As Hua Kai expected, his children's late coming-of-age ceremony was well prepared.
Hua Kai asked each of his children to talk about their future plans to see what position they had for themselves.
In the end, all of them spoke very well. They had clear goals and could clearly see their own strengths. In particular, each of them wanted to rely on the Hua family to display their strengths. This was what Hua Kai wanted to see the most. Hua Kai guessed that the think tanks behind them had already considered everything that they needed to consider.
"Each of you spoke about your own ambitions and strengths. I, your father, am very pleased.
However, being born into the royal family not only means that you have more resources than others, you also have to bear responsibilities that others cannot bear.
The Hua family's members are supervised more strictly than anyone else. In addition to abiding by the laws of China, you also have to abide by the Hua family's rules.
If anyone violates the country's laws, they will be punished much more severely.
I don't have to worry about your future. I watched you all grow up. You are all favored by the heavens. You all know the principles and knowledge that you should know.
All the direct descendants of the Hua Xia Imperial Family, regardless of gender, cannot enter the Jade Butterfly (Imperial Family Tree) if they cannot advance to the Innate Realm within the age of 35. The collateral descendants within three generations will lose their royal status and all the rights of the Imperial Family if they do not advance to the Innate Realm within two generations.
The Imperial Family is the center of the country's power. To enjoy the best benefits, they must bear the corresponding responsibilities.
The think tanks behind you may plan your future for you, but they are still fighting for power and benefits.
Your eyes can't stop here. Only when you have the world in your heart and have no distracting thoughts can you be invincible in whatever you do. If there comes a day when you feel lost about the future and can't make a decision, you can come and find me directly. "Hua Kai said.
Although Hua Kai did not say the word "love" to his children, everyone could feel that he valued them.
He did not teach his children how to do things, but taught them how to be human.
If the direct descendants of the Hua family did not advance to the Innate Realm by the age of 35, they would directly become collateral descendants and lose all the benefits of the direct descendants. If the collateral descendants did not advance to the Innate Realm within two generations, they would become ordinary people.
This was crueler than any other aristocratic family. The Hua family's resources were only reserved for the most outstanding people. The more members there were, the stronger they became. The more resources they needed, the less the members of the Hua family would use.
Hua Kai made this decision in order to maintain the strength and influence of the important and core members of the family.
The people who came to watch the ceremony also admired Hua Kai's decision.
In fact, many aristocratic families had already discussed this in private. The Hua family had expanded from a hundred people to more than ten thousand people in the past forty years. He had more than a hundred cousins in his generation, and each of them had many wives and concubines and dozens of children. One generation every twenty years, and the next generation had already grown up. If this continued, there would be more and more members of the Imperial Family, and their quality would become worse and worse.
Hua Kai's decision was beneficial to the development of China as a whole.
Hua Kai's nineteen children all chose to take up positions in the Five Great Academies. They all chose positions that were most suitable for their strengths and status. The representatives of the Five Great Academies also promised Hua Kai that they would nurture the abilities of the princes and princesses, and let the glory of the Hua family spread throughout China.
That was the question that everyone was most concerned about. Many aristocratic families began to propose to Hua Kai about the engagement of the princes and princesses. In the Kingdom of Huaxia, whether it was a royal family or a commoner, marriage was decided by the parents.
However, Hua Kai gave all the princes and princesses the right to choose for themselves.
"Your mother and I only have the right to decide your marriage, because what you want is not something that others can know.
However, as your father, I cannot ignore your matters.
These few days, I've been thinking that our Imperial Family is different from other aristocratic families. All of our direct descendants are geniuses, and many of them are even Holy Sons. Eighteen and twenty years old might just be the beginning of your lives.
Therefore, I've decided that all direct descendants of the Imperial Family can't get married before the age of thirty-five unless they reach the Xiantian realm.
When you meet the marriage requirements and meet the person you like, you need to report to the Imperial Family. After a year, you can hold an engagement ceremony. After a year of engagement, you can get married.
After three years of marriage, you need your wife's consent before you can take concubines. Xiantian realm cultivators can take up to three concubines, Foundation Establishment realm cultivators can take up to ten concubines, and Golden Core realm cultivators and above have no restrictions. "
Hua Kai directly rejected all the aristocratic families that wanted marriage, but no one objected to Hua Kai's decision.
The Hua family increased the restrictions on marriage. This way, fewer and fewer people could get married, and the gap between the princes and princesses would be unknowingly widened. The competition between the princes and princesses would also be less intense.
Hua Kai also knew that his children were competitive because the Imperial Family would reward them according to their performance every year. They were already rivals.
However, they were at most twenty-three years old, and the strongest among them was only at the middle stage of the Xiantian realm. They couldn't cause any big waves. By the time they could, they would have reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm and would have become core members of the Hua family.
