 Erzhu Shilong, by this point, had grown complacent and arrogant, and no longer paid as much attention to handling his duties as well as he had done during Emperor Xiaozhuang's reign.He tried to appease military commanders by promoting most of them to generals, and as a result, the "general" title became no longer a valued one.Meanwhile, the other members of the Erzhu clan were also growing corrupt, particularly Erzhu Zhongyuan.