Having quelled the rebellion in the south and punished the selfish nobles, Jiang Ming decided to further strengthen reforms and consolidate his rule.
In fact, he has reflected on many things. If he doesn't set an example, his subordinates will only be compliant in name but not in heart.
For example, one's own children.
You, Jiang Ming, won't let our children inherit the land, and you only care about merit in everything. What about your own children?
What if your own child is also a good-for-nothing?
Don't you want to leave an inheritance for your children?
Or are you suggesting that your own children also engage in "involution" and "competition" with children from ordinary families?
Or, to put it another way, you are strict with others but lenient with yourself, using your powerful military to apply double standards?
This problem must be solved!
Therefore, Jiang Ming decided to redistribute the cake among his wives, concubines, and children.
First and foremost, we must make one thing clear.
Of all the children, whoever ultimately inherits their position must hold absolute power.
If you want to call it double standards, fine, but for the future "crown prince," he must have military power, financial power, and administrative power combined, firmly control all three, and possess absolute ruling power.
As for the other sons, wealth and status are enough!
In this way, we can avoid fratricide and prevent the country from further historical regression.
They also received salaries from the imperial court, so their living conditions were naturally top-notch, but they were not allowed to own the means of production.
The means of production must be controlled by the state, or rather, by future successors...
Jiang Ming deeply understood the lessons of the Ming Dynasty: one cannot divide things equally simply because one loves one's child...
In that case, it might not matter for the first few generations, but after several decades or even a hundred years, the entire Great Gan Empire will be overwhelmed by its own descendants!
In short, if you want to be rich and powerful, that's perfectly fine, including the feudal lords and their nobles in the various states today.
But it is absolutely forbidden to control the means of production.
Moreover, a title can only be inherited by one child in the family; the other children still have to rely on themselves.
Interpersonal relationships are a huge, hidden resource. In other words, as long as you don't do anything reckless, you'll definitely do much better than the average person.
It is unrealistic to expect absolute "public good" for the world.
But the means of production must be owned by all the people...
Jiang Ming had a clear understanding of the overall logical framework, but there was still a very real problem: whose child should be chosen as the crown prince?
So far, Jiang Ming has had sons with Chen Damei, Dugu Yan, Qiao Hong, Empress Dowager Jin of the Great Gan Empire, and Eriya Eren of the Southern Xiongnu.
The rest, such as Murong Xue, Ji Shishi, Chen Ermei, Changsun Yuenu, and her two nieces, all gave Jiang Mingsheng daughters.
Before its demise, the State of Jin even sent their young princess to them...
That little girl was only 12 years old at the time!
In Jiang Ming's eyes, she was just a fifth-grade girl. He had no interest in her whatsoever and directly asked Chen Damei to raise her as his daughter.
Four years have passed, and the girl has grown into a beautiful young woman of sixteen, a budding flower ready to bloom. Jiang Ming also slept with her last month...
He slept with her once, and she got pregnant. Now they don't even know if it's a boy or a girl.
In fact, Jiang Ming was not a lecherous man.
This can be seen from the number of his children!
He had ten wives and concubines in total, but each of them only bore him one child...
During these three or four years, Jiang Ming did not indulge in the pleasures of women; 90% of his energy was devoted to governing the country...
Although he was a special forces soldier in his previous life, as a top student, Jiang Ming also had his own political ideals and ambitions.
He wants to make many dreams that he couldn't achieve in his past life a reality in this one...
A man's affection for a child is naturally closely related to whether the child's mother is loved or not.
If a man truly loves the mother of a child, even if she is divorced, he will still love the child he had with her even more...
However, if he doesn't really like his mother, he might be a little colder towards the children she bore.
From a personal conscience perspective, Song Cheng's favorite woman, the woman he loves most, is naturally Chen Damei!
Chen Damei wasn't the most beautiful, but she was his first wife...
They stayed by each other's side, supporting each other through the most difficult years.
Moreover... Chen Damei is a very simple person. Even after becoming the Queen of Yan, she still lives a very frugal life.
She didn't like the life of luxury. Even in the newly built Yanwang Palace, she still farmed in the back garden, made tofu with her second sister, spun yarn and wove cloth, and tried her best to be self-sufficient.
If the older sister behaves this way, the younger sister's character will also be affected.
Objectively speaking, my second sister is rather lazy and loves to enjoy life...
Although the second sister has a brave side, her flaws are flaws, and there is no doubt about that!
The eldest sister, the second sister, and Qiaohong, along with the other two sisters, became role models of virtuous wives and loving mothers in Jiang Ming's harem.
But the son that Chen Damei gave birth to...
To be honest, Jiang Ming didn't like it.
As the old saying goes, you can tell what a person will be like at three years old!
The eldest son that Chen Damei gave birth to looks remarkably like his uncle, Chen Dabao!
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