The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

Time flies, and three months have passed in the blink of an eye.

During these three months, Huo Qubing led his army to completely occupy the entire Rakshasa Kingdom.

We have now entered the post-war recovery stage. A large number of Daqian officials have entered various parts of Luosha and begun to take over the cities and counties of Luosha, comforting and assisting the people in various places and restoring people's livelihood.

Ning Quan also appointed Huo Qubing as the governor of the Rakshasa Kingdom, responsible for the full governance of the Rakshasa Empire.

After more than a month of reorganization, Daqian has now basically taken control of Luosha.

At the same time, Li Ji also achieved considerable success in training the new army.

The first batch of 100,000 new troops has completed training, and the second batch of new troops will be completed soon.

The first batch of new troops totaled 100,000 people and were divided into ten brigades, each with 10,000 soldiers, equipped with 8,000 new flintlock rifles, 230 mortars, 12,000 horses, 3,000 carriages, 2 million bullets, and 50,000 artillery shells.

In addition, there are 3000 logistics troops.

Ning Quan personally tested the combat effectiveness of the new army and organized several military exercises.

The final result made Ning Quan extremely satisfied.

The combat effectiveness of the new army is simply incomparable to that of the old army.

A new brigade can easily kill 100,000 old-style troops.

This result also deeply shocked Li Jing, Bai Qi and others.

After learning the news, they called Ning Quan one after another and asked him to equip them with new troops.

Ning Quan naturally agreed without hesitation. This was what he had always thought. Although not all the armies could be equipped with new troops, at least one should be allocated.

This will also allow Li Ji and others to become familiar with the new army's tactics as quickly as possible.

Ning Quan then ordered that the ten brigades be divided into five, with two brigades each assigned to Bai Qi, Yue Fei, Li Jing, and Huo Qubing, and the remaining two brigades stationed in Southeast Asia.

The second batch of 100,000 new troops will be distributed in the same way.

Regarding the new army, Ning Quan's goal was to train and equip one million people.

Once these one million new troops are trained, it will be time for him to declare war on Europe.

During these three months, Daqian's industry, agriculture, people's livelihood and economic development also flourished.

Especially industry and commerce, the speed of development was astonishing, especially agricultural tools, which were supplied throughout the country, greatly improving people's farming efficiency.

In addition, road construction, water conservancy facilities construction, canal repair and other projects are also in full swing.

So far, more than a dozen roads have been built, further improving the convenience of travel for the people and business travelers.

The construction of water conservancy facilities and the repair of canals have also brought benefits to the people and benefited them greatly.

Not only that, the seaports built by various families were also completed one after another.

Large amounts of supplies can be continuously delivered to various places through ports.

In addition, the scale of each factory is constantly expanding, the output is constantly increasing, and a large number of technical talents have been trained.

All these are changes brought about by the technological revolution in the Daqian Empire.

The benefits of doing so are also very significant, making Daqian's economic development more rapid.

In just three months, Daqian's treasury revenue doubled, which no one had expected.

Therefore, in the court, the ministers increasingly supported Ning Quan.

Even many ministers who were initially skeptical and opposed changed their attitudes.

Ning Quan's prestige also reached a peak.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report regarding the army."

At the morning court session that day, Zhuge Liang bowed to Ning Quan.

"whats the matter?"

"Your Majesty, now that our new army has been formed and has gradually joined the battle sequence, the existing old-style army should be disbanded, at least in part."

Zhuge Liang spoke.

"Well, the Prime Minister is right, that's how it should be."

Ning Quan nodded.

"Then does the Prime Minister have any specific plan?"

Ning Quan said after pondering for a moment.

"Your Majesty, for the sake of insurance, I suggest a temporary one-for-one replacement. For every 10,000 new troops, 10,000 old troops will be eliminated. And only the infantry will be eliminated. The cavalry will remain unchanged for the time being."

Zhuge Liang suggested.

"One for one is feasible. It won't cause any serious damage. After all, the old-style army still needs to be preserved."

Ning Quan agreed.

The new army is well-trained and has strong combat effectiveness.

But they were worried that the weather would be bad. If they encountered extremely bad weather, the new army would be completely useless, so the old army had to be retained.

The role of cavalry is even greater and cannot be disbanded at any time.

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

Zhuge Liang bowed slightly.

"Well, it's settled. We'll just do a one-for-one replacement. We can then transfer all the replaced soldiers back to the capital for new training. This way, we can also recruit fewer soldiers."

Ning Quan nodded and said.

"Yes! I obey your command!"

Zhuge Liang nodded.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Suddenly, Jia Xu walked out and bowed to Ning Quan.

"You tell me!"

Ning Quan looked at Jia Xu and said.

"Your Majesty, I have discovered that widespread corruption is occurring in the Ironware Merchants Guild, involving at least three million taels."

Jia Xu reported.

"What? Three million taels?"

Ning Quan was furious when he heard what Jia Xu said.

"Oh my god, the merchant has been established for less than half a year and has already embezzled three million taels?"

The ministers below were also extremely surprised.

"Your Majesty, according to my investigation, almost all the high-ranking officials of the ironware merchants were involved in this corruption incident, involving seven aristocratic families in total."

"The most serious case among them is the current president of the Ironware Chamber of Commerce, Zhang Yunxiao!"

Jia Xu continued to report.

"What is Zhang Yunxiao's background?"

Ning Quan asked with a gloomy expression.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Yunxiao is the patriarch of the Zhang family. He is fifty-two years old this year."

Jia Xu said.

"Humph, you're so brave! You dare to embezzle three million taels."

"Is the evidence conclusive?"

Ning Quan asked coldly.

"Your Majesty, the evidence is conclusive. It has now been submitted to the Ministry of Justice and has been verified."

"Minister Li, is this the case?"

Hearing this, Ning Quan looked at Li Jian, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, and asked.

"Your Majesty, there is indeed widespread corruption among ironware merchants, and the evidence has been verified."

"They buy low and sell high, then cook the books and pocket the profits."

"Your Majesty, these people are guilty of heinous crimes. They cannot be tolerated and must be severely punished!"

Li Jian knelt on the ground and said respectfully.

“Okay, okay, okay…!”

Hearing this, Ning Quanlian said a few good words.

Then he said to the crowd, "My dear ministers, do you have anything to say?"

"Your Majesty, Zhang Yunxiao is guilty of heinous crimes and must not be let off."

"Your Majesty, I second your opinion. Daqian is now thriving, but Zhang Yunxiao has ruined the overall situation of Daqian. He must not be easily forgiven!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I also believe that Zhang Yunxiao and others should be severely punished."

"Your Majesty, I second the proposal!"

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Everyone agreed and expressed their disdain for Zhang Yunxiao and the others.

"Well, pass on my decree. Order the Ministry of Justice to arrest Zhang Yunxiao and others immediately. Once the facts are confirmed, they will be brought to justice and beheaded."

"Any noble family involved in this matter will be severely punished. Not only must they hand over all the stolen property, but they must also pay a fine tenfold to atone for their sins."

Ning Quan narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice.