Fengmou Jiangshan

Chapter 61 Giants Donate Actively

On the second day, Su Jun quietly left the palace, and secretly wandered around the homes of wealthy merchants from the eight counties around the capital.

I don't know what method he used and how he used his three-inch tongue. Gu Qinghua was worried that the merchants would hold a wait-and-see attitude for a long time. Unexpectedly, after only five days, the Fang family, the Lin family, and the Xu family in Zhoukou The parents went to the yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and knelt down at the entrance of the yamen. Xu Shi, the head of the Xu family, held a booklet high above his head, expressing his heart of making contributions to the people in the disaster area impassionedly.

The yamen servants on duty at the gate of the yamen just came to their senses and were about to step forward to chase people away. Unexpectedly, there was a "wow", and a large group of civilians surrounded them without knowing who led them.After hearing Xu Shi's impassioned and deeply sympathetic words to the people in the disaster area, the government servants couldn't help but be moved, let alone watch the people.

Several people on duty discussed it, and saw that they were well dressed, and after inquiring that they were rich men in Zhoukou, they didn't dare to neglect, and hurried in to report to Liu Jia.

Since the officials of the household department were dispatched to escort the relief bank to the disaster area, Liu Jia has never let go of his heart. He commutes to and from get off work on time in the household department office every day, and sometimes works overtime.

Hearing that the three rich men in Zhoukou were crying and asking for donations, they were heartbroken, and hurriedly greeted them in person, led the three into the Pianhua Hall in the front yard, and asked about the cause and effect.

After hearing what they said, Liu Jia couldn't help but feel a little touched, so she asked them how much they planned to donate. When they heard that 35 taels, Liu Jia was so surprised that he almost spit out the tea in his mouth, and said, "The three of you—a total of 35 taels." Ten thousand taels?"

The three shook their heads and said, "35 taels each!"

Liu Jia stared and opened his mouth, and it took him a while to react, and murmured: "This, ah, good, good!" He thought he was a businessman at first, but he was just relying on money to gain a good reputation, who knows , It turns out that one mouthful is 35 taels!
It took Liu Jia a long time to react. Once the excitement was over, he suddenly became vigilant, his thin eyeballs rolled around, and his expression turned serious. He said, "You guys, do you need something from the headquarters?"

The three laughed candidly, and spoke even more frankly. They vowed that they had nothing to ask for. First, they sympathized with the disaster-stricken area, second, they wanted to accumulate virtue for their descendants, and third, they wanted to accumulate longevity for their own elders. meaning.

Only then did Liu Jia understand, he was more inclined to believe the last reason.Speaking of which, the taxes charged by the imperial court on merchants are really not low!

Liu Jia pondered for a while, smiled contentedly, raised his head and said: "Yes, this is a big matter, and His Majesty attaches great importance to disaster relief, I have to go to the palace for you, and see what His Majesty means! Let's be a prince!" After finishing speaking, I sighed worried about everything.

After hearing this, the three of them naturally got up to send them off respectfully, with a lot of compliments, compliments, hard work, thank you, etc. After that, Liu Shangshu's "hard work" trip was naturally indispensable.

Liu Jia greeted them with a smile, as if he didn't realize what happened, he swaggered out of the yamen, and headed towards the palace in a sedan chair.

As the car curtain fell, he impatiently pulled out the envelope from his sleeve, opened it, and found that it was worth 3000 taels. His face immediately shone with beauty, and his eyes narrowed into slits. 3000 taels, enough... to buy a lot of things.

"What did you say?" Gu Qinghua was surprised after hearing what he said, and was stunned for a moment with his eyes wide open.

"My minister didn't expect that there was such a generous person among the businessmen. At this moment, the three of them are still waiting in the yamen of the household department. Your Majesty's intention—" Liu Jia said with a smile when he saw that Gu Qinghua was also taken aback.

He didn't know that Gu Qinghua's astonishment was not the same as the astonishment he thought.Gu Qinghua was surprised that someone came to her door so soon, she thought that those people would at least wait and see, planning and planning repeatedly.She couldn't help being a little curious: What method did Su Jun use?It worked!

"Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are also one of my people. Since I have such a kind heart, if I refuse, won't it block the people's way of doing good?" Gu Qinghua woke up and smiled at him.

"Your Majesty's words are true!" Of course, Liu Jia would not let go of the opportunity to flatter him, and said immediately, "This is His Majesty's ability to educate and influence the world, and I admire him so much!"

Gu Qinghua smiled slightly, ignored his words, pondered for a while, but said: "The Household Department is in charge of household registration, finance and taxation, and there are already many affairs. Now that they have dispatched people to help the disaster, I am afraid that Aiqing will be more and more busy! This folk Don’t worry about Ai Qing’s donation, let’s transfer it to the Inner Palace for management! I will order the Inner Palace to take over this matter, and you will bring those three people to the Inner Palace after you go back.”

"...Yes, I obey the order." Liu Jia was disappointed and disappointed in his heart, but he didn't dare to show half of it on his face, and retreated slowly after accepting the order.

"This Su Jun..." Gu Qinghua looked ahead, unable to tell what it was like...

