A ray of light in the darkness rose from the east, and the stars gradually came to an end and ushered in a new day.

There is already a lot of chill in the early winter morning, but because of the curfew at night in ancient times, ordinary people cannot afford candles and oil lamps.

I fell asleep very early, and correspondingly I got up early. Even the chill of early winter did not stop the world's determination.

Shufu

Shu An also got up early. If he was not used to the ancient routine when he just came here, then he would have been used to it decades later.

But today is a little different, because there is a young man sitting on the stool in the center of the courtyard.

This person is not the boy who passed the Ten Questions of the Shu Mansion yesterday, but Li Shimin, who appeared in Shu Mansion early in the morning, and the emperor of the entire Tang Dynasty.

The father-in-law and son-in-law were sitting on one side at this time, with a charcoal basin in the middle and a shelf boiling water.

"Laifu, take out the wine from the previous ice cellar."

Shu'an's voice sounded, and it became a custom for ancient people to cook wine, especially in winter.

"Master, how many years have you taken?"

Lai Fu said respectfully from the side, even he did not expect that this emperor would arrive at Shu Mansion early in the morning.

“Fifty years!”

Shu'an's face looked Gujing Wubo said that when he came over, he began to store some wine. You should know that due to insufficient storage and sealing in ancient times, the wine was not high.

However, Shu'an directly used the ice seal to hide the wine directly in the ice cellar. Although the quality of the wine may be affected some, the aroma of the wine settled in time is enough to make up for it.

The fifty years are the highest year for him to store. After all, he was a teenager when he traveled through the Chinese New Year, but even he didn't store much now.

Li Shimin, who was on the other side, had his eyes lit up. He didn't expect that there would be a way to store wine in the ice cellar, but his face was dark.

That is, even if you start storing wine, you may not be able to reach the end of the year. It depends on how long you can live.

"You probably came for the words yesterday."

Shuan put two eggs into boiling water and said slowly. It was not that fast to cook wine immediately, and he still had to wait for it to thaw.

"Shimin couldn't sleep all night and had many questions to ask Yafu."

Li Shimin said with some bloodshot eyes, obviously he must have not had a good sleep last night.

"I know what you want to ask, but here I want to ask what you think of the aristocratic families and common people?"

Shu An's voice slowly rang, and he felt secretly in his heart that this is Li Shimin, the famous king of the ages. Even though the two of them had some misconduct before, they still came to find the answer in their hearts.

You should know that in this era, the emperors in addition to some fixed festivals, also had ministers who died, and in the end they would not have to go to court for temporary events or weather reasons.

As an existence who had just ascended the throne, Li Shimin almost never asked for leave, but this time he just went to court in order to find an answer.

Now one of them is not a noble emperor, and the other is not a famous An Xuan Gong, just like two ordinary friends.

Faced with Shu'an's problem, Li Shimin fell into thinking, and Shu'an, who was standing beside him, was not in a hurry.

"Since Emperor Wen of Wei implemented the ninth-rank Zhongzheng system, hidden dangers have been laid."

"The Zhongzheng official is in the hands of the gentry, and the children of the gentry have passed through the Zhongzheng class to become officials, forming nobles who have been passed down from generation to generation."

"Compared with the fact that the common people almost lost the opportunity to enter the officialdom, the Nikkei period has even formed a situation of family governance."

.........

Li Shimin talked freely, starting from the origin, and Shu An nodded.

Even Emperor Wen of Sui could see it, thus opening up the imperial examination system. There is no reason why this wise king of all ages could not see it.

"The power of the aristocratic families is too strong. Even with the imperial examination system, the aristocratic families can still serve as important personnel through recommendations."

"But Shimin felt that Yafu's words were a bit biased. Could it be that my meritorious deeds in the Tang Dynasty were not as good as those of some aristocratic families?"

Finally, Li Shimin summed up that even though he was born in the Li family in Longxi, he is now the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Shu An smiled slightly. It seemed that this king was still worried about that sentence, but he wanted to say that he was really not as good as that, at least in the eyes of Shilin or the people of the world.

"Can Shimin bet on a game?"

Shu An's voice rang slowly. He didn't go to defend Li Shimin anything, just let this king recognize the reality.

After the words came to his mind, Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he wanted to convince this father, even if he was not confident.

"I don't know what the gambling game is?"

Li Shimin was still patient, but he did not agree immediately, but asked how to bet first.

"Revise the clan's clan."

"But because it takes time, just discharge the first few times."

"I guess this should not be difficult, it will only take one month at most, and it will be determined by ranking."

Shu An said softly with his eyes flashing, and said in his heart that he would win no matter what he bet.

In history, Li Shimin began to re-revise the clan in the sixth year of Zhenguan, and completed the re-revise in the twelfth year of Zhenguan. The Shandong gentry guilds were the first class, even surpassing the royal family.

Not to mention that it is only the first year of Zhenguan, and the influence of the Li Tang royal family is even worse, so this time he is sure to win.

"If you have a bet, you have a bet. I wonder what Yafu bets?"

Li Shimin couldn't help but agree with the words of this cheap father-in-law, because he was stunned when talking about clanism. How could he forget this?

"Just forget about betting, no matter what the final result is, I can give you some suggestions on the imperial examination."

Shu An's eyes flashed and said softly, "This will win a game, which is a battle of will. As for suggestions, he still wanted to let Li Shimin take the blame."

For the first time, Li Shimin felt that he was a little pleasing to his cheap father-in-law, but he nodded quickly, as if he agreed to the cheap father-in-law's statement, as if he was afraid of remorse.

At this time, Shu An took out two eggs from the boiling water, and there were already two small plates next to him, and handed them to Li Shimin one directly.

It just so happened that Lai Fu had already taken out the wine from the ice cellar and had already taken out the ice treatment first. Then he carefully moved the boiling water out and replaced it with the wine.

"I haven't drunk for a long time, and we both drank very little."

Shu An's eyes reflected in wine and murmured softly. The two of them were not harmonious at first, and they sat down less often.

Li Shimin, who was standing by, also sighed. He had never seen through the thoughts of this father-in-law, and could be described as unfathomable.

However, even though he knew that this cheap father-in-law would not deal with him after today, he also enjoyed this short-term harmony, but unfortunately Guanyin maid did not see this scene.
Chapter completed!