If the inventory is emptied, it is Li Shiwen's pot, and the income of the entire dynasty is declining, so it can't be all thrown to Li Shiwen.

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

In Yandu, because there are 20,000 monks in Feiyun Prefecture, the bullet pressure is appropriate, and it looks like public order or something on the surface, everything is fine. But even so, the turmoil, including the rebellion of the three major families, caused big problems in the operation of the entire imperial court.

Outside of Yandu, it does not belong to the core of the imperial court, and it seems that it is not in the center of the political whirlpool, but it is precisely because it deviates from the core that the news obtained in all aspects is backward, and even various rumors are even more troublesome.

Moreover, for a period of time, the central court was in a semi-out of control state. If the decree is not accessible, the field is even more out of control.

Under many factors, it is too normal for the income of the imperial court to plummet.

Even, if we don't get to the administrative system of the imperial court itself to be put into operation, and maintain the rule in the name of the orthodoxy of the court as soon as possible, then let alone restore the income system of the imperial court, even the income on the books of this system may fall rapidly.

However, if there is good news, it is not nothing.

Although the imperial court's inventory is now small, the finances are in a state of semi-collapse, and the hole is terrifyingly large, there is still a solution.

There are some, even quite ready-made.

For example, the wealth of the three major families.

They were loyal servants of the royal family - of course, this was for the Li royal family, and even the Mo family.

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

Ironclad yes, and the four major families will definitely give it. In addition, when the historical text really began to break through, whether it was the emotion of the Wei State, or the allocation of military funds to the Yunxiao Sect and the Yulin Forbidden Army, of course, they all had to pay. The imperial court has taken the lead, and with the cooperation of the four major families, they must have contributed no less money and efforts.

And now, after the failure, these families can be regarded as a big loss of vitality. So much money was not copied out after the house was raided.

But no matter what you say, they are all wealthy families with profound heritage in the Yan Kingdom. Skinny camels are bigger than horses and always have something to gain.

Just the property of the three major families in Yandu copied out about 200,000 spirit stones.

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

I have to say that to a considerable extent, this is a solution to the urgent need.

But that's not fundamental.

If you 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 indispensable to open sources and reduce expenditure.

In terms of reducing expenditure, drastic reforms are carried out, which is the proper meaning. Taking advantage of this great chaos to abolish redundant personnel and streamline the organization, this will save a lot of personnel expenses; it is also a means to carefully examine all kinds of construction projects and simply stop them if they are not necessary, or resell them to local forces.

And the most important thing is to start negotiations with the Yunxiao Sect.

The materials and spirit stones that the imperial court supplies to the Yunxiao Sect every year must be as huge as 1.5 million spirit stones.

Stop, that's impossible. In the past, Li Shiwen didn't dare to stop supplying, and it was impossible for the Lu family to turn the table and turn their faces with the Yunxiao Sect like this.

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

The results of this negotiation have been achieved, and some progress has been made, but in fact it is not particularly ideal.

The Lu family proposed that the worship in the last year or two should be slowed down for the time being, and it would be slowly returned after two years, but it was directly vetoed by the Yunxiao Sect. Although the war with Wei was not long, it did not really develop to the point of a full-scale war, and in the process of the war, the two sides were engaged in confrontation for more time, and the real battle lasted for a few days.

However, the intensity of the fighting in those few days was also extremely high. Looking at the elite Yulin Forbidden Army of the Great Yan Dynasty, almost all of them have been defeated, you can also see this. Although the Yulin Forbidden Army was almost completely annihilated, the main reason was that the Yunxiao Sect deliberately sent them to death, but after all, it was a real gun battle, and they had fought on the frontal battlefield, and the intensity was not to a certain extent, and it could not be fought like this at all.

And the battlefield at a larger level, after all, is the Yunxiao Sect on top, and they spend a lot, and if the imperial court wants to cut off the supply, then they will definitely not do it.

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

Cutting off the supply, that's absolutely impossible.

However, the Cloud Sect is not completely unreasonable. They also knew that the Lu family had just taken over the imperial court, and now there were real practical difficulties.

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

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

First, the Lu family has to exert efforts to maintain its direct ruling power in Jizhou and Jinzhou, which depends on the different situations in each place, and it cannot be one-size-fits-all, some places may need to send troops to solve the problem, and some places can send officials with sufficient skills.

And the second, and more important, point is military spending.

The imperial court garrisons troops in various places, and the allocation here must not be less, otherwise there will be big problems in the locality. Although the strength of the local garrison is not very strong, and it is mixed, it will be said later that reform will be carried out, and stability must be the main focus at the moment.

As for the part of the central army that the imperial court can directly directly subordinate, it is necessary to increase investment here. In the past, Dayan's Central Army referred to the Yulin Forbidden Army, but the current Yulin Forbidden Army has been emptied and lost.

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

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

The remnants of the Yulin Forbidden Army were originally only a few thousand people left. Among them, there are a small number of them, in the previous Li Xuanhao case, who became Li Zhongliang, and then went to the guillotine. In the end, there are less than 2,000 people left. Moreover, these two thousand people, not to mention the strength, and now the morale is also low.

But not without help.

The main factor in their low morale comes from the uncertainty 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 forbidden army, and then assigned a descendant of the Lu family to enter the forbidden army.

It's none other than Lu Weiwen.

In the forbidden army, Wei Wen used the big sword in her hand to win respect, and as a new royal family, as well as her own rather bold character, she attracted some people.

