After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

Pei Jiaoran was leaning on the desk, the candlelight on the desk and the afterglow of the setting sun coming in through the window complement each other, just falling on her face. The bridge of her nose was straight and the crimson lips beneath it were raised slightly, and she looked at Li Xiujing with a half-smile.

She stretched out her right hand and tapped the white deer paper in her hand gently with her fingers.

"If they had this intention, they would have agreed long ago. Why wait until now." Pei Jiaoran said softly, with undisguised sarcasm in his voice, "I think they have other intentions."

After saying this, Pei Jiaoran lowered his head and stared at the stack of white deer paper on the case, as if he could see the trap hidden behind it through the thin paper. She can smell the conspiracy behind it without meeting him.

These Jiangdong aristocratic families have gone through hundreds of years, but their essence has never changed. They knew her demands, and the reason why they pretended to be willing to give in was actually to obtain greater benefits.

"Jianghuai attaches great importance to prostitution and sacrifice, and the people abandon their crops. It will take at least three to five years, maybe longer, from the implementation of the new decree to its complete completion." Li Xiujing said: "There is a large amount of vacant land, and it is necessary to arrange manpower to distribute it. . The common people are eagerly waiting for the court to allocate land, but in the end they still only get a small amount of land. The ones who benefit are still those powerful families."

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran said coldly, "The imperial court did not keep its promise, and the people's demands were not met. Both obscene worship and Buddhism would take this opportunity to revive. From this, a civil uprising with religious overtones evolved, just like the Five Fighters in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The Mijiao Rebellion was a rebellion caused by Sun En absorbing a large number of refugees in the name of Tianshi Tao."

Li Xiujing, who was also from a noble family, could see clearly the mystery behind this even though his political acumen was not as good as Pei Jiaoran's. Giving up small profits in exchange for big profits is not the way to play on this power table.

"In that case, Shen Yunzhou gave me the confidence to find out your thoughts for them."

"Yes. The land can be distributed, but in the end they can still force the poor to sell their land without transferring the tax, and the property will be deducted from the tax. The poor are unable to pay taxes and become runaway households, and a large amount of land falls into their hands. In the end, they will There will only be more and more people working as tenant farmers and villagers." Pei Jiaoran's eyes showed a little coldness.

The court eventually had to give up a lot of benefits to them.

Li Xiujing sighed, "Then what are you going to do?"

"It's okay to have some contact. Of course, this matter has to go around Shen Yunzhou." Pei Jiaoran smiled sternly, "Anyway, he is not the only one with official status in Jianghuai. There is an empty position. I don't know yet. How many pairs of eyes are staring at it.”

"If you push a chess player out of the game, he will die of anxiety."

As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Jiaoran raised his lips.

Ever since Li Xiujing visited the doctor that day, Shen Yunzhou's illness became worse than before, and he fell asleep from time to time for several hours.

All official documents and decrees originally sent to the state capital were also moved to the post house and handed over to Pei Jiaoran for disposal.

However, Du Neng has achieved some success in spreading the Dharma in various places, and there are many people who spontaneously demolish obscenity temples in the countryside. While he was preaching the Dharma, at the same time, the prefectures across the Yangtze River and Huaihe River areas also spared no effort to demolish Buddhist temples and conduct thorough checks on the monks' registration. Anyone who was not a monk would be sent back to their place of origin. Those who were forced to be monk slaves also had their land re-allocated for them to cultivate.

According to the imperial decree, there were two temples on the left and right streets of Chang'an and Luoyang, each with thirty monks. The governors of the various Taoist governors only allowed one temple to stay in the state, and the temples were divided into three grades: twenty people from the upper temple, ten from the middle temple, and five from the lower temple. The bronze statues, iron statues, bells and bells in the temple will be demolished within a time limit, and the coins or agricultural tools will be sold.

Restricting Buddhism was progressing smoothly in the Jianghuai area, and the order of approval from Emperor Wei arrived in Yangzhou. Of course, it was also accompanied by criticism and abuse from Buddhist worshipers.

Nowadays, autumn has entered, and the coolness in Chang'an is gradually becoming apparent.

In the public room of Shangshu Province, Jia Gonglu and Zhang Rang sat opposite each other. A chess scale was placed in front of them.

"This dragon is having a great time stirring up troubles in the Jianghuai River." Jia Gonglu said slowly, hesitantly.

"She asked for an advantage before she left. This name is enough for her to run rampant in Jianghuai." Zhang Rang picked up the white piece and dropped it on the chessboard. "She must be warned, lest she doesn't know what the sky is and the earth is high."

"Had it not been for the news coming from Jianghuai and her attention to Yanyuan Jinfeng, you wouldn't have had this idea." Jia Gonglu raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Rang, "Zhang Jujuan, she is gaining momentum now. You and I want to touch her. I’m afraid it won’t be easy.”

Zhang Rang chuckled, "She has done so many things to offend people over the years."

"It's not necessarily to offend people. She knows how to give away profits. None of those people have tasted the sweetness she gives." Turning to look at the sycamore tree outside the window, Jia Gonglu smiled, "Let her go higher. Once a person masters The more power you have, the less clear your mind will be, and the faster you will reach the end.”

"If she is not someone like Wang Mang and Cao Shuang, but someone like Huo Guang or Sima Zhongda, then it will not be that easy to deal with her. It will be too late for the dragon to hide its power and bide its time, but it will be too late to turn the tide," Zhang Rang said.

He had seen Pei Jiaoran's ability. She knew that if she allowed this dragon to stir up the situation, sooner or later she would overthrow Chang'an.

They can't go on like this, they have to lock this dragon under the sword and kill it.

"It doesn't matter who she is. What matters is Jianghuai's mess. Only she can clean up the mess now." Turning his eyes back to Zhang Rang, Jia Gonglu said: "But what level this new order will go to is not She controls it alone. There are many Jianghuai families, and no one has seen the world. How can these people give up so easily by embezzling their interests?"

After hearing this, he remained silent and played chess in silence. Under the actions of the two men, the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard strangled each other, and the situation became more and more fierce.

Just one child can determine the outcome.

"The river channel in Yangzhou will not be completed until next year, and Pei Jiaoran will also come back from Yangzhou. I have a gift to give her, and I don't know if she is satisfied with it." Jia Gonglu dropped the last chess piece and looked at Zhang Rang with a smile.

Zhang Rang was surprised: "You actually have time to prepare a gift for her."

"It's natural to congratulate her. Congratulations to her may stop here and all her hard work will be in vain." The smile on Jia Gonglu's face gradually deepened.

After all, Zhang Rang was a close servant of the emperor, and it was inappropriate to stay in Shangshu Province for a long time. Now that the two of them have decided the outcome of this game, it's time to leave.

"This slave is just reminding me. Mr. Jia, don't forget how the butcher's knife rolled across Chang'an over and over again." Zhang Rang said slowly: "In the past, Sima Zhongda deceived Wei Wu and Cao Shuang by pretending to be sick. In the end, he deceived Wei Wu and Cao Shuang. In the Gaoping Ling Incident, China's integrity was staked in Luoshui to kill Cao Shuang. She knows how to express humility and tolerance."

Jia Gonglu stood at the window with his hands behind his hands and watched Zhang Rang leave.

The clouds gathering in the sky turned into thick ink. Thunder struck the sky above Tai Chi Palace, and the pattering rain fell instantly. The autumn wind in Chang'an carried the rain and followed the Yima all the way south.