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After greeting each other, they fell into a short silence, and the three Shangshu lords obviously did not expect to see the two military bigwigs here, although this matter was in charge of the two of them, but Yang Yikui and the others subconsciously ignored their existence.

Without him, it is really because the military's status in front of Wenchen is really not very good, to be honest, if it weren't for yesterday's incident that bumped into Zhu Changluo, just Chen Liangbi, I'm afraid that even Yang Yikui's face may not be seen.

"You are busy with official business, and this palace will not delay your time too much, please come over today, there is only one thing, the three major camps!"

However, Zhu Changluo didn't care about the embarrassing silence at all, and arched his hand and said.

"This palace is ordered to reorganize the military affairs of the three major battalions, and I hope that all of you will cooperate!"

Everyone didn't know what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince meant, but they still had to do enough things on the scene, and they returned the favor at the moment.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the ministers will do their best!"

"That's great!"

Zhu Changluo nodded, turned to Zhao Shiqing and asked.

"Zhao Shangshu, if this palace is not mistaken, it is almost late autumn now, and I think the household department should also prepare the budget for the next year of each yamen, right?"

Zhao Shiqing was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect Zhu Changluo to be the first to find him.

After listening to Zhu Changluo's questioning, he was even more confused, he thought that no matter who he was looking for, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should always lose his temper, but who would have thought that this person would ask these things as soon as he opened his mouth.

However, the prince couldn't help but answer his question, so Zhao Shiqing had to say respectfully.

"Back to Your Highness, I'm already doing it!"

"Well, what is the military expenditure of the three battalions?"

Zhu Changluo continued to ask.

Zhao Shiqing frowned, and suddenly realized something, could it be that this is eyeing next year's military spending?

After a moment of hesitation, he said.

"Your Highness, the budgets of the various yamen are widely implicated, and there has not yet been a final decision, so the specific amount is unknown to the minister for the time being!"

Zhu Changluo scolded the old fox secretly, but his face did not move, and he continued to ask.

"In this case, how much was the military expenditure of the three battalions in previous years, Zhao Shangshu should always know this, right?"

It's a pity that Zhao Shiqing has already understood what the person in front of him is thinking, and made up his mind to push two, five or six, arched his hand, and said.

"Your Highness forgives me, the minister has just taken over the household department for a few months, and he is not yet fully familiar with the affairs of the ministry, Rong Chen will reply to His Highness after going back to read the case files of previous years!"

"No need, if Zhao Shangshu doesn't know, then ask Governor Chen to tell Zhao Shangshu!"

Zhu Changluo's face was slightly gloomy, but he turned his head to look at Chen Liangbi and said.

Zhao Shiqing's heart sank suddenly, it seemed that this person was really prepared, and he turned his head and glanced at the other two Shangshu, knowing that today's level was probably not going to be easy......

"Back to Your Highness, the three major battalions have a total of 67,040 registered soldiers, 8,200 military horses, and according to the regulations, a total of 700,000 taels of silver should be allocated for military expenses, but the actual allocation of silver taels is less than 400,000 taels!"

Chen Liangbi looked indifferent, didn't look at Zhao Shiqing, and said with a fist at Zhu Changluo.

"Zhao Shangshu, what's going on?"

Zhu Changluo turned his head and looked at Zhao Shiqing with an indifferent expression.

"This ...... Your Royal Highness, the silver taels allocated by the imperial court over the years have their own regulations, and the ministers don't know the details and don't dare to guess! However, when the minister took over the household department, he did find that the treasury was empty, and the yamen spent a lot of money, and there were very few people who paid the full amount of silver, so please forgive your highness! ”

At this point, Zhao Shiqing couldn't hide, so he had to give up.

What he said was the truth, not only the three major battalions, but also the treasury had no money, and the household department was also in great difficulty, and the expenditure of each yamen was to be carded, but on the side of the three major battalions, the card was a little more serious.

However, Zhu Changluo shook his head, what Zhao Shiqing said was indeed not a lie, but it was not all the truth.

