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"Yuan Ruo, congratulations, I wish you a perfect marriage as husband and wife."

After Mo Lan got married, the next wedding Sheng Changbai attended was not Ru Lan's, but Qi Heng's.

Qi Heng also passed the Jinshi in this subject, and went through the same process as other unmarried new scholars.

Qi Heng's first wife, the Princess of Jiacheng County, was taken away by the rebels on the day King Yan forced her into the palace.

Although King Yan and Rong's family had not controlled Bianliang for a long time, it was enough to clean up King Yong's family.

It's a pity that King Yong was so fertile, and King Yan came to kill the weeds and eradicate them, leaving no chickens or dogs behind, even the married daughter.

The lineage of King Yong died immediately.

The death of the head of Jiacheng County is a sad feeling for Qi Heng.

But it's not a bad thing. Qi Heng's marriage to the head of Jiacheng County was originally an attempt to seize the legitimate heir.

The last person to take the position was Zhao Zongquan, and the Duke of Qi obviously lost out because of the pressure on him.

Not to mention whether Zhao Zongquan would suppress the Duke of Qi because of the Qi family's support for King Yong. This marriage alone would bring little political help to Qi Heng and it would be a big loss.

Now that the Jiacheng county lord is dead, Qi Heng has become a widower, which gives Qi Heng another chance to choose again.

Although Qi Heng is a second marriage, but because of his young age, the reason why his first wife didn't give birth to a child.

It does not affect Qi Heng's value in the marriage and love market at all. The conditions required for marriage, appearance, family background, talent, learning, and character are not much different from the original.

Although the old emperor has gone, the new emperor has never raised Princess Pingning, and without the relationship with the emperor, the Duke of Qi's mansion is inevitably not as powerful as before.

But Qi Heng, a top-ranking nobleman, could almost make up for these gaps if he passed the examination with a good rank.

The county magistrate's wife is gone, and the Shen family girl that Qi Heng married this time is not simple, she is the prime minister's granddaughter.

Qi Heng has been selected as a Jinshi, and he wants to change the tradition of honor and honor and follow the route of civil servants, so he needs the help of such a wife family.

"Brother Zecheng, please hurry up, please come inside."

".You can entertain the guests. Don't worry about me. I'll take a look around myself."

After all, it was Qi Heng's big wedding day, Qi Heng was very busy with many guests, so Sheng Changbai didn't chat with Qi Heng much.

Although the two of them were brothers from Zhuang Xuexue's point of view, Sheng Changbai still didn't come to Qi Heng's house very often.

When Qi Heng got married for the first time, Sheng Changbai was in Xuzhou, so of course he couldn't come. Now he was visiting the top mansions in Bianliang like Qi Guogong Mansion.

I saw the Qi family's mansion on the edge of the imperial city. I walked in and out. There were hills, rivers, lakes, and gardens in the courtyard.

Sheng Changbai is still very envious. It's okay to say that if you want a big house, there are still some ways. The important thing is the location.

Being close to the Imperial City, you can save an hour on your daily commute to work.

The mansions in the inner city of Bianliang are limited, either in the hands of nobles, or in the hands of generations of officials.

The remaining mansions were all in the hands of the emperor, and their circulation mainly relied on property raids and rewards.

The Sheng family wants to live in this kind of big house now, but it is still a little short.

Only when you become an important minister in the court, you have to be at the level of prime minister or deputy prime minister.

The emperor needed to find someone to discuss state affairs at any time. To facilitate the discussion, the emperor would allocate a large mansion to his ministers to live in.

The assigned house is basically only for temporary living, and the emperor will take it back when the official dies.

In this regard, civil servants are not as good as Xungui. Because of hereditary titles, the houses bestowed by the emperor on Xungui are basically permanent gifts.

For the group of people in Yuzhou, what Zhao Zongquan bestowed was a permanent mansion.

"Zecheng!"

"Zhong Huai, didn't you cause trouble among the common people in the south? Why did you come back suddenly?"

Sheng Changbai was just thinking that when the emperor gave Gu Tingye the largest vacant mansion in the inner city, he saw Gu Tingye.

"The people are in chaos, and the teacher is already on his way back to the court. I heard that Yuan Ruo got married, so I took a step back."

Gu Tingye explained that the Gu family and the Qi family were related, mainly because Gu Tingye was related to Princess Ping Ning.

Although this relationship is quite far away.

But because the status of the two families in the court has always been equal, there is a need to help each other, and the relationship is still quite close.

In terms of seniority, Gu Tingye is Qi Heng's second uncle.

Gu Tingye left the army and went back to Beijing first, so it was not a big problem.

