Casting a golden body for the Buddha really made Yuanyou difficult!

Of course, the hardest part is money.

Just casting this golden body will cost Wang Wanliang of gold, not counting other budget expenditures.

Yuanyou reported the budget to the household department, and Wang Youyi, the secretary of the household department, made a difficulty, and now the treasury is empty, and 50,000 taels of gold is not a small amount! Wang Youyi said that the household department can only spend 10,000 taels of gold, and the rest is helpless.

Yuanyou went to Emperor Jinghe to complain again, Emperor Jinghe naturally knew how much money was in the treasury, he had the heart to test Yuanyou, so he said, "You have to think about it yourself, now the army is about to garrison Jiaozi City, and troops will be sent to the west, and the army is also imminent." The treasury is empty, You'er, you have to save money for me! ”

All this has been said, what else can Yuanyou say?

It's just that where does he go to find money?

He went to his private treasury, he had never spent too much money, and when he checked the private treasury, he found that he was very poor, only 10,000 taels of silver, and hundreds of taels of gold, but there was still a great distance from the 40,000 taels of difference.

There was no way, so he went to the Marquis of Ningguo's Mansion to find Jingping's support.

At this time, Jing Ping was playing chess with Ning Lan, while Ning Yi and Ning Zhi were watching chess on the side.

Hearing that the prince was coming, Ning Yi went to greet him and led him in, Jingping only raised his eyes to look at him and continued to play chess.

"Third brother, shouldn't you be very busy? What's wrong with it? Jingping said.

"I'm here to find you." Yuanyou watched them play chess, he sat next to Jingping, his expression modest, "Ananda, you have to help your third brother and me." ”

"You must have a lot of money, where do I have the gold to help you!" Jingping doesn't have to think about it to know what Yuanyou is worried about?

"You know my troubles." Wonwoo's unexpected words.

"Gilding the body of the Buddha, above the puja, the father must be looking at it, the golden body of the Buddha will cost a lot of gold?" Jingping said with a smile, "Wang Youyi of the household department is a picker, if you ask him for money, he will only cry poor with you, and he will not be able to make up the gold you want." And his father asked Wang Youyi to be the secretary of the household department, which was to take a fancy to him. Besides, this is your first errand as a prince, and your father will definitely test you and not make decisions for you. ”

"You really expected everything, you can help me." Yuanyou Road.

"Zhi'er, what if you run out of money?" Jingping didn't answer, but asked Ning Zhi next to her.

"Whatever my grandmother wants." Ning Zhi touched her nose.

"What if your grandmother doesn't give you enough money?"

"I had to ask my sister to borrow some ......."

"Third brother, you see that Zhi'er is smarter than you!" Jingping smiled.

"I want to borrow it, but who cares?" Yuanyou Road.

"In Dong'an City, all princes, princes' mansions, and wealthy merchants abound, are you still worried that there is no place to borrow gold?"

"Those people are very picky, and I have to dig gold out of their pockets, which is very rare." Yuanyou said distressedly.

"I received a reward of 1,000 taels of gold before, and I will give it all to you." Ning Yi said.

When Jingping heard this, he glanced at Ning Zijiu, and only said, "Brother Xiaojiu, there are many first-grade and second-grade generals in Dong'an City, you are just a third-grade general, you really don't have to be so strong, we can donate a hundred taels of gold." ”

Yuan You heard that Ning Yi donated 1,000 taels of gold, and his eyes lit up. When Jingping said this, he couldn't help but blush, thinking that Ananda also said that Wang Youyi picked the door, didn't she also pick the door herself?

"But this gold can't be donated in vain, third brother, you have to make a price of merit, write down this merit, count it as the merit of me and the horse, and then present it to my father. Preferably above the puja, ask the host to sing the name so that the father knows who and who has donated how much gold. Jingping said.

Yuanyou is a smart person, so he naturally suddenly realized, and he was very happy, "Ananda, you are really smart, the third brother knows that if you come to you, you will definitely be able to find a way." ”

After saying that, Yuanyou didn't even drink tea, and he didn't let Ning Yi send it, so he left in a hurry.

"Every time I listen to my sister-in-law, Lan'er can gain a lot." Ning Lan was also deeply admired on the side.

Ning Yi also felt that Yan Yan was really omniscient, and there was nothing she couldn't solve. Watching Yan Yan play chess again, she dropped a piece and broke the dragon head of the white chess.

Ning Lan sighed, "I've been so careful, but I've lost to my sister-in-law." ”

Jingping smiled lightly, "You are just too careful, the layout is meticulous, and you are less enterprising, so you will lose to me." ”

"Sister-in-law, I don't understand, why did the prince leave suddenly, you didn't have any ideas." Ning Zhi said.

Ning Lan looked at her sister and couldn't help but say, "Zhi'er, if you have done a good deed, do you often ask me to tell my sister-in-law and grandmother." ”

"That's natural, I did a good deed, and naturally my grandmother and sister-in-law knew about it." That can be praised, and she is naturally happy.

"It's the same with donating gold, if you turn donating gold to cast Buddha into a merit, you will also make a thin merit. At the time of the puja, the presiding officer of the Faguang Temple announced in front of the emperor who had donated how much merit. Wouldn't the person who donated merit show his face in front of the emperor, what a glory this is! Ning Lan said.

"I see! It is to ask those people to donate gold, and then give them a big compliment, and those who don't want to donate are embarrassed not to donate. Ning Zhi said.

"You finally get it." Jingping smiled.

"In this case, we really have to donate a hundred taels of gold." Ning Yi said.

"Isn't it? Naturally, some people donate a large amount. Jingping said.

Yuan You entered the palace, and it happened that Yuan Zhen was also there, and he told Emperor Jinghe about the thin merits.

Emperor Jinghe was very satisfied when he heard it, "This method is excellent, you draw up a charter, and you will do it according to this." ”

"Yes, Father." Yuanyou got the emperor's consent, and he was happy, and immediately said, "Then father, how much do you donate?" ”

Emperor Jinghe was stunned, this kid was the first to ask for gold by himself, and he thought that this was to accumulate merit for the queen, so he naturally wanted to donate, so he said, "I donated a thousand taels of gold, from my private treasury." ”

"Thank you, Father." Yuan You said and looked at Yuan Zhen again, "What about the eldest brother?" ”

"The sons dare not compare with their fathers, but this is to accumulate merit for the queen mother, and the sons donate eight hundred taels of gold." Yuan Zhenhui.

"Thank you to the eldest brother, father, and sons for donating eight hundred taels of gold."

Yuanyou was very efficient, he called Wang Youyi, the secretary of the household department, and asked him to send a minister from the household department to quickly draw up the charter.

The next day, he informed all the ministers, the princes' mansions, only said that the golden body of the Buddha was cast, it was to pray for the queen's mother, pray for the blessing of the world, and all those who donated gold were entered into the merit book, and the day of the festival will be presided over by the Faguang Temple one by one, and it will be pasted in the Faguang Temple Daxiong Treasure Hall, and the merit card will be entered.

He also said that the emperor had donated 1,000 taels of gold, and the crown prince and the eldest prince had each donated 800 taels.

He also recruited one of his confidants and invited a banquet to a well-known wealthy merchant in Dong'an City, and revealed this great good thing to them.