Chapter 650: Governance

Bai Lang would likely have no children in this life. In the future, it was said that this position would be inherited by two "Imperial Younger Brothers" or "Imperial Nephews"—of course, it was a tradition in the world for the two younger brothers to adopt their children to their big brother if they had children. "Imperial Crown Prince..." Bai Lang muttered these words. Although his two younger brothers had grown into wolf-tiger bodies, they hadn't taken wives yet, and they hadn't touched women under Bai Lang's strict supervision.

"Martial arts haven't been achieved yet, what women to touch? But now it's okay." Bai Lang looked at the two sixteen-year-old brothers who were 1.8 meters tall and had strong physiques and nodded. When they were eighteen, they would be married. The prince titles had already been enfeoffed. Bai Lang would not follow the Ming Dynasty's path of enfeoffing prince titles to outside places, but would learn from other dynasties to keep the prince titles in the Capital. These two younger brothers of his both had main troops—each had three guards and four thousand five hundred people.

These troops were stationed in the camp outside the city, while Bai Lang's own fifteen hundred Imperial Guards were stationed in the military camp in the city. There were also fifteen hundred Yulin Guards who were cavalry stationed outside the city, and finally, five hundred fully armored cavalry led by Bai Lang himself were also outside the city. And the two younger sisters were both princesses, but they had official positions and their own princess mansions, and of course, they had three thousand troops each. Nearly twenty thousand troops were recruited from the west one after another, which could be called elite.

And the troops of the original Capital Battalion were basically replaced. The old and weak retired to become common people. Bai Lang's imperial court had no military households. He learned the compulsory military service system of the Han Dynasty, but it was also mixed with professional soldiers—the elite of the central army were professional soldiers paid high military pay and provided with weapons and armor by the state. After retirement, they could also take a share of military fields and receive retirement military pay until death. These two things could not be inherited by future generations, so if you want good treatment, then practice martial arts and join the army hard.

The young and strong who could still obey orders in the Capital Battalion were reorganized and let them take on the task of police—Bai Lang really wanted to progress to modern times at least in terms of public security, as for other things, he couldn't manage them. He could suppress everyone with force, but he couldn't do all the work by himself. These troublesome things were all handed over to his two younger brothers and two younger sisters. Under the temptation of power, quite a few people gathered around them to plan for them, and their growth also made Bai Lang look at them with admiration.

"I didn't expect that compared to being a martial general, they have a bit of talent as such powerful ministers." Bai Lang was happy to do so. Anyway, he felt that he should be an arbitrator—didn't the smart emperors of the Ming Dynasty all do this? It seemed that the two old masters of the Temple of the World and the Temple of God were like this, which could be called excellent means. The emperors in front were actually like this. Only when it reached the Chongzhen Emperor protected by Bai Shaobao, after doing everything himself, was it the real fooling around.

"If there was no me, Chongzhen Majesty would have finished the Ming Dynasty..." Bai Lang sighed at this point.

Two kings and two princesses plus cabinet government—Bai Lang even solved the cabinet list by the court recommendation of the Ming Dynasty. After all, he really didn't know how much ability everyone had, so he could only let one come first to see if he could do it. If he couldn't do it, get out. Officials who could mix into the court recommendation actually had ability. Not to mention the inner court—although there were no eunuchs, a batch of people were transferred from the imperial court officials to another bureaucratic system, doing things similar to the eunuch's ceremonial supervisor.

Bai Lang basically didn't approve memorials. Usually, he let the cabinet and his younger siblings review and pass them, and that was it. Even the edicts were kept by the cabinet and the inner court together. What did this person mainly do? Mainly flying around in the harem and practicing martial arts, and from time to time going out of the West Garden to wander everywhere. There were not many guards, and the scene of going out was not big, and no one would dare to hold him empty—his two younger brothers were in awe of this big brother.

Only those who really followed Bai Lang to charge the formation knew what a strong martial general this was, and he was worthy of the word unparalleled in the world, and he broke thousands of troops alone, which was enough to be called suppressing the world. Bai Bao and Bai Biao knew that even if they gathered their main troops, they were afraid they couldn't block their own big brother from breaking the formation alone, not to mention that their big brother only needed to shout in front of the formation, and their subordinates would definitely turn against them.

So, before the economy recovered, it could be considered peaceful in the world. Both sides ruled across the river, and the place of fighting was in the land of Bashu. Up to now, Bai Lang's troops had not fully taken Bashu, but the troops of the Prince of Nan'an in the south could not hold on anymore. In at most half a year, they would have to flee from here. The imperial court in the south was a nephew of the late Emperor, belonging to the third son of Taizu, which was considered the same maternal line as the late Emperor.

The Prince of Nan'an was naturally the regent—he didn't dare to usurp the throne, and the pressure from the north was too great. Bai Lang built a navy in Shandong, and was also building ships on the north bank of the Yangtze River. At most three or five years, he was ready to fight across the Yangtze River and unify the country.

Among the Four Kings and Eight Dukes, three princes had already been beheaded, and three of the Eight Dukes had been removed from their names. The nobles of the old dynasty had already been cleaned up for the most part. The new dynasty would not continue to pay money, and of course, it would not recognize their land deeds, and don't even think about collecting rent. Although the big mansions were not taken back, which one of these houses didn't cost money? So in the end, it fell into decline. As far as Bai Lang knew, Baoyu was a small official, and he could still maintain his life in a small house.

The two Duke Mansions had already been separated, the mansion was sold to the imperial court, and they bought a small house nearby to live in. The Rongguo Mansion Jia Zheng line still had some income. Old Jia was recorded by the new dynasty and became a small official—this was Bai Lang's grace, and the Jia She line was also okay. Jia Zhen also got a small official position, that is, his wife finally didn't have that momentum, and the Wang family was covered.

The relationship between the so-called family servants and family-born servants was not recognized at all.

The two Duke Mansions had already been separated, the mansion was sold to the imperial court, and they bought a small house nearby to live in. The Ningguo Mansion line was basically finished, and it looked like it was about to beg for food. The Rongguo Mansion Jia Zheng line still had some income. Old Jia was recorded by the new dynasty and became a small official—this was Bai Lang's grace, and the Jia She line was also okay. Jia Zhen also got a small official position, that is, his wife finally didn't have that momentum, and the Wang family was covered.

Xue Baochai married a small official, and Xue Pan continued to do business—having a stall was enough not to starve to death.

Bai Lang was like this to the Empress's relatives, and the Empress had a cold personality, so she felt that this was the best. As for the concubines, some asked for official positions for their families, but Bai Lang just gave a small official to dismiss them.

The economic recovery was quite fast. The damage was not great, and after killing many insects that occupied the land, both farmers and the state breathed a sigh of relief. The imperial court's annual income far exceeded the previous dynasty. Looking at it this way, Bai Lang would be able to go south in at most two years. ===== CHAPTER 651 =====