This time Gu Tingye quelled the chaos. Although Gu Tingye was doing the job of the chief general, he was actually just a deputy general.

The official leader is Zhao Zongquan's eldest son Zhao Jiying.

"It will be good if the civil unrest is calmed down. Only after the country is stabilized will it be possible to take back the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture."

When Gu Tingye was young, he was quite ambitious. When he met Sheng Changbai for the first time, he clamored to take back the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.

But in the past few years, I have been severely beaten by society, and my ambition has almost been beaten away.

Sheng Changbai could only remind Gu Tingye from time to time.

After returning from the chaos this time, Gu Tingye will obviously be promoted.

Originally, Gu Tingye, as Zhao Zongquan's most trusted general, had a high status.

If he gets promoted again, Gu Tingye can be said to be a military boss.

It is not required that Gu Tingye will attack Xixia and Liao now.

The current economic and military strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty is insufficient, but preparations can still be made.

Gu Tingye is not required to strengthen the military strength of the Great Zhou, but the military strength of the Great Zhou cannot continue to weaken.

During the old emperor's reign, due to the rise of Xixia, the national defense pressure of the Great Zhou Dynasty increased greatly.

The old emperor needed a sense of security, so the Great Zhou Dynasty began to continuously mobilize troops. At its peak, the Forbidden Army alone numbered 80.

Including the more numerous Xiang troops, Fan soldiers, and rural soldiers, the total number is already several million.

Although the actual population of Da Zhou may be in the hundreds of millions, except for the hidden population and customers who depend on the main household for survival and cannot pay much tax.

In fact, the number of people paying taxes to the country is only 6000 to [-] million.

The ratio of the military to the tax-paying population has exceeded eleven.

It can be considered as a complete act of militarism.

Need to support too many troops, military spending accounts for 70.00% of the country's income.

It was also the biggest reason why the country was generally at peace for decades during the reign of the old emperor, but the national power of the Great Zhou Dynasty was still getting weaker and weaker.

If you can raise a strong army, you can also open up in such a situation.

However, after the Great Zhou Dynasty broke out, the military personnel were mixed, and the resources provided to each soldier were reduced, which was not enough to train strong soldiers. There was corruption in the army and power was used for personal gain. Various reasons led to the lack of increase in military combat effectiveness after the breakout. reduce.

There are many problems, and they are not easy to solve.

Sheng Changbai's idea was to submit a letter himself, and Gu Tingye would cooperate with the military to reform simple matters first.

"After the court has recuperated, recuperated, and accumulated enough strength, I will invite the officials to lead the army in the Northern Expedition." It seemed that Gu Tingye still had some enthusiasm.

Even if they just shout slogans, they are much better than those noble children who have completely forgotten the national crisis and only know how to sing and dance to live in peace and sleep.

"Sit down and cultivate yourself. It's not just words. The country's taxes cannot make ends meet, so there's no talk of cultivation. I'm going to write to the officials."

Sheng Changbai's first thought was that the army was too large and needed to be reduced.

The first thing is to reform the retirement system of the Zhou Dynasty army.

In the feudal era, when thirty or forty were considered old, the army had to raise soldiers until they were sixty, which was a waste of money and food.

Four or 50-year-old veterans, not to mention fighting on the battlefield, are not physically strong enough to be engineers.

Although the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty distributed salaries according to the combat power of the soldiers.

There is no need to pay these weak soldiers any amount of money every month.

But when the number increases, it is not a small burden to just take care of the food and clothing of these people.

If you want to make people retire, you don't just have to kick them out.

These professional military households have been soldiers all their lives and do not even have basic farming skills. They have no ability to survive in society at all.

We must also do a good job in resettling retired soldiers.If these people are not resettled properly, these soldiers who have received military training will become chaos in the local area.

Even if we don't develop chaos, we will still become victims of disaster.

According to the national policy of the Great Zhou Dynasty, these people should still be recruited back to support them at home.

Sheng Changbai's plan was to arrange for these people to cultivate wasteland.

After collectively reclaiming wasteland and reclaiming the fields, the land will be distributed to these people to become farmers.

This is the temporary idea. If it is really implemented at that time, of course there will be specific demonstrations.

"Zecheng, this theory is reasonable, I support you, and I will write the letter with you."

Gu Tingye agreed, in fact, many people know about this kind of problem.

But the income of the imperial court can still support it, so no one wants to change it.

"It's exactly what I need from you. To implement this strategy, you will inevitably have to work hard."

Sheng Changbai has already proposed a practical method, and Sheng Changbai is still confident that this memorial will be passed in front of Zhao Zongquan, the Queen Mother, and the Prime Minister.

Although the three of them may have considerable differences on other matters.