The first coming of age ceremony for the princes and princesses of Huaxia was completed. Although many people did not achieve their goals, they had truly witnessed the style of the royal family. Many aristocratic families began to reorganize their own family members and began to put morality in a higher position. Within a few days, Hua Kai found that Confucianism and Mohism were prevalent everywhere in Huaxia. This was something that Hua Kai did not expect.
After the coming of age ceremony, Hua Kai stayed in the Imperial Palace and didn't leave. The imperial concubines who were busy all over the country also began to return. In the five years since Hua Kai left, the Imperial Kindergarten had been empty. Every year, fewer and fewer girls from aristocratic families entered the Imperial Palace to study.
Hua Kai devoted all his attention to the creation of Pangu The Creation of Heaven and Earth. It had been almost ten years, but the virtual mirror of this book had not been created yet. There was not a single story fragment, not even a single word. This might be the most difficult book to write by human beings.
Every day, he immersed himself in the ugly toad's pearl and left the ancient world to return to the virtual space to continue his creation. Hua Kai couldn't help but spend less time in his family's mystic realm.
King Chu had done very well in the Lushun Archipelago. He and Tang Lei had bought slaves and built a lot of construction. Now, not only had the dock been built, but the shipyard had also been built.
China's screws and nails made it much easier to build ships. Now, tribes had begun to book ships here, and many tribes had chosen to join China.
In just a few months, China's population had increased from thirty thousand to a hundred and fifty thousand. This included a hundred thousand slaves. China used all kinds of goods to inform the tribes in Lushun Archipelago. As for King Chu, he had sent people to Java to gather information while selling all kinds of goods to Java. Many of China's workshops were suddenly in operation.
Time passed slowly. When Hua Kai finished creating the image of a Godfiend, he realized that there were only 21 Godfiends left. At this moment, he didn't feel any excitement.
Hua Kai didn't seem to be in a hurry to advance to the Soul Formation Realm. He walked out of the meditation room and realized that the spirit tree outside had bloomed. It was spring again. He had been back in China for seven years. It was now April of the 31st year of China.
After entering the family's mystic realm, everyone looked over. Hua Kai hadn't entered the mystic realm for half a year. Now, the domestic affairs were basically decided by Hua Chengmin, Chinese Ink, and Xue Chen. Xue Chen had broken through to the sixth level of the Golden Core Realm and had resigned from his position as the head of the Government Affairs Council. He handed it over to Hua Xuan, who had advanced to the Golden Core Realm, to manage.
In the past seven years, China had gained 11 more Golden Core Realm cultivators. Now, the number of Golden Core Realm cultivators had reached 24. Grandfather Hua Xing, Fourth Uncle Hua Zihuan, Hua Li, Hua Yu, and Qi Qige. The royal family suddenly had five more Golden Core Realm cultivators.
Hua Xuan, the head of the Jia family, Second Uncle Huang Guangwen, King Lu, the head of the Yan family, Lv Zhongyao, and other subordinates of China were also constantly emerging in the Golden Core Realm.
The population of China had finally reached 50 million. The country was peaceful.
There were pavilions or castles every 30 miles on the official road to protect the safety of all the passers-by in China.
From the rail car experiment in Gaoliu County ten years ago, more than 30 tracks had been laid in China. They could be reached from every city on the mainland. The tracks in China had been laid for more than 270,000 miles. Taking the rail car from the border of the Endless Desert to the west of Wusun Country, one could reach the Temple of Heaven City in the southernmost part of China in five months. The whole journey was 21000 miles. This made China's rail department even bigger. China's trade had reached an unimaginable level.
However, the Little Cold Current period was still not over. Every place in the Divine Continent of the East would snow in winter. The winter in Hua Cheng had been stable for half a year.
"Why are you all looking at me?
What are you discussing? "Hua Kai saw that everyone seemed to be worried about something, so he asked.
"Your Majesty, you came at the right time. We have a problem that we haven't been able to make a decision on.
In the past few years, after the pavilions were built, a lot of land was rented by the aristocratic families. You proposed to let ordinary people build villages around the pavilions. It has been going well in the past few years. Our population is no longer limited to the vicinity of the city. Everyone is busy developing more areas.
However, in the past few years, some aristocratic families have begun to slowly take over the land of ordinary people. Many small aristocratic families have cultivated more than 10,000 mu. They hire a large number of ordinary people and buy large-scale farming machinery. I believe that all the land will be in the hands of the aristocratic families soon, "Xue Chen said to Hua Kai.
"That's it?
It's very easy to solve.
You pass a bill. The eldest son of the first wife will not have the sole right of inheritance. All male and female children will have the right of inheritance. If there is a family property dispute, the family property can be divided.
This way, these problems can be easily solved, "Hua Kai said casually.
Hearing Hua Kai's words, everyone looked at Hua Kai without speaking. Hua Kai's move could not only solve these problems, it could solve a lot of problems.