Take the whole territory of Jiangnan, collect the hearts of the army, and settle the hearts of the people.

This is a major event that Sun Ning has planned to accomplish in just a few months.

In the eyes of others, this is the embodiment of His Majesty's ability to be wise and far-sighted, and in the case that the military and the people have been attached, Jiangnan has been completely like a hand, and the imperial court will definitely be able to sit back and relax here.

But Sun Ning, who was the person concerned, knew that doing all this was only the first step in firmly controlling the huge wealth and power of the entire Jiangnan.

If you want Jiangnan to completely surrender like the southwest, only you, the emperor, have to look forward, but you still need to do too much. It is necessary to let the people and soldiers of Jiangnan really know that the imperial court is willing to make decisions for them, and will bring them everything they want - peace, wealth, land, and most importantly, respect.

And in front of this grand goal, there are at least two major obstacles - the wealthy family, and the Buddhism!

The former, although he has been greatly damaged under the repeated blows, and even the life and death of many families are between Sun Ning's thoughts.

However, their influence on all parts of Jiangnan was still far-reaching, even though they were no longer able to resist the imperial court, but only with the prestige accumulated in the past hundred years, Sun Ning still did not dare to really kill them.

Not only the Qian family in Hangzhou, but also the Wu family in Suzhou, which already had a lot of friendship with Sun Ning, made it difficult for Sun Ning to do it, and even the Lu family, the traitor in Jiangnan who is now the most down-and-out and most pointed out by Qianfu, Sun Ning is not easy to exterminate the clan, so he can only let people escort his sect master and other important people to Jinling first, and then find a way to deal with it.

As for the latter's Buddhist forces, it made Sun Ning feel even more headaches.

On the surface, Buddhism has never been against the imperial court, and even such as this Jinling Jiming Temple, it has also made great contributions in this Jinling battle, and it is the first meritorious person for the imperial court to enter the city smoothly at the minimum cost.

However, under these appearances, their destructive influence on the overall situation of Jiangnan is not under the wealthy family.

Decades of Buddhism have made this force the biggest parasite in the south of the Yangtze River, and more than 30% of the land in each city and state capital is obtained by Buddhism, and there are countless riches through various channels, which are paid tribute by the believers one by one, hidden in temples, and included in the monks' private pockets.

This made them like a wealthy family, and became a huge stumbling block for Sun Ning to obtain the wealth of Jiangnan to build an elite army.

At the same time, Buddhism, like the wealthy family, also has a very high influence and popularity among the people, so that the court wants to attack them.

What to do?

At this celebration banquet within the imperial court, Sun Ning once again put these two questions on the table and asked Yu a courtier.

Although there were still many important courtiers who did not come to Jinling from other state capitals in the southwest or Jiangnan, the participants were still full at the moment.

Shen Zhou, Chen Qingyun, Zhuge Qingyun, Xiao Keding and other important civil and military generals were already present, and even Gu Yaohua, a native of Jiangnan who had just returned to the imperial court, was also present.

And adhering to his consistent hostility towards Buddhism and the wealthy family, his response at this time was also extremely simple: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that some Buddhist monks are just a few Buddhist monks, and it is only a matter of one sentence if the court really wants to deal with them, do they dare to resist?"

"If Your Majesty agrees, the minister can lead an army tomorrow to seal up the Jiming Temple first, let all the monks there return to the laity, and spit out all the wealth!"

These words made everyone present shake their heads for a while, the emperor had just pointed out his concerns, and he actually wanted to use force on the Buddhist temple in a deaf ear? This is too much to take the hearts of the people of Jiangnan seriously.

"This method must not be feasible, it will only cause turmoil in Jiangnan again." Shen Zhou frowned and objected, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that you have to take it slow now, and you can't be in a hurry. ”

"What's the slow plot?" Sun Ning is still looking forward to this courtier.

"For example, taking advantage of this momentum, let the temples in various places give up some of the land first." Shen Zhou really considered the problem of Jiangnan, and at this time, it was quite orderly, "Your Majesty, didn't you promise all the generals who returned to the Shun that they would have land to cultivate and food to eat on weekdays?"

"Then start from here, let the Buddhist temple and the family first take out their own fields and distribute them to the soldiers. If they refuse, the court will have a reason to use the excuse of resisting and disobeying the decree to use force on them, and then the people's will will be mine, and the matter will be done! ”

"What if they all choose to divide the fields?" Xiao Keding asked with some disbelief.

"Then after a while, continue to ask them for more land and industry." Shen Zhou replied with a smile, "Your Majesty, Jiangnan has suffered a success, but there are still many people who have fled abroad, and the imperial court can announce the world and absorb all the fleeing people to return."

"As long as they can return in peace, the court can give them land rations and exempt them from taxes for one to three years. In this way, one can strengthen the power of the imperial court, so that we have a steady stream of replenishment in terms of troops and logistics, and the other can also continue to consume the assets of the wealthy families and Buddhism, and even force them to take risks! ”

After listening to his words, Sun Ning showed a satisfied smile on his face: "This method is very good, using a blunt knife to cut the flesh, so that their strength will be damaged unconsciously, until they can't make any waves."

"Moreover, it is still beneficial to the people to do this, and it will make the people choose to stand on the side of the court and not be bewitched by them!"

Speaking of this, he made a decisive decision: "This matter will be done according to what you say, and the specific details will be handed over to you Shen Zhou, as well as ...... Gu Yaohua, you come to cooperate with it! ”

Gu Yaohua, who was named, was in high spirits, although his own tough strategy failed to work, but he was only excited to think about using this more painful way to deal with those evildoers.

At that moment, he respectfully received the order: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will cooperate well with Lord Shen, and he will not let you down." ”

"Good! Here, let's have a drink. I hope that we will be able to solve the problem in Jiangnan within this year, and in the coming year, we will be able to raise troops to cross the river and seize the two Huai! ”

Several glasses slammed into one place, shaking the wine overflowing, and all the monarchs and ministers showed smiles of longing and joy on their faces.

This meal of wine was eaten until nearly two watches, and Sun Ning, accompanied by several guards, staggered back to the backyard with a slight stagger.

When he pushed open the door of his bedroom, he was still a little excited and said, "Qian'er, have you slept?" You should really go drinking with me today, you don't know how much I have gained today, Jiangnan is completely pacified......"

As a result, when he entered the inner room, he was surprised to find that Xiao Qian, who had always been in good spirits, was lying on the bed early, and she looked preoccupied, and she didn't even seem to notice that his husband came in.