The eldest grandson looked at a jar of salt as white as snow and fell into deep thought, dipped it with his finger for a long time, put it in his mouth, and his brows gradually wrinkled.

"Mother, how do you look at it, this is what Erchen painstakingly got out of coarse salt, five catties of coarse salt out of four catties of such salt, is it a good thing" Li Chengyang held the salt jar with a proud face.

The eldest grandson is not as confident as him: "Your method is available to ordinary people?" ”。

"What is used is not only refining, but also ordinary mineral salt can be extracted by this method, ensuring that no matter what kind of salt, as long as I get it by this method, the salt that comes out is exactly the same."

The eldest grandson hurriedly stood up and kept wandering in the palace, just when Li Chengyang was almost tired of waiting, the eldest grandson spoke: "Salt is good salt, I don't care about the rest, you take this jar of salt and go to your father to discuss."

I know that this is the result, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and I think that the eldest grandson just thought of the meaning of this salt, so he didn't want to care about it, and it didn't matter, just know that this salt is a good thing.

I said goodbye to the eldest grandson, and I originally wanted to hear the eldest grandson's opinion on this matter, who knew that the old lady would carry this matter so clearly, and when she thought of getting involved with political affairs, she immediately left it alone, worthy of being a model of women for thousands of years, who knows how to advance and retreat.

When I came to the imperial study, Li Shimin had already returned, and now it was past noon, and now it should be Li Shimin's time to do business.

Pushing the door in, Li Shimin was really still like that, and the whole person was lying on the desk and surrounded by twists and turns.

"Dad, don't get those things to do first, show you something good", Li Chengyang has long been familiar with this place, and he has long lost the crampedness when he first came, and completely regards this place as his home.

"Bang" A jar of salt was placed in front of Li Shimin: "Dad, taste it, the salt I just made, with my method, the salt production of Datang can at least double, and the quality is better than the tribute salt we usually eat."

The eunuch next to Li Shimin pinched a handful, put it in his mouth, and then stood trembling and closed his eyes.

"Go, go, go, go, not arsenic. Frost, every time you eat something, you look like you're going to die" Li Chengyang pushed the little eunuch aside in disgust, took a pinch of salt and threw it in his mouth, and made fun of Li Shimin: "Dad, take a look?" ”。

Li Shimin didn't care, Li Chengyang and him were not big or small, they hadn't been a day or two, they had long been used to it, but it was this salt that made him interested.

Tasted it and nodded: "Well, yes, old rules".

The words of the emperor are few, and a few words can suppress such a big thing.

"Still not allowed to sell?" Li Chengyang leaned forward, his eyes widened hard, and he maliciously sold Li Shimin a cuteness.

Li Shimin pushed his head away in disgust and drove the frightened little eunuch out of the study: "You can't sell it, this thing is more nervous than tea, and you can't touch it if you're not prepared."

"Why are the families so crazy? Isn't this world a sex plum? Li Chengyang finally brought up the problem hidden in his heart, and put a lot of money in front of him, but he couldn't take it, which really made him a little aggrieved.

Li Shimin put down the fold in his hand, crossed his legs, pointed to the opposite side of the desk, and motioned for Li Chengyang to sit too, and waited for Li Chengyang to sit cross-legged, and then he spoke:

"This world is sex Li, but sometimes sex king, sex Cui, sex Zheng, sex Lu, where is this accurate."

Li Chengyang was sitting precariously, and according to the situation in front of him, Li Shimin was going to teach him a lesson.

Sure enough, Li Shimin's words were just the beginning:

"From the end of the Han Dynasty to the present founding of the Tang Dynasty, it has been three hundred and sixty years, do you know when the family appeared?"

Li Chengyang thought about it, and he still knew this knowledge: "The Han Dynasty began to appear, and at that time, the selection of officials was a probationary system."

Li Shimin nodded: "I didn't expect you to study this, yes, it is the inspection system, the emergence of the family at that time was in the Eastern Han Dynasty, as long as it was an official, it could recommend talents like the imperial court, and after the investigation of the imperial court, as long as there was no big bad behavior, you could generally sit in a good position", and then took a breath:

"At that time, as long as you were born in a family of eunuchs, as long as you wanted, you could always continue to enter the officialdom, and if the rest of the people wanted to enter the officialdom, they could only sell themselves to some officials and become the disciples of others, so that the protégés and former officials could have a bright future."

"But even if there is really such a day, he has already been labeled as a certain family, and at that time, it was basically impossible to be an innocent official," Li Chengyang answered thoughtfully.

"Yes, once you become a guest of the family, it is a dog for a lifetime, at that time, your own owner was closer than your parents, in order to please your own owner, it is common to sacrifice your wife and daughter" Li Shimin's mocking tone overflowed:

"So, it's like this, it's been developing like this, after having an official in the family, he constantly recommends the children and grandchildren of his family, and keeps selecting protégés and former officials from among the scholars, so that a family slowly develops into a scholar family."

Li Chengyang nodded, and then continued to ask: "If there is a person in the family who has made a difference, then it can continue to develop?" ”。

"Yes, at that time, there were many large and small scholars, and some large scholars gradually lost their original rights because there was no successor, and some scholars may have a competitive spirit among the descendants of later generations, or they found a talented and loyal protégé, and they were able to pull a family of scholars to continue to be brilliant", Li Shimin bowed.

