."

After the two talked for a while, His Majesty drove back to the palace, and Empress Lin felt tired and went to rest herself.

The elderly concubines who heard the news were overjoyed, and many of the princes who were about to be entrusted had their own flesh and blood.

If His Majesty issues a decree next year to become a vassal king, it will be a higher royal title than a duke, and it will be extremely honorable.

A mother is more expensive than a child, and finally she can see the day of Guangzong Yaozu.

The royal family of the Tang Empire, starting from the generation of the emperor and grandson, is all in the class of "shou" (note; the same as "shou"), ranked according to the 8 characters of "ordered by heaven, longevity and eternal prosperity", and then down One generation is the generation of the word "ming", in order.

Therefore, the eldest son of Li Qian, the king of Qin, and the nine-year-old eldest grandson of the emperor are named Tang-Li Shiye, the word "Tang" is exclusive to the children of the noble imperial family.

Just like the word "Feng" in the German Junker military aristocrats, it represents a surname of noble birth, which is very easy to identify.

Emperor Li Cha's entrustment of feudal princes was not a whim. Many princes joined the army since they were young. Over the years, they have been influenced by military and political affairs, and they have performed very well.

That being the case, give them a small world to develop, maybe there will be no surprises.

Huang Ming's way of raising pigs has made many excellent royal children useless. Of course, the Tang Empire is unwilling to follow this old road.

This is also conducive to strengthening and consolidating the frontiers. It is impossible for the vassal kings to rebel without soldiers in their hands, let alone demolish the Tang royal family.

When there is any grand celebration in the future, the sight of Wanbang coming to court is also very exciting.

After enfeoffing the feudal kings, the feudal kings returned to their vassal lands to eat old rice. Those who are good at economics are naturally rich, and those who talk about it can only sit and eat, which forces them to work hard.

After returning to the inner hall, Emperor Li Cha browsed for a while. The latest edition of "Summary of World Situations" edited by the Royal Secretariat found nothing new, so he put it down and drank tea while thinking about his thoughts.

According to the latest news from Europe, His Majesty Kaiser Wilhelm I of the German Empire is frail and frail.

It seems that it is just a matter of a year or two.

The unified German Empire is facing the change of imperial power for the first time, which makes people look forward to it.

There is also bad news that the German crown prince, Prince Friedrich, was diagnosed with throat cancer in May. Due to a misdiagnosis by British doctor Morel McKenzie, the illness was delayed.

By July and August, the swollen tumor had seriously affected Prince Friedrich's speech function, making him suffer from pain.

This cast another shadow on the German Empire. Fortunately, His Royal Highness Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Albert von Hohenzollern has grown up. Worry about no successor.

As for the rookie pecking war among the three countries in South America, Emperor Li Cha just glanced at it and stopped paying attention.

If you want to fight, you can fight. The so-called praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind. I don't know who will have the last laugh?

(End of this chapter)