"But I am also worried that if my lord lets our Pang family go because of me, it will affect his lord's plan. I am very conflicted now. Although I am just a concubine and my family does not have much feelings for me, I still can't let it go." Pang Tong was very confused now.

"Or why don't you go and talk to your lord. I think your lord must have a way to solve it. All the problems have been solved by your lord. Otherwise, how could our Jiangdong be so strong?" Zhou Yu suggested that Pang Tong go and chat with Sun Quan directly.

"Yes, but the lord knew that I wanted to fight with Zhuge Liang, so he left me behind. I also wanted to know how worse I was than Zhuge Liang."

"Shi Yuan, if you want to fight Zhuge Liang, don't I want to? Okay, just go and solve your heart first. If I am here at Nanjun City, Zhuge Liang will leave it to me."

In this way, even if Pang Tong and Zhou Yu had communicated well, Pang Tong finally made up his mind to talk about this issue with Sun Quan, and knew that he would have to go back to face his family.

After communicating with Zhou Yu, Pang Tong left the military camp and came to find Sun Quan. Sun Quan was looking at the information brought back by the Jinyiwei. When he saw Pang Tong coming, he asked: "Little Phoenix, you no longer have to wrestle with Zhuge Liang on the front line, why are you coming to find me?"

Pang Tong said embarrassedly: "Lord, after all, I am from the Pang family in Jingzhou. This time, the lord will definitely use some means to the gentry here for the long-term peace and stability here. I just want to..."

Pang Tong was a little embarrassed to say it, but Sun Quan was very informative and said, "You want to say good things to your Pang family and tell me not to be too cruel to your Pang family, right?"

Pang Tong smiled awkwardly and said, "Yes, lord, after all, I can't break my blood relationship. Because of this, after I discussed with the chief assistant, I came to you. I think if I can find a balance between the lord and the family."

Sun Quan smiled and said, "It's good that you're here. Now the major families in Jingxiang are actually moving one after another. Although their patriarchs are no longer in Jingxiang, there are basically new patriarchs now. Cao Cao lost the control of Jingxiang, so he naturally lost the right checks and balances of these families."

Pang Tong said: "Lord, the family of Jingxiang must be very conflicted now. They want to support Liu Bei to occupy Jingxiang, but Liu Bei is not strong now, and Nanjun is surrounded by us, so they can't support it. So they really want to find a way out, but they are afraid that we will clean them away like the geniuses who cleaned Jiangdong. Now they should be discussing in a series of ways."

Sun Quan patted Pang Tong's shoulder and said, "Little Phoenix, you are very smart. You have calculated it. The information I asked the Jinyiwei to collect is similar. So how do you think I should deal with them? You can't let them unite like this, so that we will not be able to firmly rule the place in Jingxiang."

Pang Tong naturally knew in his heart that Sun Quan must have had an idea, but he had to come up with a more peaceful or win-win method for his family, but he never knew how to do it. Finally, he said, "Lord, do you have to deal with the gentry in Jingxiang? Can't you stay?"

Sun Quan looked at Pang Tong and said, "Little Phoenix, you are also a smart person. You should know a word: 'choice'. Now, I don't actually want to destroy the gentry or the aristocratic clans. This means nothing to me, but there must be a prerequisite for them to exist, that is, they must become part of maintaining my rule, and they must hand over their political privileges: for example, family slaves and family rules are greater than laws, such as the monopoly of culture by the gentry, and the intervention and control of the gentry's ruling thoughts of the state. As long as they can let go of these, they will naturally have the opportunity to survive."

Pang Tong said: "Lord, in this way, the aristocratic families and gentry will be like ordinary people. They have to maintain their own livelihoods by themselves. In this way, they should be reluctant to leave unless the lord uses death to coerce them."

Sun Quan said: "Of course I won't be so savage as soon as I start. My idea is that I will give them some opportunities to make money and make everyone transform into businessmen or bosses."

Then Sun Quan explained the meaning of the businessman and boss he imagined to Pang Tong, saying: "They all became businessmen or bosses. They could open some workshops themselves, recruit people to do things, and then buy and sell things to make money. The government's taxes would be very low. They just changed their way to make money. In the past, they relied on land, but now they rely on this business or business to make money. Of course, I will take out some of the money-making businesses in Jiangdong and join forces with them to ensure that they will not lose money at the beginning. But in the later stage, it depends on everyone's own business."

Pang Tong thought, at least this would ensure that everyone had an advantage in wealth, which was acceptable, and then said, "Lord, there was another problem, that is, the aristocratic families all had many maids and servants to serve them. After becoming a businessman, the lord had cancelled all of their privileges."

Sun Quan said: "How did you live in Jiangdong? Don't you have girls and servants in your family? Just spend money to hire them, but in law, these servants and girls are free people, so it's better to be based on our Jiangdong. Besides, after getting those Japanese back from Japan, you can buy them back as slaves, but there must be a limit on the number of people."

Pang Tong felt that the main reason was that the political privileges were abolished, but at least everyone's survival and life were indeed good, but it was also a difficult problem to convince, so he said, "Lord, can everyone agree to this? After all, they have controlled Jingxiang for so many years and lost them all at once."

Sun Quan said, "Let me do this, I ask Li Sheng to arrange a man to protect you, and then you go home and talk to them to see if the problem can be resolved peacefully. If not, you try to convince your Pang family and I will do what else to do. Of course, in politics, you can tell them that I am using the examination to select officials. Whether it is a gentry or a commoner, I will use it as long as it is a talent, so that they can train their descendants well."

Pang Tong said strangely: "Lord, didn't you let them all transform into businessmen? Can you still take the exam and choose officials?"

Sun Quan said: "Yes, but I never said that I should restrict businessmen from participating. I am the only one who can do it! I don't care about any background, of course, the Japanese slaves and prisoners will be excluded."
Chapter completed!