Mei Niang, I'm a fake eunuch, you still let me sleep

Chapter 124 39 million taels of silver

Drunken House.

Between the toasts and cups, the wine is in full swing.

When Changsun Wuji arrived, everyone got up and saluted one after another.

"Master Changsun, why are you here?" Zhao Wujiang raised his glass and laughed, didn't you say you won't come?
Changsun Wuji snorted coldly, and sat down on his own, besides Zhao Wujiang, there was also old fox Prime Minister Li Ji on the table.

"You are becoming more and more cunning like Li Ji!" Changsun Wuji poured himself a glass of wine.

Li Ji slapped the table, not knowing whether to laugh or get angry: "You are the cunning, your whole family is cunning!"

"First, I took the opportunity to entertain the ministers. Almost all the ministers who rewarded you will come, and then you showed your fox tail and asked everyone to raise funds for disaster relief to support the war!" Changsun Wuji drank a glass of wine, savored it carefully, and looked aside. Zhao Wujiang who smiled and said nothing.

"Afterwards, you and Wang Yifang sang a big show and asked him to take out 1000 taels of silver first.

The drama is fake, but the money is real. Someone takes the lead in raising funds, and those who want to befriend you will follow and donate money and so on.

Even if some ministers don't want to take out money, but most of them have participated in fundraising, they have to participate!
I have to say, you, Zhao Wujiang, really know how to handle people.

As long as the ministers of Zuixianglou raised funds, no one in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty would dare not donate.

Tsk, on this point, you took advantage of the power of the entire Zuixianglou ministers tonight!

Amazing, Zhao Wujiang. "

Changsun Wuji smiled and shook his head, he knew the whole process of today on the way here.

"After listening for a long time, I just waited until Master Zhangsun said something, is there any more?" Zhao Wujiang was full of smiles, and Changsun Wuji's analysis was clear and logical, basically hitting the mind during the fundraising process.

Changsun Wuji sneered and said, "You used your power to force people to donate a lot, right?"

"Where is it? Why did I overwhelm others with power? Everyone is voluntary. If you don't believe me, you can ask me!" Zhao Wujiang said, and called Zhu Youci, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Zhu Youci saw three people from Quan and Xiangguo sitting at a table, and summoned him, he was overjoyed, and rushed over.

He cupped his fists and said respectfully: "My lords, what can I order?"

"Lord Zhu donated 5000 taels of silver, is it voluntary or coerced?" Zhao Wujiang drank lightly.

Zhu Youci's heart tightened, where did this come from?

He rolled his eyeballs and said with a flattering smile:
"Now that the Tang Dynasty is facing wars and severe droughts in Hebei Province, it is decided to cut down on food and clothing, and donate all of its belongings. This is completely voluntary by the official! This is the heart and responsibility of the people of the Tang Dynasty. !"

"Okay!" Zhao Wujiang clapped his hands, "This is the official of my Tang Dynasty! Everyone is for the country and everyone is for the people. We should keep in mind Master Zhu's words!"

The courtiers who had been paying close attention to Zhao Wujiang and Changsun Wuji just now all spoke in agreement.

"That's right! Raising funds for disaster relief and supporting the war is the duty of the people of Tang Dynasty."

"Even if Mr. Zhao doesn't prepare this banquet today, I will volunteer and donate generously when I learn about the disaster in Hebei Province!"

"Yes yes yes."

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Changsun Wuji's eyelids twitched, but his heart sank.

Zhao Wujiang's action following his words not only refuted him, but also showed his own power.

Regardless of whether Zhao Wujiang used his power to suppress people and asked officials to spend huge sums of money, as long as he stood here, everyone would do so voluntarily.

"By the way, how much will the eldest grandson decide to donate?" Zhao Wujiang asked.

Changsun Wuji had a cold face: "How much I donate, I naturally have it in my heart"

Zhao Wujiang interrupted Changsun Wuji's words: "No matter what you say, Mr. Changsun is the top of the hundred officials. If you donate less."

