In fact, Han Yi's personality is very complicated, so complicated that he doesn't understand himself. Sometimes, things that seem very serious to others may just laugh it off, even if they suffer grievances, it doesn't matter, but some things that seem to others are not a big deal, and it's quite normal, but he may fight you with consequences without thinking. It's hard to figure out.

He could understand that Cui Jieren detained Xiong Di. After all, Xiong Di ran to his house secretly, but he couldn't accept it when he hit Xiong Di. In his opinion, this was far more angry than his thirty-stop shots.

So, this time he didn't plan to calm down the situation like last time. He had to make the Cui family pay the price for it, otherwise he wouldn't be able to swallow this, but what would the consequences be?

After separating from Ono and the others, Han Yi rushed directly to Fengfei Tower.

"Brother Han, I really didn't expect it to come so soon."

Liu E was very surprised when she saw Han Yi because Han Yi said that she would come as soon as she thought of a solution, but she did not expect Han Yi to come so soon.

After only a few days of sight, Liu E's face had recovered a lot, at least not as pale as the previous few days, with a little bit of water.

Han Yi did not show too much, and said with a smile: "It seems that what I have handed to you has been resolved."

Liu E was a little stunned and hurriedly reached out and said, "Brother Han, please sit down."

As he said that, Han Yi invited him to a elegant seat on the second floor, which was much more polite than the last time.

After helping Han Yi pour a cup of tea, Liu E smiled and said, "Brother Han is really aware of things. Someone here has indeed secretly defected to Huayue Tower."

Han Yi asked, "Then how did you solve it?"

Liu E sighed softly: "She has been used by someone, so I didn't make things difficult for her, I just told her to leave. Now I have gone to Huayue Tower."

Han Yi nodded. He was quite satisfied with Liu E's approach. In fact, most of the women who have been living here are pitiful people, and they all feel sorry for each other. Why bother each other and have no intention of exploring it. Suddenly asked, "By the way, do you recognize Cui Jieren?"

As the saying goes, know yourself and your enemy, you will win every battle. Although Han Yi is very angry now, he still tries to suppress the anger in his heart. He must first figure out Cui Jieren.

He didn't know many people in Yangzhou, and he knew that Cui Jieren was even thinner, so Yang Menghao was one. But that boy bragging was like farting, which was a natural phenomenon of his body, so he was naturally unreliable. Wang Xuandao and Cui Jieren seemed to have a good relationship, so of course it was not convenient to ask. Only Liu E was left. Liu E was born as a prostitute in the palace and later opened a brothel. He must have known about the princelings, because the princelings were the main consumer force here.

Liu E was stunned and said, "Of course Mr. Cui knows him. I guess no one in Chang'an City doesn't know him. What do you want to ask?"

Han Yi smiled and said, "I will explain this to you later." He asked again: This Cui Jieren is very powerful?"

Liu E said, "Of course it's amazing." He murmured in his heart. Could it be that he has a way to ask Cui Jieren to help? If that's the case, then Feng Feilou would not be afraid of Huayuelou.

Thinking of this, she was very excited, but at the same time she was very curious, because with the Cui family's family style, it is unlikely that she would interfere in the affairs of the romantic place.

Han Yi said: "Is he really good? Or is the Choi family really good?"

"Mr. Cui is very capable, but the Cui family is even more powerful."

Liu E said truthfully and asked again: "Brother Han, have you ever heard of the Seven Sons of Chang'an?"

Han Yi nodded and said, "I've heard it a little."

Liu E said: "Actually, the seven sons of Chang'an don't like others mentioning this title. But here are the two of us, so I'll tell you directly. Although the seven sons of Chang'an are all nobles and gentry children, the seven of them each have different abilities from ordinary people, but their personalities are very quirky, so they seem very special. The Cui Jieren you mentioned is the leader of the seven sons of Chang'an. They are also the earliest, because he passed the top scorer when he was twelve years old."

"Can I take the imperial examination at the age of twelve?" Han Yi said in surprise.

"Ordinary people cannot, but Mr. Cui has been called a genius since he was a child. Legend has it that he has the ability to remember everything he has. I remember that when Emperor Taizong was still in power, Emperor Taizong was also very curious, so he made an exception and allowed him to participate in the imperial examination. But no one knew that Mr. Cui won the top scorer in one fell swoop."

Speaking of this, Liu E sighed slightly and said, "But Mr. Cui is so arrogant. It is said that when he entered the palace to meet the emperor, he almost lost his head."

Han Yi said: "What's this for?"

