After reading the heart milk ball, the cannon fodder family went crazy

Everyone in the Su family looked at Zheng Wenchang strangely, trying to find something on his face.

Seeing that he and Su Dahe were about to leave, Su Youmin said, "We are all one family. If you have anything to say, Wenchang, just say it here."

At this time, Su Youmin was very worried about Zheng Wenchang and looked at him like a scumbag who wanted to deceive his son.

"Yes, Wenchang. If you have any problems, tell us and we will help you find a solution together."

Mrs. Su had a smile on her face, but her eyes were fixed on Zheng Wenchang.

Her third child is a yellow-haired boy. If you like your third child, you have to add...

Ah no, don’t say you like it, you can’t even think about it!

Everyone in the Su family: Yes, no!

Zheng Wenchang is about to cry but has no tears. Who will save him? He really doesn't like Su Dahe!

"Since my uncle and aunt have said this, it would be bad for me to hide it any longer. Here's the thing..." Zheng Wenchang explained the matter in detail.

It turned out that after the courtiers donated money yesterday, they all hated Zheng Wenchang.

Taishi Cui and Taifu Lu turned their hostility into friendship and jointly advised Emperor Ming to take advantage of this opportunity to regulate the Yellow River to avoid future troubles.

In fact, the Yellow River has been under management for so many years, but because the national treasury is empty, every time it can only patch up the original foundation.

As for dredging the river again, firstly, there is no one, and secondly, there is no money, so no one wants to do this hard work.

But it's different now. With these five million taels of disaster relief funds, even after rescuing the victims, there will still be a lot of money left.

Therefore, Emperor Ming wanted to allocate some of this money to manage the Yellow River, but he was unexpectedly stopped by Taishi Cui and Taifu Lu.

Taishi Cui used the excuse of floods everywhere to persuade Emperor Ming to find other ways to raise money to control the Yellow River, and specifically recommended Zheng Wenchang to take charge of the matter.

According to Master Cui, since Zheng Wenchang can raise disaster relief funds, the cost of regulating the Yellow River must not be a problem.

The Su family suddenly realized what they were hearing, and Su Youmin asked doubtfully: "How much more money do we need to raise this time?"

"At least five hundred thousand taels of silver." Zheng Wenchang said with a bitter smile.

"I'm afraid it's hard to raise this money." Su Youmin couldn't help but exclaimed.

Although this is only 500,000 taels, it pales in comparison to 5 million taels, but the courtiers only donated 5 million taels, and I am afraid that they will not give out another penny this time.

Trying to raise this amount of money is undoubtedly a pipe dream.

It's no wonder that since today was a holiday, Zheng Wenchang didn't take a good rest at home. Instead, he came to Su's house early in the morning to find a solution for Su Dahe.

Zheng Wenchang sighed and said helplessly: "The Holy One has an order, and I dare not disobey it."

He knew in his heart that this incident was obviously done by the courtiers to retaliate against him, but in fact it was to warn Emperor Ming.

Emperor Ming also knew it in his heart, but once he showed weakness, it would be equivalent to bowing to the wealthy family.

Sacrifice Zheng Wenchang, not only can save the royal family's face, but also maintain the friendly situation with the aristocratic family, no matter how you calculate it, it is very worthwhile.

"Mu Qian, do you have any good ideas?" Zheng Wenchang looked at Su Dahe expectantly.

"The method is very simple. You only need to set up a few merit monuments to make them willing to give money." Su Dahe said slowly.

Zheng Wenchang showed hesitation, "This method has been used before, they will still be fooled...ah, no, will they still pay?" Su Dahe smiled and said: "The method is not new or old, it just depends on whether it is easy to use. The previous ones The merit monument is placed in the Ancestral Temple. This time, it is recommended to place it by the Yellow River to ensure that people can see it when passing by. By the way, if someone donates a lot of money, he can also write his life story on it. "

Zheng Wenchang's eyes became brighter and brighter as he listened. There were two different things between setting up a merit monument and setting up a monument.

The former is just a matter of simply carving names on the monument, while the latter is equivalent to writing a history book to be passed down through the ages.

Some people can escape the temptation of a monument of merit, but he does not believe that he can escape the temptation of erecting a monument and establishing a biography!

"Mu Qian, what a wonderful idea you have!" Zheng Wenchang patted Su Mu Qian on the shoulder excitedly.

Originally this was just a common action, but now in the eyes of everyone in the Su family, they always felt that something was wrong.

The Su family looked suspicious: He didn't mean to use this to touch Su Dahe, right?

Su Zhaozhao: Got it!

Zheng Wenchang: Knocking on anything will only harm you!

Su Zhaozhao: No, doing anything will only make my nutrition balanced!

Su Dahe: I'm numb and tired, let's destroy it...

"Besides, I have another way." Su Dahe said as he calmly moved a step to the side.

Although he knew that Su Zhaozhao was talking nonsense, for the sake of his delicate anus, it was better to stay away from Zheng Wenchang.

Zheng Wenchang didn't notice anything strange about Su Dahe. His mind was filled with his words, "What else can I do?"

Su Dahe smiled slightly, took out a book from his arms and handed it to Zheng Wenchang with both hands.

"This is a children's enlightenment book I wrote in my spare time. I would like to invite adults to read it."

Zheng Wenchang took the book and looked through it with confusion. The contents of the book were all ancient stories and idioms and allusions.

For example, the idioms written by Su Dahe are easier to understand, simple and interesting than those written in history books, and there are no uncommon words, so they are very suitable for children's enlightenment.

But Zheng Wenchang didn't understand, what was the connection between this book and asking courtiers to donate money?

Zheng Wenchang thought so, so he asked.

Su Dahe had already guessed that he would ask this question, so he explained: "I think in addition to letting children understand the ancients, it is more important to learn from today's role models. For example, during the Yuanzhou flood, Taishi Cui and Taifu Lu took the lead in donating huge sums of money. Disaster relief, things that care about the people, should be widely publicized and must be known to every scholar."

Zheng Wenchang was full of hesitation, but writing his deeds in a book had a more powerful effect than setting up a monument.

This method is good, but doesn't it just promote the reputation of the aristocratic family? Where does this put Emperor Ming?

Su Dahe is so smart. Seeing Zheng Wenchang like this, he knows where his worries lie.

He took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Zheng Wenchang and said: "Sir, I wrote this last night. I haven't had time to copy it into a book yet. Please read it first."

Zheng Wenchang picked up the paper and took a look. There were not many words, about a few hundred words, and the content inside was about Taishi Cui and Taifu Lu taking the lead in donating money. However, the more he read, the more he felt that something was not right about the content.

Logically speaking, the highlight of this kind of article should be how heroic and righteous Master Cui and Master Lu were.

However, in this article, it is said everywhere that Cui Taishi and the two men upheld Emperor Ming's idea of ​​caring about the people and resolutely implemented Emperor Ming's important instructions.

It’s hard not to doubt that this is really not promoting Emperor Ming?

Su Dahe: Just tell me if there is any publicity!

Zheng Wenchang: Yes, there is, but I think...

Su Dahe: I don’t want you to think it, I want me to think it!