"Hou Ye, Hou Ye~~" In the distance, several horses galloped along the street.

"Master Hou, Your Majesty invites you to enter the palace to discuss urgent matters!" A steward of the Hou Mansion and a palace man dismounted and said eagerly.

"What happened?" Chen Xu asked a little strangely.

Today, Xianyang is calm and calm, and nothing major has happened, why did the emperor suddenly summon him into the palace?

"Master Hou, I heard that a statue is going to be built in front of the library, and now thousands of disciples are gathering in the palace, the Lieutenant's Mansion has ordered Lord Lu to not know what to do, His Majesty invited Lord Hou into the palace to discuss countermeasures!" The palace man briefly explained the reason for the incident.

"You continue to study, Ben Hou will go back when he goes!" After Chen Xu gave an order, he asked the guard coachman to drive the carriage over, pedaling the carriage and following the palace people to the palace.

Sure enough, when I was about to arrive at the palace, the road was full of noisy and lively scenes, and countless hundreds of disciples in various costumes gathered on the street not far from the palace and shouted, but all of them were stopped at the intersection by the forbidden army of the lieutenant's mansion, and the shouting and shouting voices in all directions came and went, and what I heard was the sound of these cordial greetings from your wife and your lady.

"Get out of the way, Qinghe Hou is here!"

"The Marquis of Qinghe must be going to the palace, I will hurry up and petition!"

"Master Hou, our famous ancestor Huizi will be ranked first...... Oops, enter your lady, which one hits me? ”

"Hui Shi is not a man of tongue, how can he occupy the land of a hundred sages, our soldiers are the first, who dares to talk nonsense and beat him......" In the crowd, a strong man with a long sword and a beard on his face waved his big fist to show his strong biceps.

"Master Hou, my Confucianism is willing to pay 500,000 yuan, and Confucius will be ranked first~"

"The First ...... of Doctors"

There was a commotion outside the car window, and Chen Xu sat in the carriage with a twitching face.

Between taps and taps, Qinghehou's four-wheel drive luxury off-road vehicle went straight down the street through the barricades set up by the lieutenant's forbidden army, and soon disappeared at the corner of the street.

"Everyone, disperse quickly, don't make a noise, Marquis Qinghe went to the palace to discuss the matter of the statue with His Majesty, and there will be news later, if you continue to gather and make trouble, this official will take it to the prison of the Lieutenant's Mansion......" Lu Huan, wearing golden armor, stood at the corner of the street with a long knife in his hand and shouted.

In the Zichen Palace, the First Emperor was slightly irritable and looked at the book on the desk, Zhao Wei stood beside him with his hands down and bowed his head silently, the palace people went out to pass the decree, half an hour passed, and the Marquis of Qinghe had not yet come.

"Report, Your Majesty, Qinghe Hou has arrived!" In the midst of anxious waiting, accompanied by the sound of hurried footsteps, the sound of palace people sounding outside the door.

"Please!" Qin Shi Huang stood up with his big sleeves, and Zhao Wei, who was standing next to him at a loss, also breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty forgives me, the minister is late!" On the way to Chen Xu, he had already learned that in order to find himself, the palace people who delivered the decree ran four or five places in a row to find him, so the first thing he did when he entered the door was to apologize.

"It's okay, it's okay, Aiqing may already know about the matter outside the palace, and about the statue in front of the library, I also ask Aiqing to help think of a way......" The emperor stepped forward and sat down with Chen Xu's hand, and ordered the palace maid to serve tea.

After Chen Xu sat down, he said with a smile, "Your Majesty is worry-free, this is a good thing, it shows that all the beings of the hundred schools are very concerned about this matter, and it also shows that Your Majesty's benevolence has been supported and recognized by the disciples of the hundred schools!" ”

"Why did Aiqing say this?" Not only Qin Shi Huang was surprised, but Zhao Wei couldn't help but come over.

"At present, the six countries are unified, and the disciples of the hundred schools of thought gather in Xianyang, bustling with each other to promote different ideas, and if the Great Qin wants to learn from the strengths of the people and integrate the hundred schools, it is necessary to get the common support of the disciples of the hundred schools, and the minister built this library, which is to put together the works of the sages who were previously scattered throughout the country, indicating that His Majesty treats the hundred schools of thought equally, but the disciples of the hundred schools of thought will still fight with each other because of different ideas, which is not conducive to the stability of the Great Qin, so the minister wants to put the statues of the hundred sages at the door of the library, In this way, the disciples of the hundred schools will feel that their own concept has been valued and recognized by His Majesty, and they will have a greater sense of belonging to Daqin, and every time they enter the library and look at their own sages, they will unconsciously have a sense of sacred rituals, just like we worship the ancestral hall and ancestral temple on weekdays, this is the art of collecting the heart! ”

"What a heart-warming technique!" Qin Shi Huang suddenly became enlightened and completely understood the reason why Chen Xu wanted to make the statue.

"Your Majesty's current concern is the issue of the statue bidding, and he must feel that it is insulting, but in the minister's opinion, this matter is not undesirable, but the minister thinks about it, and also feels that it is indeed too vulgar to use money to measure the contribution and fame of the sages, so on the way here, the minister thought of a method, which can not only erect the statues of the sages of a hundred schools, but also get a sum of money to subsidize the construction of the library, which is killing two birds with one stone...... Well, kill two birds with one stone! ”

"How to operate the left-hand minister's method of killing two birds with one stone!" Zhao Wei couldn't help but speak.

