Li Chaosheng's wedding soon spread throughout Lantian County, and at the same time, the news that Li Chaosheng's wedding was only going to spend 50,000 silver dollars also spread, and for a time the people of Lantian were indignant about this matter, and our county was too economical, why only spend 50,000 silver dollars, is our Lantian already poor to such a point?

The people don't understand it very much, and they can't accept it, they think that their county is married, even if it is not as good as the emperor, it can't be worse than ordinary princes and ministers.

Fifty thousand silver dollars is really shabby.

And just when the people were dissatisfied with the official who was so 'treated' by the county honor, another news came out, and this news was the reason why the county zun only spent 50,000 silver dollars to hold a big wedding.

That is, the county zun invested all the money in the revitalization of northern Shaanxi, and I don't know who spread the news, saying that the yamen originally prepared 500,000 silver dollars for the county zun's wedding expenses, but as soon as this matter reached the county zun, he was scolded by the county zun.

The county said that the people in northern Shaanxi do not know how many people have no food to eat, if his wedding is extravagant and wasteful, every penny used may be the life-saving money of the people in northern Shaanxi, the people of northern Shaanxi have been plagued by the rogue for so many years, and they have suffered from it.

In the end, the county only wanted to leave 20,000 silver dollars, but it was Guo Bao, Li Chaolong and others who persuaded them for two days, and then they loosened their mouths and mentioned 50,000 silver dollars, so even the old lady Li who was in his hometown in Tanggou Town was shocked.

After a period of persuasion, the county agreed to use 50,000 silver dollars to purchase this wedding.

There is no way, Xianzun is a selfless person, a great person.

This rumor intensified among the people, and Li Chaosheng's glorious image became more and more dazzling, and in the end, the people didn't know who started the wedding.

Followed by a group of gentry and businessmen, carrying boxes of gold and silver, they came to the Lantian County Ya.

The soldiers of the Lantian guards were shocked when they saw this, and hurriedly notified them to go in, and soon the head of the guard in charge of the security of the county government came out, followed by the county master's book.

At this time, looking at a group of gentry and businessmen, the chief bookkeeper arched his hand and said, "Everyone, what are you doing here?" ”

Hearing this, someone in the crowd shouted: "Lord Bookkeeper, we are here to donate money to the county honor." ”

"Donate? What kind of money to donate, the county is not short of money? ”

"The county is not short of money, we have all heard that the county zun's wedding only cost a mere 50,000 silver dollars, is this like a word? The county is a symbol of our Lantian, this matter is going to be spread, people in other places, and think that our county can not afford to hold a wedding, this is not good, the county is a shame for all of us, we do not allow, today nothing else, I Hengtong Silk Village out of 20,000 silver dollars, support the county wedding. ”

"Yes, the county has worked hard for Lantian all these years, if there is no county respect, we are all homeless people now, and we can still eat and drink spicy, now we are lying on the ground one by one, without worrying about eating and drinking, but the county Zun wedding has to wronged himself, why, we don't agree to this, I Dafu gold store out of 30,000 silver dollars, in addition to the gold and silver jewelry used in the county wedding, we Dafu gold store is willing to bear it, there is no other word."

After hearing this, the people who sold grain, opened restaurants, sold fruits and vegetables, all kinds of big sellers and small traders, and in the end, even the common people shouted that they were willing to donate.

The amount of donations has also ranged from tens of thousands of silver dollars to the last three silver dollars and two silver dollars, but even so, the main book can feel the hearts of these people, especially the people behind, these people may earn one silver dollar a month, but when they come to the county respect, he is willing to take out two months' salary and go back to eat bran vegetables by himself, which can already express their true thoughts.

The chief bookkeeper couldn't control this scene when he saw it, and hurriedly said: "Go and invite the ministers, no, just invite the county honor." ”

Hearing this, someone immediately went to invite Li Chaosheng, Li Chaosheng was reading documents in the house at this time, the Tartars finally opened up Goryeo after all these years of fierce attacks, and Goryeo is currently struggling to resist, but the Tartars are winning under the command of Dolgon, and they are about to lay a big territory in Goryeo.

But just when the victory was about to be won, Dolgon withdrew his troops, and the reason for the withdrawal of troops was that the logistics of the Tartars could not keep up, and the harvest of the Tartars was not good this year, and it seemed that he was ready to go south to plunder the Ming Dynasty.

