The king behind the empress

Chapter 114 Fundraising Plan
Hearing Jia Fu say that this matter is easy to handle, Mo Zizai couldn't help being a little surprised, "It's easy to handle, what should I do?"

"It's simple."

Jia Fu smiled, and said: "Just follow the prince's idea, the border is urgent, the three counties are in severe drought, and the treasury is empty and urgently needs silver taels. Just ask those merchants to donate."

"It's not the same as not saying anything."

Mo Zizai rolled his eyes with some dissatisfaction. The problem now is that the national treasury is not empty, and the house is ransacked and extorted.

And in order to dig a hole for themselves, those officials spread the news all over the city, and now tell people that they have no money, you really think those businessmen are fools.

"But the treasury really has no money now, right?"

For Mo Zizai's dissatisfaction, Jia Fu didn't explain much, he just spread his hands and said: "The money in the house belongs to His Majesty, but because the prince got it, so to be precise, it is the money of the prince .”

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Mo Zizai seemed to understand something, he nodded thoughtfully, "That's right, keep talking."

"Since it is the prince's money, it is naturally at the disposal of the prince. As long as Mr. Xue is asked to collect donations, he will let it out by the way, saying that the prince will not give out any money. In this way, the treasury will still be empty. Well."

With a trace of coldness on Jia Fu's face, he said lightly: "Anyway, people in the world already have many misunderstandings about the prince. If greed for money is placed on the prince, no one would doubt it."

"It's definitely not going to work, Mr. Jia."

Xue Wanche shook his head directly, and vetoed: "This big week is the prince's big week, if even the prince refuses to pay, how can those merchants pay?"

"It is in this situation that people who are willing to pay are even more valuable."

Hearing Xue Wanche's rebuttal, Jia Fu said indifferently: "If a person is sincerely for the country, and the country is in trouble, he will pay for it no matter what the situation is. If there is no country in his heart, even if the prince pays for it, they will pretend not to look at it." Arrived."

"Xue disagrees with that."

Xue Wanche still couldn't agree with Jia Fu's statement, "Patriotism is built on the condition that the country can still be saved. If the prince can't pay the money that the prince collected, Mr. Jia, what do you think those businessmen will think?"

"Even if they still have some patriotism, in this case, they will think that our Dazhou is completely hopeless?"

Xue Wanche's words were very blunt, even a bit disobedient, but he didn't pay too much attention to it, because if he really did what Jia Fu said, it would be good if only one out of a hundred businessmen in the capital could survive.

Such a result is too serious, he can't bear it, and he feels that the current Da Zhou can't bear it either.

"Okay, stop arguing."

Mo Zizai interrupted the debate between the two with a wave of his hand, "What Jia Fu said is indeed reasonable, but it is also a bit too extreme."

"After all, we just want to pick some people who are willing to contribute to Da Zhou, not to kill all those businessmen. Your standard is too strict."

"However, your method has some merits."

Mo Zizai pondered for a while and said, "How about this, Mr. Xue, you just tell the public that part of the money was stolen by 'my king'."

"Now His Majesty can only take out 1000 million taels, but the 1000 million taels are not enough to deal with the war in the east and the disaster victims in the three counties at the same time. Let them raise donations for this reason."

"With this 1000 million taels as a base, if they still can't make a difference, then it's no wonder this king is ruthless."

Hearing what Mo Zizai said, Xue Wanche still had some hesitation on his face, but he had no better idea now, so he could only nod helplessly, and agreed, "Okay, this subordinate understands."

But after agreeing, Xue Wanche remembered one more thing, and asked cautiously: "By the way, my lord."

"Our fundraising is done in the name of His Majesty, so shouldn't we tell His Majesty about this?"

"no need."

Mo Zizai shook his head and said, "I'll ask her to make up an edict later and send it to Tianjing Guards. If anyone doubts it, you can just show them the edict."

"Make up an imperial edict..."

Listening to Mo Zizai's casual tone, Xue Wanche felt a little silent. If the edict says to make up, he will make up for it. Can a daughter-in-law be so arrogant as the emperor?

"Okay, my subordinates understand."

"Since there is no problem, then you can arrange it."

Mo Zizai thought for a while, and then urged: "Try to finish this matter before the day after tomorrow, because I plan to do something to them the day after tomorrow."

More than half of today has passed, plus tomorrow, it will be a little more than a day until the day after tomorrow.

"How long is it in a day?"

Xue Wanche frowned slightly, and said with some embarrassment: "My lord, the time of day is a little tight."

It wasn't that he wanted to shirk, this was the first task Mo Zizai gave him, and he wanted to do a good job of showing it, but in a day and a half, he really couldn't handle it.

Although he knew some of the rich merchants in the city, he didn't know all of them. It took two days to find these people, let alone go door-to-door to collect donations. It took only four or five days to get it done. no.

"You don't have to worry about the list of rich merchants."

Mo Zizai knew Xue Wanche's difficulties, but he had a solution, "Although Yu Zhisi doesn't have detailed information on wealthy merchants in the capital, there is still a rough list."

"You just need to have people visit one by one according to the list, and then ask them to donate money."

As for the minimum amount of donations that need to be raised, Mo Zizai did not set it for Xue Wanche. It was not really for money, and there is no point in setting a standard. Simply let them donate as much as they want. If they donate all, then kill the lesser ones. That's it.

After all, if the edict is issued, it is equivalent to asking the emperor to sign and ask for money in your face, and you will only pay that little, if you don’t kill whoever you kill, it’s true that everyone is as talkative as Chongzhen.

As for why it is necessary to finish the matter before the day after tomorrow, it is because according to the time, if the day after tomorrow, Tang Weilu will be able to advance to the Human Realm.

So Mo Zizai wanted to settle all these trivial matters before the day after tomorrow, and then give himself a day off on the day after tomorrow, to accompany Tang Weiyi and Tang Weilu with peace of mind.

"If you want to give yourself a vacation, you have to make time for yourself. Being a prince is really hard, and I don't know when I can be free. I don't even have the time to go to the brothel. It's really hard for me."

Xue Wanche didn't know what Mo Zizai was thinking, but when he heard Mo Zizai said that Yu Zhisi would give him the list of wealthy businessmen, he immediately felt that it was all right.

If there is a list, it will not be so troublesome. He only needs to ask Tianjing Wei to visit each one. In this case, he can visit all the wealthy businessmen in the capital in less than a day.

"This subordinate understands, so I will go back and make arrangements, and promise to finish these things before the day after tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)