I'm in the Red Mansion

Prime Minister Qin could no longer sit still, so he stood up immediately and took a sedan chair to go to Prince Zhongshun's mansion.

The two of them plotted in the study for a long time.

As a result, a prince and a prime minister, two of Da Xia's top elites, were unable to find a solution.

Attack Daxia Monthly? Revenge on Jia Cong?

It is said that the Daxia Monthly News was launched by Emperor Yonglong, and Jia Cong was also a new upstart in the court.

It is not so easy to destroy the Daxia Monthly and take revenge on Jia Cong.

The most important thing is that even if revenge is to be carried out, it will be a matter for the future.

The most urgent task is to cleanse them of the stains.

However, after discussing for a long time, they still couldn't find the best solution.

The two of them are in high positions of power, second only to the emperor and above everyone else.

However, faced with a move made by a mere Hanlin editor, they were so frustrated that they could not find a way to deal with it.

The most important thing is that this little Hanlin slandered them in the Daxia Monthly. Although it was true, how could such a thing be made public? How could they be compared with maids?

What’s even more infuriating is that they had no way to defend themselves and could only swallow the loss.

This made them so depressed that they almost vomited blood.

If Jia Cong were here, he would definitely tell them. This is called a dimensionality reduction attack.

Jia Cong used the propaganda warfare of later generations. It would be strange if he still couldn't deal with them.

In the end, Prince Zhongshun and Prime Minister Qin had no choice but to adopt the most frustrating strategy.

That was additional donations. They decided that each family would add 50,000 taels of silver.

If it were at the beginning, they only needed to offer 10,000 taels of silver and be consistent with Prince Beijing, Prime Minister Kou and others.

Now, I'm afraid there is no way to resolve the issue of ten thousand taels.

You will definitely be abused and questioned.

In this case, it would be better to pay a few tens of thousands of taels of silver to settle the matter first and then deal with it later.

As for the Daxia Monthly News and that number one scholar, it won’t be too late to take revenge later!

No, Daxia Monthly Report is actually a powerful weapon.

It doesn't necessarily have to be destroyed.

If you can control it in your own hands, many things will be easier to do.

Thinking of this, Prime Minister Qin couldn't help but show a thoughtful look on his face.

After returning home, Prime Minister Qin and Prince Zhongshun ordered people to carry 50,000 taels of silver to the Ministry of Revenue to donate it.

After returning home, all the civil and military officials naturally saw the additional edition of the Daxia Monthly.

And heard the voice of public opinion throughout the capital.

After the morning court session the next day, they heard that Prince Zhongshun and Prime Minister Qin had donated an additional 50,000 taels of silver.

This made them sigh that the Daxia Monthly Report was so amazing.

Prince Zhongshun and Prime Minister Qin were forced to give in.

And now, Prince Zhongshun and Prime Minister Qin have each donated an additional 50,000 taels of silver.

Then they must also make additional donations!
Although they don't have to be on par with the prince and the prime minister, ten thousand taels of silver are indispensable, right?

If they don't donate, if it's published in the Daxia Monthly Newspaper, they will be in big trouble!

If they had known this earlier, they would have donated several thousand taels of silver yesterday!

In this case, they don't have to donate an additional 10,000 taels of silver today.

It’s a pity that there is no place to buy regret medicine in this world.

All the officials were so impatient that they asked the servants waiting outside the palace to deliver the message without even waiting for the court to adjourn.

Let them go back, take out 12,000 taels of silver, and then send it to the Ministry of Revenue as an additional donation.

Of course, although it is said that there are hundreds of civil and military officials, in fact, the number is far from 100. In fact, in the Great Xia Dynasty, there are still many people who are qualified to attend the court, definitely more than 100.

However, the number of people who were eligible to attend the morning court in Beijing was suddenly much smaller.

At most, there are only about twenty people.

But even so, including the 50,000 taels of silver that Emperor Yonglong took out from his own treasury, the total amount was already 350,000 to 360,000 taels of silver.

This does not include officials below the third rank in various ministries in the capital, even if they cannot donate 10,000 taels of silver.

But the total amount is probably 50,000 taels of silver.

All added together, donations from officials alone exceeded 400,000 taels of silver.

The first batch of disaster relief money is basically enough.

And there are also donations from the aristocratic families and wealthy businessmen in the capital, and it hasn’t even started yet!

Although they did not donate much in the past, all added up was only over 100,000 taels of silver.

But this time, there may not be no unexpected changes.

Don’t you see that even Prince Zhongshun and Prime Minister Qin had to donate another 50,000 taels of silver?
Other high-ranking officials also donated another 12,000 taels of silver.

The wealthy families and landlords in Beijing may not be afraid of being exposed!

If they donate too much, they may not be exposed, but if they donate too little and it is exposed, they will inevitably be cursed by the people of the entire capital!

……

Things turned out just as Kou Xiang and Lin Ruhai had expected.

The officials below raised funds and eventually donated more than 300,000 taels of silver.

Therefore, in the end, the donations raised by officials alone amounted to nearly 700,000 taels of silver.

This number is still not enough to provide comprehensive disaster relief.

But the gap is not that huge anymore.

What's more, there are still aristocratic families, landlords, wealthy businessmen and powerful families in the capital who have not donated!

Next, donations in the capital city continued to go very smoothly.

Each of those wealthy and powerful families donated 12,000 taels of silver.

Other wealthy businessmen also received between three and five thousand taels of silver.

The amount they donated was at least ten times more than before!

They also read the supplement of the Daxia Monthly, and they also heard the insults from the people against Prince Zhongshun and Prime Minister Qin. They were also afraid of being scolded!

In the end, the total amount of donations raised by the people in the capital city was 1.23 million taels of silver!

If the donations from officials are added, the total amount would be nearly two million taels of silver!

After deducting the cost of disaster relief, there would still be nearly one million taels of silver left.

This will greatly alleviate the pressure on the Ministry of Households and allow it to do more things.

At this time, Jia Cong also printed another supplement.

This supplement mainly published news about donations made by Prince Zhongshun, Prime Minister Qin, and other officials.

Since they have donated, they will naturally make it public, and Jia Cong will naturally not leave this loophole.

So as to avoid being attacked by Qin Xiang’s faction.

After reading the latest issue of the Daxia Monthly, Prime Minister Qin and Prince Zhongshun were inevitably disappointed, but they also breathed a sigh of relief.

They have donated an additional 50,000 taels of silver, far exceeding the donations from Prince Beijing and Prime Minister Kou.

It is even more than what the top scholar’s ​​entire family donated combined.

This time, they will finally be able to get rid of the public's criticism, right?
They asked people to investigate among the people, and the feedback they got was far beyond their expectations.

Even though they donated an additional 50,000 taels of silver, their reputation among the people did not improve much!

It's really a thankless job! (End of this chapter)