Each of Jiang Ming's sons has his own historical mission!
The son born to the Kim family will one day inherit the throne of the Great Gan Empire.
Although it's just an honorary title, it's also the safest and most comfortable position.
Because he had no power, no one coveted him!
The one who still holds real power is the Prince of Yan!
In the entire Great Gan Empire, apart from Jiang Ming's hometown of Qin, the southern state of Chu, and the small state of Yan in Zhongshan, Jiang Ming's King of Yan held the most real power.
Therefore, although he did not have the title of emperor, everyone in the world knew that whoever obtained the position of Prince of Yan would rule the world.
Another seven or eight years passed...
Chen Damei, Chen Ermei, Murong Xue, Ji Shishi, Changsun Yuenu, Dugu Yan, Changsun Agu, Changsun Buhua Nu, and the former Princess of Jin, all gave birth to several more children for Jiang Ming. Even Miss Dong gave Jiang Ming another daughter.
However, of all the sons she had, none could compare to the fourth son born to Eriya.
He was only four years old when he left the capital, and five or six years have passed since then.
The child can already ride a horse, shoot arrows, and hunt with lassos, making him an excellent and qualified successor.
As for the other young masters, each had a different temperament. They weren't bad, but none of them were truly suitable to be heirs.
Especially his eldest son!
Although Jiang Ming did not give up on cultivating him, and even devoted more energy and knowledge of the mind to him, he was still useless!
At only 10 years old, he began to abuse palace maids, behaving indecently and forcing them to strip naked and dance for him...
This made Chen Damei so angry that she vomited blood...
In the past five or six years, due to the allocation of key "resources", Chen Damei gave birth to three more children for Jiang Ming, two of whom were boys.
But it seems... neither of them are cut out to succeed.
The eldest sister's daughter is gentle, well-behaved, and sensible... while the three sons are all just like their uncle, Chen Dabao.
Dugu Yan also gave birth to another son for Jiang Ming. This son was somewhat similar to the fourth son born to Eriya: brave, decisive, and resourceful, but arrogant and lacking in composure... Compared to the fourth son born to Eriya, he was still somewhat lacking...
Actually, it wasn't that Jiang Ming insisted on using such harsh standards to demand things of his young children.
Only through comparison can one make a judgment!
They are all my own flesh and blood, but some are clever and brave, some are foolish and weak, and some are just bookish...
Just like Ji Shishi's son with Jiang Mingsheng.
She is incredibly beautiful, but she took after her mother from a young age, preferring poetry, calligraphy, painting, music, chess, and chess. She had absolutely no interest in things like swordsmanship, military strategy, or matters of national importance and people's livelihood!
Interest is the best teacher. If someone doesn't have a natural talent for something, even if they are nurtured later... they won't amount to much!
At first, Jiang Ming arranged for the Fourth Prince and Eriya to go to the grasslands and promised Eriya that he was willing to make her son the crown prince. This was just a test and he had not made up his mind.
What truly made Jiang Ming determined to make this child the heir apparent was something that shocked him!
Although Jiang Ming exiled Eriya, the distance wasn't actually that far...
He would occasionally leave Dukang County to visit his wife and son.
Eriya also became pregnant with Jiang Ming's child again, and later gave birth to a baby girl.
When the fourth young master was ten years old, Jiang Ming saw the child herding livestock and told him about how he had led the villagers to kill 1,000 wolves back then.
They even asked him, "If there are 100 wolves lined up in a row, shoot them in the order of one, three, five, seven, nine, eleven... all the way up to ninety-nine!"
Then continue killing in the second round, also shooting an odd number of wolves, and so on, killing in the third, fourth, fifth rounds... until only one wolf is left alive. The question is, Fourth Prince, which number of the original 100 wolves was the wolf that survived?
The little guy rolled his eyes and said firmly, "If I were one of those 100 wolves, I would stand in position 64 in advance so that I wouldn't be killed!"
When Jiang Ming heard this answer, he was completely shocked!
He never expected that this child... who hadn't received any systematic math training, could actually give the correct answer!
This shocked him greatly!
As for the other good-for-nothing sons, they can't even figure out addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division within 100!
Finally, Jiang Ming confronted Chen Damei: he wanted to make Eriya's child the crown prince.
This is something that any queen would find difficult to accept!
But Chen Damei nodded in complete agreement...
She frankly told Jiang Ming that this was the best way out for the children she had given birth to!
Sometimes, setting the bar too high and having too many expectations can actually ruin a child...
His three sons were never fit to be kings.
When they have power, it's not a good thing at all; it can easily ruin them. They might as well be happy as wealthy men with a nominal title and receive a monthly salary!
Jiang Ming was deeply moved by his wife's understanding, so after Eriya had been exiled for ten years, he brought her and her son back and formally appointed the fourth prince as his crown prince.
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