When Chutian was crusading against Hebei, in Xiacheng in the rear, the chief finance minister Sang Hongyang was collecting money in various ways to maintain financial balance.

Fighting a war costs money, and the military salary paid by the Chutian forces every month exceeds one million.

In addition to the main land and city taxes, the government also monopolized the trade of some commodities, such as salt, iron, and land, and personally intervened in certain industries, such as tea, silk, and official kilns......

In all profitable industries, in order to obtain funds, the government is more or less involved.

The ten-level building Jixia School Palace was completed, and Sang Hongyang gathered literati and excellent people in Jixia School Palace to hold a grand ceremony, and everyone who wanted to participate in the grand event needed to pay 10 taels of silver.

At the same time, Sang Hongyang took this opportunity to raise donations, but anyone who raised more than a certain amount of money could leave his name on the stone tablet and booklet of the Jixia School Palace.

Sang Hongyang has a thorough understanding of the psychology of the families and players of the Eastern Han Dynasty. When he announced this decision, he soon received donations from various wealthy families who valued their reputation.

The Mi family represented by Mi Zhu and Mi Fang donated 10,000 taels of silver in one go!

The Mi family took the lead, the Chen family of Chen Qi and Chen Deng, as well as Chen Qun's Yingchuan Chen family, the Wang family of the East China Sea took the lead, and the Cao family of Qiaoxian County took action. The government raises millions in donations!

In order to look right, the special talents of Han Yue Mansion and Du Fu Thatched Cottage gathered in Jixia School Palace and invited major families and large families to attend the event.

Cai Yong, Cai Wenji, Diao Chan, who are usually not very prominent in Hanle Mansion, Du Fu, Su Shi, Lu Zhi, Zheng Xuan and others in Du Fu's Thatched Cottage, all participated in this event.

Not only that, Sang Hongyang took the opportunity to recruit literati and writers from various states. Literati and artists can bring a lot of bonuses to the territory, so with the reputation of Du Fu, Zheng Xuan and others, they attract literati and artists from various states to Xia City and catch them all.

"The Mi family gave 10,000 taels of silver, the Cao family 8,000 taels, and the Wang family 3,000 taels...... I didn't expect the Cao family to be so rich, it seems that the Cao family will be squeezed more in the future. ”

Sang Hongyang saw the list of donations and found that Cao Song actually donated 8,000 taels in one go.

Cao Song made a fortune by speculating in real estate, as if he had become a big businessman in Xiacheng, and his family was entangled, and he didn't feel distressed when he took out eight thousand taels of silver at once.

Cao Song was Cao Cao's father, and began to worry about his son's future, believing that donating to Jixia School Palace would help Cao Cao be promoted in the future. In addition, Cao Song also wants to go down in history and engrave his name on the stone tablet of Jixia School Palace, glorifying his ancestors!

To build an ancestral hall in the countryside, the squires are willing to donate their capital, not to mention the ten-level building of the Jixia School Palace.

"I heard that Cai Wenji and Diao Chan will appear in the Jixia School Palace."

"If that's really the case, the cost of ten taels of silver is not expensive at all."

Many male players flocked to the city with the idea of seeing the beauty. Ten taels of silver is already a lot of money for many players, but male players are still eager to get it.

"It's been a long time since I've been digging ditches and dredging rivers."

Su Shi came back to participate in this grand gathering among literati.

Now Su Shi's official position is the Minister of State of Jinan, who controls the water in the local area, and at the same time cracks down on local feudal superstitions and weakens the influence of local heroes.

In order to enhance the influence of the Jixia School Palace and better collect money, Su Shi, one of the eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties, was naturally on the list of invitations.

Du Fu and Su Shi became friends because they exchanged poems from time to time, and they attended the event together at this time, and exchanged heads and ears from time to time.

Various Maisons were also present.

The music workshop of Han Yuefu specially organized performances, and for a time the summer city was very lively, attracting many literati.

One of the literati came to visit, but was stopped by the guards of the city gate because he had a sword at his waist.

According to the ban in Xia City, unless you are a talent from the government, you are eligible to wear a sword in the city, and it can only be used as an ornament.

The poor man, forced to hand over his sword in order to avoid being thrown into the dungeon, muttered in a low voice: "I didn't expect that I, a Qinglian monk, couldn't even bring a sword, and this sword cost twenty taels of silver." ”

The city defense army of Xia City saw that this person's words and deeds were a little outstanding, so they said, "What Qinglian monk? If you have some skills, you can register, and special talents also enjoy the privilege of saber. ”

The literati said: "I have some understanding of the poems, if I can exchange a little wine money for this......"

