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It is heard that the queen intends to reduce the cost of the harem and pawn gold, silver and jade articles to raise funds and food for disaster relief.Xue Ji, Duke of the State of Wei, sighed inwardly.In my spare time, I couldn't help saying to Princess Pingyang: "Although all dynasties and dynasties have kept the harem from doing politics, it is their duty. But every move of the previous dynasty will definitely involve the harem. And all kinds of incidents in the harem will inevitably affect the former dynasty. A truly virtuous queen should be like the Wei family, take the sufferings of the world as her own responsibility, and share the worries for her majesty. Instead of blindly ignoring them, like a withered tree."

Xue Yan was a little suspicious, and asked: "The imperial court is really in such a difficult situation. It can't even provide money and food to relieve the victims. Does the harem need to pawn gold, silver and jade to support it?"

Princess Pingyang smiled when she heard the words, and said with a smile: "Da Chu has been in power for ten years. During his reign, his father also worked hard to govern and persuade farmers to teach farming and mulberry. After more than ten years, it is natural that he has no savings at all. However, in the past two years, there have been successive droughts. Waterlogging, the imperial court is reducing taxes and exempting the victims, but also encouraging agriculture and mulberry, expanding armaments, and paying tribute to the Turks every year. It really means tight clothing. But to be honest, it’s time to reduce the harem. It is not enough to support the operation of the imperial court at a high speed. Presumably the empress could not bear to see His Majesty in trouble, so she took the initiative to think of a way."

After a pause, Princess Pingyang said disapprovingly: "The Tai Chi Palace is originally a palace built by the previous dynasty. The emperor of the previous dynasty was desolate, lewd, violent, and abusive. He loved extravagance and extravagance. He built large-scale construction projects in Chang'an and Luoyang. Steps to the first floor, ten steps to a pavilion, where all the rare treasures of the world are hidden, and the court is filled with beautiful women from all over the world, and there are countless palace eunuchs, eunuchs, rough servants and miscellaneous servants in the palace. But when the father sits in the world, Even the paint on the pillars of the Taiji Palace faded, but my father did not ask the prisoner to replace them. Both my father and His Majesty are thrifty people, and I have long felt that the cost of the Taiji Palace is too extravagant and inappropriate. However, some veterans I think that the emperor is very dignified, so I can't be too frugal, so as not to damage the majesty of my father. Now, taking advantage of the opportunity of disaster relief, it is all right to reduce the cost or reduce the population."

Hearing this, Xue Yan nodded thoughtfully.He laughed again and said: "Since it is to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, it is not appropriate to blindly reduce the cost of the harem. After all, no matter how inexhaustible the rare treasures in the harem are, gold, silver and jade articles cannot be eaten. I am afraid that pawning in haste You can't get the best value for your money. Have you ever thought about...helping the empress and organizing a fundraising auction?"

"Auction for donations?" Wei Guogong Xue Ji and Princess Pingyang looked at each other, not knowing why.

Xue Yan smiled slightly when he saw this, and during the chat, he popularized science for the two of them about what a "fundraising auction" is and the meaning of a "charitable foundation" that complements a "fundraising auction".

By the way, the words are plain and simple, and the basic process and precautions of establishing a "fundraising auction" and "charitable foundation" are explained in an easy-to-understand manner.

Finally, he said with a smile: "The world belongs to His Majesty, and it belongs to the people of the world. If there are natural disasters and man-made disasters, only relying on the imperial government to allocate food and relief to the victims will be a drop in the bucket. It is not a long-term solution. Yi Yanzhi In my humble opinion, if we take this opportunity to find out a feasible plan, we can invite people with spare capacity all over the world to participate in the disaster relief process. Those who are willing to contribute money and efforts, and those who are well-known can also be used. The queen can As the host who presides over this matter, it only takes a little effort, but it can achieve twice the result with half the effort. What does A Niang think?"

As early as when the Supreme Emperor Jinyang raised his troops, Princess Pingyang was able to sell money by herself, relieve victims, recruit powerful men, and finally build a women's army of more than 7 people.It can also convince the soldiers under his command that they will only follow their lead.Its courage, boldness, city government methods and political and political sensitivity are naturally extraordinary.

Therefore, after hearing Xue Yan's words, Princess Pingyang immediately understood the importance of the existence of this "donation auction" and "charitable foundation" to the disaster-stricken people and the court of Dachu.I also understood why Xue Yan said that it would be more appropriate for the Queen to take the lead, and for her and other edicts to organize the "charity foundation" than the imperial court personally.

I understand more clearly what it means to the queen and her to be able to create and manage such a "fundraising auction" and "charitable foundation".

