How much influence the family has on Datang, it is difficult for future generations to imagine.

Looking at the current courtiers of the Tang Dynasty, whether it is Fang Xuanling or Wen Yanbo, or the eldest grandson Wuji, Xiao Yu, or Gao Shilian and Cen Wenwen, they are actually all children of the family.

It's just that their family is not as famous as the five surnames and seven hopes.

This is the case for the ministers of the DPRK and China, let alone the middle-level officials.

Either the children of the family, or the people who are attached to the children of the family.

The real cold door, well, to be precise, the cold door is also a door, in fact, there are very few.

As for officials born in ordinary people's families, it is even rarer.

As Cheng Bitingjin's daughter, Cheng Jingwen's experience of this is very profound.

After all, her aunt was born in the Qinghe Cui family, a proper big family.

"Jingwen, let me tell you about an experiment, which was accidentally discovered by Chao Qiong, a student of the Medical School of Guanshishan Academy, after listening to it, you will probably have a different experience."

Regarding Cheng Jingwen's question, Li Kuan did not answer directly, but turned over, ready to combine an experiment to explain.

"What's the matter with this experiment?"

"One day, Chao Qiong threw a frog into warm water about 40 degrees, which is lukewarm water, not boiling water; The frog suddenly came to such a hot environment, and could not stand this sudden stimulation, so it immediately struggled to jump out of the warm water and was able to successfully escape. At this time, Chao Qiong put the frog into a container of cold water again, and then slowly heated it; The frog did not jump out immediately, but swam leisurely through the container.

When the temperature gets higher and higher, the frog feels uncomfortable, but it is too late at this time, it has no strength to jump out of the container, and finally it is unknowingly cooked in the container, losing its precious life. We first started by promoting the popularization of seowon so that more people could receive education, but in the short term, the effect received was not very obvious.

But what about another 10, 20 years? Or even another fifty years? At that time, most of the children in the various state capitals of the Tang Dynasty had the opportunity to receive education, participate in the imperial examination or become officials, and it was not so easy for the family to resist again. ”

"So Lord Wang, now you let the family set up a academy, and the Ministry of Education will also give them an allocation, which seems to give them a chance to take advantage, but in fact, it is to reduce resistance? Also, now the prince provides many opportunities to make money to the nobles of the family, and even the sea route to Nanyang and Australia has not done anything to hide, just to let the attention of the nobles of the family be diverted to other places? ”

Cheng Jingwen quickly thought of other aspects.

Although Li Kuan encouraged everyone to go to sea, it actually had nothing to do with promoting education, but just to make everyone pay attention to the sea, overseas development, and shipbuilding.

But if Cheng Jingwen wants to explain it like this, it seems to make sense.

In the midst of reform, if most of the noble families can benefit from it, then the resistance to reform will be much less.

After all, reform, to some extent, is a process of redistribution of benefits.

"That's pretty much what it means. Once this general trend is formed, no one can easily stop it. At that time, the forces of all parties in the court will become more balanced, and there will not be a situation where one family dominates. ”

"Lord Wang, but to a certain extent, the royal family is the biggest noble, the biggest family. If the promotion of education and the improvement of the literacy rate of the common people can reduce the influence of the nobles, will the influence of the royal family also be weakened? ”

Li Kuan: ......

When did your daughter-in-law's brain work so well?

How do you answer that?

I can't answer that.

You can't talk nonsense there against your will.

"There is a degree to everything, and the extremes of things must be reversed, and when the time comes, it will depend on how to grasp this measure. As it stands, it is essential to maintain the dignity and authority of the royal family. Datang is too big, and if there is no authoritative central government, sooner or later there will be all kinds of problems, and then Datang may fall apart, which is not what I want to see. ”

Li Kuan did not intend to engage in such a radical democratic system in Datang.

There is simply no room for survival.

Only those that are suitable for Datang are the best.

"I hope that Your Majesty can prosper for a thousand years, so that your reform can be smoothly promoted."

Cheng Jingwen's face showed hidden worry.

What Wu Meiniang can see, she can also see.

Once Li Shimin returns to heaven, Li Kuan's position will definitely be very embarrassing.

Whether it is Li Chengqian or Li Tai, they are not people who can tolerate Li Kuan.

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In 619 AD, the second year of Wude, the army of the Sassanid Persian king Pavezkuslao II occupied Egypt and expanded the Persian territory to an unprecedented level, and the Persian Empire ushered in its own peak.

However, no one thought that it was difficult to climb the peak, but it was so easy to come down from the peak.

In 636 AD, the 10th year of Zhenguan, Persia was defeated at the Battle of Qadisia, the key battle of the Great Eclipse, and the main force of the empire was almost completely annihilated.

Although Persia also struggled with various resistance forces after that, they were all irreversible.

By the time of the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, the army of the Great Food had been advancing into the hinterland of the Persian Plateau.

The Persian Empire, which once spanned Europe, Asia and Africa, came to the precipice of destruction.

The Great Food Empire, which occupied many territories such as Persia, Iraq, Egypt, and Syria, has grown rapidly in naval power, and now has complete control over the Mediterranean and Indian Oceans.

And the ships that walked in the Indian Ocean, that is, the Western Ocean in the mouth of the Tang Dynasty merchants, eighty percent were cannibals.

Although the Tang caravans departing from Puluozhong are also constantly trying to enter the West, hoping to sell goods directly to Tianzhu and other places, the difficulty is getting higher and higher.

There were even a few caravans that disappeared after entering the Western Ocean.

"Admiral Zhou, this time the city sailor division in Puluozhong has added three new flying clippers, I think you can consider patrolling the Western Ocean, otherwise the merchants of Dashi will become more and more arrogant."

Yang Qiwa and Tuesday Fu are now in Puluozhong, discussing further expansion.

"Marching to the Western Ocean, this is a strategy that His Royal Highness the King of Chu has long set, but the Western Ocean is now the territory of the Great Cannibals, and you can know from looking at the fleet of the Great Food Maritime Merchants that the strength of the Great Eclipse Naval Division will not be bad. In particular, I heard that the Great Cannibal used the Naval Division in its wars with many countries, and if we rush forward, we may suffer a loss. ”

As the admiral of the city's sailor, Zhou Fu naturally has more things to consider.

Either you don't fight, or if you want to fight, you must fight beautifully.

"Or we could consider taking a port on the Lion Nation side and expanding our influence first. I've studied the charts, and this lion country is basically a necessary place for the Great Eclipse caravan to enter the South Seas, and as long as we control this place, we will basically keep the Great Cannibals out of the Western Ocean. ”

Tuesday Fu had just appointed Yang Qiwa as the head of the Puluozhong City Sailor, and he was naturally eager to establish some merits.

In Nanyang, the only thing left to be able to wrestle with Datang is Dashi.

If you don't bother with the big cannibals, where does the credit come from?

"Yes, send a fleet to the Lion Country first, and slowly gain a foothold!"

Tuesday Fountain thought for a moment and agreed.