Concubine Yang's words made Li Yan a little depressed. He said, "Mother, this is our family matter, so these ministers don't need to interfere."

Shaking his head, Li Yan sat down opposite Yang Fei and whispered: "?Now you are the emperor, and you need to use talent shows to maintain the relationship between all classes of the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, why do these girls still have to pay attention to their origins and must come from officials' families? Although the Tang Dynasty is now peaceful under your governance, if your ministers are married to each other, a new interest group will soon form. Instead of doing this, it is better to summon these daughters into the palace. Even if you don't favor them, you can put them in the palace as a female official."

Upon hearing this, Li Yan lowered his head and pondered. He was not considering things within the Tang Dynasty, but the current colonies. Although the Expeditionary Forces supported the puppet government, how to make these puppet governments serve the Tang Dynasty wholeheartedly was a problem. During this period, small-scale conflicts broke out frequently in various regions, and casualties occurred in the expeditionary force, and the conflicts with the local area became increasingly prominent. This made Li Yan feel that pure force still did not work, and some periods had to be done in the ancient ways.

Seeing that Li Yan did not speak, Yang Fei continued: "And the influence of the power of the aristocratic clans among the people is not so easy to eliminate. Isn't that proud of being able to marry the five surnames and seven hopes?"

"My mother is right." Li Yan suddenly raised her head and said, "However, the son-in-law wants to add some people from other places on the list of this beautiful girl."

After Li Yan agreed to this, Concubine Yang was very happy. Naturally, she hoped that Li Yan would have many children and grandchildren and would have another account in her heart. Although there were many emperors and many children born in ancient times, there were not many children who could survive safely. They basically died in full struggle. In history, some emperors even had to let their brothers' descendants inherit the throne.

Li Shimin abdicated and told Li Yan not to kill his brothers indiscriminately. Li Yan has done the same now, but now Li Shimin's descendants have basically grown up, and it is difficult to guarantee that there are not many of them that contain evil intentions. Concubine Yang once indirectly criticized Li Yan for being alert to these princes, but Li Yan never took them seriously.

However, Li Yan didn't take it seriously. She, the mother, had to think about Li Yan. She was born in the royal family and had seen too many human tragedies. At this time, she was planning for the future. She continued: "This is not a problem. Prince, where do you want to add a woman?"

"The territory under the Tang Dynasty is too vast now, and it is far from enough to manage it alone. This requires the full support of these colonial puppet regimes. Moreover, I am not very relieved to have been stationed outside for a long time. In order to appease the powerful and nobles in these colonies, I think I should select some women from the families of these people to come to Chang'an." Li Yan said in a deep thought. He was mainly targeting the colonial puppet regime. In order to stabilize overseas, he did not have so many resources to change officials from all over the world.

Concubine Yang nodded. "What the emperor said makes sense. These countries are far away and the expeditionary forces spend a lot every year. It is said that years of foreign wars have made the soldiers very tired of war, and many deserters have appeared."

Li Yan looked a little sad when he mentioned this. Overseas colonization for more than ten years really made a group of veterans feel bored. Therefore, Li Yan recently made the expeditionary force temporarily stop its actions towards Europe. Instead, he focused on maintaining the conquered colony. After all, he could not get fat in one bite. It may also lead to indigestion. These recent spearheads have indeed made Li Yan wary.

"This is also the trouble for the child. Now the child plans to stabilize the rule of these areas and integrate them into the Tang Dynasty. The conquests in other areas are not in a hurry for a while. They must first settle the country when fighting against foreign countries. The excerpts are mainly aimed at these colonies and aristocratic families. Then let the mother's mother preside over the presidency." Li Yan sorted out his clothes and stood up.

Concubine Yang nodded slightly and said, "There is nothing to do with the mother, so I will check it for you."

"Then I'll bother my mother." Li Yan said, and then he resigned from Concubine Yang and left the Cining Hall. More than ten years of life allowed Li Yan to integrate into the Tang Dynasty, so he had no rejection of the talent show. After all, he is now the emperor, and the talent show is beneficial to it and the other. It can not only further weaken the power of the aristocratic families, reduce their private marriages, and maintain the rule of the colony. It's just that these women who entered the palace were suffering. However, Li Yan understood that the kindness of women at this time would only cause future suffering. He could only grit his teeth and do some bad things. At this time, he once again realized the difficulties of managing a country, not to mention the many colonies.

News of the talent show quickly spread like wildfire. The officials who were looking forward to these were like cats smelling fishy smells, while the five surnames and seven hopes were in another situation. Universal education has weakened the power of the aristocratic family in the court, and Li Yan's move was to break the marriage between the aristocratic families again.

"This emperor is much harder than the Supreme Emperor." In a quiet garden-style courtyard outside Chang'an, Changsun Wuji held a white porcelain teacup and savored the matcha from Yizhou. Opposite him were six old men, all of whom were old members of the Guanlong nobles. The seven families in the former Eight Pillar Kingdom were here. It was they who assisted the Li family to conquer the Tang Dynasty.

A thin old man said, "What Changsun Ge Lao said is that the Emperor was so brave in the past that no matter how brave the Emperor was, he would never dare to attack the five surnames. Now this Emperor is a newborn calf and is not afraid of tigers, and dares to do anything."

"This is also impossible. There is no way to do anything about the Tang Dynasty. We, the aristocrats, have no say in the court or in the army." Another person said.

Changsun Wuji said: "The days before were no longer thought about, they were gone forever, but now they are also good, the most important thing is leisure."

"You are relaxed, and you have no daughters at your back, so you naturally don't have to worry about this talent show, but we are sad." said the thin old man.

Changsun Wuji chuckled and said, "Don't everyone say they were voluntary? What's the worries? If my daughter is not so beautiful, I don't have to send it to the palace. Anyway, they are all resources. The emperor said so, what else do you have to complain about?"

"That's true." Others nodded and agreed. The Eight Pillars Kingdom gathered every year, including the Li Yuan family, but since the Li family ascended the throne, there have been seven families. The Eight Pillars Kingdom, which used to stomp their feet, had to make the Tang Dynasty shake and tremble, can only gather like this and chat like this, and can no longer exert any influence on the Tang Dynasty's officialdom.

"Ahem, just why did this emperor say voluntarily? This is a bit strange." Someone asked again.

Changsun Wuji said: "This is the emperor's shrewdness. This is to test whether we are sincere to him. Secondly, the emperor also understands that the aristocratic families choose to give in because they are afraid of his force. If they continue to force them, they will only backfire. After all, the aristocratic families have been passed down for thousands of years, and there are many large families with more than 100,000 tribes. These tribes are either doing business, serving as officials, or joining the army, which is not comparable to ordinary people. After all, the Tang Dynasty's economy is still controlled by the old gentry. If it is angered, it will be enough to cause a turmoil."

"No wonder the emperor has been vigorously supporting the upstarts over the years and building new cities. It turns out that he is taboo about this." A man realized it clearly.

Sighing, Changsun Wuji said, "Tao is just a taboo, it is far from fear. Even the emperor can calm down even the most riots. The emperor just doesn't want to start a big killing. So everyone, I advise you to say that our Eight Pillars should not get too close to other old gentry. This era has passed, just live your own life steadily. Don't think about some unfair things, so as not to get your family in time."

Changsun Wuji's words mean something, and many people showed unnatural expressions. It was obvious that Changsun Wuji had stabbed to the pain. Just as Changsun Wuji said, the gentry's surface was calmed down, but there was an undercurrent inside. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!