"Don't you have any good ideas?"

Seeing that everyone was silent, Wang Yang smiled bitterly, and sighed softly for the last time:

"It seems that the only way to do that is to pay more taxes in the county......"

"Master Wang, this matter must not be done!"

As soon as Wang Yang's voice came out, Qiu Xueyan, who was beside Han Liru, suddenly sat up straight.

Qiu Xueyan is an upright person, and when he heard that he was going to raise taxes on the people, he immediately said solemnly:

"Now that Changning County has been in drought for many years, the people are already miserable, and I heard that the imperial court is going to prepare to increase the salary, if the county increases taxes again, I'm afraid something big will happen!"

"Huh?"

Hearing someone talking, Wang Yang looked at Qiu Xueyan.

Looking at Qiu Xueyan's serious appearance, a touch of color flashed in Wang Yang's eyes, but there was a sad sigh on his lips:

"Alas, why don't you know about this? It's just that the construction of the embankment is a major event for the benefit of the people, and it is also for the benefit of the people in the county, so I think they should understand......"

Shaking his head, after Wang Yang finished sighing, he looked forward to Qiu Xueyan and said:

"Mr. Qiu, do you have a better way?"

Qiu Xueyan frowned and hesitated:

"The construction of water conservancy dams is a major event, didn't the imperial court allocate some money?"

"Mr. Qiu doesn't know!"

Wang Yang smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "The imperial court has been fighting for many years, how can we have extra silver for this small county town?" We have to figure it out ourselves! But fortunately, the government has agreed to reassign this year's conscription from our county to Wangjiangkou to build a dam, which has saved us a lot! ”

Hearing this, Qiu Xueyan was silent.

The construction of a dam at the mouth of the Wangjiang River is a big project, and it can even be said to be the largest embankment in Changning County.

Unable to bear the oppression of the people in his heart, Qiu Xueyan turned his head to look at Han Liru beside him.

Han Liru is also a person who sympathizes with farmers, and when he saw that Wang Yang was going to oppress the people again, he couldn't bear it, so he knew that Wang Yang wanted to find someone to take the blame, but at this time, he didn't hesitate to offend people, so he gritted his teeth and spoke:

"Since the embankment is being built for the benefit of the whole county, it is better for the king to borrow some from the gentry in the county! Although Changning County is small, there are many large gentry households, and it should not be difficult to raise some silver to repair the embankment! ”

Swish!

As soon as Han Liru said this, all eyes were on him, and many old guys even showed unkind looks.

Most of the old guys here are famous, they are also gentry class, and some people are even landlords, Han Liru said this, didn't he let them also pay silver? How can these old guys be happy?

Feeling the many unkind eyes, Han Liru smiled bitterly.

And Zhao Yu, who was standing beside Han Liru, also frowned.

Wang Yang saw that Han Liru proposed this method, but he looked at him with approval in his eyes.

However, after Wang Yang glanced at the other old guys who did not look good, it was Chao Han Liru who said bitterly:

"Mr. Han doesn't know, and there are difficulties in this matter! The official privately consulted the opinions of several large gentry families, and they said that the two-year drought in Changning County also had a great impact on them, and they were mostly powerless...... I don't know what Mr. Han can do to make the gentry not embarrassed? ”

A pun, after Wang Yang finished speaking, he looked at Han Liru deeply.

Everyone knows that Changning County is known as the land of fish and rice, and the gentry here have a lot of money, and they can't be poor after two years of drought, they just don't want to give out the silver, Wang Yang just wants Han Liru to come up with a way to let them pay for the silver.

But Han Liru has any good way to make people pay for money? Suddenly frowned.

Seeing Han Liru standing on the opposite side of many people, Lu Yan immediately gloated in his heart, and lost no time in speaking at this time:

"Master Han cherishes the people in his heart, which is admirable! However, Master Han's family should also have some family resources, so it is better to take the lead in donating a few hundred or thousands of taels, and presumably other gentry and big families will more or less follow suit, isn't this a good idea? ”

Hearing this, the other old guys didn't speak, but they all looked at Han Liru playfully.

Only Qiu Xueyan and a few people frowned.

Han Liru was suddenly embarrassed, it didn't matter if he asked him to donate silver, but where did his family have hundreds or thousands of taels?

But......

Just when Han Liru couldn't get off the stage, Zhao Yu behind him suddenly stood up.

Zhao Yu saw that Han Liru was about to be pointed at, how could he watch it? In the midst of many doubtful eyes, he bowed slightly towards Han Liru:

"Master, my disciple happened to see an article about the construction of a dam in a biography a few days ago! There is not enough silver to build on it, but someone came up with an idea, that is, when building the embankment, a merit monument should be erected next to it, and the name of the donor and the amount of the donation should be engraved, and the amount of the donation should be arranged in order, so that future generations can admire their good deeds and let people know their contributions, and then many people will donate! I wonder if this is possible? ”

Hearing this, the needle drop here can be heard, and everyone is stunned.

Meritorious monument, as long as the newly built embankment is still there, it can leave a name in the history of Changning County!

The gentry of this era, the most favorite is reputation, even if they have bad deeds, they want to have a good reputation, try to ask a chance to leave a name in history, how can these people not be moved?

Even if these people care about silver, they will take it out generously in the face of such an opportunity.

Even, in order to get a higher ranking on the merit monument and make your name more prominent, maybe you will donate more.

Zhao Yu's idea can be said to be able to solve the problem of the silver taels needed to build the embankment, but also to satisfy the vanity of the gentry, the best of both worlds.

It's not.

After being stunned, the old guys who looked at Han Liru's unkind expression suddenly lit up and looked at Wang Yang one after another.

"Haha! Great praise! ”

Wang Yang suddenly laughed, couldn't help but pat the armrest, and looked at Zhao Yu with blazing eyes:

"Sure enough, it's a little prodigy, you can think of such a method, it's really amazing!"

"Mr. Han, you have accepted a good disciple!"

After praising Zhao Yu, Wang Yang looked at Han Liru with a smile.

Han Liru's embarrassed expression relaxed, and he shook his head with a smile:

"The king's book is too prestigious, and my disciple has also said it, he only saw it from a biography, not what he thought of himself!"

"Huh! It's amazing to come up with such a method, at least not for us old guys! ”

Wang Yang waved his hand, smiling all over his face.

Then, Wang Yang glanced at the other old guys and said with a smile:

"Ladies and gentlemen, this official is going to tell the county to erect a merit monument next to the embankment at the mouth of the Wangjiang River, what do you think?"

"Great goodness! For the sake of the people of Changning County, presumably the gentry in the county are very willing to contribute! ”

At this time, a group of old guys smiled and nodded, and they were no longer happy to let them pay for the money just now.

Seeing this, Wang Yang suddenly felt comfortable, these old guys all agreed, and the other big families were basically fine.

Everyone asked for what they needed, and they were happy, and a group of old guys looked at Zhao Yu in amazement.

After this incident, Zhao Yu really fell into the eyes of these old guys.

Only Lu Yan hated Zhao Yu even more at the moment, and his two opportunities to attack Han Liru today were resolved by Zhao Yu, which made him very angry.

Looking at Zhao Yu at this time, Lu Yan's eyes were very gloomy.

Zhao Yu ignored the eyes around him, and after he finished speaking, he stood respectfully behind Han Liru with his eyelids lowered.

Here's the thing.

Wang Yang solved his own problems, and a group of old guys also communicated about the same.

After a while, after some more conversation, the group dispersed.

And so far, this year's private school autumn party has come to an end!