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Chapter 432 Donate to the County Honor
Li Chaosheng's wedding quickly spread throughout Lantian County. At the same time, the news that Li Chaosheng's wedding was only going to cost [-] silver dollars spread like wildfire. For a while, the people of Lantian were indignant about it. Our county officials were too frugal. Why only spend [-] silver dollars? Is our Lantian already poor to this extent?

The common people don't understand and can't accept it. They think that even if their county officials get married, they can't be worse than the emperor, but they can't be worse than ordinary princes and ministers.

Fifty thousand silver dollars is really too shabby.

And just when the people were dissatisfied with the official's "treating" the county lord so lightly, another news came out. This news was the reason why the county lord only spent [-] silver dollars to hold a big wedding.

That is, the county lord has invested all his money in the revitalization of northern Shaanxi, and I don’t know who sent the news that the yamen had prepared 50 silver dollars for the wedding fee for the county lord, but it turned out that the news spread to the county lord There, he was scolded by the county magistrate.

The county magistrate said that the people in northern Shaanxi did not know how many people had no food to eat. If his wedding was extravagant and wasteful, every penny spent might be life-saving money for the people in northern Shaanxi. The people in northern Shaanxi have been plagued by bandits for so many years They have already suffered a lot, but now if one more of them starves to death because of his big marriage, the county lord will be heartbroken.

In the end, it was Guo Bao, Li Chaolong and others who only wanted to keep [-] silver dollars. After two days of persuasion, they let go and mentioned [-] silver dollars. For this reason, even the old man Li, who was living in his hometown in Tanggou Town for the elderly, was alarmed.

After a while of persuasion, the county official agreed to spend [-] silver dollars for the wedding.

There is no way, Xianzun is a selfless person, a great person.

This rumor intensified among the people, and Li Chaosheng's glorious image became more and more dazzling. In the end, the people didn't know who started it, and wanted to donate money to the county official for the wedding.

Followed by a group of gentry and merchants, carrying boxes of gold and silver, they came to Lantian County Yamen.

The soldiers guarding Lantian were startled when they saw this scene, and quickly notified them to go in. Soon the head of the guard responsible for the security of the county government came out, followed by the county chief bookkeeper.

At this time, looking at a group of gentry and merchants, the master cupped his hands and said, "Everyone, what are you doing?"

After hearing this, someone in the crowd shouted: "My lord, we are here to donate to the county magistrate."

"Donate? What kind of money to donate, the county is not short of money?"

"The county lord is not short of money. We have all heard that the county lord only spent [-] silver dollars for his wedding. Is it plausible? The county lord is a symbol of our Lantian. If this matter is to be spread, the people in other places will think that Our county venerable can’t afford a wedding, this won’t work, the shame of the county lord is the embarrassment of us all, we don’t allow it, let’s not talk about anything else today, I, Hengtong Silk and Satin Village, donated [-] silver dollars to support the county lord’s wedding.”

"Yes, the county lord has worked hard for Lantian these years. If there was no county lord, we would be refugees now, and we could eat delicious and spicy food. Now we are lying on the ground with our pillows on the floor, without worrying about food and drink, but the county lord has to marry Wronging myself, why, we don’t agree to this, my Dafu Gold Store will give out [-] silver dollars, and the gold and silver jewelry for the wedding of the county lord, our Dafu Gold Store is willing to bear it all, no matter what.”

After hearing this, the food sellers, restaurants, fruit and vegetable sellers, all kinds of big and small sellers, and even the common people followed suit and shouted for donations.

The number of donations also ranged from tens of thousands of silver dollars to the last three silver dollars, two silver dollars, but even so, the master can feel the hearts of these people, especially the people behind, these people may only earn one silver dollar a month, but When he came to the county lord, he was willing to spend two months' salary and go back to eat bran swallowed vegetables by himself, which could already express their true inner thoughts.

When the master saw the scene, he couldn't control it anymore, and hurriedly said: "Quickly go and invite the ministers, no, just invite the county officials."

After hearing this, someone immediately invited Li Chaosheng. Li Chaosheng was reading documents in the house at this time. After years of fierce attacks, the Tartars finally broke through Goryeo. The next is victory after victory, and it looks like it is about to lay down a big territory in Korea.

But just when he was about to win, Dorgon withdrew his troops. The reason for the withdrawal was that the Tatars’ logistics could not keep up. This year’s harvest was not good for the Tartars. It seems that they are going to go south to plunder Daming again. Daming is really troubled. How difficult it is.

