The back garden of Taiji Palace is not particularly large, but it is very chic, and it is completely built in the style of imitating Jiangnan gardens.

Li Shimin and Empress Changsun sat in the pavilion, listening to Li Kuan talking eloquently, and the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting around were all driven away by Empress Changsun.

Even Li Zhong, the leader of the Hundred Cavalry Division, was standing twenty or thirty steps away.

It not only ensured that Li Shimin's safety could be protected at any time, but also could not hear the conversation in the pavilion clearly.

"Kuan'er, since you have so many ideas, I can rest assured, then you can just let it go and do it, I hope the result is really as you said." Li Shimin seemed to see the shadow of his youth from Li Kuan, and his tone rarely softened.

"Next, I have something else to tell you, and this is an important reason why I summoned you back in a hurry."

Li Kuan's heart tightened, and he hurriedly stood up, "Your Majesty, please advise!" ”

"You know all about the fire in the clothing shop of the Chu Wangfu, right?" Li Shimin took a sip of the teacup on the stone table and considered the words.

"Yes!"

Li Kuan wasn't sure what kind of gourd medicine Li Shimin was selling, so he had to respond to the changes with no change.

"What do you think?"

"Forehead......" Li Kuan pursed his lips, thinking about how to answer.

The fire in the clothing store was clearly man-made.

Who dares to set fire to the property of the Chu Palace?

There must be something hidden behind this.

Could it be that the eldest grandson's family did it?

Li Kuan's heart suddenly chuckled.

The eldest grandson is motivated and capable; If it was really done by the eldest grandson's family, then Li Shimin specially asked himself to come back and talk about it, and it was logically over.

Li Kuan's face immediately became unsightly.

Although he has the soul of thirty years in the future, Li Kuan is still a little short of joy and anger to be completely invisible.

"Kuan'er, this clothing shop caught fire, you must have guessed that someone must have set it on fire. The reason why Chang'an County was not asked to conduct a thorough investigation, you don't blame Your Majesty, Your Majesty also has his own concerns. ”

Seeing that Li Kuan didn't speak, Empress Changsun thought that he was angry, so she hurriedly helped explain on the side.

Li Kuan listened to the words of Empress Changsun and breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that I just thought about it, although someone set the fire, but it should have nothing to do with the eldest grandson's family,

"Humph! You are young and don't understand the overall situation of the court, and I don't blame you. Even the prince is not afraid, and dares to blatantly send people to set fires, this must not be something that ordinary nobles can do. If you list the people you have offended in the past year, you will basically lock in important suspects. Li Shimin gave Li Kuan a rare explanation.

"Wechen understands! It's either the Qinghe Cui clan or the Fanyang Lu clan. ”

"Oh?" Seeing Li Kuan's reflection, Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, but he mentioned his interest in having a good chat with this son, "You are so sure, is there any evidence?" ”

"Evidence? No! That's something only the weak need. Weichen thinks that this matter can only be done by one of the two of them, and that is enough! ”

Li Shimin's interest became even stronger, "You're not afraid of them?" To put it mildly, sometimes, I can't do anything about them. Five surnames and seven hopes, except for our heavenly family, none of the others is simple; Up and down the court, seven or eight out of ten officials have a relationship with those children of the family, either protégés or old ones. Without their cooperation, my decree would not have been able to leave the Taiji Palace! ”

"The children of the family are all in the first place in the interests of the family, and few of them think about the people of the world and the Tang Dynasty; If Datang wants to be prosperous and strong, it is an inevitable choice to weaken the power of the family. ”

Li Kuan knew that Li Shimin had been playing games with the family all his life, so he was not worried about the impact of his shocking views.

After the eldest grandson empress on the side heard Li Kuan's words, she quickly got up and motioned to the nearby palace maids and eunuchs to stand farther away.

To put it mildly, if Li Kuan's words get out, then he will become the public enemy of all families.

Even if he is a dignified prince, he may not be able to achieve any good results.

However, Empress Changsun is obviously overly worried, as a traverser with the soul of the next generation, a prince of the Tang Dynasty with system bonuses, how could Li Kuan be afraid of the family's counterattack?

"You're bold enough!" Li Shimin took a deep look at Li Kuan, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, why did Li Chengqian never say anything like that in front of him?

As a crown prince, he actually took the initiative to choose the concubine of the Zheng family in Xingyang as the crown princess, obviously he didn't think about weakening the power of the family, and maybe he was even thinking about using the power of the family to consolidate his position as the crown prince.

Is the Maison so easy to use?

"Your Majesty, Weichen is a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, a courtier of His Majesty, as long as he is loyal to the Tang Dynasty and loyal to His Majesty, there is nothing he dare not say or do." Li Kuan had a resolute expression on his face.

"Kuan'er, sometimes, it's not enough to rely on courage, but also to pay attention to the skills of doing things. The family is deeply rooted, and to deal with them, you can only try slowly, not in a hurry, which is also the reason why I suppressed the arson case of the clothing store. ”

"Wechen understands, Wechen has no opinion." Li Kuan's reaction once again surprised Li Shimin, it didn't look like a fifteen-year-old boy at all.

"But Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that to deal with the family, there is actually no need to wait, you can start now."

"Huh? What do you mean by that? ”

"The so-called high-grade has no cold family, and one of the main reasons why the children of the family can have such a great influence is that they have the right to speak as a scholar. No matter what method the imperial court uses to select officials, it cannot escape their influence. ”

"A book costs a few dollars, in addition to the children of the family and the people who cling to them, how many ordinary people can afford to read books?"

Although Li Shimin agreed with Li Kuan's statement, he was powerless to change this situation.

"Your Majesty, what if you can lower the price of books and lower the threshold for literacy?" Li Kuan looked at Li Shimin with a smile.

A few dollars for a book is almost equivalent to tens of thousands of dollars for a book in later generations, and there are naturally not many people who can afford it, but if the price is removed by a zero, although it is still very expensive, the number of readers will inevitably skyrocket.

"There is a fixed amount of money for paper and printing, and unless you can achieve a breakthrough in these two areas, it is impossible to reduce the price significantly." Li Shimin said half-to himself.

Li Kuan smiled and did not answer immediately.

"Kuan'er, do you really have a way?" The eldest grandson queen on the side saw Li Kuan's confidence and asked a question with a little joy.

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, this matter is unfounded, in a few months, you will know by looking at the book prices in the West Market."