Birth, old age, sickness and death, who can inherit the throne, even if Li Xuan is the emperor, it is impossible to determine, he can only adjust what he can.

For example, as much as possible to ensure that the prince can grow up safely, this point, Li Xuan has always been very concerned, since the birth of the emperor's eldest son Li Zhen, Li Xuan began to formulate a more unique princely raising and education system compared to the previous dynasties.

Taking the emperor's eldest son Li Jin as an example, after he was born, there was a team of more than 20 people to take care of him, with experienced wet nurses, smart maids, all-weather imperial doctors, and special guards.

At the same time, in order to prevent the infection of all kinds of germs, especially epidemic diseases, Li Xuan specially vacated a courtyard for him, and the house was fully disinfected, and people entering and leaving needed to be disinfected.

The three princes were born one after another, and the same is the operation!

In the early years, Li Xuan was still worried that they would have smallpox or something, and specially instructed those perverted medical students in the medical department of the Royal Institute of Technology to experiment with cowpox, and he told them very clearly that the students in the medical department had already made cowpox out after several years of experiments.

The year before last, a small-scale trial had already begun, and the princes and princesses were also vaccinated with cowpox one after another to prevent smallpox.

Recently, it is ready to start a large-scale promotion of vaccinia, but the people still have great concerns and even resistance to this technology, so the promotion is not very smooth, no way, ordinary people, no matter what era, the ignorant occupy the majority.

Li Xuan is not in a hurry about this, anyway, the technology has already been developed, and this will be promoted slowly.

As several princes grew up, Li Xuan still specially formulated their education plan!

This kind of education plan is naturally different from the education plan of ordinary people, and Li Xuan did not let them be taught alone by the palace teacher.

Although they are princes, Li Xuan still hopes that they can have a slightly more normal childhood, so Li Xuan specially set up a royal primary school this year, selecting school-age children from the families of courtiers and nobles, and then enrolling in the school and being classmates for several princes.

Li Xuan hopes that these princes can get the opportunity to communicate with ordinary people, instead of growing up alone in the deep palace and not understanding anything about the world.

Whether it is in life or education, Li Xuan is very concerned about his sons! He couldn't guarantee that each of these sons would be some kind of talented, but at least he wouldn't be idle and so on.

To be an emperor, seriously, 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 a special royal education, then he will not be too bad in general.

The emperors of several dynasties, except for a few founding emperors or Zhongxing emperors, most of them are actually mediocre people, but people are not the same as emperors.

The education of the prince is not too advanced in mathematics, physics and chemistry, they are princes, not to be scientists, they don't need to be too proficient in these, they just need to know that mathematics, physics and chemistry are useful, and they should pay attention to science, then it will be fine.

Li Xuan's current education for several princes is more to let them know the common sense of life, the common sense of society, professional knowledge and even politics and other education, which is a matter of the future.

Now, the point is to let them know how much a bun is, and let them know that although they are princes and can drink meat porridge for every meal, ordinary people can't afford to drink it, and even ordinary white porridge can't afford to drink.

And those who receive this kind of education are currently the emperor's eldest son Li Jian and the emperor's second son Li Yan, both of whom were born in the fourth year of Xuanping and are six years old this year, while the third son of the emperor Li Yu is only three years old this year, and the fourth son of the emperor is only one year old, and he has not yet reached the age of going to school.

Li Jian and Li Yan, who only started school this year, were very happy when they first went to school, staying in the deep palace every day, except for a few brothers and sisters, they haven't seen many peers.

When I arrived at the Royal Primary School, I met dozens of my peers, and I was very happy!

The subjects of Royal Primary School are also different from those of other schools, with only three main subjects: Chinese language, mathematics, and nature, but there are more subsidiary subjects, including six arts, social practice, and so on.

Of course, these are just education in school, in fact, after the end of the daily school class, back in the palace, their mother will still pay attention to their other learning, the content of the study is more profound.

No way, although these children are still young and ignorant, but their mother is sensible, and teach their children some philosophy of survival as much as possible, what philosophy?

For example, how to please my father!

If you want to be the crown prince, how can you do it if you don't please Li Xuan!

But they thought a little badly, in fact, they didn't have to please Li Xuan!

Because Li Xuan is a more rational person, if he doesn't sound good, he has no heart and lungs, he will not let this prince become the crown prince because he likes a certain prince.

