What shocked the aristocratic families was that the three old ministers all chose to reject him.
Although they had not only contacted these three old ministers, they had also contacted some other families.
However, these three old ministers had very high statuses. If these three joined, it would be of great help to them.
The head of the Qinghe Cui Clan, Cui Yixuan, asked in confusion," Kong shi, why is that so? One had to know that this slave status had existed since ancient times. Wouldn't His Majesty's actions be subverting tradition?”
Kong Yingda looked at Cui Yixuan in annoyance." Then, does Yixuan know about the era of the Three Royals and Five Emperors?”
Although Li Shimin criticized Confucius, he also gave him a positive evaluation. In the end, he even granted Confucius the title of Duke of Lu.
When Kong Yingda saw the confucian theories, the annotations were extremely chaotic. He constantly wanted to correctly annotate these confucian classics.
He didn't wish for Confucius 'thoughts to be misunderstood or even misinterpreted by future generations.
However, his strength alone was limited. He was old, but his hope was still vague.
At this moment, Li Shimin's explanation gave him hope.
There was nothing more important than this. He admired Li Shi Min from the bottom of his heart.
Moreover, the removal of the slave status this time could be said to be great benevolence, which was in line with the benevolence and righteousness of Confucianism.
Therefore, he did not care about money.
This time, the aristocratic families would definitely come to him for nothing.
When Cui Yixuan heard what Kong Yingda said, he felt embarrassed and didn't know how to explain it.
In the end, they had no choice but to leave.
Other than Cui Yixuan, who had run into a wall with Kong Yingda, the other two were the same.
Li Gang didn't care about this at all. Like Kong Yingda, he was already so old. Knowledge was the most important thing.
What was virtue? In Li Gang's view, removing the slave status was a great virtue.
Xiao Yu, on the other hand, was not on the same level as the aristocratic families of the Five Princes and Seven Families.
Besides, he didn't have any other pursuits now. He was very grateful to Li Shiming, and his sister's family was arranged well by Li Shiming.
After all, he was also a prince of Nan Liang. What kind of wealth and splendor had he not seen?
How could he care about 10% to 20% of the land's profits?
In the end, the few family heads gathered together again, although the situation was not as they had imagined.
However, at this point, they had no choice but to give it their all.
While they were running around, Li Shi Min arrived at Li Yuan's Da An Palace.
"Hmm? Jiro, why are you here today?”Li Yuan felt that it was too strange. Although the two of them had reconciled, Li Shiming rarely came to Li Yuan's place in the past year.
Li Yuan felt that there must be something important. Otherwise, Li Shiming wouldn't have come.
In fact, Li Shiming had all sorts of reasons for coming here.
Whether it was showing off or finding someone to complain about, it all made sense.
Although he did not care about those people, he felt that this was still a very meaningful thing.
He found a seat and sat down, then shrugged his shoulders." It's nothing big. It's just that those aristocratic families will stop the removal of slavery at the court meeting tomorrow."”
Li Yuan's eyes widened." What did you say?”
He still didn't know that Li Shiming wanted to remove his slave status. He had nothing to do every day, so he was busy making babies and helping Li Shiming make more brothers and sisters.
"Release the slave status? If this wasn't a big deal, then what was?”
Li Shi Min still looked indifferent and nodded." Aye is right. It's a big deal to get rid of slavery, but if those aristocratic families want to stop it, it's not a big deal."”
Oh, understood. Li Yuan had a good understanding of the changes in the Great Tang over the past year and had a clear understanding of Li Shiming's methods.
Li Yuan was also convinced that the aristocratic families would not be able to thrive for long. Li Yuan was quite happy about this. After all, the royal family and the aristocratic families had been fighting for dominance.
"Then what are you doing here?" Li Yuan glanced at Li Shimin.
"I originally wanted to wait until this autumn harvest before issuing an edict to abolish slavery. I thought it would be better for them to collect the grain first. I can also arrange everything on my side.”Li Shi Min complained.
"In the end, hehe…they actually started to act at the court meeting tomorrow.”
Li Yuan pondered." Then how do you think they will stop it?”
Li Shimin shook his head." I haven't thought of it yet, but it's not a big problem." The sky can't be overturned yet."
"I'm not looking down on them. It's impossible for a talented person to rebel in ten years.”Li Shi Min said with a face full of disdain.
Seeing Li Shiming like this, Li Yuan leaned back and shook his head, laughing silently.
"They don't have any trump cards now. At the end of last year, a group of their officials was eliminated. At the end of this year, another group will be reviewed.”
"F * ck, that's not right."
Li Shimin suddenly realized,"So this is what they're planning."”
A portion of the final 300 officials recruited for this year's imperial examinations were to replace them.
However, the training had not started yet.
Li Yuan was confused." What's wrong? What are you up to now?"
"Aye, think about it. They only have those officials. If those officials jump out at the court meeting tomorrow, what do you think will happen?”
"So what? Did you become the emperor for nothing?" Now, it was Li Yuan's turn to look disgusted.
Li Shimin saw Li Yuan's expression and complained in his heart," What if they resign together?”
Li Shi Min smiled at Li Yuan.
"They dare?" Li Yuan said in disbelief.
"Why wouldn't they dare? At this point, they were still not going to give it a try? Otherwise, they would have no chance at all.”
Li Yuan stood up, put his hands behind his back and circled around Li Shimin.”
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