Ancestor Above

If the inventory is emptied, it is Li Shiwen's fault, and the entire dynasty's income declines, so it cannot be completely dumped on Li Shiwen.

The three months after Li Shiwen's death were turbulent three months.

In Yandu, because there are 20,000 monks in Feiyun Prefecture, the suppression is done properly, and it seems that the law and order are all good. But even so, the turmoil, including the rebellion of the three major families, caused major problems in the operation of the entire imperial court.

And outside of Yandu, it does not belong to the core of the imperial court, and it seems that it is not at the very center of the political whirlpool, but it is precisely because it deviates from the core, instead, the news received by all parties is backward, and even various rumors, On the contrary, it is more troublesome.

Moreover, during this period of time, the central government has been half out of control. If the decree is not clear, the field is even more out of control.

Due to various factors, it is quite normal for the court's income to drop sharply.

Even, if the imperial court's own administrative system is not put into operation, and the rule is maintained as soon as possible in the name of court orthodoxy, then let alone the restoration of the imperial court's income system, even the income on the books of this system may be lost. Rapidly to fall.

However, to say good news, it is not at all.

Although the imperial court's inventory is low, the finances are in a state of semi-collapse, and the holes are so big that people are frightened, there are still solutions.

There are some that are even readily available.

For example, the wealth of the three major families.

They are loyal ministers of the royal family - of course, this is for the Li royal family, even the Mo family.

So, when Li Shiwen was planning a breakthrough, he was short of money, would he ask the four families for support?

It definitely will, and the four major families will definitely give it. In addition, when the history and culture really began to break through, no matter whether it was love for Wei Guo, or military expenditures for Yunxiaozong and Yulin Forbidden Army, of course they all had to pay. With the imperial court taking the lead, the four major families must have contributed money and efforts under the coordinated actions.

But now, after the failure, the vitality of these families is also considered to be seriously injured. So much so that after the house was ransacked, not much money was copied out.

But no matter how you say it, they are all rich and powerful families with profound heritage in Yan Kingdom. The skinny man's camel is bigger than a horse, and there is always something to be gained.

It is only the industry of the three major families in Yandu,

About 200,000 spirit stones were copied out.

Of course, not all of them are cash, many of them are materials. But despite this, it was rain, even if it was just light rain, for the imperial court that was now like a dry pond.

It has to be said that this, to a considerable extent, solved the urgent need.

But that's not the case.

If I really want to solve the financial problems of the imperial court, and gradually digest the power of the entire court, for my use, it is essential to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

In terms of throttling, drastic reforms have been made, which is what it should be. Taking advantage of this turmoil, abolishing redundant staff and streamlining the organization will save a lot of personnel expenses; in various construction projects, it is also a good idea to carefully review and stop them if they are not necessary, or resell them to local forces. item means.

And the most important thing is to start negotiations with Yunxiaozong.

Every year, the imperial court provides materials and spirit stones to Yunxiaozong, which are as large as 1.5 million spirit stones.

Stop supplying, that's impossible. In the past, Li Shiwen didn't dare to stop the confession, and it was impossible for the Lu family to turn over the table with Yunxiaozong as soon as it came up.

But after all, the relationship between the two parties is now in the 'honeymoon period', and a relatively large cooperation has just been completed, so there is some affection here. In addition, the imperial court does have practical difficulties now, so there is always a possibility of negotiation.

This negotiation, the result has been achieved, and some progress has been made, but it is not particularly ideal.

The Lu family suggested that the offerings for the last one or two years should be temporarily suspended, and that they would be repaid slowly after two years, but Yunxiao Sect directly rejected it. Although the war with Wei was not long, it did not really develop into a full-scale war. Moreover, during the war, the two sides were confronting each other more often, and the real battle lasted only a few days. day.

However, the intensity of the battle in those few days was extremely high. Looking at the elite Habayashi Forbidden Army of the Great Yan Dynasty, it can be seen that almost all of them were wiped out. Although the Habayashi Forbidden Army was almost wiped out, the main reason was that Yunxiaozong sent them to death on purpose, but after all, it was a real battle with real guns, and it was fought on the frontal battlefield. The intensity was not a certain level, and it was impossible to fight like this .

