Looking at Li Yaozu's distant back, Liu Jian was silent for a while, but he was silently thinking about Li Yaozu's words just now, has the power of Buddhism in Jiangnan really developed so big? I can't believe it.

So, Liu Jian turned around and went back to his study and wrote on a special piece of paper: Carefully inspect the Buddhist doors in various parts of the Yangtze River. I put down the pen and looked at it carefully before I put it in a long black box, and then put it in a conspicuous place on the desk.

Only then did he open a blank recital, and wrote smoothly: The prime minister, the cabinet minister, the scholar of the Wude Palace, and the minister of the Jiangnan Qincha Liu Jian are hereby playing to His Majesty, and the former Jiangnan Jiedu made Li Yin lead the troops to slaughter the Jinling family for no reason, causing the destruction of Jinling Dongcheng District, the loss of money and property of more than 10 million, and the sale of Jinling's household registration of more than 10,000 yuan, which is actually a military disaster. Since the minister was ordered by His Majesty to deal with this case, but the main master has passed away, only the servant remains, the minister thought again and again, some shallow views, presented to His Majesty, the remaining more than 39,000 soldiers are accomplices, but God also has the virtue of a good life, all of them are executed against the way of the saints, the minister suggests, Your Majesty and the court, for accomplices, should be treated differently, senior officers and some of the evil intermediate officers, should be executed, confiscated property, family members reduced to royal slaves, the rest of the officers, soldiers and family members, degraded to slaves, confiscated family property.

It has been a few days since the minister arrived in Jiangnan, but the Jinling county guard, the county officer, and the county lieutenant all committed suicide more than ten days ago. Jinling is an important place, and there can be no shortage of chief officials for a long time, so the minister recommended Li Shi and Li Yaozu as the county guard of Jinling in this move.

Li Yaozu this person, is the first year of Jianqi Jinshi, long in Jinling as an official, quite talented, and upright, upright and not pedantic, now acting as the Jinling County Guard, Jinling is in order, increasingly prosperous, at this critical moment, it is more appropriate for him to serve as the Jinling County Guard.

Here, Chen Yao wishes His Majesty all the peace, ten thousand years!

After writing, Liu Jian blew the ink on the fold, and after it dried, he closed the fold in his hand.

Only then did he sigh and said to himself: "It's an eventful autumn, it's better to solve this kind of trivial matter as soon as possible, and it is convenient for the prime minister to act next!" ”

……

And at this time, Hangzhou.

As the saying goes, there is heaven and Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the richness and beauty of Hangzhou are what he lacks in many words, and Hangzhou is not outstanding.

West Lake, the West Lake in winter is not as graceful as in summer, but it also has a unique taste, just like a big man in the north, naturally with a cool, less smoke and rain apricot blossoms, but this may be the original face of West Lake.

By the West Lake, there is a huge mansion, which is the Li Mansion in Hangzhou, and it is also the home of Li Tong, the deputy envoy of Jiangnan Jiedu.

At this time, Li Liang was sitting on a recliner, holding a piece of letter paper in his hand, basking in the winter sun in the small garden of Li Mansion, looking at the scenery of West Lake, and was silently in a daze.

Li Liang, Li Tong's father, the head of the Li family in Hangzhou, was about fifty years old, and the baptism of the years only left a few wrinkles on his face, and it can be seen that he must have been a suave man when he was young.

He used to be a jinshi of the great cadres, and he also served as an official, and even achieved the feudal official of the local county guard, but he still retired due to the needs of the family.

The letter paper he was holding in his hand came from Jinling, and it was written by his eldest son Li Tong, in just a few sentences: Is my father safe? Prime Minister Liu greets you. Son, very safe! His Majesty and the court have already decided to attack Dali Annan, and the whole army of 400,000 troops is in Jiangnan, hoping that my father will prepare early.

In these few short sentences, he looked at it again and again, constantly calculating in his heart, calculating the gains and losses of interests, and his brows were furrowed for a while.

And Li Song, the old housekeeper of the Li Mansion who was standing next to him, closed his eyes and looked drowsy, as if he could fall down as soon as the wind blew.

Don't look at Li Song's decrepit appearance, but his status in the Li Mansion is not low, and he has served the Li Mansion for two generations.

Li Liang leaned on the recliner, looked at the West Lake in the distance, holding the letter paper in his hand, but suddenly asked: "Uncle Li, you have also read Wu'er's letter, what do you think I should do?" What is my Li family going to do? ”

Li Song listened, but his spirit was shocked, and suddenly the drooping and decrepit appearance disappeared, replaced by shrewdness and ability.

