When the emperor and the civil and military officials heard that Jia Lian had voluntarily donated 100,000 taels of silver as military expenses for the southern expedition, they all couldn't help but gasp. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

You must know that 100,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, not to mention that ordinary people can't earn it in a few lifetimes, even many dukes and marquises' mansions look good from the outside, but it is impossible to come up with such a large sum of money at once.

For a while, hundreds of officials were discussing: "As soon as you open your mouth, it is 100,000 taels, and Hou Ye Jia is arrogant, but after all these years, can Rongguo Mansion still have so much cash?" ”

"You don't know this, where is the money from Rongguo Mansion used, I'm just afraid that there will be more than enough money in Jiahou Ye's Red Mansion Commercial Bank."

"That's right, just say that the input of the soap is still in short supply, Jia Hou Ye is happy to have silver, but pity me and wait for such a lack of industry・・・・・・"

Seeing the ministers talking endlessly, the emperor said: "Jia Aiqing, you must know that there is no joke in front of the king, can you really donate 100,000 taels?" Why don't you think about it again? ”

Jia Lian replied: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the minister said that 100,000 taels is naturally 100,000 taels, and it can be cashed out tomorrow!" Over the years, the minister's side business has been doing well, although the income is less than 100,000 taels, but the difference is not much, and the minister will make up for it after returning home. “

When the emperor heard this, he naturally praised Jia Lian's loyalty, but naturally some ministers who spoke in opposition joked: "Marquis Jia, I heard that you just got a son, and now you have donated all your belongings to the imperial court, so don't you give it to Prince Ling?" ”

I saw Jia Lian laughing and asked rhetorically: "If my descendants are like me, what will I do with the money?" virtuous and wealthy, wealth damages its ambition; Children and grandchildren are not as good as me, what do you do with the money? Foolishness and abundance of wealth increase their faults. ”

As soon as this famous sentence of Lin Zexu, a national hero of the late Qing Dynasty, came out, it immediately attracted a lot of admiration.

After half a ring, I only heard Zhang Huanzhi respond first: "Although Hou Ye Jia is young, but the realm of the world is beyond my reach, although the old man does not have the wealth of Hou Jia, he is also willing to donate 20,000 taels of silver." ”

You must know that Zhang Huanzhi's Zhang Ge Lao Ke is a real Qing official, although his 20,000 taels of silver is far from Jia Lian's 100,000 taels, but this old minister of the two dynasties also does not have a big investment like Jia Lian, only relying on years of savings and the emperor's reward, it can indeed be regarded as exhausting.

A new marquis and a respected cabinet elder both expressed their attitudes, and it seems that this donation of military expenses is inevitable, just when the other ministers are still thinking about how much they should recognize.

I only heard Jia Lian clasp his fists at the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks so, my Yang Heavenly Dynasty will naturally not ask the ministers for donations, so the minister has the courage to ask the emperor for permission, if this southern expedition is victorious, please allow us to reward our courtiers according to the proportion of this donation from the compensation collected from the victory." ”

As soon as these words are said, what was previously a donation for no reason becomes a profitable investment; As long as the war is won, including the harvest from the destruction of the enemy's towns and villages in the war, and the compensation given by the defeated party in the end, it will definitely be countless times higher than the military expenses donated this time.

But if the war is defeated, then these donations will naturally be really wasted.

As a result, the resentment of the civil and military officials towards Jia Lian immediately decreased, and even those who were active and thoughtful were all eager to try.

You must know that although the king of Nan'an County has only been newly defeated, the comprehensive strength of the Celestial Empire is not known to be countless times higher than that of Nanban, and now there is Jia Lian, who has won a great victory in Tubo, as the main general, and most of the ministers are optimistic about this southern expedition.

The emperor who was high above, seeing that the officials were like roasted arsenic at first, and then became so angry that the ministers began to be angry, and immediately looked at Jia Lian again, thinking that what the court wanted was majesty, and the four Yi surrendered, but now they just made empty promises, and they could exchange for countless real silver, as long as they could win the war in the end, even if they were divided into some spoils, what matter!

I only heard the emperor's loud voice: "Although there is no precedent for what Jia Aiqing mentioned, as long as our monarchs and ministers work together, I will approve Jia Aiqing's topic, so what's the matter!" ”

"The emperor is wise!" Jia Lian first flattered the emperor, and then smiled at the hundred officials: "The emperor has made a proposal to this marquis, and if you colleagues have confidence in the court and in this marquis, what are you hesitating about?" Could it be that Ben Hou can still do a loss-making business? ”

As soon as these words came out, all the officials let out a knowing laugh, only to hear King Beijing be the first to say at this time: "Xiao Wang is impressed by Jia Houye's ability to do business, so he also donated 100,000 taels of silver, just waiting for Jia Hou Ye to show his skills." ”

This King of Beijing was another 100,000 taels, which immediately added a lot of confidence to the hundred officials, and at that moment, another minister reported 35,000 yuan.

Seeing that the ministers were so enthusiastic, even the emperor cast an approving look at King Beijing and said, "Zhong Aiqing is quiet, since everyone agrees with the charter proposed by Marquis Jia, where is the clerk?" ”

A civil official in his thirties immediately walked out from behind the screen, bowed down and said, "Weichen is here." ”

The emperor ordered: "Record the donation silver promised by the ministers, and then hand it over to Zhang Ge Lao, and collect all the money before the next court meeting." ”

"Yes!" The clerk and Zhang Huanyi responded in the same way.

Immediately after that, a guard moved the table case and the four treasures of the study room on the spot, only to see the clerk write, first wrote: The details of the donation of silver in the south are as follows: the champion Hou Jialian donated 100,000 taels of silver, the first auxiliary minister Zhang Huanzhi donated 20,000 taels of silver, and the king of Beijing donated 100,000 taels of silver・・・・・・

Half an hour later, all the civil and military officials filled in the amount of money they donated at the clerk's office, and then the clerk counted three times before handing over the document to Zhang Huanzhi.

Zhang Huanzhi took it and looked at it carefully, and finally played: "Your Majesty, this donation of silver totals 1,953,500 taels of silver." ”

When the emperor heard this, he immediately looked happy, and he couldn't imagine that Jia Lian just said a few words, and let these courtiers who were usually like iron roosters voluntarily take out nearly two million taels of silver, how could such a good thing make the emperor overjoyed.

I saw that the emperor nodded, and asked again: "Hubu Shangshu, I plan to allocate another one million taels of silver to the imperial court for this southern expedition, can the Hubu be able to?" ”

Jin Yuan, the head of the household department, immediately stepped forward and said: "Back to the emperor, the imperial court is not very rich now, but it is okay to allocate another one million taels of silver for the southern expedition, and there are also a few unused materials from the previous time・・・・・・

Although this Jin Yuan is the minister of the Nan'an County Wang's lineage, but now for the second southern expedition, the ministers all donate money, and even the Nan'an County King himself was held hostage by the general trend and donated silver, and this Jin Yuan will naturally be no exception.

This self-donated silver, naturally it is different from the past things that do not concern oneself and hang high, if you win, you can make double the profit, but if you lose the silver of the white flowers, you will be wasted.

In this way, the second effect of this donation to the southern expedition came out: not only did a large amount of military salaries be raised, but also because the ministers all contributed money, no matter which faction or department, no one would deliberately drag it back, but would try to facilitate the southern expedition as much as possible!