Cui Gan resigned! When Li Xiu heard the news, he couldn't believe his ears until he asked again that the news was true, which made him understand what the aristocratic family was going to do for a while?

Among all the officials from major families, Cui Gan has the highest position, and it can be said that he can only take half a step away from becoming the prime minister. This is the result of Li Shimin's deliberate suppression. Otherwise, with Cui Gan's talent, he would have become the prime minister long ago.

It is precisely because of this reason that Cui Gan has a strong appeal among the aristocratic families. When writing the clan, Cui Gan was even ranked first. Even though he was forced to change to third place by Li Shimin, Cui Gan still increased his reputation and became a representative of the big aristocratic family. In other words, Cui Gan is actually the representative of the aristocratic family being pushed to the front desk, especially when facing Li Shimin's suppression of the aristocratic family, Cui Gan's existence has greater significance.

But now Cui Gan suddenly resigned. In the eyes of outsiders, it can almost be considered that the aristocratic family has retreated. After all, without Cui Gan's banner, the influence of the aristocratic family in the court will also be reduced. However, the worst thing is the blow to the morale of the aristocratic family. After all, Li Xiu had just built a library and the printing house was also printing the Analects of Confucius with all efforts. These will cause serious blows to the foundation of the aristocratic family, but Cui Gan resigned at this time.

However, Li Xiu would not think that the aristocratic family would retreat so easily. After all, he knew too much about these aristocratic families, but the fact that Cui Gan resigned was too strange. He could not guess what Cui Gan intended to do so?

Not only was Li Xiu confused about this matter, but Li Shimin was also confused about Cui Gan's resignation. So early the morning after Cui Gan's resignation, he summoned Li Xiu and Changsun Wuji to Liangyi Hall to discuss the matter.

"What do you think? I felt something was wrong as soon as Cui Gan's resignation was delivered. However, since he voluntarily resigned, if I disagreed, I would seem too suspicious, so I agreed on the spot." Li Shimin said as he handed Cui Gan's resignation to Li Xiu and Changsun Wuji, with a somewhat puzzled expression on his face.

Li Xiu reached out to take Cui Gan's resignation memorial and looked at it, but found that there was nothing valuable on it. It was nothing more than that he felt that he was old and weak and could no longer be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, so he asked to return to his hometown to retire. It was an old excuse, and there was nothing else.

"The library has just opened and the Analects of Confucius is also printing in large quantities. The aristocratic family will definitely face tremendous pressure. Cui Gan will definitely not be able to retreat at this time. I think he may have other intentions!" Changsun Wuji said without hesitation at this time. It seemed that he was like Li Xiu, and they all thought Cui Gan could not be able to retreat at this time.

"It's certain to have a plan, but the key is that I can't figure out what he is planning?" Li Shimin also frowned and nodded, and then he and Changsun Wuji looked at Li Xiu almost at the same time. After all, Li Xiu's perspective on the problem has always been different from that of ordinary people, so they also hope that the other party can give a reasonable guess.

Facing the gazes of Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji, Li Xiu smiled helplessly and said, "Your Majesty, after learning about this matter yesterday, I thought about it for a long time, but after thinking about it, I couldn't guess the real purpose of Cui Gan's resignation!"

Seeing that even Li Xiu could not guess Cui Gan's intention, Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji were also a little disappointed, but then Li Xiu spoke again: "But I think there are two possibilities. The first possibility is that we think simple things are complicated. There may not be any too complicated reasons for Cui Gan's resignation. Maybe he just feels that he is old, maybe he feels that his health is not good, maybe he just feels that he is too tired."

When he said this, Li Xiu paused for a moment and then said, "Of course the possibility of the first type is very small, but it is not completely impossible. As for the second type, it is that he takes retreat as an advance, but it is worth letting him abandon his official position. I am afraid this plan will be extremely amazing!"

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji nodded in agreement, and their hearts became a little heavy. After all, Cui Gan paid such a great price, I am afraid that they will face the crazy counterattack of the aristocratic family in the future.

"Forget it, no matter what the people like Cui Gan have, we are taking the initiative now, and whether it is the printing company or the library, they are all upright plots. I don't believe that there is any way to turn the tables on the aristocratic family!" After a moment, Li Shimin suddenly waved his hand, with an extremely confident tone in his tone.

"What Your Majesty said is so much, and I also feel that there is no hope of aristocratic family turning back. Of course, before this, Your Majesty should pay more attention to it, so as not to let the aristocratic family take advantage of any loopholes!" Changsun Wuji also spoke again at this time. He did not dare to relax for a moment of the aristocratic family.

