Chapter 848: Digging a pit for Longji
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Cui Gengdao: "Of course there are conditions. What the official wants to ask is, what if Baoyan's prayer puja doesn't work? โ
"It takes time to please the Buddha, and it is inevitable that it will not work for a day or two."
"What about three or four days?"
"Uh...... That's also possible. โ
"A month?"
Li Longji said with a slightly embarrassed face: "Cui Xiang said that he laughed, even if no one prays for a sunny day, in another month, it should be sunny, right?" โ
"Not necessarily!" Cui Geng stretched out his hand and two fingers and said, "This official will give him another two months!" โ
Suddenly, he pointed at Baoyan and said sharply: "But if it doesn't rain for another two months, then your Baoyan monk is a gossip to confuse the public, and this official wants your life!" โ
Although Baoyan muttered a little, he thought about it again, can a rain rain fall for three months? How is that possible? Then he nodded and said, "Okay, just according to what Cui Shangshu said." Uh, that's 500,000 yuan......"
"Naturally, the official came out. Later, the official will send someone to hand over the 500,000 yuan money ticket to the hands of the great monk. โ
Monk Baoyan said: "Thank you Cui Shangshu." โ
Li Longji said: "Cui Shangshu is righteous and squandered money for the people, Xiao Wang ......"
"Eh, King Linzi don't worry, the official hasn't said it yet. After two months, the rain still doesn't stop, what should we do? โ
"At that time, there will definitely be a flood, of course it will be a disaster relief."
"Disaster relief? To put it lightly, may I ask the king of Linzi, whether it is the treasury or the inner treasury, is there money now? โ
Of course, there is no money.
Li Xian spent money without moderation, and the dowry for Li Bao'er alone was more than 10 million yuan, don't forget, he has seven daughters and a queen Wei. Now that Neiku is already so poor that he can run a mouse, the reason why Li Xian can still maintain the dignity of the emperor is still because of Wu Sansi's offerings.
As for the treasury...... Now that there are suddenly nearly 10,000 oblique officials, they can't be given to Yulu? The treasury is now also stretched.
Li Longji said: "Could it be that Cui Shangshu means that let's pay for disaster relief together?" But this is the name of the good ......"
In feudal society, disaster relief was not something that anyone could do. In the year of the catastrophe, you gathered hundreds of thousands of people and invited people to buy people's hearts, could it be that you wanted to rebel?
Cui Geng said confidently: "Of course the official will not let everyone do it, this relief activity is just asking everyone to pay, and the specific relief activities still have to be done by the government." โ
Li Longji said: "But I don't know how much money Cui Xiang is going to raise for disaster relief?" โ
"Then it depends on everyone's sincerity."
"What do you mean?"
"Now please pledge your donations, no matter how much you say, except for the King of Linzi, this official is willing to be equal to the total amount of money and wealth contributed by the rest of the people."
Dare to wait for me here!
Li Longji understood in an instant, just now he said that it would cost 500,000 guan to build a Buddhist temple, 100,000 guan for himself, 200,000 guan for Cui Geng, and 200,000 yuan for the rest of the people.
In this disaster relief, Cui Geng will continue to pay according to this ratio. If you refuse to accept the invitation, this "blessing ceremony" will not achieve its purpose at all.
He gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly: "In terms of money, of course Xiao Wang can't be compared with Cui Shangshu. In this way, as much as Cui Shangshu produces, I will give half of you. โ
"Okay, King Linzi is generous enough." Cui Geng stretched out his right hand and said, "Next, please bid." โ
Princess Taiping lightly opened her lips and said, "This princess will give face to King Linzi and Cui Shangshu, so let's make a hundred thousand yuan so-so." โ
Shangguan Wan'er said: "I am a monk, so naturally I can't compare with you in terms of money. However, it is a great act of kindness to help the people, so I will try my best to give 10,000 yuan, let's talk about it. โ
As soon as these two sang and harmonized, they set today's market at a maximum of no more than 100,000 guan, and a minimum of no less than 10,000 guan. No matter how big you are, can you be as big as Princess Taiping of Zhenguo? No matter how poor you are, can you be poorer than Shangguan Wan'er, who is a monk? Take the money!
Of course, although this amount is more than ten times more than the amount requested by Li Longji before, everyone is not much disgusted.
The reason is very simple, three months of heavy rain has not stopped, so how is it possible? You don't have to pay for it, it's bragging anyway.
Geng Guogong Wu Yizong said: "I will go out of 80,000!" โ
Song said with a wry smile, "Song is not well-qualified, and he has a clean sleeve, so he has to try his best to make 10,000 yuan, and everyone is not smiling." โ
Zong Chuke said: "I believe in the golden mean, and I will also give 50,000 yuan." โ
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People have spoken one after another, and roughly calculated, it has reached more than 10 million!
