Wang Yuan's expression changed. He naturally knew that the imperial examination was digging up the roots of the family.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the imperial examination system began to sprout, and it was not until the Sui Dynasty that it began to take shape.
The aristocratic family naturally knew the harm of the imperial examination to the aristocratic family, so they naturally tried their best to stop it.
The family was too powerful, and Yang Jian did not dare to offend him too much. In the end, both parties compromised, and the imperial examination and recommendation coexisted.
Even so, behind the chaos in the world at the end of the Sui Dynasty, there was also the shadow of the aristocratic family.
By the Tang Dynasty, the aristocratic family's control over the court had declined significantly, and Li Shimin was unable to become an official without taking the imperial examination. They no longer had the ability to stop it.
But is rebellion that simple?
If it were that easy, why didn't they rebel when Yang Jian implemented the imperial examination?
To put it bluntly, the aristocratic family knew the harm of the imperial examination to the aristocratic family, but they did not have the courage to burn the boat.
It would be good if it succeeded, but if it failed, the family would probably be wiped out.
Given the cautious character of the family, he was naturally very hesitant.
Seeing that Wang Yuan did not reply, Cui Lingdao continued to persuade: "Although the imperial examination plus movable type printing poses a certain threat to the aristocratic family, do you think this is what I am afraid of? With the background of our aristocratic family, even in the imperial examination, the candidates who pass the examination will be
Most of them are children from aristocratic families. What I am most worried about is Li Shimin. You should know Li Shimin’s attitude towards the aristocratic family. In at most ten years, a large number of children from poor families have become successful in their studies. Do you think Li Shimin will still have any scruples about our aristocratic family?"
Lin Xuan never thought about holding on to movable type printing.
Many things seem very difficult when you don't think about them. Once you figure it out, you will find that it is not difficult at all.
Although there were hundreds of years between block printing and movable type printing, no one had invented movable type printing at that time.
Now that Lin Xuan has invented the movable type printing technology, when others find that no matter how hard the engraving is, the handwriting cannot be made so small, they naturally know that the engraving is not an engraving. Over time, they will naturally be able to understand the principle.
Therefore, Lin Xuan had no intention of hiding movable type printing.
He covered it at first because he was afraid that the family would stop him in advance, but after he was done with it, there was no need to worry.
When the engraving printing came out, didn't the noble family think about stopping it?
I've definitely tried to stop it, but woodblock printing doesn't have much technical content, and the difficulty lies in the idea.
Lin Xuan didn't bother to block it. With the family's ability, he naturally had a very thorough understanding of movable type printing.
But to them, movable type printing was like shit. It was useless and disgusting to look at.
They can't help printing books.
But as Cui Lingdao said, aristocratic families have a detailed education system where poetry and calligraphy are passed down from generation to generation.
If a child from a poor family has a book, even if it has an impact on the aristocratic family, it will not be too big.
This is just like taking the college entrance exams in later generations. Most of the candidates who pass the exams have superior family conditions.
Let’s not talk about educational resources for now. In families with good conditions, parents usually teach or hire tutors.
In families with poor conditions, many parents are illiterate and cannot teach their children anything at all.
On the contrary, because of poor family conditions, I still have to work for the family after school, so I don’t have much time to study at all.
Although there are some children from poor rural families who have been admitted to prestigious universities, since they are Liezi, it means that they are very few, otherwise they would not be regarded as Liezi.
This will be true in later generations, let alone in ancient times.
Many people think that the disappearance of aristocratic families is related to the emergence of imperial examinations.
In fact, this is not entirely the case. The concept of an aristocratic family is that several generations of the family have been officials.
You can look at the Song and Ming dynasties, and there are still many families who have been officials for several generations.
What the aristocratic family fears most is the emperor's attitude. With Li Shimin's dislike of the aristocratic family, if it were not for the officials of the aristocratic family to govern the world, he would have taken action against them long ago.
"Brother Cui, have you forgotten the Yuan and Yang families?" Wang Yuan said in a deep voice.
The Yuan Yang families mentioned by Wang Yuan were the two largest aristocratic families in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Anyone who has watched the Three Kingdoms knows Yuan Shao. The Yuan family mentioned here is the Yuan family where Yuan Shao lives.
Because Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu often talked about the Four Generations and Three Dukes, people thought that the Yuan family was the largest family at that time.
In fact, the Yang family of Hongnong at that time was also the fourth generation and the third prince, and was not much weaker than the Yuan family in all aspects.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the power and reputation of the Yuan and Yang families could be regarded as the largest aristocratic family at that time.
Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu failed to seize the world, their brothers were the first and second princes in the Three Kingdoms at their peak.
The two men have many talents under their command, and those talents are all disciples of the Yuan family or come here for the reputation of the Yuan family.
Never mind that before the Battle of Guandu, Guo Jia put forward the theory of ten victories and ten defeats, which made Yuan Shao useless.
But in fact, during the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao almost lost.
If it weren't for the internal fighting among Yuan Shao's men that caused Xu You to switch sides, Cao Cao would definitely lose.
Even though Yuan Shao lost the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao failed to reach Hebei.
After Yuan Shao's death, Yuan Shao's sons fought with each other, and Cao Cao took the opportunity to send troops.
Because of the pressure brought by Cao Cao, Yuan Shao's sons had to work together to fight against Cao Cao, making Cao Cao unable to move forward.
In the end, it was his advisers who came up with a plan to let Cao Cao retreat first, leaving the Yuan brothers to fight among themselves, and finally captured Hebei.
The strength of the Yuan family is evident.
The Yang family, which is comparable to the Yuan family, is not famous because it did not participate in the struggle for world hegemony and not many talents emerged during the Three Kingdoms period.
But one person in the Yang family later became very famous, and that was Yang Jian, the great ancestor of the Sui Dynasty.
Yes, Yang Jian is from the Yang family of Hongnong.
But as a result, the Yuan family failed in the Three Kingdoms' struggle for hegemony and fell into despair.
Because the Yang family is related to the Li family and Concubine Yang is married to Li Shimin, even so, it can only be regarded as a middle-class family now.
When the Yuan and Yang families were at their strongest, although they wouldn't be able to look up to them, they certainly couldn't afford to offend them at that time.
The Yuan family did not succeed, but the Yang family succeeded. What was the final result?
Both families have declined, but they are still the top family.
"Of course I understand what Brother Wang said, but ask yourself, according to the current situation, how long do you think the family can survive? Although we support Li Tai together, can we survive until the day Li Tai succeeds to the throne?" Cui Lingdao said.
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Wang Yuan was a little hesitant, but he had to say that what Cui Lingdao said was very reasonable.
Li Shimin is only in his thirties now and is in good health. It seems that he will have no big problem if he lives for twenty or thirty years.
According to the current situation, the family cannot wait that long.
Seeing Wang Yuan's expression, Cui Lingdao knew that he had been persuaded, but he still hesitated and said: "If Brother Wang is willing to alliance with the Cui family, I promise to restore the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, and guarantee that all queens in the future will come from the Wang family.
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"Is this true?"
If the queens are all from the Wang family, then the interests and status of the Wang family are guaranteed.
"I can swear in the name of my ancestors," Cui Lingdao said.
There is no success now, these are just reflections in the mirror.
Of course, he didn't lie to Wang Yuan. If he really took over the world, what if all the queens came from the Wang family?