On the fourth day of August, Lu Ming ended the first phase of his studies at the Suzhou Academy of Literature and ushered in a small holiday. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Although he came to the State Academy of Literature late, with his "unforgettable" ability, Lu Ming has completed the course and basically mastered it, which makes his classmates and friends greatly admire.

Zhuge Yuan is also very optimistic about Lu Ming, has high hopes for him, and often comes to Lu Ming's house as a guest to give guidance, and the relationship between the two teachers and students is extraordinary.

After the holiday of the State Academy of Literature, Zhou Dongyue proposed that Lu Ming be transferred to the temporary superintendent of the state, and Lu Ming had nothing to do, so he readily agreed.

The so-called "supervising the state" is to assist the governor in handling government affairs, and all the official affairs of the state government, such as soldiers and civilians, money valley, household registration, enlistment, prison lawsuits, etc., must be co-signed before they can take effect, and they have the power to supervise officials.

This morning, Lu Ming went to the state yamen to report, and at this time, on the desk where Zhou Dongyue was dealing with political affairs, there were a lot of documents, stacked there full of piles.

"Lord Zhou, how can there be so many paperwork this morning?", Lu Ming was really taken aback.

Zhou Dongyue smiled bitterly: "I originally thought that it was not too difficult to be a state pastor, but I didn't expect that in just half a month, there were many problems. ”

"What's the problem?"

"There are too many, Suzhou has ten prefectures, one prefecture and ten counties, one county and twenty villages, this year's rainfall in Suzhou is low, there are many places where there is a drought, a large number of crops have died, nearly 10,000 households can not receive crops this year, and even the grain tax can not be paid. ”

"There is also a Jiangyang thief in the territory of the prefecture, and the local government is fully wanted, and there is no whereabouts. ”

"The people of Liyun Mansion are not good, and there are often signs of mass fighting, all because they can't harvest crops this year, so they compete with each other for business matters. ”

"Locust plagues have also occurred in two provinces, and the losses have been even more severe, with nearly 20,000 households without food to eat next year. ”

"And ......"

"Wait a minute, don't talk about it, even I have a headache. ”

Lu Ming was a little overwhelmed and said, "How did a good Suzhou become like this?"

"Isn't that Guo Fenglin the one who harmed it?"

Zhou Dongyue said with a wry smile: "During his tenure, he has privately increased the monthly tax revenue, which has increased the burden on the people, and he has not dealt with the drought situation in time. ”

"However, since I took office, I have reduced taxes to a minimum, and the situation has improved somewhat, but it has not solved the fundamental problem, more than 30,000 households have no crops, and they will go hungry next year. ”

Lu Ming immediately smiled when he heard this: "It is not difficult to solve this matter, as long as you change the way, the problem will naturally be solved." ”

"What is Maocai's clever plan?", Zhou Dongyue's eyes lit up.

"When one side is in trouble, all parties support, so we will temporarily set up a charity to let the people in Suzhou donate on their own. ”

"Charity?donation?", Zhou Dongyue was obviously puzzled.

Lu Ming explained: "What about this charity...... To put it simply, in the name of the government, to establish a public organization, its main role is to raise funds, so that the people of each province voluntarily donate money to it, when there is a natural or man-made disaster, the money will be directly used in the local area, and the government will not take a penny. ”

Zhou Dongyue's face changed, and he fell into deep thought, "Is it possible to ask the people of various provinces to donate?"

"Not more, not less, even if each family only donates one or two pieces of silver, the amount is definitely very impressive!", Lu Ming said with a smile.

Zhou Dongyue was immediately overjoyed: "Lu Ming, Lu Ming, you are simply a genius! Super genius! How can you have such a wonderful method! Once this organization is established, no matter whether it is a natural or man-made disaster, many problems can be easily solved!"

Lu Ming smiled slightly, this is knowledge from the earth, and in this era, it will definitely be able to make unprecedented contributions to the people.

"But...... Lu Maocai, it is not difficult to set up this institution, but now the people are already poor and under great pressure, I am afraid that some people will think that the government will collect the people's wealth, and the people's hearts will be in turmoil!"

Lu Ming said: "Your Excellency doesn't have to worry, as long as you keep the accounts clear, no one can take the money away from the government! And this matter, the state government must take the lead, Xiaosheng has already settled the manuscript fee of 200,000 taels of silver for "Liweng Rhyme" at the end of last month, and is willing to donate 100,000 taels of silver to charity, buy grain and grass for the people, and send it to the disaster area. ”

Zhou Dongyue's face was overjoyed: "Lu Maocai, you have really done me a great favor! No! You have done the people a great favor, okay! Since you have already said it, then I can't be stingy, donate all this month's money to charity, and donate 50,000 taels of silver from the family property. ”

"Adults are noble, and Xiaosheng admires!"

