It wasn't a matter of a day or two that Zhao Xiu had this idea. Since the tsunami and the news of the devastation in various places, she remembered how modern society has reacted to similar events, and she felt that she should do her part in the disaster relief. At the very least, you have to donate something, right?

Although the Zhao family also suffered a lot of losses, compared to the ordinary victims, it was not as good as hurting the bones. The whole family can still live a life of fine clothes and food, and it is not a problem to take out a few thousand taels of silver. Of course, doing charity is not like this, there must be a comprehensive charter, not that rich people only need to take out the money. Without a reliable executor, it would be stupid for the Zhao family to end up with a "greedy person who spent money but was cheap, and those who really needed help were not touched at all".

In this ancient society, she did not expect to have a large charity like modern times, with a special bank account to receive donations, or to send disaster relief materials to the disaster WWW.UUXS.CC area. It is possible to procure some food supplies and send them, but only if you find reliable people who can distribute them to the affected people. However, if you rashly send your own servants to do it, you may even cause chaos to others and affect the normal order of other people's disaster areas. It is best to inform the government in advance, get their permission and cooperation, and make sure that the people of the government do not embezzle things and money.

There is an even more troublesome thing, in this day and age, it is perhaps, even such a thing as giving grace to the people cannot be done casually. We need to beware of people who are behind their backs and make them guilty of buying people's hearts.

Considering all kinds of concerns, Zhao Xiu could only wait and see first, and wait for the Shanghai prefect to return to the yamen, and then find a way to talk to him. Judging from his appearance these days, he should be a very reliable official. If you give him money and supplies, he should be able to get things to the people who need them most, right?

At present, the prefect of Shanghai is still in Nanhui, one of the most severely affected areas, and Zhao Xiu can only first order the family of Fengxian's old house to try their best to rescue the Zhao clan and the people in the county in accordance with the regulations set during the flood disaster in previous years. Everyone in the Zhao clan has experience, although the losses suffered this time are greater, but the lives are saved, which is a great luck.

Everyone first helped the government, buried the unfortunate dead, sought doctors to treat the injured, sent emergency food to the families who lacked food, dredged the waterways to drain the stagnant water, rescued crops to see how much damage could be recovered, and the houses that were washed down by the sea and damaged by the stagnant water could be rebuilt one after another. There is also a dam that has just been repaired, because of the impact of the tsunami, I don't know if there is any damage, so I have to send people to strengthen it. The Zhao clan school also stopped classes, and the eighth old lady ignored his old age and frailty, and led the juniors and students of the clan to persuade other big families to help the victims in the county. Under the leadership of Tao Cheng, the county commander of Fengxian County, all the big and rich families contributed money and people, and the situation of self-help was gradually formed, which saved a lot of strength for the prefect of Shanghai. The Zhao family also began to be recognized as the leader of the county's noble families and the famous gentry.

Zhao Xiu was relieved to learn that the work in his hometown was going smoothly. But now she has a new idea, if she can say that King Guangping will take action, maybe the scale of the rescue will be even greater. Shanghai Yifu is not only the hometown of the royal family, but also the hometown of the Zhao family. When this disaster has hit our hometown, everyone should do our part. With the name of Jiannan Hou Mansion, the Zhao family can be a leader elsewhere, but it is not easy to surpass many clans in Jiading. But if King Quang Binh joins, it will be completely different. Even if it is to avoid the emperor's suspicion again, King Guangping is not good at winning too much popular support for himself, so he can only contribute behind his back, and the energy he can exert is not comparable to a small Jiannan Hou Mansion.

Zhao Xiu and Gao Zhen didn't spend much effort to convince King Guangping. King Guangping has always hoped to do something, but now that he has the opportunity, how can he not do it?

He asked Zhao Xiu directly: "What is Sister Xiu'er going to do?" If you just take a sum of money from your own account and use it to help the victims, you can do it yourself, and you don't need to call me. ”

Zhao Xiu smiled: "The prince is wise. I think it's too small to rely on my own family, what can I do? Even if my family has a lot of money, it is impossible for my family to let me donate all the money. But I also want to help as many people as possible, so I have to gather the strength of the masses. I think that the Shanghai Mansion is so big, there are many dignitaries and nobles, and even if each family only pays 100 taels of silver, it is a lot of money, and the food bought is enough for the people affected by the disaster to eat, and the clothes and bedding bought can ensure that they will not be attacked by the cold wind this year, and maybe there is still enough energy to build a new home for them. It's just that if there is no person with high status, status, and fame to come forward, I am afraid that I may not be able to persuade everyone to give generously. ”

King Guangping groaned slightly: "Okay, I'll be this person." Even though I'm blind, I still have a little bit of face. ”

Gao Zhen hurriedly said: "Father, if it's the emperor's side......"

King Guangping stretched out his hand to stop his words: "The emperor will not be so indiscriminate. As for myself, I don't care about the fame. I don't have to go around and tell me what I've done, even if the people who donate know it, will they still be grateful to me? There is no reason to sue the people. ”

Zhao Xiu blinked: "Actually, I don't think the prince has to do this alone." The king of Fenyang is also a reasonable person, why don't you count him? The princess of Fenyang is also very kind. I'll go and convince my grandmother again. With the two nobles in front of you, it shouldn't be out of place for my grandmother to echo as the Duchess of Jiannan County. ”

King Guangping laughed when he heard this: "You girl is very clever, you can even think of the princess of Fenyang." It's a really good idea. The king of Fenyang will definitely agree. ”

Of course, the king of Fenyang had to agree. It was not because this incident would bring great benefits to his reputation, but because when the king of Guangping sent an urgent letter to Beijing, he had mentioned the appearance of the Jiading clan when the tide came. The mother and son of the king of Fenyang are all positive examples, but the princess of Fenyang and the old princess are negative examples. In addition, there are many people who quarrel with the officers and soldiers guarding the city gates, or make a noise about hiding in the palace, and the emperor will definitely be angry with them, and he doesn't know how to punish them. In order to beg the emperor for mercy, they will not hesitate to give a small amount of money to make up for their past mistakes.

