The family is also known as the door valve, the Wei and Jin dynasties of the "nine products in the positive system", is the door valve political development to the peak of the performance, the Langya Wang family at that time, is known as the "king and horse share the world", a family can be on an equal footing with the royal Sima family, which shows the horror of the family, and Langya Wang has always been the biggest example of all the family.

However, with the war between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the family politics finally declined, and later Yang Jian, the ancestor of the Sui Dynasty, established the imperial examination system, which gave the family a fatal blow, but the family did not fall down because of this, but relied on the family heirloom poems and articles, as well as the influence in the officialdom, and gradually monopolized the imperial examination.

After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, all aspects also almost completely followed the Sui system, Li Yuan has a calm personality, when dealing with the problem of the family, he chose to integrate with the family, after all, he was originally born in the Li family of Longxi, and he is also one of the five surnames and seven hopes, of course, this origin has been questioned, but Li Yuan insists on his origin, and he is the emperor, no one dares to oppose it openly.

As one of the five surnames and seven hopes, Li Yuan actually has a strategy to win over the family, which is also an important factor for the Tang Dynasty to defeat the heroes in such a short period of time and win the world in one fell swoop, after all, as long as the family does not make trouble for him, it is already the greatest support for him, especially Li Jiancheng's wife is still from the Zheng family in Xingyang, and there is a reason to win over the family, so when Li Yuan was in power, the relationship between the royal family and the family was still quite harmonious.

However, Li Shimin's character is much tougher and more domineering, and his vision is also more long-term, knowing that if he has been tolerating the family's monopoly on the court, sooner or later another "Langya Wang Clan" will appear, which he can't accept no matter what, so Li Shimin will be determined to attack the family.

However, the influence of the family is too great, Li Shimin failed to take advantage of the many confrontations with the family, and finally he thought of a way, that is, to support the new nobles to compete with the family, such as Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chigong, Qin Qiong and other founding heroes, all of whom were vigorously rewarded by him, and tied the interests of the new nobles with themselves, so that the new nobles and the family must have a conflict of interest, so as to contain or even consume the strength of the family.

Of course, this method of supporting the new nobles against the family is not very clever, because even if the new nobles defeat the family, they will grow into a new family in the future, Li Shimin also knows this very well, but in the face of a powerful family, he really can't think of any better way.

Li Xiu, as the most trusted minister around Li Shimin, is naturally also a member of the new aristocracy, and today Cui Gan came to see Li Xiu, just to win him over, and also let him understand that whether it is a new aristocrat or a family, it is essentially the same, and now Li Xiu has dug up the foundation of the family, which is actually equivalent to digging out his own foundation, which makes Li Xiu can't help but fall into contemplation.

"Donkey, I heard that Ling Gongzi is about to become an adult, but he hasn't married yet, I just have a granddaughter who is the same age as Ling Gongzi, I don't know if Ling Gongzi is willing to marry this family with the old man?" At this moment, I saw Cui Gan speak again.

"Marriage?" Li Xiu finally came to his senses when he heard Cui Gan's words, but then he said with a smile, "I have two sons who are almost adults, I don't know which son Cui Gong is talking about?" ”

"Hehe, naturally it is the concubine of the horse and the princess, the daughter of our Cui family is generally only married in the five surnames and seven hopes, of course, as a concubine, it is also the blessing of our Cui family to be able to marry with our Cui family, in addition, if the concubine does not dislike it, your other children can also marry with our family, then we will be a family, and even in the future, there will be more children and grandchildren of the concubine, maybe it can also become one of the top families!" Cui Gan spoke again at this time.

Although Cui Gan said very politely later, when it came to marriage, there was still a bit of pride in his eyes, after all, these big families have always married each other, and very few women marry outside, this time in order to win over Li Xiu, so he was willing to throw the bait of marriage, and even hinted that he could help Li Xiu improve the status of the family in the future, which is a temptation that cannot be refused by anyone.

"Hehe~hehehe...... Hahahaha...... "What Cui Gan never expected was that he saw Li Xiu suddenly laugh after hearing it, the laughter was relatively small at first, but then the more he laughed, the more he laughed, and finally he even looked up to the sky and laughed, as if his words were very funny?

"What do you mean, colt?" Cui Gan was also upset by Li Xiu's laughter, and his face couldn't help but sink and asked, because from Li Xiu's laughter, he seemed to hear a bit of contempt.

