Chapter 994 The Prince’s Education

Dahua is secretly preparing for war, and this preparation process is expected to take several months.

This time is actually very short. It takes several years to prepare for a decisive battle.

During this preparation period, Dahua seemed to be singing and dancing in peace, just like usual.

In fact, related industries are making various preparations intensively.

EU spies in China also feel that Dahua is preparing for war.

However, they don't know yet that Wu Changqing is preparing to conquer personally.

While Wu Changqing was preparing for the war, he also spent more time with his family. After all, this expedition could take as short as one year or as long as two or three years.

Wu Changqing now has a total of sixteen children, including ten princes and six princesses.

This number is not much. On average, there are less than one concubine. There are already twenty-one women in his harem.

Among the sixteen children, a total of 10 are already in school.

On this day, Wu Changqing found a new teacher for the two older princes, Meng Tong, and asked Meng Tong to start teaching new subjects to Wu Xun and Wu Yu.

History and the mind of emperors.

Study history and learn about the rise and fall of history. Learn the emperor's mind and master the skills of his subordinates.

These are compulsory courses for the heir to the throne.

Those who teach these things to their disciples are the real masters.

The teacher who taught them reading and arithmetic before could only be considered an ordinary teacher.

There are many officials who want to be the prince's advisor. Even veterans like Ma Shiying and Hong Chengchou want to obtain this qualification.

This is a huge honor and a way to solidify your status.

Many ministers gave Wu Changqing some tips and briefly outlined their thoughts on governing the prince.

In the end, Wu Changqing chose Meng Tong, who was not well-known.

The main reason is that Meng Tong is an isolated minister, not a representative of a certain party's interests, and is relatively unbiased, which can prevent him from injecting private goods to the prince.

Children aged eleven or twelve are in the period of shaping their values ​​and worldview. If some thoughts are instilled by a biased person, the impact on the prince will be very great.

If Gu Yanwu were to teach these two princes, it would be over. Gu Yanwu would definitely train these two princes to have a favorable impression of Jiangnan interest groups.

If representatives of the interests of big businessmen are allowed to teach, it will be easier for the two princes to safeguard the interests of the businessmen when making decisions in the future.

In the same way, any biased teacher will have some influence on the prince.

After Wu Changqing made this arrangement, Chen Yuyan angrily found Wu Changqing and asked her son Wu Xuan to join in.

"Xuan'er is only nine years old."

Wu Changqing said helplessly that he just wanted to wait until Wu Xuan grew up before he could bear this kind of suffering.

For a child, the content was far from interesting.

"The second prince is only eleven."

Chen Yuyan was worried that her son had fallen out of favor, so she refused and insisted that Wu Xuan start learning those things now.

It doesn't matter whether you can learn it or not. The key is to obtain this qualification.

After all, all the civil and military officials of the dynasty were watching these things.

Once other princes are qualified to study these subjects but Wu Xuan is not, it is easy for people to think too much, which will affect the choice of team.

If you want to get a chance to inherit the throne, these things are required courses.

In desperation, Wu Changqing could only agree.

After all, Chen Yuyan is the queen, and her thoughts and opinions need to be taken care of more or less.

Not only did Chen Yuyan come to make trouble, Guo Xiang also came crying, asking her son to join in.

She couldn't be as strong as Chen Yuyan, she could only pretend to be miserable.

According to Wu Changqing's idea, some princes whose personalities are not suitable for being in power, and some princes who lack interest in being emperor, can be allowed not to learn those things.

There is only one throne, so there is no need for so many people to master the skills of being an emperor.

Once someone learns the knowledge of being an emperor but does not get the throne, they may have other ideas in the future.

It is a very painful thing for a person to learn a skill but have nowhere to use it.

If there are still people encouraging us, there may be a rebellion.

Boys’ personalities are actually more likely to be inherited from their mothers.

Some people who are cowardly, gentle, and soft-hearted are obviously not suitable to be emperors.

Just like Guo Xiang's son, who has a very quiet personality, Wu Changqing hopes that he can become a scientific researcher, artist, or writer.

Wu Changqing thought so, but the concubines couldn't understand such kindness.

They don't care whether their children's personalities are suitable or not, but they still hold on to the inheritance qualification.

In desperation, Wu Changqing simply granted their wish.

In the future, most of them will regret it.

In comparison, the arrangements for the princesses are much more relaxed, and they can learn whatever they want.

Even their biological mother doesn't pay much attention to them.

It is said that the emperor is a loner, and this is absolutely true.

Although they are father and son, Wu Changqing's princes are all a little afraid of him.

Moreover, he is not good at showing a kind face in front of these children.

plus usual official duties

I am busy and have little time to spend with these children.

Occasionally, I plan to get along with these princes. Those princes all pretend to be well-behaved and study hard. It seems that they were taught by their mothers.

This kind of relationship is not natural at all and is very awkward.

The relationship between him and his children is far worse than that of an ordinary family.

This is especially true with women.

The only place where I can still feel some family affection is when I am with my daughters.

These little princesses don't have the pressure to inherit the throne, so they don't need to restrain themselves too much. They can act coquettishly in front of Wu Changqing, and get along more naturally.

It was only at this time that he could feel a little bit that he was actually a father.

At other times, he often forgets that he has ten people who are already fathers.

And there is even less affection between the princes and the princes.

Once, when Wu Changqing was checking their homework, Wu Yu secretly hid Wu Xuan's homework in order to make Wu Xuan leave an incompetent impression on Wu Changqing.

Another time, Wu Yu gave Wu Xun a particularly fun toy, probably to get Wu Xun addicted to playing.

It's a pity that such a small move could not be hidden from Wu Changqing.

In this regard, Wu Changqing was also quite helpless.

Faced with this situation, Wu Changqing has almost given up on establishing a good relationship with these sons. He doesn't have the time and energy.

Any matter in the memorial is more important than the parent-child relationship.

Being in this position, he also has this awareness.