"What if there are talents in the family one after another? Wouldn't that be a behemoth? ”。

"That's right, the behemoth, its strength is better than our Tang Dynasty, and at the end of the Han Dynasty, these people jumped out one after another, among which you must know a lot of people" Li Shimin pointed to his study, like Li Chengyang introduced:

"One of the families, Yang Jian also rushed to recognize them as ancestors."

Li Chengyang closed his eyes and thought about it, the end of the Han Dynasty? At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, that period was indeed more brilliant, and the famous ministers and fierce generals continued to pour out.

"Hongnong Yang?" Li Chengyang asked uncertainly?

"Yes, it seems that you really know a little bit of everything, that is, the Hongnong Yang family, and the Runan Yuan family at the same time, these are all behemoths at that time" Li Shimin smiled with satisfaction, his son knew a lot, and he was worthy of his happiness.

"At that time, the Yang family, because of the loyalty and patriotism was killed, at that time everyone was thinking of replacing the Han family, the Yang family was tantamount to being the enemy of everyone, the Yang family Yang Biao fought Dong Zhuo, and when he moved the capital, he protected the emperor, and then went to Cao Cao, and in order to save the imperial power, he went all over the place, which made him suspicious and killed, so the Yang family, which was originally as famous as the Yuan family, did not do much, and Yang Xiu, as the spokesperson sent by the Yang family at that time, also lost his life because of Cao Cao's suspicion."

"Yang Xiu, is it Yang Xiu who is tasteless and abandoned?" Yang Xiu is familiar with Li Chengyang, a character who has been passed down for many years, but I didn't expect this person's background to be so prominent.

Li Shimin thought for a while: "What is the pity of discarding the tasteless food?" Yang Xiu was killed by Cao Cao because he was involved in the dispute between the sons of the world, where did you know this."

"Hehe, maybe I'm mistaken, I read the book at the time and read it was messy" Li Chengyang scratched his head, wasn't he killed in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms because Yang Xiu knew Cao Cao's thoughts too well, why did he still participate in the battle of the prince and die, sure enough, it is still different from the history books.

"Be careful when you read books in the future, and see what you have learned" Li Shimin pointed at Li Chengyang angrily.

"Even if this Yang family has been passed down for a hundred years, after the Jin Dynasty is gone, the record of the Yang family has disappeared, after the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian at that time still recognized the Yang family as his ancestor, in the hope of recruiting more people to serve him, and it did have an effect at that time, which can prove that the influence of the Yang family has been inherited for hundreds of years, and there is still some influence."

Li Chengyang's eyes lit up: "Then isn't our ancestor Lao Tzu Li Er?" Could it be that it is also a posthumous recognition? ”。

A fold called out to Li Chengyang's face, and Li Shimin's somewhat embarrassed voice sounded: "Which pot is not opened, which pot is not mentioned, our family has Hu blood, and if we don't get a stronger ancestor, how can we rule the Tang Dynasty justifiably."

"Aren't I also curious, anyway, it's just our father and son, hehe", Li Chengyang realized what he said and quickly apologized.

Li Shimin took the fold handed over by Li Chengyang and put it back in place, and then continued: "At that time, the Yuan family was the leader of all the scholar clans at that time, the fourth generation and the third duke, and the fourth generation produced five people who sat in the status of the third duke, which is our current third duke, an official equal to you in rank."

Yuan family, the fourth and third princes, the children in this previous life all know that Li Chengyang was curious about Li Shimin's words, and waited for Li Shimin to introduce him to the real history.

"The Yuan family is a typical protégé of the family all over the world, at that time the Yuan family was divided into three, Yuan Shao led a group of people, Yuan Shu led a group of people, and the rest of the Yuan family stayed in Chang'an, guarding the Son of Heaven at that time, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were behemoths at that time, Yuan Shu as a blind person with no one in his eyes and a very shallow city government, at the beginning of the army, he could have the foundation that made the world look sideways, Dong Zhuo even released the words that killed Yuan Shu and the world was surrendered, so it can be seen how powerful the Yuan family was at that time."

After a pause, he continued: "Besides, Yuan Shao, a concubine, after turning against Yuan Shu, can still rely on the prestige of the Yuan family to make up an army that is enough to compete with Yuan Shu in a blink of an eye, which shows that the strength of the Yuan family is far enough to support the army of these two people."

"If Yuan Shu didn't have so many shortcomings, wouldn't there be nothing to do with Liu Bei and Cao Cao?" Li Chengyang muttered to himself, Li Shimin's words gave him a new understanding of history.

"Yes, the princes of the Yuan family, plus countless protégés and former officials, as long as Yuan Shu did not claim to be the emperor in vain, then there may not be any Three Kingdoms."

As if thinking of something, Li Shimin covered his head with envy: "Moreover, the most important thing is that almost all civil officials at that time were devoted to the Yuan family, and the Yuan family did not have to consider the problem of talent at all.

"So Cao Cao was forced to be helpless to issue a talent search order? Meritocracy? Li Chengyang asked.

Li Shimin laughed at himself: "Yes, I want to issue a merit-seeking order now, but unfortunately now I can only rely on the talents of the family to govern the world, you look at Cao Cao's merit-seeking order, no matter what the character is, meritocracy, anyone wants it, as long as there is talent, do you think about what kind of mentality Cao Cao issued at that time, that monarch hopes that his people are a bunch of people who do all kinds of evil?" It's not that I'm forced by the Yuan family."