There is a saying in the art of war, the first army is to fight, then to fight, then to attack, and the last to attack the city.

Sun Ning naturally understood the truth, although he had not used his troops to attack Liangzhou before.

But it was forced by the situation, and the re-establishment of the Dayue Imperial Court naturally required several great victories to lay the foundation and stabilize people's hearts.

After more than a year of attack, the strategic goal has been achieved, and the wealth and people's power of Jiangnan have also been lost, so it is time to recuperate and regain strength.

But the Northern Expedition does not mean that Sun Ningzhen has stopped enterprising, he can still use other ways and other ways to strengthen himself and weaken foreign enemies.

This first plan, which had been slowly implemented three years earlier, was to recruit the people of the north and attract the people who were originally under the rule of the Pingtian Army or the Guirong people to the south.

In a sense, this strategy is more effective than killing the enemy on the battlefield with real knives and guns.

Because every time a common man comes from the north, it not only means that the strength of the other party is weakened, but also strengthens the strength of the Dayue court. The effect can be doubled.

In order to achieve this goal smoothly, Sun Ning and Shen Zhou and other important ministers have set the most beneficial policies.

Not only were taxes drastically reduced, but as long as the people who had labor but no land, after registering with the government, they could receive 10 acres of fertile land per person for cultivation.

During this period, the government also collected an extra 10% of the grain tax as rent for the fields. Moreover, as long as these people have cultivated the fields given by the government for ten years, then as soon as the time limit is reached, ten acres of land per person will be completely transferred to their names and become their private property.

It is difficult to say what the attitude of the people in the north will be after such a generous policy was promulgated, but the people in Jiangnan and other places have been greatly satisfied, and many people have thrown themselves into the wave of land acquisition, and then all of them have worked diligently.

The Chinese nation has always believed in hard work and prosperity, and for today's people, there is no more reassuring harvest than ploughing in the field.

In the past, although everyone had the intention to work hard to make their own lives better, the vast majority of people did not have this opportunity at all, and did not have such a field. Because these fields have long been divided among the local wealthy families, there is not one in the south of the Yangtze River that can be kept by ordinary people.

But now it is different, because due to the influence of various internal turmoil before, the imperial court really dealt a dead hand to that wealthy family.

In less than a year, not only the wealthy families of the nine surnames in Jiangnan have almost completely withered, but even the second-class large families in various places have also been implicated, either the family has been arrested for their crimes, or they have been deprived of a large amount of land wealth, thus becoming ordinary people.

There are only two exceptions, one is the Hangzhou Qian family, which has always been cautious and steady, and with the intervention of the government, it took the initiative to donate seventy percent of the family property.

As a descendant of Wu Yueguo hundreds of years ago, the Qian family really inherited the style of their ancestors who knew the times. Hundreds of years ago, the ancestors took the initiative to declare themselves to Zhao Song, and hundreds of years later, the descendants took the initiative to take out all the family property.

But the effect is still good, at least his Qian family doesn't have to be like other wealthy families, and he will end up with a dead family and a hundred ends.

As for the other family, it is the Suzhou Wu family, that is, the family where Wu Tieyi and Wu Tiexiong belong.

As the first family among the nine surnames in the south of the Yangtze River to surrender their allegiance to the imperial court, they never had any other thoughts, not only let the outstanding sons of several clans enter the court as officials and assist the emperor, but also donated a large amount of money and food early to fund the imperial court's Northern Expedition.

Because of this, when the imperial court needed to attack many local wealthy families after taking Liangzhou, they were naturally spared. Moreover, compared with the Qian family, who only took the initiative to donate their family property at this time, they paid a smaller price, and their status in the DPRK was higher.

In addition to these two families, the other wealthy families who used to be in power or rich were almost all severely attacked by the imperial court, and their wealth and land were confiscated.

During this period, it is inevitable to resist. But under the premise that the imperial court is strong and strong, and it is supported by the people of Jiangnan, these guys'

The rebellion really didn't make any waves.

On the contrary, in this way, it gave the imperial court a justifiable reason to drive them out, and finally more than eighty percent of the fields in Jiangnan were recovered by the imperial court, and then they could be divided with the people under their rule.

Coupled with the huge amount of fields collected in Lianghuai and Lianghu and other places, the people in these places alone cannot get ten acres per person.

Therefore, when the news spread to the north, it attracted a considerable number of landless people to the south.

Originally, the righteous reputation of the imperial court had already made these original Dayue people yearn for it. Now there are such tangible benefits, as long as you go south, you can get ten acres of fertile land, which is naturally enough for anyone to risk the difficulty of leaving their homeland to come to the south to rebuild their homeland.

At the beginning, there were only a few people from the north, and they secretly came to the south in twos and threes.

When the first batch of people with tentative intentions really settled down in various parts of the south and were allocated the land they longed for, these news came back, and naturally more people went south.

Later, there were too many people who fled south from all over the north, which affected the production and recruitment of troops in many places, and finally the relevant officials of the Pingtian Army noticed that something was wrong, and they hurriedly obstructed it.

But the general trend has been achieved, even though the local government strictly prohibits fleeing south and resets the card, the effect is not obvious, but it has caused more trouble within the family.

Especially in the more than ten cities under the rule of Qin Yude, which is more south, almost thirty percent of the people have run away, and many of them are still officers and soldiers in the army...... This is not a big blow to him. But even so, he was helpless about it.

A large number of people came from the north and south, which naturally played a great role in promoting the development of the Dayue Imperial Court, and at the same time, it also allowed the imperial court to obtain more talents.

After all, only when the population base is large, the probability of those talented people appearing will be greater.

Originally, because of the relationship between the early establishment of the imperial court, many official positions were vacant, or one person held multiple positions. But in the past three years, with the increase in population and several examinations and selections, the Dayue court is finally full of talents, and all ministries and offices have officials who can take responsibility.

In this way, whether it is Sun Ning, the emperor, or Shen Zhou, the prime minister, they can finally relax a little and don't have to take action in person.

Going to war, sometimes this strategy is like water, it may not be a clever plan, it can be effective at once, it also takes a while, take your time to see its results.

In addition to this strategy of seeking the country, in fact, Sun Ning's other strategy has also been implemented - cutting diplomatic relations.