Whether it is the yamen in the capital or other places, perhaps the imperial court does not pay the full amount of silver taels, but these yamen have their own way to get money, not to mention anything else, the various miscellaneous taxes of the local yamen every year are enough to support them.

But what about the three battalions? A bunch of big-headed soldiers, where to find silver? Is it possible for them to grab knives and guns?

However, he didn't bother to talk to Zhao Shiqing about these twists and turns, and asked bluntly.

"In this case, the palace does not ask how it has been in the past few years, but only asks Zhao Shangshu, how does the household plan to allocate the military expenses of the three major battalions next year?"

"This ...... Your Royal Highness rest assured, the ministers should do their best and allocate in accordance with the regulations of the imperial court! ”

Zhao Shiqing just wanted to say a few more words, but remembered that Zhu Changluo had already said that he would not pursue what happened a few years ago, and he could be regarded as giving him a favor, so he swallowed the words of shirk that came to his mouth.

But that's what I said, but how to allocate the silver taels at that time, it is not necessarily, at most it is a little less card, after all, the court is such a big mess, and there are more places to use money.

"Okay, then the palace is waiting for Zhao Shangshu to allocate silver!"

Zhu Changluo didn't seem to notice his thoughts, and said happily.

Immediately after, Zhu Changluo left Zhao Shiqing, turned his head to Shi Xing and asked.

"Shi Shangshu, if this palace is not mistaken, the military selection of the military department is once every five years?"

"Yes, the last martial arts election was three years ago!"

Seeing that Zhu Changluo let go of Zhao Shiqing like this, everyone was a little surprised, but the accident was an accident, and when he heard Zhu Changluo's question, Shi Xing hurriedly gathered his mind and replied.

"Can the next martial arts election be advanced?"

A smile appeared on Zhu Changluo's face and said.

"Your Highness wants to?"

Shi Xing didn't know what this meant, glanced at the two Shangshu adults next to him, and asked with some hesitation.

Zhu Changluo didn't hide it, and said straightforwardly.

"The palace knows that the positions of the three battalion deputy generals should be selected by the military department, and now the three battalions are in abolition, and they are not able to practice, these generals are hard to shirk, and the palace is in accordance with the edict of the emperor to reorganize the military discipline, and must not allow such cysts to be contained in the three major battalions, the meaning of the palace, led by the Ministry of War, together with the Ministry of Officials, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, re-elect the generals of the three major battalions, and those who are unqualified will be directly deposed!"

The drawbacks of the three battalions lie not only externally, but also internally, and many generals and officials within the three battalions are often found in various means such as taking empty salaries, taking kickbacks, and squeezing soldiers.

To reorganize the three battalions, it is necessary to do both inside and outside!

"This ...... Your Highness, this is a bit unruly! ”

It stands to reason that Zhu Changluo's move is to cut the body of Xun Qi, after all, most of the generals in the three major battalions are from Xun Qi's family, and very few are from Wenchen.

Therefore, from Wenchen's point of view, Zhu Changluo's move should be supported by Shi Xing.

But judging from his experience, this matter is not so simple, not to mention that the examination and selection is a matter of the Ministry of War, but now it is mixed with the Ministry of Officials, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and there is a suspicion of seizing power.

"Shi Shangshu rest assured, this is a special matter, the palace has already handed over the book to his father to ask for the emperor, and the palace will personally preside over the selection of the three major camps, Shi Shangshu does not have to worry about injustice!"

Zhu Changluo's words with a smile suddenly made Shi Xing speechless.

You dare to ask the emperor for an order, why are you still talking about this?

The emperor came down with a holy decree, and he could not resist the decree and fail to obey it, not to mention that this move was indeed suspected of infringing on the right of the military department to be selected, but there were people in the court who wanted to attack Xun Qi, and Shi Xing could only admit that this dumb person had lost.

"In that case, the minister must cooperate with His Highness!"

Arching his hand, Shi Xing's face darkened slightly, and he said sullenly.

Zhu Changluo didn't care, but turned his head to look at Yang Yikui on the side......