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Regarding Mo Lan's matter, Sheng Changbai still used his words to remind him.

Let Sheng Hong do the specific operations. It is impossible for Sheng Changbai to be Mo Lan's nanny.

Don't say it's just Mo Lan, even if it's a mother's own sister, Ru Lan, it's impossible for Sheng Changbai to be a nanny.

Sheng Changbai has a lot of important things to do, and when he doesn't have time, he just works for the few Lan in his family.

Even the big sister Hualan who has the best impression on her, Sheng Changbai only helps out at critical times.

No matter which Lan has always failed to live up to himself, Sheng Changbai can't always help him go.

After arranging Mo Lan to Sheng Hong, Sheng Changbai got busy with his own affairs.

After being able to check the information, it was discovered that the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty had many problems.

There are many problems in the management of the imperial army's military registration. Soldiers are not registered when they die, and they are not registered when they flee.

This is all the result of the decades of Emperor Xian's reign, treating and pampering the noble generals of the court.

Although the overall national policy of the Great Zhou Dynasty has always been to emphasize literature and suppress military affairs.

But after all, when the first emperor went, all the civil and military officials in the Manchu dynasty agreed to give the emperor the temple title of "benevolence".

It is enough to prove that the old emperor was kind enough when he did most things.

During the reign of the first emperor, he did not only emphasize literature, but also treated honorable military generals favorably.

It's just that compared with honorable military generals, civil servants get more benefits, which seems to be a bit restrained.

Even the Yuan family that Hualan married into, such nobles who participated in the rebellion, were restored to nobility during the reign of the late emperor.

The late emperor even treated rebellious ministers like the Yuan family kindly.

It is conceivable how lenient and indulgent they will be to normal nobles.

It was also during the reign of the first emperor that the economic prosperity of the Great Zhou Dynasty reached a peak.

The style of luxury gradually rose in the Great Zhou Dynasty. First of all, the style of luxury became popular among the royal relatives and dignitaries.

The problem caused by this result is that the expenses of each family of the noble family will become larger and larger.

In fact, many nobles do not have the ability to run the industry, so they can only think of ways in terms of their own rights.

Use your own rights to seek benefits, simple, easy, easy to operate, and easy to use.

It is much easier to make money than hard farming, running an industry and doing business.

There are shortcuts to take, and few people are willing to take the right path.

The honorable generals also began to eat empty pay, resell military rations, divert military expenses, buy and sell armaments, and all kinds of low-level operations.

The generals who led the army started to eat empty pay first, and there were leaders from above. This kind of problem soon spread to the lower-level officers at all levels.

In just a few years, empty pay developed into a common phenomenon in the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The army is small from the top, and this level of vacancy is eaten up. You get [-]%, and I get [-]%.

At the end of the meal, there should have been a command establishment of 400 horse troops and 500 infantry troops.

The actual situation is that many command establishments have shrunk severely. The horse army has only dozens of people in one command, and the infantry army has less than 200 people.

It is normal to have this kind of situation. After all, the horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty are valuable, and the usual food consumption of war horses is also high.

Eating a horse army's empty salary can be equivalent to the interests of a dozen infantry troops.

After finding out these things, Sheng Changbai couldn't help it anymore.

It's been a while since I haven't trolled anyone, it's time to play the role of the censor, the big troll.

With this kind of top-down corruption in the army, let's not think about the Northern Expedition yet.

Let’s not talk about the decommissioning. Let’s remove the redundant soldiers first, squeeze out the water in the army, and fill the original gap.

After all, it is arranging for soldiers to retire at the age of 40, and it is also cleaning up redundant soldiers.

Doing the two together, the action is too big.

Serious illness requires heavy medicine, and it is easy to send people away directly.

Suddenly, the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty was reduced to only half.

Even the superficial army of one million couldn't maintain it. After the Great Zhou Imperial Army didn't even have a bluffing number, the risk was still too great.

Xixia and Liao, these enemy states, worked carefully and passed the news back.

These two alien races, it is hard not to be tempted by the land of the Central Plains.

Originally, because the late emperor had gone, the imperial power was changing, and the court was in turmoil, Xixia, Liao and other countries were ready to move against the Great Zhou.

All kinds of frictions on the border continue, and both countries want to see if there is an opportunity for Dazhou to take a bite.

Let's expose the weakness of Da Zhou's army again, and the war is likely to come as soon as it is said.

Sheng Changbai also put aside the matter of the soldiers' retirement and wrote a memorial, planning to clean up the redundant soldiers in the army first.

After filling up the people first, we will mention the soldier's retirement.

Even these soldiers are now older and weaker in combat.

But after all, after decades of military training one after another, the Great Zhou army really needed these people for the time being.