But when it comes to saving money for the country, the three people still have the same position.

After the death of the old emperor and the enthronement of the new emperor, the two major events have actually emptied the treasury.

If Zhao Zongquan hadn't confiscated a lot of money from Xungui who was involved with King Yan.

In the first year of the new year, Zhao Zongquan should think about how to raise taxes on the people.

As soon as he came to power, he raised taxes on the people, and the people naturally couldn't say anything good.

“I will not turn away anyone who is useful and comes to my place.”

"You go to the officials to express your loyalty. There is no need for me to touch a general like you."

In front of Gu Tingye, a heroic hero, the fact that gentlemen are more important than martial arts is not obvious.

Sheng Changbai, a seventh-rank official, couldn't command Gu Tingye, a fourth-rank official.

Not counting the contribution of Gu Tingye following the eldest prince to quell the chaos this time.

After this meritorious service, Gu Tingye should probably wear a third-rank purple robe.

"Then let's not talk about this. Let's talk about Yuan Ruo. Why did Yuan Ruo settle down with the Shen family so quickly?"

"Yuan Ruo is in this imperial examination high school. As a rare promising student among the nobles, he will be reused sooner or later. Considering Yuan Ruo's various conditions, it is not surprising that the Shen family likes Yuan Ruo."

Although Sheng Changbai has always been in Bianliang, Sheng Changbai really doesn't know the inside story of Qi Heng's marriage.

Qi Heng's engagement process this time was not as public as the last time.

Princess Pingning was preparing for Qi Heng's marriage this time, but unlike the last time, she didn't announce the idea to the outside world after she had the idea of ​​​​proposing for her son's marriage.

Originally, it was the old emperor's filial piety period, and Qi Heng still needed to pay filial piety to the Lord of Jiacheng County.

When discussing marriage, a low profile is highlighted.

Probably just like the three orchids of the Sheng family, during the old emperor's filial piety period, the two parties had contact and had some tacit understanding.

After waiting for the new emperor to start planning marriages for the clan, Qi Heng started the process with the Shen family.

Although the inside story is not so clear, the Qi family and the Shen family are nothing more than another alliance of interests.

It couldn't be that just in the past six months, just after his wife died, Qi Heng went to find Mrs. Shen to fall in love.

"Zecheng, do you think it's possible for me to find a marriage like this?" Gu Tingye asked enviously.

"What's so difficult about this? You are now the most popular person in front of the officials. I heard that before you left the capital and went to quell the rebellion, the matchmaker in Bianliang took you to the palace during the filial piety period of the late emperor. The threshold of your home is almost broken, what kind of lady are you looking for but can’t find?”

Although Gu Tingye's daughter-in-law Rong Feiyan did not have any accidents when King Yan forced her into the palace.

However, the Rong family followed King Yan and forced the palace soldiers to remonstrate. Of course, Rong Feiyan, the daughter of the Rong family, was also implicated.

Rong Feiyan was originally demoted to slavery, but because it was Gu Tingye's daughter-in-law, she was exempted from punishment.

But it was impossible for Gu Tingye to let such a woman from a chaotic family become his eldest wife.

After interceding for Rong Feiyan to avoid punishment, he wrote a revision letter to Rong Feiyan.

Rong Feiyan is also a fierce woman. After experiencing so many things, she didn't think about marrying someone else again.

"What they value is my current status. When I was infamous, why didn't they marry their daughter to me? I don't want this. I want someone who treats me sincerely."

After all, I have been a wanderer since I was a child, and I have seen a lot. I have seen and played with everything.

After playing too much, I feel that relying on money, status, and status to pursue women is boring, so I want to play with real feelings.

"You are a fallacy. Since you want to find a sincere person, why don't you just find a woman from the people. Why do you still want to find a high-ranking lady? You don't want others to seek your status, so why do you covet others? family background."

Sheng Changbai said, disagreeing with Gu Tingye's idea. Gu Tingye can covet other people's family background, and others can naturally covet Gu Tingye's status.

If Gu Tingye hadn't turned Xianyu over, how could these people who were unwilling to betroth their daughters to Gu Tingye have changed their attitudes now.

"It's not impossible for folk women, but it's just that women from folk backgrounds are inevitably not as well-bred as those noble girls from high schools."

"No matter what kind of woman you are looking for, I will not be involved in your matter. Let me remind you that if you want to discuss marriage, you should wait until your father's filial piety period is over. Otherwise, I might One of them will join you."

Gu Tingye wants to give Gu Yan a filial piety, and the son will keep the filial piety for his father for three years, but the actual number is 27.

Being an official and having banquets are trivial things, so forget it, and marrying a daughter-in-law during the filial piety of the father is too much.