After birth, old age, illness and death, it is impossible to determine who will inherit the throne, even if Li Xuan is the emperor. He can only make adjustments within his own capabilities.
For example, Li Xuan has always been very concerned about ensuring that the prince can grow up safely as much as possible. Since the birth of the emperor's eldest son Li Xuan, Li Xuan has begun to formulate a unique method for raising the prince compared with previous dynasties.
and the education system.
Take the emperor's eldest son Li Huan as an example. After he was born, a team of more than twenty people took care of him, including experienced wet nurses, nimble maids, round-the-clock imperial doctors, and specialized bodyguards.
At the same time, in order to prevent the infection of various germs, especially epidemic diseases, Li Xuan specially set aside a courtyard for him. The house was fully disinfected, and everyone entering and exiting needed to be disinfected.
The three subsequent princes were born one after another, with the same operation!
In the early years, Li Xuan was worried that they would get smallpox. He even specially ordered those perverted medical students from the Department of Medicine at the Royal Institute of Technology to experiment with vaccination, and he also clearly told them to vaccinate with cowpox. After several years of training, the students in the Department of Medicine
After the experiment, the cowpox was finally found.
A small-scale trial had started the year before last, and princes and princesses were also vaccinated with cowpox one after another to prevent smallpox infection.
Recently, preparations have been made to start large-scale promotion of vaccinia vaccination. However, the people are still relatively worried and even resistant to this technology, so the promotion is not very smooth. There is no way. Ordinary people, no matter what era, are ignorant.
occupy the majority.
Li Xuan is not in a hurry about this. Anyway, the technology has been developed and will be gradually promoted.
As the princes grew up, Li Xuan made a special education plan for them!
This kind of education plan is naturally different from that of ordinary people, and Li Xuan did not let any of them receive individual lessons from the palace teachers.
Although they are princes, Li Xuan still hopes that they can have a slightly normal childhood, so Li Xuan specially established a royal primary school this year, selecting school-age children from the noble families of the courtiers, and then enrolling in the school.
A prince is a classmate.
Li Xuan hoped that these princes would have the opportunity to communicate with ordinary people, instead of growing up alone in a deep palace without knowing anything about the world.
No matter in life or education, Li Xuan is very concerned about his sons! He cannot guarantee that each of these sons will become talented and outstanding people, but at least they will not become idle idlers.
People etc.
To be an emperor, to be honest, you don’t have to be a talented person. As long as he is an ordinary person, can have the IQ and EQ of a normal person, and after receiving special royal education, then in general he can do it well.
Too bad.
Except for a few founding emperors or Zhongxing emperors, most of the emperors who passed through the dynasties were mediocre, but not all emperors were good at it.
The prince's education does not teach too advanced knowledge such as mathematics, physics and chemistry. They are princes and are not going to be scientists. They don't need to be too proficient in these. They only need to know that mathematics, physics and chemistry are useful and they must pay attention to science. That's it.
Li Xuan's current education plan for several princes is more to let them know the common sense of life, social common sense, professional knowledge and even politics. That will be a matter for the future.
Now, the point is to let them know how much a bun costs, and more importantly, let them know that although they are princes and can drink meat porridge with every meal, ordinary people cannot afford it. Even ordinary white porridge is not available.
I can't afford to drink.
Those who have received this kind of education are currently the emperor's eldest son Li Yan and the emperor's second son Li Han. They were both born in the fourth year of Xuanping and are already six years old this year. The emperor's third son Li Fang is only three years old this year.
The fourth son is only one year old and has not yet reached school age.
Li Yan and Li Yan, who just started going to school this year, were very happy when they first went to school. They stayed in the palace every day and had not seen many people of the same age except for a few brothers and sisters.
After arriving at Royal Primary School, I met dozens of peers, which was very happy!
The subjects of Royal Primary School are also different from those of schools outside. There are only three main subjects: Chinese, mathematics, and science. However, there are many subsidiary subjects, including six arts, social practice, etc.
Of course, these are just education in school. In fact, after finishing their daily school classes, their mothers and concubines will still pay attention to their other studies after returning to the palace, and the content of their studies is more profound.
There is no way. Although these children are still young and ignorant, their mothers and concubines are sensible and try their best to teach their children some survival philosophy. What philosophy?
For example, how to please your father!
If you want to be the crown prince, how can you not please Li Xuan?
But their thinking was a bit wrong. In fact, they didn't need to please Li Xuan!
Because Li Xuan is a relatively rational person, and to put it bluntly, he is heartless. He will not let a certain prince become the crown prince just because he likes him.
The future crown prince of the Tang Empire must be the most suitable crown prince!
