Cui Gan has resigned! When Li Xiu heard the news, he even couldn't believe his ears, and it wasn't until he asked again that he was sure that the news was true, which made him a little clear for a while.

Among all the officials from the great family, Cui Gan has the highest position, and it can be said that he is only half a step away from ascending to the position of prime minister, which is the result of Li Shimin's deliberate suppression, otherwise with Cui Gan's talent, I am afraid that he would have become the prime minister long ago.

It is precisely for this reason that Cui Gan's appeal in the family is very strong, and when compiling the clan chronicles before, Cui Gan was rated as the first class, even if he was later forced to change to the third class by Li Shimin, but it still made Cui Gan famous and became a representative of the big family, in other words, Cui Gan is actually the representative of the family to the forefront, especially in the face of Li Shimin's suppression of the family, the significance of Cui Gan's existence is greater.

But now Cui Gan has suddenly resigned, in the eyes of outsiders, it can almost be considered that the family has retreated, after all, without Cui Gan's banner, the family's influence in the court will also be reduced, but the most serious is the blow to the morale of the family, after all, Li Xiu had just built a library before, and the printing office was also doing its best to print the Analects, which would cause a serious blow to the foundation of the family, but Cui Gan resigned at this time.

However, Li Xiu didn't think that the family would back down so easily, after all, he knew these families too well, but Cui Gan's resignation was too strange, and he couldn't guess Cui Gan's intention to do this?

Not only was Li Xiu puzzled by this matter, but Li Shimin was also puzzled by Cui Gan's resignation, so early the morning of the second day after Cui Gan's resignation, he summoned Li Xiu and the eldest grandson Wuji to the Liangyi Hall to discuss this matter.

"What do you think, as soon as Cui Gan's excerpt of resignation was delivered, I felt that something was wrong, but since he took the initiative to resign, if I didn't agree, it would inevitably seem too suspicious, so I agreed on the spot." Li Shimin said and handed the excerpt of Cui Gan's resignation to Li Xiu and the eldest grandson Wuji, with a somewhat puzzled expression on his face.

Li Xiu stretched out his hand to take Cui Gan's resignation fold and looked at it, and found that there was nothing valuable written on it, which was nothing more than that he felt that he was old and frail, and he could no longer be loyal to Datang, so he asked to return to his hometown to support the elderly, which was an old-fashioned excuse, and there was nothing else.

"The library has just opened, and the Analects are being printed in large quantities, the family will definitely face tremendous pressure, and it is absolutely impossible for Cui Gan to back down at this time, I think he may have other plans!" Eldest Sun Wuji said without hesitation at this time, it seems that he, like Li Xiu, thinks that it is impossible for Cui Gan to retreat at this time.

"Yes, yes, but the point is that I can't figure out what he's up to?" Li Shimin also frowned and nodded at this time, and then he and the eldest grandson Wuji looked at Li Xiu almost at the same time, after all, Li Xiu's perspective on problems has always been different from ordinary people, so they also hope that the other party can give a reasonable guess.

Facing the gazes of Li Shimin and Eldest Sun Wuji, Li Xiu smiled helplessly and said: "Your Majesty, after knowing about this matter yesterday, I also thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't guess the real purpose of Cui Gan's resignation!" ”

Seeing that even Li Xiu couldn't guess Cui Gan's intentions, Li Shimin and Eldest Sun Wuji were also a little disappointed, but then Li Xiu spoke again: "But I think there are two possibilities, the first possibility is that we think about simple things complicated, Cui Gan's resignation may not have any complicated reasons, maybe he just feels that he is old, maybe he feels that his body is not good, maybe he just feels too tired." ”

When he said this, he saw Li Xiu pause for a moment and continued: "Of course, the possibility of the first one is very small, but it is not completely impossible, as for the second one, that is, he retreats to advance, but it is worth letting him even give up his official position, I am afraid that this plot will be extremely amazing!" ”

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Li Shimin and Eldest Sun Wuji also nodded in agreement, and their hearts became a little heavy, after all, Cui Gan paid such a big price, I am afraid that they will also face the crazy counterattack of the family in the future.

"Forget it, no matter what plans Cui Gan and these people have, now we are taking the initiative, and whether it is the printing office or the library, it is all an upright conspiracy, I don't believe that the family has any other way to turn the tables!" After a while, I saw Li Shimin suddenly wave his hand, and his tone was also extremely confident.

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, and the minister also feels that the family has no hope of turning over, of course, before that, Your Majesty still has to pay more attention, so as not to let the family take advantage of any loopholes!" The eldest grandson Wuji also spoke again at this time, and he didn't dare to relax for a moment for the family.

