Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 135 engraved name

Seeing that the autumn tax collection was about to begin, Zhang Guoji's manpower had been arranged and he was just waiting for the money. However, Zhu Tianqi asked Xu Guangqi and Lai Zongdao several times, and both of them said that no one came to donate money. Yi and Qian Longxi were called to ask questions, and they said that everyone wanted to donate more and were preparing money. Some people needed to sell some things to cash out, and it took time.

Zhu Tianqi naturally would not believe Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi's lies. There were so many officials in the DPRK and the Central Government, so how could it take so long to prepare money? There must have been some kind of tacit understanding behind the scenes.

Zhu Tianqi quickly figured out the purpose of Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi. The reason why they were delaying was not because they wanted to break their promise and don't want to donate, but because they didn't want to donate so early because they said they would donate money. They still have to give it to Zhang Guoji so that he can continue to collect grain, so Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi naturally refuse to "subsidize" Zhang Guoji to go against their own people.

If they really have such a purpose, then what they have to delay is definitely not a day or two, but until the day when the autumn tax collection ends, they will definitely not pay themselves a tael of silver in advance, come " "Supported" Zhang Guoji to collect grain.

Although Zhu Tianqi still has millions of taels of private money in his internal funds, he will never dare to take out this money casually again. With the lessons learned from the previous 1000 million taels of silver, the remaining money he has Once the money is taken out from the internal funds, [-]% of it will be returned to the public. By then, I will have no private money at all. When it comes time to use the money, I will be in trouble.

Therefore, we still have to find a way to force all the officials in the court to hand over all the money as soon as possible, so that their evil plot cannot succeed. Now the merit monument outside Chengtian Gate has been erected, but not a single word has been engraved on it yet.

But when it came to the merit monument, Zhu Tianqi suddenly had an idea. He immediately called for Xu Guangqi and Lai Zongdao. First, he ordered Lai Zongdao to have the craftsmen carve the names of all the officials in the court immediately, and then asked Xu Guangqi to go there. Convey your will to the officials,

"The donation period is one month, and upon expiration, the actual donation amount will be engraved on the merit monument. Those who have not donated will also be marked!"

As the persons in charge of this donation, Xu Guangqi and Lai Zongdao were at a loss to deal with the officials' deliberate delay in donating. They had been worried for a long time. Now after listening to Zhu Tianqi's arrangements and instructions, Although I still couldn't understand it at first, I soon realized it and couldn't help but give Zhu Tianqi a thumbs up.

So what is the cleverness of Zhu Tianqi's move?
All the officials in the DPRK valued their reputation. Zhu Tianqi identified their common problem of pursuing fame and fortune, so he successfully kidnapped them morally and forced them to donate money. Now, although they agreed to donate money, they deliberately delayed it. Zhu Tianqi Tianqi had no choice but to force them again.

Originally, the merit monument was a public notice board for donations, and the amount of donations can also reflect the character of officials from the side, and this merit monument can not only be seen by people today, but also passed down to future generations, so the donation is just right It can be remembered for eternity, but if the donation is not satisfactory, it is likely to be infamous for eternity.

Therefore, Zhu Tianqi first asked Lai Zongdao to engrave the names of all the officials, instead of just imposing a donation time limit on the officials to force them to donate quickly.Because if we just limit the time limit and require officials to donate quickly, and those who come late will not be engraved on the merit monument, officials will be happy to take advantage of this loophole, because the amount of donation is difficult to control, and no one can predict what they will do now. The amount of donation was very popular in the eyes of the people and future generations. He was either praised or insulted.

So it is better not to be engraved, and to be an unknown hero, and donate the money myself, but there is no need to have the name engraved, and there is no need to leave a clue to the world and future generations.

It was precisely to prevent officials from taking advantage of this loophole that Zhu Tianqi directly asked Lai Zongdao to engrave the names of a group of higher-ranking officials in the court on merit monuments, and then set a time limit for the officials. If they don't donate money within the time limit, they will be engraved with "Not a penny donated", which will make them infamy forever!
Who among the officials in the court can bear this move? Not even Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi can stand it. Now the top of the list of merit monuments is naturally Zhu Youxiao, the "most good" emperor in the dynasty, followed by Xu Guangqi, the chief minister, Lai Zongdao, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Zhou Daodeng, the Minister of the Ministry of Official Affairs, both stated the amount of the donation.

Next, there are Qian Qianyi, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Qian Longxi, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Liu Hongxun, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, arranged in order of official position. However, looking back from Zhou Daodeng's name, the donation amount is currently blank.

In fact, it would be okay if everyone's back is blank. Maybe as time goes by, everyone will not be able to understand what is going on. But the three at the beginning have already donated their money early. If the following are all If they are empty, it already explains the problem. What's more, the emperor has to engrave the words "not a penny donated" after their names. This is not destructive!
Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi were still stable at first and wanted to wait and see for a few more days, but the people under them couldn't calm down. They were all scholars and wanted to lose face. They had no money. You can make more money, but your reputation is gone, which brings shame to the whole family for generations!
Furthermore, during this period of time, everyone has indeed lost confidence in Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi. Following their arrangements, have they suffered several setbacks in a row?If you continue, you will be in disgrace for thousands of years and will never be able to stand up again!

So some people no longer cared about the faces of Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi. They discussed the amount of donations privately and sent the money to the Ministry of Accounts. When someone started to take the lead, naturally everyone couldn't hold back. They all went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to donate money.

Lai Zongdao also got busy, counting the officials who donated money and the amount of donations every day, and asked the craftsmen to engrave the merit monument immediately to ensure that the content of the merit monument was updated in real time.

Seeing that the names of most officials on the merit stele have been filled with donation amounts, and the second half of the merit stele has also been filled with many new names that had not been engraved before, as well as the donation amount, Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi I'm really anxious.

Zhu Tianqi had not asked Lai Zongdao to carve many names on the merit stele before. They were all important officials in the court with relatively high official positions. In other words, most of them were civil servants and those who followed Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi. Zhu Tianqi is mainly targeting the officials who are against him this time. These officials all have money in their hands. As long as they donate the money, it will be enough to solve their urgent needs!

(End of this chapter)