In the imperial garden, a large martial arts arena was opened, paved with blue bricks, and all kinds of weapons were placed around.

Several eunuchs stood next to the martial arts arena with their hands down, looking at the two figures who were fighting together on the martial arts arena with a slightly nervous expression.

The two figures are not very tall, about seven or eight years old, but they are a heroic young man and a beautiful girl.

The two are of the same age, and their appearance is quite similar, and they both hold wooden swords in their hands, but they both look focused and serious, and they are very quick and sharp in tossing and turning.

With the movements of the two, the wooden sword in their hands kept fighting, making an aggressive muffled sound.

A moment later, the wooden sword in the girl's hand rested on the young man's neck, and the young man's wooden sword was indeed an inch away from the girl's chest.

"Brother, you've lost again." The girl laughed crisply, looking triumphant.

"If you lose, you lose, why do you want to add another word, boom!" The boy was not convinced.

"It's simple, because it's not the first time you've been defeated by my men. If you really fight, your life will be gone. The girl was still triumphant.

"Sister, don't be complacent. Let's just compete in martial arts. If it's a real battlefield fight, it's not certain who wins or loses. Good men don't fight with women, I'm just letting you. The boy sneered.

"If you have the ability, you can say this in front of the queen mother, and it's strange if the queen mother doesn't clean you up well." The girl pouted.

As soon as he heard his mother, the young man shrunk his neck, as if he felt that he couldn't lose the battle, so he stiffened his neck again and said, "Don't worry, I will win you sooner or later." The father was not the opponent of the queen mother at the beginning, but now, the queen mother admits that the father is better than herself. So, I'll let you for a few days. ”

"You're going to brag about how you don't have any points in your heart. If you lose, you don't admit it, are you ashamed. ”

On the other side of the martial arts arena stood two young children, a man and a woman, clapping their little hands and laughing: "Brother Prince, shame!" ”

This young man is naturally the eldest son of Jiang Chuan and Bai Jinxiu, that is, Jiang Yunfan, the crown prince of the Great Qin Empire today. And the girl must be his sister, Jiang Yunxue, the eldest princess of Great Qin.

Both of them are now seven years old, but because they have practiced martial arts since childhood, their physical development is much better than that of children of the same age, so they look like they are eight or nine years old.

When Jiang Yunfan was six years old, he was officially canonized as the crown prince by the Great Qin Emperor Jiang Chuan.

The two young children who applauded and cheered, the girl was Jiang Zhiruo, the second princess of Great Qin, born to Qi Xuan, who has now been promoted to Concubine Qi, and is now four years old.

The boy is Jiang Yunhe, the second prince of Great Qin, born to Liu Ru, who was promoted to Concubine Liu, and is now less than four years old.

"You two don't know anything, and Brother Ben doesn't have the same knowledge as you." The Great Qin Prince glanced at the two little ones depressedly, and threw the wooden sword to a small eunuch who greeted him.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, it's time to go to the imperial study to study, Your Majesty must already be waiting for you." A eunuch with gray temples greeted him and hurriedly said.

As soon as he heard that his father was waiting for him, Jiang Yunfan shrunk his neck, hurriedly changed his clothes and hurried with the old eunuch.

"Zhiruo, Yunhe, you two come here, my sister will take you to the imperial dining room to find something delicious." The eldest princess Jiang Yunxue casually threw the wooden sword in her hand into the weapon rack in the distance, and beckoned to the two little ones and smiled.

"My sister is amazing!" This is an exclamation from the second princess.

"Benefits? Great, sister, take me there! This is the voice of the chubby second prince.

Jiang Yunxue took the two little guys to the imperial dining room for daily stealing.

…………………… I'm the dividing line of what I eat every day..................

"Lost the contest again today?"

In the imperial study, Emperor Jiang Chuan of Great Qin looked at his eldest son with a mocking expression and asked.

You don't need to ask, just look at your son's depressed expression.

"It's still my father's partiality to open a small stove for my sister, otherwise I will definitely win her." The prince muttered unconvinced.

It's just that this small muttering can be heard clearly in the emperor's ears.

