The meeting discussing the direction of the war continues.

"The second offensive direction was proposed by Mr. Xu Jie, to regain Jiangnan. This will not only allow our navy to play a role, but also obtain a richer financial and grain base. If implemented in accordance with our policies, it will increase a huge income to the Ministry of Revenue Treasury and make our finances more abundant."

This is also what many people think.

But Wang Xuejun still shook his head: "I also object to this opinion. The reason is that there are two forces of the remnant Ming in Jiangnan now; one is King Lu and the other is King Tang. Their attitude towards us is resistant. They also regard Jiangnan as their sphere of influence and are unwilling to let us get involved. If once we attack Jiangnan, the first conflict will be the three families. It is better to avoid this kind of thing that makes the enemy happy and the relatives hurt."

Such indecision caused displeasure among many people here at that time.

In everyone's mind, you are orthodox. So according to the conventions of the Central Plains dynasties in all dynasties, the strong enemies will be put aside first, and those unorthodox must be destroyed first.

But the following words exposed Wang Xuejun's unbelieving mentality: "Since the emperor cannot bear this kind of blood-related killing, and I can't bear it from the princess's theory that I have had a relationship with them. But what should I do? There can only be one orthodox, so I can only choose to do more for us."

If you can use this method of killing someone with a knife, you will be so straightforward that the generals below will quietly cover your mouth and laugh.

Wang Xuejun smiled and said to them: "Don't laugh. The reason why I tell you my thoughts without reservation is that everyone here is my confidant. I am sympathetic to you brothers. Of course, I cannot hide anything from you.

Secondly, it is because in the future we will share life and death with each other and shoulder the crisis of the world together. So I must let you know what I think. In order to prevent you from misunderstandings about my policy behavior and causing unnecessary trouble."

Such honest and honest communication immediately won the respect and greater trust of the soldiers.

"If I don't launch an attack on Jiangnan, I will open my words today, which means that there is another more important reason: it has been peaceful in Jiangnan for three hundred years, and in various parts of Jiangnan, large and small families and clans have been formed.

They have surpassed the government's management of the people locally. It makes it difficult for us to implement the new policy we are implementing now in the Jiangnan region.

Another point is that after three hundred years of peaceful land annexation, the limit has been reached. If you want to truly develop, you must break the power of this family clan, otherwise we will have many difficulties in the future.”

At this point, the officials and generals present hated that kind of clan family.

Yan Yingyuan, who was born in Jiangnan, was born in Jiangnan. He knew himself even more about the situation in Jiangnan and was even more heartbroken.

"Now, there is no inch of land in Jiangnan, and it is all concentrated in the hands of the aristocratic families. If we continue to follow the court's policies, we will definitely not receive a single cent of taxes on the land. Even if we take over Jiangnan, we will not only be constrained by the aristocratic families, but it is impossible to increase our fiscal revenue."

Then he stood up excitedly: "If we want to better implement our policies in the future, we must destroy this inherent one. Otherwise, everything will be futile."

"Yes, for example, the reason why our land contract system was implemented in Shandong and Jiangbei was because this area has been through natural disasters and man-made disasters. The landlords and powerful people who mastered the land were almost massacred in this peasant uprising. Therefore, the land was released, and the foundation for our implementation of the contract system was established."

Everyone nodded and said yes.

At this point, Wang Xuejun, who came here in later generations, was very clear about it.

The so-called prosperous era of Gan Gan was actually picked up by them for free.

After these twenty or thirty years of natural disasters and man-made wars, coupled with their crazy massacre, the originally surplus of 10 million people has been reduced to 50 million.

In this peasant uprising, the bandits targeted those aristocratic families, landlords and gentry.

Wherever you pass, you will be slaughtered. This will release a large amount of annexed land.

The population has decreased, the land has been liberated, and the weather has now turned into normal weather and good weather. Not to mention Kangxi and Qianlong, even if you put a dog to manage this country, you can create a prosperous era for you.

Therefore, some public intellectuals should not cleanse the Manchu.

(This author, Uncle Ben, is a native of the Manchu Zhengbai Banner, but I still stand on the standpoint of considering fairness and criticize the Qing Dynasty.)

"If we can do the inherent forces in Jiangnan, we will really not be able to do it. And it will also cause serious resistance to our rule in the future. So someone will do this after all?"

So he smiled and looked at Nan: "Are you not doing Duozhe now? Then, he will be a hero who saves the world."

Everyone chuckled again with a wise heart, but there was a little bitterness in the laughter.

Is it really necessary to make great breakthroughs and establish a great foundation in this era if we want to truly revive? Is this price too heavy?

Heavy topics should be ignored, so Wang Xuejun summarized: "Especially the Jiangnan Group, which is very strong, is really strong. We still have to pay a heavy price to compete with them for money and food in Jiangnan. Through the above reasons, I denied Mr. Xu Jie's proposal to capture Jiangnan first."

Then it is neither north nor south, so everyone naturally looked to the west.

Wang Xuejun took the baton and hit the west: "Mr. Li Yan suggested that our attack direction should be the rest of Henan and Jiangsu in the west."

Zhang Zhiji smiled and said, "Sir, I still want to call him back to my hometown."

This is a reference. It is precisely because Li Yan wanted to fight back to his hometown under Li Zicheng, but he was suspicious of Li Zicheng.

Now that Zhang Zhiji said this, Li Yan stubbornly defended his neck: "I suggested to fight back to my hometown to manage the Central Plains; now I suggest to fight back to my hometown, even more so for Xinming's consideration. The Duke of the State should not be suspicious. This time I will ask myself to go to the north and exchange Mr. Xu Jie back, be my governor of Shandong, and relieve everyone's worries."

Zhang Zhiji's face turned red at that time: "Look, why are you anxious as you talk? I am just a big-mouthed person, and I don't speak with care. Sir, don't be surprised."

Li Yan snorted, twisted his neck back, and made a little slut at Zhang Zhiji.

Wang Xuejun laughed: "Actually, the Duke is really joking. But what he said is unpleasant and reveals your scars. He must apologize to you."

Li Yan said angrily: "The meeting is over, the newly launched top scholar building must have a good face to forgive you."

As a result, Xu Jie stretched out his head: "I'm afraid that you two will fight again at the banquet, so I'm going to accompany you to persuade you to fight."

Wang Wenzheng said solemnly: "A literati cannot defeat a military general, so I am going to help you with boxing."

Several other generals applauded: "We are fighting with this man at the wine table."

Zhang Zhiji laughed: "It means that there are no two faces, so you can't sit down? Well, I'll be bleeding. When we meet on the battlefield, we can see who can beat whom."

After a burst of laughter, let's get back to the topic.

"Mr. Li Yan's proposal is to conquer Nanjing first and separate Duozhe from the northern Qing people. Not only does it cut off money, grain and materials transported from the south to Beijing through Henan, but it also isolated the most in the south."

This is a big strategy, and everyone nodded.

"Then our army came out together and took directly to Henan, the heart of the Central Plains."

Li Yan stood up and introduced to everyone Henan: "Henan has a wealth of treasures and a rich cultural heritage. It has a fertile wilderness.

But after the three years of the Apocalypse to the present, natural disasters and man-made disasters have been uncovered for thousands of miles, and uninhabited everywhere. This is a blank space where we can implement our new policy drastically."

"Yes, this will not only divide the power of the Qing Dynasty into two, but also use the vast fertile land of unowned land to resettle refugees and implement new policies."
Chapter completed!