What's even more strange is that those officials are standing behind this young man, and even if they are standing behind this person, most of them are respectful.

This person is none other than Li Jin, the eldest son of the emperor of the Tang Empire!

Eighteen years old this year, he graduated from the Royal School Preparatory Department last summer and entered the history department of Guozijian University to continue his studies.

During the winter vacation last year, he took advantage of the winter vacation to live in the fiefdom of Osumi County.

Like him, there was also his younger brother, the second son of the emperor, King Zhao Li Han, who also took time out to go to his fiefdom of Banten during the winter vacation.

These two people have already been crowned kings, and they have already gone to their fiefdoms to officially become vassals during the summer vacation two years ago, although there is a holy decree allowing them to continue to study in the imperial capital, but they are only allowed to stay in the imperial capital during their studies, and they will have to return to the fiefdom after graduation.

At the same time, during the winter and summer vacations every year, in order to avoid suspicion, they will also take the initiative to apply for a will to return to the fiefdom to live and live, after all, now with a steamship, whether it is an inland river or a sea voyage, it is not affected by the season and wind direction, which is convenient and fast.

Li Jian, the king of Qi, actually did not stay in Osumi Prefecture for long, in fact, he only stayed for about five days, and he once again embarked on the return journey on the royal steam liner.

After arriving in Shanghai yesterday, he did not continue his journey to Jinling City, but planned to stay in Shanghai for a few days and was ordered to inspect it.

This kind of inspection is naturally not to inspect any government affairs, even though he is the eldest son of the emperor, but he has not received any public office, and he is already the vassal king of Osumi County, and now the imperial prince is on the throne, even if he, the vassal king who is the eldest son of the emperor, is allowed to stay in the imperial capital for a while because of his studies, but he still has to keep a low profile.

This kind of inspection is only to inspect the property of the royal family itself!

And even if it is the royal family's own property, in fact, if there is no will, he will not go to the royal family property to do any inspection, that would be too high-profile.

And the high-profile prince has not had a good end since ancient times.

Since he was crowned king a few years ago, King Qi has always kept a low profile, and as he grows older, this low profile has been engraved into his bones.

After arriving in Shanghai yesterday, the local officials in Shanghai learned of the situation, and they all came to pay their respects, but the King of Qi did not see any of them, saying that he was just passing by, and there was no need to mobilize the people, and even he did not live in the royal palace in Shanghai.

The Imperial Assets Division has a large number of palaces in various parts of the country, mainly the residences of many former Ming feudal kings or powerful ministers, but a considerable part of these palaces are appropriated for other purposes on weekdays to maintain the necessary income for repairs, and will be vacated as palaces when necessary.

Only a few palaces with relatively large scale and strong political connotations have always maintained the style of palaces, such as the Forbidden City of Youzhou City and the Imperial Palace of Guilin.

The royal palace in Shanghai is not the residence of the former Ming Dynasty, but the residence of a powerful minister of the former Ming Dynasty, which was confiscated, because of the exquisite architecture and was retained, and then the Imperial Assets Division expanded and repaired the mansion, and finally built a medium-sized royal garden.

However, this royal garden is also similar to other palaces, it has not been occupied by the royal family once, and most of the time it is treated as a public garden, charging tickets for visitors to enjoy, and relying on the income from tickets and other expenses for repair and protection.

In fact, the royal family has basically not touched the nest since the capital of Jinling, and basically most of the royal palaces have only one name, and they are not really used much.

Needless to say, Li Xuan, except for the period of the Unification War, when he went out to fight many times, he basically stayed in Jinling City and the surrounding areas and never walked there.

The most often visited place is Dangtu Industrial Zone, and later after the opening of the Jingzhen Railway, I also took the railway to Zhenjiang once.

Li Xuan didn't go out, and the other royals basically didn't go out.

Empress Dowager Bai returned to Xingquan's hometown many years ago, and this was the first time she went out for many years.

The other concubines, although they also have provincial relatives, are basically without fanfare, and the royal palaces in various places are also small-scale stays.

And Li Xuan's princes, there are only two adult princes who have traveled more frequently in the past two years, but in order to avoid suspicion, they never live in the royal palace, nor do they stay in the private residences of the empire's magnates and officials, basically either staying in hotels in various places, or staying in their own private residences.

Well, these two princes are also not bad for money, they themselves have the industrial stocks of the royal assets department, and at the same time, they also have the money of the vassal king, so they also have money in their hands to buy some private property.

Li Jin, the king of Qi, kept a low profile, and every time he passed by Shanghai, he stayed at the Wusongjiang Hotel, not the royal palace, and did not see local officials.

This caution is actually rare at his age.

But in the eyes of others, this is normal, because the King of Qi in the eyes of outsiders is not an eighteen-year-old young man, but the eldest son of Li Xuan, the Holy Son of Heaven of the Tang Empire, and the vassal king of the empire.