"If the old man wants to donate, he will naturally be at the forefront!" Changsun Wuji sneered, he could still get a few thousand taels of silver.

Zhao Wujiang poured a glass of wine for his eldest grandson Wuji, and he did it first as a respect, "Master eldest grandson is so virtuous, my younger brother admires him! Come on, let us see how much the one who has donated the most so far?"

He took out the list, spread it out, and it was densely packed with fundraisers and money counts.

"1000 taels, 5000 taels, 3000 taels" Zhao Wujiang read slowly, the most was 5000 taels from the official minister.

The eldest grandson Wuji stroked his beard and was more satisfied, thinking that he would just donate six or seven thousand taels.

"3 taels!" Zhao Wujiang read, looking at Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji's eyes widened, almost spurting out a mouthful of old blood?Who donated 3 taels?

"The crown prince washes the horse's wealth, 3 taels!" Zhao Wujiang didn't care about his grandson Wuji's expression at all, read it again, and said with a smile: "Master Changsun decides to donate 5 taels or 6 taels?"

How did you take out 3 taels for a prince to wash horses?Changsun Wuji roared in his heart and kept roaring.

Now that's all right, if you want to be in the forefront of the hundred officials, then you must not be less than this number.

He was very heartbroken, knowing that Zhao Wujiang was very good at using donkeys to beat snakes and sticks, so he shouldn't have said so many words to take advantage of Zhao Wujiang's loopholes.

Changsun Wuji gritted his teeth and stretched out a hand, signaling 5 taels.

Zhao Wujiang looked like I understood, showing admiration that Changsun Wuji had never seen before.

Changsun Wuji was taken aback.

Zhao Wujiang stood up and raised his glass to signal:

"My colleagues, what is a prime minister? What is the head of a hundred officials? Master Changsun explained to us very well that the greater the official position, the greater the responsibility!

I believe you have also seen it. He stretched out a hand and motioned to me that he would donate five 3 taels!

Come, let us raise our glasses to respect our eldest grandson! "

The ministers exclaimed in an uproar, and looked at Changsun Wuji in disbelief, good guy, donating 15 taels, he is indeed the leader of the prime ministers.

There is admiration in their eyes.

Changsun Wuji raised his head with difficulty, and looked at Zhao Wujiang who was smiling.

I am special.
late at night.

Royal study.

Wen Yong's heart was full of joy, the emperor who had grown up with him became more and more diligent.

I saw Li Zhi kept flipping through the memorial, sometimes frowning and sometimes thinking.

"Bang bang."

Someone knocked on the door of the royal study.

"Your Majesty! Mr. Zhao has a memorial." Xiao Yuzi said respectfully.

"Submit it!" Li Zhi said in a deep voice. He was thinking about how to fill the tight treasury and how to provide disaster relief, and he was in a state of desperation at the moment.

At the same time, I also wondered, how could Zhao Wujiang deliver the brochure so late at night?
As he slowly unfolded Zhao Wujiang's memorial, his eyebrows gradually relaxed, and then turned into surprise.

"Zhao Wujiang actually solved this matter for me in advance!" Li Zhi exclaimed.

Wen Yong was puzzled, took a step forward, and saw the contents of the memorial.

The memorial said that he, Zhao Wujiang, hosted a banquet for all his ministers, and at the banquet, he asked them to donate money for disaster relief and war support.

A total of about 39 taels of silver was raised, including 15 taels of Changsun Wuji.

Li Zhi and the eunuch Wen Yong looked at each other, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes.

39 taels?How could these ministers spend so much money on donations?How did Zhao Wujiang get them to take it out?

And Changsun Wuji, who actually has 15 taels?

Li Zhi knew his uncle very well. When he first came to the throne, one year the national treasury was tight, and he wanted to ask Changsun Wuji for help. Changsun Wuji took out 5000 taels with a heartache, saying that it was all his net worth.

Now, Zhao Wujiang actually asked his eldest grandson Wuji to donate 15 taels. Li Zhi hesitated and didn't know how to express his inexplicable shock.

(End of this chapter)