All the people in the world are busy with fame and wealth.The eldest princess of Pingyang is a female generation, but she was able to build such a foundation in the last years of the previous dynasty when there were turbulent winds and clouds and heroes. She didn't even believe it herself.

Feeling itchy, Princess Pingyang wished she could enter the palace immediately to discuss with Empress Wei.

Xue Yan couldn't help but smile when he saw his mother's proud and arrogant face.

As a crew prop master, Xue Yan is more likely than other ordinary people to come into contact with these concepts of fundraising and charity because of his working environment.Regardless of whether the stars in the circle want to shape their image, make news hype, or they really want to do charity after they become famous and have a certain ability, anyway, most people in the entertainment circle are keen on it.

For example, Xue Yan used to stay in a film crew that used left-behind children as the filming material. After the film was released, part of the box office was donated to build Hope Primary School and Hope Middle School in the filming location.

Xue Yan's parents also often subsidized some students from poor families but excellent in character and learning to go to college.During winter and summer vacations, he would take Xue Yan, who was still young, to his hometown in the countryside to "experience life", and even "threatened" Xue Yan many times that if he didn't honor his parents and study hard, he would be left in the countryside to fend for himself.

In addition, Xue's father and Xue's mother even taught Xue Yan not to waste and squander, because the food, clothing and food that he often dislikes, are good things that can't be asked for in the eyes of others.So Xue Yan has developed the habit of packing up and giving away things he doesn't want immediately since he was a child (?!).For example, once Xue Yan was tired of reviewing books day after day, so he packaged and mailed all the textbooks and tutorials to a charitable foundation (...), but was told by the other party that "only accept donations but not materials" "Returned for the reason.

After the incident was revealed, Xue Yan also received the "education of love" from his father like fried meat on a bamboo board as a matter of course.

Parents' precepts and deeds are engraved in the bones.That's why Xue Yan immediately thought of the concept of fundraising and charity when he heard that the queen wanted to reduce the cost and pawn the palace utensils to help the victims.

Looking at it now, it was unintentional, which made Auntie very happy.

However, Wei Guogong Xue Ji felt a bit of a headache after seeing his beautiful wife in high spirits.

He seems to have seen the days when he and Pingyang were in the same army more than ten years ago, when they got together less and separated more.

Toss and turn overnight.

By the fifth drum of the next day, Princess Pingyang got up early to wash, and put on heavy makeup according to the product.Xue Ji, who came back from his morning training in the Martial Arts Field, knelt down in front of the brazier to warm his hands in the chill of winter.Looking at Fa's wife's busy chattering appearance, she couldn't help but smile and said, "It's not yet dawn outside, what are you doing up so early. Yan'er is still asleep?"

"Chang'an's morning drums are beating, and Yan'er can't sleep for a long time. Besides, I can't fall asleep lying on the couch. I might as well wake up after tossing and turning. Oh, leave me alone." Princess Pingyang said, but Turning around from the makeup mirror, holding a jade-stemmed eyebrow pencil in his hand, he smiled at Xue Ji and said, "Husband is so free, come and help me draw my eyebrows?"

Xue Ji smiled lightly and shook his head, so he had no choice but to get up and go to Princess Pingyang, took the brush from Pingyang's hand, dipped ink from a very small Piyong porcelain inkstone on the dressing table, and painted Pingyang's eyebrows carefully.On the other hand, Princess Pingyang raised her face, looking at her husband happily with her beautiful eyes, her eyes fluttering, and she smiled sweetly.

Then after Xue Ji finished the painting, she took a selfie in the mirror, but she also disliked Xue Ji's bad painting, so she thickened her eyebrows.

So Xue Ji said: "Your eyebrows are thick, but they look heroic. Unlike some girls, those thin eyebrows are almost broken. They are not as good-looking as yours."

Princess Pingyang heard the words, turned her head and looked at the bronze mirror seriously, and said: "Yes, I also think it's actually quite beautiful."

While talking, I heard that the maid serving outside came in and said with a smile: "Xiao Langjun came to pay his respects to the duke and princess."

Princess Pingyang immediately put down the topic, stood up and said with a smile, "Why did Yan'er wake up so early?"

Xue Yan laughed and said, "It was caused by the sound of drums."

Princess Pingyang smiled and said, "The morning drum in Chang'an City really disturbs people's dreams. But get up as soon as you get up, and come with me to the palace later, and we will discuss with the queen about fundraising."

Xue Yan looked at Xue Ji who was standing beside Pingyang.Xue Ji blinked at Xue Yan, but smiled and said nothing.

After dinner, Wei Guogong Xue Ji went to the study to study military books as usual.Princess Pingyang took Xue Yan into the palace to meet the queen.

