Days are everlasting

Dashang officially established official schools such as "Xu", "Youxue", "Zuoxue", and "Xiang", which integrate elderly care and education.

And these schools generally enroll the children of nobles.

There are special schools for noble children, which means that many noble children, even the royal family, will not receive systematic and systematic education at home. Even when they were young, there were not many teachers who specially taught them.

Emperor Yi currently has only three sons. Although the concubine and concubines are different, they are siblings of the same mother, and Zi Shou is raised by the queen.

Zishou is the youngest son of the queen, and it is precisely because of his existence that the queen can be named queen. Although the first two sons played a role in paving the way, the queen conceived Zishou again, and it was Emperor Yi who made up his mind to make her the queen. One big reason.

Even though she felt indebted to the first two sons who were called bastards, the queen still loved Zishou the youngest son the most.

This is true for the queen, and even more so for Emperor Yi. Ziqi, Ziyan, and Zishou were born of the same mother. It is a bit unclear to tell the words of the concubine, but he is not a son who is distinguished from the concubine.

Judging from the performance of the three children when they were young, Zishou is the smartest, with higher plasticity than Ziqi and Ziyan.

Moreover, many years have passed since Ziqi was born and his mother was made queen. Although he is the eldest son, he is also a bastard. He spent his childhood as a bastard. From Emperor Yi's point of view, Ziqi is not enough He is generous, does not have the heart of an emperor, and he is rather weak, so he cannot be regarded as the best candidate for the King of Shang.

It is precisely because Emperor Yi and the queen are more or less partial to Zishou that Bigan is allowed to be Zishou's teacher, and he is asked to spare time to teach this child.

People's hearts are biased, which is normal, but some people benefit from being favored, while others' interests will be damaged.

Ziqi and Ziyan are very jealous of this younger brother.

Forget about Ziyan, he is the second son, and the possibility of succeeding himself is not as good as Ziqi, but Ziqi really feels threatened.

He originally thought that since his mother became the queen, the crown prince should be his, but he never thought that his younger brother would be the winner.

Since Zishou was born with so many things that Ziqi longed for, he was naturally upset.

Who is Ziqi?

Let Bigan say that the one in history was a villain with "hidden cunning" who destroyed his ancestors and ruined his younger brother's reputation. The survivors of the Yin and Shang Dynasties were deeply ashamed. Yin Min would rather be a citizen of the Wei State and let a monarch with Ji's blood manage them than serve the people under Ziqi's rule.

To be reasonable, the conflict between him and Zishou is obviously an internal conflict. They competed so fiercely for the reserve position that Zishou didn't do anything to him after he became Emperor Xin. The land of Wangji of Shang Dynasty.

Of course, the current child Ziqi is still saved, after all, he is still young.

Unlike Dashang, Ji Chang made his eldest son Ji Yi his eldest son early on.

Di Yi did not establish a crown prince for a long time. Although he showed a little bias, there were also many people who wanted to invest in Ziqi.

According to Bigan's opinion, the sooner his elder brother established the prince, the better, to cut off the possibility of other princes receiving too much imperial education, and to give the prince a chance to adapt and exercise his ability.

A prince brought up from a young age is always more like an emperor than a prince who kills brothers and is cruel, and has more systematic knowledge in the art of governing the country.

Di Yi always thought that he was still young and there was no need to worry about the affairs of the crown prince, so he had no intention of giving Ziqi a chance.

Bigan: Brother, are you serious?

Zishou was a smart man. The reason why he was posthumously named King Zhou was the same as the reason why Yang Guang was posthumously named Emperor Yang. They were both too smart, and because they were too smart, they walked too fast.

And in this period, what the big merchants need is precisely a smart monarch. As for Zishou, who is eager to reform because of the status quo of the big merchants, this can be changed slowly.

As Emperor Yi's right-hand man and his younger brother who was brought up since childhood, Bigan's words certainly carry a lot of weight to him.

Now that he has made up his mind to let Zishou be established as the prince sooner, Bigan naturally won't just sit still. Apart from saying good things to the kid in front of his brother, he also took practical actions to prove that the kid Zishou can afford it. The future of big business.

Originally, Bigan wanted to show Emperor Yi his nephew's outstanding IQ, but unexpectedly, he also showed off his natural supernatural power by the way.

Merchants value ghosts and gods, and there are countless prayer ceremonies held by Dashang every year, but the kind of offering sacrifices to ancestors is especially solemn.

After the sacrifice, the royal family gathered in the palace to eat together.

In addition to Emperor Yi and Bigan's brothers and their descendants, there were also many concubine sons of the late Emperor Wending present at the family banquet. Yi, whose name is Jizi, except for him, Wending's remaining sons are all relatively young, about the same age as Ziqi, Ziyan, and Ziquan, but a little older than Zishou.

The royal family banquet is not just a simple meal, because these younger brothers of Emperor Yi will serve him when they grow up in the future, and the remaining children, Ziqi and Ziquan, are also the future of Dashang. Naturally, you have to take the school exam.

Zishou performed outstandingly, not because his uncles, elder brothers, cousins, etc. were older. Not only did he finish learning the Mongolian book that Bigan specially wrote for Ziquan back then—this book was later because it was relatively simple Easy to understand, from difficult to easy, it is more systematic and has become a special children's enlightenment book for the royal family of the Shang Dynasty - and has already begun to learn content beyond this age, catching up with Shang Ziqi's progress.