He's not an ordinary person!

So there is no treatment that ordinary people should have.

Li Jian looked at the huge fleet on the Huangpu River, and suddenly turned around and said, "You say, is this America good or bad?" ”

Hearing Li Jin say this suddenly, a group of subordinate officials in the Qi Palace's mansion behind him still didn't react, but the fate of these princes' subordinate officials was largely linked to Li Jin, the King of Qi, and many people immediately began to ponder the deep meaning of King Qi's question.

Immediately, a middle-aged man said: "Back to the prince, the Americas are naturally good, Xia Guan once talked to the people of the Immigration Reclamation Division about the Americas, and the colleagues of the Immigration Reclamation Division said that the Americas are vast and rich, and the climate is pleasant!" ”

"Really!" Li Jian responded casually: "Such a good place, it's a pity!" ”

Li Jian said it was a pity, but they didn't know why Li Jian said it was a pity, and some people thought that Li Jian was talking about these places being occupied by the natives and felt that it was a pity.

Immediately, he said: "The prince doesn't have to feel sorry, although the fertile land of the Americas was stolen by the indigenous barbarians at this time, it was only for a moment, and in a few years, the rain and dew of the Son of Heaven will be sprinkled all over the Americas, so that the fertile land of America will return to the embrace of my China!" ”

Li Jian smiled and didn't answer!

What he said was a pity that he was not talking about the natives, but that this fertile land would not be long before it belonged to his third brother.

Next year, his third brother Li Yu will be sixteen years old, and according to the custom, he will be officially crowned king and vassal in this year, and he has already received news in advance that this Li Yu's fief will be thousands of miles away from the empire's mainland Honolulu Island.

But he knows better that this so-called Sandalwood Island is not just a front, just like his Osumi Prefecture and the second brother King Zhao's Wandan Mansion, just a front.

He had already received a hint from the Empress Dowager Bai, saying that if he was not impatient, his future fief would definitely not be just a small place like Osumi County, but it would probably be the entire Fusang Islands.

At the same time, this kind of fief is not just a pure fictitious fief, but a real fief with some real power.

At that time, he could form a certain number of royal guards, which were also under the jurisdiction of the army, and had the power to share part of the tax revenue in the fiefdom.

Of course, the administrative power of the fiefdom still does not belong to them.

His future fief will be the entire Fusang Islands, and if there is no accident in King Zhao's fief, then it should be the entire Banten Province, at this time the theoretical jurisdiction of Banten Province is very large, basically the islands of the South Seas, except for the Luzon Islands, all the others are under the jurisdiction of Banten Province.

Of course, he guessed that it could also be the Australian continent.

No matter where it is, the final fiefdom will definitely not be a projectile land, but an extremely vast area.

According to this calculation, then Li Yu's real fiefdom will be the vast North America!

If the Americas are really the best place as everyone says, then this Li Yuke has picked up a big bargain!

In the future, relying on the richness of North America, the potential of his third brother may be even greater, and in the future, I am afraid that he will be a powerful enemy among many brothers!

Enemy!

Yes, this is the definition that Li Jian has set for these brothers of his!

Even though he kept a low profile, it was because his father was still alive, but that didn't mean he didn't have any idea about his father's position under his ass.

On the contrary, he has the opposite, and it is a big idea!

But he knew better that he couldn't let other people, especially his father, know this kind of thinking!

Because he doesn't want to die yet!

Li Xuan's authority, that is what everyone dare not do, and there is no way to oppose it, the Holy Son of Heaven Li Xuan was not allowed to discuss any prince issue in his early years, that is, no one dared to discuss it, and later the Holy Son of Heaven said that he wanted to establish a successor, so he would establish a successor.

At that time, whether it was Li Jin, the princes, or those ministers, or even the Empress Dowager Bai and others, all of them did not have a single word of opposition, all of them agreed with each other, even Li Jin himself, after Li Xuan, the son of heaven, established the fourth son of the emperor Li Wei as the crown prince, they all publicly stated that establishing a successor was the only choice to stabilize the foundation of the empire.

It doesn't matter what you think in your heart, but on the surface, especially what your father sees, you must be honest and low-key.

However, this is only for now, and who will dare to say that he has no chance in the future?

Empress Dong has only one prince, and Empress Dong is getting older, and it is basically impossible to get pregnant and have children in the future, that is to say, at present, the legitimate concubine in the Tang Empire is actually only the fourth son of the emperor, Li Wei, and the others are all concubines.

Who dares to say that Li Wei will be able to laugh all the way to the end?

He may have offended his father halfway and was finally deposed as the crown prince, or he may die in front of his father!

Well, the possibility of Li Wei dying in front of Li Xuan is not small.