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Text Chapter 1017 Three Generations Theory for a Hundred Years

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    After becoming Prime Minister, Li Si has focused his energy on the royal academy, taking on the role of his teacher Duan Hongshi. He occasionally went to several colleges as guest professors, and at the same time exchanged knowledge with famous people in the academy, Tianmiao and other fields.  Although there are still three years left before the self-determined period of abdication, the current situation is not much different from abdication.

    Li Si did not deliberately follow the "ancestral precept" of "the emperor abdicates at seventy". Most of the people's guesses were correct. On the one hand, the prince Li Kezai was already forty-two years old.  With experts in medicine and martial arts, plus the health care knowledge he brought from another time and space, there should be no problem in living past eighty. If he had not abdicated, the second emperor of Yinghua might not be a prince, but a grandson.

    Political parties competed, and after the prime minister came to power, the state system became increasingly stable, and even financial rights were handed over. Li Si can now make decisions with one word. In addition to foreign affairs and military affairs, there are only Tianzhu and Bengal affairs, and these affairs are also operated.  With decades of regulations in place, there is no need for Li Si to mention it again.

    But Li Si was the founding emperor after all. Although such a state could stand on its own, it was still under his authority.  If he changes his mind and reverses the car, Yinghua will be caught in a violent storm with unpredictable consequences.  While his mind is still clear, handing over the country to the prince and allowing Yinghua to truly enter a world of self-reliance is in line with the general direction that Li Si has been working hard for over the past few decades.

    Another reason is that Wu Ya's death from illness reminded Li Si of his relatives and friends who have passed away over the years: Taoist Yi Ming, teacher Duan Hongshi, Guan Fengsheng, He Gui, Wu Yaluo and other elderly people, Xiao Fumei and Baoyin.  His wife, Xiao Sheng, Hu Hanshan and other brothers and confidants also cherished the people who were still alive.

    The older generation Tian Dayu and Lin Dashu are still alive, but they are getting older and their end is approaching. The wives at home, including Sanniang, Guan Jiang, Siniang and Xu Zhile, are fine, but An Jiuxiu was injured in his early years and is now seriously ill.  haunted.  Zhu Yuyou has been busy with the book collection business for decades.  It also left a lot of root causes of disease.  If Li Si doesn't put down state affairs, he's afraid he won't have much time to get along with him.

    There are reasons to abdicate on both the public and private sides, but that is not all.  The small half that the Chinese people failed to guess came from Li Si's thorough understanding.  during this time.  He communicated with scholars and wise men everywhere, and he also wanted to consolidate these insights. Just like when Duan Hongshi presented the Three Treatises on Heaven and Man as a gift for his accession to the throne and the meaning of governing the country, he also planned to leave something more to the prince.

    "I have been a man for two lifetimes and have lived for more than ninety years. When the old age sets in from my body to my heart, I may turn into a bad old man who is so confused that I hate myself."

    Looking at these energetic third-generation people in front of him, Li Si felt a sense of sadness and a sense of well-deserved pride in his heart.

    It is about to say a little about the "spacecraft" described by the grandchildren. For example, whether to send a dog or a monkey on the starry sky or something, the footsteps came from outside the door.

    "Father"

    It was Li Kezai, who was wearing a bright red court uniform. He had just stepped back from the political meeting in Zhongji Hall, with a look of anger on his face.  He lowered his voice and greeted Li Si.

    "Is it government affairs? There is no emotion or anger in state affairs. Let's talk about it calmly for now. It doesn't matter. When you were still young, I didn't avoid discussing government affairs with you."

    Li Si greeted calmly. The politics discussed in Zhongji Hall were not private and would be discussed in newspapers. Let the emperor's grandsons, princesses and attendants in the school, ranging in age from six to twelve years old, feel the atmosphere of the politics.  That's fine.

    After Li Kezai waved to the third generation as a courtesy, he hesitated for a moment, not daring to disobey his father, and said: "Yuan Yingtai asked his son for the supplementary budget for the Iron Armored Steam Fleet"

    Li Si snorted, smiled knowingly, and asked, "What do you think?"

    Li Kezai said: "The Alliance has been advocating in the East Courtyard to rein in the horse and reduce the scale of the war. Many people in the West Courtyard have also been agitated and want to reduce taxes in the name of cutting military expenditures. Yuan Yingtai wanted to mediate, but he did not take the detailed rules of military expenditures.  It¡¯s hard to talk. So he chose to make a fuss about the second armored steam fleet, which was a good breakthrough.¡±

    Li Si shook his head: "I'm asking you what you think."

    Li Kezai said: "My son is very angry. My father has made it clear that he intends to abdicate. The Political Affairs Hall and the two houses of government can't wait to expand their powers."

    Li Si continued to shake his head: "Power is secondary. Military spending is a matter of war. What do you think about this matter?"

    Li Kezai was silent for a moment, and then confessed: "Disregarding the struggle for power, I believe that the political affairs hall and the two houses of government are justified in this matter. The second iron-clad steam fleet is in line with the Persian Gulf strategy, and the basis of the strategy is to force Britain to give up.  Muscat, attack Persia and Ottoman by sea, this strategy seems a bit"

    He couldn't find a suitable euphemism for a moment, but Li Si pointed it out bluntly: "It's a militancy, right?"

