"Everyone, please don't worry!"

Lu Ming said: "The fundraising of the 'Suzhou Charity Association' is led by the government, so please wait for us to collect donations before deciding whether you want to raise money and how much you should donate." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Hearing this, many people calmed down their excitement, and everyone's eyes looked at Lu Ming.

Lu Ming took out a stack of silver tickets from the Qiankun bag, each of which was worth one thousand taels, and put it on the table of a Hanlin accountant next to him, and the Hanlin accountant immediately took it respectfully and recorded the accounts at the same time.

"Xiaosheng just settled the manuscript fee of 200,000 taels of silver at the end of last month, and is willing to donate 100,000 taels of silver to the Suzhou Charity Association, and another 50,000 taels of silver as public funds for the operation of the Charity Association. ”

"Good!"

The crowd applauded, very enthusiastically, and it took a while to stop.

"Next, please ask Lord Zhou to raise donations. ”

After the words were spoken, Zhou Dongyue immediately walked over, took out the silver ticket and put it on the table, and said: "The official's money is far less than the manuscript fee that Lu Maocai earned with "Liweng Rhyme", but now that many people are suffering, they are willing to donate all this month's money to the Suzhou Charity Association, and take out 50,000 taels of silver from the family property to donate. ”

After that, there was another round of applause.

The Hanlin accountant put the silver notes in the bag and kept the accounts quickly.

Followed by the state and state judges, as well as various officials, large and small, they took the initiative to raise donations, more or less.

"It's a shame to say that the official has a limited income, but he has more than enough food and clothing for a month, and he voluntarily raised 1,000 taels of silver. ”

"I'm a fast catcher, and I can only get a hundred taels a month, and I have thirty taels of silver left after expenses, so I can only make you laugh. ”

When he said this, he showed a hint of shame on his face.

Lu Ming said with a smile: "This is wrong, as long as you can do your part for the people, it doesn't matter how much you donate, the most important thing is to do your best, even if you only donate a copper coin, a thousand people are a thousand dollars, and many people can eat a meal." ”

"Well said!", the crowd applauded again.

Lu Ming continued: "Fellow villagers, this Suzhou Charity Association is a public organization, so from now on, we will build a building in a vacant land in the south of the city, as the general helm of the Suzhou Charity Association, so we must recruit a group of workers to build, and the wages will be paid by the government. ”

A big man immediately came out of the crowd and said: "I am a foreman, there are more than 50 people under my hands, and I am willing to serve the Suzhou Charity Association, but we have one condition." ”

"Speak. ”

"Please donate half of our wages to the charity society to show your gratitude. ”

As soon as the foreman's voice fell, everyone immediately cast reverent glances, and more than 50 people behind him held their heads high, very proud.

"Then I will thank the workers for the people of Suzhou!"

Lu Ming was deeply sneered at the foreman, and many workers immediately returned the salute, saying "ashamed".

The workers secretly rejoiced in their hearts, the foreman was undoubtedly promoting the work team, and most of the construction projects in Suzhou would invite them to go in the future, which was a promising deal.

After the officials raised donations, Lu Ming said to everyone: "After the government personnel have finished fundraising, now it is everyone's turn, this fundraising is not compulsory, the rich donate more, and the poor donate less." ”

"This kind of merit should come first from my family!"

"Wait, although we are from a poor family, we are not willing to lag behind the family, so let us have this opportunity!"

"There are a lot of accountants here, everyone can line up separately to raise donations, where there is something first come, first served!"

"You guys just fight first, I'm going to raise money first, and my name must be written in front of the account!"

"Let me come first! Let me come first!"

Everyone rushed to line up in a long line to raise donations independently, and it was very lively as far as the eye could see.

Zhou Dongyue was smiling and ecstatic in his heart, this move was very meritorious, and it will be recorded in the history books and passed on to future generations.

Lu Ming came over and said to Zhou Dongyue: "Please ask Lord Zhou to send someone to maintain order, and strictly supervise all departments, if there is any corruption, it will not be punished!"

Zhou Dongyue nodded and said: "From now on, the Yamen will be in charge of the Suzhou Charity Association, and all departments will supervise each other, and if there is a violation, the official will be punished!"

"Do as your lord commands!", the officials said.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is already evening, and the government ends the fundraising and begins to count the amount.

Dozens of accountants kept checking and calculating, and finally counted the total at nine o'clock in the evening.

In a certain room, Lu Ming sat with many officials, and there were also several respected Hanlin people in Suzhou and some scholars from the family.

Gathering here tonight is to elect a highly respected Hanlin to serve in the charity and manage its funds.

Zhou Dongyue held the report, glanced at the people present, and said: "After statistics, a total of 5,3265 taels of donations have been raised today. ”

An old man surnamed Dong Hanlin was extremely surprised and said, "Five million? That's a lot!"

"Most of them were voluntary fundraisers from the Maison. Zhou Dongyue said with a smile.

"With this silver tael, we can directly relieve the people who have been affected by the disaster, which is almost equivalent to saving tens of thousands of people! I really didn't expect that Lord Zhou would have such a wonderful way to relieve the disaster!"

"Haha, Dong Hanlin, this is not my idea, the person who came up with this method is actually Lu Maocai!", Zhou Dongyue said with a smile.

