The Wife is First

The entire court was in chaos because of Xiao Shilang’s selfishness. However, these disturbances did not affect Jingshao’s military camp because they were about to go on an expedition in a few days and the camp was busy sorting out internal affairs.

Because the court had not completed the investigation of the case, the officials who confiscated their property first were just minions and could not plug the gap in the army. Emperor Hongzheng asked the treasury to allocate more silver to fill the gap in the army.

The army’s account suddenly had a lot of money surplus, and someone needed to take over and rectify it quickly, but Mu Hanzhang was just a military advisor and had no authority to take care of this.

Zhao Meng suggested that Jing Shao promote him to the rank of military advisor general, but Mu Hanzhang declined, saying that he had just joined the military camp and was not qualified for this position. In the end, he made a compromise and appointed a military advisor, Zhonglang General. Although he is a military advisor, he can manage military affairs but cannot command military advisors. However, there are no other advisors in the army now, so the power given by this position is enough.

The Ministry of Revenue now had no time to send new secretaries, so Mu Hanzhang promoted several literate soldiers to serve as secretaries. He had made it clear a few days ago that those clerks were arrogant, and most of the soldiers asked people they knew well to write for them. He wrote down the names that had been mentioned one by one, and now he called them all to the central tent and asked a few questions. Let them write, and finally they are left with eight literate characters who can also do accounting.

“Do you understand the accounts each of you is responsible for?” Mu Hanzhang asked the eight people in the audience as he put away the account books in the book. The accounts in the army were relatively simple. He chose an easy-to-learn and relatively detailed accounting method and taught them for a whole day. They must have almost learned it.

“Understood!” the eight people replied angrily.

“The military advisor teaches so well that even those who are illiterate can learn it.” Wang Er said with a smile. When he met the military advisor while carrying food, he thought he was just a showman and was of little use in the army. But now, he is only a few years old. On that day, this Mr. Jun already had a high reputation in the army, and he was totally willing to transfer him as a secretary, so that he would not have to do the hard work of carrying food and cooking fires.

Mu Hanzhang nodded slightly: “At the end of every ten days, hand over the account books to me for review. If you don’t understand anything, ask me on that day. If it’s not urgent or of great importance, you don’t have to ask. You can Make up your own mind.

When several people heard this, they all beamed with joy. Not only did this save them a lot of trouble, but this little bit of power could also bring a lot of benefits.

“However, the ugly words are ahead. Anyone who dares to embezzle military pay or conceal something important and does not report it will be dealt with according to military law without mercy!” Mu Hanzhang said with a cold face.

“Yes!” Several people hurriedly saluted. They were reluctant to throw away this good job, and naturally they would not lose their heads for some small profits.

After the people dispersed, Mu Hanzhang rubbed his brows tiredly. The expedition was about to begin, and the army had a lot to deal with. There was no secretary these days, and it was very troublesome to have the accounts in disarray. He took care of them all day yesterday. Straighten out.

“Young Master, are you tired?” Yun Song came in to bring tea and couldn’t help but feel worried when he saw Mu Hanzhang showing signs of fatigue.

“It’s okay,” Mu Hanzhang shook his head and handed a piece of paper to Yun Song, “You can go back to the palace tomorrow to get all these things.”

“Yes.” Yun Song put the piece of paper in his arms and stepped out when he saw that Mu Hanzhang still had something to deal with.

“Yunsong,” Jing Shao, who had returned from military training, called to his servant, “Go to the other courtyard tomorrow and tell Ren Feng to bring all the people I want.”

“Yes,” Yun Song hesitated, “but the young master told me to go back to the house tomorrow to pick up the things.”

“That’s it,” Jing Shao pondered for a moment, “Then you go get your things and go to the other courtyard the day after tomorrow.”

“Yes,” Yun Song responded, secretly saying that in the prince’s mind, the princess’s affairs were indeed more important than his own, so he added, “The newly elected secretaries have gone back, and the young master seems a little tired.”

When Jing Shao heard this, he frowned, opened the curtain and walked in, only to see that his princess was still busy in front of the case.

“Why haven’t you finished your work yet?” Jing Shao walked over and took the person into his arms.

Mu Hanzhang struggled: “Wait a minute, I’ll finish this.” After saying that, he wrote a few more lines on the booklet, then put down the pen, rubbed his sore shoulders, glanced at the broad chest behind him, and reluctantly Couldn’t help but lean in.

Jing Shao curled his lips, touched the tired face of the person in his arms, and hugged him up so that he could lean back more comfortably: “Why are you still busy if you haven’t already divided the accounts?”

“Soldiers in the army send letters every month, but these letters home are likely to be used to deliver news, and some of them are even unintentional,” Mu Hanzhang took a letter and showed it to him. It said that in the suburbs of Beijing In the military camp, the food has become better in recent days, and you can even eat beef. “If these contents are read by the enemy, they will know the location of the army and the source of some special ingredients. This is very dangerous.”

Jing Shao nodded. There are often special personnel to check the letters before they are sent out, but there are always omissions. Things like beef are generally not noticed.

