"What happened to Chang'an?" When Li Xiu heard Li Ke persuade him to return to Beijing a few days later, he immediately reacted, and then asked very helplessly, Chang'an is originally a place of right and wrong, and there will be things happening at two ends in three days, and many people will be involved involuntarily, of course, at his level, ordinary things will not affect him.

"Sir doesn't know, this incident is not a trivial matter, and my father is very angry because of this, because this matter involves the family!" Li Ke opened his mouth again at this time to explain that as a prince, even if he had no intention of competing for the throne, he must also have an understanding of the situation in Chang'an, so that if something burns him, he can prepare in advance, so he has always been more concerned about the situation in Chang'an.

"These families again?" Li Xiu couldn't help frowning when he heard Li Ke's words, these large and small families control all aspects of the Tang Dynasty, it can be said that as long as the family is involved, it will not be a trivial matter, especially this time it can make Li Shimin very angry, I am afraid that it should be a top family like the five surnames and Qiwang.

"Yes, it's these families again, speaking of which, the cause of this incident is not very big, that is, the father asked Shen Guogong Gao Shilian to compile the "Clan Chronicles", in addition to the imperial historian Wei Ting, Zhongshu Shilang Cen text, the Ministry of Rites Lang Linghu Dedi and others also participated in this compilation, and I don't know how to do it, and finally listed Cui Wengan, the Huangmen squire from the Boling Cui family, as the first class, and our Li family is only for the second class, which made the father also very angry, and ordered the royal family to be promoted to the first class, and the relatives were listed as the second class, And the family headed by Cui Wengan is listed as the third class. Li Ke immediately explained the reason for the matter.

"I see, but even if Your Majesty orders the royal family to be promoted to the first rank, I'm afraid it won't convince the family headed by the Cui family, especially the five surnames and Qiwang have always been in the same spirit, I'm afraid that even if they don't dare to say anything on the surface, they will definitely play some tricks in secret, right?" When Li Xiu said the end, he couldn't help but show a little sneer on his face, he couldn't know much about these big families, in their eyes, the interests of the family came first, and for the continuation of the family, they could even take refuge in other races.

"Hehe, Mr. guessed right, my father forced the royal family to the first class, which naturally caused the dissatisfaction of those families, it just so happened that this year was the year of the imperial examination, but after the end of this year's imperial examination, the people who were taken as Jinshi turned out to be all children of the family, and there was not even one person from the Shu clan, sir, you should know the meaning of this!" Li Ke also sneered at this time and nodded.

"Sure enough, it is a good calculation, according to the previous imperial examinations, even if there are many children of the family who are recommended, a few scholars from the Shu clan must be admitted, this is done to encourage the Shu clan, and secondly, it can also show the attitude of the imperial court, but this time the family has done everything desperately, and even a single Jinshi has not been left for the Shu clan, which is naturally to express their anger and dissatisfaction to His Majesty!" Li Xiu also sneered at this time and said, he didn't like the intrigues in the court before, but now that he has been in the court for a long time, he is more and more familiar with these intrigues, and sometimes even he himself inevitably uses some means.

"Yes, several examiners in this imperial examination are all from great families, and when drawing up the list of jinshi, they deliberately did not write their origins, and my father did not notice this, but I just picked a few candidates' articles and agreed to them, but after the list of jinshi was announced, I learned that these jinshi were all from families, and it was impossible to change them!" Li Ke spoke again.

"Then your father must be angry, but there is no way, because the imperial examination has always flaunted the selection of scholars by talent, and those from the family are more knowledgeable than those from the Shu family, and in the past, it was only an unwritten rule to leave a few places for students from the Shu nationality, and now the chief examiner is based on talent, and he has not broken the rules of the imperial examination, so His Majesty may only swallow this evil breath." Li Xiu shook his head as he spoke.

"Mr. analysis is good, although the father is annoyed by this matter, but there is no way, but the father is not willing to swallow this bad breath, during this period of time, there have been many officials from the family who have been demoted from Chang'an by the father and the emperor, and as a result, more officials from the family were impeached, so Chang'an is also in turmoil, so I said that now is not a good time to return to Chang'an." When Li Ke said the end, he also showed a concerned expression.

