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Chapter 549 Promise
Wang Yuan's complexion changed, he naturally knew that the imperial examination was digging the roots of the aristocratic family.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the imperial examination system began to sprout, and it was not until the Sui Dynasty that it began to take shape.

The aristocratic family naturally knew the harm of the imperial examination to the aristocratic family, so they naturally wanted to stop it desperately.

The aristocratic family was too powerful, and Yang Jian didn't dare to offend too much. In the end, the two parties compromised, and the imperial examination and recommendation coexisted.

Even so, behind the great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, there was also the shadow of the aristocratic family.

In the Tang Dynasty, the aristocratic family's control over the court dropped significantly, and Li Shimin was changed to be unable to become an official unless he took the imperial examination. They had no ability to stop it.

But is it that simple to rebel?

If it was so easy, why didn't they rebel when Yang Jian promoted the imperial examination?

To put it bluntly, the aristocratic family knew the harm of the imperial examination to the aristocratic family, but they didn't have the courage to break the boat.

It's okay if it succeeds, but if it fails, the family may be wiped out in ashes.

With the family's cautious character, he was naturally very hesitant.

Seeing that Wang Yuan did not reply, Cui Lingdao continued to persuade: "Although the imperial examination plus movable type printing poses a certain threat to the aristocratic family, do you think this is what I am afraid of? With the background of our aristocratic family, even the imperial examination, the master who passed the examination Most of them are descendants of aristocratic families. What I am most worried about is Li Shimin, and you should know Li Shimin's attitude towards the aristocratic family. In at least ten years, there are a large number of children from poor families who have successfully studied. Do you think Li Shimin will still have scruples about our aristocratic family?"

It never occurred to Lin Xuan to hold onto movable type printing all the time.

Many things are very difficult when you don't think about them, but once you think about them, you will find that they are actually not difficult.

Although there was a gap of hundreds of years between block printing and movable type, no one made movable type at that time.

Now that Lin Xuan has developed movable type printing, when others find that engraving blocks can't make the writing so small no matter how they are engraved, they naturally know that they are not engraving blocks. After a long time, they will naturally understand the principle.

Therefore, Lin Xuan did not intend to hide movable type printing at all.

He held it back at first because he was afraid that the aristocratic family would stop him in advance, but after tossing it out, there was no need to worry.

Didn't the aristocratic family think of stopping it when the engraving and printing came out?
It must have been prevented, but woodblock printing does not have much technical content, and the difficulty lies in the idea.

Lin Xuan didn't work hard to block it. With the ability of the family, he naturally had a very thorough understanding of movable type printing.

But movable type printing is like shit to them, it's useless, and it looks disgusting.

They can't help printing books.

But as Cui Lingdao said, there is a detailed education system for family poetry and book inheritance.

Children from poor families have books, even if they have an impact on the family, it will not be too great.

This is the same as the university entrance examination in later generations. Most of the candidates in the examination are from families with superior conditions.

Let's not talk about educational resources, families with good conditions, parents usually teach, or ask tutors.

In families with poor conditions, many parents are illiterate and cannot teach their children anything at all.

On the contrary, because of poor family conditions, I still have to work for the family after school, so I don't have much time to study.

Although there are some children from poor rural families admitted to prestigious universities, since they are Liezi, it means that they are very few, otherwise they will not be regarded as Liezi.

This is true in later generations, let alone in ancient times.

Many people think that the disappearance of the aristocratic family is related to the emergence of the imperial examination.

In fact, this is not entirely the case. The concept of an aristocratic family is that several generations of the family have people who have been officials.

You can look at the Song and Ming dynasties, there are still many families who have been officials for several generations.

What the family is most afraid of is the attitude of the emperor. With Li Shimin's dislike for the family, if it is not necessary for the officials of the family to govern the world, I am afraid that he would have done something to them long ago.

"Brother Cui, have you forgotten the Yuan and Yang families?" Wang Yuan said in a deep voice.

Yuan Yang in Wang Yuan's mouth was the two largest families in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Anyone who has seen the Three Kingdoms knows Yuan Shao, and the Yuan family mentioned here is the Yuan family where Yuan Shao lives.

Because Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu often talked about the fourth generation and the third father, people thought that the Yuan family was the biggest family at that time.

In fact, at that time, the Hongnong Yang family was also the fourth generation and the third master, and they were not much weaker than the Yuan family in all aspects.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the power and prestige of the Yuan and Yang families could be called the largest family at that time.

Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu failed to seize the world, their brothers were the first and second princes of the Three Kingdoms at their peak.

The two had a lot of talents under their hands, and those talents were all disciples of the Yuan family or went for the prestige of the Yuan family.

Don't look at the fact that before the Battle of Guandu, Guo Jia put forward the theory of ten victories and ten defeats, which made Yuan Shao say nothing.

But in fact, during the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao almost lost.

If it wasn't for Yuan Shao's internal fighting that caused Xu You to defect, Cao Cao would definitely lose.

Even if Yuan Shao lost the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao failed to fight to Hebei.

After Yuan Shao's death, Yuan Shao's sons fought with each other, and Cao Cao took the opportunity to send troops.

Because of the pressure brought by Cao Cao, Yuan Shao's son had to work together to fight against Cao Cao, making Cao Cao stand still.

In the end, it was his counselors who came up with a plan to let Cao Cao retreat first and let the Yuan brothers fight among themselves, and finally captured Hebei.

The strength of the Yuan family can be seen.

The Yang family, which is comparable to the Yuan family, is not well-known because it did not participate in the struggle for world hegemony, and because there were not many talents emerging during the Three Kingdoms period.

But there was one member of the Yang family who was very famous later on, that is Yang Jian, Emperor Gaozu of the Sui Dynasty.

That's right, Yang Jian is a member of Hongnong's Yang family.

But in the end, the Yuan family failed in the struggle for hegemony in the Three Kingdoms, and they were devastated.

Because the Yang family has relatives with the Li family, and Concubine Yang married Li Shimin, even so, they can only be regarded as a middle-class family now.

When the Yuan and Yang families were the strongest, although they would not be able to look up to them, they certainly could not afford to offend them at that time.

The Yuan family did not succeed, but the Yang family succeeded. What is the final result?
Both of them have gone into decline, but they are still top-notch families.

"Brother Wang said, the old man naturally understands, but you ask yourself, according to the current situation, how long do you think the family can last? Although we support Li Tai together, can we last until the day when Li Tai succeeds?" Cui Lingdao said .

Wang Yuan was a little hesitant, but he had to say that what Cui Lingdao said was very reasonable.

Li Shimin is only in his 30s now, and he is in good health. It seems that he will live for 30 to [-] years without any problems.

According to the current situation, the family cannot wait that long.

Seeing Wang Yuan's expression, Cui Lingdao knew that he was moved, but he still hesitated, and said, "If brother Wang is willing to form an alliance with the Cui family, I promise to restore the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, and promise that all queens will come from the Wang family. .”

"Is this true?"

If the queens are all from the royal family, then the interests and status of the royal family will be guaranteed.

"This old man can swear in the name of our ancestors." Cui Lingdao said.

There is no success now, these are just the moon in the mirror.

Of course, he didn't lie to Wang Yuan. If he really took over the world, so what if all the queens came from the Wang family?
(End of this chapter)