As soon as these words came out, everyone felt extremely arrogant.
Everyone's eyes looked at Prime Minister Li Chen, seeing what he said?
Zhao Ruiyang said in a timely manner: "Can the old Xiangguo have such a thing?
” Li Chen hurriedly bowed down and replied, "Your Majesty, this is indeed the case!"
Ten adults, including the minister and Lord Qi, were invited by Princess Huayang to the princess farm three days ago, and witnessed the miracle of more than 900 catties per mu.
The princess is willing to donate 1,000 catties of good seeds at a time, and her love for the court and the people can be seen from heaven and earth!
” The nine ministers who went with Zai came out one after another, stepped forward and said in unison: "The ministers are willing to testify that the princess's good breed is indeed worth 500,000 taels.
The princess's loyalty can be learned from heaven and earth!
” This time it was the turn of the ministers to be dumbfounded, and the prime minister, who has always been dignified and calm, never joked, and Lord Qi, who has always been calculating and never suffered, testified at the same time.
Let them suddenly be confused by the second monk.
Seeing that Li Chen spoke seriously just now, not for the sake of flattering the princess, the emperor was relieved, no matter how she subdued the hearts of the prime minister and others, she is an immortal family, naturally there is a way, as long as the 500,000 taels of silver are raised, not only to solve the urgent need of the disaster in the south and southwest, but also to have surplus silver for the army to call.
Recently, several nomadic countries on the northern border have been burning, killing and looting on the border, creating incidents, and he has been afraid to speak out because of the tight military budget.
Thinking about it, Zhao Ruiyang said with a smile on his face: "My royal sister has always been loyal to the monarch and loves the people, and she lives up to my expectations, and she has donated 500,000 taels to solve my urgent need.
I decided to reward my sister with two thousand-acre farms, and gave Princess Huayang the title of Princess Tianbao.
"Xiao Yao didn't expect to reward the farm, as for the exemption of the monarch and ministers, it is undoubtedly a high-sounding reason for Xiao Yao to not kneel and bow all the time.
The ministers were ashamed, but only praised one after another.
Lord Qi also immediately went out to play: "Your Majesty, the minister is deeply moved by the eldest princess's generosity.
I felt that the donation just now was too little.
I am willing to follow the eldest princess and donate more for the country and the people. ” The emperor said with great appreciation: "Lord Qi is commendable!
Be an example of all officials!
The adults bowed their heads in shame.
The emperor continued: "Since the prime minister and the nine lords have decided that the princess's good breeds are worth such a high price, I must think carefully about what to do with them. ” Lord Taifu Wang saw that the emperor had favored him, and hurriedly said: "The minister thinks that such a precious thing should not be easily sold for cash. ” "Oh?
So what should it be?
If you don't sell it, won't you be able to keep it for yourself?
The princess's intention is also to convert the good seed into cash.
Zhao Ruiyang asked Lord Qi was bent on getting the good seeds, so he bowed down and replied: "The good seeds of the princess are precious things that are hard to find, and if they are sold, they will definitely cause crazy robbing."
It is easy to cause trouble.
The ministers thought that the lords in the court, whether they borrowed from relatives or sold their houses, no matter how they raised 10,000 taels of silver to donate to the court, His Majesty should reward 20 catties of good seeds.
This not only did not depreciate the price of the princess's good seeds, but also let the emperor see how loyal the lords were to the people and loved the people, and also let the princess's precious good seeds not flow into the hands of foreign people.
I wonder what Your Majesty thinks?
He only said plainly, "Sell the good seed to the ministers."
The emperor looked at the other ministers under the stairs and asked, "What do you think after listening to Lord Qi's advice?"
Let's talk about it!
” The eight ministers who went with Lord Qi came out one by one to echo it, and only Prime Minister Li Chen raised objections: "The courtiers in the court and the central government are rich and poor, and many of them live on money and have meager savings.
Even if you can't borrow a lot of silver, you can't see whose loyalty and patriotism are according to the amount of donations, so it is better to donate food and silver from now on, as long as the grain and silver are converted together to donate enough five hundred taels, you will be rewarded with a pound of good seeds, donate more, donate early, and get early.
Those who donate less than 500 taels shall not be allowed. ” The emperor was overjoyed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Lord Qi's idea is good, but the prime minister is still thoughtful.
According to what the prime minister said, it is limited to three days, and everyone should go back and think about it, and go to the household department to register and donate.
Three days later, the household department set off to the south and southwest for disaster relief!
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