First, the highly respected Buddhist master, then the son of King Ning with a deep background, and then the distinguished princess of a country, and finally even the imperial decree of today's emperor arrived. He became the only and absolute protagonist in the arena, including the old lady herself, and no one cared about her 60th birthday anymore.
Li Yi felt guilty about this, but the old lady didn't care. On the contrary, she was happier than before, as if this matter was more important than her 60th birthday.
This is not surprising. After the founding of the country, although the country has been in turmoil for decades, it is generally stable. It is almost impossible to earn a title by military exploits. At most, it is just rewarding officials and giving land .
Today's son has been in power for more than ten years, and he is deliberately reducing his titles. There are very few knights, and this is the first time in recent years that a viscount has been awarded in Jing County.
What this represents is naturally self-evident. For the sake of the continuation of the Li family, the old lady couldn't give him more things, so she felt guilty. Now it seems that what the Li family can give him can't match the emperor's grace
What could be better than being favored by the Holy One
With such a big commotion at the old lady's birthday banquet, Li Yi would naturally be overwhelmed by various questions during the banquet.
Of course, it includes what is going on between him, the crown prince and the princess, and what is the specific meaning of the merits mentioned in the imperial decree...
Li Yi also just briefly said that he met His Royal Highness and the princess in Qing'an Mansion, a few things he did inadvertently, and did not expect to be of such great use to the country. As for chatting with the emperor in the garden, by the way For their sake, Li Yi didn't mention a word about the fact that he was brought back from the ghost gate.
Li Mingze and the others only knew that Li Yi's post of county lieutenant was sealed by His Majesty's imperial pen, but they didn't go into details. Today, His Majesty cherishes talents, because there are many poor students who are granted permission to enter the official post by an article, and they also As long as this is one of them.
However, with the arrival of the imperial edict tonight, everyone finally understood how much His Majesty valued him.
However, the viscount at the age of twenty, no one knows where he will go in the future, the Li family is still too young for him after all.
Li Mingze thought for a moment, looked at Li Yi and said, "I was still hesitating before whether to leave the position of the Patriarch to you in the future, but now it seems that for the sake of the Li Family, the position of the Patriarch is handed over to you. most suitable."
Fang's face changed drastically upon hearing this, but she just lowered her head and said nothing.
Today is not what it used to be. For a county magistrate who is less than twenty years old, even if her husband gives him the position of head of the Li family, no one in the Li family will object.
The expression on the old lady's face remained unchanged, and she looked at Li Yi in the same way, obviously supporting her son's decision.
At the same table, the core members of the Li family were not surprised by the words of the patriarch. If a family wants to continue for a long time, maintain prosperity forever, and not decline, it requires the unremitting efforts of each generation of patriarchs.
Although Li Minghan is the eldest son, he would not be a good head of the family. It can be seen from the fact that he eloped with an ordinary woman in disregard of the family. Over the years, if the current head of the family hadn't worked so hard, the Li family would have fallen into disrepair. It's not as good as it is now.
But the younger generation of the Li family, including the patriarch's son, did not have any outstanding figures, let alone the ability to lead the Li family back to glory, or even the ability to maintain the status quo.
At this time, it is obviously the best choice to hand over the future of the Li family to Li Yi, who has a holy family and has a close relationship with the royal family.
Moreover, he is the grandson of Li's parents, so all this is justified. Neither outsiders nor the Li family have the right to criticize this.
Liu Ruyi looked at the crowd, and then at Li Yi. Seeing that the atmosphere was unusually quiet, she retracted the chopsticks that had been stretched out.
Being watched by everyone, Li Yi suddenly smiled and said, "Second Uncle, I was born in Qing'an Mansion and grew up in Qing'an Mansion. In fact, before I came to the capital, I just wanted to wait for my grandma to celebrate her birthday. I went back immediately, I never thought of being the Patriarch of the Li family, if it weren't for His Majesty's imperial decree, I would have set off in two days at most."
Fang Shi on the opposite side slightly raised his head when he heard the words. A trace of disbelief flashed in his eyes.
What else did Li Mingze want to say, Li Yi said again: "Like my father, I am not the material to be the head of the family. If the Li family is in my hands, I am afraid that it will decline faster. Second uncle is now in his prime, and the Li family is under your care. Under the management, it will not decline, as for the future - that should be Yingjie and Yingcai's business."
Li Yi is not humble. He likes to live a small life with firewood, rice, oil and salt. There are Ruyi, Ruyi, and Xiaohuan. Everywhere is home. He is confident that he can live such a life well.
As for being the patriarch of a big family, he spends every day thinking about the rise and fall of the family, working hard, calculating and calculating the past. I am afraid that he will die in two years. What is the meaning of such a life? Be scary.
Under the pressure of Chen Guogong's mansion, the Li family can still be run like this. His second uncle is suitable for this business. For the sake of the Li family and himself, Li Yi feels that it is necessary to put these words first. illustrate.
Fang raised her head and looked at Li Yi in a daze, the shock in her eyes growing stronger.
He never thought of being the head of the Li family, never thought of taking away from them everything that should belong to him
In this way, in his eyes, these things she did are actually one, no, many jokes
The title, the holy family, the friendship with the eldest son, the princess, and even the master of Tan Yin, these things are far more important than the Li family, he can get them at his fingertips, how pitiful is he that he deeply thinks that he has plots against the Li family
After being completely relieved in her heart, Fang's head was lowered again, her face was blushing, and she wished she could get into a hole.
Li Mingze frowned slightly. What Li Yi said was very firm. Not only would he not be the head of the family now, but he would not be in the future. Yingjie and Yingcai are mediocre. After a hundred years, the decline of the Li family is inevitable. Unless he can bring the Li family to another level in his lifetime.
However, this matter is almost impossible to achieve in his hands. A viscount in name only is far inferior to the son of Shiyi County personally appointed by His Majesty. If his title can be promoted again, the status of the Li family will also rise. The premise of all this is that he is willing to become the head of the Li family.
Seeing Li Yi's smiling face but his extremely firm attitude, Li Mingze didn't say anything more. This matter still needs to be discussed in the long run.