During the Shuo Ri Dynasty in June, Sheng Changbai wrote the memorial and prepared to hand it over to the emperor.

I want to take advantage of the time when Zhao Zongquan and these nobles from the old era are not very familiar with each other and have no affection.

Let Zhao Zongquan deal with these people. If the title should be replaced by another one, it should be replaced by another one as soon as possible.

After all, Zhao Zongquan just wanted to win over the old nobles, whoever he was trying to win over was not trying to win over.

If you replace it with some collateral branches, as long as you inherit the original title, you can still be regarded as an old noble.

These people were promoted by Zhao Zongquan from the humble, and they may be more loyal to Zhao Zongquan.

Originally, these hereditary nobles had hereditary titles and sufficient status, and they could receive salaries and support from the state every year.

These people should be regarded as minority shareholders of the country, and should be the group of people who most safeguard the interests of the country.

But these people are still unsatisfied. For the sake of immediate interests, in order to maintain their decent and luxurious life, they first poach the corners of the country, and these people are the foundation.

It's just that the various early court procedures have been started, and the courtiers below have just been given some time to express their opinions.

Sheng Changbai was about to stand up and speak, but unexpectedly, Qi Heng jumped out first.

"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, minister and censor Qi Heng, please thoroughly investigate Ni Wang's party. Minister's claims, review in detail, check the account books from Ni Wang, and interrogate those who have business dealings with Ni Wang one by one. One party, to catch everything in one sweep, without missing anything.”

This kid Qi Heng has a really good life, he seems to have more life than Gu Tingye.

Qi Heng's rank in the imperial examination was far inferior to that of Sheng Changbai, and only a dozen or so people were admitted in the imperial examination, which should have been assigned to a nine-rank official in a remote area.

But just because of his background, Qi Heng didn't have to go out to Beijing to study.

He was appointed an official by the late emperor long before, and started to accumulate qualifications before he entered the court.

Even though Qi Heng was not as good as Sheng Changbai in ranking, and he was a Jinshi in two subjects later than Sheng Changbai, his official position was even higher than Sheng Changbai's.

He directly started from the sixth rank, and went to Yushitai to work in the same way, and was one level higher than Sheng Changbai.

The difference between having a family background and not having a family background is simply not too big.Compared with Qi Heng, Sheng Changbai's family background can be directly equivalent to no.

Qi Heng's start is the exam of Qi Heng's subject, 90.00% of the people will not reach the end of their lifetime struggle.

"I think it's so inappropriate. Although there are no omissions in this move, it seems to be an overkill..." Prime Minister Han Daxianggong immediately stood up to object.

Seeing Qi Heng jumping out to make trouble, Sheng Changbai no longer had the idea of ​​jumping out.

Having already seen the opportunity to deal with the old nobles, it is enough for Sheng Changbai to talk to Zhao Zongquan later.

It has been more than half a year since King Yan forced the palace to remonstrate, and those who really followed King Yan to seek rebellion have actually been cleaned up long ago.

Qi Heng jumped out today, and he still has to investigate the remnant party of King Yan.

It's just that Qi Heng was instructed by the queen mother to engage in party disputes with the emperor.

Qi Heng and the Queen Mother were quite close, and they were part of the Queen Mother's party.

Qi Heng's mother, Princess Ping Ning, lived in the palace and was raised by the late Emperor and the Empress Dowager.

It was also because he was brought up by the late emperor. When the old emperor was around, the Duke of Qi was considered a top dignitary.

The late Emperor and the Queen Mother were considered the adoptive parents of Qi Heng's mother. According to this logic, Qi Heng should be considered the Queen Mother's cheap grandson.

It was also with the strong support of the Empress Dowager who held Yuxi and listened to the government behind the curtain, that Qi Heng's official career started catapultly, directly surpassing Sheng Changbai.

In this wave of back-and-forth in the court, the Queen Mother finally won by relying on her elder status.

The queen mother appointed Qi Heng to preside over the investigation of the remnant party against the king.

That is to say, Qi Heng took the initiative in this matter. During this period of time, he was like Zhao Zongquan, the old noble who was close to him.

Those who originally supported the Queen Mother but now betrayed her will inevitably be investigated by Qi Heng.

Sheng Changbai doesn't care about these things, Qi Heng still has a moral bottom line.

Even if he wants to engage in party disputes and implicated people, what Qi Heng wants to engage in is only those who have their own problems.

This is what Sheng Changbai wants to do, so it's okay to let Qi Heng do it for him.

"The anti-king party, didn't they find out a long time ago?"

"The matter of rebelling against the king has already been determined, so why do you want to get involved now?"

"Now, Bianliang is about to go to war again, and the city is full of storms."

