The hundreds of years of inheritance of the aristocratic families reached a peak during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The Nine-rank Zhongzheng system allowed these aristocratic families to control the channels of the upper class. Although the Jin Dynasty later became devastated and experienced the disaster of the Five Barbarians invading China, the aristocratic families were still prosperous. No matter the dynasty changed, they could always stand in the court.

Originally, in the original history, the Tang Dynasty was the last peak of aristocratic families. Although the imperial examination gave some civilian students a chance to enter the court, the number of people admitted each time was not large. In addition, the imperfection of the imperial examination system, most of the admitted students were still from aristocratic families. Most of the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty were born in aristocratic families. It was not until the Huang Chao Rebellion at the end of the Tang Dynasty that most of the aristocratic families were slaughtered, which finally led to the demise of these aristocratic families.

However, the emergence of Li Yan accelerated the decline of the aristocratic families. Especially after the failure of the suppression of industry and commerce, the family finances of the clan were greatly affected. Among them, the five clans in Taiyuan were originally the weakest, and with the relationship between Wang An and Wang Kuang and his son, the Wang family was the first to surrender Li Yan. Many Wang family members even took a boat to sea and arrived in Taiwan to work in government agencies.

There is also a Lu family similar to Wang. When Lu was strangled by Li Yan, he had to bow to Li Yan. Later, Li Yan gave them a chance to find a new fiscal fulcrum in Taiwan. Now Lu has become a giant in the sugar industry in Taiwan, and also has a huge fleet and has a certain voice in the maritime trade industry.

Finally, there are the Cui clan of Qinghe and Xiao clans in Lanling. Among them, Cui Yu and Cui Mengxue are from Cui clan of Qinghe, and their father is the previous patriarch, so Cui Yu and his branch also have considerable appeal within Cui clan of Qinghe. As the finances of several major families were affected, Cui Yu went to Taiwan to develop, and his career became bigger and bigger. Under his call, a considerable number of Cui clans of Qinghe moved to Taiwan. This also greatly reduced the power of Cui clan of Qinghe, and even it was a bit reluctant to be ranked among the five surnames and seven hopes.

As for the Lanling Xiao family, although it is not among the five surnames and seven hopes, it is also a famous family in the south of the Tang Dynasty and has considerable prestige among the southern prestigious families. In addition, Xiao Wenxin, the daughter of the clan, is Li Yan's princess, so the Lanling Xiao family also supported Li Yan the most thoroughly. From the beginning, many children from the clan were sent to Taiwan, and there were Lu Hong, Lu Qing, Zhou Long and others, so the Lanling Xiao family had a great influence in the Qi Palace, and only the Taiyuan Wang family where Wang An was located could be compared with them.

The strong help from the Xiao family of Lanling also brought another result to Li Yan, that is, the support of the southern families. When he moved the southern fugitives to fill Taiwan and other places, he received a lot of support from these southern families, otherwise it would not have been so smooth. Moreover, these families also sent many children from the tribes to enter administrative and military institutions such as Taiwan. This is true. During the expansion process, Li Yan did not have to worry about not having enough officials in his hands.

Of course, although the arrival of these children of aristocratic families gave Li Yan a great convenience, it also made Li Yan a little wary. After all, he did not want the aristocratic family to grow up again under his own hands.

However, if you think about it carefully, this worry is actually redundant. Because the reason why aristocratic families became aristocratic families is mainly because they hold the right to education and treasure a large number of books in their families. This was undoubtedly a huge fortune before the invention of printing, and this also led to the fact that ordinary children could not enjoy equal education like the children of aristocratic families.

However, with the development of the economy and the improvement of printing and papermaking, books have become more and more popular, and the right to education in the hands of the aristocratic families is gradually losing. In particular, Li Yan established an education institute in Taiwan, unifying the education nationwide, and even the content of education is no longer dominated by Confucianism. All of this has greatly reduced the cohesion of the aristocratic families. Even when children with new education grow up, the aristocratic families may really be in name only.

In contrast, the aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty were not having a good life because they also faced the situation of losing their right to education. What's worse is that there were more and more civilian scholars in the Tang Dynasty, and the competition for the children of the aristocratic families was becoming increasingly fierce. In addition, the Tang Dynasty was not like the newly built Taiwan, and the number of officials needed each year was not many, which also made it increasingly difficult for the children of the aristocratic families to enter the court.

As the saying goes, if you are poor, you will change. The Tang Dynasty is not easy to enter, so many children of aristocratic families, even unsuccessful civilian students, chose to go to sea. Generally, they like to go to Taiwan. After all, there is close to the Tang Dynasty, and Li Yan's reputation and ability have also been recognized by most people.

