Xuanjizi walked into the East Palace, and Zhong Gui happened to bump into him.
"Xuanjizi, what are you doing here?"
Zhong Gui asked in an unhappy tone.
Xuan Jizi behaved wildly in the harem. Li Chengdao's concubines and princesses were all raped and humiliated. Zhong Gui hated Xuan Jizi.
Xuanjizi, dressed in pink silk clothes, said with a smile: "In this Jinling City, I can go wherever I want. Do you care about it?"
Zhong Gui said angrily: "A dog relies on human power!"
Xuanjizi laughed and said: "Well said, dogs rely on human power!"
Xuan Jizi relied on Gui Fei, and Zhong Gui relied on Li Chengdao. Both of them relied on human power, so Xuan Jizi made sarcastic remarks.
Zhong Gui got angry when he was told that, and cursed angrily: "You bitch and thief! You should have been cut into pieces!"
The angrier Zhong Gui gets, the happier Xuan Jizi gets.
"Then why didn't you find out earlier?"
Zhong Gui was so angry that his veins popped out, and a voice came from the room: "Zhong Gui!"
Zhong Gui then faced the room and bowed: "Your Majesty."
When the door opened, Li Chengdao was wearing bright yellow clothes, his beard and hair were messy, and his eyes were sinister and cold.
Seeing Li Chengdao, Xuanjizi's heart trembled and he was a little scared.
"What are you doing here?"
Li Chengdao walked over slowly, Zhong Gui stepped aside, and Xuan Jizi smiled, emboldening himself.
"Pindao comes..."
Before Xuan Jizi could finish speaking, Li Chengdao suddenly charged towards him. Xuan Jizi was shocked and blasted away with a blast of true energy from his body.
Li Chengdao ignored it and ran straight into Xuan Jizi.
With his true energy defeated, Li Chengdao punched Xuanjizi. Xuanjizi plucked onions from the dry land and was ejected from the spot.
"ah!"
Xuanjizi let out a scream, flew out of the high wall of the East Palace, and hit a big tree. The thick branches were broken, and Xuanjizi fell from the air and hit the ground.
Zhong Gui felt relieved and shouted: "Well done! You bitch and thief!"
Li Chengdao said nothing and said coldly: "Bring it back."
After saying that, Li Chengdao turned around and entered the room.
Zhong Gui immediately scolded the two eunuchs for going out, walked to the yard next door, and dragged Xuan Jizi, who was lying on the ground vomiting blood, into the room.
Throwing it on the ground, Xuanjizi was still vomiting blood.
Li Chengdao said nothing and let Xuanjizi slowly spit out his words.
At this moment, Xuanjizi understood why the ghost took a fancy to Li Chengdao and wanted Li Chengdao to break through the emperor and enter the true realm. ⑧①ZW.????m
Xuan Jizi has always felt that he is not bad and has high qualifications. As long as Gui Fei is willing to teach the skills, he can enter the real realm and can completely replace Li Chengdao.
But now, Xuanjizi understands.
There is a big gap in qualifications between myself and Li Chengdao, and there is also a big gap in cultivation.
If the two of them were duel, Li Chengdao could kill Xuan Jizi.
A large pool of blood spat out on the ground, and Xuanjizi slowly recovered.
Xuanjizi also ate meat and vegetables, practiced the ghost fetus technique, and his physique changed. This injury could not kill him.
"Holy Son...let the Emperor go over...to discuss matters."
Xuanjizi reluctantly said something.
Hearing that something was wrong with Gui Fei, Zhong Gui glanced at Li Chengdao nervously.
Li Chengdao stood up slowly, and Zhong Gui followed him out.
When he reached the door, Li Chengdao suddenly pulled out the sword on the wall and threw it at Xuan Jizi.
The sharp sword pierced Xuanjizi's thigh, causing Xuanjizi to scream in pain.
Li Chengdao walked towards the palace coldly, with Zhong Gui following behind.
After leaving the East Palace, walking through several doorways, you arrived at the Imperial Study Room.
Inside, Yu Ziming, the Minister of War, and Duan Juncai, the Minister of Hubu, were kneeling on the ground and listening to orders.
Li Chengdao knelt down very naturally, slowly climbed into the imperial study, kowtowed and said, "Slave Li Chengdao, please pay homage to the Holy Son."
