The sky in the east was slightly white, Cui Gan rubbed his swollen temples, then stood up and opened the window, and took a deep breath of the air with morning dew, only then did he feel a little more comfortable in his chest, but thinking of the troubles during this time, his brows couldn't help but wrinkle again.

Cui Gan didn't sleep all night tonight, in fact, he often couldn't sleep all night during this time, firstly, because he was old, and when people got old, they naturally slept less, and secondly, because after Li Xiu got the printing office out, they were also in chaos, and during this time, in order to discuss how to deal with this matter, there were many quarrels between officials from these families.

Speaking of the family is not a monolith, but divided into a lot of factions, which is mainly related to the internal structure of the family, on the surface, the family is a huge family, generations of poetry and books to pass on the family, the old people at home to guide the children of the clan to read, to teach the ancestors to leave the knowledge, and the people in the prime of life are outside the official, responsible for supporting the family's reputation, young people are studying hard, preparing for the imperial examination, as long as they can enter the officialdom, there are naturally the elders in the clan to support.

It can be said that in the eyes of outsiders, the structure within the family is really very harmonious, that is, there are elderly people who impart knowledge, and middle-aged people who are officials to protect the interests of the family, and young people are also working hard for the future of the family, which Cui Gan is a good example, of course, with his age, he should have gone home to retire a long time ago, but he is now only one step away from ascending to the phase, so he is not willing to retreat like this, although Li Shimin has always had a suppressive attitude towards the family, But sometimes some things are not up to him, the emperor, to decide, so it is not without hope that Cui Gan wants to be the prime minister.

But with the passage of time, the population of each family is also increasing, so according to the distance of blood, the family is also divided into many smaller families, these families are also called big houses, second rooms, third rooms and so on according to the ranking of ancestors, such as Cui Gan is born in the big house of the Cui family in Boling.

Although there is a marriage between the family, there is also a conflict of interest, and the same is true of the factions within the family, so the fight between the houses has never stopped, which also leads to the fact that when the family encounters problems, it cannot only listen to the emperor like a country, but needs to sit down in each room to discuss.

This is just the interior of a family, but now with the emergence of the printing office, it is all the families that are facing the crisis, and each family has to be divided into so many factions, and now these factions have to sit down together to discuss countermeasures, and the result is naturally not surprisingly quarrelsome.

Cui Gan, as the person with the highest official position in the Cui clan in Boling, and also represents the interests of the Cui family's big house, naturally participated in this negotiation, in fact, this negotiation was originally proposed by him, because he was the first to see the threat of the printing office to the family, so he wanted the family to unite and deal with this difficulty together.

But now Cui Gan regrets it, although the various families also attach great importance to the matter of the printing bureau when they know about it, and they have sent many people to Chang'an to discuss, but as soon as these people sit down, there will be endless quarrels, and it is almost difficult to reach any agreement between the families and the families, and between the houses within the family, and as a result, there has been no substantial progress at all during this period except for quarrels.

Thinking of the above, Cui Gan felt that his head rose again, but as time went by, the quarrel between the families slowly became clearer, and now it was mainly divided into two factions, the first faction was mainly the hardliners led by the Zheng family, who advocated that the printing of the book should be completely destroyed at all costs, even if it was to use some dishonorable means.

However, the approach advocated by the Zheng family is too drastic, and many people are worried that it will cause serious consequences, so they do not agree, but feel that they can reduce the impact of the book printing on their families through other methods, such as strengthening the control of the imperial examination, cultivating more talents, etc., this faction can be called moderate, mainly led by the Boling Cui family, such as Cui Gan, who agrees with this approach, after all, those people in the Zheng family are too extreme, and the means are really not on the table.

The strength of the hardliners and the moderates is equal, although Cui Gan does not agree with the hardliners' approach, but it does not mean that others do not agree, in fact, after understanding the impact of the printing office on their family, many families have panicked, and some people even threatened to burn the printing company, for this kind of stupid remarks, Cui Gan and others have always scoffed.

Last night, Cui Gan and others sat down to discuss on behalf of their respective families, but unfortunately not half an hour after the beginning, the two factions quarreled again, and as a result, some people in the Zheng family actually scolded them for being cowards, and this time they also swept Cui Gan and others away, but after coming back, Cui Gan was also angry and didn't sleep all night.

Thinking of the above, Cui Gan couldn't help but sigh, the printing office was a sharp weapon for Li Shimin to deal with them, and now this sharp weapon has been put on the necks of their families, and even he heard that Li Shimin actually asked the eldest grandson Wuji and others to revise the Analects, and he knew without asking that he must be preparing for the large-scale printing of the Analects.

"It's really eventful, but the opinions of various families are still not unanimous, is it that the sky is going to die for our families?" Cui Gan looked at the morning and evening in the eastern sky at this time and muttered to himself, and his old face also showed a complicated and incomprehensible look.

When he said this, Cui Gan couldn't help but think of the last time he went to see Li Xiu, although he tried to persuade Li Xiu to join his camp, but unfortunately the differences between him and Li Xiu were too great, and Li Xiu's ambition he couldn't understand, so he could only break up unhappily in the end.

"Boom~" Just when Cui Gan was pondering, he suddenly heard a loud roar from the front yard of his house, which made him stunned, because it was just dawn now, I am afraid that except for himself, no one in the family has woken up yet, how can anyone dare to make such a big move, aren't they afraid of blaming themselves?

Thinking of the above, Cui Gan couldn't help frowning, and immediately pushed the door out of the study, ready to let people go to the front yard to have a look, but before he could send someone here, he saw a subordinate running in from the front, and when he saw him, he shouted: "Master!" Big...... It's a big deal, a group of centaurs has broken through the gate and is killing the inner house! ”