"Don't worry, Wuji, I have always asked Feinu Si to send a special team to keep an eye on the movements of the family, but the strange thing is that the family doesn't seem to have made much movement recently, at most, some children of the family are flocking to Chang'an, but this is not surprising, because next year is the year of the big exam, and it is normal for them to come to Chang'an to participate in the imperial examination." Li Shimin spoke again, it was precisely because he did not find the abnormality of the family that he felt that Cui Gan's resignation was even more strange.

Li Shimin discussed with Li Xiu and the eldest grandson Wuji for a while, but in the end he couldn't come to any conclusions, so he had no choice but to give up, and then discussed some other government affairs, and then let them leave.

"Li Xiu, what do you think Cui Gan will do after he resigns?" As soon as he left the Liangyi Palace, the eldest grandson Wuji immediately asked again, just now in front of Li Shimin, there were some things that were too taboo for them to say, but there was no problem in private.

"It's hard to say, in fact, I have also considered, if I am a family, in the face of the current situation, there are only two ways, the first is to accept it honestly, and then watch the advantages of the family lose little by little, the second is to directly rebel, fighting to the end of the net, but Your Majesty is now gaining prestige, and they have no chance of winning at all!" Li Xiu pondered for a moment before he spoke, rebellion can't be said casually in front of Li Shimin, after all, this is the emperor's biggest taboo.

"Hehe, the hero sees the same thing, but I think it's less likely that the family will rebel!" Eldest Sun Wuji also smiled a little approvingly when he heard Li Xiu's words.

"Oh? What is the opinion of the eldest grandson? Li Xiu also looked at the eldest grandson Wuji curiously at this time and asked.

"It's not a high opinion, it's just that I know more about the thoughts of those families!" I saw the eldest grandson Wuji smile indifferently, and then said, "Although these families do everything for their own interests, they are all a group of people who sell their reputations, and what they are most afraid of is to damage the reputation of the family, so they can send someone to assassinate you, but they will never let people catch any handles, even if this matter spreads, as long as there is no evidence, the impact on them will be limited!" ”

When he said this, he saw the eldest grandson Wuji pause for a moment, and the smile on his face also carried a little disdain: "But the rebellion is completely different, now the world is peaceful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, if these families take the lead in the rebellion, and the odds of victory are not big, they will definitely end up in the name of a chaotic minister and thief in the future, and the reputation of the family will be completely ruined, and even spurned by the people of the world, so I am sure that they will never dare to bet on the reputation of their family!" ”

"It makes sense, but in this way, they are unwilling to accept it, but they don't have the courage to resist, I don't know what these families are going to do?" Li Xiu nodded after hearing this, and then said with a wry smile, Cui Gan didn't mention any plans to resign first, but he confused himself and Li Shimin and the others.

"Now we can only wait and see what happens, I'm sure that in a short time, there will be a move on the side of the family!" The eldest grandson Wuji smiled indifferently again at this time, just like Li Shimin said, the initiative is on his side, and the most uncomfortable ones now should be those families.

Li Xiu nodded in agreement when he heard this, and then chatted with the eldest grandson Wuji for a few more words, and then said goodbye to the other party, but he did not leave the imperial city, but went to the financial supervision department, because he still had a lot of things to deal with.

Speaking of this time, the bank in Yangzhou is almost ready, according to the news sent by Xu Jingzong, he has also discussed with Li Ke the time for the opening of the bank, if you count the delay of the news on the road, I am afraid that now the bank in Yangzhou has also opened, and the logistics channel between the north and south banks has also been opened, but subject to the speed of traffic, the information exchange between the north and south banks will be delayed for a period of time, which is also no way.

In the next few days, Li Xiu went to the financial supervision on time every day, and occasionally went to the printing office to see the printing of the New Analects, and the days were very peaceful, but there was still no movement on the side of the family, and even Li Shimin did not mention this matter again.

However, Li Xiu has not relaxed his vigilance, so from the beginning, he sent people to pay attention to Cui Gan's movements, and even asked these people to report every day, but as time went by, Cui Gan's side did not have any abnormalities, which made him secretly wonder, could it be that he was really suspicious?

That afternoon, Li Xiu returned home from the financial supervision as usual, and just sat down to drink tea, but saw the subordinate sent to monitor Cui Gan hurriedly running in, and then whispered a few words in Li Xiu's ear, but Li Xiu couldn't help but turn his head in surprise and said, "Is this serious?" ”