Falling Blossoms and Storms Ancient Poetry[Transmigration Book]

There is such a big hole in the disaster relief fundraising, how to make it up?Wanyan Xu was really in a dilemma, but on the way Wanyan Chuo gave him an idea, although it can't be called upright, but at least he can barely deal with the predicament in front of him, remembering Wanyan Chuo lazily nestled in the carriage Here, with the appearance of a young adult, he pointed out the country and was so impassioned that Wanyan Xu couldn't help laughing out loud.

Perhaps because of his young age, Wanyan Chuo's voice has always been soft, with a laziness of a child's voice: "Don't worry, Hulu, let me give you an idea. You will bring a total of How much money did you pay?"

Wan Yanxu made some calculations, and conservatively estimated: "Not much, about 300 taels."

"That's enough." Wan Yanchuo smiled slyly: "Book the best restaurant in the city, invite the dignitaries in the city to attend, fine wine and delicacies, singing and dancing girls, we must ensure that the guests come back to their heart's content."

Wanyan Xu was puzzled, what is the meaning of this?

Wanyan Chuo smiled and hooked his fingers at Wanyanxu, and after Wanyanxu came over, he whispered all the plans without reservation, without any details, and spoke clearly, clearly and logically, so that everyone could listen to it Yan Xu clicked his tongue in amazement.

"Mandu you..." Wanyan Xu was relieved, but at the same time couldn't bear it. The ancients used to say that too much wisdom is easy to hurt. Like Wanyan Chuo, it is no longer a matter of being smart or not. No wonder Wanyan Chenghui always said this Children are so smart and close to demons, who would have so many scheming children at this age, children should be like children, innocent, playful and troublesome, worrying about these conspiracies and calculations all day long! "After resolving the matter of raising funds and disaster relief this time, when I return to the central capital, I will definitely ask Grandpa Huang to arrange for you some great Confucian scholars in the world. You should study hard and learn the teachings of the saints. Don't indulge in these crooked ways all day long, and don't do your job properly!"

Knowing that Wanyan Xu was also doing it for his own good, Wanyan Chuo secretly rolled his eyes at Tian, ​​and didn't say much.

"His Royal Highness!" Xiaodao and Xiaogu looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and they were so nervous that they interrupted Wanyanxu's memory.After all, I was still worried about the safety of His Royal Highness, the eldest grandson. My ancestors used to say that troublesome people came out of poor mountains and bad waters, and the nearby towns have been suffering for a long time. It is hard to guarantee that these hungry and red-eyed victims will do something unexpected on the spur of the moment.

"It's okay." Without diamonds, don't do porcelain work, if you don't have this little mental preparation, Wanyan Xu won't have to rush to take over such a thankless job: "Wait and see what happens, soldiers will stop you, and water will cover you up. "

In the restaurant, the fat magistrate went to invite him personally, and all the dignitaries in the city came one after another, and sat around a table, each of them looked terrified, wondering what the emperor's eldest grandson invited him for.

Wan Yanxu glanced around the crowd, almost everyone who was supposed to come had already arrived, and the officials in charge of the three administrations of salt, iron, and copper were also there, each of them was old and cunning, and he knew it was difficult to deal with, Wanyan Xu had no choice but to Pull up your spirits.

"My lords, please sit down."

"Thank you, His Royal Highness, the eldest grandson." Everyone sat down in fear and looked at each other. In the quiet atmosphere, no one dared to speak first to break the silence.

The fat magistrate wiped off the cold sweat from his head, and introduced every adult who came to the banquet to His Royal Highness with trepidation. From time to time, he sneaked a look at His Royal Highness's expression, for fear that he might accidentally say something wrong.

Wan Yanxu kept nodding while listening, deliberately pretending to be indifferent and lowered his head to pour tea for himself, but in fact he was secretly looking at every official present.

Obviously, among the many officials present, the most eye-catching one is an old man with a goatee. He is already full of white hair, and he walks tremblingly, but it can be seen that he is very respected. The accompanying officials From time to time, they turned their heads to observe his expression, as if he was the only one who followed suit.

The old man with the goatee was the first to be introduced by the fat magistrate, followed by other officials.

Filling a cup of tea, watching the white smoke rising, Wanyan Xu sniffed the fragrance of the tea lightly, and said calmly, "I believe all of you adults already know that I have obeyed the order of Grandpa Huang, We came here especially for fundraising and disaster relief. However, in recent years, natural disasters have continued, locust plagues, droughts, and food production have been greatly reduced. Not only the provinces that suffered from the flood of the Yellow River this time, but even several neighboring provinces are almost without food. In the current situation, both money and food are problems, and disaster relief and embankment repairs are needed. It is conservatively estimated that there is at least a shortage of several million taels of silver! What is the best plan for you, my lords?"

The old man with a goatee is called Hu Shining. He has been an official for more than [-] years. He is well versed in the way of being an official.

Sure enough, the first sentence of this old fox in the officialdom is a prevarication: "Your Majesty misses the people affected by the disaster. The emperor's grace is great. His Royal Highness, the emperor's eldest grandson, has been exhausted all the way. The people affected by the disaster will also feel it in their hearts, but , Although His Royal Highness's statement is reasonable, but we are also poor here, even if we want to share the worries of His Royal Highness, I am afraid it will be powerless."

