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Chapter 1639 The Lucky Man of the Times (Second update, please subscribe)

It’s an official residence!
The moment the car drove into the official residence, Yi Daoguo didn't know what to say.

As for Wang Shiyou, he was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth, so much so that he forgot the language for a long time.

All the speculations have been confirmed. Just as they had originally speculated, Li Yixuan is indeed your son.

"Is this true?"

Even though they already knew the answer, they were still so shocked that they were speechless for a long time.

“It’s really unexpected.”

Now all the speculations have been confirmed. From the moment the car drove into the official residence, his identity was revealed.

"What do we do now?"

In response to his colleagues' questions, Yi Daoguo said.

"Of course, we report what we know. This is our responsibility as journalists, and..."

Turning his gaze towards the official residence, Yi Daoguo spoke in a tone full of reverence.

"And we also have the responsibility to let everyone know how you educate your children! People should know all this."

Yes, people should know all this, and at this time only extremely simple emotions are left.

When Li Jie heard about this from Yi Daoguo, he fell into silence. He was also deeply touched in his heart. He remained silent for a minute or two, and then spoke after a long time.

"Your Excellency has done what many of us could not do. When this war broke out, you know, I was glad that my son was not mobilized.

But now... what I feel is shame. In the past 20 years, many of us have benefited from this land. We came here from the war-torn Tangshan and lived a life here that was unimaginable in the past, even in our dreams.

But when faced with the challenge here, I backed down. My heart made me choose to retreat. Now, I... am really ashamed. "

Looking at the photos in his hand, Li Jie said with emotion:
"As a father, there is no need for you to let the eldest son take such a risk. He is on the front line... just like an ordinary soldier.

And these are all unknown to people. If it weren’t for our accidental discovery, perhaps people would never know all this.”

In the photo, Li Yixuan is holding a rifle and shooting forward, while a medical worker is rescuing the wounded beside him.

Even though it was just a photo, everyone could feel the danger on the battlefield at that time. With his status, he didn't need to experience all of this.

Yi Daoguo nodded and said:
"In fact, even if the eldest son did not go to the battlefield, we would understand. Yes, he only needs to wear a military uniform like Roosevelt's son, and even if he experienced the war, people would not question anything.

But he chose to fight the enemy in the rain forest with a rifle."

At this moment he was really deeply touched, because everything in this incident overturned his cognition.

But everything touched his heart.

“Yeah, even if he doesn’t go to the front line, no one will question him, after all, we all think that privilege is sometimes taken for granted.

His status and background meant that he should enjoy all this, and we would not blame him for anything. But he didn't..."

Looking at the young man in the photo, holding a rifle, his comrades around him were dying, and even he himself was injured, but he just stood there in the hail of bullets, and he just kept fighting.

When you look at him, you only have one feeling - not a soldier, just a soldier. There is nothing special about him, he is a soldier, and as a soldier he goes to defend this land and the people on this land.

Li Jie sighed and then said.

"We have always said that this place is different from other places. We have various reasons for saying this. Now I think... the biggest difference between here and other places is this..."

Looking at the photo in his hand, Li Jie said:

"Report all of this, let everyone know about it, and know what is different here!"

Then he pushed the photo forward.
“For the front page, use this photo.”

So that evening, people in the newspaper office were preparing for the next day's newspaper. After seeing that article, everyone fell into deep thought.

Many people were touched that night.

Even the censors fell silent after seeing this report.

As a general rule, when it comes to news about you and your family, no reporting is allowed unless it is officially announced.

But when faced with this news report, the censors approved it directly.

"We should let everyone know about this, they deserve to know this."

Just like that, when Li Yixuan was introducing his girlfriend to his family and when Li Yian was enjoying family happiness together, what he didn't know was that the things he had been hiding for many years were exposed.

The next morning, Li Yiyuan woke up in the dormitory as usual.

As a freshman at the Air Force Academy, he had just completed basic training and woke up at 5:30 in the morning like all the other students. Then he started running on the playground.

According to the course schedule, they need to do one hour of physical training every day and then have breakfast on time at 7 o'clock.

There was only 15 to 20 minutes between physical training and breakfast to wash up. After a simple wash, Li Yiyuan walked to the restaurant with his classmates as usual. However, on the way to the restaurant, he found that today seemed different from usual. There were always people pointing and looking at him.

"It seems a little different than usual."

As a classmate, I said with some curiosity.

“It seemed like everyone was looking at us.”

"Well, maybe it's because I'm so handsome."

Although Li Yiyuan was joking, his intuition told him that today was different from usual.

Some people were even holding newspapers in their hands and pointing.

"what 's wrong?"

In doubt, he saw a classmate and shouted:
"Fatty Chen, what are you looking at there?"

"Ah, ah... Look, read the newspaper..."

Although Fatty Chen is called Fatty, he is not fat at all. Seeing Li Yiyuan calling him, his emotions became a little complicated.

"Newspaper, what's interesting in the newspaper? Is it some celebrity's gossip?"

As he spoke, he had already grabbed the newspaper. Then he froze.

"Is he your eldest brother?"

There was no need to ask at all, everyone could see that the two brothers looked very similar.

Plus their names.

