The great dream of the heavens begins with Lin Pingzhi!

Chapter 66: Increase revenue and reduce expenditure, attack Japan!
Afterwards, Chu Feng began to bestow rewards.

The soldiers of the imperial army and the personnel of the East Factory, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the Hulong Villa, and the Humin Villa all received military merit rewards, and those with outstanding contributions were promoted and given salary increases!

Military merit is the basis for promotion. Chu Feng will attack the four seas and eight wastelands in the future, which will inevitably expand the four major intelligence organizations. There is no need to worry about not getting promoted.

As for the bonus, it has already been paid out and is among those several million taels of silver.

The reward for the leaders of the four major intelligence organizations, Liu Jin, Cheng Shifei, Duan Tianya, Jian Jingfeng, Gui Hai Yidao, and Shangguan Haitang, is to be granted a title. Each of them is a viscount and has a fief of 500 households!
According to Chu Feng's plan, there are five ranks of nobility: duke, marquis, earl, viscount and baron. The third rank of earl, viscount and baron are given fiefs, and when it comes to marquis, one starts to have fiefdoms!

The vast territories of the surrounding countries are all fiefdoms that can be granted, so there is no need to worry about not having land!

The next morning, the court was held in the Golden Palace.

Chu Feng's eyes swept over the civil and military officials, and he smiled and said, "My dear ministers, you must all know that during the great victory in Jiangnan, we wiped out a large number of rebels and traitors who colluded with the Japanese pirates, and raided many people's homes! Many of them may be related to you by marriage! However, I never implicate the innocent! So, you don't have to worry about me killing you!"

Upon hearing this, all the ministers breathed a sigh of relief.

Because many of the wealthy families and businessmen who had their properties confiscated and their clans exterminated had given them benefits!

At this time, Chu Feng continued, "This time, not only will I not execute you, I will also increase your salaries! I know that officials' salaries are low and their lives are difficult. For the sake of their families, they sometimes have to ask for a little! I understand you, so starting this month, I will increase your salaries by 50%! Moreover, no one will be allowed to use useless items such as banknotes and spices to offset their monthly salaries! The treasury is now rich, so you don't have to worry!"

However, when the officials heard this, they were happy, but they also had a bad feeling because it was too unreal.

At this time, Chu Feng continued, "Since your salaries are sufficient, corruption is wrong. You must pay back whatever you have taken in the past three years, and I will never punish you. If anyone conceals something and is discovered by the East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the punishment will be doubled at the least, and at the worst, the property will be confiscated and the position will be dismissed, and the family members will be sent to the Imperial Music Bureau! I am determined to be a benevolent ruler and I really don't want to kill my ministers. I hope you will help me!"

Upon hearing this, all the civil and military ministers thought to themselves, "As expected, it's Your Majesty again. It's the familiar taste and the familiar recipe!"
It sounds better than it does, but in the end they still have to pay!

But they have to pay!
After all, life is at stake!

Moreover, the salaries of officials have now been increased by 50%, which is real money, so there is still a bright future for being an official.

In addition, His Majesty is relatively merciful. As long as you are less greedy, His Majesty will turn a blind eye and you can get by.

It’s much better than losing your job or even having your property confiscated and your family exterminated!

Moreover, now is not a few years ago. The Ming Dynasty has soldiers and money, the court is stable, and there are many scholars willing to become officials!

Even if they resign collectively in protest, it will be of no use!
Not long after, Chu Feng looked at the backpay bills handed over by the officials of the East Factory, and a look of satisfaction appeared on his face. With this wave of salary increases, he earned more than 3000 million taels of silver with tears in his eyes.

Then, he set his sights on the garrison!

They eat up the empty salaries and suck the blood of the soldiers. There are less than two hundred people in a thousand-household unit, and they all work for the leaders!
A huge amount of military expenditure is required every year, but the combat effectiveness is vulnerable.

This kind of rotten meat must also be cut off. Not only can a lot of military expenditure be saved, but the best and strongest ones can also be selected to train an elite army!

Chu Feng plans to form a new army of 5 in the south, including a 1-strong navy, and the entire army will be named the Qinglong Army!

The north trained 5 new troops and named them the Xuanwu Army!

The first step was to select strong men from various garrisons and find out the situation.

Willing to join the new army with all the high salary benefits!
The soldiers in the garrison have a very hard time, and they are all scrambling for such a good place!
Soon, 10 new troops were recruited!

However, the problem of unpaid wages in the garrisons was so serious that 10 strong men were withdrawn, and most of the remaining men were old, weak, and sick.

Therefore, Chu Feng decided to disband most of the garrisons and leave only a small number of elite troops to guard important locations.

The old and weak who were laid off had their military household status removed and were distributed land.

At this time, Chu Feng discovered that most of the land in the garrison had been embezzled by military officers.

But he was not angry and sent the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Eastern Depot to deal with it.

For officers whose corruption was minor, it would be enough to recover the land and embezzled silver.

If it’s serious, there’s no other way. They’ll be dismissed from their jobs, have their property confiscated, and be sent to the Jiaofang Bureau. It’s a one-stop service!

After the fields of the garrison were recovered, they were quickly distributed to the military households and they were dismissed!
These old military households now have their own fields, and they don’t have to work for their superiors or fight in wars. They are extremely grateful to Chu Feng, the Ming Emperor!