Seeing Li Chengdao crawling in, Yu Ziming and Duan Juncai had mixed feelings in their hearts.
Guite said: "How is your cultivation?"
Li Chengdao replied: "I'm still stuck at the peak and can't get over it."
Guitai nodded and said: "Being still and moving, practicing blindly is not good."
"You should deal with the government affairs first. The generals and troops must be dispatched quickly. I heard that Long Chen's army training is almost done."
Li Chengdao kowtowed and said, "I obey your order."
Guite got up and left the imperial study, and Li Chengdao respectfully saw him off.
After the ghost left, Li Chengdao got up, Yu Ziming and Duan Juncai also got up, and saluted Li Chengdao: "I pay my respects to the emperor."
Li Chengdao's face was calm, showing no sign of anger, and his tone was also very calm.
"Tell me, what's wrong?"
Li Chengdao glanced at the dragon chair. He did not sit on it, but stood.
Yu Ziming, the Minister of War, said: "Long Chen raided Longxing Valley, and all the people sent in to practice died. We suffered heavy losses."
"The generals and officers who were transferred for training are all middle-level generals in the army. After their death, our middle-level generals are all gone."
"Xu Feng leads the Black Armored Army, and Yan Xi and Wu Hongying lead the Forbidden Army. They are guarding Jinling Town and cannot leave."
"Nowadays, except for Tong Yuan, Liu Feibai and Xue Ze, there are no generals available in the army."
Li Chengdao had already anticipated this problem.
When Longxing Valley was opened, all the generals with kingly cultivation in the army were removed.
These people are the backbone of the army.
Emperor Wu's generals led the entire army, charging into battle and fighting, relying on middle-level officers.
After these people died, the army collapsed.
Even if Daliang's army expands to 2 million, it will be a mob without officers and will collapse on the battlefield.
Guite also realized the seriousness of the problem, so he left the mess to Li Chengdao.
Duan Juncai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue, said: "The army is also expanding too fast. The Ministry of Revenue cannot keep up with the money, food and armaments, and the national treasury has a serious deficit."
"The people's livelihood has been affected since their physical strength has been taken away, and taxes have to be increased. There is great resentment among the people."
The men on the battlefield must be the strongest, and such men are often the backbone of the family.
If the men are taken away and taxes are increased, the people will definitely complain.
Both things are very difficult problems.
The two of them were waiting for Li Chengdao to speak.
The problem was too difficult. Li Chengdao thought for a long time and then said: "The generals in the army are dead. There is nothing we can do about it. Let's promote a group of them as soon as possible and get more experience."
"Just bear with it first. Generals are all trained on the battlefield. After fighting a few battles, you will be good at it."
Yu Ziming bowed and said, "Wei ministers have received the decree."
This is a no-brainer, it's just a prevarication.
The second question begins with the household department.
Money will not appear out of thin air. There are only three groups of people with money in the world: common people, officials and businessmen.
When the people have no money, it is useless to ask them to collect taxes.
It is impossible for officials to collect taxes, and the court relies on them unless they catch corrupt officials.
Just like Heshen, one raid on a house is enough to cover the treasury's expenses for a year.
In fact, corruption and anti-corruption are also a science.
If officials are not corrupt, they will not work. Allowing officials to be corrupt is equivalent to the emperor giving benefits to officials.
Allowing officials to be corrupt can buy off officials and make them work wholeheartedly for the emperor.
But corruption should not be too excessive, as it will boil public resentment and reduce the court's tax revenue.
At this time, we need to catch corrupt officials and fight against corruption.
Catch corrupt officials, on the one hand, you can win people's hearts, on the other hand, you can increase the revenue of the state treasury, killing two birds with one stone.
Therefore, if corruption and anti-corruption are used well, we can kill two birds with one stone.
Li Chengdao has always been strict with officials. There are no corrupt officials like He Shen in Nanliang, and it is unrealistic to rely on anti-corruption to increase state treasury revenue.
That leaves only the last option: merchant.
"The Dragon Gang was ransacked and all the properties of the Dragon Gang were confiscated."
"All merchants must collect taxes in advance for three years."
Li Chengdao finally chose to attack the businessman.
After hearing that all the properties of the Dragon Gang were confiscated, Duan Juncai, the Minister of Household Affairs, was shocked and said: "Your Majesty, the Dragon Gang is too powerful. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to confiscate all their properties?"
