The aristocratic family is also called the aristocratic family. The "nine-rank Zhongzheng system" in the Wei and Jin Dynasties was a manifestation of the development of aristocratic politics to the peak. At that time, the Wang family of Langya was even known as "the king and the horse share the world". A aristocratic family could be on par with the royal Sima family. This shows the terror of the aristocratic family, and the Wang family of Langya has always been the biggest role model of all aristocratic families.

However, with the wars in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the politics of aristocratic families finally declined. Later, the Emperor Gaozu of Sui, Yang Jian, established the imperial examination system, which even gave the aristocratic family a fatal blow. However, the aristocratic families did not become depressed. Instead, relying on the family's poetry, books and influence in the officialdom, they gradually monopolized the imperial examination. Even if people from poor families occasionally could enter the officialdom, they could not affect the overall situation.

After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, all aspects were almost completely followed the Sui system. Li Yuan had a calm personality. When dealing with the issue of aristocratic families, he chose to integrate with the aristocratic families. After all, he was originally from the Li family in Longxi and was also one of the five surnames and seven hopes. Of course, this background has been questioned, but Li Yuan insisted on his own origins, and he was the emperor, no one dared to object explicitly.

As one of the five surnames and seven hopes, Li Yuan actually used a strategy to win over the aristocratic family, which was also an important factor in the Tang Dynasty defeating the heroes in such a short time and winning the world. After all, as long as the aristocratic family did not make trouble for him, it was already the greatest support for him. In particular, Li Jiancheng's wife was from the Zheng family in Xingyang, and she had a reason to win over the aristocratic family. Therefore, when Li Yuan was in power, the relationship between the royal family and the aristocratic family was still quite harmonious.

However, Li Shimin's character is much more tough and domineering, and his eyes are longer-term. He knows that if he always tolerate aristocratic families monopolizing the court, sooner or later another "Langya Wang Family" will appear, which he cannot accept no matter what, so Li Shimin will be determined to attack the aristocratic families.

However, the influence of the aristocratic family was too great. After many confrontations with the aristocratic family, Li Shimin failed to gain a advantage. In the end, he thought of a way, which was to support the new aristocratic family to compete with the aristocratic family. For example, founding heroes such as Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, and Qin Qiong were all rewarded by him and tied the interests of the new aristocratic family together. In this way, the new aristocratic family must have conflicts of interests, thereby restraining or even consuming the strength of the aristocratic family.

Of course, this method of supporting the new nobles against the aristocratic families is not very clever, because even if the new nobles defeat the aristocratic families, they will grow into new aristocratic families in the future. Li Shimin knew very well, but in the face of the powerful aristocratic families, he really couldn't think of any better way.

As the most trusted minister around Li Shimin, Li Xiu is naturally a member of the new nobles. Today Cui Gan came to meet Li Xiu just to win him over, and also let him understand that whether it is a new noble or a noble family, it is essentially the same. Now that Li Xiu has dug out the foundation of the aristocratic family, it is actually equivalent to digging out his own foundation, which makes Li Xiu fall into deep thought.

"Mr. Prince Consort, I heard that Mr. Ling is about to become an adult, but she has not yet married. It just so happens that I have a granddaughter who is about to be of the same age as Mr. Ling. I wonder if the prince consort is willing to marry me?" At this moment, Cui Gan said again.

"Get married?" Li Xiu finally woke up from his thoughts when he heard Cui Gan's words, but then he said with a smile, "I have two sons who are almost adults. I wonder which son is Cui talking about?"

"Haha, of course, the legitimate son of the princess and the princess. The daughters of our Cui family usually only marry among the five surnames and seven hopes. Of course, as the princess, being able to marry our Cui family is also a blessing for our Cui family. In addition, if the princess does not dislike it, your other children can also marry our aristocratic families. At that time, we will be a family. Even if the princess has more children and grandchildren in the future, they may become one of the top aristocratic families!" Cui Gan said again at this time.

Although Cui Gan said it very politely later, a hint of pride flashed in his eyes when talking about marriage. After all, these big families have always been married to each other, and very few women marry outside. This time, in order to win over Li Xiu, he was willing to throw out the bait of marriage, and even hinted that it could help Li Xiu improve the status of the family in the future. This is an irresistible temptation for anyone.

"Haha~hehe...hahaha..." What Cui Gan never expected was that Li Xiu suddenly laughed after hearing this. At first, the laughter was relatively small, but later he laughed harder and even laughed to the sky, as if his words were very funny?

"Mr. Concubine, what do you mean?" Cui Gan was also upset by Li Xiu's laughter, and his face couldn't help but sink, because he seemed to hear a bit of contempt from Li Xiu's laughter.

Li Xiu did not pay attention to Cui Gan immediately, but laughed a few times again, then suddenly stopped laughing, stared at Cui Gan with a sharp look and chuckled, "It's nothing, but I think Mr. Cui is too arrogant to him. Do you really think everyone wants to marry your Cui family?"

"You..." Cui Gan didn't expect Li Xiu to say such impolite words. He was so angry that his face turned red. He slapped the table and even wanted to shake his sleeves. After all, Li Xiu's words had already shown that he had no interest in cooperation. However, thinking about the situation facing the aristocratic family, the scheming Cui Gan finally held back his anger. After a while, he slowly said, "The prince consort's vision is really high. Even the women of our Cui family look down on him. Is the prince consort preparing to marry the royal family?"

Seeing that Cui Gan was not furious at his words, Li Xiu couldn't help but be surprised. It seemed that he had underestimated the other party, but this was not surprising. After all, not everyone could force Li Shimin to the same level as before.

However, no matter how surprised it was, Li Xiu only glanced at Cui Gangao for a few times, and would not change his mind because of this. Therefore, he sneered again: "I think Mr. Cui misunderstood what I mean. I don't have any other skills, but I never trade my children's affairs!"
Chapter completed!