Datang: The prince of salted fish was overheard by Li Er

Then Cui Mingan began to recommend himself. He was willing to lead by example and worked hard to compile the Datang Clan Chronicle for Li Shimin.

'Hmph, you'd better save your little thoughts! '

Li Shimin sneered again in his heart, these aristocratic families still haven't seen the intention of this clan annals.

In fact, such things as clan records existed in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and they were called genealogy books at that time.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the genealogy was the basis for selecting officials, and the division of family status was based on the status of officials in the past dynasties. Those listed as powerful families were all crowned families.

But the clan annals that Li Shimin wants to compile this time is to break this tradition.

Li Shimin categorically cannot tolerate these Shandong gentry with five surnames and seven wangs being superior to the royal family. He wants to rely on this clan annals to support emerging forces, suppress powerful gentry, strengthen imperial power, and consolidate rule.

In order to achieve this goal, the editorial team this time must not arrange these people with five surnames and seven Wangs in it.

But at the same time, the editorial team of this clan chronicle must be strong, so as to convince the world's aristocratic families.

From Li You's voice, Li Shimin already had a roster for this team.

"Cui Aiqing, this matter is of great importance, and I, the editorial member, have thought it over and settled on it."

Then Li Shimin raised his head, bursting out with momentum, and then said: "Gao Shilian, the servant, ordered you to preside over the compilation of the Zhenguan clan annals. Participate in the compilation."

Among the four, Gao Shilian was the uncle of Empress Changsun, and he was born in the Bohai Gao family, who was also a famous Shandong family.

And he himself is both civil and military, and now he is the head of the province and one of the prime ministers. He can be said to have a high position and authority. With him as the editor-in-chief, the people of the family present can't fault it.

As for the other three named by Li Shimin, Wei Ting was from Jingzhao Webster, Linghu Defen was from the Dunhuang Linghu clan, and Cen Wenwen was also from a famous family.

These three people are not only of impeccable background, but also are talented, intelligent and agile, and are well-versed in classics and history.

As the three of them, assisting Gao Shilian, people from various families have nothing to say.

Although Li Shimin's decision came from Li You's heart, he had carefully considered it.

Originally, it was okay to leave this matter to the Ministry of Rites.

But now Zheng Shanguo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, is a member of the Zheng family in Xingyang, and his mother is from the Cui family of Qinghe. Naturally, such a person, Li Shimin, would not entrust such an important matter to him.

Considering the purpose of supporting the Xinxing family this time, Li Shimin thought carefully about the senior officials in the capital, and felt that Gao Shilian in Li You's heart was the most reliable.

After Li Shimin announced his decision, Gao Shilian and others naturally knelt down to accept the order.

Although Cui Mingan, Wang Gui and the others felt a little reconciled, they couldn't think of a reason for it for a while.

After everyone's attention was diverted to the Zhenguan clan annals, "Hundred Family Surnames" was completely ignored.

At this moment, Kong Yingda and Li Gang looked at each other, and couldn't help admiring His Majesty even more.

Li Shimin's drastic move completely disrupted the focus of the aristocratic family.

Now the aristocratic family is thinking about how to build a good relationship with Gao Shilian and others, in order to make their family rank higher.

Compared with the more accurate and authoritative official clan annals, ambiguous words such as "Hundred Family Surnames" can no longer enter the eyes of the family.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Li Shimin smiled proudly and announced his retirement.

He still has a lot of things to do today, and he plans to go to Chu Palace later.

He hasn't figured out how to make the steer obedient, and he doesn't know the specific effect of the cement.

Of course, in Li Shimin's mind, there was another purpose for this visit to Chu Palace.

Everyone in Nishang was rehearsing at the Chu Palace, so Li Shimin couldn't miss it.

From a certain point of view, Li Shimin and Li Lizhi are actually the same, they are inconvenient to appear in Yongle Square, and Li Shimin, who is famous for neon clothes, has been itching for a long time.

Li Shimin hurriedly went down to the court, and Cui Mingan and Wang Gui quietly got together after the court.

"Doctor Wang, what do you think of His Majesty's actions today?"

Cui Mingan still asked with some concern.

"Your Majesty is obviously well prepared today, so has Cui Shilang ever thought about why His Majesty has such preparations?"

The so-called Jiang is still old and hot, just when Li Shimin felt that today's acting skills were flawless, in fact, Wang Gui had already seen through everything.

Cui Mingan can stand out among the elegant and talented Boling Cui family, so he is naturally not an ordinary person, and he can understand it with a little mention.

"Doctor Wang means that this clan annals is actually just a cover, and His Majesty's intention is to promote "Hundred Family Surnames"? So, don't we follow his way?"

Facing Cui Mingan's surprised expression, Wang Gui nodded, then shook his head again.

He agreed, but not quite.

"Please also ask Doctor Wang to express it!"

For a while, Cui Mingan didn't understand what Wang Gui meant.

Wang Gui said with a smile: "Actually, His Majesty's move seems to have cleverly allowed "Hundred Family Surnames" to be implemented, but is it really possible for him to just say a word about this local matter?"

"Since we have seen through His Majesty's intentions, it is still difficult."

Hearing this, Cui Mingan's tense face just now relaxed.

"Of course, His Majesty's decree can be spread to various state capitals, but if we really want to promote it, we still need the cooperation of our Five Surnames and Seven Wangs!"

"I'll fix the book and go home later, and make this decree useless!"

Cui Min said this with great confidence.

You must know that although Datang has a vast territory, more than half of the land belongs to the five surnames and Qiwang.

Not only the land, but also many production technologies are in the hands of the major families.

These include papermaking and printing.

Although the imperial court also had some papermaking and printing workshops, neither the quantity nor the quality could be compared with the aristocratic family.

Just like the three new enlightenment textbooks this time, the workshops of the imperial court can barely print them for use at the prefectural and county level at best, and it is completely impossible to cover all the enlightenment children.

This is why Li Shimin launched the clan annals to divert the family's attention.

Li Shimin needs the cooperation of the major families.

After Cui Mingan finished speaking, Wang Gui shook his head again and said, "Cui Shilang, since His Majesty has hooked us, we don't have to go too far."

"In addition to "Hundred Surnames", the other two books are still acceptable. We might as well use our tricks and see the results of the clan records, and then read it!"

To put it simply, Wang Gui's idea is neither to reject immediately nor to act immediately, but to "delay".

If the clan annals can satisfy the major families, the families don't mind promoting the other two enlightenment textbooks.

However, once the clan annals fail to satisfy them, the decree this time will really become a dead letter as Cui Mingan said.

The two discussed with each other and came back to their respective residences.

At this time, Li Shimin had already brought people outside Chu Wang's mansion.

This time, considering that everyone in Nishang was inside, Li Shimin chose to visit in micro-clothes.

When he came to the gate of King Chu's Mansion, Li Shimin said to Li Junxian: "Junxian, I heard that you are very skilled. Why don't you take me in quietly."

In Li Shimin's view, Li Junxian will definitely not miss this opportunity to prove his worth.

But to Li Shimin's surprise, Li Junxian shook his head.