Senior officials in Kyoto have had a comfortable life in recent days.

I haven't been to the court for many months, I don't have to get up in the dark before dawn, sometimes I can't even take care of breakfast, I have to hurry to the palace gate to gather, stand in the palace for two hours, my back hurts, and I have to drag my tired body to the various ministries and departments to deal with all kinds of chores......

Now they can sleep until dawn, drink morning tea, and go to the yamen slowly, if it is a giant of various ministries, as long as they are not seen by those imperial histories, the time can be more relaxed.

Of course, if you receive the news that you are going to go to the morning court one day, no matter how slack you are, you have to restrain yourself and honestly blow the morning breeze at the palace gate for half an hour.

Although it was still a hot time in summer, the sun had not yet risen, and it was still a little cold in thin clothes.

Old General Xue stomped his feet, wrapped his clothes tightly, and sighed: "This old bone is getting worse and worse, and I don't know how to go to ......the court for a few days."

General Ma Lao came over and said: "We old bones, we don't have much time, fortunately, those children are also angry, Xue Lao Pifu, you can close your eyes when you die." ”

Before the beginning of the early dynasty, when the hundred officials were waiting at the gate of the palace, they should also line up according to the official rank and department, and they could not walk around casually, let alone talk about gathering at will.

Several imperial historians glanced at the elders of the generals who gathered together, and their eyes quickly moved away, and they caught a glimpse of an official in the crowd who secretly touched his buttocks, and immediately walked over with a calm face, and said coldly: "Please pay attention to your demeanor!" ”

The official wanted to quietly adjust his pants, but he didn't expect to be seen by the picket Yushi, so he had to look at his nose and nose, and only after the Yushi left, he glanced at the few people who were chatting under the tree not far away, and a trace of indescribable sourness appeared in his heart.

It was rare for General Xue not to have a verbal confrontation with General Ma this time, sighed, and said, "Your Highness, what does she think?" ”

The Royal Highness he was talking about was naturally the eldest princess.

The affairs of the academy are in an uproar, and countless people in the court are waiting to see her jokes, but she seems to have completely forgotten about it, and she has not made any moves these days, and she has refused to help the door.

A red-faced veteran pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness has always had a proposition, and if you want to come to today's court, you will know it." ”

Because of her special status, Jiangmen and all the princes have maintained an estranged relationship, but the eldest princess is different, she is a woman, even if she is closer to Jiangmen, she will not cause criticism, and Jiangmen is now involved in a wide range of interests with the princess's mansion.

In recent days, the Son of Heaven, who is in poor health, has almost handed over all political affairs to Shangshu Province to deal with, but every once in a while, an early dynasty will still be held to ensure that he will not be too alienated from political affairs.

The flooding of the two states is still an extremely important matter, and how to control the water, properly resettle the refugees, and rebuild after the disaster are all the focus of the imperial court's attention, and there will be news almost every day ahead.

However, it is clear that the situation in this disaster is different from that of previous years, and the original method cannot be applied, so the situation is not optimistic.

After some election by the courtiers, the Son of Heaven re-elected officials who were good at controlling the water, and the matter was temporarily revealed, and the focus of the court's controversy shifted to another matter.

The preparation for the establishment of the eldest princess's academy can be said to have tightly affected the hearts of many courtiers.

Regardless of their intentions, there is no doubt that countless people are concerned about the progress of this matter.

Emperor Jing looked down and said lightly: "Liu Dayou, tell me, how is the progress of the preparation for the establishment of the academy?" ”

This made many people in the court look slightly stunned.

Liu Da has this name, which is really unfamiliar to them.

Although there are many officials in the DPRK and China, it is impossible for everyone to know all of them, but it is not so much that they have not even heard of their names.

This can only be blamed for the official position of the capital order, which is not big or small, and he is already the head of a county locally, but in Kyoto, he is hovering on the edge of the court, and he is not even qualified to enter the eyes of some people.

Of course, what surprised them was not this unfamiliar official, but the preparation for the establishment of the academy, which was obviously taken over by the eldest princess, where did this "Liu Dayou" come from?

Seeing a person walking out from the rear, many people were already thinking about something in their hearts.

However, some people still had a faint expression of sarcasm and disdain on their faces, and this kind of thing, in their opinion, could not be completed at all, because the preparation for the establishment of the academy did not involve only Kyoto, but also covered the entire Jingguo, even if it was the national treasury, and it was impossible to take out so much silver.

Liu Dayou stepped forward and said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, so far, a total of more than 500,000 taels of silver has been raised, and the thirteen academies in Kyoto are already under construction. ”

500,000 taels, this amount, still made many people present jump in their hearts.

This is not a small amount, everyone knows that when the Ministry of Rites is raising money, it hits a wall everywhere, not to mention 500,000 taels, even 5,000 taels are impossible to raise, in just a few days, where did these 500,000 taels come from?

They heard clearly that Liu Dayou was talking about "raising money", which means that the money was not allocated by the state treasury, where did they raise it from?

Their doubts didn't last long, and Liu Dayou had already continued to speak.

"Most of the 500,000 taels of silver were donated by Kyoto merchants, and the minister has sent someone to build a stone tablet according to His Majesty's wishes, and when the academy is completed, the stone tablet engraved with the name of the donor will be erected in front of the academy, so that many students and people around the world will remember their contributions to the academy......

As Liu Dayou slowly spoke, the faces of many officials in the DPRK and China had changed from confusion and astonishment to shock and fear.

Actually, there is such a thing?

Those people, who are just lowly businessmen, have the qualifications to engrave their names on the tablet, so that the students and people of the world can respect them and pass them on from generation to generation?

And after today, what will the people of the world think of them?

Even businessmen know how to contribute to the country, but they don't know about these wealthy families who have passed down their families with poems and books?

You must know that unlike ordinary officials in the DPRK and China, their family's reputation has been accumulated bit by bit, and it has been accumulated little by little over the past ten years and decades ...... caring for the people, being kind and generous.

The monument stood at the entrance of the academy, and the prestige and fame they had accumulated with great difficulty were all gone.

Phew, what a famous family, what a family, even a businessman is not as good, what face will there be in the future to say what kind of famous family he is!

Especially those real wealthy giants, who can stand for hundreds of years, rely on the terrifying reputation accumulated for a long time, if they don't even have a reputation, even the trust of the people and the scholars are discarded, no matter how big the family, it will be at the end of the road.

This simple monument makes these gate valve families have no choice.

Donate, you have to donate!

The silver is gone, you can make it again, and the reputation is gone, but it can't be reversed.

Of course, some people's choices are simple, while others, it's more difficult.

For example, those officials of the Ministry of Rites once visited......

If you don't donate------ you will definitely be scolded by the people, the businessmen donated, and other wealthy families also donated, will they be nakedly exposed, in the future, in Kyoto, in this Jingguo, will there be a foothold?

How much do they donate ------, they donated dozens or hundreds of taels before, and they were very unhappy with the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and now they go up to donate silver with a straight face, how can they save face?

Even if it is donated, it may not have much face, it is obviously a remedial measure, which will make everyone even more despised.

So here's the problem.

In the end, do you donate or don't donate?

At this moment, in their hearts, they had never hated those officials of the Ministry of Rites so much.

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