Cui Geng said: "There is no evidence for empty words, please also set up words as proof." When the time comes, if someone says it, it doesn't count...... It's not very pretty. โ
People said in unison, "As it should be." โ
Everyone was also happy to write it down, showing their generosity and being very cooperative. As for the possibility of that in case...... The sky is falling, isn't there still Li Longji on top? According to the previous promise, he will get at least five million guan!
Li Longji secretly shouted "bitter", 100,000 yuan, take it out by yourself, it is already considered to be your own effort, as for 500,000 yuan, it will definitely hurt your muscles and bones, smash the pot and sell iron. Five million? If you sell yourself, you will never be able to take it out. But what else can be done now? One can only hope that the heavy rain will stop in two months.
"Five million six hundred and thirty thousand." Li Longji picked up the wolf pen and wrote down this string of numbers.
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On the second day, Cui Geng sent someone to take a money ticket of 500,000 yuan and handed it to Monk Baoyan. Li Longji personally went to the table and asked the whole city to ban the slaughter and please the Buddha.
Monk Baoyan officially took the stage, and the prayer ceremony officially began.
However, a month has passed, and the rain is still falling slowly, with no intention of stopping.
At the same time, there are 17 states on the table, and the rivers in the territory are surging, and a widespread flood is about to erupt.
For this kind of natural disaster, Li Xian can't do anything. After consulting the Guozi priest wine, that is, the Taoist priest Ye Jingneng who is said to have great ~ mana, he made a decree and ordered the Chang'an workshops to close the north gate.
Of course, this makes sense, the north is the position of the decanter water, and if the north gate is closed, won't this water not be able to enter?
However, after everyone did so, the light rain continued. The people were indignant, and a very shady political joke began to circulate.
"Wang Dalang, do you know that this Beifang Gate has another name?"
"I don't know, what's it called?"
"Be the prime minister."
"Eh, it's strange, why is this Beifang Gate called the prime minister?"
"What do you think, what does the prime minister do? Regulates yin and yang. Now Your Majesty does not use the prime minister to regulate yin and yang, but uses Beifang Gate to regulate yin and yang, and does not call "Beifang Gate" the prime minister, is it appropriate? โ
"Haha, interesting, Brother Li really has you."
In fact, this political joke is quite good, and some people believe that the reason why this major flood occurred was that Wu Zetian's spirit in the sky was taking revenge.
This is also very theoretical, Wu Zetian's surname is Wu, and the Great Zhou Dynasty reveres Xuanwu, so that the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty use turtle charms as evidence. Xuanwu represents water, and this flood is naturally related to Her Majesty the Empress.
If these two statements only embarrassed Li Xian, the third statement was enough to make him sit on pins and needles
Song Wuguang, the right guard cavalry Cao joined the army, and he thought: "Water belongs to the yin category, it is the image of subordinates and women, this is a warning from God to His Majesty, do not let the harem interfere in the political affairs of foreign courts, otherwise disasters will definitely fall." Taking advantage of the fact that the flood has not yet arrived, His Majesty hastened to do four things to ask for God's forgiveness. First, the queen no longer listens to politics in order to conform to the will of heaven. Second, the prince was established early to reassure people's hearts. Third, the military should be relieved of his post and prevented from causing trouble. Fourth, the rain does not stop, which proves that Ye Jingneng, Zheng Pusi and others are incompetent, and I ask Your Majesty to expel them! โ
After it was involved in the downfall of Wei, Li Xian's reaction could not be measured by common sense.
He immediately issued an order to put Song Wuguang in the prison of the Criminal Department on the charge of "vainly discussing the government and plotting misdeeds" and interrogated him severely.
Cui Tan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, wanted to do so, but Wei Yuanzhong, Tang Xiu, and Dou Lu Qinwang quit and asked Li Xian not to scold people with his words and take back his life.
Yang Zaisi, Wei Juyuan, Zong Chuke, and Wu Sansi demanded that Song Wuguang be beheaded and executed to set an example.
The ministers were divided into two factions and argued endlessly, but Cui Geng, who was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, did not express any opinion and sat firmly in Diaoyutai.
On this day, the morning dynasty.
The ministers argued again over Song Wuguang's case, and Empress Wei suddenly looked at Li Chongfu and said, "King Chen, do you think what Song Wuguang said is reasonable?" It's not sunny for days, is it really related to the main palace? โ
"This ......" Li Chongfu squinted at Cui Geng and said: "For such ghost and god things, Erchen has shallow knowledge and does not dare to speak falsely. As...... It's better for Cui Shangshu to talk about it. โ