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Chapter 82 The old lady of the ruined Hou Mansion (17)

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    "Mom, didn't you say that His Majesty made a lot of money by ransacking his house some time ago? Maybe this time he won't let us collect donations. After all, His Majesty just made a fortune, and in less than half a month,  It¡¯s time to pay the taxes collected in summer in various places.

    Besides, it feels so embarrassing for us to pretend to be poor like this. We only raise three to two thousand taels of silver each time. It¡¯s not like our family can¡¯t afford it, so why bother pretending to be poor like this? What¡¯s more, our family can¡¯t pretend to be poor.  The specific circumstances of the separation have long been circulated. At that time, you gave each of my sixteen concubines five thousand taels of cash. How long has it been since then?  I can¡¯t even get out two taels of silver. Who would believe it!  "

    Fundraising is something that happens all the time. It can be as small as a family building a memorial arch or an ancestral hall, or as big as the national treasury being short of money. There are no big things that need to be done quickly.  But generally speaking, many people are willing to pay for the former kind of things that involve the family's reputation, but not everyone is happy with the latter kind.

    The reason is very simple. The donations that involve the family's reputation are all money spent on the family. If you spend more money, you will gain face in the family, and even the ancestral tablets of your own family can be placed in a good place, but the national treasury lacks them.  There is really no benefit to donating the money, unless you can donate hundreds of thousands of taels at once and catch the emperor's eyes, but no one is so stupid. It would be great to keep such a large sum of money for your own use, so donate it.  But it's really like a meat bun beating a dog, and there is no return.

    Therefore, when most officials and nobles meet the emperor and ask for donations, they will follow the crowd and do not seek to be outstanding, but just to have no faults. If a fifth-rank official donates 500 taels, then I, a sixth-rank official, will donate 400 taels, or 450 taels.  Two, just a little less than Shangguan anyway.

    Their marquis residence is considered to be the highest level of title below the king and duke. If converted into an official position, it can be regarded as a super rank, so the amount to be donated each time is naturally a lot, but this is really a lot.  It won't hurt your muscles and bones, so I feel a little distressed, but it can be done.

    ¡°You don¡¯t care whether others believe it or not.

    Every time when collecting donations, those officials and noble families would not complain about poverty. The ancestors of Yin Guogong¡¯s family were the first to enter the treasury of the previous dynasty. Almost half of the treasury of the previous dynasty was taken away by his family, and their family¡¯s population was still small.  , didn¡¯t they also cry and cry when they raised funds last time and said that their family was so poor that they could hardly afford to eat, and then they sold a lot of things and scraped together only three thousand taels. It¡¯s good for you, you can¡¯t do anything.  Without saying anything, he readily handed over the two thousand five hundred taels of silver.

    This offends many people.

    Listen to me, this year you just go with the flow and cry for poverty. If you have the ability, even if your mother and I are bankrupt, I can still collect more than ten or two hundred thousand taels of silver for you and send it to you to gain favor in front of the emperor, but what are you doing?  No, anything more would be a waste, so just make do.  "

    Her original wish was not to be an official, just to make money, so Qiao Mu would naturally not worry about other things. She just hoped that her son could be in peace and contentment in front of the empty-headed prince, and not take the risk of anything.  It's enough to just go with the flow and live comfortably. Maritime trade and other things can be done slowly and privately, without any rush.

    "Okay, I'll do it."

    Wen Qilian replied with some frustration, didn't he know those people were putting on a show? Yes, everyone knew this, but because he couldn't lose his face, he didn't follow the trend and learn from other ministers and nobles.

    "You can't blame him. The original person and the original husband are all shameless people. If the original person was shameless, how could he have basically no money left after the child's wedding.  The nobles these days are those who are very shameless, and their families are basically not rich. Only those who are truly shameless can save money.  There is a certain truth to the saying that people are shameless and invincible. The original person only realized this when he was forced to do so.

    After Wen Qilian came back from Qiaomu, he started to pack up some unused and worn-out things at home, and piled them into a warehouse, waiting for news from above. If the above said that they wanted to raise donations, then he would  Those things should be pawned at a low price. If there is no news, they should be thrown into the warehouse.

    Originally, Wen Qilian thought that the emperor had just earned so much money some time ago that he would not need to raise money for disaster relief. But who would have thought that the day after he prepared his pile of things, there was news of the Nanyang Xinnan Kingdom's rebellion and invasion of Lingnan and other places.  The news reached the capital, so naturally there was not enough money in the treasury. After all, disaster relief and counterinsurgency were matters that had to be carried out quickly and could not be delayed until the summer tax collection was collected.

    Therefore, the order to collect donations was naturally issued quickly. Wen Qilian had no choice but to follow his mother's instructions and start pawning the pile of rags he had collected.go out.  And he used extremely poor acting skills to make him cry.

    It has to be said that although his acting skills are very poor, because there are so many officials and nobles crying about poverty, he does not seem particularly out of place. Instead, he has a sense of harmony that is lost among everyone. This is what Qiao Mu wants to see.  , going with the flow is the best way to hide your low profile.

    Because crying about poverty has become a common practice, and there is a need to quickly provide money for disaster relief and counter-rebellion, so everyone did not waste too much time. After crying for a while, they all happily took out some money.  After scraping it together, it can be regarded as 1.8 million taels of silver. These silvers, plus the more than 5 million taels that Emperor Ming Ling copied some time ago, are more than enough to cope with the two things currently needed.  .

    With money, many things can be done easily. Even though the disaster relief funds were still scratched several times when distributed, nearly half of them were sent to the disaster area, so the disaster was quickly calmed down, at least not at all.  It caused no major crisis, let alone caused a peasant uprising.

    On the other hand, the rebellion in the New South Kingdom has never calmed down. It has even become more and more violent. Originally it was just on the border, but later, for some reason, more and more troops were used by each other. By the end of the year, the New South Country had actually  Eighteen cities were captured in a row, causing the overall atmosphere in the capital to be very serious even at the end of the year. No one dared to laugh, whether inside or outside the palace. Emperor Ming Ling often roared and rebuked in the court.  The military generals were useless, scolding the civil servants for not being able to provide food and grass in time, etc.

    Fortunately, Qiao Mu and the others in the Xuanhe Hou Mansion have basically left the circle of military attach¨¦s, and have not taken up any actual positions in the court, so they have perfectly avoided the limelight, and their days are still as usual.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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