Among the people present at Han Yuefu, Cai Wenji and Diao Chan were talking, one of them was in charge of the musical instruments of Han Yuefu and the other was dancing, and they were colleagues.

The functions of the Han Yue Mansion are more complex than before, and the poetry and songs, calligraphy and painting, musical instruments, and dances are all under the jurisdiction of the Han Yue Fu.

If Taixue is an institution for cultivating officials, then Han Yuefu is an institution for managing literature and art. The officials in charge of poetry and songs generally met in Du Fu's thatched cottage.

The two of them, along with the other officials of the Han Le Mansion, entered the Jixia Academy Palace under the protection of a team of soldiers, attracting the attention of countless players and civilians.

"There is a woman who claims to be Li Qingzhao, who is in exile in Xia City, and presents two poems, hoping to concentrate on the study of poetry and calligraphy and painting in Han Yuefu."

A small official of the Han Yue Mansion presented two poems to Du Fu, Su Shi, Cai Wenji and other literati who were named in the Han Yue Mansion.

"This word is good at using white description, the language is beautiful, the handwriting is beautiful, it is indeed from the hand of a talented woman, this person, can be used."

Among all the literati in the current Han Yue Mansion, Su Shi, a person from the Song Dynasty, has the absolute right to speak, he can see the quality of Song Ci, he didn't see Li Qingzhao, and he decided that Li Qingzhao was a special talent at a glance.

"Summoning her to test it to see if this word was really written by her, there have been too many strangers pretending to be literati recently."

Cai Yong couldn't help but have a headache.

Some players pretend to be writers because they know some Tang and Song poems, but as long as they specify a topic and let them become a poem in seven steps, these players tend to expose their level.

The little official said: "There is also a poet who claims to be a Qinglian monk who wants to join the Han Yue Mansion in exchange for some wine money. ”

Cai Yong frowned again.

What kind of place are these people in Hanle Mansion......

However, it is not surprising that some literati were dissolute and sometimes uninhibited.

"Let him come to us, and if he doesn't have any real talent, he will be expelled."

"Yes. There is also a literati who calls himself Ouyang Xiu, this is his writing, hoping to enter the official career and ask for the lives of all the people, not just in Hanle Mansion......"

The clerk presented an article.

"If you want to enter the official career and ask for the lives of all the people, you can go directly to the Lord's Mansion to recommend yourself, how did you come to our Hanle Mansion."

Du Fu took the article, and his eyes gradually brightened: "This article is indeed extraordinary, this person has the ambition and talent to educate the people, and may be recommended to the official Cao." ”

The literati named in Han Yuefu can also educate the people and govern water conservancy, such as Su Shi, who is both a literati and a taishou.

Han Yuefu, which is usually unknown, took advantage of this opportunity to frantically absorb talents, and more and more talents gathered in Han Yuefu.

In the teleportation array of Xia City, Chu Tian returned to Xia City with a few generals to rest and recuperate, preparing to go to participate in the Battle of Jingkang.

He couldn't help frowning when he saw Xia Cheng putting up lights and singing and dancing.

Why is there an atmosphere in his territory where a merchant girl doesn't know the hatred of the country, and she still sings the flowers in the backyard across the river?

Yecheng, Hefei, and Bowang are all at war, and Xiacheng seems to be peaceful and prosperous.

"Who's presiding over this? I'm going to ......"

Chutian intends to severely punish those who hold this grand event.

Presiding over the affairs of Langya State are Wenchen Zhang Hong and agronomist Jia Sixian: "Sang Hongyang organized this event for the soldiers to raise donations, and so far a total of 870,000 taels of silver have been raised. ”

"I'm going to ...... Praise him. ”

When Chu Tian heard that 870,000 taels of silver had been raised, he immediately changed his tone.

If so much gold and silver can be raised at every event, what about the backyard flowers across the river.

The silver of the white flowers is the most practical.

With the finance minister of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in charge of the overall situation, and the gold mine in Jiaodong, Chutian does not have to worry about the financial crisis for the time being.

At this time, Chu Tian did not know that a group of literati such as Li Bai, Li Qingzhao, and Ouyang Xiu had appeared in Xia Cheng.