"Fundraising!" Chen Xu spoke.

"Raise donations as you did for disaster relief?" Qin Shi Huang paused for a moment.

"Yes, the construction of the statue of the sages of the hundred schools of thought, should be the responsibility of the disciples of the hundred schools, only let them contribute their own money and efforts, in order to show their piety and respect for the sages, the more money and efforts, the more pious the nature, the minister intends to publish a news in the newspaper, so that the entire Daqin celebrities are involved in the selection of the hundred sages, and finally decide the position of the statue according to the number of votes, so as to solve the problem of bidding order, and so on after the sorting is published in the newspaper, Call on hundreds of disciples to donate money and materials to build ......"

"Master Hou, since the ranking has been determined, what if all beings don't donate money and materials?" Zhao Wei couldn't help but ask again.

"Well, this problem is very easy to solve, this hundred statues we are building in a unified manner, not whoever donates more will repair, donate less will not repair, we will raise a total of 10 million money, when to raise enough when to start building, if it is not enough within two years, all donations will be invested in the expansion of schools and health centers around the country, and this statue construction plan will be permanently canceled!"

"Master Hou, if two years are really not enough, do you really want to cancel the statue construction plan permanently?" Zhao Wei couldn't help but ask again, because according to the plan that Chen Xu just said, if he didn't cultivate, this heart would definitely not be able to be retracted, wouldn't it be inconsistent.

"No, they will make up enough, and I think they will soon make it up, because I will tell everyone in the newspaper that when the time comes, a famous sentence of Zhuzi will be engraved on every step of the library, and ten merit tablets will be erected on the steps, and anyone who donates a thousand dollars will be recorded and passed on to future generations, and the more you donate, the closer the location of the merit monument will be to the door of the library, and there is another advantage of donation, that is, this extensive participation will mobilize the recognition of the library by all the people of the six countries. Enhance the sense of identity with Daqin, after all, this library has their contributions, and their names are on the merit tablet, which is a great honor......"

"Wonderful...... It's really wonderful, this is simply a miraculous strategy......" Qin Shi Huang stood up excitedly and stroked his palms and praised again and again.

Zhao Wei was also drooling with his mouth wide open and his eyes shining.

This method of operation will not only convince the Shi clan of the world to the ranking of the sages of the hundred schools, but also use the merit monument to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the donors, which will also enhance the sense of identity with the library and Daqin, which is really a wonderful plan to kill two birds with one stone.

Chen Xu swept away the depression in the emperor's heart in a few words, and then the three of them discussed the specific operation method in detail, Chen Xu said goodbye and left, and went to the newspaper to find Chen Ping to get out the plan for the selection of the hundred sages.

The library and the auditorium of Beijing Normal University should all be repaired, it is estimated that it will take a year or two, the statue can be arranged to be built at the end, this money is not urgently needed, it can be raised slowly, and Chen Xu believes that when the announcement in the newspaper is published, hundreds of disciples must be very enthusiastic in donating, and even wealthy businessmen will join in the fun, after all, businessmen also have a famous sage in the world, named Fan Li, and now Fan is still the world's business leader, and now the family has hundreds of millions, they will definitely not be left behind.

Maybe...... After the library is repaired, it will make a lot of money.

In the newspaper hall, when Chen Ping, Qiu Chengfu An and other editors-in-chief listened to Chen Xu's strategy of erecting statues and raising money for the sages of the hundred schools, the whole room was quiet for half a minute, and then all kinds of admiration and emotion sounded, and they couldn't wait to split Hou Ye's head to see how the brains inside grew.

Fundraising has been a few years ago, and it has played a major role in the disaster relief of the two counties of Qidong, and the donations and materials from all walks of life in Xianyang are innumerable, which for the first time let the people of Daqin experience the touching of being in the same boat, not only making the Daqin Metropolis Daily a hit nationwide, but also making the people of the two counties of Qidong feel a sense of belonging to Daqin countless times.

And after the news of this bidding for the construction of the statue of the sages of the hundred schools of thought came out, everyone had an indescribable taste, knowing that this was a lack of funds, and at the same time it was very uncomfortable, and they couldn't say clearly where they were uncomfortable, after all, they spent money to buy rankings for the sages of their sect, so that everyone had a sense of helpless humiliation.

Spend money, even if the statue of the ancestor of the sect is erected at the top of the library or even the first, if it is not worthy of the name, it will definitely make the people of the world laugh, and fight for money, who can fight the world's businessmen, they can use the money to shape a golden statue for Fan Li Towering at the top, every day the golden light shines blind the eyes of all Xianyang people.

Learning must not be ruined by businessmen in the smell of copper.

But once this kind of thing is fought for money, it is almost certain that it cannot be changed.

But don't spend money, if your own sect is ranked low or even excluded from the steps of the library, the disciples of the sect will inevitably be even more ridiculed in the future, and they will not be able to raise their heads among the people, and they will have a reputation of being unvirtuous and unscrupulous, and they will not be able to receive the disciples who open the museum in the future.

In other words, no matter how much money is spent or not, it is destined to be a toothache to erect a statue of the ancestors of your own sect.

But the new method brought back by Hou Ye today suddenly solved this problem perfectly.

Solve the problem of ranking the 100 sages through civil voting, and solve the problem of fundraising through merit monuments.

It's really the best of both worlds.