If the inventory is hollowed out, it is Li Shiwen's fault, and the income of the entire dynasty will not be left to Li Shiwen.

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

In Yandu, there were 20,000 monks in Feiyunzhou, and they were under proper scrutiny, and they looked like public security and other things. But even so, the turmoil, including the rebellion of the three major families, caused great problems in the operation of the entire court.

Outside Yandu, it is no longer the core of the imperial court, and it seems that it is not at the center of the political vortex. However, it is precisely because it deviates from the core that the news received by all parties is backward, and even various rumors are even more troublesome.

Moreover, for this period of time, the central government of the court has been in a semi-out of control. The government orders are not readily understood, and the other places are even more out of control.

Under multiple factors, it is normal for the court's revenue to drop sharply.

Even if the administrative system of the court itself is not implemented quickly and the rule is maintained in the name of orthodox court as soon as possible, then let alone the recovery of the court's income system, even the income on the book of this system will probably fall rapidly.

However, it is not impossible to tell good news.

Although the imperial court has few stocks now and the finances are semi-collapsed, and the holes are so big that they are terrifying, there are still solutions.

Some are even very ready-made.

For example, the family wealth of the three major families.

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

So, when Li Shiwen was planning a breakthrough, he was short of money. Will he ask for support from four families?

It is definitely possible, and the four major families will definitely give it. In addition, when historical literature really begins to break through, whether it is affectionately affecting the Wei State, whether it is to allocate military expenses to the Yunxiao Sect or the Yulin Imperial Army, of course, it will also have to pay. The court has made a big contribution, and the four major families will cooperate with the action, and they will definitely pay a lot of money and efforts.

Now, after the failure, these families are seriously damaged. So much money has not been collected after the house was confiscated.

But no matter what, they are all wealthy families in Yan State with profound background. A thin camel is bigger than a horse and can always gain something.

The industries of the three major families in Yandu were collected from about 200,000 spirit stones.

Of course, not all cash, but a lot of it is some supplies. But despite this, this is a rain for the court, which is now like a dry pond, even if it is just a light rain.

I have to say that this solves the urgent problem to a considerable extent.

But this is not fundamental.

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

In terms of saving money, it is a definite intention to make drastic reforms. Taking advantage of this chaos, lay off redundant staff and streamline institutions, which will save a lot of personnel expenses; carefully reviewing various construction projects, stopping them without need, or reselling them to local forces is also a means.

The most important thing is to start negotiations with Yunxiao Sect.

The court supplies Yunxiao Sect with its supplies and spirit stones every year, which are as huge as 1.5 million spirit stones.

It is impossible to stop offering sacrifices. Li Shiwen didn't dare to stop offerings in the past, and it was impossible for the Lu family to turn against the Yunxiao Sect like this when they came up.

But after all, the relationship between the two sides is in the "honeymoon period" and has just completed a relatively large cooperation, and there are some feelings here. In addition, the court is indeed in real difficulties now, so there is always a possibility of negotiation.

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

The Lu family proposed that the offerings for the past one or two years have been temporarily slowed down and returned slowly after two years, but they were directly rejected by the Yunxiao Sect. Although the war with Wei State was not long, it did not really develop to the point of a full-scale war. Moreover, during the war, the two sides were confronting each other more time, and the real war lasted for a few days.

However, the intensity of the battle in those few days was extremely high. Looking at the elite Yulin Imperial Guards of the Dayan Dynasty, almost all of them were wiped out, it can be seen that. Although the Yulin Imperial Guards were almost wiped out, mainly because the Yunxiao Sect deliberately asked them to die, it was a real gun battle after all. After all, it was fought on the front battlefield, and the intensity was less than a certain level, and it could not be so.

On a larger battlefield, after all, the Yunxiao Sect is holding on, and they are spending a lot. If the court wants to cut off the offering, they will definitely not do it.

To put it bluntly, the most important thing about Yunxiao Sect supporting the Lu family to rise to power is that they hope that the Lu family can do things. This so-called doing things is of course to provide Yunxiao Sect.

It is absolutely impossible to cut off offerings.

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

Therefore, a part of the amount was agreed to be reduced and subsequently compensated.

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

First, the Lu family has to make efforts to maintain direct rule in Jizhou and Jinzhou. This depends on the different situations of each place. It is not possible to do anything in one size fits the situation. Some places may need to send troops to solve the problem, and some places can send enough officials.

The second point, the more important point, is military expenditure.

The imperial court has to allocate funds here, otherwise there will be big problems in the local area. Although the strength of the local garrison troops is not very strong and it is a mixture of fish and dragons, it will be a future to reform. We must focus on stability at the moment.

As for the central army that the court could directly subordinate directly, it needed to increase investment here. In the past, the Central Army of Dayan referred to the Yulin Imperial Army, but the current Yulin Imperial Army was empty and gone.

But this situation will inevitably not last long. From the central level of the dynasty, the first thing to do is either nothing else, or the central army must be re-established.

The court still needs to have its own direct armed forces.

The remnants of the Yulin Imperial Army were originally like a few thousand people. Among them, a small part of them became the Li family's Zhongliang in the Li Xuanhao case and then went to the guillotine. In the end, there were only less than two thousand people left. Moreover, these two thousand people, without saying much strength, their morale is now so low.

But it's not helpless.

The main reason for their low morale is that they are confused about the future.

Lu Chaoxi has already worked hard to solve this problem. On the one hand, he personally met with the remaining soldiers of the imperial guards, and then appointed a direct subordinate of the Lu family to enter the imperial guards.