Li Chaosheng thought that this time in history, Lu Xiangsheng sent troops under the condition of disagreement with Yang Sichang Gao Qiqian, which finally led to the two not supporting, and finally Lu Xiangsheng died on the battlefield, and the last three people in the Ming Dynasty who could stabilize the overall situation were removed.

But now the situation has changed, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, and Hong Chengchou are still the landlords of Beidou in Shaanxi, will this time be like history?

Li Chaosheng was thinking about it, when he saw Gu Zi hurriedly running in and said, "County Zun, go and take a look." ”

Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Zi puzzled, and Gu Zi said: "The gentry and merchants in the city, as well as the people, have surrounded our county government. ”

"Huh?"

When Li Chaosheng heard this, he put down the document and looked at Gu Zi and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Gu Zi heard this and said: "They all said that they would donate money to the county to get married, and the master book would maintain order outside, but it seems that they will not leave if they don't see the county zun." ”

Li Chaosheng frowned slightly when he heard this: "Give me a donation to get married?" Which of you shook out the fact that my wedding cost only 50,000 silver dollars? ”

Hearing this, Gu Zi said: "Guo Bao did it, he was afraid that the big wedding would be shabby in the future, and he would be poked in the backbone, so he shook this matter out, and the people felt that the county respected you were wronged, so they had the idea of donating money to your wedding, I think the people are also good-intentioned, and I just looked at it, if we collect all the money, let alone hundreds of thousands of silver dollars." ”

"Get out of the way, get into the eyes of the money."

Li Chaosheng scolded angrily, and then said to Gu Zi: "Okay, I'll go out and have a look." ”

Saying that, Li Chaosheng came to the gate of the county government under the escort of Gu Zi and other guards, and at this time the people outside had gathered more and more, and when Li Chaosheng came out, someone immediately shouted: "Look at the county zun coming out." ”

"County Honor."

The people outside greeted Li Chaosheng, Li Chaosheng waved his hand at everyone, followed by Gu Zi rushed to the front and shouted: "Fathers and fellow villagers, be quiet. ”

As soon as the people saw Gu Zi speak, they immediately closed their mouths and looked at Li Chaosheng, who cleared his throat at this time and said, "Ahem...... Ladies and gentlemen, I heard that you are here to raise money for my wedding? ”

"Yes."

After listening to Li Chaosheng's question, the people below responded in unison, and Li Chaosheng said with a smile when he heard this: "Then I thank you all first." ”

"You're welcome, it's our honor to be able to help you do something."

Li Chaosheng said with a smile: "Thank you, thank you, but I appreciate everyone's kindness, and I can't accept the money." ”

"Why?"

Hearing this, the people below were all surprised and asked, is there anything in this world that doesn't want money?

Li Chaosheng said at this time: "Ladies and gentlemen, there is a reason why I don't want your money, I am our Lantian County Zun, and I am the biggest official in our Lantian County, and the rest of the Lantian officials must learn from me, if I get married and accept your money, is it a public bribe?"

"I can receive your money when I get married, and they can also collect money from the people in their jurisdiction when they get married, and if the people don't give it, they won't be happy in their hearts, and if they don't get happy, they are likely to change the law and find a way to make money, and they can ask for money when they get married, their children are over 100 years old, their parents are over 100 years old, and the family dog has a little paparazzi, and they can change the law to ask for money."

"Let's ask them why they dare to do this, and they said that the county can collect money from the people for weddings, why can't we, this is called upward and downward effect."

"Folks, we finally escaped from the hands of the corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty, we can no longer raise our Lantian officials into corrupt officials, today I collected your money, tomorrow the officials in the county government can collect money, within a few years, our officials will be broken, and we will have no place to cry when the time comes."

"So I can't accept this money, I want to give a sample to our Lantian officials, I don't accept this money, in the future, when you see which official dares to collect money, you will go to the county government and tell me, I will clean him up with confidence, everyone says it's okay."

Li Chaosheng said to the people, and the people felt that what the county respected said was so reasonable, and it was all in the vernacular, and it was comfortable to listen to, and his own county was so close to the people, and he never played an official tone.

However, the people were still unwilling to say: "County Zun, we gave this money voluntarily." ”

Li Chaosheng said: "Yes, the big guy thinks that I have done a good job in this county, seeing that my wedding cost 50,000 silver dollars is less, but everyone, it is really a lot, we ordinary people marry a daughter-in-law, a dozen silver dollars will be solved, is my 50,000 silver dollars not enough?" ”

When the people heard this, they said, "County Zun, how can you compare with us ordinary people? You should compare with the princes and ministers, I heard that the son of King Fu of Luoyang spent 300,000 taels of silver on the full moon. ”

"Oh, 500,000."

