Chapter 853: Teachings for My Son

The Laborers of the Xuanyuan Tribe have all been sent onto the Boats, and the grain that was due has also been fully paid out; for the Xuanyuan Tribe, all affairs for this year can be considered successfully completed, and the entire Huaxia has also gradually begun to enter a rest period.

Most departments have begun to take turns going on holiday, and industrial production has also begun to gradually scale back; after a year of hard work and toil, it has finally reached the time for everyone to recuperate.

What makes Baifeng feel somewhat anxious and excited is that his grandson is about to be born; although the exact time of birth cannot be calculated, the month in which it will happen can still be inferred.

Plus, Sui and Chinv have experience, and based on Zhi's current symptoms and the size of her belly, they feel the delivery period is within these twenty days or so.

Yulong is becoming a father for the first time, and Baifeng is becoming a grandfather for the first time; although it is not yet certain whether it is a boy or a girl, for them, it is a very exciting and very peculiar event.

Yulong appears even more restless; when Zhi first discovered she was pregnant, he didn't have much of a reaction, as this is the normal state of humanity after all—he married a wife, wasn't it to propagate the next generation? Now that it has happened, the goal has been achieved.

But only when he truly learned that his child would meet him in about twenty days did he become very panicked, to the point where he would lose focus even while working every day.

Compared to the change in status, the main thing he is thinking about is whether he can become a good father, just like his own father.

Baifeng can be said to have been infinitely good to his children; his companionship since they were young was sufficient, and everything he could give them, he gave; when teaching them things, he was meticulous; his two sons grew up in such an atmosphere from a young age, and in terms of intelligence and character, they are both infinitely good.

Having discovered Yulong's increasingly nervous mood, Baifeng decided to guide Yulong and soothe him; there is no need to be so nervous.

But Yulong opened his mouth and said: "Father, can I really be a good father? I am truly a bit afraid; I don't know what I should do."

Baifeng patted his shoulder: "Yulong, how do you think we have done as fathers? Are we good enough? Are we qualified?"

"Of course you are good; you are the best father in the whole world." Yulong's true feelings were revealed: "I am thinking, can I become a good father like you? But I am not as smart as you, nor do I understand as much knowledge, so I am truly worried."

Baifeng was recognized and was naturally very happy: "Yulong, since you think I am a qualified father, and you don't know what to do, then you should think about how I did things, and then, you take the parts you think I did poorly or inadequately, and change them to do even better than me, wouldn't that work?"

In the future, your children will also have their own children; when they face the same problems as you, you go and teach them like this, then the children of our family will become more outstanding one after another; after you have more children, I will tell you how to treat each child, which is also what I am doing.

Right now, I don't know if what I am doing is right either, so after you have children, you will definitely have your own ideas; when that time comes, we will discuss it together and set a general strategy for future generations so they know what they should do.

This is an important core for maintaining our family's ruling power; once brothers are at odds and children are incompetent, a family will gradually head toward decline, and such problems will be even more obvious in our family of rulers; therefore, what others see as small problems must be taken seriously by us."

Yulong nodded heavily: "Okay, Father, I will definitely do it well."

"Mm, the main thing is the mindset; adjusting it is the best thing. There is one more thing: those two mothers of yours are anxious to find you another wife; what are your thoughts?"

Yulong did not appear very resistant, but he still refused: "Father, I think having Zhi alone is enough for now; let me keep my focus on work. You didn't just marry two wives yourself? You said it before, having too many children is not necessarily a good thing."

"Mm, that depends on you; I have no opinion on you marrying two or three, as long as it isn't ten or eight. Just look at other families and you will know; they have a pile of wives and a pile of children; how are they supposed to manage them?

Some children are smart, some are stupid, but they are all their own children, and it is impossible not to care for them; yet they cannot be sure their children will definitely be good to their siblings, so they must divide some of their property among them; no matter how large the family business saved up is, it will sooner or later be divided up.

If the heir is capable, they can still hold up the family; if they have no ability, then no matter how large the family is, it will become poor generation after generation. My 'Order of Favor' is also forcing them to carry out such a thing; apart from us, there cannot be another overly large family in Huaxia.

Only someone smart enough can allow their family to continue to be maintained under such circumstances, and such a person is someone you should win over in the future, but at the same time, you must restrict them and weaken them.

Military power, financial power, and legislation—these three powers must have one firmly controlled in your hands; when passing down, they must be dispersed, but when they reach you, they must be concentrated.

If you feel your ability is insufficient and you cannot grasp so much, then appropriately divide some out, let yourself grasp one of them, but you must also leave a point that allows your capable descendants to regain power."

The conversation drifted further and further, and Yulong became somewhat nervous: "Father, you keep telling me these principles, but will our rule really be overthrown? Huaxia was built by your own hands; this belongs to you. And those officials also rely on you for their current status; the power they hold is also very dispersed, so there is no situation where they could control the country."

"Yulong, you must know that your generation does not yet have a great obsession with power, and your thinking is relatively simple, but if you just send one person out, they are already stronger than the leader of any other tribe. Those students who have just graduated, if thrown into the Xuanyuan Tribe, can also be given important roles; never underestimate the enlightenment I have given you.

In the future, officials will only become more and more shrewd and will try to obtain more power from our hands; once you make a mistake, it will be very difficult for you to turn things around, because you, as one person, will be opposing all the officials."