Liu E said: "This matter has to start from 16 years ago. At that time, Emperor Taizong ordered his ministers to write "Clan Chronicles". After the first writing, the Cui clan of Qinghe ranked first, but Emperor Taizong was very dissatisfied, so he asked the ministers to rank first in Longxi Li clan where Emperor Taizong was located, and the family of foreign relatives ranked second, and the Cui clan of Qinghe ranked third-class.

But as soon as this incident happened, it immediately caused great dissatisfaction among the gentry. In fact, the four major families of Cui, Lu, Zheng and Wang refused to admit this "Clan Record".

As the eldest grandson of the Cui family, Mr. Cui was naturally very dissatisfied with this. He participated in the imperial examinations just for their Cui family to fight for a breath. It is said that when he was in the palace, Emperor Taizong originally loved him very much and wanted to reward him, but he refused and said that he would never be an official in this life. In front of all the civil and military officials of the court, he accused Emperor Taizong of using public interest to private interests and ranked the Li family in Longxi first.

Emperor Taizong was dull and issued a killing order at that time, and he threw Mr. Cui into the Heavenly Prison.

However, because the ministers such as Fang Prime Minister and others pleaded for Mr. Cui, Emperor Taizong also thought that he was still young and was imprisoned for three months, so he released him. At the same time, he issued an order to revoke Mr. Cui's title of top scholar, and never allow Mr. Cui to enter the court as an official, nor allow any title to be inherited. Until now, after the emperor ascended the throne, and the people of the Cui family helped him, he allowed Mr. Cui to enter the court as an official, but Mr. Cui never entered the court as an official."

So awesome?

Han Yi didn't understand the situation at all because he was deeply poisoned by the Qing Dynasty dramas and thought that the emperor was the best. If anyone dared to be so arrogant, he would definitely die. However, he did not expect that Li Shimin not only did not kill Cui Jieren's entire family, but also gave Cui Jieren a way out. However, after a little consideration, Han Yi also understood that Li Shimin was still afraid of the power of these big families and felt that there was no need to break up with these big families for a child.

"Where is Wang Xuandao?"

Han Yi asked again, he really didn't believe that all the princelings were so awesome.

Liu E said: "Mr. Wang has long been an official of the Taishi Bureau. As long as he is willing, he can enter the Taishi Bureau at any time. But for some reason, Mr. Wang has not been in the court for a long time and has been staying at home."

This Taishi Bureau is also the Imperial Heavenly Prison.

No, the candidate is decided? Han Yi was speechless and wondered: "Then aren't they covering the sky in Chang'an?"

"That's not."

Liu E shook her head and suddenly whispered: "Actually, the first person in the dynasty has always been disliked by these big families in Shandong."

"Are you talking about Changsun Wuji?"

Han Yi said in surprise. This was not what he learned from history books, but what Yang Feixue told him that Changsun Wuji is now covering the sky.

Liu E nodded.

Han Yi said: "Why?"

Liu E said: "Why is this? The two factions are not in harmony. The Changsun family is a noble family in Guanzhong, while the Cui family is a Shandong gentry, and has always had a fight. Moreover, Changsun Pushe is the most trusted minister of Emperor Taizong. The second-ranked "Clan Chronicle" is the Changsun family, which also attracted humiliation and opposition from these gentry members at that time. Can Changsun Pushe not hate these gentry members? Moreover, even the emperor looked down upon the emperor, and even did not allow their children to intermarry with the royal family, let alone the Changsun family."

Han Yi was shocked and said, "This is too impossible."

Liu E said: "This is true, even the people know that later Emperor Taizong did not allow the royal children to intermarry with each other, or even the relatives and ministers to do so. Emperor Taizong ordered people to write "Clanography" in order to prevent these gentry from buying and selling marriages."

"Buy and sell marriage?" Han Yi said curiously.

"Don't you know?"

Han Yi shook his head.

Liu E immediately explained to Han Yi.

There is a saying. The hostages in Shandong are therefore respecting marriage; the humanities in Jiangzuo are respecting figures; the heroes in Guanzhong are respecting crowns; the martial ones in the north are respecting martial ones. Therefore, they are respecting noble relatives.

The Cui family, Lu family, Wang family, and Zheng family all belong to Shandong gentry and came from a large group. They attach great importance to family marriages. The first precept of their family is to never intermarry with lowly people. No one is a little cold. Because they must ensure their noble bloodline.

