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Chapter 105 Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who tasted the sweetness!Huo Guang's direct conflict with Prime Minister Li Cai

The midsummer sun scorched the earth.No matter before 2000 or after 2000.

hot.

Seems to be forever synonymous with summer.

And today!
All the officials of the Han Dynasty, from the Sangong Jiuqing to the officials and civilians, were all waiting on a street in Chang'an City.

Prime Minister Shi Zhu Maichen wiped the sweat from his forehead, loosened his clothes a little, and complained, "Is it human to make us stand here on such a hot day?"

Prime Minister Shi Biantong also echoed: "Who says it's not!"

Another Changshi Dynasty even said: "Your Majesty is comfortable, living in Jianzhang Palace, avoiding the heat, and leaving us courtiers outside to bask in the sun."

The three chief ministers spoke to each other, and immediately the prime minister standing in front became a little impatient.

Look back.

He glared at the three elders, and scolded: "Shut up, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, so you can slander him?"

The three chiefs immediately lowered their heads and closed their mouths angrily.

see.

Prime Minister Li Cai then looked away.

After all, they are his subordinate bureaucrats, and it is impossible for Li Cai to impeach the three of them for such a matter.

A verbal reprimand is enough.

At this time.

Bian Tong punched Chao Dynasty with his arm, and gestured to Dynasty Dynasty.

After Wang Chao understood what he meant, he patted Zhu Maichen on the shoulder again, and then pointed to Prime Minister Li Cai standing in front of the three of them with his eyes.

Zhu Maichen became an official later, so he is older than both of them.

Seeing the gestures in the eyes of the two people, they immediately understood what they meant, so they took a step forward and said to Prime Minister Li Cai: "Li Xiang, Your Majesty asked us court officials to take the lead in donating money, so as to make an impression on those wealthy merchants. .”

"But it didn't say how much we should donate."

"So Maichen can't help but want to ask, how much is the Prime Minister planning to donate?"

Li Cai glanced sideways at Zhu Maichen.

For this subordinate bureaucrat who is about the same age as himself, it is obviously different from the other two senior officials.

He stretched out his right hand, made a gesture similar to "nine", and said, "I don't plan to donate too much, just this number will do."

Zhu Maichen frowned immediately, and asked: "The prime minister said that he is going to donate 90 yuan!"

"Copper coins?" Prime Minister Li Cai immediately shook his head and said, "What is your identity, can you donate those things? What I want to donate is nine thousand gold coins, horseshoe gold!"

Zhu Maichen heard it.

A look of surprise and doubt appeared on his face.

Surprised.

He didn't expect the prime minister to be willing to bleed a lot and donate so much.What is puzzling is why donate nine thousand gold?
immediately.

Zhu Maichen asked puzzledly: "Li Xiang, you donated all the nine thousand gold, why don't you make it up to ten thousand gold?"

"Wanjin? Can you get me a thousand gold?" Prime Minister Li Cai snorted softly.

to say.

This Zhu Maichen knew the current affairs, so he immediately said: "If Li Xiang needs it, Maichen will go and find a way to raise a thousand pieces of gold for the prime minister."

talking
Zhu Maichen turned around and was about to leave, preparing to collect the remaining one thousand gold.

However, Li Cai grabbed him, shook his head slightly and said: "Hey, Zhu Changshi, what do you want you to do with this thousand gold, just wait, you will know the old man's intention soon."

then.

Zhu Maichen just nodded and said, "Yes, Prime Minister."

And this time.

Prime Minister Li Cai glanced at the other two senior officials again, and asked, "How much do the three of you plan to donate?"

The three elders glanced at each other, and then replied embarrassingly: "I will wait until the family is in short supply, and I can't afford that much money. Just prepare ten to twenty thousand."

"Ten to twenty thousand? Huh!" Prime Minister Li Cai snorted lightly, and said, "Then the truth is worthy of 'Congratulations' three, resign from this position as soon as possible, don't wait for His Majesty to turn around and deal with you."

The three elders were shocked immediately.

Donate less will be cleaned up?
This is in line with the temper of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and there are too many cases where officials were demoted to common people for reasons such as ineffective management of funerals, and failure to raise funds.

Immediately.

Wang Chao said: "It's not that hard, the family members still have some connections, you can donate 200 million!"

Prime Minister Li Cai continued: "Don't donate so much. If you donate too much, you will be targeted!"

Chief Shi Zhu Maichen immediately frowned and asked: "But didn't your majesty say that you donate a lot and don't ask us where the money comes from?"

"Heh, Maichen, is this your first day as an official?" Prime Minister Li Cai snorted softly.

Here.

Zhu Maichen immediately cupped his hands and said, "Maichen is confused."