"It turned out to be Lu Maocai's idea!"

Everyone looked at Lu Ming with great admiration, the method of opening the Suzhou Charity Association is unprecedented, it is completely a historical precedent, and it is a righteous act for the general public!

"Come, Lu Maocai, please come here!"

Zhou Dongyue invited Lu Ming to the front, and then stood with the others, and said loudly: "Lu Maocai came up with this good plan, not only to solve the immediate urgency, but also to serve the people for a long time, the great merit should be passed down for generations, Suzhou Prefecture Mu Zhou Dongyue for tens of thousands of disaster people, thank Lu Maocai for his great kindness!"

After finishing speaking, he led many officials to salute in unison, as did the scholars and several Hanlin.

Lu Ming was shocked, and hurriedly said, "Absolutely not! Xiaosheng is just a junior, how can he receive such a big gift?"

"Besides, this is not only my credit, but also the credit of the people of Suzhou, this merit and reputation naturally belong to everyone, it should be the people of Suzhou thank you!"

Zhou Dongyue immediately said: "Lu Maocai doesn't have to be modest, if you hadn't come up with this idea, how could the government have opened the Suzhou Charity Association?

"Yes, this is just a whimsy, if it were us, we wouldn't be able to think of it even if we wanted to!"

"In the Liang Kingdom today, except for Zhenzhou University Scholar and Lu Maocai, no one can make me admire, and you are likely to be more accomplished than Yang Xiuyuan in the future!"

"Sun Hanlin, are you going to praise me to the sky? If I get carried away, won't I capsize in the gutter in the future?", Lu Ming said jokingly.

"Huh...... Where, where, I'm just telling the truth. Sun Hanlin said with a smile.

Zhou Dongyue said solemnly: "We are going to hold a meeting tonight to discuss the matter of the Suzhou Charity Association, which has just been established and is short of manpower, so I ask all the children of Hanlin and the family to help me and wait." ”

A scholar said: "I said Lord Zhou, this Suzhou Charity Association is a piece of fat, why don't I eat it equally?"

Another person immediately shouted: "Presumptuous! The Suzhou Charity Society is a righteous act, how can it be a matter of stealing chickens and touching dogs?"

"Hehe, don't be nervous, I'm just talking, everyone present is smart people, so naturally they don't dare to seek personal gain in the good association, but Master Zhou is in power, so it's not for sure. ”

After speaking, he looked at Zhou Dongyue with a smug face, and just one sentence pushed him to the cusp of the wave.

Zhou Dongyue's face turned angry, and he said, "Zhao Gongzi, are you suspecting that this official will be greedy from it?"

"Exactly!"

Zhao Feng said: "Since ancient times, there are two official words, one thing on the surface, and another word behind the scenes, not credible, not credible!"

Lu Ming looked dissatisfied and said, "Then how should you rest assured in Brother Zhao's opinion?"

"It's simple. ”

Zhao Feng looked at a Hanlin beside him and said, "Let my uncle, be the president of the Charity Association, my Zhao family is the first family in Suzhou, and I am highly respected, so I am very suitable to be the president." ”

Lu Ming sneered and said: "The Zhao family is the first family in Suzhou City, I admit this, as for the high morality...... Not necessarily, right?"

"Could it be that Lu Mao has a better candidate?", Zhao Feng sneered.

"Yes. ”

"Who is it?"

"Lord Zhou!", Lu Ming said.

"I've said it, there are two official words, one thing on the surface, another thing behind the scenes, we don't worry about putting everyone's money in the government!" Zhao Feng said loudly.

"Put the money in the Zhao family, I'm even more worried!"

"Do you doubt that my Zhao family will be corrupt?", Zhao Feng's face turned angry,

"It's not that I doubt it, it's that everyone doubts. ”

Lu Ming said: "If you agree with Zhao Jiahanlin as the president, please raise your hand!"

After a few moments, no one raised their hand.

"If you agree with Lord Zhou as the president, please raise your hand!"

Suddenly, many readers raised their hands with a resolute attitude.

"The minority obeys the majority, Zhao Gongzi, you just have to rest assured that we will never touch any of the money in the Good Society!"

"Humph!"

Zhao Feng's face was ugly, he didn't believe Lu Ming's words, and whispered to himself: "At the moment of wealth, I don't believe that Lord Zhou will not be corrupt!"

However, his words were heard by Lu Ming, and he immediately said: "I don't believe that Zhao Jiahanlin is more qualified to be the president than Lord Zhou!"

"You ......"

Zhao Feng's face was a little red with anger, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Lu Ming said: "I propose that Lord Zhou, as the state pastor, have a direct impact on his subordinates, directly serve as the president of the Charity Association, and the state will serve as the vice president, Dong Hanlin, Sun Hanlin and Li Hanlin are highly respected in Suzhou, and at the same time serve as the cabinet elder of the Charity Association, as for Zhao Hanlin, serve as the guest secretary." ”

The so-called guest secretary is just a false name and does not have any real power.

"I'm against it! Our Zhao family has raised 800,000 taels, why should I be a guest secretary?", Zhao Hanlin said angrily. (To be continued.) )