No one let the fundraisers, and the people spontaneously couldn't stop it. In just half a day's work, silver taels and copper coins were piled up into a mountain, and I am afraid that every Chang'an person has contributed. No one has counted the specific amount, but a rough estimate is no less than 500,000 taels of silver.

Li Er was stunned, and vaguely remembered in his mind that when he was in the ninth year of Wude, the Turkic Jieli 100,000 wolf cavalry came to the city.

The treasury was empty, and he couldn't pay tribute to Jieli to make peace, so he had no choice but to raise donations with the nobles of Chang'an. The final result is that all the nobles are indecent, as if this Chang'an City is only my family surnamed Li, and the city is broken and has nothing to do with them.

So in a fit of rage, he ordered a robbery and looted Chang'an City, and then he made up a sum of peace compensation and signed a disgraceful Weishui alliance with Jieli.

Now it seems that it is not that Chang'an City has no money, but that the emperor himself is not qualified enough, and the people are not enough to support it.

No, it is not necessarily simply because of Xiao Rui's prestige, it should be said that the people's spontaneous donation this time is rooted in the fact that the people want to support Xiao Rui to win the family that controls the imperial examination.

That's right, compared with the destruction of the city, the people are more concerned about things related to their own interests, and the imperial examination is a major event in the hearts of the people, and it is a major event related to the promotion and wealth of future generations!

Thinking about this, Li Er couldn't help laughing, and he didn't know whether he was laughing at himself or mocking the hearts of the world.

"Ahem, Your Majesty, someone here is asking for instructions and asking what to do with this money? The people are all spontaneous donations, and now it is impossible to return them one by one. But Hou Ye's branch is to send money, and he didn't let him collect money, even if those candidates returned the money, we didn't dare to ask for it. Now it is full of silver, and the people below are a little scared......" Gao Shilian, the head of the household, stood up and asked.

Li Er smiled, "Scared? Afraid of what? Why should the people be afraid of the people's enthusiastic support for national affairs? In my opinion, it is not us who should be afraid, but our opponents. Hehe, it was originally just Xiao Rui who came forward to declare war, but now this scene, it is the anger of the entire Tang people, do they dare to take it? ”

Gao Shilian smiled and agreed, "Your Majesty Shengming." However, the people below are not afraid of this, but afraid of Hou Ye's blame. The errand of sending money was completed and the money was collected, and the temper of the Hou Ye ......"

Li Er laughed and said: "Tell the people below that the public opinion is difficult to disobey, and the champion Hou will understand, so don't panic." The household department must immediately send a group of capable officials to the department, and must do a good job in counting and counting the money, and will never allow the slightest filth to appear. If the people see that someone dares to be greedy for donations, it is not only a slap in the face of the household, the court and me, but also in the hearts of the people in the cold world, and I will not spare it. ”

Gao Shilian patted his chest and promised: "Weichen understands! Your Majesty can rest assured that the matter is serious, and Weichen is willing to personally lead a group of officials over to ensure that nothing goes wrong. It's just that...... After counting the money, how to dispose of it? Is it counted as a change for Hou Ye? Or will it remain there and continue to be used for the funding of candidates for the imperial examination? ”

Li Er was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Hubu Shangshu to ask this, do you still need to ask? The people collect donations for the country, and of course they collect them from the national treasury. Wait a minute...... If my second-in-law knows, don't you say that I am greedy for his silver?

"Ahem, since it is the enthusiasm of the people, let's follow the will of the people and plug the hole of borrowing for the champion."

Fang Xuanling, Eldest Sun Wuji and others lowered their heads one after another, secretly scolding the emperor for being black-hearted, why do you have to say hello to the Hou Ye, right?

Gao Shilian asked weakly: "Your Majesty, the Hou Ye's IOU is 300,000 taels, how much is this, I'm afraid it is more than 200,000 taels......"

Many?

Li Er stroked his beard and thought for a moment, then stared at Gao Shilian meaningfully and said, "Is it too much?" You do the math, I think it's just right. ”

Burst......

This is no longer a hint, it is clearly a clear robbery! I sent to write a holy decree ordering me, the head of the household, to make false accounts.

Gao Shilian wiped his sweat, bowed to his promise, and then turned around and walked away quickly, and then some of the households were busy.

It has to be that Hou Ye is powerful, just by virtue of his fame, it is 500,000 taels with a wave of his hand, not only did not make the treasury empty, but it became more and more full.

As the deputy, the household servant asked in a low voice: "Gao Shangshu, we keep accounts like this, which is equivalent to keeping the Hou Ye's silver secret, is this appropriate?" Why don't you take a sick leave and avoid it? You are not afraid of Master Hou, I am afraid. ”

Burst......

