Qi Wangfu.

On this day, Cheng Yanjin came to visit, he saw Li You, he wanted to talk and stopped, seeing him scratching his ears and cheeks, Li You smiled and said: "Cheng Shu, you have always been refreshing, what's wrong today?" ”

Cheng Yanjin said with some embarrassment: "Your Highness, the minister has encountered a difficult thing......

Not long ago, Concubine Yang proposed to the Zheng family of Xingyang on behalf of Li Ke's younger brother Liang Wang Li, hoping to marry the daughter of Sima Zhengyuan of Jingzhao Mansion as his wife, but as a result, people looked down on Li and married her daughter to a small official Cui of the household department, just because he was the son of the Cui family of Qinghe.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the gate valve clan had a great influence, with the famous seven sects and five surnames, among which the Qinghe Cui clan, the Fanyang Lu clan, the Xingyang Zheng clan, and the Taiyuan Wang clan were respected. These families date back to the Han Dynasty, and they looked down on the nouveau riche Li family and were reluctant to marry into the royal family.

Back then, Li Shimin once fell in love with the woman of Qinghe Cui's family, but he married Cheng Yanjin, who is Cheng Yanjin's current wife. Now, the Zheng family of Xingyang is reluctant to marry the royal family, so they would rather marry a petty official of the household than look down on the dignified prince Li.

However, since Li You came to the Tang Dynasty, the political, economic and cultural pattern of the Tang Dynasty has undergone major changes. The influence of the gate lord clan, which relied on land and talent, has been greatly weakened. The influence of the royal family is growing, and Li Shimin's authority is getting heavier.

Cheng Yanjin is a smart person, he couldn't take care of so much when he was young, but as he grew older, he began to gradually become cautious. Although Li Shimin is open-minded, he doesn't care about this festival between him and Cheng Yanjin, but this time this eight-grade petty official of the household department happens to be Cheng Yanjin's nephew, if you connect these two things, it seems that they deliberately went against the royal family.

Although Cheng Yanjin married Cui's wife, his honor and wealth were not given by Qinghe Cui's family, but just icing on the cake on the basis of the wealth given to him by the royal family. Cheng Yanjin is a smart person, he can distinguish the important from the heavy.

He couldn't intervene in this matter, but he was worried that Li Shimin had an idea, so after thinking about it, he came to Li You to make an idea.

After Li You listened, he smiled and said: "Uncle Cheng, others say that the two of us are not stingy, and this stinginess also has its benefits." You think too much about this, what love is dripping, it has nothing to do with you. ”

Cheng Yanjin understood, it was really like this. You can't mention this matter, since you can't force someone to marry Li, to explain this matter is even more fueling the fire and trying to cover it up.

Cheng Yanjin said with a smile: "Your Highness is right, my old Cheng is really going back more and more." Not to mention that, I really have something for you to give you an idea. ”

Li You asked, "You say, right?" ”

Cheng Yanjin was even more embarrassed this time, he said: "The last time I went to the east to Baekje, I brought back those Baekje women, I also left a few, raised in another courtyard, not long ago was discovered by my wife, these days my life is very sad, what do you think I should do?" ”

Li You smiled: "This is your family's matter, I can't help it, it's all up to you to deal with it." "Li You will never interfere in the affairs between husband and wife.

Cheng Yanjin is a cheerful person, he just talks casually. Immediately the two stopped talking about such topics, they discussed the situation on the Korean Peninsula, and agreed that the next time they sent troops, the two would go together.

After listening to Concubine Yang's complaint, Li Shimin was furious.

Li Shimin couldn't stand the arrogance of the big family, and said: "The four surnames of Cui, Lu, Li, and Zheng in Shandong are just big landlords, who dare to be arrogant and call themselves scholars. When they marry women of other clans, they will ask for money extensively, and they will make contracts on the number of things, which will be the same as that of the city, which will greatly damage the customs and disorder the rites and scriptures. It is not appropriate to deal with the severity of the situation, and it is necessary to reform. I really don't understand why the four surnames of Shandong are self-conscious, and why are they important in the world? ! These are Li Shimin's exact words.

Liangyi Palace, study.

Cen Wenwen took a draft of "Clan Chronicles" and asked Li Shimin to review it, Li Shimin opened it and saw that the first place was still Qinghe Cui's family, he was furious, threw the manuscript in his hand on the ground, and said: "Rebuild it for me immediately, the Li family in Longxi is in the first place, and the Changsun family in Luoyang is in the second place." ”

Cen Wenwen trembled and picked up the manuscript and retreated.

This time the action was very fast, and in the afternoon, the re-revised "Clan Chronicles", the order of the clans in the world became the Li clan of Longxi, the Changsun clan of Luoyang, the Cui clan of Qinghe, and the Lu clan of Fanyang......"

After reading it, Li Shimin said with satisfaction: "This is about the same, let's revise it in this order." ”

However, Li Shimin did not expect that this incident would spread, which further fueled the arrogance of the seven sects and five surnames, and the government and the opposition still secretly ranked the royal family and the eldest grandson clan behind the seven clans and five surnames.

This is a social fashion, and it is not something that can be easily reversed by any one person.

Li Shimin was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

He didn't even have anyone to discuss about this matter, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Cen Wenwen, Xiao Qian, Wei Zheng and others all had a marriage relationship with the five surnames of the Seven Sects, and Li Shimin had nothing to do.

In fact, the emperors of all dynasties have devoted themselves to cracking down on the gate valve clan, and the situation they faced is no different from the situation faced by Li Shimin, and they are all inconclusive.

The reason why Li You did not dare to bring up the matter of Gu Ruoyu easily, worried that the royal family would fall into passivity, was also one of the important reasons.

Qi Wangfu.

Gu had already sensed Gu Ruoyu's affection for Li You, and he asked, "Is the person you like the prince?" ”

Gu Ruoyu said shyly: "Where, no." ”

Gu saw Gu Ruoyu's appearance, and was deeply worried about her, she and His Royal Highness King Qi were half-brothers and sisters, and there could be no result between them.

Gu couldn't explain this to her, so he had to say: "It's okay, we are ordinary people, and it's not right to be in the same household as the prince, you must not have such thoughts." ”

Although Gu Ruoyu understood this truth, she thought that the prince had already shown affection for herself that day, and the princesses were all called sisters, Xiao Wanyu recognized herself as a sister, which must have this meaning.

She said, "Yes, Daddy, my daughter knows." However, her heart was still full of longing.

In the following days, Li You tried to avoid contact with Gu Ruoyu, but when he met Gu Ruoyu, he could always feel the expectation and resentment in her eyes. Li You felt that this was not the way to go, and she had to dispel this idea as soon as possible.

Li You discussed with Gao Henian, Liu Feixu and Gu, and Liu Feixu and Gu told Gu Ruoyu the truth about her life experience.