▁change ▁in ▁leadership ▁also ▁brought ▁new ▁problems ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁court ▁s land ering ▁of ▁his ▁accomplish ments . ▁Li u ▁Gu oj in , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁im pe ached ▁by ▁X ion g ▁for ▁rec ruit ing ▁the ▁soldiers ▁that ▁mut in ied ▁at ▁Fort ▁Z hen ji ang , ▁had ▁started ▁a ▁fa ction ▁and ▁plot ▁to ▁s land er ▁X ion g ▁of ▁losing ▁territory ▁and ▁cow ard ice ▁in ▁battle , ▁both ▁of ▁which ▁X ion g ▁denied . ▁Event ually ▁X ion g ▁decided ▁to ▁quit ▁before ▁he ▁was ▁arrested , ▁and ▁res igned ▁from ▁his ▁position ▁as ▁Military ▁Affairs ▁Commission er . ▁ ▁Yang ▁S ich ang ▁took ▁on ▁the ▁task ▁of ▁calculating ▁reven ues ▁and ▁affairs ▁for ▁L ia od ong . ▁He ▁estimated ▁that ▁L ia od ong ' s ▁ 1 7 7 , 0 0 ▁troops ▁and ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁mount s ▁cost ed ▁the ▁court ▁roughly ▁ 3 . 7 ▁million ▁ta els ▁per ▁year . ▁To ▁offset ▁these ▁costs , ▁he ▁suggested ▁establish ing ▁military ▁far ms ▁so ▁that ▁at ▁least ▁the ▁horses ▁could ▁be ▁fed ▁on ▁local ▁feed . ▁Yang ▁also ▁recommended ▁introdu cing ▁a ▁new ▁pay ▁scale ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁grade ▁of ▁soldiers ▁to ▁better ▁motiv ate ▁them ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁to ▁reduce ▁costs . ▁Sold iers ▁were ▁divided ▁into ▁five ▁classes , ▁and ▁the ▁highest ▁class ▁earned ▁ 2 . 5 ▁times ▁what ▁the ▁lowest ▁class ▁made . ▁ ▁The ▁Ta