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“Isn’t that so? That’s truly a huge breach of their responsibility! Even if elders like us don’t say anything, the moment the news reaches them, they would iree heard of Xue Zique, he was an authoritative official of the finance departh he was nicknamed the ‘Bloodsucker’ and countless people cursed hi efforts to tax the rations and wealth of the civilians to fill the national treasury, Wang Chong knew that he wasn’t bad at heart, and he didn’t do so to fulfill his private greed either

All of the taxes he collected went straight to filling the national treasury He didn’t corrupt a single tael of it!

“Hahaha, Duke Jiu, Young Master Chong sure is astute and s me would only be a waste of his talents, I would really love to keep hi in arandson of Duke Jiu sure was an eye opener Possessing such foresight in the military affairs of the e performance in the finance department as as completely inconceivable

“Hahaha, Elder Zhao, you need not bother about that matter Duke Jiu has already expressed his consent to have Young Master Chong beside hts about him!”

Duke of Ye scolded playfully as he tried to dispel the thoughts frohter, four grandsons, two granddaughters, and a nephew, only this ‘Young Master Chong’ was capable of low

“Hahaha, there’s no need to fight over hi, so when he requires your help in the future, none of you are allowed to turn hi at the top of the hall, the old ly half-serious issued a command to his old subordinates

“Of course, of course!”

The elders ih they didn’t knohether Duke Jiu intended to install this Young Master Chong as his successor, it was clear that he intended to groom him

“Gen-er, have you heard those words? You are an authoritative official of the royal court, so you have to keep thisGen and said

“Yes, father I willGen replied

The e affair On the small scale, it affected the finance of the ee scale, it affected the military and welfare of the empire, as well as the safety of several hundred thousand troops on the battlefield!

If not for the fact that today was the old master’s birthday banquet, he would iues to discuss the matter This wasn’t just because of how much they cared about the eh thisas well!

Whoever’s naainGen’s experience, he would surely be able to push this h in the shortest ti was only fifteen, so it was impossible for hiated this reatest benefits over this matter!

This would definitely leave a beautiful stroke in his political history As tioes by, it would beco has delivered this huge credit into his hands

“Right, Young Master Chong, how did you think of the possibility of establishing tariffs?”

Duke of Ye suddenly asked curiously

Wang Chong knowing of the conditions of the northern Eastern and Western Turkic Khaganate despite his young age could at least still be attributed to the Wang Gen being a general Raised in such a fa of suchto possess talents in that aspect

But ‘tariffs’ was a co that talent could explain!

“Hehe!”

Hearing those words, Wang Chong chuckled All of the words he had said beforehand was in preparation for this “Elders, you all have overestimated me, how could I possibly possess such capability? Actually, I only heard of thisLi!”

“What?”

Everyone was astonished They swiftly turned to look at Wang Li

Wang Li had been looking doith an awful co outdo hi those words, he abruptly lifted his head and turned to Wang Chong in disbelief

“Hehehe, cousin, seeotten it Back then, I reht this up, you said that it is just nonsense that you came up with, and that the bunch of powerful officials in the royal court couldn’t possibly listen to your words Your mind was already into the otten about the matter Even so, I noted down your words Hehe, cousin, surely you didn’t expect that, right?”

Wang Chongdidn’t intend to show off before the elders by saying soChong deeply believed that this cousin of his wasn’t a bad person Even though he sto, when the Wang Clan fell into distress, he rushed back without any hesitation

Even now, Wang Chong recalled how after the Wang Clan fell frorace, he roamed the streets, only to be bullied by others In the end, it was Cousin Wang Li who appeared and fought off those people Right when Wang Chong was injured, it was he who used his back to guard hih he spouted cold words such as ‘I didn’t do this for you’ and ‘I just can’t stand their faces’ afterward

But Wang Chong knew that he ca realized that cousin was actually a cold-faced but waret along with and how bad his tee the fact that they were both offsprings of the Wang Clan!