There was no need to speculate any more. They were definitely brothers.

Now Li Yiyuan didn't know why everyone looked at him like that, and he also understood why they were pointing fingers at him.

"Oh, if I said no, I'm afraid you wouldn't believe me."

Li Yiyuan said somewhat helplessly.

"Well, he is indeed my elder brother. And just as the newspapers say, His Excellency is indeed my father.

I just don’t know how these reporters managed to dig out his identity.”

There was a hint of relief in his tone as he spoke.

"Fortunately, my brother has returned from the front line, otherwise this would be a really big fish."

On this day, first the newspapers, and then all the TV stations were repeatedly broadcasting the same news - your son is on the front line.

He was not only on the front line, but also on the front line, fighting and charging together with ordinary soldiers.

This day was destined to be restless.

Many people turned their eyes to the official residence, as if waiting for an explanation from it. Objectively speaking, at the routine press conference, reporters also asked questions one after another.

"Sir, everyone is concerned about this issue now, and people are waiting for what you can say."

In front of His Excellency, Zhang Zeyuan's eyes were filled with admiration. Even as the director of the Management Office, his understanding of the eldest son was limited to his service in the army. But who would have thought that he was actually on the front line?

"What?"

Li Yian shook his head and said:
"Yixuan is just fulfilling the responsibilities and obligations that an ordinary citizen must fulfill. If there is any difference, it is that his father is different. He fulfilled his duties and obligations. Well, let's tell the outside world like this!"

If he were a politician, Li Yian would seize this opportunity to publicize something, such as making a fuss about his son's military service, so as to gain political capital for his child.

But he is not a politician. It can even be said that he does not need to consider this issue at all. After all, Li Yixuan does not need such political capital to pave the way for his future.

Although SEAs is a member of the free world, it is different from other countries. Everything here belongs to Li Yian personally.

Li Yixuan is not only the crown prince of the Sarawak Kingdom, but also the heir to the North Borneo Company. Under such circumstances, he does not need any so-called political capital at all.

Just like General Xinxing...what capital does she need? Who would question her?

"We all have obligations and responsibilities in this place, and that's why we create the Equatorial Miracle."

In fact, in many cases, there is no need to preach, just lead by example. To a certain extent, Li Yian is an idealist who is influencing others in his own way, or in other words, influencing and changing this place.

He believed that he had profoundly changed this land and the people here.

It was for this reason that he felt there was no need to make a big fuss about his son's military service.

"In essence, this is just an ordinary citizen fulfilling his civic duty. There is nothing special about it.

The reason why people are shocked is that we haven’t done enough. People are shocked because it is special.

If people can face all this calmly, it means that they have become accustomed to it and such things are nothing new to them.

Only then will we be truly successful.”

When saying this, there was a hint of expectation in Li Yian's tone, and this expectation was more about the future.

What he expected was change, a real change.

This change does not mean that people are becoming richer or that the place is becoming more developed.

It is a spiritual change, to fundamentally get rid of the shackles that the Legalists have imposed on this land for thousands of years. It is to shatter the shackles of thought and even soul.

Of course, Li Yian has this idea not only because he is an idealist, but also because of a deeper reason - he hopes that everything he has here can be passed down from generation to generation.

Although everything the Legalists did seemed to be for the purpose of maintaining their rule, they even proposed the view that "those who can rule the world must first rule their people. Those who defeat a strong enemy must first defeat their people." They directly put the people in the position of the enemy and enslaved and humiliated them, with the purpose of consolidating their rule.

But has it really consolidated its rule?

The so-called historical cycle law has explained everything. Although in the theory of Legalism, in order to maintain the rule, any extreme means can be used.

However, throughout history, there has never been a dynasty that lasted 300 years.

Find experience in failure, and what is the most important experience from these failures?
In fact, the Legalist system gave unlimited privileges to those in power, which not only gave them huge wealth, but also allowed them to decide the life and death of ordinary people. Ordinary people were as humble as ants in front of those in power.

It can never be eliminated in this world. But if privileges are not restricted, the fall of the dynasty is inevitable.

Li Yian never denies the existence of privileges, but he hopes to control the privileges within a certain range, rather than having unlimited privileges just because he has rights.

Power cannot be equated with privilege, even when it comes to one's own.

So, for the past 20 years, he has been doing his best to resist his inner desire for unlimited power.

Of course this is not because he is a noble person, in fact he is a very realistic person.

After all, the ultimate purpose of restricting all this is to ensure that everything you have is passed on forever.

This purpose is also unknown to outsiders.

Facing your decision, Zhang Zeyuan seemed to understand something. He thought for a moment and said with emotion:

"Your Excellency, I think we may be the luckiest people."

Although Zhang Zeyuan didn't know why he had such a feeling, Li Yian wanted to say something. He just smiled and said:
"I guess we're all lucky."

After thinking for a while, Li Yian added:
"Because we live in a lucky era, all accidents and coincidences happen to us. That is why we can create more miracles here."

To a certain extent, this is true. If Germany had not been defeated in World War II, if there had not been the post-war Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, and if there had not been the decline of Britain, would there have been an environment that promoted the development of SEA?
Perhaps, to a certain extent, SEA is the lucky one of the times!
(End of this chapter)