The winter sun in the courtyard fell on an old man and a young man, warming the body and mind of the two.

Shu An enjoyed this warmth, but Li Shimin at this time did not have this mood, but was distressed because of the family's affairs.

"The nobles of Longxi, the scholars of Shandong, the Chinese of Jiangnan, in fact, the family is not without disputes."

I don't know how long it has been, Shu An's eyes flickered and said softly, if you count it, now should be the peak time of the Shandong Shi clan.

As for the Longxi aristocracy, the peak period should be in the Sui Dynasty, because Yang Jian himself was from the Longxi group.

Of course, if you count it seriously, the nobles of Longxi have walked out of the four emperors, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Sui and Tang dynasties.

It's just that the prosperity and decline of the Longxi aristocracy can't escape this law, especially the Sui Yang Emperor suppressed the Longxi aristocracy and supported other scholars.

This is just a symptom but not a cure, although the Longxi aristocracy is still in the first column in the world, but there is obviously a trend of decline.

If you don't advance, you will retreat, both the Shandong nobles and the Jiangnan Chinese have the strength to fight against the Longxi nobles, and even the Shandong nobles have further suppressed the Longxi nobles.

Otherwise, this time the clan chronicles will not be headed by the Cui clan of the Shandong Shi clan, of course, the family conflicts and disputes are also diverse.

After the words fell, Li Shimin's eyes lit up slightly, and he knew what Shu An meant, that is, to balance the rights of the court with the help of the confrontation between the families.

It's just a question of what to do, you must know that now the Cui family is only a six-rank official above the court.

These families have no intention of contributing to the imperial court at all, and even restrict the imperial court everywhere in some places.

"If you want to restrict the family, then start with this clan."

"Although Shimin's idea is good, it lacks some consideration."

"If it is according to the idea of recruiting the people, this Shandong Cui clan is afraid to be listed in the third class."

"This will only make the family gate valve even more reluctant to go out, and now most of the books are still in the hands of the family."

Shu An's eyes flickered and he continued to speak, although Li Shimin's method suppressed the family, but the means were too sharp.

"If not, then what?"

Li Shimin fell into confusion and said loudly, he didn't know what this father wanted to say, of course, he also had to admit that his father was telling the truth.

It is difficult to get a noble son from a poor family mainly because of the limitation of knowledge, and most of these are in the hands of the family gatekeeper.

"It is not impossible to follow the ideas of the people."

"It's just that one more article can be added, for a period of twenty years, the clan records can be changed according to the change of official positions."

Shu An's voice continued to sound, in fact, the family gate valve is the leader of this era after all.

Even Shu An had to admit that it would take a lot of time for the children of the poor family to be comparable to the children of the family.

Of course, in Shu An's view, these family gate valves are also a good help, if you want Datang to create a prosperous era now, then you must not be able to avoid these families.

The reason is very simple, at least more than 30% of the wealth in the whole world is in the hands of these family valves, so you can imagine how much help there is.

The suppression is certain, but it cannot be completely suppressed, Li Shimin only figured out his father's thoughts in an instant.

But then Li Shimin's brows began to wrinkle again, because if the family entered the court, then the influence would not increase again.

"Don't underestimate these family disputes."

"The other thing is to start with the imperial examination system."

"The number of places recruited by the imperial examination system is too small now."

"It's just Chang'an, and it only recruits 30 people every year."

"You can design the imperial examination in ten ways, and if you pass it, you can raise people, and if it is a vacancy for local officials, you can choose the best among the people."

"Those who have passed the examination can enter the Chang'an examination, and if they are in the middle of the examination, they can be the chief officer of one party."

Shu An couldn't help but say all his thoughts in one breath, knowing that this was summed up by him in combination with the situation of this era and the imperial examination system in later generations.

Now Datang is divided into ten provinces, each of which is divided into a number of states, but it is obviously impractical to want to implement the imperial examination system to the states.

On the one hand, it costs too much manpower and material resources, and now it is only the early years of Zhenguan, even Li Shimin does not dare to do this, and the cost of implementing it to ten roads is acceptable.

On the other hand, it is the resistance from the family gate valve, and if it is implemented to the ten roads, it is considered to be acceptable, so it can be regarded as further increasing the influence of the imperial examination system.

Sure enough, when Shu An was speaking, Li Shimin was also thinking, and when Shu An finished speaking, his eyes didn't become very bright.

If this is the case, then it is indeed a chance to give the Shu people, the world is so big, and Li Shimin still doesn't believe that there is no one from the Shu family.

"If you can, you can create martial arts."

Shu An's eyes flickered and continued, if the imperial examination is to give the Shu people a chance, then in his opinion, martial arts is the way out for the poor family.

The reason is simple, the imperial examination system is a luxury for many young people from poor backgrounds, because they simply do not have the opportunity to read and write.

Compared with martial arts, the children of the poor family have more opportunities, after all, some of the children of the poor family have been undertaking housework since they were young, and their strength is not small, plus the family has passed on a few martial arts, and there are still many talents.

Li Shimin was slightly stunned at first, but immediately reacted the same, although there is no precedent for this, but it is not impossible.

Especially when Li Shimin was originally born on horseback, he naturally understood the promotion of the army by a brave man.

"This is considered the completion of the day's gambling contract, as for whether to do it or not, it's up to you."

Shu An's voice sounded after seeing that Li Shimin was still thinking, and then began to taste the brewed tea, drinking a cup of hot tea in the early morning of winter is undoubtedly a pleasure in this era.

He didn't believe that Li Shimin would not be moved, and the methods were already waiting to be implemented in front of him.

Li Shimin is indeed moved by everything, but there are still many details that Li Shimin has to consider.

Li Shimin opened his mouth to ask Shu An a few questions and then left in a hurry, obviously after getting the method, he couldn't help but move.

Shu An didn't stop him, originally he just wanted Li Shimin to take the blame, but in his opinion, Li Shimin's range of actions was still smaller.

Of course, perhaps because of the restrictions of the times, Li Shimin can actually take a bigger step, you must know that now because of the war, these children of these families are unwilling to enter the court to be officials.

Taking advantage of this period of time is enough to admit a group of poor children, although these cannot compete with the family now, they are undoubtedly potential strength.

While letting Li Shimin take the blame, Shu An didn't mind making Li Shimin feel that this back pot was worth it.