Li Shimin's family is a mixed-race family, not a pure-bred Han, and has Xianbei blood. In fact, the Li family later recognized Laozi Li Er as their ancestor. It is not certain whether he was the Li family in Longxi. At least the Shandong gentry thinks they are not.

So in the eyes of Shandong gentry, the Li family was just a "down-and-out family" before, and they were not considered a big family. They had no background. Even if you became an emperor, your bloodline was still lowly. So if I don't intermarry with your Li family, I just looked down on Li Shimin, and I didn't hide it yet, everyone knows.

Li Shimin's face was swollen. That's all. You dare to dislike my emperor's princess and princes. You can't give up this matter. So Li Shimin also issued an order, starting with the emperor. You relatives and officials are not allowed to marry the Cui family and the Lu family, but it's useless. What should be connected is still a couple, and it can't be stopped at all.

Fang Xuanling was his confidant and close friend, but he still married these big families. Fang Xuanling's famous wife, Lu, was the daughter of the Lu family in Fanyang.

If Lu was just a civilian woman, how could she dare not allow Fang Xuanling to take a concubine, and even contradict Emperor Taizong of Tang for this matter. If Fang Xuanling wanted to take a concubine, I would die. This is not to say that Lu was not a good wife, Lu was definitely a good wife, but if there was no background at all, the word "jealous" would probably not appear.

In addition to Fang Xuanling, there are also Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui and others. These people are all Li Shimin's direct descendants. They all disobey, let alone other people. Of course, they were able to marry these big families because their official positions were large enough that they learned it.

Because these gentry suffered a considerable impact when changing dynasties and lost a lot of property, you must marry these big families. Not only do you have good character, good knowledge, high official position, good bloodline, and poor background, but you also have to pay them a lot of money. This is a lot of money, which is the so-called selling and buying marriage.

Also because this was an era of aristocratic rule, the aristocrats and emperors ruled the world together.

The people highly value aristocrats.

Sometimes a noble's words are more useful than the emperor's words.

The simplest point is that these scriptures are in their hands. Most of the scriptures in the world are controlled by these gentry. Just like martial arts secrets, they are not allowed to be leaked. It is very difficult for ordinary people to study. You can rely on illiteracy in war, but you must rely on scholars to govern the country. Therefore, most of the ministers in the court are from their families.

Although the Sui Dynasty initiated the imperial examination, it is not very useful at present, because those who study are the children of their big families. Because they have unique educational advantages, ordinary people will find it difficult to beat them unless they are geniuses.

Why is Cui Jieren so awesome? It’s just that your emperor doesn’t use ours, and no one can use it, because the people who participate in the imperial examination are all ours. We don’t deserve this official, and no one can be the one.

Look at the top scholars in the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty, most of them were from the big family, and there were always traces to follow. Even the prime ministers were mostly from their family members, and each big family produced seven or eight prime ministers. Later, although Wu Zetian killed a large number of people, he had to use their family members in the end.

Even if the prime minister is not theirs, he can become a member of their family through marriage.

Because Wei Zheng and others came from poor families, although they had a large official position, they had no fame, so they had to use the fame of these big families to consolidate their status, and these big families also needed to rely on them to enhance their power. After all, their power must have suffered a lot of blows when changing dynasties.

Many high-ranking officials are proud to marry the daughters of these big families. If they can't marry, they always feel that it is a great regret in life. Even if they have become prime ministers, such a trend has been formed.

This kind of marriage, after the reproduction of the marriage, forms a complex force, which is really unbreakable and chaotic.

As an emperor, I definitely don't want to see this situation. The entire court is monopolized by you, the aristocrats, and I, the emperor, are not restrained by you in everything, so Li Shimin has been preventing them from marrying each other, but they are not as good as Li Shimin. There are policies from above and countermeasures from below. I don't come openly, and I come secretly. We don't hold a wedding. We marry secretly and marry secretly, and the partners are important officials in the court. What do you do to me?

Li Shimin was helpless in this regard. It was impossible to shovel them with just a shovel. If you kill Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others, who will help you govern the country? So Li Shimin could only endure it because he had to rely on the power of these big families to help him govern the country.

In fact, the emperor before the Tang Dynasty might be the first emperor of the ages, Qin Shihuang, who could turn his hands into clouds and rain, and command the world, no one dared to refuse to follow. Even Emperor Wu of Han was restrained by these big families. Since the Song Dynasty, the emperors were much more comfortable, but in the Song and Ming dynasties, the emperors were always bullied by outsiders. Looking at the 5,000 years of China, they were really the most enjoyable Emperors of the Qing Dynasty before the Opium War.
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