"Why, do you have another candidate?"
The emperor raised his eyebrows and asked curiously.
"I also think that Li Dingguo is quite suitable."
Duke Jingguo hurriedly spoke.
The emperor chuckled: "Li Dingguo is still a little talented, so you can train it well."
Then, the emperor seemed to remember something, and his eyes turned, but he looked at the square in front of the Ganqing Palace not far away.
I saw more than a dozen children of all sizes in the square, practicing martial arts.
Children who can look like this in this palace are naturally the descendants of the emperor.
According to the education and training plan formulated by the emperor for the princes, any prince who is over four years old must spend an hour every day to practice martial arts in front of the Ganqing Palace. Every month, the emperor will spend half a day to assess the princes' martial arts knowledge.
It is now the eighth year of Zhaowu, and there are dozens of children of the emperor. The youngest one is just a full moon, and the largest one...
Li Jing, the eldest son of Qin Gong, who directly led to the establishment of Daheng, was now eight or nine years old!
Among them, there are as many as fifteen princes who are over four years old.
There are so many children who gather together on weekdays, so it is noisy.
Speaking of talent and cultivation, the emperor couldn't help but reminded the emperor of these princes. Who is worthy of being? Who... can perfectly inherit his will?
The emperor's eyes flashed, and this question has been hovering in his mind since the princes were a little older.
He would forge a great empire that has not been seen since ancient times. The heir of this great empire must be considered qualified if he understands his painstaking efforts, perfectly inherits his will, and has extremely strong talent.
But now, he has seen many things in these princes. Perhaps because of his strict education, every prince has almost more or less shining points, but until now, he has not seen an existence that meets the standards in all aspects!
Although in the eyes of the emperor, there is no hurry. As the saying goes, there are many children and many blessings. He has many children and still has time and there is a lot of room for choice.
But it is obvious that this is not the case.
The emperor was able to sit firmly on Diaoyutai and carefully select the heirs because the eighth year of Daheng's founding of the Kingdom, the rear throne was always hanging in the air.
The throne of the rear is empty, which means that the emperor has the eldest son, but there is no real eldest son!
Although this seems to be a matter of changing the concept, if you are serious, you can't find any problems.
But this premise is that the rear position is always empty.
In the past, everything in Daheng was dominated by Wu Xun. A group of rude men who came out of mud legs would not think so much. Even if they thought about it, few people would care.
Therefore, in the first few years of the founding of Daheng, the emperor could do whatever he wanted, whether it was slaughtering gentry and landlords, reforming land finance and taxation, and the position of the rear was empty and the crown prince was unstable.
But now it has been the eighth year of Zhaowu, and Daheng's order has gradually stabilized, and has long since transformed from conquering the world to governing the world.
The subject of policy implementation has changed!
In the past, Daheng had a military system, governing the country with his army, and the emperor was a general. Daheng's martial honor was a general at all levels who were in charge of all places.
Implementing policies is military orders!
The rule of the country with military orders is carried out by violating military laws, and the policies implemented infringe on almost all the interests of the old gentry and landlords, and have nothing to do with the military heroes, or even beneficial, and everything is unimpeded.
Now, the main body of governing the world is civil officials and scholars.
The martial artists who came out of the mud legs didn't care and thought it was worth mentioning. In their eyes, etiquette and law were greater than heaven!
This is also the most fundamental reason why the emperor has always had troubles and difficulties in recent years.
For these scholars, the eighth year of Daheng's founding of the Kingdom, the rear throne was still empty and the crown prince was still undecided, which was obviously an extremely incomprehensible thing.
In the past, they were groups that were excluded from the ruling subjects and even suppressed and slaughtered by the ruling subjects. At that time, all the departments of the court almost became decorations!
Civilian officials and gentry can be said to be a slight person, but in Daheng, there is no right to speak at all.
And now, today is obviously different from the past.
In recent years, with the increase in the voice of civil servants and gentry in Daheng, no one dared to mention the title of the crown prince. However, this kind of news has already appeared in the court.
It is very obvious that the founding queen is just the beginning.
According to the system of the eldest son, after being established, in a sense, it is equivalent to establishing a crown prince.
After so many years of cultural influence in the Song and Ming dynasties, it was not so easy to make a decision.
As this problem, as civil servants become more and more powerful in Daheng, it will inevitably be detonated sooner or later.
Etiquette and law are greater than heaven!
Etiquette and law are the essence of this national culture and the fundamental basis of the ruling order of this country.
Since ancient times, since the etiquette and law have been improved, all dynasties have been said to govern the country with etiquette rather than by law.
Etiquette and law are the rules and orders brought about by etiquette, rather than the legal orders formulated by the state.
If Daheng chooses to inherit etiquette and law, he must accept the rules and order brought by etiquette and law.
This rule order is much more useful than plain laws in most cases. This rule order is the only one that does not distinguish between classes and rights. From the emperor to the people below, they can be bound or obeyed.
Faced with such order, the emperor had to worry about it.
At this moment, as if he had noticed what the emperor was thinking, Duke Jingguo also followed the emperor's gaze and looked at the princes in the square in front of the hall, but soon, Duke Jingguo withdrew his gaze.
This matter is really not something he can participate in. Of course, the most important thing is that no matter what the matter is, it really has nothing to do with him.
The first Duke of Daheng was hereditary and retired with the country.
Who is the crown prince, who is the throne of the descendants, and even who is the future emperor, he is the Duke of Jingguo of Daheng, and his eldest son will also inherit his Duke of Jingguo.
Other descendants... The family of the Duke of Jingguo's mansion is very rich, and any slag is enough to support a large number of people.
"Your eldest son is over teen, aren't you?"
During the silence, the emperor suddenly spoke.
Duke Yasukuni was slightly stunned, then nodded and said, "The eldest son is fourteen years old."
The emperor said again: "At the age of fourteen, the Martial Arts Academy should be about to graduate, right?"
"I will finish my graduation in the second half of next year, and my second boy will also finish my graduation in the second half of next year."
Duke Jingguo nodded, and for a moment, he didn't understand what the emperor was thinking.
The emperor asked: "I have graduated, have you decided to go where I will?"
Duke Jingguo hesitated for a while and still truthfully said: "I am going to let my eldest son go to Shaanxi and the second son go to Jiangnan Navy."
Speaking of this, Duke Yasukuni added: "The children are not capable, they are full of spirits and have to polish them at the grassroots level for a few years."
The emperor glanced at Duke Jingguo and nodded: "The martial arts school teaches most of the skills of talking about war on paper. Only by applying what you have learned can it be considered a skill."
"It is not a good thing to reach the sky step by step. Just like us, we were also getting up from the bottom step by step, and we are now."
"Don't worry, your Majesty, I understand."
The emperor nodded without saying anything, and looked at the princes who were practicing martial arts again, with faint eyes and thoughts in his mind.
The rear position...the crown prince...
Chapter completed!