Luoyang, inside Taiji Hall.
"Lord Xiahou is already very advanced in years. From now on, you must help him more and take over the duties in his hands. The Central Army's training must not stop. Although there are no foreign enemies around us now, the Central Army must not lose its edge!"
Cao Mao said this to Luo Xian, who sat beside him.
Luo Xian found it rather absurd, his expression exceedingly complicated.
He had nearly worked his way up to leading Great Wei's Central Army.
If he kept this up, wouldn't he end up commanding the entire Central Army?!
At this moment, Luo Xian could barely even remember why he had originally come to Luoyang. What had he come to Luoyang for again??
Yet Cao Mao said very seriously, "You must do your utmost in all matters concerning the Central Army!"
"Yes!!"
Luo Xian answered with great determination.
Cao Mao had reduced the armies throughout the land to a certain extent, retaining the elite troops and disbanding the remaining military households to send them home. The harm caused by the hereditary military service system remained vivid before his eyes... The Central Army had also been reduced from its formerly excessive strength of two hundred thousand elite troops to around a hundred thousand.
The Central Army had been roughly this size during Cao Pi's reign. Later, because the Sima Family distrusted the generals stationed throughout the land, they began frantically raising troops and expanding the Central Army.
As a result, the local forces also frantically raised troops, bringing Great Wei's troop numbers to an exceedingly excessive level.
Maintaining such an enormous army placed a tremendous burden on the state treasury, and it was quite unnecessary.
With too many standing troops, there was no developing the economy.
As for why Luo