Several people were talking, those people in Langya Pavilion finally came out and stood on the stage.

among them.

After the champion Hou brother Huo Guang had a few whispers with Mr. Xiaqiujiang, everyone saw Mr. Xiaqiu Jiang take out a piece of paper and read: "The wind is blowing. The clouds are flying!"

"Vega is back home!"

"Andre warrior guards all directions!"

"Our dynasty, since the founding of the country by Emperor Gaozu, has been blessed by the emperor, the weather is smooth, the country is peaceful and the people are safe."

"Now that there is a natural disaster and drought, the crops in the Northwest are not harvested. Officials like us should take the lead in donating, gather rich merchants to contribute money, and the common people to contribute food, so as to tide over the difficulties with the people of the Han Dynasty in the Northwest."

"under."

"The servant Sang Hongyang is responsible for calculating the amount of donations, and Longyan Hou Han said that he is responsible for allocating the disaster relief funds for the guards of the Yulin Army."

After talking about it.

Finally it's time to donate.

All the officials off the court were parched from the scorching sun, and they wished they could donate money and go back home to rest.

And this time.

Longyan Hou Han said that he also came out with a group of Habayashi soldiers pushing a wooden cart.

At this time.

Han said that he nodded to Xiaqiu Jianggong, and Jianggong continued: "The fundraising for this disaster relief was initiated by Your Majesty. Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty and the father of all the people. The drought in the Northwest is the father of the king. Take the lead in donating.”

"Master Sang, think about the amount of money donated by His Majesty."

The words fall.

Sang Hongyang who was at the side shouted loudly and said, "Your Majesty donates money, [-] gold!"

Subsequently.

Xiaqiu Jianggong nodded, and said: "The Prime Minister is the head of all the officials, and also the head of the three princes. Next, I ask Li Xiang to donate money to give the officials a good start."

After hearing this, Li Cai in the audience motioned to several servants to bring up the horseshoe gold that had been prepared.

After Sang Hongyang counted for a while, he muttered loudly: "Prime Minister Li Cai, donate nine thousand gold!"

Nine thousand gold!
This is definitely not a small sum.

To know.

Horseshoe gold was the most superior currency in the Han Dynasty, and its purchasing power was definitely not comparable to that of copper coins.

And after Li Cai donated money.

Xiaqiu Jianggong continued: "Dr. Yushi is one of the three princes, second only to the prime minister and the Taiwei. Since I have been idle as a Taiwei for a long time, I will directly ask Zhang Yushi to donate money."

The words fall.

Zhang Tang, the doctor of the Yushi, went to the stage with a few slings of copper coins.

Then, in front of everyone, handed over the money to Sang Hongyang.

Sang Hongyang took the money!

After another period of counting, he shouted loudly: "Zhang Tang, the doctor of the censor, donate three thousand dollars!"

Three thousand dollars?
After the number was reported, the officials below were in an uproar.

Sangong in the dignified court.

He actually donated [-] yuan!
But this is not beyond everyone's expectations. After all, Zhang Tang, the imperial historian, has always regarded himself as clean and honest, and he has no real estate in his family.If he spends money comparable to that of Prime Minister Li Cai, then there is a problem!
And it's better to go down in Zhangtang.

Xiaqiu Jianggong shouted again: "Taichang is the head of the Jiuqing, next, please."

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After all the officials with a salary of two thousand shi have reported their names and come up to donate money.

Behind.

This is the real target of this donation - wealthy businessmen.

Merchants pay more attention to profits than leave!
But no matter how much profit is made, at this moment, he will have to bleed a lot.In order to attract those merchants to donate money, Huo Guang even stood up and said loudly: "Here, the Le Restaurant will contribute 200 million yuan for the disaster in the northwest!"

The words fall.

Sang Hongyang also shouted: "Chang'an Le Restaurant, this time it is a disaster in the northwest, and it will pay 100 million yuan."

The two finished speaking.

In Chang'an City, the remaining two restaurants are also yelling for 50 yuan.

don't donate.

Can not be done!
Unless these businessmen don't want to do business.

But at this moment Xiaqiu Jianggong said on the stage: "Businessmen are different from court officials. We don't force businessmen to donate money. Everything depends on personal wishes."

Ok.

The words say so.

Any businessman that Huo Guang has personally contacted, dare to try the fate of not donating money?

Unless his whole family doesn't want to do business anymore.

This time, the money donation was busy from the morning to the evening, and the money was dragged away by a simple wooden cart.

As for security work?

The Habayashi army led by Han Yue was on guard, and no one dared to make trouble in Chang'an City.

night.

Sang Hongyang, Huo Guang and others began to count the number of donations received on this day.

