Officials, especially civil officials, don't really care whether the emperor is virtuous or not, what they care about is whether the emperor is stable and obedient.

If they were to decide, they would definitely want the emperor to be a good baby, just like the Bodhisattva Buddha statue in the temple, and they didn't have to do anything, just sit there.

Everything is left to the civil officials, and the emperor is just a personal image in the palace.

Just like the late Ming Dynasty, Ming Shizong Zhu Houxi and Mingshenzong Zhu Yijun, these two, lived in the harem for a few years, and those who did not go to the court for more than ten years left everything to the ministers to do, and that kind of life is the ultimate goal of civil officials.

It's a pity that there are very few such emperors, and most of the time it's a struggle between monarchy and vassals.

The emperor has always wanted to hold the power in his own hands, and the minister has always wanted the emperor to delegate more power.

In February, not long after the ceremonial dispute, Li Shimin ordered Gao Shilian, Huangmen Shilang Wei Ting, Ministry of Rites Lang Linghude, and Zhongshu Shilang Cen to correct their surnames, and the revised "Clan Chronicles" was finally completed and submitted to Li Shimin.

Seeing the clan chronicles after the book was written, Shimin, the first person with the surname, was angry, because this was completely contrary to his original intention.

He asked these people to revise and publish the Zheng clan chronicles in order to improve the status of the Li royal family, support the new nobles of the Shu family, suppress the power of the old Shi clan, and strengthen the imperial power, but the result of the revision was that the family gate valve was ranked first, and the imperial Li family was ranked behind.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were mainly four regional groups, and each had its own Shangjia: Shandong Shi Shang Marriage, Jiangzuo Shi Shang Figure, Guan Zhong Shi Shang Guan, Daibei Shi Shang Guiqi. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Jiangzuo and Daibei Shi clan have fallen, Guan Zhong Shi clan said that it is a Shi clan, but it is more appropriate to be regarded as the Guanlong military group, there are many families here who cultivate and read heirlooms, but more are military groups formed by the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Sui Dynasty.

The Yang clan of the Sui Dynasty was the banner of the Guanlong group, and the current Li Tang royal family was also the banner of this group.

Li Shimin naturally can't target his own group, and the Guanlong group has been much worse after the disputes at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

The most important regional group that Li Shimin had to face was the Shandong Shi clan headed by the five surnames and Qiwang.

Of course, the Li family claims to be from the Li clan in Longxi, and it can be counted as belonging to the Shandong Shi clan, but the identity of the Li family's royal family is destined to be less than a pot of urine with the Shandong Shi clan with deep roots.

Li Shimin wanted to revise the clan chronicles, mainly because of the Shandong Shi clan. Shandong Cui, Lu, Wang, Li, Zheng and other family members like to flaunt their own family prestige, relying on their clan prestige, ashamed to marry the surnames" They proudly and stubbornly carry out internal intermarriage in order to maintain a noble bloodline. For example, according to the tradition since the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Qinghe Cui family and the Longxi Li family and the Fanyang Lu family have been married for generations; The Li clan of Zhaojun and the Boling Cui clan have been married for generations; Fan Yang Lu and Xingyang Zheng generations married, Longxi Li and Fan Yang Lu generations married, they disdain to marry other surnames. Even the emperor wanted to marry a woman with five surnames to the crown prince Li Chengqian as the crown princess, but he was refused.

Some people say that "those who regret it in this life have failed to marry a girl with five surnames", this is not an exaggeration, even Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng are vying to marry with seven families with five surnames.

Of course, Wu Yuanqing's family is also counted, because the prince he married is the eldest daughter of the Taiyuan Wang family.

After the original marriage proposal was rejected by the five surnames Qiwang, Li Shimin once said: "Compared with the five surnames of Cui, Lu, Wang, Li and Zheng in Shandong, although they are tired of Ye Ling, they still rely on their old land, so they are self-respecting and are called scholars." Every time she marries a woman of another clan, she will ask for money extensively, and the more will be more expensive, and the number of contracts will be the same as that of the city, which will damage the customs and disorder the etiquette. It is not appropriate to deal with the severity of the situation, and it is necessary to reform. “

Later, he talked about this matter a few times, and finally in the sixth year of Zhenguan, he ordered the revision of the clan chronicles.

