Ma Shiying looked up at Wu Zheng and bowed and said, "Ma is willing to share the worries of the prince."

Wu Zheng thought for a while and said, "Okay... Then you go."

"I will never let down the prince's entrustedness."

"Remember... If King Jin asks about Li Haiyue's recent situation, you will say that the prince is successful in his studies and the princess has gone to Dangtu to serve as the female office director. I will be good at ease and ask him not to worry about it."

"yes."

Wu Zheng turned his face and called Mao Xiang's name, "Mao Pijiang, I have something to entrust to you and Li Yong."

"Please make it clear."

"This policy is not appropriate for temporary taxes to the people." Wu Zheng said decisively, "For the sake of this, we have to start with the merchants... To put it in the military, we should use soldiers for a thousand days to use soldiers for a while. Compared with each household levy and collect debts, wouldn't it be easier to borrow money from merchants?"

Mao Xiang looked shocked and asked, "What does the prince mean? "

Wu Zheng scolded angrily: "In your eyes of Mao Pijiang, I am a master who can help wealth?"

"I dare not."

"I mean that the Finance Department will issue a IOU to borrow money from merchants and wealthy families in various places on a regular basis. You can pay a little higher interest than the bank and repay the principal and interest after the war. There is enough for the governments south of the Yangtze River. However, the new support for Gaofu in Yangzhou, Huai'an and other prefectures in Jiangbei will need you to deal with Li Yong. Are you willing?"

Mao Xiang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this and responded with Li Yong, "We are willing to serve."

Wu Zheng looked a little tired and waved his hand and said, "Go... It's so bad."

....

"Scholars are unreliable."

Those who dare to speak like this are either cynical or... don't read.

Song An is the latter.

He recognizes words, but does not read books.

Dad Wu never regarded Song An and Chi Erhan as servants. When Wu Zheng was studying, he asked the two to accompany him to study.

Unfortunately, many times, people always choose the opposite of their wishes.

Chi Erhan doesn't like studying, so he would rather play with the stone bumps in Wuzhuang.

But Song An is different, he just doesn't want to.

In his words, if there were no masters, I would have been a dead person, so I just wanted to be a servant. If I read and understand the truth, then I would not be able to stop myself from wanting to climb up, which is contrary to my original intention of swearing to be a member of the Wu family and die as a ghost of the Wu family.

As Song An said in his answer to Wu Zheng, I just want to be the shadow of the young master.

Song An's words made Jiang Quanyi a little embarrassed.

Jiang Quanyi was a general, but he was born as a scholar and then a martial artist.

From a fundamental point of view, Jiang Quanyi is a scholar, and he also regards himself as a scholar in his heart.

But now, he found that he actually agreed with Song An's words.

A scholar is really unreliable!

Soon, Song An added, "My young master...exception!"

Jiang Quanyi stared at Song An with a normal expression, speechless.

Before Wu Zheng fled his family to join the army in Jiading, he became a scholar and gained fame. This is his origin.

To be fair, if there were no such level, like Qian Sule, Zhang Huangyan and others, they would probably have rejected Wu Zheng from the beginning and would never tolerate Wu Zheng growing stronger without stopping. This is a subconscious and prejudices that have been over thousands of years and cannot be ignored.

It is precisely because Wu Zheng is also a scholar in his bones that he is regarded as a kind of scholar.

It was only after Qian Sule, Zhang Huangyan and others helped him from the beginning.

Just as Zhang Huangyan met Wu Zheng for the first time, he wanted to see Wu Zheng's character.

What is character?

That is to see if Wu Zheng is his own person.

However, Wu Zheng was an outlier. In his bones, he never regarded himself as a scholar. To be precise, he did not include himself in the ranks of scholars of this era.

When Wu Zheng opened his prefecture in Hangzhou, he ordered not to take office from scholars, and everything was too late.

Qian Sule, Zhang Huangyan and others were upset, which was also the fundamental reason why the two of them had been delaying their efforts to not serve Wu Zheng.

But they still had a glimmer of hope in their hearts, that is, Wu Zheng left a hole, and before the imperial examinations were reopened, the prefectures could recommend them to the government.

It was this decree that resolved the most acute conflict between Wu Zheng and scholars in Jiangnan, just like a stream of water vapor between water and fire.

The reason why Song An said "scholars are unreliable" at this time was because Mao Xiang and Li Yong's previous advice transferred the financial pressure to the people of Jiangnan.

Some people say that his butt determines his position. Although Song An is a fourth-rank military officer, he has always classified himself as a poor person in his heart.

This is a subconscious class contradiction that makes Wu Zheng very angry.

"What are your plans next?" Wu Zheng changed the topic and asked Jiang Quanyi, "I have thought of a place for you. Now that the battle is on, new recruits will be recruited at any time. The military academy needs instructors with battlefield experience like you to train these people. You can be a deputy supervisor... After years of battles, they have been going through thousands of miles. It is time for you to rest for some time, but don't worry, you still have the chance to lead troops in the future."

Jiang Quanyi stubbornly said, "The General of Mo owes too many lives, and he will not pay it back, so he can't sleep at night... Therefore, the General of Mo would rather die on the way to the Northern Expedition than go to the military academy to train the new recruits, and ask the prince to fulfill his wish!"

Wu Zheng was a little embarrassed. Now the army has been launched. Changing the scoundrel at the last battle is a taboo in military strategists, and there is no ready-made team for Jiang Quanyi to lead.

Wu Zheng pondered for a while, turned his head, and looked at Song An, "How is the personnel you are recruiting?"

Song An replied: "As the young master's instructions, three thousand good men have gathered in the Zhenhaiwei District of Taicang."

Wu Zheng nodded and turned to Jiang Quanyi and said, "The responsibility for this loss in Haizhou is mostly due to me... Fortunately, you escaped from danger. In this way, I will give you a team and the latest firearm equipment in the military workshop. You must train it into an elite soldier within half a year... How about it?"

Jiang Quanyi frowned slightly and said in a depressed mood: "The prince still wants me to train new recruits?"

Wu Zheng was stunned and laughed in anger.

Song An rolled his eyes and said to Jiang Quanyi: "Sir Jiang, don't behave well when you get a bargain. If you understand what kind of soldiers my young master wants to practice, you may not be so wronged."

Jiang Quanyi asked in confusion: "Dare you ask the prince...what soldiers do you want me to practice?"

Wu Zheng said angrily: "Tomorrow, let Song An take you to the military workshop to see it with your own eyes, and you will know."

Jiang Quanyi looked at Wu Zheng, then looked at Song An. Suddenly, he felt blessed and replied: "How dare you work Lord Song... In this way, I can just go to the military workshop to see it myself."

Song An sneered: "Then you might as well try it and see if you want to go to the military workshop."

Jiang Quanyi choked.

Wu Zheng glared at Song An and said to Jiang Quanyi: "Let Song An accompany you. After seeing it, come back to reply to me."
Chapter completed!