As for the battlefield on a larger level, after all, Yunxiaozong is supporting them, and they have spent a lot of money. If the imperial court wants to cut off the confession, then they will definitely not do it.

To put it bluntly, the most important point of Yunxiaozong's support for the Lu family's superior position is to hope that the Lu family can 'do things'. This so-called work, of course, is to supply Yunxiaozong.

Cutting off the confession is absolutely impossible.

However, Yun Xiaozong is not completely unreasonable. They also know that the Lu family has just taken over the imperial court, and now there are real difficulties.

Therefore, I promised to give a part of the quota reduction, and then make up for it later.

However, no matter how much you save money, there are always two aspects that cannot save money.

First, the Lu family has to work hard to maintain the direct ruling power in Jizhou and Jinzhou. This depends on the situation in each place, and one size fits all. Some places may need to send troops to solve the problem, and some places may send officials with sufficient skills. That's it.

The second point, which is more important, is military spending.

The imperial court has garrison troops in various places, and the appropriation here is indispensable, otherwise there will be big problems in the place. Although the strength of the local garrison is not very strong, and there are mixed fish and dragons, reforms will be discussed later, and stability must be the main priority at the moment.

As for the part of the central army that the imperial court can directly subordinate, it needs to increase investment. In the past, Dayan's central army referred to the Habayashi Forbidden Army, but now the Habayashi Forbidden Army has been beaten and wiped out.

But this situation is bound to not last long. From the central level of the dynasty, the first thing to do is to re-establish the central army.

The imperial court still had to have its own armed forces directly under it.

The remnants of the Habayashi Forbidden Army had only a few thousand people left. Among them, there is still a small part, in the previous case of Li Xuanhao, who became Li's Zhongliang, and then went to the guillotine. In the end, there were only less than two thousand people left. Moreover, these two thousand people, regardless of their strength, their morale is now very low.

But not helpless.

Their low morale, the most important factor, still comes from the confusion about the future.

This matter, Lu Chaoxi has already worked hard to solve it. On the one hand, he personally received the remaining officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army, and then appointed a direct descendant of the Lu family to join the Forbidden Army.

It was none other than Lu Weiwen.

In the Forbidden Army, Weiwen used the big sword in her hand to win respect, and as a new royal family, as well as her rather bold personality, won over some people.

Of course, no matter how good the work in this area is, in short, there are only two thousand people left in the Habayashi Forbidden Army.

Stabilizing the morale of the army is one thing, expanding the army is another.

With the two thousand Yulin Forbidden Army as the backbone, Lu Chaoxi made a decree to recruit soldiers in and around Yandu. The minimum requirement is also the late stage of Qi training. Compared with the Habayashi Forbidden Army in the past, all kinds of treatment have not declined, but have improved.

There is still some attraction to this. After all, many people in the old forbidden army wanted to enter, but they couldn't ask for it. Although, now that the Lu family has come to power, people in Yandu are still in shock, and even though many people have not openly opposed the Lu family, they still have nostalgia for Li in their hearts.

But no matter how you say it, there will still be some who are not interested in the Li royal family, or simply the so-called no-monarchs-this may actually be more mainstream. Immortal cultivators, after all, are different from ordinary people. The mentality of self-centered and self-respect is actually more mainstream.

In addition, practitioners tend to live a long life and live by themselves, and the mortals they have known in the past have changed from batch to batch, and the concept of family and country will be weaker.

Such cultivators don't care so much about the court, which is a matter of course.

However, they don't care about their home country, they always care about their interests.

The price offered by the imperial court to recruit new imperial troops can still impress many monks in the Qi refining period. And, further up, including some foundation-building monks, they will also get corresponding matching prices, which is a very good income.

What's more, after becoming the imperial army, the barracks of the imperial army itself are located on a fifth-level branch of the Yandu spiritual vein; Chance.

