Guo Chong has been more low-key recently, and since the Xiangyang War, he has hardly even stepped out of the Wuyi Si Yamen.

In this regard, many people speculate that it may be because of his identity, after all, he is Guo Yan's eldest son, and he can only make this choice when loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve.

Only the cronies around him, as well as Sun Ning, who knew him very well, knew that Guo Chong would definitely not retreat because of this. His low profile can only show the fact that his attention has now been diverted from the court.

Naturally, it is even more impossible for the generals to know Guo Chong's habits and thoughts, they only know one thing that the most powerful support to the emperor during the Northern Expedition was the words of the Wuyi Si Zheng, who was deeply trusted by the emperor.

So today, will he also help himself and others to achieve their wishes?

Under the gaze of many burning eyes, Guo Chong calmly saluted the emperor: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do."

"Quasi-play." Sun Ning smiled and nodded.

"Just two days ago, secret spies in the Gyeonggi area sent back information, and the two divisions of the Pingtian Army, Zhao and Qin, who had been constantly fighting each other, had withdrawn their troops on March 25, ending this civil strife."

"Huh?" Sun Ning frowned slightly, and then sighed softly, and this was indeed the case.

If you want to see the Pingtian Army really kill you and me inside, it is impossible to lose both in the end.

Especially when the imperial army has achieved such a great victory, as long as the results of the battle situation in Liangzhou are transmitted there, Zhao Guangxiao and Qin Yude will naturally make the decision to strike and truce because of the pressure.

After all, they are not stupid people who understand that their internal contradictions are not comparable to hatred with external enemies.

Guo Chong said, and then glanced at Yan Hu and the other generals whose faces had changed: "Generals, the strategy you envisioned to take advantage of the civil strife of the Pingtian Army to kill them by surprise has long been unable to be implemented.

"So if you really want to use soldiers, it will be a battle to the death like attacking Liangzhou. And this time, the enemy army will inevitably be heavily fortified, and our army will inevitably have problems in all aspects. Therefore, in this battle, the minister thinks that the chances of victory are really not good, and I hope that Your Majesty will learn from it."

Sun Ning nodded: "What you said Guo Chong is very true, soldiers, the major affairs of the country are indeed not to be overlooked."

"Your Majesty is wise." Guo Chong praised him, and then said, "There is another point, which is also the key to the minister's refusal to support the use of troops again this time. That is, in all parts of Jiangnan, there are still many people who are hostile to the imperial court."

"Who?" Sun Ning's face immediately sank and asked.

"Those former nobles and their vassals, etc. Although the nine surnames in Jiangnan have been suppressed by the imperial court, in addition to them, there are still many wealthy families who can influence the local area.

"In the past few years, they have also been suppressed by the imperial court, and the damage is not small, and the complaints are naturally not small. Even behind the scenes, there are many things that disturb the place. In this regard, the local government is also powerless to suppress it, so it can only turn big things into small things and small things.

"Especially after a female cadre in Liangzhou mixed into Jiangnan before, and hyped that something happened to His Majesty, and they set up a new monarch, these local forces cooperated a lot.

"It's just that the imperial court reacted quickly enough at that time, and the local people were eager for the imperial court, so they didn't succeed. But if we use troops on a large scale in the future, which will make the people's lives even more difficult, the ministers dare not guarantee that there will be chaos."

's words made the ministers in the palace look shocked again.

The vast majority of them don't know about these secrets, or they haven't heard of them.

After all, they were alone in the big city of Jinling, if they didn't have the intention to send someone to investigate, it was really impossible to know what the state and thoughts of the people in the countryside outside the city would be, let alone the specific details in other city capitals.

Only the Wuyi Division, which has become a scale and has a large number of eyeliner available, can master these contents hidden under the surface of the water one by one.

The low-key nature of this paragraph is precisely because Guo Chong has paid attention to all parts of Jiangnan outside Jinling.

Sun Ning's expression suddenly became solemn. He thought that because he was not there, there would be all kinds of problems in the rear, but he didn't expect that there would be such a mess in Jiangnan.

If he was really defeated in Liangzhou this time, he didn't dare to think about what would happen next. Look at the book

In fact, this is also a manifestation that the roots of the Dayue Imperial Court in Jiangnan are not deep enough, after all, they have only been here for a few years, how can they compare with these wealthy families who have been rooted in Jiangnan for hundreds of years?

After exhaling a long breath of turbidity, Sun Ning slowly spoke, "I know.

"Indeed, judging from the current situation, both inside and outside, my imperial army can no longer rashly launch a new round of attacks on the land of Gyeonggi.

"Therefore, I have decided to recuperate for the time being, let the people in all parts of the south of the Yangtze River recover, and then do the Northern Expedition, and then recapture Luoyang and the Central Plains.

"Of course, in addition to this, the most important thing is to calm down the uneasy factors in various parts of the Jiangnan, no matter who they are or why they want to be enemies of the imperial court, as long as they are verified, they will not be tolerated!"

Speaking of this, he looked at Guo Chong: "Guo Chong."

"The minister is here."

"I will leave this matter to you, give you a year, you have to remove all these hidden dangers as much as possible, and prepare for the future Northern Expedition."

"Obey!" Guo Chong immediately bowed down and responded, for him, one year was enough time to solve everything perfectly.

"Yanhu." Sun Ning nodded to the next person.

"The minister is here."

"Although the imperial court is not ready to continue to expand the Northern Expedition, the two Huai and Lianghu places that have already been taken cannot be lost. Next, you will discuss with Xiao Keding and the others to decide on manpower, and you will not give any chance to other internal and external enemies. If there is any loss in these places, I will ask for you."

"The minister obeys the order, and the minister will do his best to ensure the stability of the whole place and not give any chance to foreign enemies." Yan Hu immediately stepped forward to answer.

Next, Sun Ning ordered several important ministers in a row and entrusted all the affairs of the court and China.

From maintaining the stability of Jinling, to the stability of the entire Jiangnan, to the security of the large area that has now been seized by the imperial court, all of them were handed over to the corresponding courtiers.

Sun Ning was not afraid of handing over power, because he knew that he was only one person, and in such a big place, his subordinates should be helped to manage it together, so that he could truly achieve long-term peace and stability.

As long as the local area is stable, coupled with various policies of light taxation and recuperation, within two or three years, the imperial court, which has important tax and grain points such as Jiangnan and Lianghu, will be able to quickly recover from the excessive consumption of the previous war.

In this way, in a few years, the imperial court will be able to raise a large army again, and when the time comes, it will no longer be a problem to break the level of the heavenly army and take Luoyang and the rest of the cities in the Central Plains.

Settle the world, rejuvenate Dayue, it seems to be in front of you!

(End of volume)