Chu Feng also recovered a large amount of land and silver, making a fortune.

Chu Feng quickly rented out the large amount of farmland he had received, along with the large amount of land he had previously seized from the Jiangnan area, to the landless tenants at slightly lower rents, which greatly alleviated the crisis of land annexation.

The main reason is that the aristocratic families, wealthy clans and wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan are too rich and have too much land.

Of course, during the process of abolishing the garrisons, some garrison officials wanted to resist, but they were quickly killed by the masters of the East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard!

Not long after, Chu Feng received information from the Humin Villa that the Japanese pirates along the coast had come ashore to cause trouble again!

Chu Feng did not indulge them. 1 elite Beijing camp troops and sunflower guards quickly marched south!
There are also a group of masters from the Humin Villa led by Duan Tianya and Jian Jingfeng joining the army!
In less than two months, all the Japanese pirates who invaded the Ming Dynasty were completely wiped out!
Of course, this is mainly because the Humin Villa has good intelligence capabilities and has locked down their whereabouts!

In addition, the Sunflower Guards, who were extremely skilled in lightness skills, cut off their retreat!
Killing the Japanese pirates is really as easy as cutting vegetables.

As for the real masters of the Japanese pirates, they also died peacefully in the face of the two innate realm powerhouses Duan Tianya and Jian Jingfeng!

Then there will be a wave of promotions and salary increases for the Humin Villa and the soldiers.

Because of this incident, Chu Feng ordered his men to intensify the training of the 5 Qinglong troops in the south, especially the training of the navy and the ships!
Because the next target is Japan!
Japan has a lot of money and its people are cheap, so who else should we attack if not you?
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Time flies, and about two years have passed.

In the morning, in Qianqing Palace, Chu Feng slowly finished his training and opened his eyes.

After two years of training, his Lieyang Body Tempering Technique had reached the peak of the tenth level of the Body Tempering Realm, his Hun Yuan was complete, and his arm strength had reached 1.05 pounds!

As for the cultivation of true Qi, it has also improved slightly.

At this time, the five-year period had arrived, and the 5 new troops in the south had been trained and formed, especially the 1 navy, which was already quite good.

Therefore, Chu Feng decided to send troops to Japan!
The main force was 1 Jingying troops and 5 Qinglong troops.

In addition, there are the Jinyiwei led by Cheng Shifei, the Hulong Villa led by Shangguan Haitang and Gui Hai Yidao, the Humin Villa led by Duan Tianya and Jian Jingfeng, and 1 Sunflower Guards!
Among them, Cheng Shifei is the most enthusiastic.

At this time, he had already married Princess Yunluo and had a big fat boy. He was now determined to make him a marquis and lay a great foundation for his son.

This time, Chu Feng did not ask Gu Santong to go, but prepared to go there himself.

This is a war to annihilate a country. If I don't take the initiative to lead the team, it will be easy for my subordinates to become more powerful than me!
Moreover, he also plans to go to Japan to absorb some skills!
After all, there are many ninjas and martial arts schools in Japan, including some powerful innate masters like Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, and there have even been two so-called sword masters!

I don’t know if they have died of old age, it’s best if they are not dead!
As for the capital, Chu Feng had already told Xia Qiluo to temporarily let Liu Sheng Piaoxu disguise himself as himself and preside over the government, so as to prevent the Northern Later Jin and Mongolian tribes from learning of his departure from the capital and taking the opportunity to attack the border.

And there is no need to worry about the safety of the palace!
After five years of operation, the strength of the palace has greatly increased.

There are 2 Sunflower Inner Guards above the seventh level of the Acquired Realm, among whom there are nearly a hundred veteran Inner Guards, most of whom have reached the ninth level of the Acquired Realm.

In addition, there is a team of a thousand Xuanming sword servants, most of whom are above the seventh level of the acquired realm, and the veteran sword servants have basically reached the ninth level of the acquired realm, and their leader Pei Jing is already in the Nascent Soul stage.

In terms of high-end combat power, Liu Sheng Piaoxu has broken through the innate realm, and obtained the upgraded version of the Xuanming Divine Art, the Xuanming Sutra, taught by Chu Feng.

This magical skill also has 16 levels, which is not much inferior to the Pure Yang Wuji Skill!

At this time, Yagyu Piaoxu's combat power has far surpassed Yagyu Tajima no Kami!

After Queen Xia Qiluo broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, Chu Feng transferred some of his strength to her, which directly helped her break through the Xiantian realm and switch to practicing the Xuanming Sutra. Her combat power was also not weak!

In addition, there is the peerless strong man Gu Santong who is secretly in charge and is not afraid of any powerful enemy attacking!

Of course, as an emperor, Chu Feng also arranged means to check and balance Gu Santong. Many people in the National Master's Mansion are his people, who are usually responsible for protecting Su Xin.

If Gu Santong makes any unusual moves, they will immediately restrain Su Xin.

Not only that, Chu Feng also brought his son Cheng Shifei, so Gu Santong must have some concerns.

Of course, in reality, it is almost impossible for Gu Santong to rebel given his personality.

But as an emperor, Chu Feng does not need to use imperial tactics to suppress and kill meritorious officials, but necessary precautions must be taken.

Otherwise, you deserve to die!
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