I saw that Li Xiu didn't pay attention to Cui Gan immediately, but laughed a few times again, and then suddenly stopped laughing, stared at Cui Gan with a torch and chuckled: "It's not interesting, it's just that I think Cui Gong thinks too highly of himself, do you really think that everyone wants to marry your Cui family?" ”

"You ......" Cui Gan didn't expect Li Xiu to say such unkind words, his old face was flushed with anger, and he even wanted to throw his sleeves away when he slapped the table, after all, Li Xiu's words had already shown that he had no interest in cooperation. However, thinking of the situation facing the family now, the scheming Cui Gan finally held back his anger, and after a while, he said slowly, "The horse's vision is really high, even the women of our Cui family can't look down on it, is the horse preparing to marry the royal family?" ”

Seeing that Cui Gan was not angry because of his words, Li Xiu couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, it seemed that he still underestimated the other party, but this was not surprising, after all, not everyone could force Li Shimin to the same position as before.

However, surprise is surprise, Li Xiu only glanced at Cui Gangao a few times at most, and he would not change his mind because of this, so he sneered again at this time and said: "I think Cui Gong misunderstood me, I don't have any other skills, but I never trade with my children!" ”

Hearing that Li Xiu just said that he would not trade with his children's affairs, and did not refuse his own solicitation, Cui Gan couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, and he couldn't help but speak again at the moment: "I see, then let's not talk about marriage, the old man will make it clear now, as long as the colt is willing to stand with us, then the old man can guarantee that in the future, he will definitely make the Li family of the colt one of the top families, I don't know what the colt wants?" ”

"Cui Gong, I'm afraid you've miscalculated, I've dedicated the printing technique to Your Majesty, and the printing office has already opened, even if I stand with you now, I'm afraid it's too late, Your Majesty will still print a lot of books, there is no big difference between me and me!" Li Xiu was not in a hurry to refuse at this time, but smiled calmly again.

As soon as Li Xiu's words came out, Cui Gan's face couldn't help but sink, and after a while, he spoke again: "Don Ma, I believe that since you can come up with a method of printing books, you will definitely be able to destroy this method, as long as you can do this, our family is willing to help!" ”

"Hehe, it's a pity, the method of printing books is too simple, now not only the craftsmen know, but even Your Majesty also knows, even if you destroy the movable type of the printed book now, Your Majesty can let people recreate some more, so Cui Gong don't bother with this thought!" Li Xiu chuckled again at this time.

"Is there really no way?" Cui Gan was still unwilling to say at this time.

"Nope!" Li Xiu shook his head without hesitation and said, in fact, even if the book is printed, Li Xiu still has a way to keep the family in the imperial examination, after all, the experience of the later generations is not in vain.

I saw that after Li Xiu finished saying the above words, his face suddenly became a little solemn and he spoke again: "But I want to ask, Cui Gong, you are bent on destroying the method of printing books, so as to let the family monopolize the imperial examination and cut off the way for other poets and scholars to rise, doesn't Cui Gong feel that it is unfair?" ”

"Justice?" It may be that Li Xiu's words made Cui Gan completely dead, and his attitude towards Li Xiu also changed, and he sneered at the moment, "How can there be any justice in this world, such as those princes, they are born with fine clothes and food, and they can even inherit the throne, while the farmers in the fields have to run for three meals a day, do you think this kind of thing is fair?" ”

When Cui Gan said at the end, his expression became a little excited, but Li Xiu replied very calmly: "We have no way to choose our origins, but I hope that everyone can choose the path they want to take in the future, such as the imperial examination, which is the best path for ordinary people to change their fate, but you are holding this road, blocking the hope of the poets and scholars of the poor family, in my opinion, this is the biggest unfairness!" ”

"Hmph, our Cui family has been passing on poems and books for generations, and after dozens of generations of efforts, our Cui family has become the top family in the world, and those books are the greatest wealth of our family, and they are also the promotion level left to our children and grandchildren, but now you are letting us stand together with those poor families to compete, is this fair to us?" Cui Gan also snorted coldly at this time.

"The ancestors of the Cui family are indeed admirable, but you families can't always lie on the merits of your ancestors, and the existence of your families has hindered the development of Datang, so it is worth sacrificing the interests of a small number of you for the sake of the whole world!" Li Xiu also said very coldly at this time, compared to the whole world, the interests of the family are nothing at all.

"The Tao is different, don't conspire with each other, farewell!" Speaking of this, Cui Gan had nothing to say, and he turned around and was about to leave, but at this moment, he suddenly saw his footsteps pause, and then turned his head again and said, "Don't blame our family for being polite in the future!" ”