"Your family's business has been losing money year after year, how can you have 10,000 taels of silver?"

In the silence, Li Hongyi took the lead in breaking the silence of the scene, and asked Li Hongyu with a surprised expression, he had some understanding of the financial situation of the Li family's third room, and the silver deposit on the Li family's third room was only four or five thousand taels.

"Second brother, my mother is going to sell all the properties under my name except for the cloth shop, my mother doesn't know how to do business, it is better to sell it as soon as possible than to keep losing money, so that the guys in those stores can find a good way out, and at the same time do their best for the soldiers of Liaodong."

Li Hongyu looked at Li Hongyi when he heard this, and said with a serious expression, although he did not put on a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, but his words and deeds made people feel a sense of pride.

Li Hongyi was stunned, speechless for a while, he found that what Li Hongyu said was the truth, Li Hongyu was busy taking the imperial examination and the Zhao family didn't know how to do business, since the store lost money every year, it was better to sell it.

In fact, everyone didn't notice that Li Hongyu's words left a foreshadowing, that is, he just didn't know how to do business in Zhao, and he didn't say that he didn't know how to do business.

But then again, Li Hongyu is only fifteen or sixteen years old now, who would think that a teenager who studies hard all day long will know business?

"Hongyu, don't do what you can. Remember, act in moderation, once you lose your proportion, you will be too much! Chen Yu came back to his senses and realized that Li Hongyu was not joking, so he hurriedly admonished.

In Chen Yu's view, Li Hongyu's move is tantamount to destroying his family to relieve difficulties, which is not what he wants to see, and he hopes that Li Hongyu can donate according to the situation of his family, otherwise it will be contrary to his original intention of fundraising.

However, in any case, Li Hongyu's approach made Chen Yu feel admired, and there are very few people like Li Hongyu who are willing to dedicate themselves to the country.

At the same time, Chen Yu also respected the Zhao family, Li Hongyu was young, so the right to speak on the affairs of the Li family's three rooms was in the hands of the Zhao family, if the Zhao family was not an open-minded woman, he would never agree with Li Hongyu's "loser" behavior.

"Lord County, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, and students should serve the country."

Li Hongyu had already thought of what to do, so he replied in an orderly manner, "Rather than letting those family businesses fall into the hands of students, it is better to let them play a greater role, the students' families are thin, and there is a cloth shop that is enough to make a living." ”

"The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband!" Hearing this, Zhao Xin, who was sitting on the other side of Chen Yu, suddenly lit up in front of him, Li Hongyu's words were really arrogant, and at the same time he had a strong sense of worrying about the country and the people, which coincided with the loyalty and patriotism advocated by the scholars, and the artistic conception was further improved.

"It's a good world, and it's the responsibility of the husband!" Chen Yu was slightly stunned at first, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and then he slapped the table hard, and said to Li Hongyu with a smile, "I didn't expect you to have such a feeling at a young age, this county is very pleased, your heart is accepted by this county, and this county will report to the court to show the world!" ”

"Lord Xie Xianzun." Li Hongyu was suddenly overjoyed when he heard this, and then bowed quietly to thank him.

Chen Yu must have a foundation above the court, even if his recital cannot be placed on the desk of Emperor Wanli, then it can definitely be known by those civil and military officials in the court, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a name for himself, and it is really cost-effective to exchange 10,000 taels of silver for such an opportunity.

"The county honors the people, the head of the case is ashamed of the students of the community, and the students are willing to pledge 5,000 taels, hoping to help the soldiers of Liaodong."

Just when everyone at the scene looked at each other and didn't react, Zhao Xin bowed slightly to Chen Yu and said loudly, since Li Hongyu can donate 10,000 taels, then she, as the second place in the county exam, and the child of the Zhao family of Fuxiang, naturally can't sit idly by.

Although five thousand taels is a lot of money, it is completely within the scope of Zhao Xin's bearing, and it can be withdrawn from the account without Zhao Deyi's nod.

"The students also pledged 5,000 taels to share the country's worries." Zhao Xin's move immediately caused a small commotion among the candidates at the scene, and Wang Kuiju, who took the third place in the county exam, bowed down and said to Chen Yu after a deep sigh.

Of course, Wang Kuiju doesn't have so much money, but the wealthy Wang family has it, and the Wang family has to compete with the Li family in everything, so since Li Hongyu donated 10,000 taels of silver to win the first place, then the Wang family must also donate a sum of money, otherwise it will be despised by the outside world.

"Today, the county celebrates the good results of the county examination, and does not talk about other affairs, and those who intend to donate will register with the county government three days later." Wang Kuiju's voice lagged behind, Li Hongyi was just about to open his mouth to pledge, but Chen Yu raised his glass and said, "Come, everyone toast together, this county wishes you a bright future and become the pillars of the country." ”

"Xie Xianzun!" Hearing this, everyone present raised their wine glasses and saluted Chen Yu, and many people secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

If Chen Yu doesn't open his mouth to stop it, then everyone must say whether to donate money or not, which is tantamount to a forced donation, after all, candidates with strong family backgrounds like Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin and Wang Kuiju are only a few, and most of them are from civilian homes where can they have spare money to donate.

Li Renbo, who was sitting at another wine table, looked at Li Hongyu with a pleased face, the people at the table with him were all students in the county, and he was happy that Li Hongyu could have such an awareness.

If he is not mistaken, Jiangkou County will soon set off a craze for raising funds for the soldiers of Liaodong, and as long as someone takes the lead, such things will come naturally.

In fact, just as Li Renbo guessed wrongly, three days later, people with heads and faces in Jiangkou County went to the county government one after another to donate money, and no one was willing to be left behind.

Normally, the local gentry and merchants would get together to discuss difficult matters and advance and retreat together, leaving the powerful people to make up their minds.

In this fundraising initiated by Chen Yu, those gentry and businessmen in Jiangkou County all looked to the Li family in Baihe Town and the Wang family in the county seat, and now that the children of the Li family and the Wang family have donated money, then others naturally cannot be left behind, and they must have donated generously.

Due to the "active" fundraising of those wealthy people in the county, including Li Hongyu's donation of silver, the Jiangkou County government received a total of more than 53,000 taels of silver, plus the previous 4,000 taels, and the total amount of donations this time was nearly 60,000 taels, far exceeding Chen Yu's expectations.

Originally, Chen Yu felt that it was very rare to be able to raise 20,000 taels of silver, but Li Hongyu alone donated 10,000 taels "bankrupt", and under the influence of Li Hongyu, the total amount of donations raised was nearly three times his estimate, which can be said to have successfully achieved his wish.

In early March, Chen Yu asked people to send the donated silver to the Xiangyang Mansion, as a magistrate, of course, he could not skip the level to send the donated silver taels to the imperial court, and he needed to report it layer by layer.

The Xiangyang Prefecture then informed the Hu Guangbu Political Envoy Division, who sent officials in May to escort the donated silver temporarily stored in the Xiangyang Prefecture Yahufang warehouse into Beijing.

It is worth mentioning that the donated silver shipped from Xiangyang Prefecture was not 54,000 taels, but more than 126,000 taels, and in two months, the remaining six counties and one prefecture of Xiangyang Prefecture and the Zhizhou followed Chen Yu's example to "call" the local people to collect donations from the soldiers of Liaodong.

Although these magistrates and prefectures don't know anything about the situation in Liaodong, since Chen Yu has done this, they naturally can't be indifferent, you must know that this is not only a matter of face, but more importantly, this is also a political achievement.

However, including the gentry and merchants of Xiangyang City, the total amount of silver donations from the six counties and one prefecture was only more than 72,000 taels, which was not only related to the fact that Jiangkou County was the most prosperous and wealthy state and county in Xiangyang Prefecture, but also because some of the donated silver was privately detained and embezzled by the people of the Yamen.

Those corrupt officials will not let go of this golden opportunity to make a fortune. Otherwise, the silver taels transported from the treasury of the Xiangyang Mansion Yahu House could reach 150,000 taels.

Even so, the donation of more than 126,000 taels of silver is already a lot of money, after all, the silver that the Ming household can receive in a year is only three million taels.

With the arrival of this donation at the imperial court, the relevant officials of Huguangbu Political Envoy, Xiangyang Mansion and Jiangkou County were quickly rewarded by the Wanli Emperor, especially Li Hongyu's sentence "The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband" was praised by the Wanli Emperor and quickly swept the Ming Dynasty.

This made Li Hongyu begin to emerge in the court, at least his name once appeared in front of those civil and military officials, although those adults may not necessarily remember his name, but they will definitely remember the phrase "the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband", which is enough for him.

Li Hongyu felt that he had really hit a lot of luck, and the unintentional sentence "The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband" made him unexpectedly famous in the court and even the world, and Gu Yanwu, who said this, was just a four or five-year-old child at this time, and he was playing with the children at home.

In addition, Emperor Wanli thought that the Zhao family, who had been widowed for many years, had a good way to teach his son, and not only cultivated Li Hongyu to become the head of the county test in Jiangkou County, but also made Li Hongyu have the feelings of loyalty and patriotism at the expense of "destroying the family and relieving difficulties", so he specially issued a decree to entitle the Zhao family as the widow of the seven products, and set an example for the world to show his merits.

This made the Zhao family become the wife of the imperial court, and her rank was the same as that of the county magistrate Chen Yu, and even the county officials such as the county magistrate and the chief secretary had to salute and greet the Zhao family when they saw it.

The Li family can be said to be proud of this, when the grace of the Wanli Emperor arrived in Baihe Town, Li Renhe led everyone to burn incense and set up a case to greet him, you must know that this kind of opportunity to get the emperor's decree is very rare, it is a great glory, and it is of great benefit to enhance the reputation and status of the Li family.

This is definitely a great surprise for Li Hongyu, he knows that there must be a lot of credit to Chen Yu in this, otherwise Emperor Wanli would reward Zhao for such a trivial matter, it must be Chen Yu in the background of the capital in front of Emperor Wanli to Zhao said a lot of good things and finally contributed to this matter, no wonder people often say that there are people in the court who are good at doing things.

It's a pity that Li Hongyu was not able to participate in the grand event to welcome the Holy Decree, because when the Holy Decree arrived in Baihe Town, he was preparing for the township exam in the provincial capital of Wuchang.