"But if you promise the emperor and become this Taiyuan Taishou, yes, your real power is in your hands, but have you ever thought about whether this will put you directly on the opposite side of the family. Qingquan, your status is precious to the balance between you and the royal family, and if you favor either side, it will be bad for you. Let's take 10,000 steps back, you promised the emperor and went to Taiyuan, even if you disposed of the affairs of the Wang family and won the emperor's affirmation, but how can you appear in front of the family in the future? ”

"What's more, the situation of the Wang family is far more complicated than you imagined, if you go to Taiyuan and don't solve this matter, this is equivalent to pulling you into the water, if you don't solve the Wang family's affairs, you can't go back to Chang'an, you solve the Wang family's affairs, and your body will be branded with the royal people, no matter how you look at this transaction, you will lose money." Cui Shao said.

Hearing Cui Shao's words, Zhang Nan also thought about it, it is indeed the same as what Cui Shao said, although he is now standing on the same front with Comrade Li Er on the surface, but he has not clearly opposed the family, nor has he done anything unfavorable to the family, so the family is relatively satisfied with Zhang Nan's vacillating identity.

But if Zhang Nan goes to Taiyuan and becomes Taiyuan Taishou, it is equivalent to starting to stand in line, but Zhang Nan doesn't want to stand in line, because Zhang Nan doesn't want to be biased towards either side.

"Qingquan, I'm afraid you don't know what Taiyuan is like now, and you probably don't know what the Wang family has. Do you know why the current Taiyuan Taishou can sit in that position peacefully? Cui Shao asked with a sneer.

"Why? Because he accepted bribes from the Wang family? Zhang Nan wondered.

"Hmph, the current Taiyuan Taishou is the people of our Cui family, in order to ensure the mutual checks and balances of the families, and also to keep his throne, the emperor sends the people of the families to each other's boundaries as officials, one family, with a royal person to supervise the other family, so as to achieve a very ingenious balance."

"You also know that the five surnames and seven wangs only seem to be calm on the surface, but I don't know how many things have stumbled with each other, but because there are other families in each place, it will not be too much when stumbling with each other. But if it is facing the emperor, the people of the family will hug each other again to ensure that the family business handed down from their family will not collapse here. Cui Shao said.

"The situation in Taiyuan is much more complicated than you think, because there is no royal person in Taiyuan, and it is completely dependent on our other family members to supervise the Wang family."

"Not a single royal man? It's impossible, old man, didn't you just say that a family is worthy of a royal person? Zhang Nan said strangely.

"Yes, but this does not apply to the Wang family, at the beginning, the emperor also used this method to supervise the Wang family, but every time he sent a royal person over, he died, and it was a justifiable death, an accidental death, and there was no evidence at all that could catch the Wang family." Cui Shaodao.

"This ......" Zhang Nan was also shocked, this Wang family looked much more complicated than Zhang Nan imagined.

"In the end, the emperor also knows that he can't put his hand in Taiyuan, so he can only change someone from the family every few years to supervise the place, although he knows that this is not the most authentic information about the Wang family, but he can ensure that the Wang family will not mess around." Cui Shao spread his hands and said.

"Originally, the Wang family was already such a behemoth, and now it has coal as support, the emperor is sending you over, forcing you to stand in line, and letting you solve the Wang family, isn't this letting you die?"

After listening to Cui Shao's words, Zhang Nan also scratched his head, indeed, he is really not very good at things like family and imperial power.

"Isn't there a way to fix this?" Zhang Nan asked.

"Yes, of course there is." Cui Shaodao.

"How?" Zhang Nan continued to ask.

"The emperor directly sent troops over to kill the Wang family, and Taiyuan will be peaceful." Cui Shaodao.

"How is this possible?" Zhang Nan also glanced at Cui Shao.

"This is the only way to solve this matter, there is no other way, the entire imperial court, ninety percent of the officials are from the family, and the Wang family also accounts for a large share in it, even if you solve the affairs of the Wang family, you can't uproot the entire Wang family, because the emperor will not allow you to do this, if you do this, the court will vacate dozens or even hundreds of official positions at once, and the land in Taiyuan will also be in chaos, because the influence of the Wang family on Taiyuan is impossible to eliminate." Cui Shaodao.

"So you don't have to solve it?"

"At least I don't think there is any way, and although the Wang family doesn't like the emperor to spy on him over the years, but he really hasn't done anything out of the ordinary, except for this coal, the Wang family and the emperor have competed for profit, in the past, the Wang family can be said to have always adhered to their duties, so the emperor has not said this, and now the Wang family has made some money, the emperor is red-eyed, it's really funny. How can he not see how many talents the Wang family has sent to the imperial court, Taiyuan can develop, and the Wang family can be said to be the only hero. ”

Cui Shao, as a member of the family, naturally has a lot of criticism for Li Er, who only sees the Wang family competing for profits but does not see the Wang family's contributions.

After all, if Li Er really attacked the Wang family, it would be an enemy of all families, and Cui Shao would definitely have to think about it for the Cui family, who knew that today's Wang family was not the next one?

"Father-in-law, you say that this is a competition for profit, then where is the competition, it is simply a disregard for the law and discipline, if it is just a matter of money, then it is okay, but in the realm of Taiyuan, even the appointment and removal of official positions have to be nodded by the Wang family, and the emperor must be unhappy."

"Oh? This is what the emperor told you? Cui Shao asked as soon as he heard this, and Zhang Nan also nodded.

"The emperor can't even stuff his own officials into the realm of Taiyuan, and he still talks about the appointment and dismissal of official positions, his appointment and dismissal, but he also uses people from the family to go up, and the emperor acquiesced to this approach at the beginning, because he needs the family to help him govern the Tang Dynasty, and now he is not happy, I'm afraid, it is true that the emperor wants to start attacking the family." Cui Shao said with a sneer.

When Zhang Nan heard Cui Shao say this, he was silent, indeed, just like Cui Shao said, at the beginning, Comrade Li Er's own people couldn't be stuffed in at all, let alone those petty officials who couldn't play a key role, Comrade Li Er couldn't be because of this matter, it wasn't because of this matter, Zhang Nan thought about it, and there was only one reason why Comrade Li Er wanted to attack the family.