However, it doesn't mean that the imperial army will recruit people after reaching this standard of strength.

Political review is still required. Those who want to enter the Forbidden Army must at least investigate their background, they must not have any criminal record, and they must not have too much ties to the former three major families, and they must at least be neutral, not to mention leaning towards the Lu family.

For those from the foundation building stage, as long as the background is suitable, they can all be recruited. Anyway, there are not many of them; the Qi refining stage is different. Not every monk who has reached the late stage of Qi training and has a clean background will be recruited. There are too many, and it is not a good thing for the imperial court finances, which are already under great pressure.

The recruitment quota for the entire New Forbidden Army is only 3,000.

It is obviously unrealistic to directly restore the size of the Forbidden Army to the peak number of 30,000. Lu Chaoxi planned to pile up this army to 10,000 first.

Counting the 2,000 old Imperial Guards, that's 5,000; the remaining 5,000 are planned to be drawn from the Feiyun Prefecture monks stationed in Yandu.

The Feiyunzhou monks are going back. They have been in Yandu for almost half a year. This monk corps is the essence of Feiyunzhou's practice circle, and there is a direct descendant of a big family in it, including the core disciples of Qingfengmen. They can be organized to fight, but it is impossible to guard outside for a long time, that is not suitable.

But you can't go back all at once. Lu Chaoxi wanted to be the emperor in Yandu, so he had to have a reliable enough force that he could trust.

Under the current circumstances, what could be more reassuring than the monks in Feiyun State?

There are many people in the Lu family who will stay in Yandu to work. A large area around the imperial palace, which used to be the land of the Li family, has now been occupied by the Lu family; in addition, many monks from Qingfengmen have also been hired to fill in the lack of many official positions in the previous court.

There are thousands of people in these two groups alone.

And this time, five thousand monks were filled into the imperial army.

Apart from ordinary monks, Lu Chaoxi, the emperor himself, would of course stay in Yandu. Apart from him, Ming Dynasty will also stay, and after Yanling returns to Feiyun Prefecture to handle some affairs, she will also stay in Yandu for a relatively long time. Hai Sande was also invited, and he will become Dayan's doctor censor, one of the three princes.

Looking at it this way, the four golden elixirs are sitting in Yandu, so the problem is not a big one. If there is something that cannot be solved by the golden core stage monks, Lu Qing also has resurrection items on hand, so he can come and sit in charge.

In terms of military strength, apart from the reconstruction of the Forbidden Army, there is another point that requires more investment.

The person in charge of this is Lu Wenen.

A considerable part of the reliable forces of the Tingwei Mansion was drawn out, and a new department was established, named 'Jinyiwei' - this name was undoubtedly chosen by Lu Qing.

This is a secret service. Under Lu Qing's guidance, Lu Chaoxi also had many new ideas. In the future, the functions of Ting Wei Mansion will be reduced, and the main tasks of the Arrest Department and the Judgment Department will be mainly focused on the work of law and order.

As for the monitoring of officials, foreign intelligence collection, special missions... These responsibilities will be stripped from the Tingwei Mansion and handed over to the Jinyiwei.

After Jinyiwei was established, the first task it took over was to set off together with the officials sent by the central court to various places in Jizhou and Jinzhou to sort out local government affairs, to clean up the local situation.

Officials on the bright side have not encountered any difficulties and can solve the problem directly, which is of course the best. Jin Yiwei, who went with him, only needed to do some intelligence gathering work.

But if the officials on the surface fail to accept the work, Jin Yiwei will take action.

This is actually the most important task for the entire court: to return the control of the two states directly managed by the imperial court back to the central government as soon as possible.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of this goal, the revived imperial court has already started running at full speed.

Although there are still various problems, large and small, in this imperial court, they can only sort out while doing things.

During these days, Lu Chaoxi deeply felt how hard it is to be an emperor. When bidding farewell to his younger brother Lu Chaohe and leaving, he complained:

If I knew it earlier, I would have insisted on letting you be the emperor before!