It's not that Li Xuan likes the most, nor is he the best, but the most suitable!
In this regard, Li Xuan and Zhengde are actually a bit similar. Emperor Zhengde liked his third son the most and thought that this man was very similar to him. In terms of ability, the sixth son, King Hui, was the most awesome among his sons.
But until his death, he did not pass the crown prince position to his third son, King Jing, nor to his sixth son, King Hui. Instead, he gave the title to his eldest son, Prince Shao Wu, because for the Ming Empire at that time, the eldest son was the most suitable
Yes, if you don't choose this person, big problems will arise.
In the Ming Dynasty, except for the case of Zhu Di seizing the throne, which is not included in the discussion, there was only a special case of Emperor Jingtai who inherited the throne in a system other than the direct eldest son. The others all inherited the throne according to the eldest son.
However, Emperor Jingtai did not die well. Later, Yingzong made another coup to seize the throne, and the cause of his death became a mystery!
It can be seen from this that in the Ming Dynasty where the heir system was implemented, Emperor Zhengde could not choose according to his own preferences, but could only choose the most suitable Emperor Shaowu.
As for the Tang Empire, Li Xuan has not yet determined what system to adopt. At the same time, he himself is a serious founding emperor, and no one dares to force him to implement the system of direct descendants.
Therefore, the system does not restrict Li Xuan's choice of crown prince.
There is only one condition for Li Xuan to choose who will be emperor, and that is to see who is most suitable when the time comes.
And this suitability is a comprehensive condition that will not cause chaos between the government and the opposition or even lead to civil war. Furthermore, it must have some ability and cannot be a waste.
Therefore, after much deliberation, Li Xuan felt that it would be better to postpone it for a few years and then make a decision based on the situation.
The royal family's New Year's Eve dinner is the same as the state banquets outside. It has a relatively large sense of ceremony. It is quite late to eat this dinner, and there are various customs and etiquette activities.
This night, Li Xuan was still very busy, at least he didn't have much time to enjoy the dance of the palace dance troupe!
After this night, the Tang Empire will usher in a new year: the 11th year of Xuanping!
In the first few days of the eleventh year of Xuanping, Li Xuan was relatively leisurely, because he had a holiday these days. New Year's Eve to New Year's Day were all legal holidays. Except for the remaining on-duty staff in various government offices,
Everyone can take a vacation.
Of course, it is impossible for these officials to go back to their hometowns during such a short holiday, so there is no such thing as Spring Festival travel in the Tang Empire.
Nowadays, traveling long distances can take more than half a month or even a month on the road. Going home to celebrate the New Year is too luxurious.
This is true for ordinary people, let alone officials!
If an official wants to go back to his hometown, unless he is like Chen Lifu, it is more convenient to have his home in Jinling City. If it is in other places, he can only go back occasionally when he is on the way and stay for a long time.
There will be very few.
Unless it's Ding You, officials generally don't have time to go back to their hometown for too long. Even if it goes well, they can only stay for a day or two at most.
By the time you can go home, it’s often time to retire!
Since the officials in the capital did not go home, there were naturally many high-ranking officials who came to pay Li Xuan New Year greetings, but most of Li Xuan was missing!
It’s the Chinese New Year, so Li Xuan also has to take a holiday, right?
Except for a few ministers on duty in the imperial study room and a few military bosses, he didn't see anyone. He just stayed in the harem to enjoy his vacation these days.
During the Spring Festival, the entire Jinling City seemed lively and peaceful. Just from the scenes of Jinling City during the Spring Festival, we can generally see the outline of a prosperous empire.
If we work harder, it is not impossible to create a peaceful and prosperous era.
However, not every place is lively and peaceful. Some places basically have no Chinese New Year atmosphere, especially the overseas territory of Wandan Prefecture far away from the mainland. The city of Wandan, let alone the New Year atmosphere, even
It was also shrouded in a chilling atmosphere.
Looking from a distance, almost the entire Banten Castle is surrounded by dark-skinned, short natives outside the city. The number of these natives is no less than 20,000.
Moreover, there are actually quite a few artillery pieces in these indigenous arrays, including even twelve-pound cannons. Many indigenous soldiers still have matchlock guns in their hands!
Among the large number of indigenous soldiers, there were a lot of mixed people, including blond foreigners and East Asians with yellow skin and dark eyes. I just didn't know whether they were Fusang people or Tang people.
In Wandan City, the governor of Wandan Prefecture, Zhu Jiaxiang, the governor of Wandan Prefecture, was lying on the bed. He was as skinny as a stick, bloodless, and his breathing was weak.
At this moment, he struggled to open his eyes and murmured: "Is the fleet back?"