It is hard for future generations to imagine how much influence the aristocratic family had on the Tang Dynasty.

Looking at the current courtiers of the Tang Dynasty, whether it is Fang Xuanling, Wen Yanbo, Changsun Wuji, Xiao Yu, Gao Shilian, or Cen Wenwen, they are all descendants of aristocratic families.

It's just that their family is not as famous as Wu Xing Qi Wang.

This is true for the ministers of the DPRK, not to mention the middle-level officials.

Either he is a descendant of aristocratic family, or he is someone who is attached to a descendant of aristocratic family.

Real poor families, well, to be precise, they are also poor families, but they are actually very few.

As for officials born into ordinary people's families, they are even rarer.

As Cheng Yaojin’s daughter, Cheng Jingwen has a very deep understanding of this.

After all, her mother-in-law was born in the Cui family of Qinghe, a well-established family.

"Jingwen, let me tell you about an experiment. This was accidentally discovered by Chao Qiong, a student at Guanshishan Academy Medical School. After listening to it, you will probably have a different experience."

Regarding Cheng Jingwen's question, Li Kuan did not answer directly. Instead, he turned over and prepared to explain it with an experiment.

"What does this experiment have to do with it?"

"One day, Chao Qiong put a frog into warm water at about 40 degrees Celsius. It was warm water, not boiling water. The frog suddenly came to such a high temperature environment and couldn't stand the sudden stimulation. It immediately struggled to get out of the warm water.

He jumped out and escaped successfully. At this time, Chao Qiong once again put the frog into the container with cold water, and then slowly heated it. Not only did the frog not jump out immediately, but instead swam leisurely in the container.

When the temperature got higher and higher, the frog felt uncomfortable, but by this time it was already too late. It had no strength to jump out of the container, and was eventually cooked in the container without knowing it, losing its precious life.

.We first promoted the popularization of academies so that more people can receive education. In the short term, the results were not very obvious.

But what about ten, twenty, or even fifty years later? At that time, most children in the various state capitals of the Tang Dynasty had the opportunity to receive education, participate in the imperial examinations, or become subordinate officials. If aristocratic families wanted to

If you resist again, it won’t be that easy.”

"So, Your Majesty, you are now asking nobles from aristocratic families to establish academies, and the Ministry of Education will also provide funding. It seems to give them the opportunity to take advantage, but in fact it is to reduce resistance? Also, now the prince is providing many opportunities to make money to nobles from aristocratic families.

, even going to Nanyang and the sea route to Australia, there was no concealment, just to let the nobles of the family divert their attention to other places? "

Cheng Jingwen quickly thought of other aspects.

Although Li Kuan encouraged everyone to go to sea, it actually had nothing to do with promoting education. It was just to make everyone pay attention to the ocean, overseas development, and shipbuilding.

But if Cheng Jingwen wants to explain it this way, it seems to make sense.

If most noble families can benefit from the reform, then the resistance to the reform will be much smaller.

After all, reform, to a certain extent, is a process of redistribution of interests.

"That's pretty much what it means. Once this general trend of progress is formed, no one can easily stop it. By then, the power of all parties in the court will become more balanced, and there will not be a situation where one family is the dominant one.

.”

"Your Majesty, to a certain extent, the royal family is the largest noble family. If promoting education and improving the literacy rate of the people can reduce the influence of noble families, will the influence of the royal family also be reduced?

Weakened?"

Li Kuan:……

When did my daughter-in-law become so smart?

How to answer this?

There's no way to answer that.

You can't just talk nonsense there against your will.

"Everything has a degree, and everything must be reversed when it reaches its extreme. It will depend on how to grasp this degree. Judging from the current situation, it is still very necessary to maintain the dignity and authority of the royal family. The Tang Dynasty was too big. Without an authoritative central government

Sooner or later, various problems will arise in the government, and the Tang Dynasty may fall apart by then, which is not what I want to see."

Li Kuan had no intention of establishing such a radical democratic system in Datang.

There is no room for survival at all.

Only what is suitable for Datang is the best.

"I hope that your majesty will be prosperous for a long time, so that your reforms can proceed smoothly."

Cheng Jingwen's face showed hidden worry.

What Wu Meiniang can see, she can also see.

Once Li Shimin passes away, Li Kuan's status will definitely be very embarrassing.

Neither Li Chengqian nor Li Tai can tolerate Li Kuan.

…

In 619 AD, the second year of Wude, the army of King Parviz Kusula II of the Sasanian Persian Dynasty occupied Egypt and expanded the Persian territory to an unprecedented level. The Persian Empire ushered in its own

peak.

However, no one thought that it would be difficult to climb to the peak, but it would be so easy to come down from the peak.

In 636 AD, which was the tenth year of Zhenguan, Persia was defeated in the Battle of Qadisiya, a key battle of the Great Eclipse. The main force of the empire was almost completely wiped out.

Although Persia later entangled various resistance forces, they were unable to restore the situation.

When the time entered the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, Dashi's army had been advancing continuously towards the hinterland of the Persian Plateau.

The Persian Empire, which once spanned Europe, Asia and Africa, reached the precipice of destruction.

The Great Food Empire, which has occupied many territories such as Persia, Iraq, Egypt, and Syria, has seen its naval strength rise rapidly, and now has complete control over the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean.

Eighty percent of the ships traveling in the Indian Ocean, which is what the merchants of the Tang Dynasty called the Western Ocean, were cannibals.

Although the Tang Dynasty caravans starting from Puluo Zhong are constantly trying to enter the West, hoping to sell goods directly to Tianzhu and other places, the difficulty is getting higher and higher.

There were even a few caravans that mysteriously disappeared after entering the Western Ocean.

"Admiral Zhou, this time the navy in Puluozhong has added three new clipper ships. I think we can consider patrolling the Western Ocean, otherwise the businessmen in Dashi will become more and more arrogant."

Yang Qiwa and Zhou Zhoufu are now in Puluozhong, discussing further expansion.

"March to the West, this is the strategy that His Highness King Chu has long decided, but the West is now the territory of Da Shi. Looking at the fleet of Da Shi merchants, we can know that Da Shi's naval strength is not bad. Especially

I heard that the Great Ogres used naval forces in their wars with many countries. If we advance rashly, we may suffer a loss."

As the admiral of the Shibo Navy, Tuesday Fu naturally has more things to consider.

Either don’t fight, or if you want to fight, you must fight beautifully.

"Or we can consider occupying a port in the Lion Kingdom first to expand our influence first. I have studied the charts and found that the Lion Kingdom is basically the only way for Dashi's caravans to enter Southeast Asia. As long as

We controlled this place and basically blocked the giant cannibal from the Western Ocean."

Zhou Fu had just appointed Yang Qiwa as the person in charge of Puluozhong City's navy, so he was naturally eager to make some achievements.

In Nanyang, the only one who could compete with the Tang Dynasty was Dashi.

If you don’t cause trouble for the cannibals, where will the credit come from?

"Okay, let's first send a fleet to the Lion Kingdom and slowly gain a foothold first!"
Chapter completed!