When they went to court, these officials did not speak, and when they left the Wende Hall, these people started talking in twos and threes.

Relatively speaking, Xungui is a little more panicked than the civil servants, and there are more Xungui who were greedy for the merits of the dragon.

There are many smart people in the honorable family, and some people like to hedge their bets.

One branch and one branch, supporting one side is also a common operation of Xungui.

However, civil servants do not have hereditary titles, and do not have so many private qualifications. In many families, only one person is an official.

There are not so many people in the family, and they are qualified to hedge their bets. Considering the interests, most of them are neutral.

"Zhonghuai, King Huan."

Originally, Sheng Changbai was going to look for the emperor, but when he came out of Wende Hall, he saw Gu Tingye and Zhao Jiying talking together.

He had to wait in line to find Zhao Zongquan, thinking of who to tell about this matter, so Sheng Changbai called the two of them.

Compared with Zhao Zongquan in Yuzhou, he has been an ordinary clan for more than 30 years.

The cautious and prudent person in his bones is still a young man like Zhao Jiying, who is more eager to get things done and has more vigor.

If you want to get rid of the old nobles, deprive the honorable generals of the old era, and clean up the redundant soldiers in the army, it is still necessary to get the support of Zhao Zongquan's most valued eldest son, Zhao Jiying.

"Zecheng."

"Sheng Yushi."

"I have written another memorial on cleaning up redundant soldiers in the army. I will show it to you two first."

Sheng Changbai went straight to the point without talking nonsense to the two of them.

Still need to spare time, the three of them went to find Zhao Zongquan together.

The number one celebrity and eldest son in front of the emperor, it is easier than Sheng Changbai to see the emperor.

The problem of queuing basically does not exist for two people.

The number one celebrity and the eldest son still have a face-to-face relationship.

"The problem is so serious?"

Seeing the data listed by Sheng Changbai, Gu Tingye said in surprise that Gu Tingye knew many problems in the army, but Gu Tingye knew far less clearly and with such detailed data.

"The ones you led were all the most elite imperial troops in the Great Zhou Dynasty. You wouldn't think that the proportion of redundant soldiers in the ordinary imperial army is the same as that of the elite troops you lead, right?"

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were only so many elite and capable imperial troops, all of which were in the hands of Gu Tingye and Uncle Shen Guo.

This is also Zhao Zongquan's greatest confidence in wanting to take back the power because he is ready to move and can't bear it anymore.

If Gu Tingye wanted to use the elite in his hands to calculate the overall military strength of Da Zhou, it would be too far from the reality.

"It has indeed reached the point where it has to be resolved without delay. However, there is no peace in the court now. This matter still has to be put aside for a while until the rebellious party and the rebellious party have reviewed it clearly." Zhao Jiying looked at it and said.

"His Royal Highness Huan, at this moment when the imperial court is pursuing the remnants of the rebellious king and everyone is in danger, it is a good opportunity to clean up the redundant soldiers. Before the knife rests on the neck, which of these generals and military officers can give up? benefits at hand."

Sheng Changbai explained to Zhao Jiying.When redundant soldiers develop to the extent that the entire army is common, it is difficult to replace all officers and generals.

We can only take advantage of this opportunity to let these people give up this benefit and carry out the reform smoothly.

"What do you mean by that?" Zhao Jiying asked.

"The Empress Dowager sent Qi Heng to dispatch Ni Wang. Naturally, His Majesty can also send a group of people to cooperate with the investigation. While His Majesty sent people to investigate the remnants of Ni Wang's party, it happened to be able to carry out the reform of redundant troops."

If the empress dowager wants to be the emperor's person, the emperor will send someone to be the empress dowager's person.

These affected cannon fodder are not good things.

Whether it was the destruction of the books and the confiscation of the coupons, or the confiscation of their homes and exile, these people were not wronged.

Which of these noble families doesn't have a lot of scandals?

It is not difficult to spread to a wider range, to the families of these military generals who are empty-paid and drink blood.

If you really want to investigate the ledger of Yan Wang's family, there are not many clean people among the nobles in Bianliang.

After King Yan became a popular candidate for the crown prince, what happy event did the family have, such as his birthday.

These nobles are indispensable, and each of them has to send gifts to King Yan's house.

Every gift was still a heavy gift, and if you look into it carefully, it can be regarded as money and food to support King Yan's rebellion.

"Let's go, Zhong Huai, Sheng Yushi, let's meet the official's house together."

After reacting, Zhao Jiying said happily, it seems that Zhao Jiying is still willing and able to do things.

"Sheng Yushi, don't bother the two masters with one thing, cooperate with Qi Heng to investigate the rebellion against the king's remaining party, why don't you come and I will recommend you to the officials!"