Just when Wu Tuo was waiting anxiously, Zhu Hongyu finally finished reading the memorial in hand and asked.
"You want to ask for help and go to the front line?"
Zhu Hongyu's voice was obviously not loud, but to Wutuo's ears, it sounded like a bell.
Wu Tuo's body trembled visibly, and then he replied.
"Yes, Your Majesty Khan!"
"Your most loyal servant Wutuo is willing to fight for you!"
Zhu Hongyu fell into silence again.
Faced with Wu Tuo's invitation to fight, he really couldn't make up his mind for a while.
Zhu Hongyu continued to flip through the memorial in his hand, but his attention was not on it, but on Wutuo's request for war.
Just when Wutuo was anxious about waiting again, Zhu Hongyu finally spoke.
"This Northern Expedition is not a large-scale war. The battle plan agreed upon by the General Staff is just to remove Yangzhou. There is no intention to expand the war."
"But, if you want to join the war, it's not impossible!"
"Go now, gather the troops and horses, and get your soldiers ready to go!"
"Behave on the battlefield and don't embarrass me!"
"Don't live up to the high hopes I have placed on you!"
Wutuo heard this and kowtowed again with some excitement.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Wutuo understands!"
"Your most loyal servant will prove his loyalty to you with the blood of his enemies."
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly. He understood very well the current mentality of Wu Tuo who was anxious to show his loyalty, which was the so-called fanaticism of converts.
For example, some traitorous banana people in later generations will only intensify their efforts to smear their motherland after becoming a foreign national.
It seems that only in this way can I be separated from my past.
He used this to show his loyalty to his new master.
The same is true for Wutuo now, after he returned to the Ming Dynasty.
In order to show that he has completely separated from his past, it is completely normal for him to rush to the battlefield and want to go to the battlefield to prove his loyalty with the blood of the Qing army.
Moreover, Zhu Hongyu can be sure that as soon as Wutuo's troops arrive on the battlefield, they will be more fanatical and less afraid of death than other Ming troops.
…
The elite soldiers and horses of the Ming army have already begun preparing to cross the river.
Ships unloaded their anchors and set sail, heading north of the Yangtze River. Troop and grain transport ships kept appearing at the docks outside Nanjing.
Transport countless troops and supplies to the other side of the Yangtze River.
However, the hottest topic in Nanjing now is not the Northern Expedition launched by the Ming Dynasty.
But a very new word, bond!
After Zhu Hongyu came up with the idea of issuing bonds, he did not directly implement it. Instead, he asked the cabinet to discuss whether the matter was feasible.
The final answer given by the cabinet is that you can try!
In the eyes of the adults in the Ming Dynasty's cabinet, bonds are simply the court borrowing money from the people!
Besides, this thing is not mandatory!
What could happen?
If Your Majesty is willing to do it, do it!
Anyway, nothing big will happen!
…
The palace, the flower hall!
As a prominent gentry family in Nanjing, the Wang family has a large manor outside Nanjing.
The manor has rockeries, flowing water, ponds and pavilions, a beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River!
But some buildings look angular and have a majestic atmosphere of the North.
This manor was not built by the Wang family themselves. The original owner was a Manchu dignitary!
Not long after the manor was completed, the Ming Dynasty regained Nanjing.
Then, the manor came into the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
In order to raise funds, the Ming court sold the manor.
There is no shortage of estates like this for sale!
The Wang family relied on many connections and went through many channels before spending money to acquire this manor.
Today, this manor is regarded as the ancestral home of the Wang family.
In the flower hall, many senior members of the Wang family gathered together to discuss matters.
Wang Wenzhong, the head of the Wang family, was playing with two walnuts in his hand, with a serious expression on his face, and asked.
"Have you all read today's new newspaper?"
A steward of the Wang family stood up and said.
"Replying to the master, I saw that what the master wants to say is about bonds?"
Zhu Hongyu took advantage of the opportunity that Ming Dynasty was about to launch the Northern Expedition and raised the issue of bonds.
Moreover, newspapers were also used to publish them directly throughout the world.
When many wealthy gentry in Nanjing saw the words "Recovery Bonds", the first reaction in their minds was that the court was short of money and had to cut leeks.
As soon as the word "bond" came out, it caused a huge stir!
Wang Wenzhong nodded and said after hearing this.
"Indeed!"
"What kind of bonds will the imperial court publicly sell? How should our Wang family deal with it?"
In Wang Wenzhong's view, the imperial court wanted to cut leeks, or in other words, let them, the big businessmen, pay protection fees.
As for the bonds, which are just money borrowed by the court, they will be repaid with interest...
Wang Wenzhong thinks whoever believes it is stupid!
Do you believe what the court says?
Very brave, young man!
In his opinion, as long as this money goes into the pocket of the imperial court, the imperial court will immediately turn its back on him.
Want money?
Say it again, I didn't hear you clearly. Do you want money or your life?
However, although Wang Wenzhong sees things very clearly, is seeing things clearly useful?
Useless!
When the imperial court wanted to issue bonds, no matter how clearly he saw it, he still had to support it.
Do you dare to give it a try?
Wang Wenzhong's third uncle said.
"Doesn't this bond make it clear that the imperial court is trying to trick us businessmen?"
"Can't buy it!"
"If you buy it, it will be wasted!"
Wang Wenzhong's son also spoke up.
"Yes, dad, you should think twice about this!"
Wang Wenzhong's son felt that even if his Wang family threw money into the water, it would still make a sound.
But if you donate it to the imperial court, you won’t even get a chance!
Although the Wang family is not short of money, that’s not how the money is spent!
Listening to his family's words, Wang Wenzhong's face turned dark and he couldn't help but want to curse.
What kind of nonsense is this?
The imperial court was going to issue bonds. As a big and well-known family in Nanjing, could the Wang family just pretend they didn't see it?
Definitely not!
To put it bluntly, this is the kind of thing where if you flatter the court, there may not necessarily be any benefits.
But if you don’t give the court face, then there may not be any harm!
Just one word makes a world of difference!
At this moment, Wang Wenzhong's youngest son stood up and said.
"Father, I think that when the imperial court plans to sell bonds, our Wang family should take the initiative to pay for a batch of them."
"Even if you don't make any money, it doesn't matter. It's a show of goodwill from my Wang family to the court!"
When Wang Wenzhong heard this, he nodded slightly with great satisfaction.
"That's a good statement!"
"If the imperial court wants to issue bonds, my Wang family, more or less, has to buy a batch!"