Cui Jing, Li Bing and others also had the same idea. Although they were the core disciples of the family, Li Shimin has been deliberately suppressing the aristocratic family in recent years, so even if they entered the court, it was difficult to get promotion. And the few of them were people who would rather be for the chicken head than for the phoenix tail, so they resolutely chose to go to sea. However, because they had some holidays with Li Yan back then, they discussed it and just traveled in Taiwan and other places, and then traveled thousands of miles to Tianzhu.

Li Zhen and Li Yun did not know the purpose of Cui Jing and others coming to India in advance. However, after Wang Xuance's enthusiastic introduction and the expressions of Cui Jing and the others, they immediately understood what was going on. They were overjoyed at the moment. After all, they were really short of people here.

When Li Yan saw the purpose of Cui Jing and others, he was also very happy for Li Zhen and Li Yun. He immediately set up a banquet at Wang Xuance's mansion, and then took turns asking Cui Jing and others about policy measures.

Cui Jing and the others also knew that Li Yan and the other two were considering their talents, so they all cheered up and responded carefully. Speaking of which, they have been presided over the years, and they still have a vision of governing. In addition, before they came, they visited and learned about Taiwan's policy guidelines, which broadened their horizons. However, it may be because they were too young, and they had no experience in governing, so some of their thoughts seemed a bit unrealistic. Li Yan pointed out their shortcomings one by one, which also made Cui Jing and others sincerely grateful to Li Yan.

After the banquet, the three Li Yan brothers said goodbye, but Li Yun specifically instructed Wang Xuance to take Cui Jing and others to the temple tomorrow, and they would discuss in detail. In addition, if Cui Jing and others have any requests, they could also raise it at that time. This made Cui Jing and others very happy.

"Sixth brother, Cui Jing and these people have good talents. How do we arrange them?" Li Yun asked Li Yan impatiently on the way back. Today it was Cui Jing and his men who came to surrender to them, which means that more people may take the initiative to serve them in the future, which naturally made Li Yun, who has been troubled by the shortage of staff, very excited.

"How else can I arrange it? Of course I need to reuse it. Haven't you just won a lot of places and promoted Cui Jing and others in an extraordinary way, and you can even directly let them reach the level of the governor. You all know the allusion of buying horse bones with a thousand gold coins, not to mention that these people are not horse bones, but real good horses. All they lack is a field for them to play!" Li Yan said with a smile.

Cui Jing and his men suddenly came to Li Zhen and Li Yun, but their background was not that simple. The identities of these people all had an extremely large family. Although the influence of the five surnames and Qiwang has dropped greatly, the population in the tribe has not decreased. Therefore, if Cui Jing and his men were valued by Li Zhen and Li Yun, they would definitely attract the families behind them. With these aristocratic families at that time, Li Zhen and Li Yun would not worry about the officials in a short time.

However, after hearing this, Li Zhen said with some concern: "Sixth brother, Cui Jing and these people need to be important, but they have no experience in governance after all, and the territory we just built is not very stable. What if these people cause chaos due to insufficient experience?"

When Li Yan heard this, he laughed and said, "Brother Eighth brother, no one in this world can do things by nature. He needs to learn everything. In addition, you are very strong. Even if Cui Jing and the others really make up any trouble, it will probably not affect the overall situation. Moreover, compared with the benefits they can bring to you, it is still very cost-effective to bear some risk of accidents."

Li Yan's words finally convinced Li Zhen. As for Li Yun, he wanted Cui Jing and others to send someone to India now to help him reduce the burden on him.

The next morning, Wang Xuance brought Cui Jing and others to the temple, and then received a formal reception from Li Zhen and Li Yun. After the two asked about Cui Jing and others' wishes, Li Yun generously promoted Cui Jing, Cui Huang and Zheng Xiao to officials. Cui Jing and Cui Huang were both willing to go out to be the newly divided state governors, and Zheng Xiao was willing to stay in the court and assist Li Yun with Wang Xuance.

However, Cui Jing and Cui Huang were still a little uneasy about the important task of serving as governors as soon as they arrived in India, so they refused repeatedly, but with Li Yun's insistence, they had to choose to agree in the end.

As for Li Bing, who graduated from Chang'an Military Academy, he was asked by Li Zhen. After all, his army lacks talents. Now he will not let him go when he meets such a person who is both literary and martial.

The matter of arranging Cui Jing and the others was the internal affairs of Li Zhen and Li Yun. Li Yan did not participate, but was led by the guide arranged by Li Yun and visited the remaining areas of Qiaola City, especially the living conditions of the Vaisya and Shudra, which was the focus of his observation.
Chapter completed!