Of course, no matter how well this work is done, in the end, there are only 2,000 people left in the Yulin Forbidden Army.

It is one thing to stabilize the morale of the military, and it is another thing to expand the army.

With these two thousand Yulin forbidden troops as the backbone, Lu Chaoxi made a will to recruit sergeants in Yandu and the surrounding areas of Yandu. The minimum requirement is also the late stage of Qi training. All kinds of treatment, compared with the past Yulin Forbidden Army, not only did not decline, but also improved.

There are still some attractions to this attraction. After all, the old forbidden army is that many people want to enter, but they can't ask for it. Although, now that the Lu family is in power, the people in Yandu are still in doubt, and there are even many people, although they have not openly opposed the Lu family, they will still miss the Li family in their hearts.

But no matter what you say, there will still be some people who are not interested in the Li royal family in the first place, or simply the so-called monarchless people - this may actually be more mainstream. Immortal cultivators, after all, are different from ordinary people, and the mentality of taking me as the foundation and respect for me is actually more mainstream.

In addition, cultivators tend to live a long life, and they live on their own, and the mortals they knew in the past have changed batch after batch, and the concept of family and country will be even 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 and country, they always care about interests.

The price set by the imperial court to recruit the new forbidden army was still able to impress many monks in the Qi refining period. And, further up, including some foundation building period monks, they will also get a corresponding matching price, which is a very good income.

What's more, after becoming a forbidden army, the forbidden army's barracks itself is located on a fifth-order branch on the Yandu spiritual vein, and if it is on duty to guard the palace, then he will have the opportunity to cultivate in the sixth-order spiritual vein.

However, it does not mean that if this strength standard is reached, the forbidden army will recruit people in.

Political trials are still needed. If you want to enter the forbidden army, you must at least investigate the background, you can't be a traitor, you can't have too deep involvement with the three major families, and your position is not biased towards the Lu family, at least you have to be neutral.

If the foundation building period is up, as long as the background is suitable, it is no problem to recruit them, anyway, the number is not very large; the Qi refining period is different, not every monk who has reached the late stage of Qi cultivation and has a clean background will be accepted, that will be too much, and it will not be a good thing for the already stressed imperial court finances.

The enrollment quota of the entire new forbidden army is only 3,000.

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

Counting the two thousand old forbidden troops, this is five thousand, and the other five thousand are planned to be drawn out of the Feiyun Prefecture monk corps stationed in Yandu from this time.

The Feiyun Prefecture Monks are going back. They have been in Yandu for almost half a year. This army of monks is the elite of the cultivation world in Feiyun Prefecture, and there is a descendant of a big family in it, and there are core disciples of Qingfeng Sect. They can be organized to fight, but they can't be out on guard for long, that's not appropriate.

But you can't just go back all at once. Lu Chaoxi wants to be the emperor in Yandu, and he must always have a reliable enough force that he can trust.

In the current situation, what could be more reassuring than the monks of Feiyun Prefecture?

There are many people in the Lu family who will stay in Yandu to do things. A large area around the palace, that is, the former clan land of the Li family, is now occupied by the Lu family, and many monks from the Qingfeng Gate have also been hired to fill in the lack of many official positions in the previous imperial court.

There are thousands of people in these two parts alone.

And this time, it was even filled with 5,000 monks and into the forbidden army.

In addition to ordinary monks, Lu Chaoxi, the emperor himself, will of course stay in Yandu. And if he doesn't say it, the Ming Dynasty will also stay, and after Yan Ling returns to Feiyunzhou to deal with some affairs, he will also stay in Yandu for a relatively long time. Hai Sande was also invited, and he will become the imperial historian of Dayan, ranking as one of the three dukes.

Looking at it this way, the four Jin Dan are sitting in Yandu, and there is no big problem. If there is really something that the Jindan period monk can't solve, Lu Qing also has a resurrection exchange item on hand, and he can rush to take charge.

In terms of military strength, in addition to the reconstruction of the forbidden army, there is another place that needs to be increased investment.

The person in charge of this piece is Lu Wenen.

A considerable part of the reliable forces of the Tingwei Mansion were transferred out and a new department was established, called 'Jinyi Wei' - this name was undoubtedly taken by Lu Qing.

This is a secret service. Under the guidance of Lu Qing, Lu Chaoxi also had a lot of new ideas. In the future, the functions of the Tingwei Mansion will be reduced, and the main work of the Arrest Bureau and the Trial Office will be mainly focused on the work of public security.

As for the supervision of hundreds of officials, foreign intelligence gathering, and special tasks...... These responsibilities will be separated from the Tingwei Mansion and transferred to the Jinyi Guard.

After the establishment of Jinyiwei, the first task he took over was to set off with the officials sent by the central court to Jizhou and Jinzhou to sort out the local government affairs, and clean up the local situation.

The officials on the surface have not encountered any difficulties and can directly solve the problem, which is of course the best. The Jinyi Guard, who went with him, only needed to do the work of intelligence gathering.

But if the officials on the surface do not go well, then Jinyiwei will have to take action.

This is actually the most important task for the entire court, and the next most important task: to regain control of the two states directly managed by the imperial court as soon as possible.

In order to ensure that this goal can be smoothly advanced, the reborn imperial court has been running at full speed.

Of course, there are still various problems in this court, big and small, but they can only sort it out while doing things.

During these days, Lu Chaoxi deeply felt what a hard errand it was to be the emperor. When he said goodbye to his younger brother Lu Chaohe and left, he complained:

"I knew that I would have insisted on letting you be this emperor before!"