"Are you embarrassed to say, are there still fewer small stoves I opened for you? If you lose, you lose, you just catch up, but it's not a man's job to make these excuses. The Emperor's expression became serious.

The prince observed his words and hurriedly said loudly: "Erchen knows that he is wrong, and he will not make excuses in the future." ”

Seeing that his son was so well-behaved, Jiang Chuan didn't want to train him again, so he slowed down and said: "Everyone's talents are different, some people are suitable for martial arts, some people are suitable for studying, some people are good at strategy, and some people are good at making decisions. Your sister is already more talented than you in martial arts, and she is also very diligent. It's not wrong for you to lose to her. There are many people in this world who are better than you and work harder than you, and if you can win so easily, then the world is too unfair. ”

The crown prince seemed to feel something about his father's words, and after pondering for a moment, he said, "Father, the son understands it. You mean that the sons do not have to be strong in everything, but find their own direction according to their own characteristics, right? ”

"You're smart, that's exactly what I'm telling you. in his position. You are my son, the crown prince of Great Qin, that is, the future Emperor of Great Qin. As a prince, what you have to learn is how to know people well, how to judge the general trend of the world, and how to control and benefit the people. Other things naturally have to be done by the courtiers below, all you have to do is to steer the rudder and grasp the direction of my Great Qin's advancement, this is what you really have to do. ”

The prince obviously listened, and nodded with a serious expression.

"Practicing martial arts is just a small way, even if you become a peerless master, it is impossible for you to face thousands of troops and horses alone. In the end, the affairs of the world still depend on thousands of people, millions of Great Qin soldiers, and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty. But the real key and core lies with the emperor. Do you understand? ”

"Thank you for your father's teachings. The sons understood what their father meant, and they should work harder and diligently from now on. However, although I have lost to my sister now, I will not admit defeat. ”

"Well, it's good to keep that up. It doesn't matter if you lose, if you lose, you can't lose your original intention. The emperor looked at his son's serious appearance and nodded approvingly.

After the father and son gossiped for a while, they started today's business.

"Look at this letter. This is a piece sent by Marshal Ran Wu of the Liaodong Theater from Fusang.

The crown prince sat behind the table specially placed for him, opened the battle report handed over by his father, and read it carefully.

Since he was canonized as the crown prince at the age of six, he has not been able to go to the imperial study to follow his father to learn how to govern the country for an hour, and he can't move.

"What do you see in the movement?" After his son finished reading it, Jiang Chuan looked at him and asked.

The prince pondered for a moment, then stood up and said: "Although there are a few words on it that I don't know, I can still understand the general meaning. Marshal Ran said in his recital that a number of incidents of Western pirates attacking the fishing boats of Fusang fishermen have recently been discovered near several major ports in Fuso State, and many fishermen have been arrested.

Moreover, these pirates were not timid in the face of our Great Qin Navy who went to encircle and suppress them, but instead exchanged fire with the navy. Moreover, the guns of these Western pirates are very sharp, and they are not much weaker than the guns of our Great Qin army. Moreover, the ships of these Western pirates are still very fast, and they can often run fast against the wind. ”

When the crown prince finished speaking, the emperor asked, "I did not ask you to repeat the contents of the recital, but asked you what you saw in this recital?" ”

The crown prince was a little dazed, and after thinking about it, he said with a little apprehension: "Marshal Ran Wu wants his father to send the main force of the navy to encircle and suppress these Western pirates, after all, the nearby Fusang country is also my Great Qin's territory, if these Western pirates are allowed to run rampant, it will definitely cause panic, which is not conducive to my Great Qin's rule in Fusang." ”

Jiang Chuan nodded slightly approvingly and said, "You are only eight years old, and you can see that these are already commendable." But what I'm going to teach you today is to see the subtleties and know the four words. ”

The crown prince looked at his father a little blankly.

Jiang Chuan got up, got up from behind the imperial case and paced slowly in the imperial study, while saying in a deep voice: "In my opinion, this is the prelude to the enemy of the West who does not give up and wants to make a comeback." ”