Li Chaosheng thought, this time in history when he invaded the Central Plains, Lu Xiangsheng sent troops when he disagreed with Yang Sichang Gao Qiqian. In the end, the two did not give support. In the end, Lu Xiangsheng died in battle. The last three in the Ming Dynasty can stabilize the overall situation. people remove one.

But now the situation has changed. Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, and Hong Chengchou are still fighting the landlords in northern Shaanxi. Will this time be like history?
Li Chaosheng was thinking about it when he saw Gu Zi rushing in and said, "Master Xian, go and have a look."

Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Zi in confusion, Gu Zi said, "The gentry, merchants and common people in the city have surrounded our county government."

"Ok?"

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng put down the document and looked at Guzi, "What's wrong?"

After hearing this, Gu Zi said: "They all said that they would donate money to the county lord to get married. The master is outside to maintain order, but it seems that they won't leave until they see the county lord."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng frowned slightly and said, "Donate to me to get married? Who of you revealed the fact that my wedding only cost [-] silver dollars?"

After hearing this, Guzi said: "Guo Bao did it. He was afraid that the big wedding would be poor in the future, and someone would poke the spine, so he shook it out. After hearing this, the common people felt that the county magistrate was wronged, so they raised their voices." The idea of ​​donating money to your wedding, I think the people are also kind, and I just looked at it, if we collect all the money, let alone hundreds of thousands of silver dollars."

"Go away, you're getting money."

Li Chaosheng scolded angrily, then said to Guzi: "Okay, let me go out and have a look."

Speaking of which, Li Chaosheng arrived at the gate of the county government office under the escort of Guzi and other guards. At this time, more and more people gathered outside. As soon as Li Chaosheng came out, someone shouted: "Look at the county magistrate coming out."

"County Honor."

The people outside greeted Li Chaosheng, and Li Chaosheng waved at the crowd, followed by Guzi and rushed to the front, shouting: "Fathers and fellow villagers, please be quiet."

As soon as the common people saw that Gu Zi had spoken, they immediately closed their mouths and looked at Li Chaosheng, Li Chaosheng cleared his throat at this moment and said, "Ahem... Everyone, I heard that everyone is here to raise money for my wedding? "

"Correct."

After hearing Li Chaosheng's question, the people below responded in unison. Li Chaosheng smiled and said: "Then I thank everyone first."

"You're welcome, it's our honor to be able to do something for you, Xian Zun."

Li Chaosheng said with a smile: "Thank you, thank you, but I appreciate everyone's kindness, and I cannot accept money."

"Why, why?"

After hearing this, the people below were all surprised and asked, is there still money in this world?

At this time, Li Chaosheng said: "Fathers and folks, there is a reason why I don't want your money. I am our Lantian county official and the biggest official in our Lantian county. The rest of the Lantian officials must learn from me. If I accept money from everyone for my wedding, is that openly accepting bribes?
"I can receive money from you when I get married, and they can also receive money from the people in their jurisdiction when they get married. If the people don't give it, they will not be happy in their hearts. If they are not happy, they may change the law and try to get money. They can ask for money when they get married, their children are over [-] years old, their parents are over their birthdays, and the family dogs have puppies, and they can ask for money in different ways."

"We asked them why they dared to do this, and they said that the county lords can collect money from the common people for their weddings, so why can't we? This is called doing the same thing."

"Folks, we escaped from the corrupt officials of Daming with great difficulty. We can no longer turn our officials in Lantian into corrupt officials. Today I take your money, and tomorrow the county government Officials can collect money, and within a few years, our officials will be ruined, and we will have nowhere to cry."

"So I can't accept this money. I want to show our Lantian officials that I won't accept this money. In the future, if you see any official who dares to collect money, you will go to the county government and tell me that I will deal with him confidently. , everyone said yes or no."

Li Chaosheng was talking to the people, and the people felt that what the county lord said was very reasonable, and it was all in plain language, so it was comfortable to listen to. His own county lord was so down-to-earth and never used official accents.

But the common people were still unwilling to say: "Master Xian, we gave this money voluntarily."

Li Chaosheng said: "Yes, everyone thinks that my county lord has done a good job. It seems that I spent [-] silver dollars on my big wedding, but everyone, it's really a lot. We ordinary people marry a daughter-in-law, a dozen or so The silver dollar is enough, is my [-] silver dollars not enough?"