“I wrote a letter to review the charter and listed everything that could not be included. If there is anything else that needs to be added, write it all down and ask them to copy it a few times and send it to the secretary.” Mu Hanzhang The charter just written was handed to him.

Jing Shao took the charter but didn’t read it. He only looked down at the person in his arms.

“What’s wrong?” Mu Hanzhang looked at him puzzled.

“I’m thinking about what blessings I accumulated in my last life to be able to be with you.” Jing Shao looked at him, without a trace of teasing in his eyes. He was seriously thinking about what he did in his last life, and God actually Treat him so favorably and let him live a new life.

Mu Hanzhang looked at his serious eyes and slowly raised his lips: “I am blessed to have such a beloved person like you.”

The two looked at each other deeply, and could see the cherishment and admiration for each other from each other’s eyes. They couldn’t help but slowly approached and kissed each other’s lips gently.

“Military advisor!” Zhao Meng suddenly opened the curtain and shouted loudly before he came in.

The two people who had just come into contact hurriedly separated. Mu Hanzhang sat up straight and looked down at the account book on the table, while Jing Shao gritted his teeth and stared at Zhao Meng.

“The prince is here too!” General Zhao raised his head and said hello, then sat down on the chair next to him carelessly.

“General, why are you running so fast and not waiting for me!” The right guard also ran in noisily, followed by the steady left guard.

“You guys came here at this time, but what’s the matter?” Mu Hanzhang put down the langhao pen he was pretending to be holding and looked up at the three of them.

Zhao Meng touched his beard and winked at the right guard: “Say it!”

“Ah, we were discussing. Life in the army has suddenly become better in the past two days, so I want to buy some new things… Why are you dragging me?” The right guard was talking happily when he was suddenly pulled by the left guard. .

“Hey, why are you so wordy,” Zhao Meng said dissatisfied, “Let me tell you, it is really inconvenient for the military advisor to live with the prince in the king’s tent. Now that there is money in the account, we must quickly buy a better tent for the military advisor. General Zhao felt that the military advisor would be embarrassed to ask for money for himself now that he was in charge of the accounts, so he pulled the guards around to persuade him.

When Jing Shao heard this, the alarm bells immediately went off. Now that they live together and can’t get anything to eat for several days, wouldn’t it be worse if they sleep separately again? Yaxing’s mood suddenly became worse after being disturbed, and he said coldly: “The military advisor does not know how to use martial arts. If there are assassins, wouldn’t he be unable to fight back? I think it is good to live in the king’s tent.”

“How can there be any assassins in the military camp? Besides, even if there are assassins, they will assassinate the prince. There will be no assassins who will kill the military advisor. If you ask me to stay in the king’s tent… Ouch, why are you pinching me!” You Hujun said halfway. , Zuo Hujun pinched his waist suddenly, and couldn’t help but turned around and shouted.

“The tent must be prepared. Since ancient times, there has been no reason for military advisors to live in the king’s tent.” Mu Hanzhang glanced at Jing Shao’s visibly livid face and couldn’t help but smile, “But we will set off in three days. Now if we set up any more tents, we have to move them to other tents, so the gains outweigh the losses. Let’s add more tents on the march.”

After hearing this, Jing Shao’s expression improved a little, and he waved away the three people who had come up with random ideas.

“Jun Qing, do you really want to build another camp?” After everyone left, Jing Shao hugged his princess unwillingly.

“I am your military advisor now, not a princess. If you don’t want to cause criticism, I still have to do enough on my face.” Mu Hanzhang patted his head on his shoulder.

“Then we have to sleep separately!” Jing Shao protested dissatisfied.

“Well,” Mu Hanzhang nodded, looking at Jing Shao’s crying face, he couldn’t help but reach out and pinch his cheek, “However, the prince can go to the minister’s camp at night to discuss the military situation.”

“Yes, why didn’t I think of that!” Jing Shao’s eyes lit up when he heard this, and he pulled Mu Hanzhang to stand up, “Let’s go back to the king’s tent to discuss it for a while!”

The next day, Yun Song went back to the palace and brought over everything Mu Hanzhang wanted.

There are a lot of things, but they are all small items, so it doesn’t take much trouble. Jing Shao looked over curiously and saw a jade flute at a glance.

“Jun Qing, you know how to play the flute!” He had never seen him use this thing before. Jing Shao looked back and forth with the flute curiously. It was green all over and warm to the touch.

“I learned it when I was young. The piano is too heavy and gets in the way when marching, but this flute can be carried with you,” Mu Hanzhang explained. “If you are short of money on the road, you can still pawn it.”

Jing Shao’s hand playing with the jade flute paused for a moment. Don’t literati value their own flutes? Why is my princess so special…

The day of the expedition came in a blink of an eye. The soldiers were in high spirits early in the morning and were ready to go. They are the elite in the hands of the prince, and the rest of the army will rush to the southwest from various places, and finally meet at the border of the southwest fiefdom three hundred miles away.

Yun Song said goodbye to Mu Hanzhang and returned to the palace. He originally thought that he would have to do all the daily chores himself in the future, but unexpectedly Jing Shao actually brought him a maid, and this maid was none other than the one who followed Gui Jiudao. Ge Ruoyi, who has been learning concealed weapons for several months!