Li Song is mouth immediately said: "Why hesitate to the head of the family, since the little young master has already become the deputy envoy of the Jiangnan Jiedu, and then up, it is such a giant as the Jiedu envoy, at this critical moment, the head of the family should do his best to support the little young master, and the Li family should also do his best to support Lord Liu Xiang's officialdom rectification in Jiangnan. The long-cherished wish of several generations of the Li family can be regarded as fulfilled. ”

Li Liang listened, but sighed, and then said, "Uncle Li, why don't I know this?" It's just that the situation of the court, the situation in Jiangnan is affected by the whole body, Prime Minister Liu Jian is surging with the DPRK, it must be a bloody storm, as long as the court makes up its mind, the forces of all parties in Jiangnan can only succumb, knock out their teeth and swallow it, there is absolutely no reason not to succeed, of course politically I have to stand on the side of the winner, but my Li family is also a native of Jiangnan, and if I make a shot, it will be the target of all families in Jiangnan, it is indeed okay now, but will it really be okay in the future? As the head of the family, I can't just look at the present and not the future. ”

Li Song listened, but shook his head, and then said: "The head of the family is too worried, the strong are lucky, no one wants to offend a strong man, even if it is a former opponent, besides, our Li family made a move this time, it was just a matter of taking advantage of the trend, people of insight in Jiangnan naturally saw it in their eyes, and they all understood it psychologically, as for those fools who couldn't understand, what if they were offended?" Li Song said domineeringly.

After a pause, Li Song continued: "The most important thing for our Li family now is the little young master, who has the blue eyes of His Majesty today, and has already ascended to a high position, but if you want to go further, it will take time and seniority, this year, the little young master is thirty-three years old, and he will definitely be able to become a military giant in this kind of festival, but for such a long time, the little young master will inevitably be maliciously slandered, and even attacked politically, and our Li family should speak out and take care of these unnecessary troubles for the little young master, Let him take root in the Jiangnan Jiedu Embassy in a low-key manner, so as to live up to the expectations of the master and the expectations of people of insight in Jiangnan. ”

Twenty years ago, his father broke with the Jinling Xie family and other families in Hangzhou, and formed a loose alliance with people of insight in the south of the Yangtze River, and formulated a political policy of martial arts first and then literature, so as to completely integrate into the center of the great cadres. I was a little hesitant and a little withdrawn, why is this?

Could it be that it is a life of leisurely and peaceful talk for many years, which has worn away the sharpness in my heart, and it seems that I have to reflect on it.

After thinking about it, Li Liang asked again: "Uncle Li, do you have any more appropriate measures in mind?" ”

Li Song listened, but hesitated, and finally shook his head and said nothing.

But when Li Liang saw it, he understood in his heart, Uncle Li thought the same as himself in his heart, but after so many years of flesh and blood affection, he still couldn't bear it, so he thought about it himself, so he temporarily put aside the thoughts in his head.

As soon as he thought of Liu Jian, Li Liang opened his mouth and wanted to ask: "Uncle Li, where do you think this prime minister Liu Jian will start to rectify the officialdom in Jiangnan?" ”

Li Song is an old man, pondered for a while, and immediately said: "The head of the family, according to the performance of Prime Minister Liu Jian in recent years, sixty percent is to first check the granaries in Jiangnan, and then take advantage of the situation to rectify the officialdom in Jiangnan, in this way, the officials in Jiangnan will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and this Jiangnan can be regarded as a great rule!" ”

"Oh, what about forty percent?" Li Liang listened, leaned back on the recliner, and asked.

"Forty percent, that is, to suppress the Buddhist forces in Jiangnan, check all the acres of Buddhism, disband some monks, and force Buddhism to compromise, in that way, more than three-quarters of the officials in Jiangnan will either fall to the ground, or lose their officials and exile, or confiscate their families and exterminate their families, and many Jiangnan families will inevitably suffer heavy losses, but in this way, the attack is too wide, and Prime Minister Liu Jian is afraid that he will not use it." Li Song was expressionless and then spoke.

Li Liang listened, but shook his head, and then said: "Uncle Li, I am the opposite of you, Prime Minister Liu Jian chooses the latter, and Forty percent chooses the former!" ”

"Oh, why does the head of the house think so?" When Li Song heard this, he immediately asked curiously.

When Li Liang heard this, he leaned lazily on the recliner before he said in an affirmative tone: "Uncle Li, it has been more than 300 years since the founding of the Great Qian, and the emperors of previous dynasties are still very wary of religious forces such as Buddhism and Taoism. ”

Li Song listened and nodded, obviously agreeing with this statement.

And Li Liang also continued: "In the past 20 years, the power of Buddhism in Jiangnan has developed so rapidly, and it is not in collusion with officials at all levels in Jiangnan, although it has not directly interfered in the government affairs of Jiangnan, but it has indirectly sought benefits for itself, and religion has interfered in politics, which is a big taboo!" ”

"Liu Jianjian is the prime minister of the great Qian, the head of the hundred officials, although he has been a little conservative over the years, but he is a qualified prime minister after all, and he has his own fortune in his heart. Jiangnan Buddhism has to shed its skin even if it is not dead this time. Li Liang said affirmatively.

"Besides, the Southern Expedition is imminent, and there is no stable situation in Jiangnan, so how can we do it?" Li Liang continued.

"What the head of the family means is that this time Prime Minister Liu Jian went to Jiangnan, and he was also tasked with preparing for the Southern Expedition to Dali and Annan!" Li Song asked with wide eyes.