"Where, ashamed!"

Zhou Dongyue bowed his hand slightly, and immediately said: "Then I will immediately issue an announcement and let the people of all provinces take the initiative to donate!"

"No hurry!"

Lu Ming said: "We should release the news in Suzhou City first, this is the first time after all, it is not convincing, so we have to take it step by step!"

"That makes sense, then the official will appoint you to be in charge of this matter, so that the official can learn how to operate. Zhou Dongyue said with a smile.

Lu Ming nodded and said: "I have already thought of the name of this institution, it will be called 'Suzhou Charity Association', Lord Zhou is the president, Zhizhou is the vice president, select a number of reliable accountants and officials, if there is corruption, punish severely!"

"Okay, then without further ado, let's do it now. ！”

After Zhou Dongyue finished speaking, he immediately issued an order to transfer fifteen accountants and summoned all the officials in the yamen to gather outside the yamen.

The officials beat gongs and drums and summoned the people of Suzhou City to gather here, and everyone did not know what was happening.

"What's going on, why are we all being called? Could it be that the new state pastor is going to raise taxes?"

"Nonsense, Lord Zhou loves the people like a son, and his performance is in everyone's eyes, so it won't be like this. ”

"If you want me to say, there have been locust plagues in many places in Suzhou recently, and the losses have been heavy, and there are 20,000 or 30,000 households who cannot receive food to eat, presumably for this reason. ”

"That's also a matter of the Yamen, most of us are scholars in the city, and we have more than enough heart but not enough strength!"

Everyone talked about it, and it was very lively.

Lu Ming walked to the front of the yamen, and everyone immediately shouted: "It's Lu Maocai, I heard that he was transferred to the temporary prison state, do you want to issue any order?"

"Fellow readers, all the fathers and fellow villagers of Suzhou City, Xiaosheng Lu Ming is polite!"

Lu Ming waved at everyone, and then said, "I called everyone today because I want to discuss something with you. ”

Hearing this, everyone's faces were solemn and quickly quieted down.

"I believe everyone has heard that some prefectures in Suzhou have suffered disasters, and more than 30,000 households will not be able to eat rice in the coming year, and the situation is very serious. ”

After finishing speaking, everyone understood what was going on and made a heated discussion.

"That's a good thing, and we should do our part. ”

"Hmph, in my opinion, this is just a means for the government to collect people's wealth, in the name of raising donations, and putting everyone's money into their pockets!"

"I see!

"Impossible! With Lu Maocai here, how could they do this? Don't forget, Lu Maocai's "Liweng Rhyme" was distributed in seven countries, and the monthly manuscript fee was hundreds of thousands, is he a man who is short of money!"

"What if Lu Maocai is bribed?"

"Nonsense! Lu Maocai can't be this kind of person. ”

Many people talked in place for a long time, and then the voices gradually quieted down.

Zhou Dongyue sat on a stool with the officials, drinking tea, and didn't care about everyone's suspicions.

In the end, a respected old Hanlin stepped forward, bowed his hand slightly to Lu Ming, and said: "The old man has a word to ask Maocai, this fundraising is a great good thing, we and other scholars should be duty-bound, but the problem is worried that the government has been corrupt, I can't rest assured!"

"yes, yes. The crowd nodded.

Lu Ming said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, since it is a public charity, everything will naturally be facing everyone, we will select reliable accountants to record every account clearly, and announce the money on the notice board every seven days, you can clearly see the name and number of donors, if there is a corruption, it is the responsibility of the government!"

"Good!"

The crowd burst into applause, satisfied with the answer.

Lu Ming continued: "In addition, although this 'Suzhou Charity Association' is hosted in the name of the Yamen, we will invite the respected Hanlin of Suzhou to serve in it, and the government will not take a cent of the people's fundraising. ”

"Please note that every penny of the 'Suzhou Charity Society' does not belong to individuals or the government, but to everyone in Suzhou, from now on, if there is a disaster anywhere in Suzhou, we'Suzhou Charity Society will pull out the silver two disaster relief at the first time, take it from the people, use it for the people, and will be able to let the people of Suzhou live a worry-free life!"

"As long as everyone donates one tael of silver, 100,000 people are 100,000 taels of silver, and 1 million people are 1 million silver, as long as we do our part, we can let those poor people have food, so that the children of the poor family can have books to read, so that we can no longer see beggars begging, and everyone's achievements can be passed on forever, and your descendants will be honored and proud of it!"

"Good!"

Thunderous applause rang out, surging like a stormy wave, and all the officials also stood up and applauded, their faces showing excitement.

"I want to raise donations!

"As long as each of us does our part, we can make sure that those victims can have food!"

"No matter how much, we are duty-bound!" (To be continued.) )