    Li Si chuckled: "Petroleum, most people in the country still don't know what oil is.In Li Kezai's view, Xizhou's series of military operations seemed a bit overjoyed.

    Even though the Suez Canal project was obviously beneficial, not everyone understood it. Some people even used the example of Yang Guang's excavation of the Grand Canal to destroy the Sui Dynasty and satirized this strategy in newspapers.

    But as a prince and an admirer of his father, he must safeguard his father's authority. Li Kezai said: "These are just mediocre calculations. Yinghua is in the overall situation of the world. He takes advantage of this war to set the trend for a century. How can he gain huge profits every year?"  Tens of millions can compare!¡±

    Li Si smiled happily at his son's filial piety, and then said with a straight face: "Ordinary people look at one step, sages look at ten steps, madmen look at a hundred steps If you look too far, you are a madman."

    Then Li Si waved his hand and did not delve into this topic for the time being. Instead, he calculated like a mediocre person, "Nearly 100 million yuan in military expenditures are temporarily raised and are not included in the regular expenditure pattern. Apart from bureaucratic fees and political expenses  200 million, the rest of the plate is only about 100 million."

    "The country wants to build a large number of schools, provide scholars for the industrial and commercial government, and carry out large-scale relief projects to appease the people who have been affected by the rapid development of the times. The East Hospital is the main voice for these things. It needs to build a large-scale railway straight track and a Haihe River port to facilitate the flow of business and goods.  Subsidizing emerging industries, encouraging craftsmen to learn patents, and supporting the prosperity of all industries not only generate profits but also attract manpower, and the West Academy is the leading voice in these matters."

    "To pacify and relieve Tibet and Mongolia, integrate Uzbekistan, the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and the northern and southern Mobei into a national unity, and promote the colonization of Liaodong and overseas, these are the top priorities of the political hall. The policy of winning over the surrounding countries and maintaining the common prosperity of Central Continent must be disturbed  The power of the world is also the responsibility of the Tongshiyuan."

    "The total amount of these expenditures is only 100 million. Although I have handed over my financial power, the pattern of national expenditures has been established, and the financial power held by the prime minister is actually only this piece of money. The country has become bigger, and the benefits of war are not as good as before.  It comes quickly and directly. And the dividends of the world's changing situation are also due to the fact that the two chambers of Congress and the Political Affairs Hall have not yet grasped full power and do not have a comprehensive understanding"

    Li Si rambled on, and finally concluded: "Therefore, Yuan Yingtai started with this matter, inquired about the boundaries of fiscal and taxation power, and hoped to expand financial power. This is his duty. Otherwise, he is by no means a competent prime minister."

    Li Kezai was a little dizzy and reluctantly said: "So what does the emperor mean by allowing the prime minister to interfere with military expenditures? If we continue like this, the prime minister will be involved in military power again? Today the prime minister can check a certain military expenditure, and tomorrow he can check all  Detailed rules on military expenditures, and then join hands with the two houses of Congress to negotiate reductions in military expenditures! If we don¡¯t have the power to spend military expenditures, how can we hold the military power!?¡±

    Li Si frowned: "As I said just now, the prime minister and the two houses of parliament are not involved in military power. They do not ask about military expenditures. Naturally, it is not clear what role these military expenditures play. There is only one way to prevent them from just shouting about cutting military expenditures all day long, which is to let them  They see clearly."

    He softened his tone again: "This way, they can also judge whether the military expenditure is worthwhile. For example, if I want to build a second iron-clad steam fleet, they will definitely object"

    Li Kezai vaguely understood: "Father, are you saying that this is another struggle, just like it took forty years to return the government to the prime minister and establish a system of competing political parties?"

    Li Si nodded: "If you don't fight, how can you know that the true meaning of authority lies in the word responsibility? In a place where the earth is red and hot, the people lie under the trees and can eat the fruits falling from the trees by raising their heads. How can they feel that 'who knows'  Isn¡¯t it hard work to put every grain of food on your plate?¡±

    Li Kezai¡¯s mind became even more dizzy, and the students blinked even more. They all looked like monkeys diving: plop.

    "How do you want to fight, Father?"

    Li Kezai simply didn¡¯t think about it and directly asked for advice.

    Li Si shook his head: "It's not me who fights, it's you who fight"

    Looking at the stunned Li Kezai, Li Si nodded: "This fight is not only about victory, but also about establishing regulations for a century of fighting. It is just like a party fight in this life. I am no longer suitable to stand in front of the stage. I and everyone  Fighting, this fight is futile. So you need to fight. As long as you have a heart that takes righteousness as the root and national laws and regulations as a tool, you can let go and follow your heart to fight with them."

    Li Si emphasized his tone: "When I abdicate, this war will not be over yet. I believe you will protect the rights you deserve, lead Yinghua to win this battle, and gain the greatest benefit. Just for  On this point, I also hope you can win against them."

    Speaking of this, Li Kezai could no longer bear it and knelt down and said: "Father, please think twice about abdicating the throne!"

    Li Si helped his son up and looked around at the confused third generation, suddenly feeling that there were some things he could say here in advance.
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