On the morning of the last day of the 18th year of Jianping, that is, on the morning of the New Year's Eve of the 18th year of Jianping, Emperor Zhao Zhe summoned all the civil and military ministers from the court to the palace to discuss the letter sent back by Xie Boyan, the deputy secretary of the Ministry of War.

When the emperor Zhao Zhe asked an eunuch to read Xie Boyan's belief, he asked the civil and military ministers in the hall in a deep voice: "My dear friends, what do you think of the several things that Xie Boyan and Li Bin have negotiated?"

As soon as the emperor Zhao Zhe finished speaking, the Minister of War Xie Zhitong went out and said loudly: "From Xie Yuanwailang's letter, the Marquis of Zhennan is still loyal to Your Majesty and my Dayan. In this way, Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Junzhou Prefecture, Xiangzhou Prefecture and Guizhou Prefecture will all belong to my Dayan. Your Majesty's achievements are already comparable to Emperor Taizong!"

Most of the original territory of the Great Yan Empire, including fifteen prefectures and capital roads, were defeated by Emperor Taizong Zhao Yong.

After Emperor Taizong, the territory of the Great Yan Empire increased the most, when the war with the Great Wei Empire more than 400 years ago. The Great Wei Empire ceded a total of eight counties to the Great Yan Empire, almost equivalent to a state prefecture.

This time, there were five prefectures and prefectures ceded to the Great Yan Empire by the Jinluo Kingdom. It was not an exaggeration to say that the achievements of Emperor Zhao Zhe were comparable to Emperor Taizong.

However, the words of the Minister of War Xie Zhitong did not show a hint of joy on the face of Emperor Zhao Zhe.

The two consecutive attacks on the Jinluo Kingdom have almost consumed all the money that the Great Yan Empire has saved over the years, especially the pensions of the fallen soldiers, which is an astronomical figure. To date, many pensions of the fallen soldiers have not been distributed.

In order to save military expenditure and to sign a peaceful alliance with the Jinluo Kingdom again, many ministers even proposed to abolish some of the imperial guards.

The target of abolishing the imperial guards was placed on the left and right guards, left and right guards, left and right guards, left and right guards, left and right guards, and left and right guards. These ten inner guards are currently all commanders of the head commander by five princes.

What annoyed the Emperor Zhao Zhe was that the Thirteen Generals' Sect was also abolishing the issues of left and right guards, left and right guards, left and right guards, left and right guards, left and right guards, and left and right guards. You should know that among the ten military officers of the Inner Guards, the Thirteen Generals' Sect accounted for the majority.

In order to prevent the royal family from controlling more military power, the Thirteen Generals' Sect didn't even have the future of the generals' Sect's children. Even the major generals who supported several princes were abolishing the left and right guards, the left and right guards, the left and right guards, the left and right guards, the left and right guards, and the left and right guards, were consistent with other generals and doors.

Of course, the emperor Zhao Zhe was unwilling to let the military power that the royal family had finally controlled was gone. He has been confronting the Thirteen Generals these days, trying his best to protect the ten inner guards formed to attack the Jinluo Kingdom.

Emperor Zhao Zhe was trying his best not to remove the ten internal guards and imperial guards, but he wanted to form sixteen new external guards. According to the current financial situation of the Great Yan Empire, how could he raise sixteen new external guards and imperial guards?

What's more, Li Bin suddenly demanded the military power of eight outer guards and all the soldiers of the five prefectures, which means that the Great Yan Empire will have another top general in the future. How can Zhao Zhe, the emperor who regards the top general as a thorn in his eyes, be happy now!

The Secretary-General Zhang Jialuo said at this time: "Your Majesty, after two wars against the Jinluo Kingdom, the treasury of our Dayan is now empty and we have begun to plan to abolish several inner guards. According to the current financial situation of our Dayan, we cannot afford the newly formed sixteen outer guards of the Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Junzhou Prefecture, Xiangzhou Prefecture and Guizhou Prefecture."

Emperor Zhao Zhe sighed and said, "The soldiers under Zhennan Hou won the land of the five prefectures for my Dayan. It is natural to reorganize the more than one million soldiers under Zhennan Hou into sixteen outer guards. However, after four attacks on Jinluo and five attacks on Jinluo, the national treasury of our Dayan was almost empty. Otherwise, there would not be so many good ministers to propose the abolition of many inner guards. What good suggestions do you have for the Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Junzhou Prefecture, Xiangzhou Prefecture and Guizhou Prefecture to form the sixteen outer guards?"

Du Huairen, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, immediately stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, in this matter, we cannot just look at how much it costs to support the sixteen new outer guards. We should also see how much the court will gain by taking Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Junzhou Prefecture, Xiangzhou Prefecture and Guizhou Prefecture into the control of the court. Therefore, it is necessary to form the sixteen new outer guards. Otherwise, how would the court explain to the more than one million soldiers under Zhennan Hou!"