If Li Xiu returned to Chang'an, he would definitely be involved in this battle, although Li Shimin was his father, and as a son of man, he should have hoped that Li Xiu would return to Chang'an as soon as possible, so that he could also help Li Shimin share some pressure, but he was also Li Xiu's student, and he didn't want Li Xiu to be implicated in this incident at all.

Li Xiu said with a calm smile when he heard this: "Ke'er, you don't have to worry about me, the contradiction between your father and the family has been going on for a long time, and I also helped your father to fight the family at the beginning, so even if I don't go back this time, the family still doesn't have a good impression of me, if they let them gain power, they will definitely redouble their revenge on me in the future, since this is the case, it is better to take the initiative, this time we must completely hollow out the foundation of the family, lest they jump out and make trouble in the future!" ”

In order to break the monopoly of these families on the court, Li Shimin, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, the three generations of emperors continued to blow back, but when Wu Zetian died, the family made a comeback, for example, most of the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty were born in these families, and it was not until the chaos of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms that the monopoly of the scholars was completely broken. After the Song Dynasty, there were almost no families.

"Sir, shouldn't you be serious, the family has existed for hundreds of years, and it is even called a thousand-year-old family, if you want them to fall, I'm afraid even my father can't do it!" Li Ke couldn't help but be shocked when he heard Li Xiu's words, and even showed a little doubt on his face.

The millennium family does not mean that this family has existed for thousands of years, in fact, even the oldest family can only be traced back to the Han Dynasty at the earliest, and it is only a few hundred years from the Tang Dynasty.

"Millennium? Ke'er, you underestimate the changes brought about by a thousand years, it's not that I look down on those families, as soon as the imperial examination system came out, it has broken off their most important foundation, although now they can monopolize the court with the help of the imperial examination, but with the development of time, sooner or later, these families will disappear in the torrent of history! Li Xiu sneered when he heard Li Ke's words, even without his influence, the family would only have more than a hundred years to live.

"But now the imperial examination is almost in the hands of the family, even if it is a fair examination, the ordinary people from the family can not compare with them, after all, the family style of these families is rigorous, erudite and Confucian, under the teaching of these people, the children of the family are naturally not comparable to ordinary scholars in their studies, plus there are many officials in the family, even if they are not officials from the family, they are also easily affected by the family, so no matter from which point of view, the imperial examination is more likely to be biased towards the family from the family." Li Ke asked again puzzled at this time, he really didn't think that Li Xiu could do anything to reverse this situation.

"Hehe, Ke'er, your analysis is quite good, but the family also has a lot of weaknesses, as long as you can catch these weaknesses, you can give them a fatal blow!" Li Xiu smiled indifferently again, and his smile seemed to carry incomparable confidence.

In fact, Li Xiu didn't want to deal with the family for a day or two, but he couldn't think of any good ways before, and his understanding of the family at that time was also limited, so he had been secretly observing the operation of these families over the years, sorting out the weaknesses of these families, so that he could think of a countermeasure, and in the end he really thought of it, but he didn't have time to implement it before, and now he can take this opportunity to hit the arrogance of the family!

"Sir, what you said is true, do you really have a way to deal with the family?" Li Ke saw Li Xiu's confident appearance, and couldn't help but ask excitedly at the moment, if someone else said these words, he might not believe it, but Li Xiu's words made him have to believe it.

"That's nature!" Li Xiu nodded with a smile.

"Sir, tell me, what are you going to do against the family?" After receiving Li Xiu's affirmative answer, Li Ke immediately hugged Li Xiu's arm excitedly and shouted.

"Haha~, this matter is not in a hurry, you will naturally know in the future!" Li Xiu laughed loudly, and then deliberately sold a pass.

Seeing that Li Xiu didn't say anything, Li Ke couldn't help but be disappointed, and pestered Li Xiu to ask a few times, but Li Xiu was very strict and refused to say it anyway, which made him have no choice, and finally he could only say helplessly: "Forget it, since Mr. refuses to say, then I won't ask, but with Mr.'s help, I will definitely be able to help my father out of this evil breath!" ”

Hearing Li Ke's childish words, Li Xiu couldn't help but laugh dumbly, in fact, the reason why he wanted to deal with the family was not only to help Li Shimin get angry, but most importantly, to maintain the stability of the Tang Dynasty, after all, such a powerful force like the family, which has a huge influence but is not controlled by the imperial court, will definitely affect the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and even the land annexation and economic monopoly in the later period of the Tang Dynasty also have a close relationship with the family!