Gao Shilian couldn't help but smile and said: "We don't have to be afraid, Your Majesty's meaning, the Hou Ye is clear from wrong, and if you want to find it, you will also ask Your Majesty for money, and it will not implicate you and me." This money didn't go into your private pockets. ”

"Ahem, that's what I said, then it's up to you."

……

As Emperor Li Er expected, the most anxious and fearful of the people's move was the five surnames and Qiwang, which could be described as trembling.

They are not afraid of failing the scientific examination next year, because even if there is more money, it is impossible to buy the test results, and knowledge is not piled up with money, it requires famous teachers, books, talents, inheritance, and time, etc. A bunch of illiterate mud-legged people? Even if you can learn a few words from a few fragments? Does cramming work?

So they're not afraid of exams.

What really frightened them was anger, the anger that came from the ordinary people of the entire Tang Dynasty, the anger that had accumulated for hundreds of years and could not be turned over.

In the pre-Qin period, the selection of officials was called the hereditary official system.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was called the inspection system, such as the Three Kingdoms often said that the filial piety and honesty were raised, that is, the recommendation of local officials or townships. This intention is good, but everyone has selfishness, intimacy is different, not everyone is a sage, so more filial piety and honesty have become a tool for selfishness.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Chen Qun, the official of Cao Wei, proposed the nine-grade Zhongzheng system on the basis of the inspection system, which is characterized by the following: one is to evaluate the family history, and the other is to evaluate morality. This system was originally intended to make up for the shortcomings of the inspection system, but with the evolution of time, it caused the rise of the family gatekeeper, and over time, the entire court was born from the family and nobles, which completely cut off the promotion path of ordinary people.

It was not until after the war between the Northern and Southern Dynasties that the Jiupin Zhongzheng system declined.

It was not until Yang Guang, the great emperor of the Sui Dynasty, that in order to break the shackles, he promulgated the imperial examination system, which opened up a relatively fair promotion path for the people of the world, and also opened the glory of the imperial examination that the Chinese civilization continued for 1,500 years. Therefore, there are rumors among the people that all the scholars of later generations are inheriting the blessings of Emperor Yang Guang.

To get back to the point, in previous years, although the people also hated the injustice and arrogance of the family's gate lords, they only dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. Now it's different, not only did Xiao Rui, the scum of the family, appear, but because of an unexpected fundraiser, the ordinary people of the whole world directly joined forces, stood up together, and vented the anger in their hearts by donating money.

No matter how arrogant your family is, compared to the people, it is just a speck of dust and sand in the vast ocean. So they were afraid, and trembled......

The five surnames and Qiwang met urgently, for fear that someone would take the hundreds of thousands of dollars raised and incite them a little, and they could easily destroy these huge families.

It's a pity that except for Xiao Rui, no one does this, and Xiao Rui doesn't bother to do this. Maybe Emperor Li Er wanted to, but he didn't disdain to be so despicable, he also wanted to let those families kneel down in a dignified manner.

In Xiaojiazhuang, Xiao Rui received information that 300,000 taels had not yet been sent, and he had earned 500,000 yuan today, and the payment site was almost not overwhelmed by silver and copper coins.

"Wouldn't it? My father-in-law's thinking is avant-garde enough, is the first private private equity from Datang? Are you sure it's not a routine? ”

Li Junxian reminded in a low voice: "Master Hou, it is said that in Chang'an alone, the people spontaneously raised no less than 500,000 taels of silver. ”

"Five hundred thousand taels? Gee...... That's a lot of money! Xiao Rui was surprised, and then suddenly thought of something, "Wait, I made an IOU with the imperial court and borrowed 300,000 taels." Now the people have raised 500,000 taels, that is, in addition to the sponsors of the candidates, I can still make a net profit of 200,000 taels? ”

Li Junxian smiled and nodded: "That's true, it stands to reason that your account is correct." However, the money probably won't reach you. It is said that His Majesty sent people from the household department, led by the two people of the household department Shangshu and the waiter, to personally lead the team and count the ...... overnight."

What???

This is to hack my money! Xiao Rui took the case, who would dare to swallow my Xiao Rui's money?

"Ahem, Your Majesty!" Li Junxian reminded weakly.

Xiao Rui didn't frown, and said stiffly: "Your Majesty can't do it either!" I can admit and pay back the 300,000 yuan, but the extra money was raised and donated to me by the people, and I, Xiao Rui, don't suffer this loss. Fifth brother, clean up, get up early tomorrow and go to Chang'an, calculate the time, and collect the money! ”

Collect money? What money to collect? The money has been put into the treasury, is it possible that you want me to rob the treasury of the Tang Dynasty?