"There is also the king of Zhou in Kaifeng, last time he married a concubine and spent 200,000 taels of silver, he married a concubine and spent 200,000 yuan, why did our county marry the sister of the king of Qin, why did he spend 50,000 silver dollars, is our county not as good as the king of Zhou, or is the county lady not as good as his concubine from Yangzhou who was born in a thin horse."

"Wang San, what are you talking about, how can you compare Mrs. County with Concubine Zhou Wang, your rotten mouth should be torn."

"Ahhh

The people listened to the words, Li Chaosheng looked at the people below and said: "Fathers and fellow villagers, the king of the Ming Dynasty eats the country's rice, and eats the blood and sweat of the people, and they can spend it indiscriminately, that's because they don't feel that the people are their people, they don't feel distressed, but every penny I spend is the blood and sweat of our Lantian people, I know how difficult it is for the big guys to make money, how can I compare with these Ming vassal kings." ”

Li Chaosheng said here and looked at the people and said: "I was just criticizing the official document sent by northern Shaanxi, the people of northern Shaanxi have been living too hard these years, there must be people from northern Shaanxi who have fled from northern Shaanxi, and there may be your relatives, friends, and villagers in northern Shaanxi." ”

"The rogues are brutal, there is not a village in the whole northern Shaanxi for a hundred miles, there are less than ten households in a village, the houses and houses are all broken and ruined, the wasteland is a disaster, overgrown with weeds, the people have fled to the mountains in order to take refuge, almost become savages, the old man is skinny, the women and children are skinny and bones, and when they see the lieutenant we sent, they all know to hide in the mountains."

"Our lieutenant boiled rice porridge at the bottom of the mountain, and it took more than ten days before someone dared to come down and take a sip, and the people were willing to go down the mountain, but they had no money to build a house, no money to repair canals, no money to buy cattle, and buy seeds.

"But now that they're doing so badly, how can I bear it."

"Their lives are all problems, how can I spend a huge amount of money on a big wedding for my own face, if all this money is used for disaster relief in northern Shaanxi, there is also one more silver dollar, I will save one more person, build an extra canal, cultivate more land, and collect more food, so that the people can live a better life."

"Isn't this more gratifying than when I got married, with more pomp and circumstance, more gold and silver, and more sumptuous food and drink? Lantian can have today's grand occasion, is the efforts of all our Lantian people, our Lantian is still in the development stage, there are still rogue outside, Zhang Xianzhong outside the copper money pass, and now he is still eyeing us. ”

"There are traitors in the court, Yang Sichang, Zuo Liangyu, Zhou Yanru's generation, the heart of destroying our Lantian is immortal, our emperor is a soft-eared, like to listen to slander, maybe that day will want to attack our Lantian again, the Tartars outside the gate are also eyeing us, at this time every penny is important to the construction of our Lantian, I spend less than a point, Lantian will be stronger, there is a strong Lantian for me as a backstage, there is a big guy to support me in the row, not to mention 50,000 silver dollars, is 10,000 silver dollars, I don't think my wedding is shabby? ”

"They can spend money like dirt, I have people to live and work in peace and contentment, they are lustful, I am Lantian Guotai and the people are safe, may I ask you, are we shabby? Are we shabby? ”

Li Chaosheng looked at the people.

"Don't be shabby, eat something good, drink something good is a ball, let the people eat well, wear well, is the real hero, the county is right!"

"Yes, what the county zun said is right, who is saying that our county zun's wedding is shabby, I sprayed him to death with a mouthful of saliva, where are we shabby?"

"Yes, the county is right, they are donkey dung balls that eat the people's fat and people's ointment, they have the ability to manage the people under their own rule, this money, I will donate this money to northern Shaanxi, it is a person who can save a person, just let me give the county zun a follower!"

Hearing this, the other people also shouted: "Yes, we will all donate to northern Shaanxi, and we should give it to the county retinue." ”

A group of people shouted, and one of them asked a question: "Where can we donate?" ”

When Li Chaosheng heard this, he said to Gu Zi: "You go and notify the central bank to set up the Lantian Construction Bank immediately, and after a while, you inform the big guys that if they really have the heart, just deposit the money in the Lantian Construction Bank, and tell them that the money is borrowed, and the principal will be returned to them with interest in a year." ”

"Yes, understood."