The emperor Zhao Zhe and the civil and military ministers actually knew in their hearts that the sixteen external guards of Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Junzhou Prefecture, Xiangzhou Prefecture and Guizhou Prefecture must be formed, otherwise Li Bin would be forced to join troops to seize the land of these five prefectures.

Emperor Zhao Zhe nodded and said, "The sixteen new outer guards must of course be formed, but the military expenditure issues of these sixteen outer guards must be studied and studied carefully."

On February 9, the 19th year of Jianping, Sun Tao, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, came to Fuzhen City and brought a royal edict to Li Bin.

In this imperial edict, Emperor Zhao Zhe agreed with several matters that Li Bin and Xie Boyan had negotiated, including the formation of sixteen new outer guards, among which the military power of eight outer guards was controlled by Li Bin, and Li Bin was responsible for forming soldiers from all over the five prefectures, and also agreed to Li Bin to relocate the Grand Governor's Office in Zhennan to Guizhou City.

However, the imperial edict also said something, that is, the land and Dingfu of Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Xiangzhou Prefecture, and Guizhou Prefecture will be handed over 30% of the land and Dingfu of Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Xiangzhou Prefecture, and Guizhou Prefecture will be handed over to Zhennan Grand Governor's Office, and then Zhennan Grand Governor's Office will be responsible for the military expenditure of the sixteen external guards in the next ten years.

The amount of military expenditure shortage in the past ten years was required to raise the amount of the Zhennan Grand Governor's Office on its own, and ten years later, the matter was discussed again based on the financial situation of the court.

Li Bin first received the imperial edict, and then said to Sun Tao, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, with a embarrassed look, "Mr. Sun, the land tax for Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Junzhou Prefecture, Xiangzhou Prefecture and Guizhou Prefecture, the annual land tax, the total amount of land taxes will not exceed 15 million taels of silver, and 30% will be only 4.5 million taels. How can I raise the sixteen outer guards?"

Sun Tao, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, smiled and said, "Marquis Zhennan, when the emperor came, he told me that if the Marquis Zhennan was willing to take on this important task, the four external guards formed in Xiangzhou Prefecture, all military officers of Zhennan Hou could be appointed by Zhennan Hou themselves. In addition, in order to stabilize the court's newly acquired Xiangzhou Prefecture and Guizhou Prefecture, Zhennan Hou could postpone his return to Beijing for one year to report his duties."

When Li Bin heard this, he understood what the Emperor Zhao Zhe meant. He wanted to use the military power of the two outer guards to exchange for Li Bin to help the court to support the sixteen outer guards.

Li Bin thought about it and obtained the military power of the other two outer guards of Xiangzhou Prefecture. Then ten of the sixteen outer guards of the imperial guards belong to him. It is reasonable to let himself pay for the money to support these ten outer guards of the imperial guards.

If the other six outer guards were supported by themselves, even if they used 30% of the land and Ding Fu from the five prefectures on these six outer guards, they would have to pay another two or three million taels of silver every year.

However, it is definitely worth it for Li Bin to take out these silver. Once Li Bin controls all the four outer guards of Xiangzhou Prefecture, Xiangzhou Prefecture will become Li Bin's private land like Guizhou Prefecture, and the benefits obtained will be far more than two or three million taels of silver.

The reason why all the thirteenth families in Dayan can be considered rich and can match the country is because the thirteenth families rely on the army in their hands to control the businesses in various places, thus gaining huge wealth.

In fact, while leading troops to fight and reorganizing the army, Li Bin has been making arrangements for the commercial arrangements of Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Zhengzhou Prefecture, Xiangzhou Prefecture and Guizhou Prefecture.

At present, Li Bin has achieved a monopoly sale of salt, iron, tea and wine in the above five prefectures. Almost all mines, salt farms, tea gardens, and winemaking workshops in the five prefectures have been acquired by Li Bin.

Many mines, salt farms, tea gardens and winemaking workshops in the five prefectures were seized by Li Bin from Jinluo Kingdom, and a small part was forcibly acquired by Li Bin.

The maritime trade between Fuzhou Prefecture and Junzhou Prefecture was almost monopolized by Li Bin. All goods entering Fuzhou Prefecture and Junzhou Prefecture from the sea must be sold to Li Bin's shops, and other merchants then purchase goods from Li Bin's shops.

If all the goods to be transported from Fuzhou Prefecture and Junzhou Prefecture are not hired to transport the navy under Li Bin for transportation, then a considerable escort fee will be paid to the navy.

The monopoly of salt, iron, tea and wine in the five prefectures, as well as the maritime trade between Fuzhou Prefecture and Jingzhou Prefecture, can bring Li Bin a net profit of at least 70 million taels of silver every year.

In addition, Li Bin also forcibly controlled more than 2,000 casinos of all sizes in the five prefectures. After integration, a total of 760 Xinglong gambling halls were opened in five prefectures, 35 counties and 270 counties, including nine in each prefecture, five in each county, and two in each county.