The future crown prince of the Tang Empire, that must be the most suitable crown prince!

It's not Li Xuan's favorite, it's not the best, but it's the most suitable!

At this point, in fact, Li Xuan and Zhengde are a bit similar, Emperor Zhengde's favorite is the third son, thinking that this person is very similar to himself, and simply speaking of ability, the sixth son Huiwang is the most awesome of his sons.

But until his death, he did not give the crown prince to the third son King Jing, nor did he pass it on to the sixth son King Hui, but to the eldest son, the crown prince Shaowu, because for the Ming Empire at that time, the eldest son was the most suitable, and if this person was not chosen, then there would be a big problem.

The Ming Dynasty, except for the fact that Zhu Di seized the throne and was not included in the discussion, did not inherit the throne under the eldest system, only Emperor Jingtai was a special example, and the others were all inherited by the eldest son.

However, Emperor Jingtai did not die well, and later Yingzong made a change to seize the door, and the cause of death became a mystery!

It can be seen that in the Ming Dynasty, which implemented the elder system, 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, and at the same time, he himself is the founding emperor of the Eight Classics, and no one dares to let him implement the elder system.

Therefore, the system is not a restriction on Li Xuan's choice of the crown prince.

There is only one condition for Li Xuan to choose who will be the emperor, and that is to see who is the most suitable when the time comes.

And this suitability is a comprehensive condition, which will not cause chaos in the government and the opposition or even cause a civil war, and then it must have some ability, and it cannot be a waste material.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Li Xuan felt that it would be delayed for a few years, and then he would see the situation and then make sure.

The royal family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is the same as the state banquet outside, the sense of ceremony is relatively large, and this dinner is eaten, it is relatively late, and then there are various customs and ceremonial activities.

This night, Li Xuan was still quite 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 eleventh year of Xuanping!

In the first few days of the eleventh year of Xuanping, Li Xuan was relatively leisurely, because these days were holidays, from the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve to the sixth day of the new year, they were all statutory holidays, and all the officials and yamen could have holidays except for the duty personnel who stayed behind.

Of course, it is naturally impossible for these officials to go back to their hometown or anything during the holiday with such a short vacation, so there is no Spring Festival transportation in the Tang Empire.

In these years, traveling long distances, on the road casually for more than half a month or even a month, going home for the New Year is too luxurious.

This is true for ordinary people, let alone officials!

If the official wants to go back to his hometown, unless he is like Chen Lifu, his home is more convenient in Jinling City, and in other places, he can only go back occasionally when he is on the way, and the time he stays will be very small.

Unless it is a worry, otherwise, it is generally impossible for officials to have time to return to their hometown for too long, even if it is smooth, at most it will only stay for a day or two.

By the time you can go home, it's often time to go home!

The officials in the Beijing Division don't go home, so there are naturally a lot of high-ranking officials who come to pay New Year's greetings to Li Xuan, but most of Li Xuan is gone!

This is the New Year, and he Li Xuan is also going to have a holiday!

Except for a few ministers on duty in the imperial study and a few military bigwigs, he didn't see any of them, and he stayed in the harem to enjoy his vacation for the past few days.

During the Spring Festival, the entire Jinling City is lively and peaceful, just from the scene of Jinling City during the Spring Festival, it is generally possible to see the outline of a thriving empire.

With more effort, it is not impossible to create a prosperous era of Xuanping.

However, not every place is in a lively and peaceful place, and some places basically do not have the taste of the New Year, especially the overseas territory of Banten Province, which is far away from the mainland, and the atmosphere of the New Year is even shrouded in the atmosphere of slaughter.

From a distance, almost the entire castle of Banten was surrounded by dark-skinned, short-skinned natives outside the city, numbering no more than 20,000 people.

Moreover, there are still a lot of artillery pieces in these indigenous arrays, including twelve-pound guns, and many indigenous soldiers still have arquebuses in their hands!

Among the large number of indigenous soldiers, there are a lot of chaotic people, including blonde and blue-eyed foreigners, and yellow-skinned and black-eyed East Asians, but I don't know whether they are Fusang or Tang.

In Banten City, the governor of Banten Province, Zhu Jiaxiang, the governor of Banten Province, was lying on the bed, the whole person was skinny, bloodless, and his breathing was very weak.

At this time, I saw him open his eyes with great difficulty, and muttered: "Is the fleet back?" ”