For ancient China, the family can be said to run through the entire timeline and has made an indelible contribution to the advancement of history.

The fate of these families for thousands of years has been to engage in politics, and generations of young people have shouldered the mission of the family and participated in the rise and fall of dynasties. They make history, and at the same time, they are crushed by history.

For example, Comrade Li Er's own Longxi Li family.

Since Li Xin, the general of the Qin State, this family has never withdrawn from the political arena for nearly a thousand years, and this family has finally reached its apex here with Li Yuan and Comrade Li Er and ascended to the throne.

Comrade Li Er himself was born in a family, but at the same time he is also the representative of the imperial power, and he holds two positions, so it can be said that Li Er wants to favor either side, and it is not okay. And Comrade Li Er also knows that if he stretches out his hand to these thousand-year-old families, what awaits Datang.

The family is not just a local powerhouse, if you only see them as a family powerhouse, you would underestimate them.

These families were politically active, and their educational traditions, economic conditions, and etiquette made their scholars become statecrafts, and martial arts practitioners became the main generals of the empire. With various families as the core, various bureaucratic factions were formed.

At the local level, clan ancestral halls are responsible for charity, faith, justice, education, and even economic management, and have a deep value of social autonomy. The influence of the family is not only in the temple, but also in the rivers and lakes.

This situation is similar to that of the aristocracy of medieval England. And, like the tradition of the aristocracy fighting for honor, the noble class did not hesitate to die for the idea of fame. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the Wang clan of Shandong Xincheng fell in the Ming Dynasty, almost all of the family elite were martyred.

This is quite similar to the overthrow of the Bourbon dynasty by the French Revolution, the Parisian aristocracy lost their sincerity, and it was from Brittany, an economically underdeveloped aristocratic family that retained more traditions, that really insisted on fighting until the last moment.

Such a powerful family was both a pillar and a threat to the imperial rule. During the Han Dynasty, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the central and local politics were controlled by these families. Some families can even decide who the emperor belongs to. As for the families that dominate the world and claim to be emperors, there are too many to mention.

Because of the uniqueness of the supreme power, a dead knot was formed between the imperial power and the family. The so-called dead knot is a never-ending power struggle. In the thousand-year struggle between the imperial power and the great families, except for a few periods when the balance between the two was reached, either the east wind overwhelmed the west wind, or the west wind overwhelmed the east wind.

Since the Western Han Dynasty, whoever is in power will kill the scholars, and the scholars will also empty the imperial power. Until the fall of the imperial system, this problem was not solved.

Of course, this problem is not without being solved, on the contrary, in the long imperial era, the power of the family has been declining, while the imperial power has gradually strengthened.

This is the result of the continuous efforts of generations of royal families, and there are only two directions for this result, one is "killing" and the other is "talent training".

Of course, given the realities of Datang, neither applies.

If it was just a massacre, this was something that shook the foundation of the country, and Comrade Li Er himself was born in a family, and he didn't want to do it in his heart, all he wanted was the balance between the family and the imperial power.

Comrade Li Er did not even expect that he would be able to obtain absolute rights, and as long as Comrade Li Er could be in a dominant position in most matters, Li Er would be quite satisfied.

Of course, the reality is still very skinny.

The reality is that the current Wang family has begun to gradually divide Li Er's imperial power, and the cycle of the more peaceful and safer method of "talent training" is too long, and it is simply far away to quench the thirst of the near.

Therefore, Comrade Li Er had a great headache, and he couldn't move, nor did he move.

Li Er also understands that if the Wang family is allowed to develop, it will definitely evolve into a party and personal business that is even more divided than it is now.

"Since everyone agrees not to move, then give me a way to come out, how can I make this Wang family not stretch out their hands so long." Li Er asked after looking around.

Hearing Li Er's question, everyone showed a thoughtful expression, indeed, this is not a simple task, it is not easy to pinch the Wang family just right, and not be able to leave them a handle.

"Your Majesty, the ministers think that the most urgent task now is to replace the group of people in Taiyuan first and inject a group of new people into it, so as to ensure that the Wang family will be reined in at least within a year, after all, it is not a simple matter for them to dispose of the officials who entered Taiyuan as before." The eldest grandson Wuji said.

"That's a good point." After hearing this, Li Er nodded with satisfaction, obviously this answer was the most satisfactory answer Comrade Li Er had ever heard today.

"But isn't this group of people going to Taiyuan to die? If you go in, there are two results, either you will go along with the dirt and fool the emperor in turn, or you will take your life to that place, this task is too arduous. Zhang Nan also complained.

Indeed, just like Zhang Nan said, the last group of people who were sent by Li Er to monitor the movements of Taiyuan only had these two results.

"So we need someone who makes it difficult for them to move, and it is not easy for them to assimilate." Fang Xuanling said.

"Yes, but where can I find this person?" As Li Er spoke, he began to look around, and after looking at it, Li Er slapped the table and said, "By the way, aren't you the best candidate Qingquan?" ”

When Zhang Nan heard this, his eyes widened, and then he was surprised: "Your Majesty, you don't want to send me over to monitor the Wang family in Taiyuan." ”

"That's right, that's what I thought. You see, you are Cui Shao's son-in-law, and you can be regarded as a member of half of the family, and their Wang family will definitely not kill you, besides, I know your loyalty to me and loyalty to the Tang Dynasty, and I am not worried that you will stay in that place and be abducted by the Wang family, aren't you the best candidate? Li Er's face was pleasantly surprised, as if he had discovered a new continent.

"It's a." Zhang Nan shouted in his heart.

"Since the emperor has said so, the minister still advocates uprooting the family." Zhang Nan said.

Zhang Nan knew that even if Li Er wanted to move the family, it would be impossible to arrest all the five surnames and seven hopes, if Li Er did this, then the Tang Dynasty would become an empty shell empire, not to mention that Li Er couldn't attack his own family, right?