Hotpot, which was popular in Dayan Jingcheng and even the entire capital, was also introduced to five prefectures by Li Bin. However, now Li Bin only opened four Li Family hotpot restaurants in each of the five prefectures, and had not had time to expand into the county and county towns.

Whether it is the monopoly of salt, iron, tea, and wine, the monopoly of maritime trade between Fuzhou Prefecture and Junzhou Prefecture, or the integration of more than 2,000 casinos in the five prefectures, Li Bin relied on the army in his hands to complete it.

After Li Bin's four outer guards and six outer guards in Guizhou Prefecture were controlled by Li Bin, Li Bin's commercial interests in Xiangzhou Prefecture and Guizhou Prefecture would no longer need to share with other forces.

Since the two outer guards of Congzhou Prefecture, the two outer guards of Fuzhou Prefecture and the two outer guards of Jingzhou Prefecture are not controlled by Li Bin, then in the future, Li Bin's commercial interests in Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture and Jingzhou Prefecture will have to be given a portion of the commercial interests of Li Bin in Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, and Jingzhou Prefecture and give them to the various forces controlling these six outer guards of the outer guards.

So Li Bin felt that even if he could obtain the military power of the other two outer guards of Xiangzhou Prefecture, even if he was asked to help the court to support the six outer guards of Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture and Jingzhou Prefecture, he would have taken a lot of advantage.

Li Bin sighed and said to Sun Tao, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, "Since the court has difficulties, I, the Grand Governor of Zhennan, cannot help but share the worries of the court. The Grand Governor of Zhennan will be responsible for all military expenditures of the sixteen external guards of the Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Junzhou Prefecture, Xiangzhou Prefecture and Guizhou Prefecture in the next ten years."

When Sun Tao, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, heard Li Bin agreeing, his expression immediately relaxed, "The Marquis of Zhennan is so clear about the righteousness, it is really a blessing for my Dayan!"

The other two external guards of Xiangzhou Prefecture, namely the third guard of Xiangzhou and the fourth guard of Xiangzhou, were already formed, but no officers with a deputy commander above the command were arranged.

Now the third guard of Xiangzhou and the fourth guard of Xiangzhou are under Li Bin's control. Li Bin has selected about 70,000 people from the 500,000 troops, and has reorganized the third guard of Xiangzhou and the fourth guard of Xiangzhou again.

It turned out that the soldiers who were selected as the Third Guard of Xiangzhou and the Fourth Guard of Xiangzhou were incorporated into the government soldiers from all over the country, allowing the soldiers of the five prefectures to maintain a force of 500,000.

Li Bin appointed Xu Chu as the head coach of the third guard in Xiangzhou, and Meng Tie as the head coach of the fourth guard in Xiangzhou. Fan Hu, Xu Tianhao, Xu Tiantao and Su Wencang, four generals of the personal guard camp, were appointed by Li Bin as the deputy commander of the third guard in Xiangzhou and the fourth guard in Xiangzhou.

In this way, the only three generals who led more than 10,000 cavalry in the personal guard camp were Li Ba, Li Er and Li Teng.

After Sun Tao, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, arrived in Fuzhen City, civil and military officials appointed by the Dayan court also came to Fuzhen City.

After a lot of competition in the court, the Xie family, Cui family, Luo family, Tang family, Zhou family and Cao family among the thirteen generals each controlled a newly established outer guard imperial guard.

The Xie family was able to control a newly established outer guards. The main reason was that the Xie family was originally among the Thirteen Generals, and they were the only one in the 13 Generals and had the greatest voice in the court.

The Cui family, Luo family, Tang family, Zhou family and Cao family each obtained the military power of an imperial guards because the five families did not support the five princes in the issue of the abolition of the left and right guards, the left and right guards, the left and right guards, the left and right guards, the left and right guards, and the left and right guards. You should know that the five families had previously chosen a prince to stand on their side.

Of course, the six newly established outer guards will not only have children from the above six families, but also from the other seven families of the Thirteen Generals, many people will also join these six outer guards to serve.

In the matter of abolishing the left and right guards, left and right guards, left and right guards, left and right guards, after repeated tug-of-war between the royal family and the thirteen generals, both sides finally took a step back and only abolished the left and right guards and left and right guards, retaining the left and right guards, the left and right guards, and the left and right guards and the left and right guards.

In addition, the left and right guards, left and right guards and left and right guards have resumed the organization of four brigades. The head coach of the left and right guards is still served by the crown prince Zhao Chang, the head coach of the left and right guards is served by King Zhao Yu of Jin, the head coach of the right guards is served by King Zhao Jian of Qin, the head coach of the left and right guards is served by King Zhao Zhi of Song, and the head coach of the right guards is served by King Zhao Jing of Yue.
Chapter completed!