"Don't worry, Wuji, I have always asked Feinusi to send a team of people to stare at the movements of the aristocratic families. But strangely, the aristocratic families don't seem to have made any big moves recently. At most, some children of aristocratic families flock to Chang'an, but this is not surprising, because next year is the year of the big exam, so it is normal for them to come to Chang'an to participate in the imperial examination." Li Shimin said again. It was precisely because he did not find any abnormalities in the aristocratic family that he felt that Cui Gan's resignation was even more strange.

Li Shimin and Li Xiu and Changsun Wuji discussed for a long time, but in the end they could not draw any conclusions. They had no choice but to give up, and then discussed some other government affairs, and then let them leave.

"Li Xiu, what do you think Cui Gan will do after resigning from office?" As soon as he left Liangyi Hall, Changsun Wuji immediately asked again. In front of Li Shimin just now, it was not convenient for them to say something too taboo, but there was no problem in private.

"It's hard to say. Actually, I have considered that if I were a noble family, there were only two ways to face the current situation. The first is to accept it honestly, and then watch the advantages of the noble family lose little by little. The second is to directly rebel and fight to the death. However, Your Majesty is now becoming more and more famous, and they have no chance of winning at all!" Li Xiu pondered for a moment before speaking, rebellion cannot be casually said in front of Li Shimin, after all, this is the emperor's biggest taboo.

"Hehe, the heroes have similar views, but I think the possibility of aristocratic families rebelling is even smaller!" Changsun Wuji also smiled a little in agreement when he heard Li Xiu's words.

"Oh? What are your opinions about Brother Changsun?" Li Xiu also looked at Changsun Wuji curiously and asked.

"It's not a high opinion, but I know the ideas of those aristocratic families better!" Changsun Wuji smiled indifferently, and then said, "Although these aristocratic families can do anything for their own interests, they are all a group of people who seek fame. What they fear most is to damage the reputation of their families, so they can send someone to assassinate you, but they will never catch any handle. Even if this matter is spread, as long as there is no evidence, it will have limited impact on them!"

When he said this, Changsun Wuji paused, and a little contemptuous smile on his face said: "But rebellion is completely different. Now the world is peaceful and the people live and work in peace. If these aristocratic families take the lead in rebelling and have little chance of victory, they will definitely end up as a traitor in the future. The reputation of the family will be completely destroyed and even be despised by the people of the world. So I can be sure that they will never dare to bet on their own family's reputation!"

"It makes sense, but it seems that they are unwilling to accept it, but they don't have the courage to resist. I don't know what these aristocratic families are going to do?" Li Xiu nodded after hearing this, then smiled bitterly, not mentioning what Cui Gan's plan to resign, but he confused himself, Li Shimin and others.

"Now I can only watch the changes. I am sure that in a short period of time, there will be actions on the aristocratic families!" Changsun Wuji smiled indifferently again at this time. Just as Li Shimin said, the initiative is in his own side, and the most uncomfortable thing now should be those aristocratic families.

Li Xiu nodded in agreement when he heard this, and then chatted with Changsun Wuji for a few more words before saying goodbye to the other party. However, he did not leave the imperial city, but went to the financial management supervision because he still had many things to deal with.

Speaking of which, the banks in Yangzhou have been preparing for the same period. According to the news sent by Xu Jingzong, he has also discussed with Li Ke the opening time of the bank. If the delay in the news is included, I am afraid that the banks in Yangzhou have already opened now, and the logistics channels between the north and south banks have been opened. However, due to the speed of transportation, the information exchange between banks in the north and south will be delayed for a period of time, which is also impossible.

In the next few days, Li Xiu went to the financial management supervisor on time every day, occasionally going to the printing house to check the printing situation of the new Analects of Confucius. His life was very peaceful, but there was no movement in the aristocratic family. Even Li Shimin did not mention this matter again. Although Cui Gan's resignation caused a lot of discussion in the court, it was gradually forgotten.

However, Li Xiu never relaxed his vigilance, so from the beginning, he sent people to pay attention to Cui Gan's movements and even asked these people to report every day. However, as time went by, Cui Gan's other side did not have any abnormalities, which made him secretly confused. Could it be that he was really suspicious?

That afternoon, Li Xiu returned home from the financial management supervisor as usual. He just sat down and took a sip of tea, but saw the servant who was sent to monitor Cui Gan hurriedly running in, and then whispered a few words in Li Xiu's ear. As a result, Li Xiu turned his head in surprise and said, "This is serious?"
Chapter completed!