As a result, Gao Shilian, Wei Ting, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, Ling Hude, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and Cen Wenwen, the waiter of the Zhongshu, directly ignored Li Shimin's wishes and continued to rank the Boling Cui clan in the "Shandong Shi Clan" as the first in the world.

The angry Li Shimin asked puzzledly: "The Shandong Shi clan has been declining for generations, and there is no crown at all, so I really don't understand why the five surnames in Shandong are self-conscious, and why is it important in the world?"

is listed as a first-class is Boling Cui Cui's Cui Mingan, Cui Mingan is just a Huangmen squire is just a four-grade official, why can he be ranked in the royal family, in front of the founding honors.

The key is that he was born in the Shandong Shi clan, and he is the Boling Cui clan of the five surnames and seven families, which Li Shimin can never accept that he ranks first.

Because this is no different from before, Li Shimin's idea of using this to fight the family gate valve cannot be realized.

Li Shimin wanted to find someone to come out and take the lead, but it turned out that the bold Wei Zheng, Wu Yuanqingdu, and the Shandong Shi clan had a marriage.

And Fang Xuanling, the head of the prime minister of the hundred officials, also has a marriage with the Shandong Shi clan, the key is that Fang Xuanling is still a person who is afraid of his wife to death, his wife is the daughter of Fan Yang Lu's family, Fang Xuanling dares to come forward, he is not Fang Xuanling.

And the other important ministers also have a lot of contact with the Shandong Shi clan, and even his wife's uncle Gao Shilian helps the Shandong Shi clan to speak, and he must insist on making Cui Min the first class, and the others don't need to say more.

After turning around, I found that the Shandong Shi clan really had big roots and deep roots, and he seemed to be a bit of a lonely emperor.

Unable to find the first shot, Li Shimin simply went out in person and said bluntly: "Han Gaozu and Xiao, Cao, Fan, and Guan are all from Lu Yan Buyi, and the generations still admire them, thinking that they are heroic and virtuous, how can they be in the world!" Gao's bias is based in Shandong, Liang and Chen are in the south of the Yangtze River, although there are characters, what is enough! Moreover, his descendants are weak, and the officials and lords are replaced, and they are still conceited with the door, selling loose pines, relying on wealth and nobility, abandoning honesty and shame, and I don't know what the world is precious! Today, above the three grades, or with virtue, or with honor, or with literature, to the noble. He is declining and old, what is the sincerity! And asking for and for the faint, although the loss of gold silk, is still the other side, I don't know what to do! Now I want to correct the fallacy and give up the name to take the truth, and Qing Cao still takes Cui Min as the first, which is to despise my official and favor the vulgar. ”

Translated as "Han Gaozu and Xiao He, Cao Shen, Fan Xu, Guan Ying and others all raised troops in cloth clothes, and you still respect them very much, thinking that they are a generation of heroes, do you care about their status as the world's king?" The Gao family is partial to Shandong, and the Liang and Chen dynasties live in the south of the Yangtze River, although there are also a few heroes, so why worry about it! Moreover, their children and grandchildren are exhausted, their virtues are weakened, and their officials are lowered, but they are still very proud to be conceited by the family of Mendi, selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, relying on noble families, and being incorruptible and shameless, I don't know why the people of the world should honor them? Nowadays, some of the ministers above the third rank are benevolent and virtuous, some are praised for their meritorious deeds, and some are practiced with articles and are prominent. Those declining clans are not worthy of envy. However, those who wish to marry with the clans, even if they provide more gold and silver, are still looked down upon by them, and I do not know what they are thinking! Now if you want to correct the mistakes and abandon the false name to pursue reality, and you still list Cui Min as the first, this is a concept that despises the officials of the Tang Dynasty and follows the customs. “

The emperor said this, especially accusing Gao Shilian of despising the officials of the Tang Dynasty, not taking the officials awarded by the Tang Dynasty in their eyes, but kneeling and licking the Shandong Shi clan, which is serious, and if the emperor insists on not explaining a word, they can all be demoted to concubines.

Don't you think that the Shandong Shi clan is good, and you don't look down on the official title I gave you, then well, I will take it back, and you should go to the Shandong Shi clan.

After reading this meaning from the emperor's eyes, none of the ministers dared to say a word, and obediently listened to the emperor's order to revise it, with the imperial family surnamed Li as the first, and the relatives second, and demoted Cui Min to the third class.