Poor family mother and son

Chapter 987 Crowdfunding ([-])

Regardless of the fact that various departments will reach out to the Ministry of Households to ask for money, but everyone knows how much the national treasury receives every year. Otherwise, how will the various departments get money?

So when it comes to spending money, everyone has paid more attention.

Although repairing dikes and dams and clearing rivers and canals is a big expense, it is the second step to be implemented. The most important thing now is to solve the survival problem of the victims.

The work of searching and retrieving the missing and missing victims must be carried out. At the same time, resettlement of the existing victims is also the top priority, which involves the issue of the first batch of funds.

Liu Ju's speech has already put forward an idea: food relief and money should not account for too much, so "crowdfunding" is needed.

As soon as "crowdfunding" is mentioned, it is nothing more than relying on social forces to donate money and materials, and everyone turns their attention to merchants. Some people even propose to increase business taxes to support disaster areas.

"I donate 10 taels from my private treasury!" the emperor said in a deep voice.

In a word, it blocked some people's minds, and also set the tone for "crowdfunding": it must be a social donation, and it is not allowed to rise to the government policy.

"See you in the stars and day, the minister has treacherous intentions, the superior does not understand, the subordinate obeys the law, and the flood is vast." This sentence repeatedly appeared in the emperor's mind, and he must "understand", otherwise, the flood may not destroy a country, "My servant Cong Heng" can!

Eunuch Li thought to himself next to him: "The emperor has plenty of money, what is 10 taels? How much is Linyang Hou handing over to the emperor every year, but this manager helps the emperor put all of it into his private treasury!"

It's just that no matter how rich the emperor is, he can't pay too much at this time. What he wants is for the courtiers to report the donations on the spot, so he has to give a head so that everyone can follow.

"The old minister donated ninety-nine thousand!" As soon as the emperor's words fell, Liu Ju's voice rang out.

Everyone was shocked.

So scary!
First of all, the emperor donated [-], and you donated [-], which is a bit disrespectful. Why, do you think the emperor donated too little, or do you think you are on the same level as the emperor?

Secondly, as we all know, Liu Ju has no property in the capital, except for the farm rewarded by the emperor, the main income only comes from his salary. Of course, the salary of Shangshu is a high salary.

But compared with other officials, Liu Ju has been an official for so many years, and he has such a high rank. He is in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He has a lot of money, but he is too clean and honest, and he can be regarded as a "low security household" among courtiers.

Such a "poor man" spends such a large amount of money all at once, is he crazy?
After reporting the numbers, Liu Ju immediately gave an explanation: "Yesterday, I gathered the disaster losses in various places overnight with Your Majesty. This is a national disaster!
The official warehouses in Jiangnan and other places were basically all damaged. The torrential rain flooded the official warehouses, the food was soaked and swelled, the granaries were swollen and burst, and the food was basically moldy!

Colleagues, I, Liu Ju, am not blind, it's just that the current national crisis, the support from Changping Warehouse in the north alone is not enough to solve this food shortage crisis!

Our money, every penny, has the potential to save a life, so, "

Speaking of this, Liu Ju bowed deeply to the emperor: "Please allow the old minister to do this!

Back then, Marquis Linyang received a lot of donations to prepare for the war, but she didn't keep any money, and she supported the people who were affected by the earthquake at that time. This is righteousness!
Now, although what we are facing is not a national war, but a national crisis, the veteran is willing to do his best! "

Well, now, the two prime ministers who wanted to follow the emperor's "10 taels" and donate 8 taels swallowed their words.

Liu Ju said that he did his best to express his heart, but [-] is already his five-year salary, which is not a small amount, and he is also known as a "poor man".

Therefore, the two prime ministers expressed their opinions one after another: "Your Majesty, forgive me for nothing, and I will also donate 9000 taels!"

The emperor choked: I was just pretending, I didn't dare to say more, in order to prevent you from being foolish, and I plan to run out of money after a while, so I will force you to donate again!

The emperor squinted his eyes and wondered how to speak, but Liu Ju had already winked at the emperor slyly, which meant: Your majesty, is the old minister cooperating well with this wave of rhythm?
What's so good!The emperor is depressed, such a donation can raise a lot of silver taels, but what has become of me?

The emperor cleared his throat, mobilized his emotions, and then said in a voice full of emotion: "My dear friends, I am moved by your sincerity..."

All the "Love Qings" could hardly restrain the expressions on their faces, it was really uglier than eating shit.

The emperor pretended not to see it, and continued: "Rescuing disasters is like saving lives. I know that your hearts are with the people in the disaster-stricken areas, and you are the pillars of the imperial court;

But donations must be done according to one's ability, each family also has wives and children, and they also have to live. I don't want to see my ministers save money for donations and be blamed by their families;
How about this, the donation should not exceed one month's salary, everyone has to live;
In addition, if you have spare clothes and bedding at home, you can also donate to help the victims survive this winter. Dear dear friends, what do you think? "

The emperor seemed to have heard Qi Qi panting, although he didn't, but the faces of the courtiers were no longer so ugly.

The faces of the officials changed so quickly that the emperor couldn't help but think of Chu Qing's "famous saying": Talking about money really hurts feelings.

The people who breathed a sigh of relief realized one thing at this time: Chu Qing!How rich is that man!Since you are broke, don't miss her!
Someone immediately suggested: "Just now, Liu Shangshu said that Marquis Linyang once mentioned that 'if one party is in trouble, all parties will support'. I think this statement is very true. Our donation should not be limited to the current court..."

Someone immediately understood the meaning: "Yes, we should call on all officials. After all, we have the imperial salary, so we should share the worries of the imperial court!"

"Yes, more money is paid more, less money is paid less!"

"Marquis Linyang has done very well in previous years, and he can be a role model for me!"

"Yes, Marquis Linyang is a man with great righteousness in mind!"

"Hey? By the way, why haven't you heard from Marquis Linyang recently? Isn't she in charge of the salt field in Ganzhou Prefecture? The Ganzhou Prefecture has been hit by a catastrophe. What is she doing?"

"Yeah, isn't she quite capable?"

Hu Hengqiu, who was dozing off against the pillar at the door, curled his lips: I was missed again, clearly, do you know?
"Chiliu!" A voice came from behind the pillars at the entrance of the main hall. When everyone looked back, they saw Hu Hengqiu wiping the corners of his mouth as if he had just woken up.

Ministers:  …

Is this really asleep?
After Hu Hengqiu wiped the corners of his mouth and eyes, it was as if he really had eye feces, and he wiped it seriously. He didn't care that this was in the court hall, and while wiping, he said to those malicious guys:
"She is quite capable and capable, but not as good as you, she can talk! What practical things have you solved?"

Everyone was speechless, but they were not convinced: We didn't do anything practical, so what did the capable Marquis of Linyang do?Not even a message!

The emperor glanced at Hu Hengqiu with some dissatisfaction: What are you doing?I haven't collected the money yet!
(End of this chapter)