Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

Chapter 168
Chapter 228
Li Chengqian once drew two thousand Jinyiwei, and then spread them all over the Tang Dynasty to establish his own intelligence network.

There used to be only 2000 people, but now after development, the number has already reached tens of thousands. Most places in the Tang Dynasty already have a very fine intelligence network.

Li Chengqian handed over the intelligence network to Zhuge Liang, and if there is anything, let Zhuge Liang come to him.

For such a long time, Zhuge Liang did not come to him with any information. Could it be that something major happened today?

He opened the paper and looked at it, his face suddenly changed, "Five Surnames and Seven Looks?"

There are only four big words "big family" on the paper, but less nonsense means bigger things.

Anything related to the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs is by no means a trivial matter, because those guys are not easy-going.

Zhuge Liang nodded and his expression became serious.

Li Chengqian said: "Come in and talk."

The two came to the front hall of Prince Qian's Mansion one after the other. After Li Chengqian sat down, he asked, "Zhuge Liang, what happened?"

Zhuge Liang took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness, during this period of time, the prices of goods in the entire Tang Dynasty have started to rise, especially the price of paper used for printing books has risen crazily."

"In the past, people couldn't afford books because it was too troublesome to print a book, so the price of books was very high."

"But now, because of His Highness's movable type printing technology, books no longer make money. Seeing that they can no longer control the books, the Five Surnames and Qiwang increased the paper used for printing. As a result, the people still cannot afford books!"

Li Chengqian frowned, "All prices have gone up?"

"Yes, but the price increase of other things is not that high. Only this paper has increased tenfold. In the past, you bought books and got paper, but now you buy paper and get books." Zhuge Liang smiled wryly.

Li Chengqian tapped his fingers on the table unconsciously, and the five surnames and Qiwang made this sudden move, certainly not to show his majesty.

They should be in order to achieve their own ulterior motives.

Sure enough, seeing him pondering, Zhuge Liang said, "Your Highness, there is still information that the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs are exerting pressure on the imperial court in Chang'an, hoping that Fang Xuanling will order the abolition of movable type printing, but Fang Xuanling has never expressed his opinion." , not only him, but even the entire court did not mention this matter."

Li Chengqian curled his lips, and said disdainfully: "The five surnames and Qiwang use scholars to destroy things that benefit scholars all over the world. Isn't this digging their own grave?"

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "Indeed, the protests of several great Confucian scholars and scholars did not arouse much response."

"Even Chu Suiliang, Li Baiyao and others wrote a book and condemned several people for harming the country and the people and killing scholars. The five surnames and Qiwang knew that they could not bear this crime, so they stopped putting pressure on the court."

"But now, they're doing it again, alas..."

Zhuge Liang looked worried, "Qianzhou's paper was also bought from other places. If this continues, movable type printing may be useless. Besides, other things have also increased in price one after another. Say, but it is very unfavorable."

"... "

Hearing this, Li Chengqian's face darkened.

It seems that the movable type printing technology has affected the interests of the five surnames and Qiwang, forcing them to take desperate risks.

This time the struggle against imperial power must be decided. If they win, maybe the overall situation will not be so good, but their strength and prestige will definitely rise to a higher level.

If they lose, the gentry with five surnames and seven surnames will definitely be severely injured, and they will never recover from a setback. They will lose the opportunity to threaten the imperial power and become its vassals.

At present, the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs have a slight upper hand, because Li Shimin is not in Chang'an, Li Tai supervises the country, and the prince has no way to make decisions on many things.

"Five surnames and seven Wangs, aristocratic families..." Li Chengqian smiled coldly, "It seems that they are starting to get scared!"

Aristocratic families, in the Han Dynasty hundreds of years ago, had already influenced the existence of imperial power.

At that time, the famous aristocratic families included the Yuan family and the Yang family with four generations and three princes.

Its representatives are Yuan An and Yang Chang.

From generation to generation, these two major families have several persons up to the Sangong, and they hold the door for the selection of officials in the Han Dynasty.

In the Three Kingdoms period, Boss Cao did not give up dealing with the aristocratic family.

Therefore, he abandoned the inspection system and replaced it with meritocracy.

However, the pertinence is not strong, and there is no system formed. It is just Boss Cao's own method of selecting talents.

After the death of Boss Cao, as soon as Cao Pi came to power, he replaced the meritocracy with the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, which meant bowing to the aristocratic family.

In the Jin Dynasty, Cao Wei's nine-rank Zhongzheng system was completely followed, so it was still a situation where the aristocratic family became bigger.

Especially during the Eastern Jin Dynasty's transition to the south, the strength of the Wang family, Xie family, Huan family and other major noble families completely overwhelmed the imperial power.

The north was also very lively during this period. Although it was the time of the Five Husties in China, the separatist regimes of Later Zhao and Former Qin had to cooperate with aristocratic families such as the Cui family and the Lu family.

Because of the deep-rooted power of the aristocratic family, even in the Sui Dynasty, even if Yang Jian ended the melee between the north and the south, the aristocratic family was still a force that cannot be ignored.

Even the Yang family itself is the famous Hongnong Yang family.

When Yang Guang came to the throne, in order to curb the development of the power of the gentry, he adopted the imperial examination system to select officials.

After taking away the power of selecting officials, the power of the gentry gradually declined, but the influence of the aristocratic families in the local area still cannot be underestimated.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs were even more arrogant and domineering.

Li Shimin once said, "Although the four surnames Cui, Lu, Li, and Zheng are tired of Ye Lingchi, they still rely on their old land to be proud of themselves", "it is very harmful to customs, and there are disordered etiquette scriptures" and other words.

These words are obviously not good words. When the old Li family rebelled, the five surnames Qiwang also contributed money, people and efforts. The good families are like brothers.

However, the change of Xuanwumen proved that brotherhood is not very reliable.

The old Li family stood up, but looking back, hey, it is enough for my family to stand up, what are you doing standing up?
So in the sixth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin called Gao Shilian to the Ganlu Hall, and the two monarchs and ministers talked all night.

The content of this chat was to ask Gao Shilian to compile a "Clan Chronicle" to rank the world's powerful families.

After Gao Shilian agreed immediately, he gathered the ministers of the court and the central government together, worked hard for a month, and finally worked out the "Clan Records".

It's a pity that Gao Shilian was too honest and didn't understand Li Shimin's dark little psychology, so he actually ranked the Bolingcui family first.

Li Shimin got angry immediately, and called Gao Shilian into the palace again, and said to him, "I'm just wondering, why are these four surnames so arrogant? My old Li's family has become a royal family, so it's possible that they can't compare with these clans. ? No, this matter must be changed!"

My old Li's family is the royal family, the heaven of the Tang Dynasty, and the Boling Cui family dares to rank in front of the old Li's family. Is this because they want to go to heaven?
Gao Shilian blinked his small eyes, expressing that he did not understand.

So Li Shimin patted him on the shoulder affectionately and said, "Old uncle, we are all one family. If I am happy, I will make you happy. If I am not happy, just wait to be sad."

Hearing this, Gao Shilian instantly felt blessed and his whole person was sublimated...

(End of this chapter)