In the following month, the results of the war far exceeded Gu Qinghua's expectations. Nearly two hundred wealthy businessmen went to the Yamen of the Inner Palace to donate. The amount of donations ranged from 30 to 60. The area also covers almost all states and counties in the whole country. Aunt Su and Xianglin reported the accounts every day, they were dumbfounded and couldn't believe it. They never expected such a result.

As soon as Gu Qinghua received the silver taels, he ordered Liu Jia to draw up a plan, and after making changes, transport the silver taels to the disaster area continuously, and how much money was allocated to which disaster-stricken prefecture and county, and for what purpose? The most important thing is the donations of those people. Gu Qinghua ordered someone to write it, and posted big-character posters at the gates of each city in Zhaifeng City, clearly expressing the attitude of taking from the people and using them for the people.

It was an unprecedented and rare event for the government to report expenditures to the people, and it became the hottest topic of discussion in Zhai Fengcheng, from the dignitaries down to the common people.Everyone praised the empress for her love for the people, and some scholars even wrote poems and essays to praise the empress.At the same time, the good deeds of the major donation merchants have also been widely affirmed by the people. In addition, this matter has been affirmed and appreciated by His Majesty the Empress. The status of the major merchants is also somewhat different in the eyes of everyone. , and his reputation skyrocketed.

This was an unexpected result, and all the merchants were pleasantly surprised, secretly thinking: even if the wish is not achieved in the end, this is not a loss-making business!

As a result, the donations came even more ferociously. Anyone who had some foresight and could afford the money would rush to the inner government office in the capital!

King Yizheng was disdainful at first, and then gradually became uneasy, and there was something wrong that he couldn't tell, and finally mentioned this matter solemnly one morning at the court.

The King of Political Affairs had a solemn face, and righteously explained a lot of orthodox etiquette principles to Gu Qinghua from the scriptures, and then said: "The businessman's status is low, and he forgets righteousness when he sees profit. This kind of people messed up indiscriminately, His Majesty's action is detrimental to the dignity of the court and the dignity of the monarch, please let Your Majesty stop this matter!"

Gu Qinghua couldn't help sneering in his heart, tsk tsk, what a nice way to say it!A face that thinks of her wholeheartedly!What is the dignity of the court and what is the dignity of the monarch?Where was he when the news of the disaster came and the household department couldn't come up with money to relieve the disaster and she was so anxious that she was about to hang herself?Seeing that she not only passed the test easily, but also had more than enough money for reconstruction after the disaster, he jumped out and said such a thing!

However, Gu Qinghua made the calculations, there are still three days until the one-month deadline she agreed with Su Jun, and the money raised is enough, she can't continue this matter endlessly, it is indeed time to end it!What he said was very timely.

But Gu Qinghua refused to immediately agree with the king's statement, because it was a matter of face, and he had to fight for anything.It’s like signing a contract between Party A and Party B. Even if Party A’s drafted contract is correct, as Party B, you have to pick some mistakes and drag it out, so that Party A won’t underestimate it.

Gu Qinghua giggled, and half-truthfully said to the king of politics: "The king of politics thinks he is supercilious! Are merchants not my subjects, or my subjects? They have this ability and kindness, why should I Do you want to refuse? Why? Could it be possible that the King of Political Affairs is envious of my wealth these days? Don’t be jealous of the King of Political Affairs. I might as well put my words here. I will not put a single penny of this money into the small treasury, and will use all of it for the disaster area Relief and post-disaster reconstruction, dear friends can supervise what I can do!"

Before Gu Qinghua finished speaking, all the ministers smiled, and some of them "puchi" laughed, and hurriedly covered their mouths and lowered their heads.When she finished speaking, everyone stopped laughing, some were stunned, some were shocked, some were convinced, some admired, and their faces suddenly became more serious.

"Your Majesty—" Only the king of politics was still flushed with anger.

"That's all!" Gu Qinghua interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and said with a smile: "I'm just joking with you, the king of politics is naturally not such a person!"

"Your Majesty, above the court, please stop making such jokes, minister, I can't afford it!" Prince Yizheng said angrily with a stern face, and a few shadows flashed in his eyes suddenly.

Gu Qinghua smiled, tilted his head and pretended to think for a while, raised his chin, raised his eyebrows and said, "Let's leave it to the king of politics! I'll make an order now, saying that the disaster relief money is enough, if I accept it again It seems that the court has ulterior motives, so how about asking them to hurry up next time?"

Hearing that she became unserious at the end, the King of Political Affairs suddenly became angry again, glared upwards and opened his mouth just now to refute, then thought, why bother!The more she does not behave properly, is it self-destructive image?Why should he remind her?snort!

"That's very good! Just follow His Majesty's will!" The King of Political Affairs still replied coldly.

After a word of decree, the merchants who had just arrived in the capital were all disappointed, begging people to go through the door, but unexpectedly the inner mansion was blocked by water, and after inquiring that this was the idea of ​​the King of Political Affairs, they couldn't help feeling disgusted with him, and had no choice but to Disappointed to leave.

In the palace, Gu Qinghua had ordered Xianglin to communicate with Lin Zhi and others in time to see when Su Jun would come back.Xianglin agreed coldly.

Unexpectedly, the last day was already past noon, and there was still no news of Su Jun.

Gu Qinghua's heart suddenly became unstable, and he couldn't stop thinking wildly, worried that something might happen to Su Jun?
(End of this chapter)