Runaway Mengfei is not easy to mess with

Chapter 460 Donation ([-])

Xi Linglan was behind the curtain, and said pleasantly, "Very good! Continue."

B[-], B[-], and Dingsi are considered officials of the court, and they also want to support the princess. Since they became officials, they have not been favored by the courtiers because of their status as guards, but they are all talents. Even though he was born as a bodyguard, he is the bodyguard next to His Highness the Crown Prince. He knows everything he should know, and his work efficiency is extremely high.

Xilinglan wanted to wait for Chu Tianmu to come back and discuss with him that they should stay in the court as officials. Now with her and Chu Tianmu's skills, there is actually no need for so many chief guards.

Such a batch of loyal and good materials cannot be wasted.

Er Er stood up and said, "Everyone knows that I was born as a bodyguard, my foundation is shallow, and I'm not very rich. How about this, I will do what I can, and I won't be able to get tens of thousands of dollars. I am willing to donate 8000 taels of silver."

Bing San and Ding Si also donated 8000 taels.

With the starters, those who have opinions have to donate if they don't want to.

There is no specific limit on the amount. The main purpose of the Crown Princess is to donate as much as she can, so the courtiers began to report the amount in twos and threes.

Some honest and upright people donated very little. Among them, there was a volume reading of the Hanlin Academy, which only donated ten taels of silver.

Xilinglan secretly wrote down, and asked Xu Mengchen to send back his silver in a while, not only that, but also to increase his court salary. During the holidays, people who don’t even accept filial gifts from students, the mother in the family is still a medicine jar, and the medicines are kept non-stop all year round. The family can’t even afford a maid and servant, and everything has to be done by myself.It is not easy for such a person to donate ten taels of silver.

As for the fat and oily official positions that she secretly grasped, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Minister of the Ministry of Households, Prime Minister of the Left, Admiral of the Nine Gates, etc., each paid 5 taels, which was far from enough.

These people are at least able to pay 30 taels!
When the dynasty was over, Xilinglan asked the courtiers to go back and think about a solution. They hoped that there would be no more than 100 million taels of donations. Now that the price of food has risen again, it is far from enough for disaster relief.

Afterwards, Xu Mengchen took people to visit the wealthy households in the city. The donations from the wealthy households were not satisfactory. They donated less than 50 taels, and even 200 million taels was not enough.

On the second day, go to court.

Xilinglan still hadn't waited for the person who made up the donation, so Xilinglan mentioned the names one by one.

"Wu Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, it is said that your chief official is promoted, and there are many people who buy official positions from you every year. Why do you only donate so little?"

When Wu Shilang heard this, he was so frightened that his soul flew away, "Crown Princess, I have been wronged, I have never sold my official position, I have worked hard for the court, I dare not make mistakes!"

"Don't talk too much nonsense. Now the court is employing people. I don't want to care about the past with you. Now I will give you a chance to make amends. You will donate all the illegal sources of income before. And promise not to make mistakes in the future, so that His Highness the Crown Prince will not be held accountable for you when he comes back..."

Wu Shilang still didn't believe it, his head was covered with sweat, "But it's true?"

"The courtiers of the court testify! If you are worried, just write a document. I have a seal of the crown prince here, and I can directly authenticate one for you."

(End of this chapter)