Because it was still early, Emperor Yong'an, who was a little lazy for a while, was still chatting with Empress Wei in the Lizheng Hall.Hearing the notification from Xiaohuangmen, he couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Didn't you just come here yesterday? It's so early, is there something urgent?"

Queen Wei's thought was similar to that of Emperor Yong'an, and she ordered with a smile: "It's such a cold day, quickly invite Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Duke of Wei to come in."

Princess Er Pingyang brought Xue Yan into the palace.The two of them had an audience ceremony with the emperor, and some palace servants immediately took their seats.After seeing Pingyang and Xue Yan sitting on their knees safely, Empress Wei ordered the palace to serve snacks and tea soup, Fang asked: "My sister brought Yan'er into the palace so early, but what's the matter?"

Princess Pingyang laughed before saying anything, and first glanced at Xue Yan, who was kneeling beside her, before she said, "I heard that the queen intends to reduce the expenses of the harem and sell the palace utensils to raise funds for disaster relief. My son admires the queen's virtue, so I tossed and turned last night, thought hard, and finally came up with a plan. If it works, it will not only relieve the court's worries at this time, but also relieve the court's future troubles. Pingyang did not dare to hide, so he brought his son into the palace this morning to serve The queen offered advice."

"Oh?" Hearing what Princess Pingyang said, not only Empress Wei, but even Emperor Yong'an were quite curious. "Dare to ask the imperial sister, plan to make an appointment?"

Princess Pingyang turned her head to look at Xue Yan with a smile, but Xue Yan waved her hand and said, "Yan'er has already talked about this matter with Auntie last night. Besides, Auntie is very thoughtful, draws inferences from one instance, and thinks of many ways to make up for the omission. Let Auntie Mother will explain it to His Majesty and the Empress."

Hearing this, Princess Pingyang glanced at Xue Yan helplessly and ironically, pondered for a moment to smooth her thoughts, and explained the concepts of "fundraising auction" and "charitable foundation" to Emperor Yongan and Wei in simple terms. Queen.

And it focuses on explaining why it is more appropriate for the harem women to handle the matter than the imperial court personally supervises.

After finishing this big speech in a clear, detailed and appropriate manner, Pingyang's mouth was already parched.Xue Yan, who was kneeling by the side, immediately took tea soup with a moderate temperature. Princess Pingyang drank it down in one gulp, and then wiped the corners of her lips with a towel.Then Emperor Yong'an, who had reacted, was applauded, and he repeatedly praised: "The strategy of helping the world and the people, this is the best strategy to help the world and the people. If there are more talents in the court like Yan'er, I will Why worry about the greatness of the world, but there is no virtuous minister to share my worries. Yan'er—"

Xue Yan heard the call of Emperor Yong'an and sat upright.I saw Emperor Yong'an walking up and down the hall excitedly.The dragon walks like a tiger, and every step is full of power.When he stopped suddenly, he turned around, put one hand behind his back, and pointed at Xue Yan with the other and laughed loudly. "How should I reward you!"

Xue Yan smiled, and said with a smile: "Yan is just casually expressing his inner thoughts. If this matter is to be done, it must rely on the support of His Majesty and the court, the empress's hard work, and whether the female relatives ordered by Beijing are willing to help. Whether the rich and wealthy families of the gentry are supporting them. They are the ones who really do things, Yan is just talking and dare not talk about credit."

After a pause, Xue Yan said with a smile again: "Ah Ye and A Niang, after hearing that the Empress intends to reduce the expenses and sell the palace wares, they decided to donate one month's salary of the Duke of Wei to the imperial court to support the imperial court. Relief for victims."

This is also the result of the Xue family's discussion last night.Since I want to be a person who throws bricks and attracts jade, the money and food donated for the first time should not be too much, lest the court officials feel resentful when they hear the news and follow them.After all, not every official is like Wei Guogong and Pingyang Princess, who come from a family and have rich military exploits.It should be noted that some officials are from poor families and are clean and honest officials, wishing that the whole family, old and young, could live on this salary.If they act arbitrarily without regard to their situation, I am afraid that good things will become bad things.

To do charity is to act according to one's ability, to act according to one's heart, and to be able to wear a hat on one's head, so that it can last for a long time.

Emperor Yong'an is such a wise man, just from the actions of the Duke of Wei, it can be seen that the Duke of Wei's intentions are well-intentioned.He looked at Princess Pingyang and Xue Yan who were kneeling in the palace with a rather moved face, and said meaningfully: "The Duke of Wei has a heart, and I will remember it."

After finishing speaking, he laughed again: "Just now I said that the word can help the world and the people. This word has a very good meaning. That being the case, the charity fundraiser run by the Empress and Pingyang can be called Anji Square."