"Lord Hu, there is no need to underestimate yourself." Wanyan Xu couldn't help but chuckled, the meat was on the chopping board, today he must let these people cut some meat and bleed, otherwise they will be pulled from the bottom of the pot for the first confrontation, and a dumb person will eat Coptis chinensis. I can't tell the bitterness, I really think that I have no temper. "Salt, iron, and copper are all good deals with huge profits. When talking about business, you will pursue profits. It’s a bad debt that has been losing money year after year.”

Hu Shining remained calm, while the other adults laughed awkwardly as if guilty.His Royal Highness the emperor's eldest grandson puts the hat on too much. Even if they want to continue crying and complaining about poverty, it is difficult to make excuses. Dismissal investigation.

After a moment of contemplation, Hu Shining took the lead and asked for his colleagues: "Then, according to His Royal Highness, what should we do?"

Wan Yanxu didn't speak, but just stretched out three fingers, looked at Hu Shining with a meaningful expression, and then scanned all the officials present, including the fat prefect one by one.

Hu Shining was stunned for a moment, surprised that His Highness the Emperor's eldest grandson had such courage, he dared to open his mouth when he first arrived in Guidi before he had time to find out the details, but Wanyan Xu's status was noble, and he came here for the Emperor, so he easily offended No, although I was extremely annoyed in my heart, I still had to force a smile on the surface, and said falsely: "30, although it is a bit reluctant, but it can still be scraped together... How about it, His Royal Highness, our Yanzheng will pay the money. 15 taels, the copper government and the iron government will share some more, and everyone will work together to get 30 taels so that His Royal Highness, the eldest grandson, can handle this job decently and beautifully."

30?To send beggars away!

Wan Yanxu sneered, and mocked: "Could it be that Mr. Hu made a mistake, a mere 30 taels, I'm afraid it's not even enough for the rations to relieve the victims, a drop in the bucket, what can be done?"

Hu Shining was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. He always thought that His Highness the Emperor's eldest grandson was ordered to come here to raise funds for disaster relief. It's just a formality, and it's enough to deal with it a little bit. The silver is 30, and it is right to treat it as a hard work fee for His Royal Highness, the emperor's eldest grandson. , I didn't expect that His Royal Highness, the young emperor's eldest grandson, was really playing, really raising funds for disaster relief?With such a big gap, is it possible that they have to fill in the three policies of salt, copper and iron?

"His Royal Highness, do you mean to raise 300 million taels?"

As soon as this number was reported, not only Hu Shining, but all the adults present gasped, and the fat magistrate even shrunk his neck and pushed him to the bottom of the wall, for fear of being involved accidentally.

"His Royal Highness, you are not in charge of the family and you don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive!" Hu Shining tried to persuade him earnestly, taking advantage of his age: "Salt, copper, and iron seem to be fragrant buns, but what can I do?" There are too many monks and too little porridge. In the past few years, natural disasters have continued, and the years of famine and drought have also suffered a lot from the three governments of salt, copper, and iron. On the surface, they look bright and beautiful, but in fact there is only a dry shelf left, and there is no more oil and water to fish for. In desperation, even if we empty out our salt, copper, and iron policies, we can't make up such a large sum of silver taels. If we just scrape together and hand over such a large sum of silver taels in order to raise funds for disaster relief, we will wait In the future, the imperial court will send people to check the account, and the gap is so big, there is no way for the lower officials to explain it!"

It's this trick of pretending to be poor and complaining, Wanyan Xu has seen it too much, so it's not surprising, it's not surprising, it's not so easy for Hu Shining, an old fox, to fool him, isn't it just pretending to be poor and complaining?Who wouldn't!All of you here are veterans, each of you has mastered this move with proficiency, Yan Xu's eyes were wide open after seeing it.

"Master Hu, you are afraid that the imperial court will send people to check the accounts in the future, and it will be difficult to explain, but have you ever thought that I was ordered by the emperor to raise funds for disaster relief. If the errands are not handled well, how will I talk to the emperor after I return to the central capital?" Grandpa, tell me? Mr. Hu is very smart, can you give me an idea?" Wan Yanxu slowly picked up the tea cup, took a sip and put it back on the table, the full tea overflowed the cup and dripped onto the surface of the water left clear water stains.

"This..." Hu Shining knew in his heart, knowing that the trick of crying for the poor and complaining for suffering would not work, so he switched to a tender offensive, saying: "His Royal Highness, the eldest grandson, did not know that a sudden mountain disaster last year killed many miners and their families They caused trouble, and once they filed a complaint in Zhongdu City, His Majesty was furious and ordered the widows and orphans of the dead miners to be properly settled. It is ashamed to say that Your Majesty loves the people like his own son, and we dare not do anything we want. After compensation and subsidies, where is there any spare money to raise for His Royal Highness, the eldest grandson?"

At this time, he still dared to talk nonsense without shame, Wan Yanxu was in a hurry, did these local snakes really think that he was a paper tiger, and he couldn't just put on a good-looking display, pretending to be garlic?It also depends on whether you can eat it or not.

"Food the sky, fool the earth, and finally dare to fool me. Wait one by one, you are so brave!" Wan Yanxu slapped the table and stood up, reprimanded sharply: "Selling illegal salt In the past few years, Mr. Hu has been making money secretly, right? Don’t think that if you just submit an ambiguous ledger to the court, the court will not tolerate you. They are all laid out there one by one, and it depends on whether the imperial court investigates or not! For example, the large amount of evidence in my hand can be reported to the imperial court at any time! Confiscate your home! Punish your crime!"

Wan Yanxu threatened and intimidated, and everyone in the room broke out in a cold sweat.

"My lords, are you really going to make things get out of hand?"