In Li Yin's study.

"Your Highness, Xie Wen has handed over the military power and left with Li Kun and Xie Dong. Should Xie Wen's 30,000 troops be resettled?" Li Ji said.

"Well," Li Yin nodded and said, "I will notify the Grand Marshal Ma Liangdong to let him arrange this. By the way, I have something to discuss with Grand Marshal Ma and tell Wei Jiujiang to send someone to call him here."

After Li Yingang said that, he felt that it was inappropriate. Not to mention that Ma Liangdong was in a high position, he was his uncle after all. If he instructed him like this, his mother's wife would be unreasonable.

"Wait." Li Yin called out to Li Ji, who was about to go out, "Let him wait for me in the Ministry of War."

"Okay." Li Ji agreed and left.

Li Yin didn't delay it. As soon as Ma Liangdong arrived at the Ministry of War, Li Yin also got up and went to the Ministry of War.

"I bow to the prince." Now that Li Yin is in control of the capital, Ma Liangdong is much more polite to Li Yin.

"Ma Taiwei, Xie Wen has left. You need to resettle the tens of thousands of troops he has left." Li Yin said directly.

"Yes." Ma Liangdong agreed, "I have something else. A few days ago, Chai Rong invaded Jinling, and there were many Qin kings' troops everywhere. After Chai Rong retreated, the prince did not ask them to go back immediately. I wonder what the prince had plans?"

When Chai Rong forced Jinling, nearly 100,000 troops came from all over the country, and the Zhao army brought 30,000 people and Wang Meng's 40,000 people. These troops remained in the capital, and Li Yin did not let them leave because Li Yin had his own plans. Except for Wang Meng's 40,000 troops, these troops were all affiliated with the governors of various places. They held heavy troops and had high positions and were powerful. Li Yin wanted to take this opportunity to keep their troops, to supplement the shortage of troops in the capital, and to weaken local forces.

"Stay in the capital first, then find an excuse to reorganize and Wang Meng will be the commander." Li Yin said.

As the Grand Marshal, Ma Liangdong mobilized the world's troops, so this task naturally fell on him: "Yes, I will start doing it immediately."

"Ministry of War." Li Yin shouted.

"I'm here." The Minister of War came out.

"I notify the local governors that from today onwards, no private recruitment will be allowed, and violators will be punished for rebellion." However, Li Yin thought that the Jianzhou governor Liu Qiang had to guard against Wu Yue and Chen Hongjin, and stayed with the school and other forces, so he added, "Liu Qiang can add 80,000 people."

The Minister of War had just received some news from Jianzhou and said, "I have something to tell the prince."

"You said." The Ministry of War did not agree to its request immediately, and Li Yin was a little dissatisfied.

"I recently received news from Jianzhou that the Jianzhou Jiedushi Liu Qiang wanted to expand his army, but he didn't know what he wanted. Now his army has exceeded 80,000." said the Minister of War.

This news surprised Li Yin. He asked Liu Qiang to recruit soldiers to deal with various forces, but he did not expect Liu Qiang to make such a fast progress, but he did not think Liu Qiang had any ambitions, because Liu Qiang was once Wang Meng's capable deputy general.

"I informed Liu Qiang that there was no need to recruit troops anymore, these troops were enough to deal with it," said Li Yin.

"Yes." The Ministry of War quickly agreed.

"Ma Taiwei, now the troops in the capital are insufficient, and the recruitment of troops in various places seems to be progressing slowly. Why is this?" Li Yin asked. The troops in the capital are insufficient, and the Bianhao Navy has a great relationship. Li Yin can only agree to give him 80,000 troops. This is really too few.

"Crown Prince, nowadays, land annexation across the country is serious and taxes are too harsh. Some people have even reached the point where they prefer to be tenants if they don't have land. In this way, there will be almost no source of troops, and it is naturally difficult to collect it." Ma Liangdong said.

"There are not many taxes reported in the Ministry of Revenue, why are they too harsh?" Li Yin said in confusion.

"Oh, although I know a little about this, it's not very detailed. The prince should call the Ministry of Revenue to discuss it carefully." Ma Liangdong suggested.

"Well, let's call Wu Xian here. He used to be the Minister of Revenue and now he is the Minister of Personnel. I still want to tell him about rectifying the administration of the government." Li Yin said.

When Wu Xian heard that the prince was looking for him, he immediately arrived at the Ministry of War without delay.

After Wu Xian arrived, Li Yin asked, "Mr. Wu, now I want to recruit troops. Do you have a way to increase the source of troops?"

But Wu Xian advised: "It is not appropriate to increase military service now."

"Oh?" Li Yin didn't expect Wu Xian would object to him, "Why is this?"

"Your Highness, I believe Your Highness is also aware of the current situation in our country. Forced recruitment will only hinder farming and affect the fundamentals of the country. The current strategy is to recuperate, reduce taxes and rectify the administration of the government." Wu Xian said directly, regardless of Li Yin's feelings.

Although Li Yin was contradicted, he was not angry: "But Lord Wu, now I have constant external troubles in the Southern Tang Dynasty and need troops to solve it."

"How to eliminate external troubles?" Wu Xian said firmly.

Li Yin was shocked and then exclaimed: "Okay! Lord Wu, how can you eliminate external troubles if you are not satisfied with your internal troubles! Okay, you will draw up a plan within three days. If it is done properly, you will leave it to you for rectification of domestic affairs!"

"I have another request." Wu Xian said.

"You said." Li Yin said in confusion.

"If you want to rectify the country, the biggest suffering is to eliminate the big ones. If you implement some measures, the first thing you oppose is them, so I need a strong character to assist you." Wu Xian said.

"Who do you want?" Li Yin asked.

"The left guard of the East Palace leads the commander Wang Zhen!"

"Wang Zhen? Yes, as long as Wang Zhen stops, no one dares to object! Okay, if you have something to do, just look for him!" Li Yin agreed.

"Thank you, Your Highness, the Crown Prince, I will take your leave." Li Yin nodded, and Wu Xian left the Ministry of War.

After Wu Xian left, Ma Liangdong said: "General Zhao, the governor of Langzhou, still needs to be on guard against Shu. Should he let him go back?"

Li Yin said with some embarrassment: "But I still want to use his 30,000 troops, so I'm afraid it won't work to let him go back."

Ma Liangdong suggested: "Your Highness, the Emperor of Shu has no ambitions, and having the Zhao army in the 30,000 troops is enough to shock. The army he brought can be kept, but he himself would rather go back early."

Li Yin thought about it, so he asked Zhao Jun to go back by himself. Besides, Bian Hao was about to rebuild the navy. The upper reaches of the Yangtze River should not be too much trouble, so he agreed, "Okay, just do it like this, you go and notify him."

"Yes." Ma Liangdong agreed.

The original 50,000 naval troops and 30,000 Zhao army were handed over to Bian Hao and the deputy governor of the navy Yang Xuan, and the 100,000 imperial guards were controlled by Han Ying, and the other 80,000 troops left in the capital in various places were commanded by Wang Meng. After these arrangements were made, the tension over the past few days could finally be alleviated. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!