It's no one else, it's Lu Weiwen.

Weiwen won respect with the sword in her hand in the imperial guards, and won some people with the identity of the new royal family and his generous personality.

Of course, no matter how well the work is done, the Yulin Imperial Army is only two thousand people left.

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

Taking these two thousand Yulin Imperial Guards as the backbone, Lu Chaoxi ordered to recruit soldiers in Yandu and around Yandu. The minimum requirement is also the late stage of Qi training. Compared with the past Yulin Imperial Guards, there is not only no decline, but also improvement.

There is still some attraction. After all, many people want to enter, but they are unlucky. Although, after the Lu family is in power, the people in Yandu are still surprised, and even many people, although they have not publicly opposed the Lu family, they still have nostalgia for the Li family.

But no matter what, there are still some people who are not interested in the Li royal family, or simply so-called monarchs - this may actually be more mainstream. After all, the cultivator of immortals is different from ordinary people. The mentality of taking me as the basis and respecting me as the subject is actually more mainstream.

In addition, practitioners often have a long lifespan and live by themselves. The mortals they met in the past have changed one after another, and the concept of family and country will become weaker.

Such practitioners do not care so much about the court, which is natural.

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

The price of recruiting new imperial guards offered by the court can still impress many cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage. Moreover, further up, including some cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage, will also get corresponding matching prices, which is very good.

What's more, after becoming the Imperial Guard, the Imperial Guard's barracks themselves were located on a fifth-level branch on the Yantuling Vein; and if they were on the turn to guard the palace, they would have the opportunity to practice in the sixth-level spiritual vein.

However, it is not to say that if this strength standard is met, the imperial guards will recruit people.

Political review is still necessary. Those who want to join the imperial guards must at least investigate their background. They must not commit crimes or have too deep connections with the three major families. If they do not have a position, they should be biased towards the Lu family, at least they must be neutral.

If you go up the foundation-building stage, as long as the background is right, you will be recruited. Anyway, the number is not a lot; the Qi Refining stage is different. Not every monk with a clean background will be taken in in the late stage of Qi Refining stage. That will be too many. It is not a good thing for the court finances, which are already under great pressure.

There are only 3,000 places to recruit in the entire New Imperial Guard.

It is obviously unrealistic to directly restore the scale of the imperial guards to the 30,000 at its peak. Lu Chaoxi planned to pile up this legion to 10,000 first.

Including the two thousand old imperial guards, this is only five thousand; there are still five thousand, and they plan to draw out the Feiyunzhou cultivator army stationed in Yandu from this time.

The Feiyunzhou monks' order are going back. They have been in Yandu for almost half a year. This monk army is the essence of the Feiyunzhou cultivation world. There are direct descendants of a large family and core disciples of the Qingfeng Sect. They can be organized to fight, but it is impossible to guard outside for a long time, which is not suitable.

But we can't go all the way back. Lu Chaoxi wanted to be the emperor in Yandu, and he always had enough reliable power that he could trust.

In this situation, what is there that is more reassuring than the monks in Feiyunzhou?

There are many people in the Lu family who stayed in Yandu to do things. A large area around the palace, which was the former clan of the Li clan, has now been occupied by the Lu family. In addition, many monks from the Qingfeng Sect have also been hired to fill the gaps in many of the previous official positions in the imperial court.

There are thousands of people in these two parts alone.

And this time, he even became injected into the imperial guards.

In addition to ordinary monks, the emperor Lu Chaoxi himself would of course stay in Yandu. In addition to him, Mingchao would also stay. After Yan Ling returned to Feiyunzhou to handle some affairs, she would also stay in Yandu for a relatively long time. Hai Sande was also invited, and he would become the censor of Dayan and be one of the three Dukes.

From this perspective, the four Jindans are in charge of Yandu, so there is no big problem. If there is really something that the Jindan stage monk cannot solve, Lu Qing also has a resurrection exchange item on hand, so he can come and take charge.

In terms of military power, in addition to the reconstruction of the imperial guards, there is another point that requires increased investment.

The responsibility for this is Lu Wenen.

A considerable number of reliable forces in the Tingwei Mansion were drawn out and a new department was established, called "Embroidered Uniform Guard" - the name was undoubtedly taken by Lu Qing.

This is a secret service agency. Under Lu Qing's guidance, Lu Chaoxi also had many new ideas. In the future, the functions of the Tingwei Mansion will be reduced. The main work of the arresting office and the trial office will be mainly focused on public security work.

As for the supervisory officials, foreign intelligence collection work, special tasks... these responsibilities will be separated from the Tingwei Mansion and handed over to the Jinyiwei Guard for responsibility.

After the establishment of the Jinyiwei, the first task he took over was to set out with the officials sent to Jizhou and Jinzhou to sort out local government affairs work with the central court, clearing the local situation in a light and dark way.

The officials on the surface did not encounter any difficulties and could directly solve the problem, which was of course the best. The Jinyiwei who accompanied him only needed to do some intelligence collection work.

But if the official on the surface does not go well in the acceptance work, then the Jinyiwei will take action.

This is actually the whole court, and the most important task next: to take back the control of the two states directly managed by the court as soon as possible.

In order to ensure that this goal can be promoted smoothly and the rebirth of the imperial court has been running at full speed.

Although this court still has various problems of all sizes, it can only sort out while doing things.

During these days, Lu Chaoxi deeply felt what a miserable job it was to be an emperor. When he bid farewell to his younger brother Lu Chaohe, he complained:
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