It wasn't until late at night that the approximate amount was sorted out.

—Twenty-three million dollars!
Ok.

This is the approximate amount after converting the horseshoe gold of those high-grade currencies into money.

Waited until the second day.

After Huo Guang, Sang Hongyang and others finished their work, His Majesty hurriedly ordered them into the palace to inquire about the situation.

When Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw the two of them coming in, he hurriedly asked, "How much money did you donate yesterday?"

heard.

Sang Hongyang, who is good at calculating words and interests, quickly said: "Return to Your Majesty, the total amount of money is more than 300 million!"

After hearing this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was shocked and said, "So much money can be raised?"

"Eh!"

"If it wasn't for disaster relief in the Northwest, I would really like to use the [-] million yuan as military pay, and immediately attack the Xiongnu Shanyu who is hiding in the depths of Mobei!"

"These unscrupulous businessmen still have money!"

"That's it."

"When you have no money to fight the Huns in the future, let's collect money from these merchants!"

Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, seemed to have tasted the sweetness at this moment.

Yesterday, a huge sum of money was collected from the wealthy businessman, and here, they are actually thinking about collecting money from the wealthy businessman again in the future.

But yes.

Who makes merchants rich?
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very happy and loved to fight.

But wars cost a lot of money.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was short of money, so he didn't pay attention to these rich and unkind businessmen.

But at this moment.

Huo Guang didn't dare to disturb Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che's interest, and he left the palace after explaining the matter.

Later time.

He went to the outside of the city and started building stoves made of clay.The servants who followed him asked: "Huo Alang, why are you building so many clay stoves? Do you want to fire those clay pots!"

"A lot? I think it's too little!" Huo Guang snorted.

Building an earthen stove is naturally for firing some special things.

As for the clay pot?

He doesn't need this stuff.

When the stove was almost built, people searched for enough wheat straw, pine branches and other items that were easy to burn, and at the same time brought a large amount of clay.

First of all.

Huo Guang had the clay crushed and sieved by hand, leaving fine and pure soil.

then.

Shape these pure soils into a very simple cuboid, which is the shape of bricks.

Finally, put it into the furnace for slow calcination.

When the fire in the stove was gradually extinguished, the familiar red bricks were produced, which was what Huo Guang needed.

Most of the ancient houses and mansions were built of wood.

This is not the house Huo Guang is after.

Because ancient houses are extremely afraid of fire.The most famous one is the Efang Palace back then, which is said to have been set on fire by Xiang Yu and burned to the ground.

Infrastructure!

Huo Guang must be thinking of building a house with red bricks.

This can save a lot of wood, but also simple and trouble-free.If you continue to build houses in the ancient way, it will be too time-consuming.

He has helped Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty complete the donation and collection of money for the disaster in the northwest.

So in the following time, they will enclose land in four directions around Chang'an City.

The purpose of enclosing land is to build houses. Bricks are needed to build houses, which can save a lot of trouble.

After the bricks are fired.

Huo Guang checked the quality for it and found it to be okay, its hardness is enough.

then.

Then people began to fire in large quantities.

There are bricks.

Then there is another very important thing to build a house, which is cement.

in fact.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, my country had its own "cement", which was made of glutinous rice water slurry and grass ash, and its effect was not much worse than modern cement.

But the problem is.

In this day and age, where do you get so much glutinous rice slurry?

It's not as good as firing ordinary cement yourself.

of course.

Huo Guang can also choose to use clay instead of cement.In the early days of the countryside, there were not even red bricks. The adobe bricks of the city were made of straw, and the unearthed houses were piled up bit by bit with the soil.

This is actually a question worth thinking about.

How simple and easy is it to build a house with clay and bricks?But if the cement is fired, the effect will be great.

It's just that cement is not easy to fire!
Especially the iron ore.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a salt and iron official camp. As for iron ore, even if Huo Guang was given ten guts, he would not dare to mine it privately.

Instead, you can try to use the iron slag produced after iron smelting.

This is something no one wants.

While Huo Guang was thinking about these things, he arranged for the land servants in the northern circle of Chang'an City to come over in a hurry. All of them had bruised noses and swollen faces, saying they had been beaten.

His servant was beaten.

That's not bad.

Immediately.

Huo Guang then asked: "Who is the perpetrator? You didn't report my name?"

The servants said: "I reported it, but it's useless!"

Doesn't work?
Huo Guang narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked: "What is the origin of the other party, so arrogant? My enclosure is a matter promised by His Majesty. Even high officials in the court dare not do it with Ben Yilang!"

I saw those servants who had been beaten, hesitantly said: "Huo Alang, the other party claims to be the prime minister!"

(End of this chapter)