After Li Liangzuo handled government affairs in the imperial study, he returned to the harem and sent someone to keep the queen from hiding Feixue. The imperial concubine Su Qiaoer and Liang Luoyao came over. The queen and Liang Fei rarely met. After all, they were sister-in-law before, and now they were a little embarrassed to meet with one husband, so the two basically did not meet.

After all three of them came to Li Liangzuo's bedroom, Li Liangzuo said to the three of them: "You three are my favorite women, I have something to discuss with you."

"Your Majesty, just tell me what you are doing!" Wuzang Feixue said to Li Liangzuo.

Li Liangzuo smiled and said to Wuzang Feixue: "Now I am implementing reforms in China and training new troops, which requires huge expenses, and the court's finances cannot improve in a short period of time, so I plan to reduce the cost of the harem."

Wuzang Feixue immediately expressed support and said: "Your Majesty should reform and reduce the cost of the harem. I support Your Majesty."

"I agree, too." Su Qiaoer and Liang Luoyao said.

Li Liangzuo saw these three people so reasonable and said with a smile: "Okay, with the support of three beloved concubines, a big stone in my heart finally landed. I originally thought that you three would cry and make a fuss about me!"

"Your Majesty, are you that unbearable?" Wuzang Feixue said with a pout.

Li Liangzuo smiled and continued to say to the three of them: "Originally, the cost of the harem was one million guan a year, but I decided to keep only one tenth, which is 100,000 guan. Although this money is not much, it is not too much. In the future, the money will be handed over to the queen for custody. You will ask the queen for the monthly money. Do you two have any objections?" After Li Liangzuo said that, he asked Su Qiaoer and Liang Luoyao.

"I have no objection." The two said together.

Then Liang Luoyao said to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, I have a suggestion."

"What advice does my beloved concubine have? There are no outsiders here." Li Liangzuo said.

Liang Luoyao then said to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, I think the palace can also increase revenue and reduce expenses. I can organize the palace maids in the harem to weave cloth, then embroider the fabrics on the cloth, and buy them outside the palace, so that I can still make money!"

Wuzang Feixue was about to object, but before she could say it, she saw Li Liangzuo nodding and said, "This suggestion of a beloved concubine is good. I am sure. The queen will be responsible for this matter. Qiaoer and Yaoer, you two, assist the queen."

"Yes, I obey the order." The three of them took the order together.

Before we knew it, it was September of the first year of Assimilation. Weigening Ling had already returned from the Song Dynasty. This time, Weigening Ling not only made peace with the Song Dynasty, but also brought back a large amount of rewards from Song Renzong. At the same time, the deliberation on the border between the two countries was reopened, and a large number of Xixia specialties began to flow into the Song Dynasty. At the same time, the goods that Xixia urgently needed were also transported in from the Song Dynasty.

Song and Xia have made peace, and the border deliberation has been reopened. Li Liangzuo began to fulfill his promise and began to withdraw troops from the border. At the same time, Li Liangzuo ordered a dismissal. The original Western Xia army was originally more than 300,000 troops to be directly sacked more than 200,000, and only 100,000 troops were left in the country.

Among them, the capital Xingqing Prefecture stationed 30,000 imperial guards, and the remaining 70,000 troops were all reorganized into border troops. They stationed 10,000 troops on the long national border thousands of miles from the Xia and Song borders, 10,000 troops in Xiping Prefecture, 10,000 troops in Hexi Corridor were guarding against Tubo, 10,000 troops in Heishui City were guarding against Liao army, and 30,000 troops in the four northeastern prefectures (Tiandezhou, Yunneizhou, Dongshengzhou and Fengzhou) were guarding against Liao army in the direction of Datong.

The military was cut, and the military expenditure would naturally be reduced. The original 8 million jin of military expenditure was cut to 3 million jin by Li Liangzuo. All of these expenses were used for the military expenditure of the border army and the imperial guards. Due to the retreat of the Xia army, the Song army's troops on the border were greatly reduced.

So Li Liangzuo decisively ordered the abandonment of some unimportant fortresses on the border, so that almost all military expenditure was used in the hearts of the border army and the imperial guards. Therefore, these border soldiers not only did not resist Li Liangzuo's reforms, but also unanimously supported him.

After everything was on track for reform, Li Liangzuo began to join the training of the new army. These 100,000 new army were an important force for Li Liangzuo to unify the world in the future. After Li Liangzuo's large-scale military expenditure was smashed, the new army was destined to be the most elite army in the world, and they were the top in the world in terms of personnel quality and weapons and equipment.

First of all, the soldiers were poor people ordered to be recruited from Xixia by Li Liangzuo, young men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five. The origin of the new army was different from the border army. The border army was mainly conscripts, while the new army was recruiting system. These young men from the new army were eager to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions on the battlefield.

The organization of the new army was established by Li Liangzuo based on the current situation and the establishment of later generations: every five people set up a sergeant for one sergeant, every twenty people set up a chief and deputy commander for one sergeant, every hundred people set up a chief and deputy commander for one sergeant, every five hundred people set up a chief and deputy commander for one sergeant, every thousand people set up a chief and deputy commander for one sergeant, every three thousand people set up a chief and deputy general for one town, every ten thousand people set up a chief and deputy general, every ten thousand people set up a chief and deputy general, every army supervisor, every three thousand people set up a chief and deputy general, every army supervisor, every 30,000 people set up a chief and deputy general, every army supervisor, every 30,000 people set up a chief and chief general, every army supervisor, every 30,000 people set up a chief and chief general, one chief general, one chief clerk, and one army Sima.

Li Liangzuo chose the place where he trained troops on the former site of Danliang City. More than ten years ago, the Liao army broke Danliang City and burned the city, and the city was abandoned. Now Li Liangzuo regards this place as the base camp for the training of the new army. Danliang City is located in the west of Helan Mountain and northwest of the Tengger Desert. It is a very rare place for people and has a large number of grasslands. It is an excellent place for training troops. Moreover, it is located in the hinterland of the Western Xia and is not easily discovered by spies from the Song and Liao Kingdoms.

As Li Liangzuo arrived at Danliang City, in addition to the 100,000 new troops, there were also a large number of craftsmen. As a college student in the metallurgy industry in later generations, Li Liangzuo remembered that there were a large amount of coal and a small part of iron ore resources nearby. These resources may be very small in later generations, but in this era it was enough to consume Li Liangzuo.

After arriving at the Danliang City, Li Liangzuo repaired the city and sent people to search for minerals everywhere, mainly looking for coal mines and iron mines. Although Li Liangzuo was not a good student in his previous life, he still knew very well about metallurgy. In addition to the top craftsmen of Xixia, Li Liangzuo was confident in practicing high-quality steel.

You should know that in ancient China, steel could not be made. The so-called refined steel can only be considered refined iron at most, so ancient China's weapons were generally dominated by heavier machetes; and the Xixia people in this period had mastered a relatively advanced method of iron smelting, that is, the cold forging method. The armor of the elite Iron Harrier heavy armored cavalry of the Western Xia was the most advanced cold forging armor of this period.
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