Thief Emperor

Chapter 408: One Family is Happy, One Family is Sad
On the first day of the Lunar New Year in the second year of Zhaoding, Li Yun's eldest son, who was also the eldest legitimate son, was born in Li Garden in Jinling.

This also means that the foundation that Li Yun had just established already has a legal and undisputed heir.

At least that's the case in this era.

As the eldest son, this child has undisputed inheritance rights and can be fully called the Young Master of Jiangdong.

Of course, Li Yun has a different soul in his body, and he may not necessarily agree with the so-called "what should be" of this era. When the child grows up, if it is suitable for him to inherit his father's business, he will of course go with the flow.

If it is really inappropriate, Mr. Li will not make things difficult for him.

After Li Yun looked at the child, Mr. Xue and Mrs. Xue soon came in and looked at their daughter and their eldest grandson.

Li Yun stood up and bowed to Xue Song, saying, "Father-in-law is the elder here, so please give the child a name."

Xue Song was naturally happy to do this. Hearing this, he stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Today is the first day of the new year, the day when everything starts anew. How about calling the child Li Yuan?"

Li Yun and Xue Yun'er looked at each other and were about to nod and agree when Master Xue suddenly froze and coughed: "This name seems a bit inappropriate. Let me think about it again."

The current emperor is called Wu Yuancheng.

Although his name consists of two characters, theoretically, there is no need to avoid the two characters, as long as the characters Yuan and Cheng are not used together, there will be no taboo. However, Master Xue has been an official for a long time and still subconsciously wants to avoid the emperor's name.

The emperor's name was Yuan Cheng, so it seemed inappropriate to name his eldest grandson Yuan.

Li Yun was only slightly startled, then he understood why his father-in-law changed his words. He looked at his wife and said with a smile, "Today is the first day of the new year. This Li Yuan is a very good name, so let's take this name."

Mr. Xue was a little at a loss. After looking at his son-in-law, he nodded.

Xue Yun'er then looked at the baby in the cradle and said softly, "Yuan'er, Yuan'er."

"My child will have a name from now on."

The whole family was naturally happy that both mother and child were safe. Everyone stayed in the delivery room for a long time. Li Yun was worried that it would delay Xue Yun'er's rest, so he persuaded them all to leave, and even let Mrs. Xue take the child out first.

Only the couple were left in the room. Li Yun smoothed Xue Yun'er's hair and said softly, "Madam, you have worked hard. Take a good rest."

Xue Yun'er hummed and said softly, "Husband, I need to rest for a month. Li Garden has a lot of... a lot of accounts to deal with."

"Let Sister Su take care of it. Originally...originally, she was helping me take care of it."

Li Yun was stunned.

Before hearing Xue Yun'er say this, he had never thought about this issue. After all, there are not many people in the entire Li Garden so far.

The account is the account of a normal wealthy family.

But now, there will be more and more people in Li Garden, and more and more accounts. In the past year or so, Xue Yuner has been in charge of these matters.

To put it bluntly, this is the "internal treasury" in Jiangdong, which is separate from the public accounts of Jiangdong and is the Li family's own money.

He had not considered these small matters before, but now that Xue Yun'er reminded him of them, he began to consider that, unknowingly, his own account had become quite large.

After a brief thought, Li Yun smiled and said, "Madam, please have a rest. I will talk to her about this matter when I have time."

"Ah."

Xue Yuner said softly, "I was just about to ask my husband to talk to her."

Xue Yun'er and Liu Su had always had a good relationship. If she might have had some concerns before, these concerns no longer existed after she gave birth to this son.

Li Yun talked with Xue Yun'er for a long time. When the latter was a little tired, he let Xue Yun'er have a good rest and got up and left the room.

As soon as he walked out of the room, brothers Du Qian and Du He came towards him. Du Qian was full of joy, bowed his head and said, "Congratulations, Your Excellency!"

Du He also bowed and smiled, "Congratulations, Your Excellency!"

Li Yun smiled and said, "Brother Du, you came so quickly."

Du Qian smiled and said, "This is a big event for us in Jiangdong. We had to come. After hearing the news, my third brother and I rushed over immediately."

Today is indeed a rare and important day for Jiangdong.

As Jiangdong's business takes shape, in the foreseeable future, as long as Li Yun, the backbone, exists, Jiangdong will become a system within three to five years.

In other words, the Jiangdong small court will soon take shape. If a small court wants to operate stably and for a long time, in addition to civil and military officials from all aspects, it actually needs an heir.

In other words, we cannot put everything on Li Yun. Otherwise, if Li Yun dies of a sudden illness one day, or if something else unexpected happens, the power that has been built up with great difficulty will collapse overnight.

And with heirs, there is a foundation and conditions for continuation.

At least for typical scholar-officials such as Du Qian, the appearance of this child is quite crucial and a big event for the entire Jiangdong Group.

Li Yun smiled and said, "I got a baby today, which is indeed a happy event. I will hold a banquet in Li Garden in a few days to entertain my colleagues and friends in Jinling."

"When the time comes, both Brother Du, please bring your families and come over." Du Qiandu and his brothers all smiled and nodded in agreement.

After a conversation, Zhou Liang, who was dressed in a robe, also hurried over. When he saw Li Yun from a distance, he bowed his head, clasped his fists, and saluted, "Envoy!"

Li Yun smiled and said, "Uncle San is here too."

Whether in private or in public, Li Yun always called Zhou Liang "Third Uncle".

This title actually makes many people curious. They don’t know how these two people with different surnames became uncle and nephew.

Zhou Liang never explained it.

He looked at everyone present, then looked at Li Yun, with a smile on his face: "Congratulations."

Li Yun smiled and said, "Thank you, Uncle San."

Zhou Liang hesitated for a moment and asked, "Sir, can I go and see the child?"

The Du brothers on the side also looked at Li Yun at the same time. Li Yun then took them to see the baby who was still in the cradle. After Zhou Liang saw it, he was lost in thought for a long while before he said with emotion: "They look just like the Envoy when he was a child."

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him sideways.

Du Qian smiled and asked, "Have you chosen a name?"

"My father-in-law took it."

"It means the beginning of a new year."

Li Yun smiled and said, "This child will be called Li Yuan."

I don’t know if the child understood or was frightened by the crowd watching him, but as soon as Li Yun finished speaking, the child burst into tears.

When the Du brothers heard this name, they were a little surprised.

Zhou Liang repeated the name several times and memorized it.

On that day, Li Yuan held a dinner party to entertain the Du brothers, Zhou Liang, Meng Hai and other people close to Li Yun.

Starting from the next day, there was an endless stream of people coming to visit and congratulate Li Yun, almost from morning to night.

For a while, the birth of this child actually became the top priority of Jinling Prefecture and even the entire Jiangdong.

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One family is happy and the other is worried.

When the Li Garden in Jinling was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, His Majesty the Emperor, who was far away in Chengdu, looked at the envoy kneeling respectfully before him, with no expression on his face.
There were three envoys in total, sent by three military governors. They submitted a joint memorial from Guanzhong to the Emperor.

Among the three, a middle-aged scholar knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, General Wei Quanzhong, the governor of Shuofang, was ordered to fight against the bandits two years ago. Now Guanzhong and the Central Plains have been recovered. The general, together with General Li of Hedong and General Xiao of Fanyang, are cleaning up Guanzhong. By February at the latest, Guanzhong will be completely cleaned up."

"Your Majesty, please return to Guanzhong and rule the country."

The other two envoys also knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, please return to Guanzhong and rule the world!"

There was still no expression on the emperor's face. After a long while, he exhaled and said slowly: "I..."

"understood."

"Someone is coming."

The emperor closed his eyes and said, "Please go down. I will reward you handsomely."

The Sanhe envoys all knelt on the ground to express their gratitude and retreated respectfully.

After the three of them left, the emperor showed no joy on his face and just said softly.

"It's really fast."

Pei Huang, who was serving at the side, looked up at the emperor, then lowered his head and said, "If your majesty is not in a hurry to go back now, you can wait until the beginning of spring before setting off."

"After all, if we set off now in such a cold weather, it would be too hasty and would be disrespectful to Your Majesty."

His Majesty the Emperor was waiting for this sentence. He nodded and said, "Sanlang is right. Then... we will set off after the spring."

After saying this, His Majesty the Emperor looked at Pei Huang again and murmured, "Sanlang, what do you think the capital should look like now?"

Pei Huang lowered his head and thought seriously. After a long while, he looked at the emperor and spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty, the current capital city."

"It should be like...waiting for His Majesty to return to the capital to revive the country."

(End of this chapter)