And so it was settled.

King Guangping is in charge of the overall situation and is also responsible for planning behind the scenes. He used his name to send letters to the prefect's yamen, local officials, clan officials, royal relatives and nobles, and large families, inviting everyone to sit together to discuss the matter of helping the people. He contributes a sum of money to each family, which can also be food, medicinal materials, cloth or building materials, and then a few representatives are selected from all sides to be responsible for the distribution of money and materials, and the head of each family supervises from the side. He also quickly obtained the cooperation of the prefect of Shanghai, learned the list of materials most urgently needed in the disaster areas, and took the lead in donating 2,000 taels of silver to purchase food and medicinal materials, which were sent by the government to the disaster areas as quickly as possible and distributed to the victims.

Zhao Xiu followed suit and persuaded his grandmother Zhang to donate 1,000 taels of silver and 6,000 catties of grain. The grain was purchased from Liufang at her expense. Liufang's business is now big, and it is easy to purchase enough food from Huguang and other places. Zhao Xiu wanted to buy it, but they didn't say anything, so they sold it at a 20% discount, and then went to the grain-producing area to buy grain. Zhao Xiu donated money and food, and sent Zhao You back to Fengxian to see Zhao Jing and the eighth old lady, wrote down in detail the regulations for self-help and salvation in the clan, and then sent it back to Jiading for reference to King Guangping.

Gao Zhen received instructions from the king of Guangping and Zhao Xiu, and personally went to persuade the king of Fenyang, and in less than half an hour, the Fenyang palace donated 1,800 taels of silver, and also took the initiative to take out all the vacant properties of the palace in Nanhui to the government as a place for temporary resettlement of the victims. The six government doctors raised by the royal palace were also sent by the king of Fenyang to various disaster areas to treat the wounded.

The princess of Fenyang didn't care about picking up her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were stranded in other places, but instead invited Zhang's to go over for tea to discuss how the two of them should take the lead in donating fat powder and silver in the circle of noblewomen in Jiading. When Zhao Xiu accompanied Zhang to meet with her, she realized that there was more she wanted to do. Princess Fenyang didn't want to just donate money, she thought that orphans who lost their parents and elderly people who lost their children in disasters need to be taken care of by others, and this kind of thing is something that these noble ladies can help. They can pay for and make an organization like Shantang, so that these suffering people can have something to rely on and support their young.

There are also women and women who have been affected by the disaster, and if they have lost the support for their families, they can use their skills to support themselves, their families and children. The ladies were able to offer them the opportunity to spin, weave, weave, sizing and washing...... Who says there is no other way to help them than to donate money and buy them into slavery?

Zhao Xiu agreed with her idea very much, but Zhang never thought of such a method. She has always felt that to help others, either to donate sesame oil money to the temple, let the monks give porridge and medicine, and chant sutras to overtake the deceased; Either it is like mutual help within the family, where relatives and friends help each other. All the noble ladies gathered together to form a force to help others...... She had never thought about it before, but it seemed to make a lot of sense?

Zhang was a little excited, but he was worried that he couldn't do it well. Zhao Xiu said: "Grandmother is old and in poor health, if you are afraid that you can't do it, how about your granddaughter accompany you to do it?" She also recommended herself to the princess of Fenyang, "I can write and calculate, my health is good, I can endure hardships, and I am not afraid to show up." ”

The princess of Fenyang was a little surprised: "A girl of the same age as Miss Zhao has such courage?" She admired Zhao Xiu very much, and she didn't want to find out whether Zhao Xiu really wanted to help or just said good things, so she immediately assigned her a task: settling accounts.

Zhao Xiu also knew that it was impossible for the princess of Fenyang to really ask her to show up as a coolie, but accounting work was also very important. She immediately took over the accounts and sorted out the money donated by the noble ladies. When and who donated money into the account, when and who spent how much money for what, are also recorded clearly and in detail, and the numbers are all in capital Chinese characters, and the handwriting is upright and beautiful. The princess of Fenyang was very satisfied, and made a decision on the spot and hired her as the bookkeeper. As for the Zhang family, she only needs to follow the concubine to help wave the flag and shout.

In order to act conveniently, Zhao Xiu came to the Fenyang palace every day to discuss matters, went out early and returned late, watching the princess of Fenyang receive one noble lady after another, happy, frustrated, angry, resentful, and there were people who reacted to any kind of feelings. But no matter what the other party's attitude is, when she leaves the Fenyang Palace, she will definitely leave a sum of silver, and she will say that it is her honor. Zhao Xiu remained silent, secretly observed, and wrote down everyone's identity, name and reaction.

As for the Zhang family, she is not as strong as her granddaughter, and she can't go over the house every day. But after following the princess of Fenyang for many days, she seemed to have learned a lot and realized something, but she became more and more silent. R1152