After hearing this, the people said: "Master, how can you compare with us ordinary people? You should compare with princes and ministers. I heard that the son of King Fu of Luoyang spent 30 taels of silver for the full moon."

"Hey, 50."

"There is also King Zhou of Kaifeng. The last time he married a concubine, he spent 20 taels of silver. He spent 20 taels of silver to marry a concubine. Why should we spend [-] silver dollars on marrying King Qin's sister in our county? The respect is not as good as Zhou Wang, or the matriarch of the county is not as good as his concubine who was born in Yangzhou."

"Wang San, what are you talking nonsense about? How can you compare Mrs. Zhou with King Zhou's concubine? You should tear up your rotten mouth."

"Ah, it's my slip of the tongue, it's my slip of the tongue, it should be hit, it should be hit, but it's still the matter."

When the common people listened to the words, Li Chaosheng looked at the common people below and said: "Father and folks, the king of the Ming Dynasty eats the country's Lumi and the people's blood and sweat. They can spend it recklessly because They don't think that the people are their people, and they don't feel sorry for them, but every penny I spend is the blood and sweat of our Lantian people. I know how difficult it is for big guys to earn money. compare."

Li Chaosheng said that he looked at the people here and said, "I was just criticizing the official documents sent by northern Shaanxi. Your relatives, friends, folks."

"The rogues are cruel. There is not a single village in a hundred miles in northern Shaanxi, and there are less than ten households in a village. The houses and tile houses are all in ruins. The savages, the old men are skinny, the women and children are skinny, and when they see the chief we sent, they all just know to hide in the mountains."

"Our village chief boiled rice porridge at the foot of the mountain. It lasted more than ten years before anyone dared to come down to have a drink. The people were willing to go down the mountain, but they had no money to build houses, repair canals, or buy cattle. Buying seeds, my heart hurts when I see this place, these are all old Shaanxi people, maybe we were a family 100 years ago."

"But now they are living in such a miserable situation, how can I bear it."

"It's a problem for them to live. How can I spend a huge sum of money on a big wedding for my own face? If all the money is used for disaster relief in northern Shaanxi, maybe one more silver dollar will save one more person. Build a section of canal, increase arable land, harvest more food, and make people's lives better."

"Isn't this more ostentatious, more gold and silver, and more sumptuous food and drink than when I was married? It is the efforts of all of us in Lantian that Lantian can have today's grand occasion. Our Lantian is still in the development stage. , there are bandits around outside, and Zhang Xianzhong outside the Tongqian Pass is still eyeing us."

"There are still traitors and sycophants in the court. Yang Sichang, Zuo Liangyu, Zhou Yanru and others are willing to destroy our Lantian. Our emperor is soft-hearted and likes to listen to slander. Maybe one day he will want it again. When we attack our Lantian, the Tartars outside the customs are also eyeing us. At this time, every penny is important to our construction of Lantian. If I spend less, Lantian will be stronger. A strong Lantian will give us I am the backstage, and there are big guys to support me, let alone [-] silver dollars, even [-] silver dollars, I don’t think my big wedding is so shabby?”

"They can spend money like water. I have people who live and work in peace and contentment. They are sensual and sensual. My country is peaceful and the people are safe in Lantian. May I ask you, are we shabby? Are we shabby?"

Li Chaosheng looked at the people.

"It's not shabby, eat well, drink well, it's a ball, let the common people eat well, wear well, they are the real heroes, the county lord is right!"

"Yes, what the county lord said is right, who said that our county lord's wedding is shabby, I sprayed him to death with a mouthful of saliva, where is our shabbyness?"

"Yes, the county magistrate is right. These donkey dung balls that eat people's fat and people's ointment, if they have the ability, they will take care of the people under their own rule. This money, I donate this money to northern Shaanxi. It can save a person. Alone, just treat me as a follower of the county's respect!"

After hearing this, other common people also shouted: "Yes, we all donated to northern Shaanxi, so we should give it to the county's followers."

A group of people shouted, when someone asked a question: "Where should we donate?"

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng said to Gu Zi: "You go to inform the Central Bank to establish the Lantian Construction Bank immediately. After a while, you tell the big guys to deposit the money in the Lantian Construction Bank if they really want to, and tell them that the money is a loan." , and return them with the principal and interest after one year."

"Yes, I understand."

(End of this chapter)