You know, even Ziquan and Ziyan are slower than him in terms of learning progress.

Zishou's monstrous performance reminded Bigan of the kid from other people's family who was in his elementary school class when he was still studying in modern times. From the first grade to the sixth grade, in his memory, this person had basically never failed in mathematics. 100 points, 98 points in the test, the teacher will ask why the performance is abnormal!

Zishou originally had an advantage in terms of status, and this time he showed his intelligence, which undoubtedly aggravated Emperor Yi's regard for him.

In the current situation of Dashang, the crown prince cannot be appointed casually. Originally, Bigan spoke for Zishou, and Jizi also assisted him, but it didn't make Emperor Yi immediately make up his mind to establish the crown prince.

Zishou was too young, and the shadow left by Zili's death at a young age on Emperor Yi was too deep.

Not to mention that it is only the ninth year of Emperor Yi, and Zishou is only five years old, even nine years old is not safe. The average life expectancy of the Shang Dynasty is not as good as that of later generations, and the survival rate of offspring is not high. Any illness may kill a person .

As a person of later generations, Bigan certainly knew that it was impossible for the boy to die so easily, but could he tell Emperor Yi the reason?

No!

But if you think about it the other way around, it's okay.

Zi Shou is still young and has strong plasticity. It is not a loss at all to be a prince. Even if Zi Shou has the possibility of premature death, after living to the age of nine, the possibility of early death is much smaller. Could it be that Emperor Yi can't afford to wait for four years? ?

This reason perfectly calmed down Emperor Yi. At that time, he had no idea that the death of a crown prince was not at the same level as the death of an ordinary prince, and he was completely convinced by Bigan.

Of course, he also thought of this possibility after he made up his mind, but because he wanted Li Zishou to be the crown prince, Di Yi, who had gone through the advantages of this child countless times in his mind, didn't care at all.

Isn't it just a gamble, he believes that the ancestors will bless the child.

Soon after the family banquet, Emperor Yi announced the decision to establish the third prince, that is, Zi Shou as the crown prince.

Of course, the great event of setting up a crown prince had to be prayed for, and the result showed great auspiciousness, so Emperor Yi was overjoyed.

In the tenth year of Emperor Yi's tenth year, after Zishou was established as the crown prince, Emperor Yi once again announced that foreign service officials would be summoned to Anyang for a pilgrimage.

This is also the last pilgrimage in Anyang, Emperor Yi has decided to officially move the capital in this year.

In the past few years, the officials who served as internal service officials in the court were all in Chaoge, the new capital. This place was originally called Moyi, but because it wanted to exist as a new capital, the first emperor gave this place the title of "Chaoge". After setting up the house, Emperor Yi also stays in Chaoge for several months every year to work. It can be said that the preparations have been made, and he is waiting to move the capital.

Ji Chang brought along another son, Ji Shi, in addition to his eldest son Ji Yi this time.

Ji Chang has so many sons, except for the unlucky Bo Yikao, Wu Wang Ji Fa and Zhou Gong Ji Dan, the most famous one is this Ji Shi, who is called Zhao Gong.

Ji Shi is the clan of the Zhou Dynasty. There is no problem. After all, the so-called "Yin Dao kisses, Zhou Dao respects", Zhao Gong Ji Shi didn't have a good enough background, so he wouldn't be as famous as Zhou Gong, and he would assist King Wu, King Cheng and other Kings of Zhou together. .

Many people speculate that Ji Shi is the concubine of King Wen of Zhou, but of course there is no clear record.

But Bigan didn't expect that this Ji Shi would actually have something to do with their family.

His younger sister Tai Hao became pregnant shortly after she married Zhou Bu, and after Tai Xie gave birth to her tenth son, Ji Zai, she also gave birth to a son, who ranked No.11 among Ji Chang's sons. , named Ji Shi.

Ji Shi is not the son of the prince. In terms of legitimacy, he is also different from Ji Yi, Ji Fa and others. Normally, he is not allowed to come to Hajj. Ji Chang brought him simply to explain to the big businessmen that they have relatives on both sides. The relationship is there, he is very good to Taihao, and he didn't bully her.

Ji Shi is not very old, and he looks like a little adult. He speaks in an orderly manner. He is also a gifted child. The prince Zishou likes this little cousin very much. are inseparable.

Zigan diary:

Knowing that Ji Shi is my nephew, I was greatly stimulated.

In other words, according to this seniority ranking, wouldn't it be that Di Xin called me uncle when he saw me, and Wu Wang Ji Fa called me uncle when he saw me?

The picture is so beautiful that I dare not look at it.

The author has something to say: the historical Zhao Gong Ji Shi can only be sure that he is Ji Chang’s concubine, but he can’t be sure who his mother is, so the statement that he was born to Emperor Yi’s younger sister is a stupid author’s private setting...

Having said that, I searched for it on purpose. At that time, I had a glimpse and saw the concept of King Wen's hundred sons mentioned in the Book of Songs. Although a hundred may mean many, it is still possible that Ji Changtong had a hundred sons.

King Jing of Zhongshan Mountain in Han Dynasty gave birth to an unknown number of children, and there were more than 100 sons. This is only clearly recorded, and illegitimate children are not counted.