"What Mr. Gu said makes sense."
When Zheng Shiyuan heard that it made sense, he hurriedly went to instruct the people on his side, and then hurried to tell other adults about this method.
Gu Chen looked at his furious back, shook his head helplessly and continued working.
Porridge relief is just one of the tasks this time. In fact, the most important thing is post-disaster reconstruction.
In other words, they need to rebuild their homes for the people.
This kind of work is not difficult, but it requires a lot of money.
In order to prevent Lao Zhu from running out of money, he printed Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes like crazy.
Gu Chen proposed a method early on, which was to encourage those merchant families to raise donations.
Whoever donates more can give the children of the family the benefits of a living member.
What is a student?
Students refer to those who pass the lowest level examination and enter the prefecture or county school.
Commonly known as Xiucai.
Others who donate less can also be rewarded with a painting with the words "House of Good Deeds" written by His Majesty himself, and let them hang it in the hall to attract the dragon's aura.
Lao Zhu felt that this method was very good. It saved money and did not require him to pay too much, so he readily agreed.
So nowadays, those big businessmen are still very active in donating money and materials.
After all, it’s people, farmers, industry and commerce.
If the family can produce a scholar, it will be a matter of honor for the ancestors.
Even if you don't get this benefit, it would be an extremely honorable thing to have calligraphy and paintings personally given by His Majesty.
With money, isn't it easy to build a house?
All the people in Pingyang County are united as one, and those who have men work hard to do heavy work.
Women cook and do laundry for everyone.
In this way, it also saves labor money, and only needs to prepare the material money.
A month later, Pingyang County is no longer what it looked like after the disaster.
On this day, Zheng Shiyuan and others finished their work, so they made an appointment to come to Gu Chen's place to talk and summarize their work. Pearl cleverly poured water for several people.
"Sir, please have some tea."
For this poor little girl, several people also showed great affection to her. They nodded in agreement one by one and touched the bun on her head.
"So good."
"We have always thought that Mr. Gu has a clever mouth, but we never thought that Mr. Gu also has skillful hands. Look how beautifully his hair is tied up."
Although little Pearl was young, she understood that the adults had something serious to say, so she obediently went to guard outside the tent after filling the water.
After seeing him go out, Zheng Shiyuan said: "Master Gu, do you know that Gu Jing, the eldest son of the Marquis of Jining, has also come to provide disaster relief this time."
"I heard that Lord Jinwu Guard Zhenfu was originally sent by His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to protect His Highness King Yan."
"But because there were not enough manpower, His Highness asked him to help with the disaster relief."
"Guess what? Gu Jing actually added sand to the porridge without mentioning it."
"We also pocketed the money donated by merchants to build houses for the people."
"The most important thing is that Chen Ning's censors actually turned a blind eye and pretended not to see anything."
His father, Hou Gu Shi of Jining, was a veteran who followed Lao Zhu across the river.
With a few small boats, they invaded Zhang Shicheng's Shanshui Village and defeated the enemy.
Then he followed General Xuzhou to capture the land of Wu, and later joined Xu Da in the Northern Expedition to capture the capital of the Yuan Dynasty.
The credit is very good, but it's a pity that this guy got all the credit.
He most likely felt that he could lie down, so after being recalled to Yingtian by Lao Zhu, he drank and had fun all day long, not talking about military affairs.
Of course, people may be hiding their stupidity.
Nowadays, many people in Chaozhong have joined him because of this.
But his son did it again, and these upright censors found out about it.
"How are you ready, adults?"
If I remember correctly, it seems that Gu Jing was also a member of Hu Weiyong's party, and his whole family was killed in history.
But he died early, and Lao Zhu was quite sad when he died.
"Of course I have to join him."
Gao Yiran said matter-of-factly that this was their duty as censor.
Fan Congwen nodded: "In recent years, these nobles have become more and more disgraceful, but His Majesty has great favor for the Marquis of Jining."
"We have submitted so many memorials, saying that he neglected his duties and did not do business, but His Majesty ignored them all and did not even say a harsh word."
These people, no matter how worried about the country and the people, no matter how angry they are, their honor is ineffective.
But His Majesty doesn't take this seriously. That's because the Emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuch is.
"We impeach ours."
Gu Chen took over the conversation with a rather casual tone.
"We just need to fulfill our responsibilities. How your Majesty wants to deal with Gu Jing is his own business."
"It would be our fault if we knew it but didn't tell it."
When Lao Zhu knows it, it will be strange if they don't peel off a layer of skin.
Hearing this, everyone nodded. Although they can't go back yet, the impeachment memorial must be handed back first.
Gu Shi, the Marquis of Jining, was a smart man. He was very charming and suave, not to mention his good brains.
He first realized that Zhu Yuanzhang was suspicious, and also guessed that he would definitely be on guard against the generals.
So after being recalled to the capital, Gu Shi began to ignore everything and spend all day drinking and having fun in the mansion without caring about the military.
Sure enough, although the emperor scolded him, he was actually very close to him.
Lao Zhu looked down, still belching wine, and Gu Shi, who had no energy at all, couldn't help but feel angry and a little funny.
"Brother Gu, it's noon now, are you still drunk?"
That wine and that music, are they so delicious and pleasant to listen to?
"I see your Majesty." Gu Shi bowed his hands and saluted with a rather embarrassed expression: "Yesterday, two new beauties came to the house."
"Not only do you look good and have a nice voice, but you can also drink better than me. So I drank a few more glasses, and I hope your majesty will forgive me."
Nonsense, you are so suspicious, if he is not at home and is drunk.
Can we still keep the honor of the whole family?
"You, you." Lao Zhu pursed his lips in disgust, and then asked someone to bring the sobering soup: "Brother Gu, do you know why we called you here?"
Those old brothers in the past are not very honest now.
The remaining two closest friends, Xu Da and Tang He, were not with him at Yingtian Mansion.
Wen Zhong is quite nice, but he is busy and cannot often drink and talk with him.
There was only one left, Gu Shi, who never asked for anything for the children of the family, nor was he greedy for military power, which reassured him.
"I don't know, is it possible that His Majesty got some good wine again?"
Gu Shi asked with some expectation. Since returning to Beijing, the emperor has not told him anything serious. He has either asked him to come in for a drink or to catch up on old times.
What else can happen?
"Brother Gu, do you and Chen Ning have a good relationship?"
Lao Zhu stared closely at Gu Shi's face, not letting go of any subtle expression.
"No."
Gu Shi was no idiot. He knew something was wrong when he heard this, and he immediately sat up straight.
"Chen Ning is just a scholar, and I am a military commander. How can I be friends with a delicate and weak scholar?"
The person who secretly made friends with him in private was clearly Hu Weiyong.
"makes sense."
Lao Zhu nodded, thinking that he no longer wanted military power and drank and had fun all day long.
How could he be on good terms with Chen Ning and the others? The child must be incompetent.
"You don't have much respect for this young man. He was helping out the disaster in Pingyang, not only adding sand to the porridge, but also greedily donating money. The censors under Chen Ning turned a blind eye to this."
This is what makes Lao Zhu the most angry. What is the censor used for?
Supervise hundreds of officials.
If the censor's responsibilities cannot be fulfilled, then why should the censor stand be here?
Just eating free rice, right?
"What?"
When Gu Shi heard this, his eyes widened and he jumped up from his seat.
"This brat is really not a good person."
"Your Majesty, please don't tolerate him. Please reduce his position and give him a hundred more jobs. Otherwise, just cut him off."
"As a minister of His Majesty, there is no shortage of food and drink for him at home, yet he dares to covet the victims' things. This damned bastard..."
